. Wonderland; or, Alaska and the inland passage . From the Great Lakes to Puget Soukd. To the doorways of the West-Wind,To the portals of the ^HILE, in the old world, armies have been contendingfor the possession of narrow strips of territory,in kingdoms themselves smaller than many singleAmerican States, and venerable savants have beenpredicting the near approach of the time when thepopulation of the world shall have outstripped themeans of subsistence, there has arisen, between theheadwaters of the Mississippi and the mouth of thestately Columbia, an imperial domain, more than three
. Wonderland; or, Alaska and the inland passage . From the Great Lakes to Puget Soukd. To the doorways of the West-Wind,To the portals of the ^HILE, in the old world, armies have been contendingfor the possession of narrow strips of territory,in kingdoms themselves smaller than many singleAmerican States, and venerable savants have beenpredicting the near approach of the time when thepopulation of the world shall have outstripped themeans of subsistence, there has arisen, between theheadwaters of the Mississippi and the mouth of thestately Columbia, an imperial domain, more than threetimes the size of the German empire, and capable of sus-taining upon its own soil one hundred millions of little has been done—for it is but little, comparatively—toward the development of its amazing resources, has called intoexistence, on its eastern border, two great and beautiful cities, which havesprung up side by side on the banks of the great Father of Waters. It is there, at St. Paul and Minneapolis, that the travelers journey to Won-derland may be said to begin. And what could be more fitting ? for are theynot wonders i
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