Show STEAM OR SAIL As lesseps project of a panama ship canal is entering into abe preliminary stages of realization and on the other band capt eads lias sane to central to make tho necessary surveys for liis of lahip railway ackois tho isthmus of tehuantepec it may not be out of place o consider for a moment the worlds marine co innerve from a nautical standpoint with the cutting through of the canal of suez it was predicted a new era of the india trade would in europe just as we are promised mountains of gold of abe piercing of a central american canal in rain it was that elpe coolheaded cool headed seamen railed their weighty objections and sul B antia cd them with arguments the world confirmed itself in the proud thought of ac hiering a work and by the way the masses made favorable to the scheme with the promises of great reduction in the price of the rice and other productions of india but the word of those warners have been verified now as before the principal route of commerce leads southwards around africa and the canal ia used only for and state purposes those men ec the axiom the routes of communication on our planet are governed by the eternal of na ture which man is able to search and tonj out and by choso whoso uti littion he can seemingly render nature his servant well may man occasionally place himself in contradiction to nature but such creations such enterprises will never be ot long duration tha isthmus of suez waa once bo fore cut through but it was soon filled up with tho drifting sands and lost to its purpose of being the connecting link between the Me diters fanean and the red seas high above such luuy efforts stands the marine route which columbus took to america and which although by no means the shortest is only exceptionally replaced by another abo laws of the trade winds and the oceanic currents compel the mariner to recognize the southern route as the proper one because the ono prescribed by na lure again the straits ot magellan will bo furrowed by tho sturdy keela of mer although the route around cape horn h often lengthened for hundreds of leagues the charts of the brillh admiral 11 ll those of the U S navy 10 various Stai sons aim ditc compelled by circumstances they never think of deviating from the regular courses there are however some routes which admit of policies thus many sailors avoid the gulf stream because it brings violent storms others follow it because it takes them rapidly into the anna of the trade winds but always the able seamen will carefully cono paio the different conditions and directions of the al an I oceanic current and never lay his route out arbitrarily on the chart in these considerations we hae only had the s tiling vessels in view we will now see how it is about steamers these wonderful and powerful creations of the inventive genius of clobert fulton serve six principal purposes ast 1st for safety as war vessels and fo the proven lion of piracy aad as passenger and mail conveyances ard 3rd for I coasting and river navigation ath as merchantman merchantmen merchant men in lines of meteor disadvantage for sailing in most appropriate vessels for exploring expedition tho transport of freight not admitting of long voyages these are rau lages bute till it ii not likely at the steamship conj the ailing vessel from the highway of alte watery deep never WAS there anre ground and ilion for the lole of eliat commerce chuo A new departure with taiti of the se but liow hilll i las this liepe been in the I an ve chrt tto old onca of the koceio ino lieval genoa not to forget the athens antl corinth or tle since uie discovery ot alio llio tat route for the eil in diva anil thi ney world plans live ink into tho hiaber on thir wharf 11 f ra rathia tiia and the masonry of their li crumbling anway the opening of the watery connection lh anclle red lea did not balog them the expected revival of lh d ts breul li of cofel ia hardly uble 10 autan mitroe to with its numer oui and the of tho bailon ua ilon arjuna the Medi terra aro barcly car cly for alie requirements some advocate of te suez canal kiy iho ibal tha canal ha ft nece baity by tho cuyo port anil mail enrico to nod frota india bat for this an railroad was buffie aid alio on tho canil avo been crap loyod bolher wae usefully a the di rot ilem route hs bot reduced ibe price any india product on the II 11 la a faai tha with alia high lj ind allot cepl ib suez canal and the great tion of coal thal frinier cinnlt ma ke the voyage fw ny cheap er than the ailing vessel roses tho cape of good drope tagi indeed ia red by the carm bulan to the few ind to tle namy te wholesale whole salo london and liverpool mer cLait can ibo canal with tho telegraph to leold acack hia ships wah gooing for hia marl set and he cin thin gnip and acar tha lutar at hii own pleM ahn certainly ii an important iteal one idaa giai il eppli a acl in lle ciso aan banol canol our re iden ly the way will not hayo too birve tuat inott of to and leepa canil at ahti knot of tho two continents of asi n abrica can be applied to project of a central american canal for which there ia eo much excite ment abroad at present i but there aro other argun sound itro no mean fc lors io the case vs sailing vessel all iho steamers tte amers of hie world choso whoso number we find as require a I coil co il cupply tons for they accomplish voyages to an average f over miles theo stoa mars an no require a round total of men at the rate of 50 men per lat tons tha sailing vo eels at present in use to be replaced by the whole yield of the coal fields ot great britain would be consumed but where could this consumption bo supplied from after awhile i the fact that most firemen on steam era loso or materially impair their eye sight in after liffin consee iunce of the service near tho fiery fumach fu mace truella ha steamship has its in it contribute considerably to the bellara of mankind the vast regions of the AC liccone are the field for the steam ships not only the hunt u pursued by tle steamer but also the trade about tho streams ot northern sibea which airry the grain of the interior to the coat falli to the lot of the al so the mighty hiera hi era of the nations and of the cun triM fo be opened for aro to ba fur rowed by the iron dolphin of nineteenth century thin and element TOH ing vowel and will gi ly contribute alaraj to rus alie ecale of hur vass ww ft tk bid fair to tri lil rouea gue aad TO if harpers depicts iff lu issus ot his ini aff llie democratic emo cratic party alio center fl uros of the large col oreil carlein arc boss kelly and ben B illar who me happily engaged in ft old irish jig bo baiad a a jolly old mitron fraai ori in the left tho corpe of tho atme aralio party is laid out on plank up ported by tho biefel of E i str who himself occupies the aft liand corner in an u sante where no kortge nort ge wineth barnum hill forney and in iho hicl round are deva aas lo 10 atil diw atas eions with hol firlit I ia ing teeth but iha right the picture presents a more peaceful and cheerful aspect while quietly tt B n rd another m m aro ia r scatter bayard who wn fainted away with editor tl ogro water and B aurb a bitten ii ft ailep lo 10 to aroa e him with a plato or tiiu fl at the banie tabla wo who ha amed anti inti the land or awl or a beltle or chi oase in tia anus of Morph eui |