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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-27

nor SALE OR RENT-A FIRST-CLASS FOUR
Il STORY DwELLING.HOUSE with all the mod.
ern improvements: ilQe Ninth street. between l. and
M streets northwest, Possession given Immediately.
For particulars apply ~ iiO4 Ninth street northwest
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-27

ENOR RENT-42o MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
i northwest, pleasant furnished rooms with board.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
W.. L. CUSHING,
No. 81 st. Charles street, New Orleans.
80 CENTS A FOUND FOR COTTON.

The New Orleans Cotton Exchange re-
Gently paid so cents a pound for a bale of
cotton ginned on the Eagle Cotton Gin, and
sent the cotton to the Centennial Exhibit
ton as the best bale Of cotton ever seen in
New Orleans.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
Fourth of july.

"What do we have Fourth of July
sor?" asked a Broadway boy of his ma.
Fourth of July? why, Freddy, I'm
ashamed of you. We have Fourth of
July t o celebrate-husband, / declare |
can't think for the moment, what is it.
why, don'tyou know why we cele-
hrate the Fourth. Who was it discov-
cred American"
christopher Columbus" exclaimed
the mother aud boy simultaneously.
blight, and when did he discover
it?" j.
"Why, on the Fourth of July, of
course" replied the mother, "but I've
got the worst memory about these his
torical facts"
That's It," said the wise father en-
~eouraeinelv. columbus discovered
America on the Fourth of July, and the
nation celebrates the day in or
the event. Freddy, | want you to study
up. L should feel awfuIy mortified had
YOU asked me such a question before
company"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

We have the largest stock of Machinery
in the South, consisting of Ames' Portable
Engines, all sizes; Sledman & Co.'S Sta
tionary Engines, Switt's Iron Works Boil
ers, Stedmm's Saw Mills, WATERFOWL Saw
Mills, Lee Il Norton's Saw Mills, Head
Blocks of all kinds, Circular Saws,
Knowles Steam Pumps, Niles Sugar
Mills, Victor Sugar Mills, Cooks Evapora-
tors and Sugar Kettles, Eagle Cotton Gins,
Newell Cotton Screws, Plantation Cotton
Presses, Brooks Cotton Presses, Reynolds
Cotton Presses, lngersoll Cotton Presses,
Nesbit Cotton Presses, Stedman's Steam
Presses, 800 Pulleys, all sizes; Shafting, all
kinds; Hangers and Couplings, Schotield
Cotton Presses, Nayse Eclipse Cotton Press,
Cotton Gin Feeders; Horse PAYERS, Rice
Threshers, Draining Pumps, Drag Saw Ma
chimes, Betting, all kinds; Brass Work,
Machinist Tools, Plantation and Saw Mill
Machinery Of every kind, at Manufacture
ers Prices.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
Hanging On.

One was a parcel boy and the other a
cash boy, and as they halted under an
awning for a minute the parcel boy
asked:
DO you get the same old wages yet?'
Yes, just the same"
"Haven't you been presented with a
watch or a cane, as a token OF esteem?
"No-not a thing.
Don't the boss ever ask you up to a
Sunday dinner
"Not q one"
"Never comes around and asks your
advice about the markets.
"Never."
and he hasn't got a daughter to fall
in love with you and suicide If she
can't marry your"
"No."
"Well. I don't see why you stay
there. It must be awful humiliating to
a boy of your temperament"
80 it is-it's just awful on me but
I'm hanging on in hopes of finding a
fve-dolIar bill on the floor and buying
all the rock candy I can eat. Seems as
if l could taste it now-yum-good-bye.
Few people know how we boys suffer
day after day."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
Onr Hcssrrf.

Early TO rycs and hate to bed; the to
per.
The centre of gravity-Au undertake
er's nose.
Hens havo begun to take THEN sum
mer vacation.
A clumsy man with big feet is the
biggest train wreckcr n lady or
''ATother may / go out to vote? Yes
my darling %sonnie; wrap yoursel III
your o%vercoat, and bring back pile OF
money"
Whstever my be said of woman's
right to vote and legislate, her rlSht 20
bare arms is uuqu~estlonable.
after n boy is tired ont hoeing pota
toes nothing seems to rest nun more
than to dig over n few square rods OF
grncn syard in search of bait.
Good manners always assert them
sa,vas The man who is particular to
l;c. the q off his knife before stick
ing it in the butter, cannot deny MS
good breeding
A Connecticut preacher says that n
GOOD congregation will praise the music,
H.. choir the ventilation, and the CIV
ilit,es of the usher, but as to- the ser
mon, "Well, | dunno
Ac)l6red wedding party gathered at
Hartford, Conn, r~acenely, and waited
long for the bridegroom. 4 policeman
finally found him about to tAAe the cars;
The times is 50 hard, he sad, II a
10 give it up.
A gentleman entered q bachelors
room, and looking around said; Very
snug" eyes" answered the bachelor.
Rather too snug. But suppose II |
mad had a better half might have had
better quarters.
"AIl the worlds a stage he rumin~
a4ad, "aud all men and m merely
aIavers, and most of the plays are from
Shakespeara too. Before We were mar
riel. Jul;a and played Romeo and
Juliet. and now It's mostly Tempest, -
Oae OF t e fremen al a recent fire in
the western part of the State, when he
Eoand~the hose not long enough to reach
from the hydrAnt to the burning build
ing. called in his excitement for the
m'n to "brng up the hydraht."
This is the period when the shorts
sighted old mud who viii play croquet,
erisps her mallet with both hands,
FUCKERS mp her gossip funnstwith a he
r0ie determination TO do or die, lights
ont for the red bah and catches hen
partners silk stocking on the tnrn of
the ankle bone.
Ministers should remember that the
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
IMPROVED EAGLE COTTON GINS.


NO NEbtcEb.
The great popularity of the Eagle Cot
ton Gins is established from the we'll
known fact that they are the most reliable,
strongest and best built Cotton Gins ever
made. The Eagle Cotton Gin runs light.
er than any other gin, thus having a great
advantage for planters who wish to run by
horse power. All the numerous planters
who use the Eagle Cotton Gin will certify
to the fact that when their cotton is sent to
market it will always bring the highest
market price, rs no other gin can produce
a finer or q better sample OF cotton than
the Eagle Cotton Gins. Over 1000 of
| the Ea4e Cotton Gins have been made and
sold. During a period of 20 years the IN.
dersigned has had the agency of the Eagle
Cotton Gin in New Orleans. He has new
er had a gin returned or rejected out Of the
immense number sold. The saw Cylinders
I ches in diameter, which is two inches larg-
er han the most other kind Of gins, thus
giving our forty-saw gin more teeth, and
they are more than equal to the tfty-saw
gins of other makers who use only ten inch
cylinders, and the same great advantage Of
the twelve inch cylinder in large-sized gins
can be easily estimated.
Planters who wish "a reliable Cotton Gin
with an established reputation, can pur-
chase an Eagle Cotton Gin With a certainty
that they are not making an untricd ex-
perimeut>but will obtain a Cotton Gin
which is endorsed by the Oldest and largest
planters in the country as the bes; in Use.
4 large stock Of the Eagle Cotton Gins are
always kept on sale in New Orleans, ready
for immediate shipment. Planters should
be particular to state if they want right OF
left hand motion Gins.
The bale Of cotton which received the
Grand Prize at St. Louis, and has won so
many thousands of dollars at numerous
Fairs, was ginned on the Eagle Cotton Gin.
Prices Have Been Greatly Reduced.
AL orders should be addressed to
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

OHIO Y.
IS MURsaY STREET,
NEW YORK.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
MEDICAL.
PONDS EXTRACT.
ponds EXTRACT.
The Peoples Remedy.
The Universal Pain Extractor.
Note: Ask for Ponds Extract.
Take no other.

"Ylcar, for I wiz speak OF excellent
thinss.'
POND's EXTRACT - The great Vegetable
Pain Destroyer. Has been in use over
thirty years, and for cleanliness and prompt
curative virtues oa.not he excolled.
CHILDREN. Nd family can ntfordEo Re without
Ponds Extract. Accidents, Bruises.
Commissions, Cuts, Sprains, are relieved
almost instantly by external application.
ESeorintions ~Chahnss, Ola Sores,
Hons, Felons, Corns. etc. Arrests in
fiHumation, reduces ~swclangs, stops bleeulng,
removes discolorntion aud heals raIidly.
LADIES find it their best friend. 1t assuages
the pains to which they are peculiarly
subject-notably fuiness and pressure in
the head, nausea vertigo, sc. 1t promptly
ameliorates and permanently heals all
kinds of inhumsaiatiOns and ulcera-
HEMOHKHOIDS or PILES find in this the
only immediate relief and ultimate cure.
No case, however chronic OF obstinate can
long resist its regular use.
vAFtrCOSE VEINS. 1. is the only sure cure.
KIDNEY DISEASES. 1t has no equal for per-
BLEEDING from any cause. For this it is a spe-
cifc. 1t has saved hundreds of lives when all
other remedies failed 10 arrest bleeding from
nose, stomach, lungs, and elsewhere
TOOTHACHE, Earachc, Neuralgia and
rheumatism are ALI alike relieved, and
often permanently cured.
PHYSICIANS of ali schools VINO are acquainted with
Ponds Extract OF witch Hazel recon-
mend it in their practice. We have letters of
commentator from hundreds of Physicians,
! many of whom oyAcr it for use in their owa
practice. In addition 10 the foregoing, they
order its use for Swellings OF all kinds,
Ouinsy, Sore Throat, In famed Tom
siis, simple and chronic DinrrhGa, Ca
tarrh flor which it Is o specific, Chill
plains, Frosted Feet, Stings OK
Insects, Mosquitoes, etc, Chnpred
Hand, Face, aud indeed all manner of
skin diseases.
TOILET Use. Removes Soreness, Rouahness
and Smartingy heals Cuts, Eruptions
md PimpIcs. 1t recfreS, tncigordtes and
refrsshes, while wonderfully improving the
Complexion.
TO FARMERS-Pond's Extract. No Stock
Breeser, 10 Livery Man can afford TO be with
ont il. It is used 10y all the leading Livery
Stables. Street Railroads and first Horsemen
in New York City. 1t has no equal for Sprains,
Harness or Saddle Chatugs, Stiffness,
Scratches. Swcllings, Cuts, I.acelations, Bleed
ings, Pneumonia, Cole, Diarrhma, Chills,
Colds, Sc. Its rar Sc Of action Is wide, and the
relief il affords il 50 prompt that it is lnvalua-
Il, lie in every Farm-yard as well as III every
farmhouse. Let il be tried once, and you
will never lie without il.
Ponds Extract has been initiated.
The renuire article has the words Ponds
Extract blown in each bottle. 1t is prepared
ly tho only persons living who ever
knew how to prepare it properly. Refuse all
other preparations Of Witch ltazel. Ihlsls
The only article used by Physicians, and II tho
bo-ptals of this country and Europe.
vIsTORY and Sscs of Ponds Extract,
in pamphlet form, seut free on npplr4ton to
PONDS EXTRACT COMPANY, % Maiden
T-t. Nav A4rE-
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09

pEIs9ES -AEE On ELEed,
ToI-a !EEIa WEIGHT ~ GOD.

LOUISVILLE, KY.
Aag. }, 1875.
DR.. Tut : Dear Sir !.
For ten years | have been
a rnartyrt to dyspepsia, con
stipation, and piles, and
had well nigh exhausted
the materia meiica for re.
lief from this living death.
when, by accident, you
Pills were brought 10 IN,
notice. / began their use
and the fir, dose gave III
such relief that continue
to take them. | 7rr now
well man, have u good az
petite, can digest well, Il
piles have di'aNpc"Tt
and ! have gained ifr'
pounds in solid ticsh.
would not he wi'hc'
them for their weight j
gold.
Rev. Il. L. SINrso
They arc perfect
harmless, can be tai
en- by young or o.
without restraint OF
/ diet or occupation.
PRICE IS CENTS.
y OFFICE.
| IS f STREET,
i NEW YORK.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
Mixed Teas.


We have also Il choice selection o,
Young Hyson, Gunpowder, japan, Orange
Pckoe, Flowery Pekoe, Caper, Manderin
and Assam, etc, forming probably the
most complete stock on the American Con-
linent.
Oar goods are selected with great care
from the early Spring gatherings, at which
season of the year the leaf contains the
most vitality, consequently our goods dc
not contain the deleterious substances usu
ally employed to give artificial strength to
exhausted leaves. Fifteen years practical
experience among the leading Tea Houses
of Europe and America, gives us better IA
~cilities than is ordinarily enjoyed by most
dealers and enables us to Immediately de,
tect spurious goods.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
Carpet, WdrcH

l. Chartres street, New Orleans, La.
We offer at reduced prices our large
stock Of Competing, of all kinds:
Floor oil cloth, of all widths and quail
ties.
Mating, table and plano covers.
Window shades cornices, bands, etc.
! Curtain and furniture materials, of all
kinds and qualities, etc.
Also furnished by the bale or piece.
Dec. 7-lyr. A BROUSSEAU &SON.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
OTder Your Supplies
"TEA,tlFFEEA AND SPICES
hRoM THE
Great Tea Depot
.SIEIN (O|IIE
Spice Mills,
5 CAMp 5
New /

Country consumers will save from Tween
ty-five 10 Fifty per cent. on the cost Of
their goods by ordering from us direct,
We devote our time, attention and capital
to this line business, exclusively, and are
better prepared to give bargains in our es-
pecial line than any house in the South.
Your attention is respe fully requested
to the follow price list Of Choice New Sea
son Teas, which we are offering at special
low rates:
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-08-09
imperial

IUften Tea J.
Common, 81 cents to 40 cts per pound,
Fair. 80
Good. recom'd. go to - "
Fine,(to choice 81 to 81 20 "
Extra Choice, finest
impNrted 81 40
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05
The Camph0r Tree.

One of the most useful and magnif-
cent productions of the vegetable king
dom that encirclcs China, and more es-
p~ecially the provinces of Kiang-si and
Canton, is the camphor tree. This stu
pendous laurel, which often adorns the
banks of rivers, wa in several places
found by Lord Amherst's embassy.
about fifty feet high, with its stem TWEEN
ty feet in circumference. The Chinese
themselves affirm that it sometimes at
tains the height Of 300 feet, and Il cir
cumfcrcnce greater than the extended
arms Of twenty men could embrace.
Camphor is obtained from the branch
es by stepping them, while fresh cut, in
water for two or three days, and then
boiling them until the gum, in the form
of Il white jelly, adhcrcs to a stick
which is constantly used in stirring the
branches. The fluid is then poured in
to a glazed vessel, where il cOncretcs in
a few hours. TO purify it the Chinese
take a quantity of finely powdered
earth, which they lay at the bottom of
q copper basin; owe this they place a
layer of campnOr; and then another
layer of earth, and 50 on until the yes
sci Is nearly filled, the last or topmost
layer being Of earth. They cover this
layer with the leaves Of a plant called
apo no. which seems to he a species
of mentha mint. They now inyert a
second basin ove the first. and make
it alright by luting. The whole is
then submitted to the action of a rcgri-
lated fire a certain length Of time, and
the left to cool gradually. On opening
the vessels, the camphor is found to
have sublimed, and to have adhered to
the upper basin. Repetitions Of the
same process complete its refinement.
Besides yielding this valuable ingred-
lent the camphor tree Is one of the prin-
cipal timber trees of China. and Is used
not only in building, but in articles of
furniture. The wood is dry and Of a
light color, and although light and easy
to work, i also durable and not likely
to be injured by insects.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05
Were there Two Herberts? If il
should be-if il should be,

Were there two Herberts? If il
should be-if it should be-
The Young ladies wondered ut the per
feet impunity with which they murdered
the English language during the re-
mainder of the class hour, but none
guessed the tumult of hope and fear in
the heart of their pale, gentle teacher
none saw her, when she was nj last
alone, write a few words only;
IF it is indeed Herbert who has put
the enclosed advertisement in the paper.
he will find me at No. Is, Rue Mont,
Paris, Ever his faithful, loving be
trothed, LEDA MORRISON"
Then She put the advertisement into
the letter, sealed and directed it, and
sent it over the sea To the anxious lover
waiting and praying for tidings,
The English classes were never ne
elected; the comfort of the aged widow
who was Leda's companion was never
forgotten, the daily duties Of life were
conscientiously performed, but itSeemed
to Leda as if her life concentrated upon
the arrival of the mails after there was
no possibility of receiving an answer 10
her short note.
She grew pale with reStlessneSs ut
night when the dream of her youth
1 came again To keep her wakeful.
All the old love, the old hope, the
long-ago-conqucred despair came back
to haunt her rs She waited with renewed
hope for tidings.
Il am growing old and worn" she
said one day, looking at her pale face in
the mirror; Il am not the blooming
girl Herbert loved, but II careworn, pal
lid woman"
And her own sad eyes could not see
the rare beauty of her sweet face.
But, still thinking of her love, she
twisted her hair III a heavy coronet over
her shapcly head, and upon one side
put II knot of blue ribbons.
Herbert liked it So" She thought.
Then She pinned blue ribbons over
her grey dress under a soft lace collar,
and put on Il brooch her adopted father
had given her, which was II @fayorito
with Herbert,
And thinking sadly Of the change
years had made, she was summoned &c
her sitting oom TO meet a grave, mid
dlc-aged man, changed also, until upon
his lips and in his eyes She read his CON
stancy and answered it by her own.
Years rolled back rs these two, faith.
fu] through all, met at last to know then
hearts still young, their love still true, Us
it was in those days when cruel fate sep.
arated them by SC small an agent as {
crack in the wall behind a mantlc-picce
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05
4 Mules Wonderful Trickery.

Speaking about mules, remarked II
six footer in Arkansas, as he cracked
his whip at market, I've got mule
and | want to hear somebody say I'm
half a fool" No one said SO, and he
went on. I've stood around her and
heard mel blow about kicking mules
till I've GOT Disguised. When you come
down 70 kicking, | want to bet on my
mule. \ friend came along and took
dinner withmc the othcrd day, and rs he
seemed Il little doWn-hcartcd, | took
him ont to see Thomas Jefferson my
champion mule, was telling tie good
mar how that mule would flop his feet
around, and he said he would like to
see a little fun. He'd passed his whole
life in the South, hut had never seen
mule lay his whole soul into u bic time
ut kicking. Wen" he said, after Dor
rowing ONE tobacco, took Thomas
out OF the stable, backed him up agin Il
bill, gin him n cuff ON the ear, and we
stood back to hear the amusement. 1t
was Il good place TO kick his durndcst,
and what dye s'poSc he did? In ten
minutes by the watch he was out Of
sight. In five minutes moro we couldn't
feel him with II twelve foot pole, and
and The crowd began to veil and
sheer, and the narrator looked around
and asked: Does anybody think I'm
lying? Would | lie for one mule? Right
here under my arm Is apound Of talloN
candles which are to light the hole lol
TO go IN after Thomas; and / got word
not an hour ago that the hind feet Of a
mule were sticking out of a hill thirty
nine miles as the bird flies from wherC
my mule went in. I'm shaky on re-
ligion, gentlemen but our family never
had Il liar in it,"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05
TENDERNESS.

Not nnto every heart IS Gods good gift
of simple tenderness allowed we meet
u,,b love in many fashions when we lift
pi-st 10 our lips life's waters bitter-sweet
nvn comes upon US with resistless power
of curhless passion and with headstrong Will:
II, nlays around. like April's breeze and shower,
Or calm flows, 81 rapid stream. ana still.
y. cnmes with blcssedness unto the heart
That welcomes il Alright, or-hitter fatel-
u ,yrinrs the bosom with go fierce a smart.
rbof love, we CRY. is crueler than hate.
And then. all me when love has ceased TO bless,
0ur broken hearts cry ont for tenderness!
yVe long for tenderness like that which hung
About us. lying on our mot er 5 breast;
A selfish feeling, that no pen nor tongue
can praise Alright since silence sings il best
! love as far removed from passions heat
as from the chiliness of its dying fire;
4 love to lean on when the falling feet
Begin to totter and the eyes to tire.
In Youths brief heyday hottest love we seek,
The reddest rose We grasp but when II dies,
Cad grant that later blossoms, Violets meek,
Nav spring for US beneath liie's Autumn skies;
tod grant some loving one be near TO bless
orr weary way with simple tenderness!
--4H the Yer R0gtd.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05

houses and huts, and hundreds Of tents
up the hiIlsides, an academy, church,
two daily newspapers, four banks, TWEEN
~ lawyers, physicians, dentists, artists,
cluh-houseS, theatres in full blast every
night, the streets thronged with specu-
lators, tramps, and bummers; gambling
hells open all day long, and 'cappers"
on every corner for the next victim
such Is a hasty glance at Deadwood.
II is Il place in which the few prey upon
the many, lou cannot buy anything
for less than aquartcr; your living costs
You double what il would nj Denver or
salt Lake City, You can't step in any
direction without facing some device for
getting rid of your money. They have
even got u g corner ON postage stamps,
and You must pay from II dime TO n
quarter for Il three-cent stamp-Coy-
y~eSpo8dcnce New York Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05
The Dead Letter Office.

From The annual report Of Mr.. Edgar
J. Dallas, superintendent at the Dead
Letter Office, some interesting statistics
are gained 10 show the amount of care
lessneSs that exists among lettcr-writers
III this country. The whole number of
dead letters received at the Dead Letter
Office during the year ending june, 1877,
was 3,234,So which is 1884 less than
the number received the previous year.
OF these 2,6ot,SS3 were merely ordin-
AIRY letters of no special importance,
about half of which we're returned to
the writers, or forwarded To the per-
sons for whom they We're intended. This
Is q reduction of about 100000 from the
number received the previous year.
There were i2l, l65 letters received.
which were properly addressed, but ON
which the sender had neglected to place
n stamp. The number of letters re-
turned to the United States from
foreign countries was l69,59a. the per-
sons to whom they were addressed not
having called for them within ninety
days, the umeallowcd. The number of
letters sent to the Dead Letter Office
containing money N 32.146; and the
aggregate amount contained III them
was S5l,9754.1. This is a reduction from
the previous year, when there were re-
ceived 35,6l2 letters, containing cur
rency TO the amount of S5i,72l, Last
year owners were found for 20.SS4 let
ters, inclosing $37, $50. The year preyi-
Gus the proportion wa about the same.
The money is held in the Dead Letter
Office for one year, to the credit of the
writer, but ut the expiration Of that
time it goes into the United States
Treasury. Nearly 81, 100000 was found
in 1874 letters, in the shape of drafts
certificates Of deposits, bonds, and other
paper representing money. OF these
II ,60l letters, with Enclosures valued at
81 ,204, 400, were returned TO their own
crs. There were POI $50 letters thai
came in containing iewelry and Other
articles of intrinsic value. OF these
l4ll20 were delivered to their writers
with the Enclosures. Over y 900 Letters
were found to contain photographs, and
over $4,000 contained postage stamps
\ great proportion Of these were re
turned either TO the writer or the person
addressed.