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Show . oncATja BAVT lake.- Oso of tt Mo Wr,,1.rfol lloJIM o4 Jt VV.l.r l tho UorlO v4Mr ' r,b' 'ln """' JVygP n of th moC.onderIul KiflH of water In tb wWld It Is l 'UTnen as salty a the ocean, and trtpactl tiur good sttfd river are con-stanA con-stanA lirl their waters into It. ll-Bitcr ioxes any proportion of It aitlsjois an It' level I. -nevi r raised art ljS1 So iiiu ha dlieovored wkjwl1 tli 1st fresh water doe not re-iluewthe re-iluewthe salt i,r whut lieiotne of tho frSwt'r aine- it doe mil rolsn the laHwN"1 l was at out time alwut a ifttte as lilie Huron and perhaps a IsMsaiid tea In iltptli, now it Is shout oik hundred miles In length, wlflfun sr !. width of about 27 mile nnd tt greatest depth Is an feet Hal jtial a storehouse of wealth It la' Ita sTr is IT 000 squire miles nr 76,-ftl.iJ0.oi 76,-ftl.iJ0.oi ii irqnar feet Allowing II sn avers d pth ut 10 fori It conteuts sre LtOf' 1 1 1 iki (100 cubic feet Chetnl-ml Chetnl-ml alls hn shown that one-sixth of this Ik tominnn salt nnd sulphate of soda. i SM WK 1 00 ono cubic feet. Of this combined riidiict one-eighth Is suit bate f soda nnd sv en.lghths, cernnion oalt- A ruble foot of sutpbato of div, Weighs u ixniiids and a cubic f not Of common salt weighs 80 pounds, p simple talriilatlan shows therefore, that the lake contains TSIOSOOoO Inns of sulphate of erVla and St 7 tOO 000 tons of salt Allmtlng ten tons to a carload that makr 78 ton 000 mr-load, mr-load, uf Uu soda nnd J7S01C9H0 carloads car-loads or salt These figure are astonishing, aston-ishing, lo say the least but the lako hasiither fee In res that challenge attention at-tention Hoc example there are mountainous moun-tainous Inland all over It. vary lag In height from 1 000 lo S 000 feet An lelopc Island the largest la nbout slx-tren slx-tren mile In length and five mile In width, with a blight of 4 O00 feeL The scenery on the Islsnd Is exquisitely beautiful Luxuriant grasses flourish everywhere and streams of pure water run down the side of Ita mountains nnd lis canyons It haa many Im pnrteraetite Ion Including orchards, gardin. ranches nnd grove of tries Its beach Is of while sand, nnd slopes In Just the way to make It an Ideal bathing resort Thus it Is imulblc to have a delightful ia loath on thou ssnd mils from the ocean and 1 150 feet ibovd tho ocenn level |