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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-19

lHE WHEAT CEor.-Nlany farmers of this
~',tI"n speak in rather Il Responding way
.'I'"ui tie prospects for good wheat crop.
ihj~ Is ">imrially The case in thin land or in
ind where corn crop WAS raised the year
i"lEr. pl course land where the wheat
Ma drilled, or the land properly prepared,
II i not 80 bad. When will our farmers
'.stm that it is time and money thrown away
10 " scratch ground instead of poughing it.
Il Is folly To lose time and msecy when il
cnritd ju>t H. easily be avoided Milton
I.y,uttiC.
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RESTAURANTS.

TETELLE-REMOVAL.-The store No.
II 1902, lately occupied 10y Zetel!e. having been
rented over his head to another without word TO
HIN, be has IN the dilemma TO remove TO the base
nient Of Goddins Hall, corner Of Eleventh Rnd
Bank streets, where he wilt be found to receive his
old friends and customers, and where he will serve
them with the BEST LIQUORS and the very hess
tho market affords. les
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STOVES. 'FrsyVAEE. &c.

! X. MCUNTCASTLE a. CO., No. 52O
bFpad street, between Fifth and sixth streets
o.. * ii9"se'S Patent Safety Lamp.
'AS,24GE Js, u AS-FlXTDEEs. and DROP
~ itS. Iui and examine hnn stock OF
a., w NI-SfoFFS, ai!tG ~ The :. General Lee, =
."' Cora Planter" and others. taS
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A NCHOR LINE STEAMERS. .gges

n 80 49,. --Ih1 ''.a'a' 5kSA
.zzs..s ~. SAILING -. :,
! EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY
Passengers booked to and from railway stations
Or seaports In England, Ireland. Scotland. Eorwny
Sweden, Denmark. Germany, France, Holland, Bel.
ginns, and the United States. .t. 2
Cattn fare from New York TO London, Liverpoo'
Glasgow, or Derry, by Wednesday . steamer, @6e. 81
BY Saturdays steamer, SsS and Es. q.
Passengers booked DIRECT from Palermo, Genoe-
Messna, and Trieste to New York. ,lss ~.
Cabin, $40; steerage, $55. Payable In currency.
For further information apply to I:
- HENDERSOA BROTHERS,
z Bowling Green, ". Y, or
j. w. WYATT, Agent,
jy4 3Govern0r street, Richmond, Va. y
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-19
EDR RENT.

TNIIREE NEW AND DESIRABLEM..
4 HOUSES for rent. Apply to FL
MOODY & KDYAIE, Kcal Estate Agents,
office corner Seventh and Hull streets.
fn 10 If Manchester Va.
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g. DRESS SHIRTS.
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHINGS.

thousands of wearers to be the perfection Of ele-
gance and comfort. .... .... ,......
Our SYSTEM OF CUTTING which Is peculiarly
our own, enables us to fit any form or deformlty
with absolute precision.
In the matter Of MATERIALS and MANUFAC-
TURE our ong experience enables us to guarantee
entire satisfaction T.J IRVING & CO.,
No. 913 Main street, Richmond, Va.
GEORGE L. MARSHALL and E. FORREST PEC0R
statesmen can be found at the above house.
ia 25-lm
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CONFECTIONERIES.

TELEGRAM, JELLY, CAKES, AND
Il PLAIN CANDY. w. PLEDGE will con-
tinue to manufacture his celebrated CREAM j Eli
Broad street. -
Orders left with Messrs. WYATT & MINOR. Rich
mund Music Emporium, will be promptly filled on
the most reasonable terms.
Parties pic-nics, and refreshments furnished at
short notice 10 order. u. W. PLEDGE,
in o5-atawlm SIT Broad street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-19

DAYNTER G. McGOVERN'S SCHOOL
l. OF TELEGRAPHI,I 1910 MAIN STREET, next
door to Western Union Telegraph Office, Richlnol,d
Va. An experience OF fourteen years enables s 10
teach Tergfnphy In most thorough and practlcal
manner. References: Officers of the Western Union
Telegraph Company and teegraphers gencratiS
TEKMS: SIS per quartcrz-twelre Wceks-Payable
In advance, for night SESSIONS $5e for four months
payable In advance, for day sessions. fc ls-iw
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L'OR RENT, STORE No. s, on west or
Il sidc Tenth between Main and Cary streets, 81
recently occupied by K. a. Dayton. Esq. Possession
at once. Apply to j. l.. ApPERSON,
fe ls-6t Real Estate Agent.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-19

ROCERIES! GROCERIES I've are
~ offering Il large and wcl-seectcd stock Of G RO-
CERT rs at low prices. We name
800 bags Rio COFFEE.
7 $50 bags LhGUhYRA COFFEE,
so EuuncS JAVA COFFEE,
$50 barrels PORTO RICO SUGAR,
200 barrels REFINED SUGAR.
90 hogsheads DEMARARA SUGAR, -.
20 hogsheads NEW ORLEANS SUGAR,
IS barrels FERRIS HAMS. 10 barrels FERRIS SHoUL-
DERS, Is boxes SIDES and SHOULDERS, so ticrces
and kegs LARD, 10 uerces CAROLINA RICE, $50
boxes aud half-hoXcs ADAMASTlNE CANDLES. 100
barrels Nos |. 9, and 3 MACKEREL. $50 barrels EX-
IRA FLOUR 100 bags prime CLOVER SEED, rccciy-
Ing this day by ,,,>
Ia 20 ROBERT F. WILLIAMS 4 co.
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WANTED, FIFTY COLORED MINERS
w for the Grand Tower Coal Mines Illinois.
High wages paid. Hands will start NEXT TUES
DAY, the lsth Of February. Apply 70
j. L. JUST1S. Labor Agent,
fc IL No. 9 Fifteenth street.
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DOOMS FOR RENT over the store a.
AO corner of First and Main streets. ks:i
in q
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w ANTED.--A young Virginian lady OF
w superior education qualified to teach Latin,
French music on tho plano. and the higher branches
of English, desires Il situation ms TEACHER In a
private family or female academy. Can furnish
the highest test nlonas. For further information,
address "TEACHER," care William f. Drinkard,
Dispatch office - fe la-6t*
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OFFICE OF PowHArAF STEAMBOAT CoMPANr,l
ssG, .E-, a5t, September 3lst, 1877
N0NsIGNEES OF FREIGHTsaTlMa
~ by this line are hereby notified thats
on and after this date all freight arriving by their
Steamers unless moved within twelve hours after
arrival, viii be stored at their risk and expense.
Steamers arrive MONDAYS, THURSDAYS, and
SATURDAYS at o'clock A. 81.
Sc y WILLIAM =. BRETT. Agent.
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Low many Huntington? 400?
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A PRACTICAL BOOK.KEEPER, OF
n fourteen ye,rs' experience, having his evenings
discngared. would like to make engagements for
posting up books, 60. Address +. W, Dispatch
office. fc l7-eodGtx
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
For the VERMONT FARMER
A WOMAN'S EMANCIPATION
SOCIETY.
East Charleston, VI.

"What are women slaves in these United
States Of America, that they must be eman-
cipated 2" asks one on reading the caption,
Yes, answer, as veritable slaves as ever
walked Gods free earth.
"Ah, understand, it is one of those hor-
rid womah's rights theories" says a feminine
bundle of ruffies and pufs, who considers it
very ungenteel to be anything but helpless
incubus upon her father or husband.
Not a bit of it, my dear madam, though l
believe women have rights and wrongs too,
but there is no male tyrant to be compared
to the absolute monarch who holds us in
thrall. You and l, and almost every wo-
man we know are abject slaves to Mrs. Grun-
dy. We may not bo quite willing to admit
this fact, but who of US can truthfully deny
that We are bound and trammeled by fash
ion2 Do not the whole world of civilized
women bow down and worship this Moloch,
that counts more victims than any other, ex-
cept war and intemperancef tashlon dlc'
tates how we shall dress, how We shall walk,
how our children shall be educated and even
how we shall worship God. 1t is strange
how servie we are, how quick to obey the
bchests of our tyrant. Fashion says "wear
curls," and straightway every head, whether
brown grey or gloden Is adorned with ring
lets. Fashion says " do your hair low down
the neck, :" and bundles Of hair and net make
a marvellous growth in that direction. Fash,
ion says "put your hair on the top of your
head,' and 10, mass of braids and puffs and
rolls surmount the crown like an Indians
head drsss-and just about as becoming 81
know this style does not become me-" says
one "but it is the fashion, you know" Yes
| do know, and most hOrrid fashion it is, too
and one that makes nineteen women out Of
twenty look ridiculous, but then who would
not submit to look ridiculous for the sake Of
being in the fashion, Fashion says "wear
your skirts short" and there is marvellous
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
For the VERMONT farmer.
SOME NICE DAIRY STOCK.

l desire to call the attention of your read
ers to an exceedingly meritorious herd Of
Ayrshires owned and bred by Mr.. ). I.
Libby, of johnson. He has as fine herd
as can be found in Vermont, his dairy cows
averaging, from June l to July 2l' 30
pounds Of butter to the COW. He has an
Ayrshire bull one year old that is beauty,
having all the fine points Of thoroughbred
is of good size, and think cannot be beaten
in Vermont. His calves dropped this spring,
of which he has six, are very large and fine
for their age. 1t would do any one good to
call and visit Mr.. Libby and his herd, as he
is very fine gentleman, and will be sure to
make every one feel at home, and l will guar
antee that any one will be we'll paid by max
ing him visit. RUFUS ii. CLARK.
Cadys Falls, July %.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
WHAT THEY LEARN AT THE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

The commencement at the Amherst Agri.
cultural College occurred on the 10th, and to
give our readers hint of some of the things
taught there we copy the following extract
from the correspondence of the Worcester
Spy in regard to the examination of the
graduating class, which was conducted by
Levi Stockbridge:
The examination was a novelty, compared
with the antiquarian catechism in vogue at
Amhersts other institution for instruction.
There was practical bearing to every ques-
tion asked, and the answers showed that the
minds Of the students had been exercised to
advantage concerning other roots than Greek,
and on more practical questions than that of
Homer's birthplace. The possibility and
method of acclimating tropical plants to cold
er ATTITUDES was explained; the system Of
developing wild plants to the perfection of
cultivated stock, as exemplified in our COM
moncst ornamental and useful flowers and
vegetables, was dwet upon and the possibili
ties for the future shown to be almost end
less. The mixture of different varieties of
the same species, as the crossing of unlike
kinds of corn, came up for explanation, and
the improvements which may be gained by a
judicious system of crossing illustrated by
what has already been done in the past. The
effect on the soil of allowing the land to rest,
the decrease of fertility inevitable by con-
stant cultivation and no manuring and the
proper means Of restoring or retaining pro-
ductiveness, were all called out in the course
of the examination. The comparative value
of rotation of crops, use Of surface or deep
feeding plants, plowing in crops as fertilizers,
the value Of tillage to expose the land to the
action of frost and air were discussed, and
the students showed commcndable familiar
ity with their topics. Quite brisk talk was
had on commercial fertilizers, their value to
the land, and the great liability Of the pur-
chaser to be overreached by the manufacture
er in driving bargain. In answer to the
question how this state of things could be
prevented, the appreciative youth who was
up said, +" Send him to the Agricultural Col.
lege." The matter Of stock raising in its ap.
plication to producing beef cattle, COWS fol
the dairy,and cheese-making, and the relative
merits of the different grades Of improved va
rieties of stock, were SO sharply discussed al
to bring out Messrs. Flint Wilder, and othel
agricultural men with information on th'
matter. 1t seems that there is a fashion in
butter buying as well as in the wear Of dress
goods, and case was cited Of a dairymaI
near Boston who sells butter from his Jersey
stock for a dollar and quarter pound an(
buys for his own use Vermont butter at iit!
cents pound. The latter is said to hav
really the finest flavor, but is without tn
fashionable prestige of the Jerseys.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
Gbe 9atrp.
TO JUDGE RIPE CHEESE.

Mr. Il. d. Arnold in his annual address
at the late session of the American Dairy
mems Association, in speaking ofripe cheese,
thus stated the way to Judge Of its quality
and some Of the changes which take place in
the proper ripening:
An expert can distinguish the different
conditions of cheese at glance but consum-
srs are not generally experts Their acquaint-
ance with the characteristics of cheese is 30
slight that but few are able to distinguish
the good from the poor, and they purchase,
If they buy at all, just what happens to be
set before them. 1t is not easy to make this
discrimination with words. Experience aAd
observation must be the only true guides.
The extremes of maturity and immaturity
may be easy enough to define, but it would
be as difficult to describe the intermediate
stages as it would be to state the precise time
when an apple is ripe. But l will name
some of the external indications of fitness or
un6tness for use. The proper stage OF ripe
ness is characterized by total want OF elias
ticity when pressed with the finger. The
cheese feels as If breaking under the finger,
and the dent remains has a salvy and oily
appearance when mashed between the thumt
and finger and melts on the tongue like
ripe pear, when taken into the mouth ant
it retains, when cut, a soft, oily surface for 1
long time, not readily drying up. The Op
pOsite indications mark the unrips. indigest-
ible cheese, yiz.-Elasticity when pressed
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
ST. JOHNsBURY, FRIDAY, AUGUST g. 1873.

g rains, or l.3 grains less than the first. The
barley grown on this area contained "a grains
of potash, only 1.3 grains Of which could
have been obtained from the drainage water.
Indeed if the whole quantity of potash had
been taken from the water it would not have
upplied quarter Of the potash in the bar
ley. 1t is clear that this must have been
dissolved in some other way. Indeed the soil
has an affinity for the salts dissolved in wa
ter, and will remove them for solution, so
that water that has been in contact with
soil, is poorer in dissolved matters than it
was at first.
The solution appears to take place in con-
tact with the roots of the plants. We have
seen that these roots are surrounded by an
envelope of earthly particles. Moisture is
drawn up by capillary attraction between the
root and the soil, and here the plant-food is
dissolved and transferred TO the root cells,
not by the water that is diffused loosely
through the soil, but by that which IS IN I'M
mediate contact with the tender roots of the
plants. No doubt the water inside the cells
of the roots takes part in the process, and
causes the solution ofthe food constituents
as when soluble substance is laid on a
bladder which covers vessel quite full Of
water it is dissolved by the water in the
pores of the bladder, and is gradually drawn
into the vessel.
Plants then do not as a rule require their
roots to be inserted In soil saturated with
water. They require soil containing a
sufficient quantity to moisten their roots
while at the same time the air has free ac
cess to evey part ofthe soil.-Canada Farm
er,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
IN THE OLD, FoRsAKEN SCHOOL,
HOUSE.

BY JOHN II. YATES.
They we len tho schOOl-house Charley, whero years
ago We sat
And shot our paper bullets at the masters tmeuOrn
hat;
The hook is gone on which II hung and master sleep
whoro sehoOl-boy tricks can never cast shadow Ger
his brow
They We built new, imposing Ons-ths pride Of all
he town,
And laughing lads and asses 90 It's broad steps up and
down;
tower crowns It's summit with new, monster bell,
That youthful ears in distant homes may hear its
music swell.
IN sitting in the old one, with its battered hingolsss
door,
The windows are all broken, and the stones lie on the
floor;
alone Of all the merry boys that romped and studied
here,
Remain to see 1t battered up and loft SO and dresr
m sitting on the same old bench where sat side
by side
And carved our names upon the bench when not by
master eyed
Since then dozen boys have ght their great skin
to display,
And like the footprints on the sand, our have
passed away.
While glances from the lasses made hearts 20 pit
tipati
Twas here fell in love- you know, with girls who
looked US through
Yours with her piercing eyes Of black, and mino with
eyes Of blue
Our swee.hsarts-pretty girls were thsy-tO us how
very dear
Bow down your head with me- my boy, and shed for
them tear;
With them the earthly school is out; each lovely maid
now stands
Before the one Great Master, in the house not made
with hands.
You tell me you are far out West a lawyer deep in
With Joe who sat behind US here and tioklSd US with
straws;
Look out for number one, my boys may wealth come
tyOur tOueh,-
But with your long, strong legal straWs, don't tickle
men too much.
Here, to the right sat Jimmy JOnes-yOu must rsmsm
Dor Jim
He IS teaching, now, and furnishing, as master pun
ished him;
What an unlucky lad he was his sky was dark with
woes;
Whoever did the SHINING it Jim who got the blows
Those days are all gone BY my boy; ifes hill We 'rO
going down,
With here and there silver hair amid the schoo[boy
brown,
But memory can never die; wen talk Ger the Joys
We shared together in this house, whenyou and were
boys.
Though ruthless hands may tear it down-this lone
house old and drear-
They II not destroy the characters that started out
from here's
Times angry waves may sweep the shore and wash out
all beside
Bright as the stars that shine Abovehsy shall for aye
abide.
I've seen the now house. Charley tits the pride of all
the town,
And laughing lads and asses 60 its broad steps up and
down,
But you nor l. my dear old friend can't love 1t half al
we'll
As this condemned, fOrsAken one, with cracked ant
tongueless boil.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08

a hard or tough structure when mashed be-
tween the thumb and finger drying and
cracking readily when exposed TO the air;
harsh and dry appearance in the trier, and
want of fat and disinclination to melt when
masticated. 1t is not enough that cheese is
soft or free from Objectionable Aavors. 1t
must have its caseine changed and its tough
curd nature broken down so as to dissolve
easily. Cheese that dries rapidly on being
cut may always be relied on as not having
yielded up its curdy nature to the cheesy
fermentation, and is subject to the charge Of
difficult digestion. The water in curd is fee
bly, retained-most of it mechanically held
in minute cavities; while in ripe cheese it
enters into chemical union with the
new products formed by the more complete
fermentation, and contributes to the buttery
appearance of ripe cheese, and hence does
not evaporate SO readily.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
Washington Pie.

One cup sugar. ! cup butter, J cup sweet
milk, 2 eggs, teaspoon cream tartar, ] tea
spoon soda, q cups -four; favor with lemon
or vanilla.
Cream or c1tStard for the aJoye.-I cup
sugar, l cup sweet milk, l egg, l tablespoon
flour; flavor according to taste. Beat su-
gar, egg, and -four together; boil the milk
aud pour over them if not sufficiently thick
ened, give it gentle boil, stirring it the
while.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
General 9gritmlture.
ABSORPTION OF PLANT-FooD.

Plants absorb nOurishment by means Of
their roots. There are some exceedingly inn
pOr.ant and interesting points connected with
the absorption of their food by plants which
deserve attentive consideration. 1t was for
merly thought that the roots Of plants had
minute open mouths or pores through which
they could suck up the water and other por-
tiOns Of food, but this has been long known
not to be the case. The roots Of a Seeding
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08

Woman's reason for liking the Patrons Of
Husbandry is thus given: Because l be-
lieve they are destined to place our fathers,
brothers, and husbands in the highest offices
of trust and honor, and also to elevate us
poor trodden.down females and drive caste
from our land, and again restore life, liberty,
and happiness, which the laboring class have
SO long been deprived of. Reasons enough,
to be sure
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08

Grace Greenwood says: "The fact is,
there are too many of us momen. And
there seems no relief for coming generations
except through the heroic remedy of quietly
putting all female infants out of the way.
Nothing could be so good for us except
long and glorious succession of Herods."
And was it the female infants that Herod
did the business for?
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
To make Cheese rOm LOppersd MILK.

To make Cheese hrOm LOPPered Milk.
Set the thick milk on the top of the stove,
where it will gradually scald. Stir gently
now and then. 1t should not be allowed to
boil, as that makes the curd too hard and
dry. When it is cooked so that the curd
will keep its shape after being squeezed in
the hand, it is done. Pour it into colan.
der, to let the whey drain off, and when cool
enough to handle press it in the hands to get
out the remainder of the whey. Then, to a
quart or so of the curd, take a tablespoonful
of butter, three of sweet cream, teaspoon
of salt, aud mix it well together, Then
make it into cakes or press it all into dish
together aud cut it with knife when wanted.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08

The citizens Of Janesville, Wis, according
to local paper, were recently astOnished by
observing the frogs of the vicinity leave
their cool retreats among the marshes and
swamps, and start across the country in a
northwesterly direction, headed by band,
evidently chosen on account Of the strength
Of their lungs. One reliable eyewitness +"
estimated the frogs at ten thousand to the
acre,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08

Sunday Cheese-Making was the subject of
a paper read by j. X. Pierce before the
Herkimer IN. " theological association,
not long since. Mr, Pierce assumed that 1t
is irreligious to make cheese on Sunday, and
then proceeded to prove from his own expe'
rience that it is unnecessary, For four years
he has been successful in not making cheese
on Sunday, and has suffered neither from
waste nor loss in price. How does he do iti
Why, in the first place, he makes no cheese
on Saturday mornings, but on Saturday
nights instead, then making what is called
three meal cheese. He finishes up the work
by 10 l-2 o'clock. On Sunday, he strains
the milk in tin vat has water running
under and around it, and on Sunday nights
he sets it in pans. He has a prodigious
churning every Monday morning; and this
is the way in which Mr.. Pierce doesn't make
cheese on Sunday.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08

* A great point in the excellent Blan-
chard Churn, is the fact that the churning,
working, and sailing of the butter is all done
in the churn without change of dasher. 1t
is indeed, an AUTOMATIC BUTTER MAKER.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08

Some Of the ambisexual colleges this year,
arc bestowing the degree Of M. S." Maid
Of Science. And the Bachelors ditto sing !
"Maids of Science, ere VIC parts, give, oh,
give us back our heartsln
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-08
Correspondence.

Articles that brief practical, and TO the point
uiH receive the preference for Ais column. Ten lines
Of rghat you kHoIU better than column Of rhaf you
guess.