Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1898 — A Cunious Lake. [ARTICLE]

A Cunious Lake.

An Alaska traveler recently described some extraordinary phenomena connected with a small take, named Selawik, situated near the sea-roast. Tides rise and full In the lake, perhaps on account of an underground connection with the sea. At the bottom, he says, the water is salt, but on the top there is a layer of sweet waiter.