Danube

a celebrated river of Hurope, originates in two small streams rising in the Schwarzwald, or Black Forest,' in Baden, and uniting at Donaueschen. The direct distance from source to mouth of the Danube is about 1,000 miles, and its total length, including windings, about 1,640 miles. The Danube is navigable nearly 1,500 miles from its mouth. Danube Navigation Commi ion, an international commi ion, constituted in 1856, when at the Peace of Paris the navigation of the river was declared free to all nations. It exercises almost sovereign power on the mouths of the Danube.