The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-05

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= -
3eening go kn3eye II
n6fsd yeaS ae0, when he lag q
otlle rs On emblem 81 Spanish
~ n Central Amevics, The prov
- now the repubi1c q Nicaragua
prosperity unknown eoday.
fstxict and the city d Leon wsso
= - ! terrestrial paradise. to whom
- tbe peradise Of Nahomet could
npaSUd, - provsTb sid. Tbs city
100 inhabitants and Wss the most
- md the most important place of
AnbeFica. Its fame went far and
- crowds cf adventuress used -
ovosy year - Nicaragua 70 enjoy
1tnted hospitality cf Leon, not 70
1or hundred years $50 money
II 1tentlful - waeer IN NtcarARua.
1esu maI0ntuy q ~ ssufdmuv -
- thsse splendid days o. old afs
s G1al, even now Nicaragua = =
~ eountry to live IN. and IL tnhabi-
y j polite, hospitabls and courteous
1 people, especially from the uppsr
And though the city Of Leon IL not
q century ago. yet It Il large
= accommodate many travellers,
~ fnhabitants are 8 hospitable q
n romains Until today the city Of
"a paessuro.
1900 the land Of eternal sunshine,
ksms OF burning volcanoes,
6ro1iso Of song and darco,
= ~ fich verdure of the tropics, bath
r ~ rvs Of torrid zone, Nicaragua
= Il cns Of the most beautiful ooun-
Z Spanish America. though Il haa
Fl he mountainous grandeur Of
~ NOR the astouniinr vilderness
Il 1900 pIoa. II has. however. ! charm
I 11i 1vn. Z charm never 70 be forgotten
1SSs mo dweIt amidst IL iuxur!snf
17S ~ "a virrIn forests. / surely never
- 1.srSl he BEAUTIFUL country az sllyerv
81 ~ Ipamense. unexplored forests ana
p fI2. Iakee vhose hue Is almost equal 10
B ~ kless csnopv ff heaven.
E T. eraphical position 81 the republic
p I7sSsI1sna' il splendid infarior iaksa.
~ 1IlSeions and the stable eovernment.
iSIl rili always remain an object Of
i7z6v re- : eeorrapher and historian. and
u i7 1sve' Vien there 4 : project 81 :
3 I3i1 fr1in the Atlantic to the Pacific.
II1lr ean Juau river and the lake Of
-. The small republic assumes
Ssnrfanea for every inhabitaut On
1000 az thIa continent
ntest inportance OF Nicarnsua
S7 - liz splendid interior communi-
There nre two great fresh water
r IA in,srior-Lakes Manaeua and
6nna---fl,e Last one ITO miles lonr.
s S57 l6Sn thirty "a ATTY miles broad. and
f ISnfion above the Pacific ocean q onlv
6l1ll|s more than 100 feet This splendid
iS = = - utili,ed in the construction a
n anal.
3 0oookinx about the canal. Ne must meu-
~ MAJ thar Ara two nroiects presentn1l
- Grit elaborated bv lessrs. Menoool =
lnl. ana fha second Nv N. Hlancheft A
ooealns q Ia fIrsf urcieot the oanal vfI1
1un 81 the left hank az the San loan river.
sn(aytine from GfeytoWn until San Carloe
flyef 4 met. distapce Of fortv-tvo ana !
holf uniles WHARF ! dam a n ~ fhrown
norosa the Gan Juan river. which 0ov.
u 8 miles. Farther the streams vill ruu
through the lake for about afsy or sixtv
miles to the mouth Of the river Media,
using this river and also La Chicoluls
trssana and the valley Of the Rio 0rande
The canal will end near the mouth OF the
last hamed siver 81 the point called Brio,
The total length q leO miles. Of which
saxty.two miles are artificial.
According 10 the second proiect the ievel
d The lake q 70 - preserved throushouf
ne groatsss mart Of the san Juan river b.
he construction at dam. ana thu vaIlev
e The Rio Gfande river Il "a - transformed
Into an artificial lake. The descent a
Hpitn 4 n ~ vnad> h., r~ok. Th. 49,,