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and lime to collect in the bottom until it 

 reached the lower row of flues and blistered 

 the boilers over the fire. We got it patched at 

 the time, but we might better have thrown it 

 away, as we have expended on it altogether 

 nearly enough to purchase a new boiler and 

 now we are compelled to throw it away; and 

 we are putting in place of it a boiler that is 

 twice as old and is nearly as good as new. The 

 first was ruined by carelessness and the other 

 one was cared for properly and is still a good 

 boiler. I write this to show the difference in 

 men. 



Scarcely a year passes that we do not drop 

 men from our employment simply because 

 they have not grip enough to do as well as they 

 know how. They "play boy" with their work 

 and the result is they have to make way for 

 some one who will attend to business. I fre- 

 quently hear men say they are earning all or 

 more than they get. On the other side I re- 

 cently heard a young man say he did not expect 

 an advance in salary until he had proven by 

 his work that he was worth to his employer 

 more than he was receiving. He recently se- 

 cured an advance of $25 per month at a time 

 that many were accepting less salary and some 

 losing their positions entirely. Every true man 

 or woman respects a person that does honorable 

 work well. I have seen ditchers that I felt like 



