Carpenter . lingto raise, chickens. All the success andfailures were put down in Idack and white, 11 (p M ^\ |T/ W) M idH YOU? Upton.) just as we would tell the other fellow, and it was accepted. About this time husband became great-ly interested in building, especially withconcrete, and after some study and actualpractice along this line, he began writingshort articles, long articles and series ofarticles, first for the little farm papers,then for some of the leading papers of theday, and nearly everything went. So we have continued to progress untilwe have been able to speak on severallines.


Carpenter . lingto raise, chickens. All the success andfailures were put down in Idack and white, 11 (p M ^\ |T/ W) M idH YOU? Upton.) just as we would tell the other fellow, and it was accepted. About this time husband became great-ly interested in building, especially withconcrete, and after some study and actualpractice along this line, he began writingshort articles, long articles and series ofarticles, first for the little farm papers,then for some of the leading papers of theday, and nearly everything went. So we have continued to progress untilwe have been able to speak on severallines. ? Theory, may be all right in its place,but the editor usually wants subjects inseason and then wants you to hit the nailon the head and not on the thumb; andto know what to leave out as well as whatto put in. If a man possesses gumption and knowl-edge and knows whats what and can stopafter he has said it, he will usually get hisname in print. ^^] ^fci ^ 1^ CHANGE YOUR ELEVATION (By H. S. Levalley, A. T.). N the good old daysour highest complimentwas: A chip off theold block. In this ageof momentum changedto speed we are no long-er content with ofkind but demand the kind-ness that comes from being morethan a chip. In fact we chargeourselves with being A bird of the airthat carries the voice, and see that you ?sandpaper that voice. A good carpenteris known iiot only by his chips, but bysmoothness with which his mental jig sawruns. We have fostered tradition, but, in manyinstances, to entail a frosted conditionwe have driven the same old nailsinto tradition till the board is splitand there are enough pieces held as relics to start a match factory. We oft makea mistake, but the real trouble is we essayto create what we take from a bad break. Dont toggle; there is plenty of goodstuff left yet, although we may have togo to Miss Hell and hunt for it in theattic. We bear the scratches of lifes conflicton our front elevation, and many show thatinstead of crown wearers, they are stillc


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