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Page 5
That is what human enterprise has done for Africa; and the half-way house is the
Zambesi. The Cape-to-Cairo road has just been carried across in front of the
Falls with a daring bridge-span of 650 feet ; so that the train de luxe crawls across
, ...
That is what human enterprise has done for Africa; and the half-way house is the
Zambesi. The Cape-to-Cairo road has just been carried across in front of the
Falls with a daring bridge-span of 650 feet ; so that the train de luxe crawls across
, ...
Page 11
... passage of one of the earth's greatest rivers. Little did Livingstone, half a
century ago, when he braved the spirits of the pearly, luminous spray-clouds,
dream that one day a mysterious force should be born there which should
transform ...
... passage of one of the earth's greatest rivers. Little did Livingstone, half a
century ago, when he braved the spirits of the pearly, luminous spray-clouds,
dream that one day a mysterious force should be born there which should
transform ...
Page 17
For long, dreary hours their little half-devel- At Work in thk Breakers. Group of
Willing Workers. These boys, many of them under fourteen, boast gleefully of
having outwitted the mine inspectors. oped bodies go through the same deadly
motions ...
For long, dreary hours their little half-devel- At Work in thk Breakers. Group of
Willing Workers. These boys, many of them under fourteen, boast gleefully of
having outwitted the mine inspectors. oped bodies go through the same deadly
motions ...
Page 20
The 'Breaker Boss' sprang to his rescue, and in a moment he reached the spot,
but in vain, for the boy's body was already half way in the cogs. The horrifying
sight chilled the man's blood and for a second stunned him, as. 20 THE
TECHNICAL ...
The 'Breaker Boss' sprang to his rescue, and in a moment he reached the spot,
but in vain, for the boy's body was already half way in the cogs. The horrifying
sight chilled the man's blood and for a second stunned him, as. 20 THE
TECHNICAL ...
Page 21
Like the boys in the glass-works, these breaker boys are uncomplaining martyrs
to industry. They are free born American citizens, half of them of the purest
American stock. In these perilous industries they show the real stuff that they are
made ...
Like the boys in the glass-works, these breaker boys are uncomplaining martyrs
to industry. They are free born American citizens, half of them of the purest
American stock. In these perilous industries they show the real stuff that they are
made ...
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