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UIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY.
TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
on ASp AFTER SUNDAY. JUNE Il? 1851,
TRAINS LEAVE II. & y. DEPOT AS FOLLOWS:

e. 20 a. M, dnly-NEW ORLEANS FAST MAlr-
Direct connection for South and Southwest. Daily,
except sunday, tO local points on {. x u, u. ".
PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS are run from Wash-
t1gtOn to New Orleans without Chnnge OF cars.
llOS n. m-WHIrE SULPHUR LIMITED EN-
pWfSSS, daily. except sunday, 10 tnnqulet nud
White SULPHUR Springs pAntOR CAR, Wah-
ington TO White sulphur Springs. -
lGli D. m.-NIRGINIA SPRI NUS ENPRESS. daily,
tor all points South VIA Danvilie, and West VIA
&. ~ .. II. X.
ton to White sulphur SprugN withuut change
PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS dally from Washing
ton to Augusta. Ga, without change.
Passengers for Manassas DVisOn VIII take lO n. m.
tram daily, except sunday. Fof Warrenlon, flO
m. daily, and il:l5 daily, except sunday. -
, For tickets and Information call NJ Virginia Mid
y. MACDANIEL, Agent.
NJ SLAUGHTER, General Ticket Agent jyis.lf
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Foreign Money Market.

suB-TnEAsUBY BALANCES.
.- ST3,0sJ.0is 90 Currency -.,... sj,0ii,237 90
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EXCURSIONS

To Richmond via Norfolk, or to Norfolk via Rich
mOnd, and return to Washington, james River by
daylight. A delightful trip.
Steamer Excelsior, twice daily D;90 a. m. and $3.50
y. NJ: . to Richmond, via Richmond Fredericksburg
and Potomac railroad, from QunntlCO. -
steamer George Leary, TUESDAYS, THURS
DAYS, and SATURDAYS. to Norfolk, conngCtng
hi Richmond and Norfolk with the james River
steamers each way.
Hound trip - 60
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Graue(ers' CSuiOe.
THEGREAr
1881
ISSI

1881 THE dhEAr 1881
= PFNNsYLvANtN ROUTE =
TO THE boI,nRE N3fREH I'm RWtEEE "a AER r s2E,TTHTwEsr
SPLENDID sCENERY, MAGNIFICENT EQUIP
,.-,, IN lEsE,E.ECT, NAY q, tssi.
ncr of SIKH and nd i streets ai foiiows % i' '0r'
For Piti6Sr ans The We.l SO So e. M daily y, viii
daIiy. with scSpns CARS rom HNrsisburs to tin.
cinrati. st. Louis, and chicago; go p. M. daily,
BXITtMoRE AND POToMAC RAILROAD.
For viii fanfqTV Paro Csr 10 Stns snd Re North az 5
M daily eSccp, spnday e gSo p n 6ny eS,
For Wfiamspoit, Lock Haven and Emlra. otio3o
For Sey YSrk and the East 500 1890 a. M, 400 coo
aud 1915 y. mon Sunday 200 y. m., 1890 and lOl5
Limited Express OF Pullman ParlOr Cars aoo a. M.
For BTooklyq New York alt thTqnsh rSns eonnsgs
GIotdne direct transfer to Fulton street. avoiding
70, double icTrnge across New York c,iy N ,oo,o,a
iGi3 ny. On Sunday, 300 y. IN. SO lUoJ aud
Limited fxprcss, nsl q. M. daily, except SUNDAY
For ,alatIc, dio, 500, g31 1850 ~ m, and &o go
~ a. n S & ! go m dS s9d 5 ,S 10 y III oo9 9n and SS p
For popcS Cteck Line. Goa m aud iio y. IN daily
For annapolis. 5iO a. m. aud tiop. m.daiy, except
SISb l2 AS8 N WISH Th[ "
For XicysndrIa 100, 7;a, o2o q M, and 1880 a. NJ.
saSdsyS 5 SS & a. & S1p Sd "a m 5a SVo a. n an and @ M ou
For Richmond and the south, 700 a. m. and liO
rpns aY icSVS SRS al &eRanda nd a or eTf WsnnEon 600 sos
and TOGO q M, 1870 800, boo 5oi and M,Gp' M
and 1900 midnight. SUNDAY. at s;H aud lool H. n.'
S.OORud gi0 y. IN.
northeast corner OF Thlrteenth street and Pennsy.
ynna avenue and OF the station where orders can no
LETT for the checking OF baggage to destination from
hotels and Residences
- j, H. WOOD, General Passenger Agent
FRANK THOMSON, General Manager.
RAGfTMORE AND ONO RAILRoAD.
| -
! BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE
WEST VIA WASHINGTON,
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New Summer Arrangement.

Tho New and Elegant Steamer
w. w. CORCORA-N,
CAPTAIN l.. l.. BLAKE,
Win make daily trips (Sundnys eNceptedl TO all
points the Potomac River, us Tar down as GlynonH
Fare round trip 2bcens TO all points except MOnns
Vernon. boat leaves wharf foot OF seventh street,
ut ten o. nj. aud returns about $3.50 p. M, On
SATURDAYS
the Corcoran will make two trips boat leaving wharf
at a m. aud six p respectively thus allowing
passengers to stop over nc any point until the return
second trip, reaching Washington about 03O y, M,
making II desirable for PlCnica and Fishing Parties
Families wishing 10 cnjoy ride on the Potomac
during the warm summer months Will aud IL to ther
advantage TO take the safe and commOdlOuS steamer
Corcoran. where every accomulodatlon and i2cih'y
Will be afforded for comioTt and pleasure,
SUNDAY TRIPS
MI! be made 70 Marshall Hall and Indian Head every
SUNDAY AFTERNOON boat leaving wharf "
trip, 90 cents, lel.I
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DAILY EXCURSIONS 10 QUANrICO,
via Excelsior, Mg y. m; and &3n p m. ON SUN
DAYS Mt p. m. only,
Tickets FOR sale and information furnished at B w.
Reeds sons 1916 Il street northwest; Cooks Tours,
1881 Pennsylvania avenue; Rnoses Cigar stands az
Principal Holels H. B POlkinhOrn, next TO Clly
Post.ohice aud nj COmpany's OniCe seventh street
wharf GEORGE MATIINGLY,
General superintendent
yNf u WEICu Apput Ic2j
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The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
SERENE SAM.

wAsn1NeroN. D. q. JuLY q. Isl.
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NORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.
n u - 4 III
GLYDES
NEW EXPRESS STEAM PACKET LINE

WASHINGTON.
Leave PHILADELPHIA every Saturday ,N,.p II m.
Arrive ia WASHINGTON every Monday .,,.,..o n. m.
Leave wASHINGToN every Monday y.,,a,g,..."5 p m.
Arrive In nPHILADELPHIAe every Thursdny,-6h a. m.
Through aud prompt connection with New YORK,
Boston, Fall River and all points North, 'IhrOuEl
Bills Laden given. Freight received aud delivered
daily until y. m, W,P CLYDE Y CO.,
j. H. Johnson e Co., Gen MnuagcrS -
81. N w, Washington, ID. Z. nnNly
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FOR RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND
ALL POINTS SOUTH.
The new and splendid steamer EXCELSIOR, con.
Meeting with H., =. and T.. II. H. At Quantlro twice
daily Except sunday, ut 1880 q. M. and $3.50 y. IN.
Fare To Richmond, limit 90
Fare to Richmond, 90
Fare TO Richmond, round trip good for 10 days. 90
National Republican., 1881-07-27

Al our Grand Extraordinary Drdigings are Widsr
the supervision and DdHdqcnCnt n q GENERALS q. Il.
BEACREGARD dIld JUBAL a. EARLY.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29
= WildER Roses In Britain.

I We have altogether some five true
wild roses in Britain. The commonest
is the dog-rose, which everybody knows
we'll and next comes the almost equally
familiar sweet-briar, with its ~delicately-
scented glandular leaves. The burnett
rose is the parent of our cultivated
Scotch roses, and the two other native
kinds are comparatively rare. Double
garden roses are produced from the sin
gle f~ve-petalled wild varieties by making
the stamens (which are the organs for
manufacturing .pollen) turn into bright
-colored petals. There is always more or
less Of q tendency for stamens thus to
alter their character; but in a wild state
it never comes to any good, because
such plants can never set seed, for want
of pollen, and 50 die out in a single gen.
Grafton. Our gardeners, however, care
fully select these distorted individuals.
and SO at length produce the large, hand
some, barren flowers with which we are
SO familiar. The cabbage and moss
roses are monstrous forms thus bred
from the common wild French roses of
the Mediterranean region; the China
roses are cultivated abortions from an
Asiatic species and most of the other
garQen VarlfbleS are drttAiclhi CIosoes
between these or various other kinds,
obtained by fertilizing the seed vessels
of one bush with pollen taken from the
blossoms of another of a different sort.
To a botanical eye, double flowers. how
eve large and fine. are never really
beautiful, because they lack the order
and symmetry which appear SO CON
spicuously IN the fine petals, the clust-
cred stamens and the regular stigmas OF
the natural form.-Bel0rdviG.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29
The ROYAL Mummies.

Among the royal mummies recently
discovered in Egypt, with all the mortu-
AIRY appendages and Inscriptions, are the
bodies of Thutmes III. and Rameses II.
Think of it. Here is the body, in an ex-
cellent state of preservation, of Thut-
mes, the monarch who erected the ODE
lisk that Is now set up n the Thames
embankment in London, and of ,Ra-
meses, the monarch whose and
fame are perpetuated in the inscriptions
on that monument. The account of the
discovery says that "eyensthe fewers
and garlaads whichHwere tplaced<ia-taen
cofins may be seen encircling the masks
which cover the faces of theAdeceased
just as they were left by the mournefs
over three thousand years ago.
This great collection was found in a
gallery two hundred feet long, tsflled
swithirelics of the Thebian dynasties -
relics that hadsbeehremeved from their
regular resting places in tombs and tenn
pies by the priests, andconeealed in this
secr ct subterfanean,gallery to preserve
them agaiDstthe sacrilegeof some foreign
invader. Includedin the discovery are
300 mortuarY statues, bearing royal
ear-touches and Inscriptions. fifteen
enormous wigs, and above all, asyast
leatherntents in a truly wonderful state
of preservation.1 It is covered with
hieroglyphs most carefully embroidered
in red, green, and yellow leather the
colors are q~uitefresh and bright, andthe
whole workmanship is describedes beau
tiful. But notwithstanding and valuable
than an4he~rest was q discovery o
papyri-at least it mightbe 50 presumed,
for theYhad 1ofYat beenunr6AedI Eour
of these papyri were found. in q secret
gallery, hewn In the solid rock ofathe
cliffs of the Lybian Mountains The
papyri are all in a perfect state, of preser-
walton, The largest is about sixteen
inches wide, and its length, when I'M
rolled is5estimated from on hundred to
one hundred aud forty feet, and it is ele-
| gantly colored and Illuminated. Great
interest is manifested to know the con-
tents of these ancient s,creeds and what
light they may throw onthe hitherto un-
discovered secrets of the world.-Bosto,
| Ply1oof-s 49,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29
Struggle with. a Porter-House Steak.

"This is the porter-house, is it 2" asked
the sad passenger, sitting at the corner
table in the restaurant.
Eyes sir, 'Hsaid the waiter, with the
weary air of "a man who Was tired of hay-
ing to tell the same lie a thousand times a
day, "porter-house steak, sir; same as you
ordered sir" 'ied
s"Do you cut porter-house steak from
between the horns this yeer?" asked the
sad passenger, with the information of a
man who wanted to know.
nSir?" said the waiter. 1p1n We
est seemed to be a trife tenderer last
year, the sad passenger went on, with
the air of a tired man indulging in pleas
ant "reminiscences of the past; "but I re-
member now; it was cut a triie lower
5 down then. Last year you cut your por-
ter-house steaks fromthe curl in the fore
head and the sirloins from the shin. But
I think this mi from between the
horns. fused to live in a boarding-house
where they cut the-porter-h house between
the horns, and this me reminds me of
them. Animal dead this steak came
from 2"
dead" echoed the astonished waiter;
'tcourse, sir. He was butchered, sir"
'Butchered to make a Roman holiday"
sighed the passenger. @tHe would be.
more likely to make a Roman swear.
Well, it was time he was killed. He
hadn't many more years to live on this
earth. All, here is the brass tip from n
of his horns. Dropped into the steak, no
doubt, while you were slicingi it of. What
do you do with these steaks when the
guests are through with them 2"
The waiter looked puzzled. "Why sir,
he said, ''they amt nothing left of 'em
when customers gets through with EN-,
sir"
Possible p said .he sad passenger;
"what becomes of them?"
The waiter looked nervous. "eWhatl" he
said; "the customers eat them up"
The sad passenger looked up with a.
air of interest. 'Incrediblel" he ex-
claimed; stcan not accept your statement
without proof. They may hide them
under their chairs, or secrete them in
their napkins, or they may carry them
away in their pockets to throw at burg
lars, but L a not believe they eat them.
Here, let me see one of them eat this,
andI will believe you. Trust me, good
waiter, l." - lr- SO 1L
But the waiter pointed toa placard in
scribed: Positively no trust" and went
to the cashiers desk to tell the boss to
look out for that man at the corner table
as he didn't seem to be satisfied with hi
steak and had asked for trust.-Burlinq
ton HdsDkeue. p -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29
A Visit to Henry Clay,s Tomb.

Here we visited Ashland Farm, the
home of the Great Harry of the West"
All of that one magnificent farm Except
a portion owned by James Clay and on
which he now resides) was bought by
the State of Kentucky. A portion has
been set apart for an Agricultural and
Mechanical School. The old residence,
on account of its dilapidated condition,
has been rebuilt by one of his sons on
the same model. A good many of the
trees planted by the hands of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clay as ornaments to the grounds
have been cut down and carried away.
He is buried in one of the most elevated
spots in the Lexington Cemetery. The
State of Kentucky has erected over his
remains a very imposing monument of
granite and marble, cut from its own
quarries. In the basement of the mon
ument, through a glass door, is seen his
tomb, on which is inscribed one of those
eloquent sentences, taken from one of
his speeches in Congress, in which he
calls on God to bear him witness to the
purity of his motives and the absence of
any desire for self-aggrandizement that
prompted his advocacy of the pending
measure before Congress.-Leringto7t
GRy.) Cor. Macon telegraph.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29
AGRAND STEEpLE CHASE.

AS if there were not sufficient excitement
at the usual horse-race, these meetings on
the turf nearly always close with q grand
steeple chase. This kind of race combines
all the excitement of the regular race, with
the super-added element of danger which
seems I give further zest to the port
Horses, and good ones at that, often receive
severe injuries, which render them practis
cally useless for long periods. At least
this was the state of affairs until owners
, and breeders of fine stock began TO freely
use ST. JACOBS On, the Great German
Remedy for man and beast. This invalid
able article to horsemen has 30 grown into
favor on account of its phenomenal efficacy
in diseases of domestic animals, especially
the horse, that it would be difficult indeed
TO discover q horsemen u~nacquainted with
its magical potency. The Philadelphia
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29

plot OF clay subsoil as hard as the floor
of abricksyard, from which the surface
had been washed away, but. the peculiar
signi6eaace of this habit was not i'm
pressed upon me until during a recent
driye over a newly made road, I saw this
same plant growing upon the bare clay
roadside, whence the soil had
been scraped in making the roadside,
and where even white clover was making
but a scant living although the melilot
was already as tall as the red clover on
the fertile soil of the .neighboring field.
The plant-otherwise known as Bokhara
Or sweet-scentedA c1o9er@has become
naturalized here at a comparatively re-
cent date. but has long been unknown as a
forage plant both for cattle and bees,
being well adapted for soiling, as it
makes a growth of four to six feet dur
ing the season and it is said to bear two
or three cuttings /; while its sweet-scented
blossoms eafferd Q faYorite pasture for
the, honey gatherers. The German anal
/ ysis gives to its hay a feeding value of
S15 per ton, against, SIG. % for every
good red clover hay, while its habit OF
growth is such that fshould expect it to
yield d much heavier crop than red. clo-
yer. But without discussing the value
Of tie nmel1ot as a foliage plant, the OBJ
serYationsL haze noted indicatethat..We
may possibly fnd'm it a counterpart of
the Bonthefn cowpen AZ a recuperator of
exhausted soils, and at the same time
find it better adapted 70 u climate and
cirGumstan6ess thansthe oowpen. As it
grows much more rapidly than red olo-
yer, whether from the seed O from the
root, and seems to thrive so well on ster-
lie Soils apparently growing by prefer
ence in such places, It would seem we'll
worthy Of trial as a green-manuring
CROP 4 further reason for a more gen.
eral. examination. of the merits of the
mslilotthap las yet been made in this
country, is b e-probable failure of the
Enthusiastically the depredations Of the
European clover beetle, which according
to the statements of<Professor Barnard,
inthe report of the Cornell University
ExperimaafStation isareAdyzthreaten-
ing the total destruction of that crop in
some sections of New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29

Suhsfitufas for Wood.

Year by year other materials are be-
ing substituted for wood in the erection
of dwellings and buildings of all kinds,
In the construction of bridges. fences
and sidewalks, in the manufacture of
carriages, agricultural implements and
furniture, for producing heat for cooking
and warming dwellings, and for general
ing steam. In many parts of the coun-
try it is quite as cheap to erect buildings
of brick or stone as of wood, though the
time required is somewhat longer.
Within the past five years boards have
given place to wire in building farm
fences, and in ten years more wooden
fence posts will give place to those of
stone, cement OF iron. Wood Is rapidly
going out Of use as a material for hoops
for barrels md other forms of cooper's
ware, and, indeed, barrels and casks of
any kind are giving way to other kinds
of packages for holding other substances
than liquids. Wooden pavements are
now generally condemned in all large
cities, and wooden sidewalks will soon
share their fate. Recently baskets made
of strip-iron for picking cotton, gather
ing potatoes aud harvesting fruit have
been introduced. They are light, clean,
very serviceable and omparatively cheap.
Furniture made of metal or stone is fast
dfsplacing that manufactured from wood.
Wood supports are still used for rail-
way tracks, but it is likely that a substi-
tutel for them in some form of metal or
stone will be found before trees can be
grown of sufficient size to convert into
ties.i Not only sea-going steamers and
vessels are made of iron, but many
smaller boats are constructed of the same
material. With the exception of steam
boats navigating rivers and lakes whose
banks and shores are lined with forests,
or locomotives running through sections
of the country that are heavily wooded,
there rdemandfefweodfe
generating steam. No one will question
the excellence of a wood fire, whether it
burns in a stove or open CRATE, but it is
no longer economical in most places,
even if the material to support it can be
obtained at comparatively low price.
Wood is bulky, while coal is compact.
The former requires considerable prepa-
ration before it a be used, while the
/ latter needs none Much more labor is
required to keep up a fire of wood than
one of any kind of coal. Wood needs
better protection than coal, and depre-
ciates in value much faster when kept in
any situation.-Chacago Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29
. 5000 - ~,
z Colorado Sunset.1;

Standing upon the margin of O. lovely.
lake in the bosom Of the Nesting mount
aims above the beautiful Village of
Georgetown, in Colorado, one can see a
sunsetnaore brilliant and beautiful than
was ever looked upon in the East, and
whichis only misunderstanding virgin reach
of reddening light which mellows into
twilight shadows on the plains. I sawit
on a summer evening when. all nature wal
hushed m Stiffness. The ire1ies shot
through the growing dusk Ike sparkling
lonriesfnEgyptian night aOEerhanging
forest and sWart and blackened crag were
reflected in the green waters of the lake.
The sun hoyered,as ia a fascinated spell,
above the mountain tops, while rays of
golden light, flushed with crimson peak
and turret on natures b~attlements. It
seemed to glow and expand like al open
ing rose, until it became full-blown, and
cast its arrowy pencilingsf for miles across
the sky like q mighty flame. Then, as if
ashamed of its boldness, it drew a veil of
grayish mist about its face and blushed
beneath it, The mist changed into a
cloud shaped like a crescent, with ragged
fr1nges hecked with gold, and in its
wonderful aspect recalled the legendNof
Mohammed's banner, red and lurid be-
meath Asian skies. Even as I looked it
changed. The d~arkening scarlet was
transformed to ruby brilliancy. Long
lines of pallor whitened on the parti-col-
ored surface, side by eide with golden
lances, which seemed to flash from the
glowing orb, like dissolving rays. The
enamored sky for one feverish instant
caught and mirrored all the colors of the
ainhov Then again it. darkened-
flushed and paled-and drawing the
lowering draperies of the night about it,
sank out of sight. The stars came out.
The night-hawk poised on ~swooping
pinion, shrieked above the forest solitude.
The leafy murmur of the moaning pines
took up the refrain and awoke the spell
bound senses into life and action. The
charm was gone, but the beauty fingered
on the fancy like a beautiful memory.
Omaha Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29
How to Make Labor Cheerful.

"a dozen or so years ago the wife of
President Garfield wrote her husband a
letter, in which the following passage
occurs : E as.
liam glad to tell that, out of all the
toll and disappointments of the summer
just ended, / have risen up to q victory ;
that the silence of thought since you
have been away has won for my spirit o
triumph. I read something like this
the other day There is no healthy
thought without labor, and thought
makes the laborer happy. Perhaps
this is the wayIhave been able to climb
up higher. 1t came to me one morning
when I was making bread. I said to
myself Here I am, compelled by an
inevitable necessity to make our bread
this summer. Why not consider it a.
pleasant occupation, and make it so by
trying to see what perfect bread I can
maker sit seemed like an inspiration,
and the whole of life grow brighter.
The yery sunshine seemed flowing down.
through my spirit into the white. loayes,
and now I believe my table is furnished
with better bread than ever before, and
this truth, old as creation, seems just
now to have become fully mine, that I
n6eU UOb Uo tuo Su1Ih1uS sldNo W 1oA,
but its regal master, making whatever I
do yield me its best fruits. You have
been king of your work SO long maybe
you viii laugh at me for having lived 80
long without my crown, but [ am too
glad to have found it at all to be entire
" disconnected, even by your merri-
ment. Now I wonder if right here does
not! lie the terrible wrong OF, at least,
some Of it, of which the woman suffrag.
lists complain. The wrongly-educated
woman thinks her duties a disgrace and
frets under them, or shirks them if she
can. She sees man triumphantly pur-
suing his vocations, and thinks it is the
kind of work he does which makes him
grand and .regnant; whereas, it as MOI
the kind of work at all, but the way IL
which, and the spirit with which, be
.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29
Stage Terms.

The general term used to designate an
actor is "fakir," a word which originally
meant q magician. From it is coined
the verb "fake." which means to initiate
or sham. Few actors III willing to
acknowledge that other actors are good;
hence the slang Of the theater is used to
designate, bad actors. OF these the most
FREQUENT are "duffer," "snide actor"
and "bum actor" The variety" play
er is looked down upon by the legiti-
mate actor, and is called'a "ham." fAA