Front:
A Freak of Nature at
Panama Canal.
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BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y.
Back:
The Valentine-Souvenir Co., New York.
In 1888, when the French abandoned their
futile attempts at building the canal, after
spending in the neighborhood of about $280,-
000,000, so utterly heartbroken were they, that
the machinery upon which they expended mill-
ions of dollars, was left to rust and turn into
junk.
THROUGHOUT
FAMOUS
SUPERIOR QUALITY
Here is one of the cars left deserted along the
canal route. As years went by, a tree which
had taken root in the shadow of the car, grew
into maturity. In its growth, it encountered
an iron rail, and taking the path of the least re-
sistance, grew about it. Finally, as the pro-
portions of the tree increased, it embraced the
iron obstruction, and the rail became a part of
the tree.
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