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A DEAD LAND. More Barren Than The Greal Basin, And More Deserted Than The Sahara, The Great Colorado Desert Views of Gov. Fremont on the Great Inland-Sea Projeot, Yuma Special Cor. Chieago Tribune ‘‘Now we shall soon leave civiliz tion behind,” said the train-boy to me as we stepped aboard the Southern Pacific overland train as it pulled off from Cabazan, “Ds you seo that snow capped mountain over there! We shall go around that, and before we have traveled many miles farther, the very heart of the desert will bo reached. Button up your duster, put your car window down, and protect your eyes from the sand, and in a few hours the ride will be over.” We were now 576 miles from San Franci ind still a good 150 wmiles from the crossing of the Colorado river at Yuma. The mountains seemed now to o in about us, The landscape became full of the crumbling ivreck of past ages, and the air grew hotter and more oppres- sive. In less than half an hour we had gone nine miles, and wero at White Water, near which station a small creek makes it way through the dry and thirsty land. TIn this distance we had descended 653 feet, and were now only 1126 feet above the level of the sea. On our right and left the mountains faded away like shadowy sentinels on the horizon, while in the front was the hot and scorching basin —a silent, lifeless monotone of russet gray. 'To every traveler the Colorado desert is an awe inspiring land. harah or the valley of the Lower Jor- dan is not more unsuited for human habitation, while the stories of its ex- tent, its giant cacti, its translutent at- mosphere! its wonderful m , its caravans dying of thirst, buried by sand storms or murdered by Indians, are not less fascinating than Stanley’s famous explorations in Africa or the fairy tales of the Black Forest and the Rhine. BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. We were descending rapidl, seven miles from White Water we had gone 542 feet wore; and twenty miles further we were on a level with the water. The thermometers at the sta- tions marked 110° in theshade. Every window and door in the cars was open- ed, every man tookoff his coat, and to counteract the effects of the drifting sand and heat, a multitude of devices were attempted. The train seemed :0 run on a track of velvet. On every side was a howling wilderness of rock —an unfinished realm which needed to be ground overonce again by the millstones of the mighty glaciers, and furrowed and made musical by rivers and rills and springs. At Indio, 36 miles from Cabazon, we were 20 feet below sea level; at Walters, 13 miles further on, the depression was 135 feet; and at Fink's Springs, 260 feet. Eleven miles east of Walters the de- pression was 266 feet, and not far from the road the lowest point of the de- sert was 287 feet below the level of the Pacific. The entiro length of this remarka- ble depression in which thé train was now running 18 about 150 miles, with a width of from ten to fifty miles. It has often been called the Sahara of the American continent; but, if the statement of Dr. Lenz in a recent lecture be true, then the naturalfea- tures of the two great plains are alto- gether different. The African desert is really a great plateau, about 1,100 feet above the level of the Atlantic. In pait of the plateau isthere to be found that depression below the level of the ocean which is shown on the maps of certain geographers, and which has led to wild schemes of con- verting Sahara into a great inland sea Moreover, the desert is not one dead, sandy level, but is greatly varied in its aspect. Rocks are succeeded by sandy plains: here and there are onses covered with alfa-grass; and even stag- nant, shallow sheets of water are found. The fresh water fossils which are met with in many parts show that the bottom is not that of a dried up sea; and again, the temperature is not nearly as hot as might be expected. In short, the desert is not so bad as it has been called, 0, LIFE ON THE DESERT. If the above be characteristics of the Sahara, then it is much less a «desert than the tamous one of South- ern California, No pencan describe the utter desolation of this rerion. For many miles not a shrub, or even blad of grass, is seen; at other times palm trees, various forms of cacti, the mesquite trees, and sage brush eke out a sickley existence. In many places the vegetation seems to live on air, The giant cactus often grows and flourishes with its roots mostly exposed, or growing down into the crevices of the rocks where deccmpos- ed sandstone or gravel is the only soil. In this situation the plant ap- pears strong and healthy, and, with the palm, is something fifty or sixty feet in height. When water can be obtained on the desert, fine crops ot graia, vegetables and fruit can be raised, and, even where irritation 18 impossible, the culture of the yucca and date palm is something rendered profitable. Growing of dates is a suc- cess on the deserts of Asia and Africa, and the value of the ghostly yucca in paper making has long been establish- ed. The animal life of the Colorado desert is scarcely more varied than the vegetables. Coyotes, hares and rabbits are the largest animals; but chipmunks, gophers and moles are the most abundant. Large flocks of quail are also found in the vicinity of surface water, and mocking and hum- ming birds are often seen. The lizards serve as food for the ravens and crows; and rattlesnakes, tarantu- las and toads everywhere abound. A species of tortoise grows to the weight of twenty-five pounds, and the meat of this is contidered a great delicacy among the Indians, CLIMATE EFFECTS, The atmosphere is very dry and rare. An object 100 miles distant seems not wore than one-fifth that far; and the view is unlimited save by the distant mountains and the hor- zon. On account of the rarity of the stmosphere the heat is nearly so op pressive as the unitiated wou'd sup pose; and, although a man requires his thirst, he can still do a hard day's work, enjoy good health, and not suffer any more than he would in a harvest field in Tilinois. The climate is a healthy one—the perfoct health of the station-keepers and other inhab- tants of the desert attesting this fact, and, in addition, the records at Yuma show that to be one of the healthie t military posts in the United States. The thermometer at Yun a f equently registers 125 degrees in the shade during the suinmer months. As our train passed through the very heart of the desert, we witnessod a mirage which for brillianey of o sould searcely elsewhere be equale On our left and in front appeared a well defined” sea, with rocky blufls Jjutting out from the shore, and with numerous islands rising abraptly in the midst of the water, The effect was 8o natural that wore than one enger thought he had erred in his ohy, and was unwilling to be lieve that it was a delusion when the truth was made known. The beach, however, receded as the train headed towards it, and the hot and scorching plain lay thirsty and rigid where the waves had before glittered in the sun. MINERAL WEALTH, All this immense strotch of land is tive gallons of water per day to quench | wild and unearthly scenety, its mir- ages and its homes secured to their possessors by years of unremitting toil and self-deni TRADE ON THE MISSISSIPPL. How Western Farmers Have Boen Benefited By Its Growth«-The Barge Tystem: Capt. James B. Eads, of St. Louis, was in town yesterday, at the Fifth avenue hotel says the New York Herald. He been woud deal of late, and expeots to leave for Burope in_a few weeks, He returned from Mexico on the same steamer with Gen. Grant, after hav- ing his concession to authorize the building of a ship railroad across the isthmas of Tehauntopee contirmed by the Mexican congross. Recently he has been examining the harbor of Toronto, at the request of the Cana- dian government, for the purpose of discovering its capacity for turther improvement. The Canadians 1\]\1\0" to him to be earnestly engaged in leaving no stone unturned toward utilizing all the advantages thoy possess of secuving the o ng trade of the west and northwest, and the improvement of Toronto harbor is an auxiliary stepsin this direction. Capt. Eads, in referring to the growth of business on the Mississippi river since the deepening of the water at New Orleans, said: ‘“The ship- not a moere waste of sage brush, cacti and sand. ks and mountains sometimes vary the monotony of the v, and considerable mineral wealth found. Gold has been discovered near the eastern edge, and mines are worked at Chimney Peak, Carga Mu- chacho, and elsewhere. ilver, cop- per, and lead occur in various locali- ties; and the ores are high grade, and pay well for their working. Asbestos is found near the San Gorgonio pass; and the pumice stone is used in polish- ing the engines on the railroad. Borax and gypsum oceur in sufficient quan- tities to glut the markets of the world; and immense deposits of pure salt everywhere abound, Banks of sul- phur occur, which rival in size and purity those of the Steamboat springs in Nevada; and the southern end,run- ning into Sonora, has beds of soda, from which vessels were loaded on their return trips from the gulf of Cal- ifornia to Europe. Potters’ clay and kaolin are also met with; and the thermal springs are noted for their 1d medicinal qualities, ive miles south of Frink’s Springs station, on the railroad, are a large number of mud springs, the whole covering an area of twenty-five square miles. Some of these have the ap- pearance of craters, and gasses and steam issue from them; but no exten- sive geyser-action has been noticed. Some of the springs are hot, some are lukewarm aud some are cold. Some are 200 feet in diameter, boiling up as though forming a huge caldron; while others are cone-shaped, like miniature volcanoes. The mud boils up like mush over a slow fire, and the smell reminds one forcibly of sulphurreted hydrogen. AG NTIC UNDERTAKING, The beach surrounding the great de- pression through which the Southern Pacific trains pass is forty feet above the level of t{\u neighboring Pacific, and the pebbles lay around 1in rows as though but recently left by the reced- ing waters. Inaddition to the marine shells, fresh water shells are also nu- merous, indicating the existenco of a fresh water lake here subsequent to its being a part of the ocean, It is probable that this entire basin, of which over 1,600 square miles lie be- low the level of the Colorado river, was once in direct communication with the waters of the gulf of Califor- nia, and the feasibility of turning the water again into its former receptacle has long been discussed. In an inter- view, since becoming governor of Arizona, Gen, Fremont made use of the following language: “The plan is perfectly feasible. Between the upper end of the gulf of California and the basin or valley in question a ridge of land interposes, through which it is proposed to cut a canal for a distance of ten miles to a lake about twenty miles loag, and at the other end of the lake continue the canal some fifteen miles more. The cost of the canal might be $1,000,000 and the time necessary for the work per- haps six months; but the benefits to the two states of California and Ari- zona would be incalculable. The great want of Southern Califernia and the adjoining region of Arizona are water and moisture. On the eastern slope of the low range of mountains that separate this basin from Arizona all is dry and barren, as in the basin itself; the heat is intolerable, and no vegeta- tion is possible. The introduction of this great body of water would change the whole face of things, It would induce cool and tempering winds to blow over and form clouds to moisture the parched and arid plains, The canal should be made deep and wide enough to admit such vessels and steamers as saii on the Pacifi Another result of creating this inland sea would be to develop settlements around its borders, where there is nothing to be seen now but the bar- ren sand and sage brush, The one grand desideratum is rain, that will make vegetation and life possible; and this can oaly be obtained by flooding this vast basin with the waters of the gulf of California. In short, it would make the whole surrounding country to blossom like a rose.” As the traveler passes over this 0z desert-region, he cannot fail to be im- pressed with its dreariness and desola- tion, Riding below the level of the sea for more than sixty miles, one sees only a land of silence, terror, and many secrets, Here men have died in hunting for legendary mines; the; have been choked by storms of sand, anud haunted by the ghosts of an un- finished realm. Here are no trees to shelter the caravan on its weary jour- ney, no ivy clinging to crumbling walls, no roses blooming and scenting the air with a delightful fragrance. Here are no cities, no gardens, no homes to welcome the pioneer; but on every side is a wild and deserted region, yet replete with curious con- trasts and ceaseless suggestions, In future years, when the southern over- land route is more popular with travelers from California and the east, when more land has been reclaimed | and more mineral wealth has been found, then the region of the San Joaquin will be no more renowned for its wheat fields and stretch of level plain than the Colorado desert for its ments of grain from the mouth of the river have increased forty-fold in six years. Before that time not half a million bushels of grain were shipped from New Orleans, while during the past year the exports were between 17,000,000 and 20,000,000 bushels. The cotton export has also greatly increased, and the cost of transporta- tion has been reduced $1. to §1,25 a bale. The only drawback at this moment to & rapid and continuous increase in the grain-carrying business is the lack of barge capacity. Mr. Jackson, president of the clevator company of St. Louis, tells me that they cculd do twice as much shipping IF THEY HAD THE BARGES, So great is the pressure on their re- sources that they have been forced to.| fix the price for carrying grain at 8 cents a bushel, when it would pay them to carry 1t at 3 cents if they had the accomodation; but of course efforts are fast being made to meet the wants of shippers, and the pres- ent state of affairs only goes to show that a strong and widespread appreci- ation of the advantages of the Miss- issippi river as a channel of transpor- tation has taken hold out West. Railroad iron from abroad intended for roads in the northwest now comes to New Orleans, though it formerly went by way of New York and the Erie canal. The Mississippi threatens at no dlstant day to be a serious rival of the Erie canal, and in order that the latter's capacity may be enlarged the State ought to abolish the tolls on it. ‘‘People think it is an idle boast that the deepening of the water at the mouth of the Mississippi river saves the States tributary to the river 720, 000,000 a year, but the figures prove that it does. There were about two thcusand million bushels of grain produced in the entire country last year, and three-fourths of that quan- tity came from the states tributary to the Mississippi. A SAVING OF A CENT A BUSHEL on that amount would ®e $15,000,000, but the actual saving cannot be less were not there would be no induce- ment for the trade to go that way in traveling a |, than five cents a bushel, and if .it | S! No Changing Cars OMAHA & GHICAGO, Where direct connections are made with Through SLEEPING CAR LINES tor NEW YORK, ROSTON, PHILADELPIIA, BALTIMORE, AND ALL The Short Line via. 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Tef it and you wil i traveling & faxury In stoad of 'a discomfort, Through tickets vio this celobrated lino for sale at all oftices in the United States and Canada, All information about rates of fare, Sleeping Car_accommodations, Timo Tablos, etc., will be cheertully given by applying to JAMES R. WOOD, General Passoncer Asont, Chicago. T. J. POTTER Goveral Manawer Chicago. Sioux City & Pacific 8t. Paul & Sioux City RAILROADS. THE OLD RELIABLE SIOUX CITY ROUTE 2O © MILES SHORTER ROUTE 1O © PROM COUNCIL BLUFFS T0 ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, DULUTH OR BISMARCK, and all points In Northern fowa, Minnosota and Dakota. _This line is equipped with the improved Westinghouse Automatic Alr-brake and Miller Platform Couvlea and Buffer; and for SPEED, SAFETY AND COMFORT is unsurpassed. Elegant Drawing Room and ng Cars, owned and controlled by the coni- run through WITHOUT CHANGE betwean ll‘m'llfln: Transfer wepot at Council Blutfs, Paul, lcave Union Pacific Transter dop BASTERN ITIEs, o preference to other routes.” ““What is the present condition of the river?” “There are twenty-nine feet of water at low tide, so that the largest vessels can come into port at any time, day or mght, This they ocannot do here, but must wait at Sandy Hook until the tide rises on the bar.,” ““What improvements are contem- plated on the river above New Orleans?”’ ““There was a proposition originally to devote $5,000,000,to the improve- ment of the river above, but this was cut down to $1,000,000, which, under a commission appointed for the pur- pose, will be applied initially to the work of improvement at a point in the river about 100 miles below Cairo.” “What average depth of water is it possible to secure on the main portion of the river?” ““It is perfectly practicable to secure twenty feet of water from Cairo down,” ““How long does low water interfere with navigation to any extent?”’ “For three months of the year— Suplumlmr, October and November.” ‘What other ahippim{ ports are there on the river besides St. Louis?” ““Cairo must become a great shipping point. 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BRLL, Ticket'Agent 0. & N. W. Rallway, U, P. R. R. Dopot. SAMES T. CLARK General Agent. B. 8. HARRINGTON, 8. P. NEWELL. WESTERN POLISH CO., MANUFACTURERS OF WESTERN STAR STOVE POLISH! BEAU BRUMMEL BOOT BLACKING. SALSO DEALERS IN OCOEYLON & GERMAN PLUMBAGO. COUNCIL BLUFF8, IOWA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. ISH & McMAHON, 1406 DOUGLAS STREET, OMA_HA, NEB: The [Only Exclusive Wholesale Drug House in Nebraska. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. Jy 18:me Hellmuth Ladies’ Coliege.: H. R. H. PRINCESS LOUISE. Founder and President, The Right Rev. |. HELL- MUTH, D. D, D. C. L., LORD BISHOP OF HURON,. Fall Term opens Wednesday, September 2Ist, Handsome and spacious buildings, ¥ eautifully situated inn most healthy locality, about four 'hours by mrlnll Im“m ‘r:ln"mn’ b'nll»’v, and 5."-',... of the principal through routes betweor, Kast "'1\ ont. T e reae Tho i 5 Shitlonaor of thia coliage i to peovide ihe hlghoes intellectuaband ymu&fly usetul éducation. The whole R TESTANT principles, 0 the only solid basis for the ¥ight formation of character. yatem is basod upon the soundost - FRENCH i3 the ken in the college. MUSIC a specialty- oy aaid Tt Foou, Inciudini the wholo course of English, the Anclent and Mod- ern Langu sthenics, Drawing and Painting, use Plano and Library’ Medical attendance, and A rekuction of one-halt for the daughters of Clergymen. For “ciru- ellmuth Ladies’ College, Loxbox, mon&thurs-2m e #300 per annum. all particulars address MISS CLINTON, Lady Principal, FEARON & COLE, Commissson Merchants, 1121 Farnham St., Omaha, Neb. Consignments made us will receive prompt attention. References First Nat. Bank and Omaha Br v Max MEVER & BRO, WAV MEYER & BRO,, the Oldest Wholesaleand o 3 A e i Retail Jewelry House in THE LEADING Omaha. Visitors can here M U s | c H 0 USE find allnovelties in Silver e Ware, Clocks, Rich and General Agents for the Stylish Jewelry, the La- | Finest and Best Pianos and test, Most Artistic, and Orgzrns manufactured. . Choicest Selections in 47 nf}?gfifi fi‘:n 8:f :.':tw a.s Precious Stones, and all R and Dealer. descriptions of Fine | Pianos and Organs sold ‘Watches, at as Low Pri- Medcine, 1ars" and ONTARIO, tions, eruptions, ring marks under the eyes,sallowness,red- ness, roughness, and the flush of futigue and excitement are nt]cl)msneu }lbpelled by the Mag- nolia Balm, 1t is the one incomparable Cosmetie, L. . NASON, Dontist, Orriok—Jncobs' Block, corner Capitol averue for cash or ins ents at " | Bottom Prices. ces as is compatible with StAinsme’riI:;D W,Kc:a ‘g honorable dealers, Call |Btemwa; 08 ! and see our Elegant New m?:fid :&fmffig: Pi- Store, Tower Building, Stmfi: °l°1“£h fiu, wgm,& corner 11th and Farn. Sterling, lmpe mif Am ans, &c. Do ham Btreets notglfl%grog us before pur- MAX MEYER & BRO. |chasing. ) M’DONALD AND HARRISON, 140 ¥ STRBEBET, ARE NOW OFFERING FOR ONE MONTH ONLY — X — ; Tiadies' Suits, Cloaks, Ulsters, Circulars, Ete., ite, ‘ot 8500, 800 Stylish Buits, $10.00; 900 Mandeosp %‘gt!sim':fk%?lk Suits, $17.00. ; We have several lots of utn—pl.u goods which will be offered at SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. All ladies should avail themselves of this great sale of | CORSETS AND UNDERWEAR, "GINEN AND MOHAIR ULSTERS, SILK AND LINEN HAN])K]-)I((‘IHEFS, LAWN SUITS "7 AND SACQUES. £ McDONALD & HARRISON, fu 20-e0d:tt sud Fifteenth tre:t, Omaba Nob