Show A HARD HA D BLOW TO THE PANAMA CANAL THAT was a pretty severe blow which was dealt lesseps panama canal project when te workmen struck a torrent of water the other day all the works were flooded for miles the banks caved in and appearances were that the excavation lor for a great distance e would be one no longer when the water disappeared as it would be filled to the level those who are unacquainted with the topography of the country through which this engineering scheme is being ran cannot comprehend the magnitude magnil nde of such a disaster millions 0 of dollars worth of work has been swept away in a few hours and it if the labor should be done again the probability of a repetition ot of the present trouble is more than likely and it looks loeks like throwing money away to attempt it it is one of the hardest places to work in in the world the climate being overpowering the vegetation rank and containing more or less poisonous growth r howth c and venomous reptiles and ferocious fe r ocious wild beasts abounding the mortality among the workers rise has already reached tearful fearful proportion sand all things considered one would be apt to conclude that science and perseverance are sacrificing too much for too little in undertaking to deal successfully cess fully with either end or the equator of the globe or the vicinity thereof those who are of a sentimental or fatalistic turn of mind may be able to see to la D do lesseps Leai eps fail ur we the of a corded decree that the two americas shall never be disunited that the waters of the ocean shall never flow between thera them it was only some eighteen years ago that a solemn warn warning edg was given to crowned heads beads not to make further attempts to overthrow republican can institutions ns u one on the soil sail of 0 abe e new world and build up monarchial monarc bial systems upon the ruins rains and the warning I 1 fi g was sealed with Maximil Maxi kaus b blood od was this too toe may nave been a sentiment but it was so vigorous that it swept the franco austrian invader from the soil and showed that it was not to be sneered at as a trilling trifling factor in human economy the count de lesseps has encountered no armed and hostile foe bent upon the enforcement of the monroe doctrine but he was met with the moral opposition of the people the frowning f obstacles of inanimate and the lurking menaces ot of animate nature and at last it would seem providence itself has interposed a barrier which it if no nor practically insurmountable is at least a sufficient determent deferment to hold the enterprise in check lor a long time and make it questionable whether capitalists will risk further losses in the prosecution of so be discouraging cou raging a task |