. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . erprise. i ^ i There appears to be something the mat-ter with the postal arrangements in SouthAfrica. We have more complaints fromsubscribers in South Africa not receivingtheir papers regularly than we have fromany other country outside of the UnitedStates. Jim Skeevers Object Lessons. Piston The of the Stanilard Idol— A Revolution in Cylinder l>«sii;n— Frames and Binders. BY JOHN .^\NUliR. The general managers car was on thetail end of No. 3 Saturday, and atGranger he caught sight
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . erprise. i ^ i There appears to be something the mat-ter with the postal arrangements in SouthAfrica. We have more complaints fromsubscribers in South Africa not receivingtheir papers regularly than we have fromany other country outside of the UnitedStates. Jim Skeevers Object Lessons. Piston The of the Stanilard Idol— A Revolution in Cylinder l>«sii;n— Frames and Binders. BY JOHN .^\NUliR. The general managers car was on thetail end of No. 3 Saturday, and atGranger he caught sight of Skeeversclimbing onto the smoker—he sent hisporter after him. Skeevers, said the old man benignly,I jest want to gas with you from herein; well have a bit of supper here and,well, perhaps Ill open the safe. Oh! yeneednt laugh—they are there! I keepem locked from Snowball here. TheSphinx left most of a box when he usedthe car last; he told me they were fifty-five a hundred—but such cigars you neverput your lip over, Skeevers; finest thingI ever—what the devil is up now?. Emergency for something, saidSkeevers. rubbing his head where it hitthe partition. The old man pushed a dent out of hishat, replaced it on his head, and followedSkeevers to the ground and up ahead. The engineer and fireman were takingdown a valve stem—the riglit-hand pistonrod had broken in the crosshcad keywayand taken out the front head slick andclean. Skeevers went up behind Murray andasked: Can you handle em over Hard-scrabble Hill, Jerry? If they dont stop me at Lowers, and Iget a swing at em, Ill get over with oneside; but, Jim, you know how like a logOld Frostys hearse pulls? Well, by ginger spruce! exclaimedthe general manager. Mr. Wider wasoriginally from Connecticut, and on rareoccasions some of the strange oaths ofthat strange country would escape him. Oh! howdy do? said Murray, with a smile; didnt know you was around—but, Mr. Wider, that car of yours doe
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