Sam Hobart, the Locomotive Engineer: A Workingman's Solution of the Labor ProblemFunk & Wagnalls, 1883 - 252 páginas |
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Página 98 - There he stands, champing and foaming upon the iron track, his great heart a furnace of glowing coals, his lymphatic blood is boiling in his veins, the strength of a thousand horses is nerving his sinews — he pants to be gone. He would ' snake
Página 128 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Página 173 - God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able to bear; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Página 19 - ... than the old-fashioned cobbler could have put on a sole; the factories where, under the eye of a girl, cotton becomes cloth faster than hundreds of stalwart weavers could have turned it out with their...
Página 132 - The land was now clearly seen about two leagues distant, whereupon they took in sail, and laid to, waiting impatiently for the dawn. The thoughts and feelings of Columbus in this little space of time must have been tumultuous and intense. At length, in spite of every difficulty and danger, he had accomplished his object, The great mystery of the ocean was revealed ; his theory, which had been the scoff of sages, was triumphantly established ; he had secured to himself a glory durable as the world...
Página 49 - To my trust true, So love to you ! Working or waiting, good night !" it said. Brisk young bagmen, tourists fine, Old commuters along the line, Brakemen and porters glanced ahead, Smiled as the signal, sharp, intense, Pierced through the shadows of Providence — " Nothing amiss — Nothing ! — it is Only Guild calling his wife,
Página 153 - Are tho passengers of the midnight train the worse off because the engineer and conductor are such men as these are ? A railroad secretary who represented Indianapolis said: "A member of our association was killed last week, and I was called on to bury him. It was a very sad duty. He was a Christian boy, and there are men here who have heard him pray. Going home from the funeral, one of the boys, not a Christian, said, ' The Railroad Christian Association is doing more for our railroad men than anything...
Página 83 - ... amendments have since been adopted. An amendment originates in the House of Representatives, is approved by a two-thirds vote of each House at the following session, and in turn by a majority vote of the electors present at the town meetings held for its consideration. Applicants for franchise must be twenty-one years of age, must be able to read, and must have lived one year in the State and six months in the town. Legislature. — General elections for State officers and the General Assembly...
Página 153 - Railway Associations." In Indianapolis twelve railroad companies aid in the support of this work of benevolence. " In Chicago the president of one of the leading roads, the general manager of another, the general superintendent of another, and other officials, have served and are serving actively on the Railway Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association." The stuff these men are made of may be seen from some of their reports to the Altoona Convention. One spoke thus: "About twelve years ago...
Página 19 - ... human will, and for the satisfaction of human desire, exert a power greater than that of all the men and all the beasts of burden of the earth combined; could he have seen the forest tree transformed into finished lumber — into doors, sashes, blinds, boxes or barrels, with hardly the touch of a human hand...