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SSS : THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA REASSERTS ITSELF : 3 : : From a. navigator’s point of view, the heap of mud shown in this illustration, taken at the scene of the Loge pe ae eat is ry as effectual a barrier as if General Goethals and his men had never existed. It will take some time for affronted na o adjust itself to the new state of affairs, when such slides will cease for good THE SAILORMAN’S PRIDE VS. THE EXIGENCIES OF WAR hei FREDERICK, formerly the famous Hupson of the old Cromwell line, which, ever since her building in 1874 by Pusey & Jones at t Zo Wilmington yards, was noted for her grace and handsome performance, experienced a sad change when war demands made pi a sary to convert her into a munitions freighter. The two illustrations depict her, in her old time trim beauty and later, after being cu down to accommodate the deck load of motor trucks which are seen being loaded aboard. : : HERALD OF A DECIDED IMPROVEMENT IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY WILLIAM O’Brien, which was built for the Carpenter O’Brien Co., by the New. Yor is now engaged in the lumber trade between New Y feet, a molded depth of 27 feet, a dr k Ship Building Co. at its Camden, N. J., yards, ork and Jacksonville, Fla. She is 361. feet in length, with a molded beam of 51 aught when loaded of 21 feet 6 inches, and a gross tonnage of 5,535. 94