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Show Robber River. The discovery th:it there is n kind of struggle for existence among rivers is one of the interesting results of the ' modern n-nidy of physiography. A notable nota-ble example of this contest is exhibited by England's two bipgrst-rivers, the Thames and the Severn. Between their valleys He the Cotswnld hills, and ex- j ploratlon shows that the Severn, by eating backward among these hills i where softer strata underlie them, has j diverted to itself some of the headwa- j I ters that formerly flowed into the I I Thames. New York Post. i I I I |