NICARAGUA CANAL. DESCRIPTION OF A va Nf ! : ANAL I ielieile le 0S A BAER NR ST lh di The final fate of the Niearagna slowly thromgh the jungle f antil joked 1 The | Canal project will shortly be decided, says the New York Herald United States gmnhboat Newport has sailed away with a commission of en- gineers appointed by the Government, and their report as to the feasibilisy of the watterway hetween the Atlante and Pacific will determine whether or not the United States shall control this great bat still embryonio enter. | point nnd ig deen {of hall a mile from the shore to float prise. Beonrds show that 1t bherauie a sen HE CAA MI DIR M0 sea ous matter in the last centary, but no definite plan of action was ever adopted until a few years ago, when work on the route was uctually began. Bat this eanal through the isthmus is not a thing which can be scoom- plished readily, and there is some di- vergence of opinion in regard to the | best place on the isthmus throngh IY Tye I A “0 LE hy Pay OA of erie ene Fei £ & 9 mean “the 2 7 ht GIGANTIC PROJECT. A = SF A SAE APES X el 5 Ze WP BRS st Y 2 : ; PR AT EAT eb ae nn i Pe NS country jevel of Lake This will be abont 110 the mean low water level Sea. and ix oalled On entering Laks the {11 ny to the Niearagns foot above the Ca inks Niearapna : : lake ring stratgit bd § in Dan wal SE 1 begs Borns He point hee ont to beomn opposite shora where t Pacific begins fifty miles wide nt anoag The lake as 3 hroadest the than 1 WERT ibs MANAGUA (NICARAGID AY STREET ®4 % "the lurgest ship. Here the sa have a bregthing spell after averland, and after being lool F to the quiet waters ; vessal will be {ria C destination with a how well the gms neue. < The commission fn realization oonat deserves 108 Rupa nted by the A A ROTA the hax been most atieossafnl in fvpstment of CONSETT iT friend ; A PROVISION KING, Philip D. Armour, the Chicago Pork- Packer, Began With Little Capital. ane the Times Herald, o mestionnbly despry “nv, 13 hee the greatest of the historic saptains of American indnstry, As a speaniator the in 5 capital an productive Faia He hat rid Adiarribhatedd spree Yo Ro wtored stne to all America and and he has ] ates] for his work | ? bovasn shay Xi x and is now a rie Philip D. Armony, of Chicago, says beside | Remarkable Feat of a Kanaka Swimmer 1 | There is a native living mn Nawili- | will, district of Lihue, on the Island {ef Kana, CrtEe as family pame ox namie he boas $i sire hoy whan SVery Yanoae FIokney, but whose Rusiaka had tattooed om : fe pitiara id $ Ia Appearans : wig iL. 8 woe SEY ative , if ® sear ead ; ¥ VETY wtoaling SYP rryabes Avior For , : iF Drege lias Preink mot ‘e BA wind yo Thin Folk. Hatraeal tea mul eof withoni ahe her hand, BR ve tap mini indes vo have boon comforted nm their time igstramentiality wia Have sunt dar- hay 19 «it with tdlanad, ansombly fu th Ber the Xo FB ait * St 3 shratgh the Flanvneg ei he muoday i $3 Bread treaels eed of vs hrmne i cantina fast Wit Zinn, which be are rie Flower The 3 amonaied 10 Dear HAO fazel Dell” “Muse In ie Arr, andl Never Forget she Dear Chicago Record, wou Shar Jy ler people's sins, which to ent it. The French have | President to go over theproposed roate AOR RO EARLANRE "x + Jr ag and old been working through the narrower NT % daring the winter of 1897-8 is to de- cave violently fun Fashion Notes. any au Latest chiffon sash it nearly #trip near Panama, but so far there is no immediate promise of success iu the nndertaking. Bren CA An $A WR ab 1 5 HTOXE IDOL, RUINS OF QGURIGTA, Arn NS Ne N53 tan The American company has ehogén the longer, though apparently less diffienlt, route through the Btate of ¢ Nicaragua. On this line the natural water courses will be used extensively, and it is supposed by wany to be, eon. sequently, a more practical undertak. ing than the owe through the higher hills near Panama. Af the eastern entrance of the ea nal ie the settlement of Greytown. After proper dredging and lights have made the harbor navigable a ship ap proaching from the eastward wili not cost and feasibility of the project, a= | sagsersted by the canal company. It Lit composed of three of the ablest men in the United States for deciding these matters, and i supported by a name SRFInaETR will ber of naval officers, civil and kssistants. Two ren of war sid the expedition and will assist an | thye liydrographic work in the harbors Lon the east and west coasts The { shore parties will have to goover many of thie old lines, and, as the jangie has long closed thess, they will bave to cut their way through, as before, with ' the machete I The Comminsioners wil relurn the United States in the spring, and, | | i & % A renter i ami their report will tei the interest the ake in the project, the | will await them with some impatience Ltn know if the greatest of Republies | will deci the gateway 10 the Pacific. i kk t ani 3 acy ming § Re kT le SO oORIrG: Tenves as teond as Fruit, i158 1 iy ia gonerated haga 1 Lis, wil to the frais ihe ithe leaves of the Lian give off, eaperaatly after ‘bing, and which 15 80 i the to the tastes of the has led this man to adopt this opinion. He goes farther, and says that the pleas ant teste of the apple, pear or grape 13 - r 4+) ar fo prepared in the leaves of the respec- be alais tive plants, Sb NICARAG UA ROUTE OF THE : At the ay shoud find the navigation difienlt present time, however, the water, and thie low country, partly hidden in the almost continual rain, make the approach rather dangerous, On entering the ship will proceed along an almost straight cut until the Ochoa district is reached. Here an enormous dam cross the natural bed | Hamid is obtained ROPORED CANAL z is hurd : hy far 2 tthe hiack currant apple leaves in | fftesn pereent of yeast. During the tation there is an when the ferme: the yeast has setti 3 % we ine “bouguet’’ of | | Spediive trees ir Weld ontane CANAL, of the San Juan River marks the first point where remarkable skill in engi- neering will be displayed. will be turned into the natural bed of this large stream, and will proceed TO The ship | F results hey Prage as of wine is obtained, and fina may be distilled from 1t wineh i to the best cogune. aT 1 1 1 i eo A AA A SA Ingenions Street Lavap., Mew telesaopi easy to reach fo {R Solsorew engagin 14 to hold it in a position with puile) | andl weights set wu the post to counters i balance the lawp. He DUesse ner hak ¥ xk A T:n-Male Tunnel. Yak we fom xy ROT ; pit tha \ Md i ase bE 3 3 k $ : 4 cide earinin questions in regard to the ; . anew APTA ANG GRE es JT spposed x mitours and shapely necks sree-uarters of a yard wide. 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