Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Volume 261892 |
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... hand . " The sweet chimes of the evening bells ring out come , bringing me back from the heaven of dreams , and long before the dawn of Christmas breaks millions of little ones will be tearing through the house to see what good Santa ...
... hand . " The sweet chimes of the evening bells ring out come , bringing me back from the heaven of dreams , and long before the dawn of Christmas breaks millions of little ones will be tearing through the house to see what good Santa ...
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... hand . It was a telegram received at the last station , and read : " Fred was burned to death this noon - Mary . " Then we accounted for the wild running of the train - for what had before been a mystery . There were the Santa Claus ...
... hand . It was a telegram received at the last station , and read : " Fred was burned to death this noon - Mary . " Then we accounted for the wild running of the train - for what had before been a mystery . There were the Santa Claus ...
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... hand , and , with a tear of com- passion in her eye , thrust something into Grace's hand , which , when she reached her humble quarters , she found to be money . That simple act of kindness melted the pent - up sorrows and emotions of ...
... hand , and , with a tear of com- passion in her eye , thrust something into Grace's hand , which , when she reached her humble quarters , she found to be money . That simple act of kindness melted the pent - up sorrows and emotions of ...
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... hand ; for as her head fell back , over- come by sleep , unconscious of the biting air , a gust of wind snatched the sheet from her loosened fingers , and , passing it from one gale to another , wafted it - who knows whither ? Almost at ...
... hand ; for as her head fell back , over- come by sleep , unconscious of the biting air , a gust of wind snatched the sheet from her loosened fingers , and , passing it from one gale to another , wafted it - who knows whither ? Almost at ...
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... hand , if we have acted ac- cording to our belief of what was right , and up to our knowledge of what was best , we are absolved from all blame and relieved from all further responsi- bility . Yet it by no means follows that the same ...
... hand , if we have acted ac- cording to our belief of what was right , and up to our knowledge of what was best , we are absolved from all blame and relieved from all further responsi- bility . Yet it by no means follows that the same ...
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Page 27 - And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Page 163 - An Act to regulate commerce, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and...
Page 216 - The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax, before it, — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors, — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.
Page 69 - Life ! we've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear : — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not ' Good night ' — but in some brighter clime Bid me
Page 216 - By his admirable contrivances it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease and precision and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin, or rend an oak, is as nothing to it.
Page 73 - ... annually to save the lives of shipwrecked seamen; every steam vessel is rigidly inspected and required to adopt the most approved safety appliances. All this is good. But how shall we excuse the lack of interest and effort in behalf of this army of brave young men who in our land commerce are being sacrificed every year by the continued use of antiquated and dangerous appliances? A law requiring of every railroad engaged in interstate commerce the equipment each year of a given per cent of its...
Page 163 - ... in the United States, and shall fix a maximum variation from such standard height to be allowed between the drawbars of empty and loaded cars. Upon their determination being certified to the Interstate Commerce Commission, said commission shall at once give notice of the standard fixed upon to all common carriers, owners, or lessees engaged in interstate commerce in the United States by such means as the commission may deem proper.
Page 27 - The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena of society as arise from the combined operations of mankind for the production of wealth, in so far as those phenomena are not modified by the pursuit of any other object.
Page 136 - Aries there his glittering bow unfold, And raging Taurus toss his horns of gold ; With bended bow the sullen Archer lowers, And there Aquarius comes with all his showers ; Lions and Centaurs, Gorgons. Hydras rise, And gods and heroes blaze along the skies.
Page 163 - That within ninety days from the passage of this act the American Railway Association is authorized...