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Show V ILL TIIEKK UK ()LY 1IKI1.! laKRS, HJVJT18 AM0TllhK 1I1I OF Olliir ATK EVEK'k- V IIKRi: M1KI.SKIV .. To tile ii'umlatnl nikf iU of tin; tofattw (A Uu-Ujwrr Mfciiii alley al-ley It ill no 1I011U Ht-m like ronkrK fully tu atlnu t to Jirovu U.at utir vai.r HJ;i!i if ijvcomtui; lms ami les iuar hj xt-ar Tin re 1, Iiuh cr, cvWvnif thnt tlu-amuuiit uf k atvr on tin- hiKicl- of tlm eatl h han Ikvii -tKnllly (limlDkliiiig fur nmiiv tiiouKimis ynn, tai tbe "L LrfMlU JienutJiC- o n:i'ili nl.T ll.nt tlitre waa a time win u ll- C'ruplan ma cuniniunli-atetl uritli tliv Itlack M-a. ami wlion tlw Mnlitcrrant-an iivt nil the grwiti r j-art uf the ikrt of Sjlmrj. In fact ipologl.t'tell Hi-that Hi-that at one time the t liole of the earth was cored lj Vjter rnaiij fathoQH in ut'i Hi. AH rivt-re mid Mnnll Mnwn an vl-iblj.- Mnal'er Hihii thej were tw n-ty n-ty fixe jear- acu. C'ouBtry broukv in v.iiK-h intH u Hing wire ae-cutuiueti ae-cutuiueti t h.liauiilnthe in their ljhootli.iii, in main ntm tojll dirajAreii in on-itiencc of the failure of s.riux anil rami whuh once fed tin n. The leel of till great lakes n falliiif; year hy jear. riierearu n-n .li-rs on the ."lur-it ."lur-it lakeside cities which T-eseh, once epjiroaclieil witli ee lit which :hiw nai h the water's edge, llar-'.rsurrt.,riil llar-'.rsurrt.,riil tell you that all harbors are siulluwer than they were even a deej.de a.i. riii i. not due to the gradual ueiU of tartli brought down by rier, a Hme may U)iivi--. nor to tlie refuse frt.ni the i'y ei er. The harUirof Toronto lias almost e s.J to lie of ute, de$jite the fart that it lias been dredged out lo the Jurrianen: 1ml torn rock. All tlie dredciiiK thit -an be done in .New 1 ork harbor ban failed r-matieulty r-matieulty to dif.n it. The grow-inj? grow-inj? shallow ne-a of tbe Hudtu. n nver is liotii'i-atiie, and, like the outlet t J Ijake Cluni plain, width war. on-e uavlgatett h Indian canoes at all WI-ML.-S the uier UuuVon i. ikw alnicst lure of water during the summer. Tlie IX Jltdin river, in Iowa, once na rgated to the tuoutli of tiio Itact n fork, the present wte cf tbe citv of D -a Mcluiv. will now lordly fluat a ti-liPinianV rowlxnt. tlie bteainbojt lui not plowed its bosom for ovtr a quarter of a century. cen-tury. Inallj-artriol tbuorki tlu-re fc the fame decreae In tho waters of rivers and lakes. If tbts slate of affairs continues until tlie year 2 ,( A.O. the i wattr question will Ui of more In-1 tt ri; than that of prohibition. |
