. St. Nicholas [serial] . able tomake five trips a year instead of two. Peruwill be four thousand miles from New Yorkinstead of ten; and six thousand miles fromEurope instead of twelve. No story can better illustrate the great needof the Panama Canal than that of the splendidrace against time made by our huge battleshipthe Oregon, during the Spanish War. She lay infar-away Puget Sound, and was wanted at oncein Cuban waters. In the great need of the mo-ment, how tantalizing became that narrow neckof land, the Isthmus of Panama! Only thirtymiles across, yet that thirty miles compelledCaptain Cla
. St. Nicholas [serial] . able tomake five trips a year instead of two. Peruwill be four thousand miles from New Yorkinstead of ten; and six thousand miles fromEurope instead of twelve. No story can better illustrate the great needof the Panama Canal than that of the splendidrace against time made by our huge battleshipthe Oregon, during the Spanish War. She lay infar-away Puget Sound, and was wanted at oncein Cuban waters. In the great need of the mo-ment, how tantalizing became that narrow neckof land, the Isthmus of Panama! Only thirtymiles across, yet that thirty miles compelledCaptain Clark to take his battleship cleararound the South American continent. Four-teen thousand miles instead of four thousand!Fifty-nine days of furious steaming under forceddraft instead of less than twenty-one days!That was a wonderful race, around the Horn,and it was equally wonderful that the big fight-ing-ship sighted the blue mountains of Cubajust in the nick of time to do her full share—and more—in the great A NATURE-LESSON. By Carolyn Wells. Said grandpapa to Tommy White That is a maple-tree;And standing next it, toward the itright, * A slippery elm you see. A slippery elm ! cried Tommy ;/:/,. - oh, / . Slippers are nice to wear! ^W^/ir^-Jlli11^*^ And when quite ripe and red they T5 I -11 come and pick a pair. ? *T/ Wff/
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