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?qricuhmn? Fattening Fowia?Corn meal, as we nil kuow, contain* more fattening properties, in proportion to iU price, than any other single article; though change in the manner of giving it will add to the readiness with which fowls partake of it. Mix raw meal with water for one day's feed, and work it into a stiff dough for the next day. and give, occasionally, a few kernels of whole grain. Once in four hours is not too often to feed fowls foe fattening i beginning early in the morning and feeding Just before they go to rest at night; giving at each feed only so much as will be entirely eaten up at once. Halt, in small quantities, mixed in cooked food, gives relish to fowls' rations, ss well as our own, and a little cayenne should be added. These coudimeuts not orily improve the appetite of the fowls, but give a better flavor to their flesh for the table. Give, also, for the take of variety, some raw bits of meat and boiled po tatoes, or other cooked vegetables. As the fowls are intended to become fist and heavy, allow no roosts in the pen. A slatted floor Is cleaner than a solid one, and the coop should be so arranged as to have the droppings fall into dry earth, placed ,beneath the whole. A dark room'is better than a light one, as It inducesthe quiet which conduces to rapid fattening. Of course, at feeding time, light must be admitted, ana ^dent^offresh air at all times.?Poultry 4 'Turning Farmer. "?It frequently happens that men jvho fail to make money .at this or that business, con clude to 44 turn farmer," thinking that, as a last resort, they will be sure of making u living at tilling the soil. But a man who has never worked on a farm will Hud that successhil farming re quires experience and skill. If he has money enough to buy eighty or one hundred acred of good land, without running in debt, his chances for "keep ing soul and body together," for a goodly number of years, would be fair ; but let him put a mortgage on his farm of half or three-fourths its cost, and his case would be desperate. The only way a man with a family, but without cash, who means to buy a farm, can succeed in this business, is by "going "West," where the virgin soil produces luxuriant crops for many years with out manure, llero, in his log cabin, he can look out upon eighty or one hundred and sixty acres of as good land 4 4 as lies out-of-doors," and say 44 This is mine?it is paid for ;" and no matter how little he may know about fanning, he would not starve. But let no man lake to those western wilds a wife who was bred in refinement, till he has well considered the step he proposes to take. Many a poor woman has pined away her life in the far West, without friends, with no near neighbors, and sighing for the dear ones she left behind her.?-Jiural Neto Yorker. Vkntilate I ?We must shortly close up the doors and windows of our fowl houses, to guard the occupants apainst the sharp air by day, aiul the chillier atmosphere at night. But let us l>e sufficiently carefUl to perform this op eration sensibly, and not so stitie the birds as that the emanations from their bodies will infect Uie internal atmos phere of the premises, and thus poison or sicken the stock. \9ntilate the premises, thoroughly, every day and every night in the year. No matter how hdt, how cold, how rainy, how dry. the Jhsyh ?ir bimvon mu*t be afforded your fowls, either by allowing them freedom out of doors altogether, or by supplying their quar ters with this necessity to their comfort and thrift. There is qo one thing to be observed in the routine of skillful fowl-culture that is of such prime Importance as is this continual airing or the houses where poultry are confined. Many of ' disease, which are by poulterers gen 3d to close premises,* Irirless hpute%-~fcgft, f ?ar that the Wnrewill take cold, ff fVesh air Is al lowed to circulate thrtmgh the npart montsitlisy occupy. This Is a groat m. < take, and it can be remedied only by thorough and complete?but judicious ?ventilation, every day in the twelve month.?Poultry World. . *? Cark or stock, so for as thoir proper bedding, feeding and ventilation Are concerned, Is too* important a matter for the thrifty farmer to neglect at tending to himself. However trust worthy his assistants, judging by our cvn experlenoe. it #111 pay him well at the oloee of the season to ode, each eve ning, that his cattle, horses, eheop and hogs, are well bedded,'fed and watered. Scarcely important is tho proper ventilation of the buildings In which his stock are wintered. While the en trance of draughts and oold is to be caitafully presented, It shoutd b$^>rne in mind that domesticated an^miJKlike man himself, need fresh, wholesome air, and If oompellod by ignoranoe or carelessness to Vreathe a foul, tainted atmosphere, It Is at a serious ri?k of health and consequent profit. A visit to the barn, stable and pig-pen early in the morning will at once warn the ob servant former of defoctivo ventilation. ??Rural New Yorker. Mouhk-Proof Granaries.?Noth ing about a farm Is more annoying or unsatisfactory than a well-filled granary over-ran witn rats and mice/ The owner baa a sort of feeling that he has been beater or outwitted by the vermin. A thorough man often puta bricks and mortar between the Joiste. Many other device* have be?n practiced with greater or less success, but none that we have ever seed aw cheaper or more efficient than the two following : Cell up the granary with nut kind of wood on all sides, and ffnfle this is going on stuff*In scraps of tin from a tin-snob. Mice will not work in *u?h places. The strip below the door should be of hard wood and come up a few Inchee above the floor to meet the bottom of the door. The other method Is neat and inex pensive. It consists In ceiling all around with two layers, breaking joints of sea soned beech or hard maplo boards each three-fourths of an inch thick. Com Mkal.?-There is a class of farmei-e who have been 'many years try inglto persuade themselves to believe that there Is nutriment In dry com cobs; eo they take their corn to miU in the ear, and the "grist" thny tale home looks largo : but they might aa well go to aaAHr-mlll, and bring home a load of sawdust to mix with corn meal, aa mix cob meal with 14, Kor has there ever been afty proof adduced that corn and Gab MMarfk of the least advantage to stock over the pure article. It Is true, i It aids to flll up a cow's stomach ; but It le real nutriment that cattle require, and not to have their stomachs dis tended with that which aflbrde no nour ishment. . ? v ? ?Hh Th? gigantic enterprise of the Duke of Southland, la Scotland, la bring Im itated on a smaller aoal* In Ireland. Oapt. *V. Trouadefl of Anghrim I'nrk, County Gal way, le reclaiming some ?WOO acres of bog and wastn. There la Wm ft Wide field Ibr SU? h work in section* of the Uaitad States. Mil Co a no Bones are by many consid ered the very best manure for grape fiomqstic. OLUK KOR LiBSU. To stick leather, jwper or wood to metal, to a gill of ^lut? dissolved in water add a teaspoonful of glycerine. PROEM IM. It to agioeabto to have friends whom you can trust, and convenient some times to have friends who will trust yon. Lemon juice. It is said, will cur* acute rheumatism. It Is giveu in quantities of h tablespoonftil to twice the quantity of cold water every hour. II It will not curt* it will not kill. 441 have good reasons for abstaining from stimulant*," scul Ijr. tiuthrie. "My head to clearer, my health is bet ter, my heart to V.^hter and my purse Is heavier.*' " The skin of the seal before it is dyed to of a Deculiar grayish hue, unlike any other nir in color. All sealskins are dyed, but many of those who purchase articles made of this fur imagine that the dark reddish-brown color is nat ural. 80KR STOMACH. Eat a piec of salt codfish or a red herring ror your breakfast; avoid grease ; a piece of carbonate of soda about tne size of a small bean dissolved in water is good. POUND CAKE. One nound of sugar and three-quar ters or & pound of best butter beaten to a cream, seven well-beaten eg^s (beat yolks and whites separately), sift two toaspoonfuls cream of tartar with one pound of flour, one teaspoonl'ul of 1 soda; bake an hour and a half in a very moderate and even oven. RKADIXO. lie sure you have sufficient light, and avoid the direct rays uiion your eyes. In writing, the light should De received over the left shoulder. Don't stoop over in reading, but sit erect; It is tar more healthy, and in fhet more com fortable. It is very injurious to )>ermit the sun'* rays to fall upon the page which you are reading. With some people cracking of the hands in the winter season is a usual occurrence ; many are seriously troub led in this way. If those so afflicted will, after washing, wijje their hands perfectly dry, and after using soap, rub their hands with vinegar, then after wiping, with a little sweet oil, they will find themselves lea* troubled in the fhture. The immoderate use of salt at the table, it is said, predisposes the skin to become dry and crack. DK8t*ONI>KNCY. The most perilous hour of a man's life is when he is tempted to despond. The man who loses his courage loses all; there is no more hope of him than of a dead man ; but it matters not how poor he may be, how much pushed by circumstances, how much deserted by ! friends, how much lost to the world ; if he only keeps his courage, holds up his head, works on with his hands and with unconquerable will determines to be and to do what Incomes a man, all will be well. It in nothing outside of him that kills, but what is within, that makes or unmakes. . TO RENOVATK BLACK CLOTH. Clean the cloth from grease and dirt with the following mixture, thoroughly dissolved : Aqua ammonia, two ounces; soft water\ one quart; saltpetre, one teaspoonful; shaving soap in shavings, one ounce. Then, when dry, make a strong decoction of logwood by boiling the extract In a gallon of soft water; strain, and when cold add two ounces of pulverized gum arable; apply evenly with a sponge over the surface, and hang in the shade ; when thoroughly dry, brush the nap of the cloth down smooth, and ii will look as good as new. Keep the liquid tightly corked in a bot tle* ;Al Tf'1 ? / > ANOTHKK . RAT-CATCIIKH. A correspondent writes: 441 do not think it is generally known that rats and mice will go into a trap much more readily if a pleco of looking-glass is put in any part of the trap where they can see themselves. They are social little creatures, and where they see any of their tribe the^ will go. I am quite sure of the effect the looking-glass has, as I properly 'baited' my trap for a whole week without being able to coax one of the depredators in; but the first night after putting in the looking-glass I caught two?one very large and one small rat; and every night since this device has made one or more pris oners." ? _ AHOUT KNITTING. German biography and (iermafi flfe tion agree in describing the venerable frau and blooming fraulein of all cir cles improving the (esthetic tea and moro human delights ol the conversation hallo and gast-hau* with busy knitting needles, and economically manufactur ing dual yarns at once. This dellght ftil picture is threatened by the same cause which hii? carried- woe to Hwiss watchmakers and fear to English cot ton mills. Chicopee Falls has begun to export knitting machines that will take the work from granddame and granddaughter, and give both livelier themes for cogitation than the philos ophy of the unutterable or the theory of the incomprehensible. Every ma chine will do daily double the work of three dozen lively knitters, and so en able all but one of that number to con Jugate the gloried of American skill. WHAT MAY SB DONK WITH OLI* i RAGS. .. There is a church actually existing near Bergen. which contains nearly one thousand persons. It is circular within, octagonal without. The re lievos outside, and the s?ntues within, the roof, tho celling, the Corinthian capitals, are all of papier-mache, ren dered waterproof by saturation In vit riol, lime-water, wney, and white of egg. We have not yet reached this audacity In- our use of paper; but it should hardly surprise us. inasmuch as ,we employ the same material In private houses, in steamboats, and in some pub lic buildings, Instead of carved decora tions and plaster cornices. When Frederick the Hecond of Prussia set up a limited papier-mache manufactory at Berlin, in he little thought that paper cathedrals might, within a cen tury, spring out of Fit snuff boxes by the sleight-of-hand of advancing art. At present, we oid-flmhioned English, who haunt cathedrals and buihl churches, like stone better. But thorc is no saying what we may come to. It is not very long since It would have seemed at Impossible to cover eighteen acres of ground with glass, as to eroct a pagoda of soap-lnibhtea j yet the thing Is done. When we think of a psalm sung bf one thousand voices piling through an edifice made of old rags, amtttooAlversal element bound down to carry our messages with the speed of light, it wonM be presumptuous to say what can and what cannot be achieved by science and art, under the training of steadv old Time.? Scientific. Old River* Utilised.?Running water leave* ou the earth'? crust marks as permanent as any of the violent convul sions of nature. The discovery has lately been made In Australia that the streams of the Tertiary period, prob ably many millions of years aco, but now dried up, are vast storehouses of wealth. They are care folly searched out and worked for tin. They acted in precisely the same way as the rivers of our own day, washing away the lighter rock, and leaving a concentration of the heavy ore in their channels. They vary considerably in depth, according to the remoteness of their origin. In one of t'nem a shaft ha* been sunk to sixty feet, and' at tiiat depth the ground is a regular liver bed, with, in some places, a collection of loose drift sand, heavily intermixed with tin-ore. It has been opened, at that depth, to the distance, horizontallv, of *2000 feet, and explored by boring nrom the surface for 600 feet more. The width of the seam has .in creased from 18 to 40 feet, and it con tains an average of three feet of what the miners call "pay dirt," that is to say, soil worth working, for it yields about 1$ percent, of metal, an excellent Sroduce for tin-ore. Some of th?-se eposits are discovered at only a few feet from the surface, a fact which shows that they are of much later date than the one referred to above, but still of immeasurable antiquity. The state of the earth also shows that these later rivers were not iu action for very long periods, as the ore has been far less washed. Twenty-flve of these tin mines have already been found, and although the difficulty attending all new enier- I prises has retarded their development, yet within two years they have pro duced 2050 tons of ore, worth about S 1,000,0(H). ?1 The Distanc*. of Stnrs, etc.-?In a re cent lecture iu Edinburgh, on "The Stars," Prof. Grunt said that a railway train traveling day and night, tifly miles an hour, would reach the moon in six months, the sun in two hundred years, and Alpha Centauris, the nearest of the fixed stars, in 42,000,000 years; a cannon ball traveling nine hundred miles per hour, in 2,7t)0,000 years, and light, traveling 1K."?,(HK? miles j?er second, in three years. Light from some of the telescopic stars tikes 5700 years to reach the earth ; from others, r?00,000 years. These stars, therefore, may have become extinct thousands of years ago, though their light comes to our eyes. Alpha Lyra is 100,000,000 of miles from us, and its magnitude and splendor are as twenty to one compared with our sun. The sun is neither I greater nor smaller than most of the I stars. Hmc California ]{at#inn art Made.? j The grape* are brought by tin; Sacra- ! mento Valley Railroad cars alongside the establishment anil are taken to the 1 first floor, where they are assorted and dipped in a composition of chemicals, j which cuts the tough pellicle of the skin, by which evaporation is more easi ly effected ; they are put in the. driers, where a heat is kept up from one huu dred and forty to one hundred and sixty degrees, anil are taken out at the top, where they are put for a short time in a steam-box, which makes the stems flexible without breaking the bunches ; they are then packed in 6^, 12$ and 25 fb. boxes, nailed up and sent to the stoichouse. The loose raisins are packed up in (taper boxes made expressly for that purpose. ?Folsom {Cal.)-Teltgraph. Spring begibs March 20, 1878, nt0.34~l P. M., aud lasts 92 days, 20 hours, and 21 minutes. . tiumnitr begins June 21,1878, at 8.55 A. M., and lasts 03 days, 14 hours, and 23 minutes. Autumn begins Sept. 22, 1878, at 11.18 P. M.,and lasts BMdays, 18 hours, and 15 minutes. Winter begins Dec. 21, 1877, at 11.42 A. M., and lasts 80 days, 0 hours, and 52 minutes. + r_Y The Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle says: .timber used in the Coinstock mines costs #17,000 a day; the tire wood, mostly consumed by steam en gines, #<5000; candles burned in the mines, #10,000; the quicksilver lost, #2000, and the ice needed to cool the water for drinking in the hot lower levels, #1000 a day. The Consolidated Virginia alone uses ice daily worth #180. More than two tons of bulliou, containing forty per centum in value of gold, are produced, valued at from #130,000 to #150,000." + Lighting Cities by Electricity. ? In the city of Providence, H. I., 220 street lamps within a district over nine miles in length, are now lighted and extin guished in less than fifteen seconds by electricity, and the system is controlled by one man. After a trial of several months the practicability of the plan is assured, and if the whole of the 2500 Ja^nps in the city were lighted in this it is estimated that the net saving iTi expenditure for gas and labor would amount to about #lo,000 per annum. + Aftout 400 tons of horns are received annually in England from the River Plate ; 1000 horns are usually reckoned as a measurement ton in shipping, though they are frequently freighted by weight. It takes nearly 2000 horns to weigh a ton. Those from Spain, of a light-yellowish color, serve to imitate tortoise-shell ; the imitation is effected by solutions of gold, silver and lend. ? + Lead Explosion*.--Many mechanics have had their patience soroly tried when pouring lead around a damp or wet joint, to find it explode blow out, or scatter from the effects of steam gen erated by the heat of the lead. The whole trouble may be stopped by put ting a piece of resin, the size of the end of a man's thumb, into the ladle and allowing it to melt before pouring. -4 A Prench chemist is said to have suc ceeded in producing a paint with which toillumiriatethe numbers on street doors at night. Figures traced with it are so lustrous as to be read even on a dark night, and the preparation of the com pound is said to be simple, inexpensive, and not injurious. >|* ?" "i Kangaroo leather.-? Kangaroo hides havo already become an important article of export from Australia. They make the most pliable leather that is known, admirably fitted for bootlegs, gloves and riding whi|>*. Tho skins are sent to Kuropo, some tanned, and some simply dried. f The. newest advertising design is an automatic smoker ; when wound up, it exhibits a metallic man In motion, with a liuhted cigar, which emits clouds of smoke as the hand moves up and down, and gracefully removes and replaces the ?(gar. *>? "? Off the coast of l^abrader the sea bot tom freeses in sixty or seventy feet of depth. Heals taken in nets from that depth come to the surface froiien hard, but quiokly thaw at the surface and be come lively again. $???. ? Nckntto* ffh<YW n* that they etwt iraee a period when the North flea did not exist, and at the same time that Eng land and the southern part of Bcanni navia were Joined to the continent of I Kutope. ?amorous. % n t ? ?This cold snap cause* a buckwheat cake, in turning over, to give forth no uncertain sound. ?An apothecary asserted in a large company " that all bitter thing* were hot." r' No," replied a physician, 44a bitter cold day Is an exception." ?The time of year has come whea ths' domestic departments of agricul tural papers give recipes for picking strawberries and making ice cream. ?A politician who was kicked dowA a flight of stairs in a New York ofllce the other day laid he felt as though his seat had been contested. ?Boston PtL 44?It is well to leave something for those who come after us," said a, man as he threw a barrel in the way of a policeman who was chasing him.?Ex. ? An ol$ gentleman, whose nose was not oaly very large but also very high colored, was asked by George IV. how much it had taken to paint it. 14 Sire," was the reply, 441 cannot tell, for it is not yet finished." ?A clothier has excited public curi osity by having a large apple painted on nis sign. When asked for an ex Elanation he inquired: 44 If it hadn't een for an apple where' would the ready-made clothing stores be to-day V" ?When Englishmen first gaze upon Niagara, savs a contemporary, they exclaim, 44 By Jove!" Western men say, "Thunder P' People from the rural districts, 44 By Jitumenic!" And the brides?bless'em?say, 44 Oh, hold me, Gwargc!" ?44The Origin of Nations" is the title of a new hook just published. A gentleman in town purchased a copy of the work to ascertain the origin of darnatinn, blamenation, and several somewhat similar "nations." lie says the book is a fraud, and he will sell it for half price.?Iforr. Herald. ?An Irishman was summoned before a bench of county magistrates for being drunk and disorderly. 44 I>o you know what brought you here ?" asked the chairman. " Faix, yer honor, two po licemen,'' replied the prisoner. "Had not drink something to do with it Y*' said the .J. P., frowning. "Sortinlv," answered Paddy, unabashed?"they were both drunk." ?"Sec here, I'urkcr, what's the dif ference between a ripe watermelon and a rotten cabbage?" asked one letter carrier of another the other day. 44 You've got me there. I don't know," he returned with a look more puzzled than an illiterato man at a I cross-road guide-lxMifd. 44 Then you'd be a mighty nice man to send after a watermelon, you would,*' I remarked the quizzcr as he moved on. ' ?Cin. lireakfast Ihble, ?A tutor to one of the Oxford col leges, who limped in his walk, was some years after accosted by a well known politician, who asked him if l>e was not the chaplain of the college at such a time, naming Hie year. Tl, doctor renlied that he was. The intc rogator observed, 441 knew you by yo limp." 44 Well,'' said the doctor, 44 seems my limping made a deeper ii pression than my preaching." 4f doctor," was the reply, with ready 44 it is the highest compliment wo ci nay a minister to say that he is knrnlp by his walk rather than by his conv f sation." French Politeness.?The farm saying of Charles II of England is of quoted as an illustration of polltem in death, where the king begged iw r "don of his ronrtW* ??*> detaining tri ro so uncotttciunnhfc lllBg-iu dying. 'j It two Frenchmen nave outdone the mo i arch. A citizen of France had unf< r tunatelv done something which nec< s sitated his being hanged ; and, astlu re was no professional executor availal le for the occasion, the painful duty of carryiug out the sentence devolved uppn an amateur, who apologized for any possible short-comings to the person principally concerned. 441 hone you will pardon me," said he, 44 it I put you to any unnecessary inconvenience; but the fact is, I have never hanged any one before." 4'Pray do not mention it," replied the other; "for that mat ter, I have never been hanged before. We must each do our best." ?A colored preacher In North Car olina once referred to the words of the Messiah, 44 Lo, I come," with tho com ment, 44 Hear dat, breddern: Low I come. Not high I come ; de Lord Je sus comes to de poor an' de lowly." There was truth, if not fitness, in tnat comment. And now the home mis sionary reports a Wisconsin Sunday school" teacher as giving to her class cthis explanation ot the poor widow's two mites cast into the Lord's treas ury : 44 Now, girls, I want you to un derstand this. Yon sec, she was a poor woman. It makes mo think how my dear old mother used to work late into the night before the old fireplace. And there Is no doubt In my mind, girls, but this good woman knit those mitts herself to sell at the store next day for something to eat; but she cast the pair of new mitts?all that she had ?Into the treasury, from love to her dear Lord," ?The Ehnira Qiiztfte has been permit ted to publish a letter written by Mr. Charles F. Brown (Artemus Ward) to a young friend of his-a little girl, then of tho age of eight, and now the wife of a prominent merchant in a neighboring city. It will at once strike the reader an being eminently characteristic?true to life: Salem, Mass., June 18, 1WV4. My Deak Amelia : I cannot tell how much I miss you. It seems as though I had lost all my relations, including mv grandmother and the cooking-stove. Why didn't I put you in a bottle and bring you down hero with mo Y But I am always forgetting something. The other day I went off and forgot my aunt Sarah, and she's a good deal bigger than you are. Mr. Ramsey is also a very forgetful man. Ho fc*querttly goes ofl* and forgets his washerwoman. Mr. Itamsey is a very fine-looking man. He reminds me of Mr. Green, the Mai den murderer. When Mr. Ramsey goes to the penitentiary, which will be very soon, wo must send him dough nuts, magazines and other literary doc uments. Mr. Ramsey can road print very well. I like vou verv much, and should like you just as well if you were twelve years older. I am very singular about some things. Yon spoko to mo about a boy who is my rival. I should feel very sorry to kill that boy, but he may drive me to It. 1 am in hopes that he will take himself into a premature tomb?tnat ho may choke hlmvelf with a large slice of nuuding; but if he does neither. I shall feel forced to load him with chains and read all my lectures to him. That will finish him." His boots may remsln. but the rest of him will have perished miserably long ore I have got through. You must be a good little girl a|id always mind your mother.' Never your excellent mother feel sorry tl she is acquainted with you. If it * not been for her you might have drowned In a soup-plate long ago. j if you hadn't sver had any mother might now be in Turkey with the ot turkeys. In fket, my dear Amelia,] conduct yourself that even on dark rainy day* the bright sun may i wherever you are, and that the (which are next to the sun in 1 nesa) may never flash so brlTflan that you can always look* steadily hopefully towards them. Falthfhlly your f * 4&isrqllang. Dog Magnanimity. Magnanimity, that elevation or dig lity of soul which encounter* danger to trtmble with tranquillity anil firm ra, which raises the possessor above ivense, ami which make* him disdain njustice and meanness, is a character siic so rare that it invariably excites Mir commendation. An example of natfnanimity wan witnessed by the writer recently, not on the part of an ntelligent human being, however, from whom it might have been expected, but on the part of an intelligent dog. The chief actor in the little coined y drama?for the scene was at the name time comic and dramatic?was an en ormous coal-black Newfoundland dog. lie was strolling up Third avenue in a dignified and nonchalant manner, when a fierce little cur, the scrubby hair on his back erect with anger, nis eyes flashing with malice, and his strident voice shrilling with rate, leaped out from his lurking place behind an ash barrel, and assailed the Btately animal with a torrent of cynical abuse. "You think you're cutting a swell now, don't you r" screamed tne cur in the vilest of doc I>atin. The dignifieuNewfoundland made no reply to this unjustifiable attack, con tenting himself with giviug his insig nificant assailant a long, steady look out of bis solemn brown eyes. This ap peared to throw the little rascal into a perfect frenzy of anger, and he danced about the object of his persecutions, heaping uj>on hi in every abuse In his re/)ertoirt of slang The large dog yawned a little as though he found the matter rather fatiguing, and resumed his stroll up the avenue. The cur, in the sublimity of his self-conceit, thought this an evidence of cowardice, and with a howl rushed up behind and nipped his leg. Quick as lightniug the great dog turned, and the little cur, with a I yell of dismay, found himself hurled upon his back, and a pair of blaz ing brown eyes glaring down upon him. He evidently expected to feel the gleaming white teeth, which shone above him, close upon his worthless neck, and made frantic efforts to escape. He was held, however, with an inexor able grasp by his opponent, who placed both fore feet over him, and then calm i lv. but firnilv, laid down upon hiin. In | vain the little cnrhowled and protested. | he could not move a jot. The anger ! faded out of his conqueror's eyes, and a j look of amusement took its place. He i knew he could slay his reviler with one snap of his sharp, white teeth, but he was t?>o magnanimous for that; he merely looked at him and held him fast. The little cur's spirit was entirely broken, his l>ack nearly so, and he evi dently apologized for his insolence iu the most abject manner; then he was allowed to rise, and with a glance of mingled fear and respect he sped rapid ly away. The great dog shook him self free from the dust of the street, looked calmly about him, and then re newed his constitutional.?77i? Country. Ancient and Modern Hero* Wonderful men, no doubt, were the heroe* of ancient Greece, and Macedon and Koine. Trumendou? fellows, too, beyond nil question, were the knights of. the feudal ages, with their big e?ual (Iron* or two-handed swords, their maces, spears, curtal axes and other devices for cracking and piercing each other's shells of iron. But that Greeks, Macedonians, Romans, Nor mans, or any other maimer of men, of winch history or traditiou, prose or poetry, lias made mention, liad more pluck and pith than the civilized sous of Adam at the present day, we utterly, deny. All the soldiers of antiquity wore protective armor; the heroen of I whom the classic historians and bards-' have so much to say, having been al most cated in metal. It was the same with the champions of the age of chiv alry. They trusted as much to the invulnerability of their "mail proof" as to their weapons or defence. Even the canaille of the soldiery. In the mid dle ages, wow jerkins of bufT that would resist the edge of an ordinary blade and head-pieces of steel. Now aa specimens of courage, what were the exploits of men thus protected, compared with the charges of modem troop* ?, With unprotected breasts they dash forward to the encounter of the bayonet. They rush with un loaded pieces up hill, upon batteries which they know must kill two-thirds of the assailing force before it can strike a blow. They march coolly be tween lines of houses fVom every win dow of which the foe is raining death. Against, instruments of slaughter, com pared with which those of the ancient world wore toys, they hurl themselves with shouts of exultation. Nothing ap l?als them. Ever, when forced back by superior numbers, they retreat in order. It is impossible to say what the legions of Ciesar, or the crusaders under Richard the Lion-Hearted, might have done under similar circumstances. They were never subjected to the imminent perils of modern warfare. Modern wars horribly destructive as they arc, afford this consolation to modern pride : they show that the yrxt of the race?or at least of the best part of it?has not degenerated, and that, whatever classi cal pedants may think or say, the edu cated and civilized man of to-day is at least the per, in constitutional courage and physical energy, of the man of any preceding age?Heynnlda' Mincellany. The Electric, IAf/ht in War. A number of interesting experiment* have been recently carried out at Metr. by a committee of engineer ami other officers anitolnted to investigate the practicability of employing electric light during siege operations, and to suggest any modifications which itmav seem expedient to introduce in the ap paratus at present in use. On the night of October ?Hh Fort# Frederick Charles and Alvensleben were illuminated by throwing the light upon them, when fi was found that from a distance of from two to three kilometres not only build ings, but individual men could be plain ly made out. On the night of the 27th of October the electric apparatus was arranged on tho exercising ground out side the Chamhiere gate and the light directed upon a row of target*. Fire was then onened against these latter by a squad of riflemen, and ?he practice made was nearly as good as that re corded on ordinary occasions when tir ing by day?a result which was con sidered exceedingly satisfactory, as a thick mist prevailed at the time and materially interfered with the action of the light. Altogether, the committee concluded that the electric light may In future be employed with ad vantage, not only in siege operations, but also during outpost duty and engagements at night.?Pall Mall OntHU. Writing for tne. 1V?m. Waste no time on introductions. Don't begin by laying out yonr subject like a Dutch flower garden, or telling your motives for writing. .The key note should be struck, if poaalble, in the rerv first sentence. A dull begin ning often condemn* an article ; a spicy one whets the appetite, and comment* what follows to both editor and rr*d<#. Above all stop when von are done. Don't let the ghost of your thought , wander about after the death of the , body. want* a muwMt'i' time | in vindicating your production against editors or critic*, but expend your en ' i In writing something *h"ich shall A Nation of IHyinirs. I a. the Hay of Bengal, oo the high toad of commerce, is a group of islands thickly cov?retl with impenetrable Jungles, ami swarming with leeches in the rainy and ticks in the dry season. Except a species of pip, until recently unknown to science, tnerv are no wild animals that offer any molestation to man ; but to make up for this defi ciency, the human inhabitants are among the most savage and hostile that voyagers have encountered. They may truly be termed a nation of pig mies, being, oo an average, only tour feet Ave inches high, and weighing from seventy to seventy-tWe pounds. But they are well-proportioned, and display an agility and nimblensss truly won derful. Their skin is dark, and their faces decidedly ugly. They go entirelv naked, shave the hair of the head with pieces of bamboo, or broken bottle, and further increase their unsightly ap pearance by daubing themselves all over with a mixture of red ochr^tond oil, or covering their persons toward nightfall with a thick coating of soft mud to serve as a protection against the mosquitoes, with which, in addi tion to the leeches and ticks, they seem to be tormented the whole year round. They are excellent swimmers, taking to tne water almost before they can walk; and they rely upon the sea for the principal supnlv of their food? turtles, oysters and fish. The Petrified IWMf.y. The site of the petrified forests of California is about one thousand feet at>ovc sea level, and lies in the same trend with the Geysers, Mount St. Helena, and the thermal spring of Calistogo. A recent visitor says mat, geologically, it is one vast lava bed, in which the trees lie as they were thrown, probably thousands of years ago, by some convulsion of nature. The trees I are in fragments, many of which have been converted into charcoal, others i into lignite and others into beautiful ! specimens of iet. Where the heart of j the tree had decayed, the cavity is tilled I with opal, a form of lustrous" nucrys- j Utilized silica containing water. Chal- 1 cedouy, another form of the silica, but clear and limpid, is found in other cavi ties. No top has "been pctritied, and only hero ana there a root. C'hriNtmM la Coming. The time will soon come wlwu old 8anla Claus will be paying lis his welcome visit, and already the hearts of ftie young and old folks, all over the country, ure full of expectations and surmises, as to what he wilt he bringing for them Individually. W e hope that we are not betray lug confidence when we state, that, acting under Ills orders, the 8mlthngraph Manufacturing Company are | working day and night to be prepared for the I Holiday rush for their popular goods, and we would suggest that every parent In the country ! make arrangements at once to have an Outfit ! sent direct to their children. Orders aent In at I once will be promptly put up and properly ad dressed. but, unless directed to the contrary, ' they will be held by the company, until a few j days before Christmas, wheu they will be de | spatched, giving just sutficieut time to allow I the packages to reach their destination at the j proper moment. 8ee advertisement elsewhere. The best and oldest of the various mending compounds Is Brown's Improved Kubber C? mciit?see another colutnu. It should be In every family, for In every household there are broken articles of great value which might at. no expense be mad* as good as new. The latest plec? of Japanese ware shown at the Centennial was smashed Into blta and mended by Mr. Brown so welt that It was Impossible to discover a flaw, and the wares of Philadelphia's Chestnut street firms are sent to him for re pairs. Agents can make money selling it, for every one will buy It. Advertisements. IB writing to parties Advrrtu tug In these Columns please men tion tkla paper. Brown's Improved Rubber Gem nt.fl THE DENT IA TUUWORL.O Agents wanted In every State, County aud Town In the teuton, to whom liberal Inducements are of fered. Agents are now making froiuM to 110 per day. It sells like "liot-eaHcs." Price, lAOoeuts a bottle. Sample Bottles sent by malt, on receipt of nrlce, to any jiart of the U. 8. Manufactured by J. J. BROW'S No. Si South Fifteenth Street, 1'hlladclntila. Please state where you saw tills advertisement. 12-1&-U ? WANT* 11^^ ui^KHotsiTtc WAHX&U M\Mor WOMAN In aver)'town and city In the United Htatea, to take tiie AdKN'CY for our HiMKilaltlea, ARTICLK8 NKKDKll IN KVKRY FAMII.Y. Trade oucee?tal>llHi>edrunsltaelf. Anyperaonofordi nary ability can make a paying bustuoaa. Refer ence required. Address NKHKKK.lt A CO., Bryant ft Strattoi usine88 Colli AMI Tsltirapklc Inatltate, I OS ?. Tenth St., Fhwsselshlp, fncrxued facilities. Telegraphic Dept. In the Mnnu$T mnd Kfrrtrlrtm of i I Alltmllr a**'l MM<<" A 1 fall pettiaaUn. oall I Illustrated oironlar. , lltf-ia A^LBBI Agents wanted to handle gondii that 9^ will pay them the above. Catnlnaut WMV A", ntj Novelty (V>., HMHouthsth Mt., Philadelphia. Pa. lt-i-17 ; The Compound Omen Treatment j Tor the core of CHRONIC DISEASES. ' This Is the surest, safeat and eheapest eeratlve ageat known. It earea by rsvltalis'ag the whole . body: sad haaee Is effective la a great variety of diseases Ataoag the taaay name* to whish we are : permitted to refer, we give the following: Hob 8 Plato, Judge of U.S. Supreme Court, aad i hi- accomplished wife; Mrs. Hallit Kilbcbn; Jadge Hahubl Smith, If.Tork ; Hoa. Moxtoonbbv . "i.aih ; Ki d.ir. Morrman, W Va , Hob. Wh D. Kbllbtj T.S Aaraoa; Oea. rm Hint Wiisn, Oar Broehare of V00 pages, wbleh coatalaa the elearsst ?tatement of principles, the most brllllsat record of earea, aad all the laformstloa aeeeeearr to aa latelllgeat oplalon aaa latelllgeat aetloa. will be nailed FREE. STARKEY L PALEN, 11(4 Olrard St., Hhlleil's, Ps, O. R. Starkey. A.M.,M.n. O. K, Pstftn. PII.B..M.D. 10-27-IS ranted to cure Rheumatism, T TKTfM WT Neuralgia, and all Aclies, IT1 u" 1. Pains, Sores, Swellings, li Juries, l.anieness. Ac., Ac. It acts like magic. ?It never falls-It Is tne liest l.lnlniciit In existence. Try It, It will prove itself. Hold by Druggists and Gen eral Merchants everywhere. aS and fl> cent* a tmttle. l>alM>ratory, No. *ZA South Mh Street, ii-s-M phi i. Atiai.pni a. ?? iy * IS ?? IJIfCLR HAM" PRKSft and Outfit, fio. Self-Inker A Outfit, flf No. t' Uncle Ham' Inside Chase ftxfl In m ,No.? *? Self-Inker '? MC , Kvans' Rotary, MA. Htainu for Cata logue. WM. KVANS. sn N. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. n-io-is 5 I Jtf.il to s1! . 6 S 1^0 lf; TNKY ALL DO IT! WHATT ITT mil TTP? AM HATUUU rt?M n Wfcy * >?r?uw ?* m>U rfc?p?r ltd do mot wlurpt* Ml. IbMtrwt glTr ?*tir? MtiifKlloo. PriCM MM '??71. Owlltstrmn (*.?>up. toad MMip fvr <?i* t: ' NATIONAL TYPE CO.. IH-KMf SM HumtJk Thirl Sti lt, ffcUwCa, WE SELL ? FIRST-CLASS PIAJO Cheaper than any other House In America. WE HAVE NO AQENT8 But Sell Direct To Families " A.T FACTORY PRICE, -A.N'ID Warrant Five Yeark, We send our PI AH 08 everywhere ! for trial, and require no payment un let* they are found 8atis?aotory. Send for our Illustrated Circular, which RlTes full particulars, and coo tains the names of orar I,'>00 Banker*, Merchants and Families who are using our Pianos In every State aad Ter ritory of the Union. Addreas, U. S. PIANO CO., ?roadwav, N. Y. DR. T. BERWICK LEG ARK, DENTIST, Graduate ef the Balti??r? Colleie ef < Dental Surgery. OFFICE-DEKALB HOI HE. Entrance on Broad Btr?et. AWARDED THE HIGHEST MEDAL AT VIEW A. E. * H. T. ANTHONY * CO., 691 Broadway, New York, op. Metropolitan Hotel, Manufacturer*. Importers and ivralsnl* CHROMOS and FRAMES, STEREOSCOPES and VIEWS, ALBUMS, GRAPHOSCOPES and Suitable Views, Photographic Materials. V.'c are Headquarters for everything In the way ol 8t<-rt*>?copttc<jnsand Mule l.antern*, being manu facturers of the Micro-Sclentlllo l.antern, 8tereo I'anuptlcon. University Mtereoptlcon. AdTtrilMr'i Htcrooptl n>n, Artoptlcon, School Lantern, Family Lantern, The People'* l.antern; each itvle being )>eat of Its class In the market. Catalogue of Lanterns and Slide* with direction* for using sent on application. Any enterprising man can make money with a Magic I .an tern. ? Out out this advertisement for refeience. * ENCOURAGE HOME PEOPLE & HOME ENTERPRISE. GKOROB N. HACKER * MOM, I# a iwmitiwssv fAwVVII mL * OHA.Kl.MTOK, ?. C. The only Door, Saah and Blind Factory owned snd uknigcd bjr a Carolinian In Charleston. Always on hand a large stock of Doors, Sash. Blind*, Moulding*, Brackets, Scroll and Turned Work of every description. Ola**, White I-eads and Bulkier*' Hardwaro at manufacture r>f -wholesale prices. Planed G. and T. flooring, celling and lln lug boards delivered In Camden liy carload* at low rates. % ruTrs_piLLS A Noted Divine says They are worth their weight in gold,. READ WHAT HE SAYS: Da. Tutt:?Dear Sirs For ten year* I hare been a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Pile*. Last spring your pill* were recommended to me { I used them (but with little faith). I am now a well man, have good appetite, digestion perfect, regular stools, nilesgone, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh They are worth their weijrht in gold. Rev. R. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky. TUTPS PILLS mrm* KSA ??AD. TUTPS~PILLS OT7*?DTWJWIA. TUTPS PILLS OVXB OOWTOATlOy TUTPS PILLS CVmilFILW. TUTPS PILLS OTB" KSF "D TUTPSllLLS ovma nuovi ooua TUTPS PILLS fum ??? TUTT'S PILLS oraiTOMiDum chronie constipation, :m.l imparting health and strength to the system. Sold everywhere. Office, 35 Murray Street, Ner York. Dr. Tutt ha* been en gaged in the practice oi medicine thirty years, find fora long time Willi demon, atrator of anatomy in the Medical College of Geor gia, hence persons uiung his Pill* have the guaran tee that they tire prewired on scientific principle^ and are free from all quackery. ? lie haii sr.cceedcd In combining in them tlin lierrtolore antagonistic qualities of a utrtuvllirn ana a pur. itying tou/f. I'heir lirst apparent et feet Is to Increase tin np petite by causing the fo ?? to properly ass Fin i I ' I ? Thu* the *ystem is ihm-i l*hed, and by their I'm: action on the digesti gans, regular ami In ililv, 101 ft r ton? tat* en fltth. evacuations arenrtMl". c.f The rapidity with wlik !i ipidity v # tat* while under the Infl' of these pills, ol its. If i-. dlcates their adaptI'biiin to nourish the be 'y, an.I hence their effirst \ iunir. Ing nervous debility. mi I* ancholy,dyspepsia, wa>t of the muscle*, slim gishneas of the 11% TRIUMPH or SCICMC. Oray Hair can be changed to a glossy Hack by a single application of Df.TUTT'l Hair Dye. It act* like magic, and la warranted aa harmleaa aa water. Mm |i.oo. t*Maa Mecray it., N. Y. What is Queen's Delight? Road iho Answer It I* a plant that grow* In the South, and la spe lally adapted to the Cure of disease* of (hat climate. NATURE'S OWN REMEDY, Entering at once Into the blood, est.el ling nil scrof ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic nflWfloaa, Alona, it it a searching alterative, but when combined with -iarsaparilla. Yellow Dock, and other herbs,It forms Or. Tntt's Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight, The moat powerful blao4 purifier known to medical ? clence for the cur* of old ulcer*, diseased Joint*, foal ilsrharges trom the eat* and nost rils, ahsceraea, akin lhaaae*, dropay, kidney complaint, evil effect* of ecret practice#, disordered liver and spleen. Its use ?ttengthena the narvona system Imnert* a fair rom .lesion, and builds up the body with HEALTHY, 80LI0 FLESH. A* an antidote ta ayphllltlc poison it Is strongly recommended, llnndrtd* of esees of the worst type .SVC been radically cured by It. Mmt purely veg. table Itacontinued use will do nO hafft. rtfr ttAt me to take It la during the summer and fall j and fJ'Mw debility, headache, faver and ague, you vlll enjoy robust heulth. Sold by all druggists. Prtee, ft.00 Office. Murray Street. V?? Y,,rk. 8HITIO?EAPHY. M v Ittla *t I* 1*4 yw vOl *M M ???< Om rf Mm ** n?t??r. ?mUi 4ttnstln, frUit*Utg, fuUmtttn, &*fkl ?Mm? isimAn ??M nA i nmHn H BM ?W Iki IMn) ?r HM|MM aBtpahUtM M*. *. Lrnkt J In,am. hwa by Maoktyry. with !? oth?r uu >i wgm<5>nBW ?lM DmIiw XrUM, TW^Sart. ?>i?i i?H*t?. OmaMkl l>< tig* Is vwton, MU!Imi% tUf <itw?n, Rmm kt?? himmiiI to lanluUt u4 i |Mt fcw? OTH 100,000 SOU DURIIG THE CUTTKMRIAL. H to Ik* WM 4rm?iM toiihir k??wm. In ma* tnlu U* *y? ?>?hrt?Hy i Mm M pudHi |npu?tl? tw fr?* ?* bw4 4i?wli| u4 UMihlu from tittt*. Ul(Uj by ArtMiuitTnelni M as *i?*l> IhI ????? rfOuBlllaritlag thlldraa with form *?4 prvpcr tt??, M lit **** Ma* mmwtM Dm** to f*rlb*r axti kr Tl* OMfbta OaUl *o?>rvri*** Ik* aalUioffifb. Pilate, (litow CitjML ll?l<?r, BWnJ?r, Dn*l>| Ftfw, mj ??4 lU oolc%lo4 i ?jin>9iioti. P HI OSS BT MAIL, POtTAOl PUT AID. Co?npl*l* Outfit r*d?e*d I* |t.M ?Mll?mr??k ??d mi; Oopt**, W Tkj iM.Wp fur W*ud lutnMal, tar nlttr lt| H rMoctag, with Bma Wh*l I*tw?U? TN)li| N>t 1*4 U*M*r, teMtUtU/ poltehW. (.M I fWlh>< ul km 4?ll?hwd with My Oatftl It la >? 4arfal. llm tlroa<tjr draws aamplo portralta af MM ?t lb* MlMil MI of tht* town. N. A. ROBERTSON, ifwitfirilh, Jfk. JUMPERS-UP-BEHIND Rtn baldly ????pu< to teka riTUtt|? of oar titaul'i u4 MniiMil adrartWifcg. TUt ruuih. Imporfocl ???! WortUoaa Imltatioaa add nl; to tf>? lalrinale valuo of Ik. Snlthofrapb whlafc la now aa wall raooj al?ad a? lh? only at ?olatoly p?rO?> ?uUu thai m?VW{ jhbtWh will haw as attar. Wi (atraataa avarr lattnimpnt *tamp*d Bmithrfrapb Mtnt'f Co. to bo porfoct. Bajr no othar. - _ Aaj lafrlafonaat oa oar rl(bU will ba rirorocal/ proa* " AtlE.VT* WiNTKn KTUTWUlt. " Addrmt. Xj. XjTJM mctk, Maaafar Balthocraph Maaal'? Co.. 717 ItiiNin SI., Phl'.t., P? Ttr * MI|IMI>for laeertloa Inthe IfiUTf ?I?*tTO* 1. "?WlXU/Un permanent addraes of srery **??>' tad tunatrli Um UalU.l SuIm ud I anada. Tor furtht Information cell or t?d atainp f'f a itnili c?('T "t tbs in> ?hmIt popular AOKNTt I1KIIAI.U. MWrit'l" ? ?0 nttt p*r rear. Addrwa, V. CUM RMIT1I. P?kl.il?r. 7/7 Sam.'tn* St., /'Mi/a., AV Wliun anawerlnc either of the above Advertise, menu picamt mention the Sumter hmo 4. 1?. KENNEDY. ?*. II. NF.l.SOV. KENNEDY & NELSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Camden, S. C. Office formerly occupied by Gen. J. U? Korahaw. CRAMPTON'8 IMPERIAL SOAP IS THE BEST. Crampton'a Imperial Soap Is the Boat Cramptou's Unix-rial Soap la tin- Beat < r*mptoir? Imperial Soap 1st ihr Beat traniptou'a 1 utperlalHoap la the Beat Cramptou's Imperial Soap Is the Ben < rainpton's Ini|M'rla I Soap la the Beat Crainptmr a linperla I Soap la the lleat Cram Won'* ImperialSoap la the Be,t Cramptoir* lui|>erlal Soap Is the Beat ThlaKoap Is manufactured from pure materials : ami as It contains a large iiercentagc of Vegetlne Oil, l? warranted fully equal ti> the beat Imported t;aatlle soap, ami at the aaiue time contains all the washing anil cleansing properties of the celebrated Herman ainl French I.aundry Boaps. It Is therefor* recommended for use In the I.aunilry, Kitchen and Bath Room and for general household purposes ; also for printers, painters, engineers and machin ists, as It will remove spots of ink, grease, tar, oil, paint, etc.. from the hands. The Huntingdon Monitor of April 5th, 1*77. pro noun-e* this Soap the beet In the market, as follows j Header, wo ilon" t want you to iuppows that thlfc la un advertisement, and pass It over unheeded. Head It. We want to direct your attention to the adver tlsemeat ?f C'rampton'a Imperial ?oap. Ha?l?I uaed It in our office for the paatyear, we (*? mend It as the beat quality of soap In use. '*'? * el % soap that ?will thoroughly cleanse rom the hand*, alao from linen, ijut untlry soap will do it, and we know - k? It fa especially J?t\ 1 general h CbSmFTON BROS., f No*. S, 4, 8, ft and 10 Rutgers I'lace and Not. ** and xs .lefferson Street, New York. f. wTwingT" Maxtfactitr** or IMM)RS, MASH, RLINDH, ?oor mnd Window Frame*, A Natehetl Lambtr, Flooring, Celling, Fenee Kmlln, Plelcetm, Moulding*, Ac., Ac., Ac, Columbia, 8. C. jO I DOLE'S HOTEL, LANCASTER C. H? S. C. Haying pnrehaaed th* Hotel formerly oesaplsd by Hr. Jones Crockett, altnated on Mala street, I am prepared to reeelre traaslsnt and psrmansut boarders. Oood accommodations at reasonable rates. Htables and lota free to drorer*. ^ J. U. HI DDI.K BE SURE TO STOP AT THS " LATHAM HQUBI, CAMDEN, $. C. ( Transiknt Board #2.00 pkr i?ay.) 4VAmple aecommodatloa*. Tables supplied with the beet the Marketa aford. Krary attention paid te the comfort of gaeat*. MTCoaaeeted with the Hoaae la a ft rat-class Bar. which Is located ssparately from tbs House, and orderly kept. * ^^-Conveyances supplied to gneata na liberal terme, either for city or eonatry ass. R. B. LATHAM, Proprietor. j^janNing house. CAPT. E. W. MANNING, Pnopit. WILMINGTON, N. C. This Mouse, antler the management of the prietor, I a one of the liest hotels In the State. room* are airy anil convenient, neat and nice, table Is furnished with the l?-?l the market aff Nervanta attentive and polite. Omnibus and gage wagon attend all train*. The location Is deair> able for business men. Charge* fair and reasonable. D EKALB HOUSE. A. S. RODGERS. UMfi * filLLILAND, BHHHl i, q< bookbudees, statiomebs, blame Boot IAIDFACT0BEB8 NEWS AGENTS. Mtry aolloiud aa4 , *Ord?ra fw>m the country Promptly Iliad