Show TWO CITIES OF THE DEAD aa an instance of wilh which a mushroom boom can collapse when the tuna canies conies liea are in the habit of pointing to los angeles and other cauthern Sau thern california towns as veil as to a instances between ahe M and the bocky mountains but it is unlikely that any section of I 1 he united ever witnessed so sudden and ab blute a finking as is reported from the isthmus atif since the failure of alie lesseps canal scheme As the months loll 1011 by without a hopeful sign of the resuscitation of the project the most sanguine leave bacome faltering and the living death which their courage alone prevented from upon lie coubry a year ago already has lie ft bole isthmus under its dismal chadow the result is eliat not een the vork really done nor the stupendous preparations pa rations for its completion com can be preserved from the processes of destruction tons aad tons of the most perfect machinery man could devise and construct tor alie purpose of each an enterprise lie ide and inadequately cared for aie fast rusting and generally falling to pieces under the deteriorating influence 0 a tropical clime the effect of the downfall of aliis gigantic enterprise is most marked in panama and aspinwall tha gennini of the canal these c ties have about res arned their old humdrum life after leaving veritably rolled in luxury and nce the ii aspinwall has been greater than in panama for that city had more of the local trade caused by the swarming of immigrants in such great numbers to the from one of the streets which used to ba lined with large stores of all debar from M aich the toads on the line of alie canal gat their supplies the stores liae all disappeared and their are taken by small chineis shops in panama alie visible marks of the collapse of the are the numerous untenanted and unoccupied large dwelling kiouses and stores which in alio palmy days dating from 1880 the year in chith alie digging of the canal commenced were so abundantly pit up and as rapidly found occupants the withdrawal of the concession to the company which seems to be alio only question causing the least agitation io the n hole dr brict at fortunately offers no prospect of relief |