Lifting Power

"The growth of a few tiuy rootlets " observed the teacher of the botany das, "has been kuowu to lift a heavy rock froin lts place, aad the root of a tree growing out uuder astonesidewalkwiü sometimes push it up and break it. Oth er cases of a like nature i showing the strong uplifting power of vegetable growth haveoccprred, I doubt not, vrith in your owu observation. Is it not so?" "Yes'm," said tbeboy with tbefaded bair. "I've heard my paw say his last year's corn erop lifted a mortgageoff h'ia farm. ' '-