The Railroad Telegrapher, Volume 33Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 1916 |
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Page 437 - So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 76 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 489 - Provided, That any admissible alien, or any alien heretofore or hereafter legally admitted, or any citizen of the United States, may bring in or send for his father or grandfather over fifty-five years of age, his wife, his mother, his grandmother, or his unmarried or widowed daughter, if otherwise admissible, whether such relative can read or not, and such relative shall be permitted to enter.
Page 431 - And we that now make merry in the Room They left, and Summer dresses in new bloom, Ourselves must we beneath the Couch of Earth Descend — ourselves to make a Couch — for whom...
Page 46 - So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can...
Page 480 - Service for service in the field, at a salary of $4,000 a year, and vacancies as they may occur in positions requiring similar qualifications, unless it is found to be in the interest of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement, transfer, or promotion.
Page 76 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
Page 349 - Every sailor in the port Knows that I have ships at sea. Of the waves and winds the sport; And the sailors pity me. Oft they come and with me walk, Cheering me with hopeful talk. Till I put my fears aside, And contented watch the tide Rise and fall, rise and fall. I have waited on the piers, Gazing for them down the bay, Days and nights, for many years, Till I turned heart-sick away.
Page 155 - That no operator, train dispatcher, or other employee who by the use of the telegraph or telephone dispatches, reports, transmits, receives, or delivers orders pertaining to or affecting train movements...
Page 349 - Ah ! each sailor in the port Knows that I have ships at sea, Of the waves and winds the sport, And the sailors pity me. Oft they come and with me walk, Cheering me with hopeful talk, Till I put my fears aside, And, contented, watch the tide Rise and fall, rise and fall. I have waited on the piers, Gazing for them down the bay, Days and nights for many years, Till I turned, heartsick, away. But the pilots, when they land, Stop and take me by the hand, Saying, " You will live to see Your proud vessels...