. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . The Conversion of Don Enrique. ,\N EPISODE OF MEXICAN LIFE. It is most wonderful! Nay, it is marvel-ous, miraculous ! Why, an hundred burroscould not draw so great a load! No, noteven an hundred of the best horses ofLas Delicias I Come, my friend, let usinstantly depart. Of truth, it is the work RAILROADING IN JAP.\N— LOCOMOTIVE. noises filled him with alarm; tlie foulsmoke pouring from its stack almost stran-gled him; and, awe-stricken by its mirac-ulous strength, he finally
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . The Conversion of Don Enrique. ,\N EPISODE OF MEXICAN LIFE. It is most wonderful! Nay, it is marvel-ous, miraculous ! Why, an hundred burroscould not draw so great a load! No, noteven an hundred of the best horses ofLas Delicias I Come, my friend, let usinstantly depart. Of truth, it is the work RAILROADING IN JAP.\N— LOCOMOTIVE. noises filled him with alarm; tlie foulsmoke pouring from its stack almost stran-gled him; and, awe-stricken by its mirac-ulous strength, he finally gave expressionto his emotions, as shown above. Heturned a deaf ear to the laughing remon-strances of his friend, meanwhile piously. ONE OF THE ENGLISH L0C0M0TI\ES IN JAPAN. of the Evil One himself, and to remainlonger would be to endanger the welfareof our souls. Let us never have railroadsin our Mexico I Don Enrique was a provincial Mexicangentleman who had journeyed in thatgood, old-fashioned conveyance, a rattle-trap of a diligcncia. from his far-awayriiitcho to the frontier town of Paso del crossing Himself, and insisted upon imine-diately returning to the Mexican side ofthe river; there, he felt, they would besafe from the malignant influence of thediabolical machine. And, upon arrivingin Paso del Norte, he lost no time in start-ing back home, but it was with a heavyheart; he was oppressed with the fear thatlie had committed a heinous sin. llie engineers who located the line of theroad entered the bounds of Las Deliciashe used all the diplomacy at his commandto turn them aside, but to no effect, forthe road was surveyed to pass within amile of his house. In due time the graders came, a motle\crowd of rude, ro
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