The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-26
DE LESSEPS.
Inc Mechanical Magician Of the Nine.
teeuth Century,
"siore Whose Presence Dlficultie,
Speedily Crumble Away.
A frenehy Account Of a Frenebmau

A frenchy Account of Frenebmsr
translated from the Courier dos Flats Mt.
rot me Dallas Herald. Wv"
NJ. Ferdinand De Lessons h., ,,aar
taken the special work of redress,nr IN
wrongs OF nature. Friends Of his in Ipdi
uepiored his presence the difficulties an,
length OF the voyage from France. "Ho,
unfortunate, they said that because of
saali neck OF land separating the Mediter
navigate Africa" N'''N'''
What is the length OF this nsck ,
landY in sdreamy way asked Nj ID, Issss,,.
one hundred and forty.eight Kilometres ,
All right; shall cut it," And so be did
we all remember the clamor excited dnr
ing the operating period If this georranhi
cal surgery, IT was q mad ENTERPRISE
an ABYSS capable Of swallowing up mil
hons; there was mo possibility of snc
cess, the quicksands would fiji up IN,
canal which, quite contrary to the vessel,
OF the Danaides, had to be replepished win
out intermission, while they were wortjns
10 empty it." And besides, "wonld no,
TINS disturb the harmony of nsture2n /,
was urged that the waters of two sea, could
not mee' without catastrophe.
After the work was finished NJ. do Les
seps soon grew tired OF inaction.
| AS lar back as three centuries and a half
aSoHt the time of the arriya
" fernando Cortez in Mexico, project.
lor piercing the lsthmus OF Panama hat
succe' ded each other, Charles V, dreamed
otit. Admiral Nelson, Humbol il. William
OF Nassau, Bolivar, Guizot and o,b.rs hsd
one after the other, studied and abandonsr
the project. M. de Lesseps said "Let n,
nave an end OF it will 20 there - III,
visited Panama with his family, as on ,
pleasure trip. We know the rest.
reople dare say now that NJ. de Lessen,
VIII be baffled by scientific or natural ditii
cuities, ard that he will never find all tn,
money. required. They forget that thi,
exceptional man fascinates the millions n,
easily as the charmer of birds. the winged
songsters in the Tuileries garden. He 6af
but to stretch out his hands and saw in !
caressing voice, Petit, petit I" to max,
the .gold-birds come tlocking from all the
natiopsa
>, AS soon as the piercing of the isthmus o
tAnama was an established fact, M, de
Lesseps tell once more into melsncholl,
MOOD. de had searched round the glob,
ana found nothing but narrow isthmuse,
Oh INFERIOR quality to test the daring anC
skill OF beginners. "Welln said the PEG
pie, M. de Lasseps will now, at last
leave the sea alone! But Commands
Randaire had dream of Reproducing n,
interior sea in the Funesian and Algeria
chotts from Gabes to Biskra. This splendir
scheme, with itsimportant political. militia
nv, commercial and climatic advantages
was presented to the government who con
hded It's thorough investigation TO q grea
extra.parlimentary committee" 18th,
DAY heard OF this committee" said NJ. d.
Lesseps, which, OF course, immediatel,
ousled itself with the election of sub-com
mites, l mentally addressed
to the Commander Roudaire
a letter Of coincidence II was
hrst'class funeral of grand scheme at th,
cost of of the government.
DE PRoFUNDIs
In fact last July the project had a stately
burial in the Journal office. M. DeLessep!
alone had protested against this hasty in
humation. 1t was said that interior seq
would prove to be impossible, but thil
adjective, henceforth berefl of sense. i'm.
parted no conviction to NJ. DeI.esseps
impossible Indeed |" exclaimed he. 4
very, well, you will see |" Captivated by
the idea OF such marvellous enterprise
he no doubt experienced at the sam,
time secret pleasure, because once
more able to vex the Mediterranean
The result of the exploration owe,
which he presided is known. Men
OF tried experience and wisdom have given
unreserved approval.
VIII this project be realized? Will NJ.
DeLesseps. cooperating with Commander
Roudaire, prove once more that in our dav
we must never finch before useful enter.
prise, no matter how great the difficulties
or what its magnitude The idea will
work its own way. The public will become
accustomed to it. Specialists Thought,
that in order to create this fertilizInp
sea, which must transform French African
possessions, 1t would be sufficient to dig a
canal at cost of one hundred and twenty
five millions francs. The scheme will be
executed II it costs double this sum, and
Commander Roudaire, standing on the
threshold of the dreary desert, will yet saw
to the mediterranean
MADAME will you have the kindness to
enter2"
Happy are we to perceive that French.
men undertake grand enterprises, and do
not any longer reject them as idle fapcies
simply because OF magnitude or grandeur.
When 1t was first proposed to make sea in
the interior of Africa, learned men
declared that from scientific
point OF view, the irunGatlon OF the chotts
would cause the most serious atmospheric
disturbances, perhaps even q cataClysm |
Others OF no less prominence have con-
demned the tunnel Of the British channel.
just as navigation by steam had been es.
chewed by Napoleon /, who, never.
theless, used 10 say, Impossible is not
French" NJ. Theirs, at first opposed TO
railways, WAS soon enlightened BY facts,
but did not, for all that, think himself dis.
comiited. He declared that railways were
practical only for short distances. Later,
when compelled to acknowledge that they
were so even across continents, he LAID IL
down as principle that 1t ought to be suf.
ticient TO construct twenty kilometres a
year He fell back in good order before
threatening and ever advancing progress.
How far removed from us to-day are all
these old ideas To-day we accept with
favor projects which, but yesterday were
chimeras Most gigantic conceptions are
no longer to be laughed at; no one sneers at
those who endeavor TO guide balloons or
electric locomotives, or submarine railways.
Patience! The time may come when Jules
Verne's most audacious conceptions and
widest yagaries will be tamest realities.
VARRo.
Cure That Cold.
Do not suffer your lungs to become dis.
eased by allowing cold to continue with.
out an effort to cure 1t. Thousands have
died premature deaths, the victims of con.
sumption, by simply negecting q cold.