Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1891 — A River that Flows Inland. [ARTICLE]

A River that Flows Inland.

There is an interesting instance of water flowing inland from the sea. It is found on the island of Cephalonia, in the lonian sea, west of Greece. The phenomenon occurs on the southwest side of the island near the small town and port of Argostoli. Two streams flow at a short distance from one another, straight from the sea, for a few yards, and then follow different courses. One turns at right angles and runs for some ways parallel with the shore and close to it. Then it turns again toward the sea, and running, of course, deeper and deeper, doubles completely under itself, thus forming a loop, and finally passes out of sight deep down in a landward direction. In its course it tarns two flour mills, which .will give an idea of the strength of the current. There is no tide in the se* n*re, and the flow of the salt water brook is perfectly steady and continuous. The other rtream disappears in the ground in a similar way. This curious phenomenon has not attracted much attention because Argostoli is not on one of the regular tourist routes. No one knows what becomes of this water, but it probably flows to some subterranean reservoir, and it may have something to do with the earthquakes that occur in that neighborhood once in a long while, or, possibly, it feeds some disfor, aa js well known, the most generally accepted theory of the cause they are" due to st eant. generated from water, admitted tfiSteigh cracks in the earth’s crust, or in some other way.— Goldlhwaite’s Geographical Magazine. * A Russian engineer, who has lately been examining the Canadian Pacific Railway, says hrs Government has decided to build a railway across Siberia from the Ural Mountains Us the Sea of Japan, at a point 6,000 miles from St. Petersburg. The country to be traversed as far as Lake Baikal is not unlike the Canadian Northwest. Vert many popular men of the day make much of their reputation by night,