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The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01
HOW TO REDUCE FLESH.
Never Mix Food, but Partake of One Dish
at a Meal.

Never Mix Food, but Partake of One Dish
at Meal.
A Paris letter tells of a very simple
way of reducing flesh. Thanks to this
means, a colonel who was threatened
to be obliged to retire from the army,
as he was so heavy that it required two
men to lift him into the saddle, became
thin in a few weeks, and to such an ex-
tent that he had to take means to re-
cover, in a measure, what he had lost.
1t was to his doctor he was indebt-
ed for becoming general. The means
consisted simply in never eating more
than one dish at each meal, no matter
what that dish may be, and a
person may consume as much
as the stomach can bear, and
satisfy the appetite without the
least reserve. Nevertheless, nothin e
but the one dish should be taken; no
condiments or soups or supplementary
desserts should be allowed. This sys-
tenn was recommended to a lady who
was slightly obese, and who put it into
practice with the best results. The
lady observed that she suffered no in
convenience whatever from this diet,
and the result obtained by the medical
officer may be well understood, as She
found by her own experience that the
partaking of one dish, whether it DO
meat, fish or vegetables, brought on .
sense of safety much sooner than if
she had partaken of variety of dishes,
whence the effect of relative abstinence.
Chicago Herald.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01
PENELOPE'S INGENUITY.
A New Scheme for Getting n Diamond
Ring.

A New Scheme for Getting n Diamond
Ring.
Papa" said Penelope, turning FROM
the piano, with pretty blush playing
on her checks, do you think am too
Young to be e-e-engaged?"
"Of course | do" growled her father:
"now, who in the world has put the idea
of marriage into your head? What's
his name?"
80 he hasn't asked me yet, but-well,
you know"
Yes, ! know all about it, and warn
him that he'll know more about it if he
comes fooling around you any more
Now, what do you want to think about
such thing as that for, Nellie"
Haven't you the best home in the
world?"
80 yes, papa; but it would be awfully
nice to be engaged, think"
How nice?"
80 nice to have a young man coming
to see you every evening
"Humph! I'd like to catch him COM
ing to see you every evening"
And it would be nice to have pref
ty diamond ring"
Haven't you enough rings?"
well. haven't solitaire
"Pen," said her father, seriously, eff
buy you solitaire ring will you
promise faithfully to give up all
thoughts of this young man."
Yes, papa" she answered.
every well, then; remember your
promise. You shall have the ring to-
1AI A. 4 -
extravaganza" groaned the old gentle
man, walking painfully out of the
room.
well" said Penlope to herself, asthe
sound of his retreating footsteps died
away, II may not be very smart, but
think that's the easiest way to get a
diamond ring I've heard of yet. l must
tell the other girls. Tom Hall, in Life.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01
august.
Flower"

For two years I suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said stomach was about
worn out, and that l would have to
cease eating solid food for time at
least. was so weak that could
not work. Finally on the recon-
mendation of a friend who had used
your preparations
A worn-out with beneficial re-
suits, 1 procured
Stomach. bottle of August
Flower, and COM
menced using it. 1t seemed to do
me good at once. I gained in
strength and flesh rapidly; my APP
petite became good, and suffered
no bad effects from what I ate. I
feel now like a new man, and con-
slider that August Flower has en-
tirely cured me of Dyspepsia in its
worst form. JAMES E. DEDERIcK,
Saugerties, New York.
w. B. Utsey, st. Georges, S. c.,
writes: I have used your August
Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an
excellent remedy. o
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01
That was Different.

Mistah Johnsing-Say, you wufiess
white trash, did you frow dat brick at
my head?
Snodgrass-No, sir: merely propelled
it in the direction of your Uranium.
Mistah Johnsing (mQllitied)-o, dat's
oil right, sab,-Ppek,
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

ISvALIDs, aged people, nursing mothers
overworked, wearied out fathers, Will hna
the happest results from judcious use OF
Dr. Sherman's Prickly Ash Bittcrs. Where
the liver or kidneys are affected, prompt
action is necessary to change the tide TO-
ward health, ere the disease becomes enron
ic-possbly incurable, and there is nothing
better to be found in the whole range oil
maieria medica. Sold everywhere.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01
The Course of Empire,

The poet informs, is westward. Emigrants
IN that direction should be provided with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as an antidote
TO malaria, the bane TO newly settled clear
ings. Moreover, the peerless fortifying
agent ncutralizes the perniciOus effect OF
damp and exposure, mental and bodily IA
tigue and nervous strain. Travellers, TOUR
lists. miners, navvies and mariners use it
with advantage.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

DoS'T use mercury and iodide of potash
for blood diseases. If your blood is bad DR..
John Bulls Sarsaparilla will quickly re-
store it to hcal,hful condition. 1t is the
best vegetable blood purifier in the world,
and it never leaves any evil after effects.
1t is pleasant to take and exhlarating, yet
discontinuance Of its use will not cause q
craving for more
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01
Progress.

1t is very important in this age OF vast
material progress that remedy be pleas
ing to the taste and to the eye, easily taken,
acceptable to the stomach and healthy in its
nature and effects. Possessing these quail
tiles, Syrup of Figs is the one perfect laxa-
tive and most gentle diuretic known.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01
The Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the Word?

There is a 3 inch display advertisement
in this paper, this week, which has no TWO
words alike except one word The same is
true of each new one apr caring each week,
from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

THE instantaneous camera is the little
link between the bathing suit and the libel
suit.-Washington Star.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

"WnAT is the reason Of this craze among
the girls for fencingi" you see, it teaches
them to feint gracefully. baltimore
American.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

WHY don't you try Carter's Little Liver
Pillss They are positive cure for sick
headache, and all the ills produced by dis
ordered liver. Only one pill dose.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

WASTING away, growing thinner every
day. Poor child, won't Mama get you a
box Of Dir. Bull Worm Destroyers!
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

THE girl who has had falthless lover
should be sharper next time; she Is cut
iass.-Lowell Courier
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

WHEN q man pulls down n shade and
jerks it off the roller he gets curtain lee
iurc.-Oswego Palladium.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

For twenty five cents you can get Carter's
Little Liver Pills-the best liver regulator in
the world. Don't forget this. One pill dose
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

IL order to fight the flies successfully the
COW has to make good many flank move
ments.-Buffalo Express.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

THE girl Of tie period-the lady compos-
itor.-Boston Transcript.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

A WATCH wheel is usually modest on Its
travels 1t prefers TO go round in cog.-Bal-
timore American.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

Some of the "trouserings' exhibited in
the windows of the importing tailor' are
so loud that you can almost hear them pant
Smith, Gray IL Co.'S Monthly.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

You will never go to Heaven when
you die unless you get mpre than bali
there while yos I've.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-01

tan 1rlendS, II we nave no taste lot
this service on earth, what will we do
in Heaven where they all sing, and sing
for ever?
] want to rouse you to unanimity in
Christian song that has never yet been
exhibited. Come, now! clear your
Threats and get ready for this duty, or
you will never hear the end of this. /
never shall forget hearing Frenchman
sing the "Marseillaise" on the Champs
Elysees, Paris, just before the battle of
Sedan in 1870 l never saw such
enthusiasm before or since. AS
he sang that national air, oh,
how the Frenchmen shouted! Have you
ever, in an English assemblage, heard a
band play God Save the Queen?"
Ifyou have, you know something about
the enthusiasm of a national air. Now,
tell you that these songs we sing
Sabbath by Sabbath are the national
airs of Jesus Christ and of the King
dom of Heaven, and if you do not learn
to sing them here, how do you ever ex-
pect to sing the song of Moses and the
Lamb? l should not be surprised at all
if some of the best anthems of
Heaven were made up of some
of the best songs of earth.
May God increase our rever-
ence for Christian psalmody and keep
us from disgracing it by our inditfer-
ence and frivolity. When Cromwell's
army went into battle he stood at the
head of them one day, and gave out the
long-metre doxology to the tune of the
"Old Hundredth," and that great host,
company by company, regiment by
regiment, battalion by battalion, joined
in the doxology:
Praise God from whom all blessings now,
Praise Him, all creatures here below,
Praise Him above, ye Heavenly host,
Praise Father. Son and Holy Ghost.
And while they sang they marched.
and while they marched they fought,
and while they fought they got the
victory. o, men and women OF Jesus
Christ, let us go into all of our conflicts
singing the praises of God. and then.
instead of falling back, as we often do.
from defeat to defeat, we will be
marching on from victory to victory.
Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the
beginning. is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amend.
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Ea $3.50 Rsz1 a
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PAR F. DU ~BOISGOBEY.
ISuite.l

-BelucOup, monsieur. Seule
ment je he connaiS pas uue note.
Vous davez SAVIOR DIES airs
arabeS ST yOus vouiiez mons en-
chanter quelques unS, mes nieces,
qui sont de premiere force sur lie
piano, voas accomHagneraient. Et
Ga me reposerait des symphonies,
des s0natps ct antres musioneS
%savantes qn'elles m'intligert trop
Ouvent.
Qu'en dis tn, Laurence?
La proposition de l'oucIe Ar
mand agr6ait a tout lie monde,
except6 a celni ct d celle qu'ii
pratt de passer au piano.
Nine DaudieIne etait bien aise
de METRE un terma a I'm ~eatretinn
qui roulait depu;s trop longtemps
sur la mort des ses vOiSin> Il sur
leur succession. Alfred cnmptait
profter de Get intermeie ponr aller
serrer dams SOL secr6talre les
quatre billets de mile francs ou'il
venait d'emrrunter. Du Pomm6.
val esperait fare sa cou a la
cadette pendant que lainee accom-.
~pagnerait les chansonS orientales.
Et Germaiue etait ravie d'ecouier
cette yoiX dOuce ct grave qu'elle
await, entendue pour la premiere.
fois au pied de la roche de Lemon.
Mais Roger ne tenait pas du
tout a amuser la compagnie ct
Laurence await d'autres prolets,
ce soir,l la.
-Je ne sails pas chanter, dit lie
sous-lieutenant de hussards, ct les
airs d'Afrique ne plalraient guere
a deS muSicienneS ~SerieuSes. lis
document a chaque instant ct les
paroles ecorcheraient des GRIZZLIES
FRANCHISES.
Moi, je me recuse, murmura
Laurence. Je n'accompagne bien
que &c cue je comprends, ct je ne
sails pas un mot d'arabe.
VOLTA une r6ponse tree DIES
Femmes s1caat de Moliere, s'ecria
FOncle.
Excusez-moi, monsieur, ie he sais pas lie gree.
-Eh! bien, moi, je me risoue,
dit Germaine en- Sc levaht. Tant
piS 81 le ne snis pas la mesuIe! III.
Pontiac aura l'obIioeance de recon-
mencer ct je tinirai bien par attra
per lie movement.
-MadeDoise!le, je vous jnre que
mes chansons wont vous ennuyer.
Ce sont des psalmodies monotOnes
que nous tol6rons daus les cafes
maures, parce qn'elles nous endor-
ment a peu pres CONNIE lie tabac
qu'on fume dams IN narghileh. lei,
elles vous senbleront parfaitement
lidicules.
-Je men crois rien. Jaime les
melodies yagues.
En- vertn de la loi des contras.
ties alors, dit NJ. Daudierne. Je ne
COMMAS pas d'esprit plus net que
lie tien.
Est ce une raison ponr ne pas
gonter lie charme do la po6sie orien
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est VouS qnl QetcSteZ Id muSlque.
-Je ne la dGteste pas, mais je la
Grains. 81 Petals epoux ct pere,
j'Interdirais 4 ma femme ct a mes
files lie pianO.-.et les pianistes...
Je men serai ras mOins charme
d'entenGre IN air arabe, dit par un
officer de l'armee d'Afrique ct
accompagne par une Parlsienne.
Cest Tue occasion qui ne Sc pre-
sente pas sonvent dams les pafageS
darcy Snr.Beuvrou.
Monsieur Pontiac. dit gaiement
Germaine, puiSqne mon oncle mi
meme rons prize de chanter, vous
ne pouvez plus refuser.
Vencz! vouS allez weir CONNIE
je yais me tifer De l'accompagGe
ment.
Roger 6tait ben obligf az
*'ex6cnter, q~uoiqu'il lni EN- contat
de Sc donner. Ell spectacle a II. du
pomm6yal.
II J await bien a CO disagreement
nne compensation, qui 6tait De
s'iso)er avec Gprmaine, au milieu
de ce salon oil ellie n'avait pas
encore pu lni dire IN senl mot Qni
lie fit enteudu. MATS il n'atten
DAFT rien lie ce Semblant de
t6t@.A t6fe. Tous les yeux allaient
6tre fixes Snr eux, ct il teuait plus
que jamais a ne pas trahir par son
attitude les sentiments gui ragi-
talent.
Germainr await dfia rris place
al piano II fallut ~ %suivre, ct
Roger s'apercut bient6t qr'il ne
serait pas trop %surveille, tant que
durerait &c concert improyls6.
!, L'oncle Armand etait allie s'as,
Seoir SUI IN canap6, d lautre bout
du salon. II ne tenait pas a roster
dams le voi>inage immediat du
sonore instrument quiz redontait
Alfred man@uviait d6ja pour
i, gagner sournoisement la porte
i Ii venait d'arfiver Ell costume dt
voyage ct lie portefaille bien garni
III lui tardait de montpr dams Sa
cbambre pour deposer son argent
ct de de>cendte enSuite a recurit
pour inspector les jambes de
Rairh, car Il soupeonnait Germaint
r lie FAVOR fourbu.
; Laurence s'absOrbait dams 81
brodelie ct du Pommeval, Qni nt
Sc d6ialt pas de lieutenant de
hussardS, cut lie bon govt de st
rapprocher dele, sous preteyte d.
la complimenter sur son travail
l'aiguille.
Ii savait quill await des forts
Sc faire pardonner.
Nine Daudierne s'etablit d cote
-. de son beau-frere. Ellie, o plus
ne Sc defait pas de Pontiac; ellie
aussl sentait qu'une explicatior
entire futur gendre ct sa file
deIaissee etait presQne indispensa
bic, ct que la circumstance s'y pre-
TAFT 4 merveille.
Ellie ne vonlait pas les g6ner, ell
ellie await, d'antre part, quelGues
advertisements complementaires
a demander au cher oncle qu
venait d'apporter une 81 heureust
nouvelle.
81 bien que, tout natnrellement
la fami!le ct les pretendants s.
~trouvaient groupes deux par deu1
: ct assez Gloign6s les uns des autre<
pour canser librement, 4 condition
de ne pas parler trop haut.
I Mon oncle a EN- Ia une bonnt
idee, dit Germaine, en- l~aissan1
courir e doigts sur le clavier.
ST vOus chantiez une romance OF
an moroccan d'opera, je serais obi
q gee d'etaler devant moi IN cahiel
de musique ct il me faudrait
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- Stto, iCfiIG NSi hioiuC III
plaquant DIES accOrds. C;est char
mant! Ga resemble a de litalien.
EFT moi quI croyais que Parable
etait une langue rauque! Voyons
la suite.
= Sir on Sellem ala Ell mdhb0ubd.. -.
-nahboubd est IN peu dur q
cause dc Respiration h. Ca veut
dire?
-Bien aimee.
-Parfair. Traduisez-moi ce
qui rrecede.
-Oiseau meIodieux, az sGi0cr ma
ben dim6e. lie reste ne want guere
u prine que is vons Fexrlique. Ce
n'eSt q%n'une paraphraSe du com
m~enctment, ct lie meme motif
r~rvieGt sans cesse.
Bon! maintenant jen sans
asset pour vouS suivie. Je vais
vons appnyer par IN accompaene-
ment fnergique. Tachez quill ait
beanconr de copplets; j'ai bean
comp de chooses a vons dire. AIlez!
Roger attaqua lair sur IN dia-
pason bien choi>i: assez bias, pour
ri pcrmettre de saisir les paroles
de Germaine, assez GlevG pour
emp6cher Que ces paroles arrivals
sent II GRIZZLIES qui ne devaient
pas les entendrp. La difficultG
etait de repondIe. Ii est impos-
sible de causr ct de chanter Ell
meme temps. Mails Get essai de
concert African comportait de
fr6qnentes interruptions qui de
vaient dODher aux txecutants Ia
facilite d'Gchanger 9uelques mois.
Eli! bien, lie sort en- est jete.
souff1t Germaine, pendant que
Roger chantait EN- vers arabes Il
message porte a Ia bien aimee par
POiseau melodieux M. du Pommf.
val h6rite. Ma seur aura un mari
millionaire. Oni, ma seur. Ne
vOytz-vOus pas Que je leur al
menage III tGte a ttte? Laurence
saura lie ramener a ellie. ,Je cfois
que la conversation est dfla ell
b0nne vole, car lis font CONNIE
nous Ills parlent sur lie ton des
contidenceS.-.mOn frere s'est es
quiye; ma mere ct mon oncle ont
engage IN dialogue en- sourdine q
ne les derangeront pas...Je sails
d'ailleurs que maman tient beau
coup a marier mon aimee avant
! moi. Tout s'arrangera. NJ. du
? PUmmeval s'apercevra quill a pris
; IN caprice pour une passion
: strieuse ct il reyiendra 4 celle Quill
aIme reeliement ct qui lui convent.
C'est ce mauait heritage qui lui a
trouble la cervelle. II s'est ina.
! CINE que je l'aiderais mienx que
Laurence 4 %depenser Sa fortune.
III me prend pour une mondaine 4
, outrance-..moi qui ne items qu'aux
: bonheurs intines. Jai raison,
l nest ce pas, de mepriser l'argent ?
J'ai bien vu tont 4 Fheure que nous
avi0ns le meme ideal de vie. Vous
R'aveZ pas SOnTcill6 quand mon
oncle nous a annonce que la for
tune de votre cousine passait tout
entlere d un Granger.
} -Vous.savipz que Nine Vigne-
NAL etait ma parente,
. Ce fut dit 81 vite ct 81 has Que
les mots Sc cOnfondirent avec la
, r%itonrnrlle du premier conplet que
: Roger actevait an meme instant.
Et Arthur est au courant de
) laventnre.. .jc vieHs de la lui
narrer au Cercle d'Arcy.sur-Beu-
vron.
, -Alors, MOI cher dn Pommeval.
t le ne vons apprenaS rien lie nou-
veau? demanda roncle Armand.
IN pen vexe d'avoir etc devanc6
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Ilif gu ii y II MS uu Zeie, cdI IL cSU
revenu de Paris tout expires. Ii
parait meme QUEEN arrlvant rue
MaucoaSeil OH il demeure dams une
maison & lui, il await ecrit an
president pour Performer dI nau-
frage auquel il venait d'~assister.
-Je m'explique maintenant
p%ourquoi NJ. Lestrigon await laisse
entrevoir au docteur Subligny que
je lie devaiS pas ~d6sesperer de
gagLer mon process.
II faut v0us dire QUILL conna1t
de Tongue date &c VI. Grandminard
ct qn'il Pestime fort.
II s'appel'e Graudminard ct
vienx hitbe! s16cria e neven Alfred.
Al'ons. il est compIet.
-Jr " defends III te moqner De
luj. Crest On Sauyeur positive
menl. lie president mia aGlgmG
que rien ne pr~6vanorAit conire
l'attestatjon precise DUN temoin
digue de fol dun t6mo1n oui Il VA
ct entendn ". Vignemal, snrna-
geaut ct GRANT. trerte minutes
apres faccidenl iii bac. II pen@e
meme, &c cher president, one le
droit de note ami lie seca pas
conteste ct que l~'envoi en- posses
sion he sOufftira aUcnpe dif1iculte.
-Poi>se.t il lie pas Sc tromper,
murmura du PommGval. Il me
serait ties r6nibIe de plSider contre
de pauvres gems.
lis he ~ risqueront Las.
Songpz done qa'ii leur faudrait
proueer cue Nine Vignemal a v6cu
trois quarts d'heure sons l'tau...
on q pen pres, puisqne son corps
nest iesiG qu'un instant sur la
berge, Et le seul temoin qu'lls
pourraient produife, ce serait ce
Koch FeHer que personne ne
croirait. Que dirait il d'%ailleurs?
Gull WI la noyee; nous lie savous.
Ii Sc peut que les chooses Sc soient
passees autrement quill he Ia
racOnte. MaiS il n'anra pas
raudace de dGclarer devant IN
tribunal que son premier r6cit
etait messenger.
-J'ai ~tonjours pens6 Quill ne
vous await pas dit Ia verite, mur-
mara Laurence sans lever les weak.
Ia es bien severe pour IN de
ties admirateurs, dit gaiement Ger
maine, car il t'admire, ce garcon.
L'antre S0ir, dams la cuisine, il ne
Sc lalssait pas &c te c0ntempler.
Tu l'avals pftiife.
OH Ie df6le est hardi. reprit
roncle Armand. mais 81 Pune de-
vous, mesdemoiselles, a envie de
faire son portrait, ellie fera bien de
Sc depGcher, a M de ces jonrS on
va lie coffrer. lie procureur de la
Republiqne lie souEconne de mefaits
plus graves que le braconnage; on
a. parait H., onvert une enQuAte
SUI lie I0le gull u jon6 dams lie
dramp qui a cont6 la vie aux epoux
Nlgnemal.-.et 81 cptte enan6te
tougne conte hi, on lie fera arr6ter.
-J'en srrais d6sOlee, s'fcria
Gelmalne. Tn protdge du docteuI
ne pent 6tre I'm coguin.
Moi auSsi, len Serais d6Sole,
dit NJ. Daudiplne. mails pas pour
la meme raiSnn. Je suiS an con
traiTe tres dispose a croire que Get
excellent Snbligny s'abnse sur lie
compile de re gaIcon. EFT 81 Roch
etait tradnit en- Justice, 4 prop0s
de l'accident du bac. &c rroceS
crimlntl on meme correcti0nnel
compllqneialt l'affairr de notre
ami dn Ponmeval. C'est. du
moins, l'aviS In president LcsIn-
gon qui sly entend.
La snite az proclaim num6ro.
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BUREAU: Rue Main, entire st. Philippe
ct st. Louis.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-27
CULTURE FOR CORN.

Corn roots do not run deeply and cannot
lie made to by any way Of cultivating. The
plant loves the warmth, and so the whole
tendency Of cultivation is to keep as near
the surface as possible and destroy the
weeds. The old-fashioned practice of run
ming a common pillow, turning a furrow
from the middle TO the rows, was injurious
in two ways. 1t left the center of the
rows bare, where more OF the feeding roots
are found, and piled earth against the stalks.
roofing the brace roots on which they de-
pend for support against winds. Even if
only two or three inches Of earth are thrown
against the stalks 1t is injurious. 1t is more
in proportion to the size of the plaut than
the two or three feet of earth piled around
large fruit trees, which almost invariably
kills them. Besides, the fruit tree roots are
often found two or three feet below the
surface, showing that 1t is not the depth Of
earth that kills the tree, but its inability to
suddenly adapt itself to new conditions. 1t
is certain that corn, which makes its entire
growth. including rIpening, in hundred
days or little more, cannot adapt itself to
new conditions SO readily as can trees that
have renamed in the same position several
years Hence, the cultivating corn, espe-
cially after midsummer scratch the surface
rather than dig deeply, ana leave the sur
face as nearly level as possible.