The Railroad Man's Magazine, Apr 1910
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Write for Special Easy Payment Proposition or see the nearest Oliver Agent. (22) The Oliver Typewriter Co., 115 Oliver Typewriter Bldg., Chicago In answering this advertisement it is desirable that you mention The Railboad Mix's Magazine. THE RAILROAD MAN'S MAGAZINE CONTENTS FOR APRIL SERIALS. A Heart of the North. Part I George Van Schaick . 421 Without Lights. Part II J. Aubrey Tyson . 466 The Daughter of the Idol. Part VI John Mack Stone . 526 Breaking the Combine. Part II William S. Wright . 559 SHORT STORIES. Ronan's Five Minutes. (Illustrated.) . Robert Fulkerson Hoffman 395 The Stolen Ten Thousand. (Illustrated.) D. C. Freeman .... 435 How Komo Bill Went East. (Illustrated. I William David Ball . 453 Donnelly's Hunch. (Illustrated.) Alfred H. Giebler . 483 The Greater Love Benjamin Rush Thornbury 499 The Lost Horse. Limited. (Illustrated.) J. R. Stafford . 511 De Bergerac of the Boes . Augustus Wittfeld . 533 Stung! By Heck! (Illustrated.) Emmet F. Harte . 548 SPECIAL ARTICLES. Rough Riders of the Rail. (Illustrated ) . Gilson Willets . 385 Express Thieves, and How to Catch Them . Charlton Andrews 405 Observations of a Country Station-Agent. No. 23. (Illustrated.) J. E. Smith 413 Possibilities of the Gyroscope. (Illustrated.) C. F. Carter. 445 A Night in the R. P. O. (Illustrated.) Willard D. Eakin 477 Help for Men Who Help Themselves. No. 30. The Railroad Apprentice Robert H. Rogers 490 Letters of an Old Railroad Man and His Son. No. 5. The Scheme of a Real Winner. (Illustrated.) . Herman Da Costa 503 Progress in Locomotive Building John T. Walters 517 Old Dutch Cheese. True Story. No. 43. (Illustrated.) . Hal White . 531 " The Evolution of Almost." No. 2. (Illustrated.) . Horace Herr 538 Old-Timer Tales. No. 3. The Record of 999 .. Remsen Crawford 553 VERSE AND DIVERSE. Life's Railroad. (Poem.) William Gordon Hammond . 404 Loafin' 'Roun' de Depo". (Poem.) John Auschutz 433 " The Cons " of an Old Conductor George Foxhall . 452 By the Light of the Lantern 459 In a Pullman Car. (Poem.) 3. E. Kiser , 482 The Man for Me. (Poem.) Leslie Curtis . 536 Signal-Service. (Poem.) Franklin P. Adams 544 Recent Railroad Patents Forrest G. Smith . 545 The Railroad Man's Brain Teasers 570 MISCELLANEOUS. 37-Year-Old Pass Still Good. ... 412 Fatal Courtesy .... 502 Startling Railroad Statistics 420 Just a Habit .... 502 A New Freight Giant 434 Educating Signal-Men 552 " " Blondie Reynolds Made Up Time . 444 Prizes for Apprentices . 557 Cars and Locomotives Built in 1909 458 Always a Railroad Man 558 Fighting Fires on the Pennsy .... 489 On the Editorial Carpet . 571 ISSUED MONTHLY BY THE FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY. 175 Fifth Avenue. New York, and Temple House, Temple Avenue. E. C, London - .... : - I r. A. Mt'*"tY. PrWIdaot. RlonMU II. Tmt«ni.voTO*. SewWry. - i U. Tors. Treojtinr, CVpyrlslii, 1910, by Tuy Frank .1. 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