The Engineering Magazine, on the other hand, sums up the advantages of the already-undertaken Panama canal as follows:
It is three-fourths shorter, and could be maintained at a cost of $1,350,000 a year less than the Nicaragua canal, is exempt from fifty miles of dangerous river navigation, and its completion would require but half the amount necessary to build the Nicaragua canal.
The Danish West Indies
On January 24th, 1902, the government of Denmark, through the pen of their minister in Washington, ceded to the United States the group of islands known as the Danish West Indies. Unsuccessful attempts to purchase these islands were made in the years 1869 and 1877.
This last effort which, so far, promises success, was begun two years ago. The delay has been due to a difference of price. The amount now agreed upon is believed to be $5,000,000.
IN-DOORS
PARLOR MAGIC
By Ellis Stanyon
THE first thing for the student of magic to do is to learn palming, the art of holding small objects concealed in the hand by a slight contraction of the palm.