New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-18
THE PROTECTED NICARAGUA CANAL.
EXPLAINED TO AMERICAN SCIENTISTS.
THE ORIGIN OF wRITTEN LANGUAGE AND THE FOOD
SUPPLY or THE FUTURE DISCUSSED pY THE
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT Cp


THE ORIGIN OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE AND THI FOOD
SUPPLY or THE FUTURE DISCUSSED PY THE
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT 81
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Cleveland Aug 17.-Among the papers read beiors
tae American Association for tho Advancement Of
scicnce today were DencctIOns OF the plumb hne
and variations of gravity in the Hawaiian ISLANDS,
by Erasmus d. Preston Protection OF "atcnes against
magnetism by c. II Woodbury.; Lake Enc water
al Cleveland by Albert W. Smith; Inc ihnnence OF
aluminium upon east iron,' by Keep, haoeT and
yorce The Cleveland shale and its fossil hsbes, ~
J. & Newberry; "The recently discovered sources oil
oil and gas in Ohio, Indiana and kentucAy'' pJ kh-
ward orion; "A gas well at Clevcisnd'' sna
sociology Of Cleveland by II. p. Gushing, pscoV.
cry of tho ancient 81. Lawrence River origin OK
the basins Of the great lakeS' and Others BY J. ".
Spencer a.,
Colonel Garrick Malberys paper on Recently d'-
covered Algonkn Photographs gave the rSu" Oh
wears of study and was regarded by the anthropoio
vists as a contribution OF the highest value ihS
American Indians excel all other primitive pcopie IN
the use OF these symbols. Colonel Maioerye insos"
atons throw food Of light the origin Of written
language. ae,,
In the economic section papers were road on snip
building and shipping as National economic, W
Charles S. Ill., "The history OF statistics
and their value' by william r s"i'1ier' me io"a
sunnlv Of tho future ard the doctrine OF MaithuS''
hr w n Atwater Mr. Atwater pointed ont that 10
,ncroas. indefinitely The food supply, two things are
needed. energy and nitrogen. The plant iood eSs'h'
tIaI I'm addition to elements within easy "An' ''
potasb phosphorus and nitrogen. Inc potash may
now be obtained in almost inexhausuoie quahuS
fom the bed Of an ancient now flled up In Ger
- lila tho SUNNY of phosphorus Is secured
Nv th. numerous phos phate beds already kno"n'
N,trorcn in an available form IS the great desideratnm
for while IL constitutes fourfflhs OF our Atmosphere
Il IS hardly II at all, available Tor nufiuoh 10 " nv
state 1t has long been questioned "he'nc' p"",'
can assimila,e FREQ nitrogen, but latcs, eAperH''
| show that legumes have in some circumstance nus
| vet well understood, the power 10 40 3D. non
ultimately t. NAV be discovered how to sumua'o al"
,ncre,se the process This will reduce the question:
Of food supply to the simple question OF transpo,'~
ton Of potash and phosphates, since the proper au'
tion of plant food will render any SOIL prouuo"So ho
ever light and indeed. even the SOIL can oe VIZ
ncnsed with and crops raised in water oy 'ho auui
49,. 20 liant food though of IL is not economi-
cal 70 do So He gave an instance OF bucAwhea'
pIant 80 raised with about 800 perfect and 2oo I'M
woIfret Nelson read an illustrated paper on = Tho
Panama Canal as it Is" The impracucaohity oi 'n''
route gives interest the paper on the HlcaraeuA
route by Henry c. Taylor and r. s. PeaTy tDe ia''er
| having commanded the recent survey party Eah'
Nicar,ua will not only feed the canal. but VIII ne
great port in itself. During the SIX months OF u''
| survey the 200 men engaged enjoyed "oci'cn'
| health although thor work was carried OH hos"J
on the woody slope east of tie lake. Inc cohsuuo-
ton of the canal will require the labor OF loooo men
| Cor five wears. Fifteen thousand men coud DC oD-
tanned If desired prices below the standard mere
| Building materials are aoundant vi '"'
| snot The ncighboring Governments are frierdy 70
| the scheme 1t is estimated thar 4ooo'VVo sVhS VI
| freight would be Immediately AVAILABLE WHEREOF iho
! than half IS commerce between our own PACING ann
| Atlantic potts. Tho completion OF the oAha' WI"
rcvolutonze the traffic OF the world, and 1aAe Ne"
York instead OF London, the commeN'ai ''N'
lieutenant Peary. stated that the survey had gwen
more than satisfactory results. The entirc rOu'' ~
east and west of the lake, has been resurveyed In
ALL 500 miles of line in the eastern por"oi
The length has been reduced quarter Of mile, ana
the radius OF curvature enlarged from 1000 to 4ooo
feet In the western division, the RIO Grande IS 10
Ia damned forming a lake and reducing the amount
n. canal navigation five and one-quarter miles 'sn-
ous useful notifications are proposed. The total
length from ocean ocean remains 1898 miles, PUT
the length OF canal navigation is reduced from 4o'
miles 10 os9 At Nicaragua there are TWO pra'tl-
cal routes of nearly equal cost. both OF WhSn VIII 20
uItn stely required for increased trathc inc NUM-
Der Of locks Is reduced TO nve or sH' IN tbs sum
init level there Is to be supplied Win Na'et " ~
ing The question is not now az IL was yea. 49,
when the projec, was iao ~, wben viii be built
The proposed modification will reduce the price ..
construction S1oOOO,OOo or S15.O0O,oOo, bringing y
down 10 $50 600 900 or S55, 5000 Assurance mas
bcen rrceyed that the money forhcoming the only
, DELAY IS TO obtain o charter from congress ~ ~
Tho lecture this evening was by Major j. W. row,
ell, Competition as Factor In hsn n S',
To- morrow will be given to an excursion TO PUTIN
raw The American Forestry Association hed
meeting here to-day to fix date, and adjourned 10
meet At Atlanta, Ca, November 20