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Scientific and Useful.

Laurel leaves produced from the COM .
mon laurel-tree, when scalded, VIII ne
found good sedative poultice for the
purpose Of allaying neuralgia.
Dom Piatt saws Bret Harte is refused
A foreign appointment by Secretary
Fvarts because he is in debt. He has a
wife and four children, writes slowly ana
lives extensively.
Dress coats of various colors have been
introduced in London. They are formed
Of marine blue, plum color, claret and
green of medium shade, with paIntal03ons
of corresponding color, and white
waistcoats.
THE experiment of transplanting or
anoe trees at this season, is being made
near Pensacola. Young trees were
brought from Pilatka wrapped in damp
moss and trasnplanted last week,
In the mountains of Kumaon and OF
Nenql A native sulphate of aluminium,
resulting from the oxidation of pyrites
in contact with shales, occurs, which Is
called hv the native salajit; it is very
h,ghlv esteemed for its medical virtues
and often realizes its weight in silver or
the plains .,
In pathpring mushrooms correspond
emf saws he never USES knife, but twist
the mn broom around, freeing it iron
the roots; he does not approve OF cut
ting, as the stem in decaying trequentl,
DESTROYS the small mushrooms near it
When the beds get exhausted and tn
supply fails, he gives liberal applcatio
Of water heated to one hundred an
twenty degrees, in which he puts littl
salt This so stimulates the bed that
second crop of mushrooms, often as goo
!; AS the first, is the result.
English veterinarians, physicians an
e horsemen generally are joining in cr'
y sadie against "bearing-reins, which 81
declared not only to be source OF grievoI
e discomfort to the animals but to impa
g their present and future usefulness; ar
II large number of leading London co
"A sultants, persuaded thereto by Profess
e Flowers, the eminent comparative anat
t, mist, have discarded the cruel orname
l. tation of checking their horses hea(
te even in the fashionable regions of t
II west end.
lie Between Bordeaux and Bayonne the
r. is a large stretch of sandy desert, whe
We ON there is little vegetation save here a
to there patches of pine trees, From tn.
We trees there runs resinous matter viii
IS, Is collected and sold by the inhabita,
sc of the region. This substance has
of Gently been studied by NJ. Guillema
he and he has announced to the Frer
cir academy Of sciences that he has T
duced three kinds of oil from the mater
in oll rich in carbon, containing respectiv
he eighty, ninety and ninety two per cent
as. that element. The light yielded on bu
me ing the oils is remarkable for its whittier
he and stesdiness, and is said to be suits
my for lighthouse illumination.
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whelks and their allies frat appcr on the
stage of life a. little free swimming
bodies, which move through the water,
each by means Of pair of wing-likc lobes
which sprinF from the sides Of the head,
Observing such a form, we can not but
be struck with its close resemblance to
the mature form of our sea butterflies
a resemblance which il, however, wholly
lost as the young gasteropod advances
further it its development to attain its
adult stage.
The food OF our sea butterflies appears
to consist Of the more minute marine
crustsCea, which with themselves, haunt
the surface of the seq. Thus these small
beings exist on organisms Of still lass mag
ntude. But in turn the sea butterflies
form large portion Of the food of the
largest of animals-the whales them.
selves. Drawn in myriads into the ca
pacious mouth of the Greenland whale,
i7ith the floods of water which the great
monster of the deep from time to time
imb.bes, the sea butterflies remain eu-
tangled in the " baleen" or whalebOne
plates Of the jaw, and are therefore
swallowed as nutriment; and the species
Clio boreaIis, from this latter circum-
stance, becomes known to US under the
popular name of whales food." Sea
birds also prey upon the butterflies Of
the ocean, which thus contribute largely
to the support of much higher forms than
themselves, In the Mediterranean sea,
on the Australian coasts, and in the At
lantic ocean, tn sea butterflies also
occur, but not in such numbers as in the
faf north, whittier, to the very home OF
the pteropods, British enterprise has ad'
yanced on noble mission Of discovery
Small as are all the existing rcpres.
entatives of the sea butterflies. it may
prove interesting to note in the last place
that, in past epochs Of this worlds his
tory, several relatively gigantic member,
of this class appear to have been De
veloped. In some of the Oldest (Sllurlan,
rocks large shells of Pteropoda are dis
covered as fossils; one extinct species
known as Conularia, attaining a length
of about foot and breadth Of fully az
inch-dimension these, OF giant kind, a
compared with the shells of living sei
butterflies. And in more recent rock
the small delicate shells of our living
CIeedora and Hyal@a may be found IN
fossil state, proving thus to US tht
ancient ancestry OF the existing but
telnies of the sea. ."-ChamJerS' JonRal
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The secretary of the interior 9sn, mas ia ,odf SR
pSln'etSb pom tbe timber land depredations IN 'n'
west - .,,narsede
horses the street ,nmwT railways ysnsns soShsa OK ONE Of
"O@nr@ Greece is waiting for someeSdy sSG D"' sS
n uLe'tb the chip off her shoulder; ,am sne ha. ha.
nSiF rs S@ S %sn her i5 %$o Sne S
6r1ssd nr@ed al and equipped and she mas ''''''
stand of arms besides ..:on ono bun
Ten car loads of ammunition, unit Gsen 9nG onde5 n
dred and four tons in ndSn S' nsre Bremhal at tn,
ns rSf'v te works. New Haven oad tsb f6
ds.taSGn@ de sha% tnat 4 America leads the world in tn
manufacture ", of firearms
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The Longest Rivers in the World.

The following are the largest r'eis,
with their extent: The Amazon, IN
south America, falls from the AhIsS tSS
through a course OF 1900 miles @ !ne
Mississippi, from the stony Mountains, fIIl, tho
runs $500 miles; La Plata from 'He ,'
Andes, 2,2l5 miles; the Hoangno' IN IN
China, from the Tartarean G9aln Y o o'
mountains, is $500 miles the Ians;Se' ,s;Ss
kiang runs from the same monn'sins' I49i ans,
aud is 8, ,O6o miles long the Nile, from from
the Jihel Kumri mountains, courses course
, 600 miles the Eup6rates, from Arafa,,
il 02O miles long; the Noiga, from hO Ine
Vajdais, is 2,10O miles; the Danube,
from the Alps, is 1870 miles in !eng1976 g76
the % indus, from the Himalayas is l,mo ,,,,o
miles, mil the Ganges runs from the same .te
",nrc .onrce. and is 1850 miles long, @ tae
0rinooo % from the Andes, j. l,ooo mueS o6S
IN IN length ; the Niger, or Wharra, Is l'SoJ y oj
m miles long the Don, the d,G pG'epGr1 .p,i1,s anu ~
fi the Senegal are each over 900 HI miles ~ -
ionr,b Suo tha Rhine and the Gambia are re
cigSt l hundred and eighty-eight m'leS W
extent.
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JOHN WESLEY HARDIN.


His father was preacher who lived in
southwest Texas. ASS boy he was re-
markably quiet, and gave no evidence of
the terrible passions which, in after life,
made him thirst for bloed. When al
most sixteen years of age, and while the
state was under military rule a darkey
on his fathers place provoked him, and
ne shot him. For this he was arrested
vnd placed under guard of some soldiers
who started to Huntsville with him. As
he was only boy they did not watch
him very closely, and at night lay down
tscves5I" sI"fbY fbYim. HfEaiRR HfEaei RRe2FEet Ras the qiaht
der of Jack Halem, out of which grew
tbe sutton and Taylor troubles, Har-
din siding with the Taylor'. HiSs
father and brother got mixed up and
were taken out and hung IN western
Texas. From this time on he was a de',
norado Of the worst order, Missouri and
Kaosas became the field of operation and
before he lett them he added many more
to the death list. In those states there
are at present large rewards otiel ed io'
him. From there he came back to Texas
and kent the border in state Of terror
ism His last murder was the killlni
Of Webb the deputy sheriff of Brow
county. at Comanche, 1t is estimate
that in various sections of the count
there are over twenty thousand dollar
Of rewards offered. Harden is youn
man, about twenty-seyen or twenty
eirht wears of age, five feet eight incht
and one.half in height, weighs one hui
dred and fifty pounds, has haxen bal
blue ewes, and not an unpleasant count
nance Dallas { Tcr.) Herald.
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Alta mass.meeting OF the workingmteq9 ,5nt En-
,i6 AZ in New York, resolutions were adoRTSSSt RTSe
syrn seympahising with the Late ioas strikers Of III,
mgs"E who are agst agt1tqES to he t'
question nf Twenty-Five per cent Their presea en-
wases ,sns S' Sre from six to twelve dollars pc
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0ne of Rrigham's Dupes.

4 writer in the Tribune, of Salt Lake
Citv Utah, says: Some years ago !
listened to the story of one of Brigham,s
DIMES as he was escaping from beneath
the woke. Born in Sweden, where he
osnoHspd Mormonism, he started for
Zion with his young bride. Reaching
cleveland, Ohio, his funds, he found,
would only bring one of them to I tan
Uis wife STAYED there with friends,
while he came here, went to Provo,
where he found employment with a
hishon of the church. Money was earn
cd and given to Brigham to send for his
WIFE, Months passed and no wife came.
Again money was sent, with like result
mill the husband had sent money tour
times through the same course. be
cnn1;nc S,n,, At last, very much disguised
be announced his intention of going
oftor his wife, still serving the bishoE
until he thought he had funds enough
AnnIving for his pay just after har
yast he was told to go to the stubbI'
fold where almost every head of whea
had bean carefully collected, and t.
"glean his pay there" He came to ou
city followed by spies, and FINAL,
reached Ogden and a friend there cor
cealed him, and with the aid OF klnd
hearted railroad men he found his wa
into liberty again, | saw him tremblin
with fear while hiding from his pu
suers and, again, after he had passte
beyond their reach. How great was tn !,
change in his department and look
Our valleys no doubt contain thousan(
WHO are receiving no better treatmen
and vet most of our visitors come her
look on the best of Mormon society, ar
90 away and proclaim this grea
PROSPEROUS. happy and free ,peopI
They know Just as much OF the tr'
, Mormon life as if they had never visit
3, Salt Lake City.
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FACTS AND FANCIES.



cOL, EBRON TO GOV, por1g.
We've had q hard fight.
And lm sorry % say,
They we whipped u- gut Wlle
And the DEVILS 10 pay.
I w1i, al Biz Hole
For an answer from Won.
And confess ON mg soul,
J dom know what to do.
GOE. POTTS TO COZ. .dfBB0N.
Licked again Your command
Nearly turned inside oW2
Did Chief Doe take n hand,
Or vas HoEard about
Your dispatch, trusty soul
answer this minute,
II you're near a big hole,
You'd better crawl in TO-
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Parker, an old settler of
galveston, died August 22d.
ller under General Houston,
y the battle of San Jacinto,
NY during the war with Mex
pilot that marked out the
neral SCOTS army into the
o5y' Since the late war he
u IN the manufacture of sails.
pms alias Latimer, taken
son county (Miss.) Jail by a
SIX hundred men, and hung,
= committed "innumerable u
OF his victims were women
man, barely thirty, and had
'fIlon Of his life in the prisons
Louisiana, Arkansas anC
Ike to have the affidavit
question. The Wilmington
~ an account Of one kille,
ender county. The accoun
snip Is supposed to be a spt
'9nda, being about thirty fee
larger than a mans body
70 1t was in the act of swa
ing deer, about one-half {
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
ALL ABOUT GARDENING
ST = a VI. MIN ~

For HOME use and for MAKKET in ROOTS
GARDEN MANUAL-practicol, pointed and
thorough containing one-h half as much matter
as $3.50 books on the subject. Gardeners
throughout the country commend its practical
labor-saying methods as invaluable to them.
Sent for 10 cents, which will be allowed on the
nrst order for seeds. ]. B. ROOT, Seed Grower,
Rockford, Illinois.
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Most people have an instructive
aversion to rats, chasing them with
snakes, hedbugs, mosquitoes. and 9TH
er evils of this world, allowed to eXis
by M inscrutable Providence for rea-
sons past human discovery. Beyond
having vague knowledge that the
heather Chinee devours the murine
tribe, and deems the unsavory-looking
rodent a delicacv. the average think
er OF the subject can perceive no util-
ization for the Vagrant deniZen of eel
lars and WharVeS. save Indirectly in
hisfurnishingan object to be caught by
the multiplicity of ingenious traps
which Inventors have constructed, and
servingSASa source of perpetual nery-
BUSINESS ssxos.the why Scotch terrier
who SpeiMs his days IN searching for
him under parlor sofas, behind furni-
ture, and in every other shady corner
where the illogical canine mind con-
ceiyes a rat might possible shelter
himself. The face of the case is that
the rat is in reality useful animal:
and rs we showed recently in Il discus
sion on bedbugs, 1t is violent as
sumption for any one 20 suppose that
any living thing does not serve. or
MAY not be made TO serve. useful
purpose. Moreover. it is equally erro-
neouS TO assert that Il rat is a noxous
beast. TO be sure, he breeds with as
tonishing rapiditv, and he has the fail
ing of cannibalism toward hisprogeny.
But 50 has his arch enemy. the
well fed tom cat. He IS pugnaeious.
but rarely attacks man save in defence
of his life. On the other hand. he is
SPONTANEOUSLY neat, even more SO than
the averagemale feline. As scaven-
ger. his labors are Of great value in
the filthy cities of the Orient: and his
tail is a marvel of constructive design
and source Of perpetual admiration
to the anatomist. Unfortunately he
is a pronounced kleptomaniac; and this
with his supposed proclivity TO take
refuge in the vicinity of female ank-
les. make him pariah and an outcast
among four-footed things. Yet mark
the inconsistency: On the fair hand OF
the damsel, who shrilly shrieks at the
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Observation-Disclosures

of land, consisting of every odd section in
each township, for distance of twenty miles
on both sides Of the road, or one-half the land
in belt forty miles wide, extending to Denver
City, in Colorado, thus forming continuation
of the belt OF country which from the Atlant G
coast westward, is found to be, in climate, soil
and every production of nature, the most fa-
vOred.
To aid in the settlement of this supnrb do
main with an intelligent and industrious peo-
pie. is the object OF the Homestead. 1t is in
tended to contain fair and candid represen-
teton of facts; nor will it ever give, intention
ally, any statement that will not, upon inves.
tigation, be fully sustained.
The Company obtains its title to these lands
from the Government Of the United States.
They are being offered at prices lower than
any other lands in the west, that will compare
with them in soil, china and general advan-
tages. The terms of payment, as will be found
on a careful examination, are more liberal il
all essential features than have heretofore beer
offered by any railway company.
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THE BICKFORD AUTOMATIC
FAMILY KNITTING xAcE!HEl

WILL LAST A LIFETIME!
will knit every possible variety OF plain and
fancy work
WITH ALMOST MAGICAL SPEED.
and far better than it can be done by hand, or
ON any other machine. All kinds of garments
are perfectly formed and shaped by the
machine itself, requiring no cutting and max
mig up. good operator will knit mans
sock, with heel and toe complete, in Fl ON fre
to ten minutes and from twenty 10 forty pairs
Of socks in day
Every family especially every farmer fam
ilv-should have a BICKfORD KNITTER.
will be found equally as sefu as the SEWN
Machine, and even more profitable.
Every Machine WARRANTED perfect, q nj
to do just ,chat is represented.
The Bickford Machine is the ONLY LIGHT
NATE cylindrical Knitting Machine in exis-
tence. All others, not licensed by us, are clear
and palpable in<ringments on our patents,
and we shall hold all parties who manufacture.
sell, buy or use such infringing machines to
strict legal accountability.
An instruction Book, containing complek
and minute directions to the operator, accom-
panies each machine.
N No. Family Machine 'ynds5 i nsedes ssG
sample machine will be sent to any part OF
the United States or Canada, cypress charges
prepaid, on receipt of the price.
AGENTS wanted in every State, County, City
and Town, to whom very liberal discounts
viii be made. For further PARTICULARS, address
BIcKPoRD KNITTING MACHINE MIRO Co.
Sole Manufacturers, BRATTLEBoRo, VT
RI. E. DAVIES, Manager,
9rWest Third Street. St Paul, MINI
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AND THE GREAT NORTHWEST

Connecting in Chicago with all Eastern and
Southern Lines
Chicago Depot--Corner Canal and West Mad
ison streets. Horse Cars and Stage Line for
all parts of the city constantly passing.
Chicago City Offices 81 and SO Clark-st.
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TRAINS
WinOna & La Crosse
Accommodation, II
Through Eastern and
Southern Express, n
Prairie du Chen, Mil
waukee & Chicago
Express, "a
St. Paul, Austin & st.
Louis Express, ~
Austin Accommoda-
ton, II
st. -paal Il Minneapo-
lis Trains, IL
St Paul & Minnneapo-
lis Trains, ~
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The Kansas Pacific
HOMESTEAD.

Is published by the Land Department of the
Kansas Pacific Railway Company, to supply
the large and increasing demand for informa-
ton respecting Kansas, and especially the mag
nifcent body OF lands granted by Congress in
aid of the construction of its road. This grant
comprises
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ChiCag. 4 NOrhWGSterlR. R,

PASSENGERS for Chicago, Detroit, Toledo,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, Rochester, Albany, Toronto, Mon
treal, Quebec, Portland, Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Saint
Louis. Cairo, San Francisco, Sacramento, Og-
den, Salt Lake City, Denver, Council Bluffs,
Marquette, Escrnaba, Menasha Madison, Chey-
enne, Omaha, Yankton, Green Bay, Milwau-
kee and all points West, South and East should
buy their tickets via CHICAGO and the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
Close connections are made at Chicago with
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Mich
igan Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago, Kankakee Line and
Pan Handle Routes, for all points East and
Southeast, and with the Chicago and Alton
and Illinois Central for all points South.
Close connections are also made with the
Union Pacific &. r. at Omaha for all far West
points.
Close connections are made at junction points
with trains Of all cross roads.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS.
These celebrated cars are run on all night
trains on all the lines Of tins road.
This is the ONLY LINZ running these cars be-
tween Chicago and st. Paul or Chicago and
Milwaukee.
At Omaha our sleepers connect with the
Overland sleepers On the Union Pacific Rail-
road for all points west Of the Missouri River
Among the
inducements Offered by this
Route
10 the travelling public are all the modern i'm
provements-Rock and Gravel Ballasted Track.
Steel Rails, Rock and Iron Bridges, Parlor and
Drawing Room Day Coaches, Smoking and
Lounging Cars, Westinghouse Safety Air
Brakes, Miller's Patent Safety Coupling and
Platforms, Speed, Safety and Absolute Comfort
| Running Through Tive Great tates,
and operating over 1000 miles Of road, this
company presents TO the traveller facilities that
are not and cannot be offered by any competi.
| tor.
All ticket agents can sell you tickets via this
route.
| If you wish the best travelling accommoda-
tons, you viii buy Jour tickets by this route,
and viii take no other.
| GARVIN HUGHTTT.
General Superintendent.
". II. STENNETT,
General Passenger Agent
\ sly-wk
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The New York herald., 1877-12-06
TRoTTING HORSE BREEDERS.

The newly organized National Association OF Trot-
ting Horse Breeders lAed It's t'rst annual meeting
yesterday in parlor Vi the Evcrelt House. he at
tendance large aud included score or more OF
the best known tho ry. Officers wero
elected uird poce Toll ows:-Prcsi, ent-Msjor Nc
DoneII OF Kentucky vc., Presidents Edwin Thorne,
OF New YORK; General Tlton, OF Togus, Me-. and N.
Bush, OF Buffalo. Treasuier-Ciark Belt Secretary-
I. D. Packer Directors-Charles Backn ian and Shep-
hera +. Knapp, OF New York; George "a. Jewett, Of
Ohio; Samuel J. Morgan. oil Connecticut; Henry N.
Smith. of New Jersey; Colonel Richard est, Of Ken
lucky; II. W. L. Mali, oil Massachusei Is; g.. $.
Moulton OF Vermont, aud J. d. Willis, oil brooklyn.
Aessrs. Ashley ana Gray were appointed u committee
10 prepare resolutions relative TO the de- lth OF Mr
z. Is. Van Wyck late member OF the ore Anization.
Several new bylaws were adopted, and tho constitu.
tiUn amended so 10 give the Exccuti I've Com
mittce entire control of the fees II stables,
A resolution offered by Mr. Clark Boil to no effect
that the next trottng meeting OF the soclatlon
should held Kentucky was Aost, and II was de-
cded hold tho meeting In either Cleveland, Buffalo
or Rochester, as may be settled upon herea. ter A
long and heated discussion was provoked BY resolu
,on oil MAJOR Mart.n proposing that the ss,,ciaton
the National Association Tor the lE lprovc-
meut The American Trottng Turf The Msje alter
making the motion, made an ardent address against
Its adoption, showing that no introducr u My for
a test vote The matter was nnaily iaid IN tho
table by vote OF twentysix to twelve. Gen eral Is.
T. Tracy. OF Brooklyn. offered resolution 10 struct-
ing the Executive Committee to JOIN the ational
Troulng Assoc ,ation. Renewed excitement an, oppo
sltoh this motion, and It was lost ~ lar &c ma
lorily General Tracy Immediately offered mother
resolution the effect that II was the sense OF tho
meeting that the Executive Committee had nj power
10 unite the organization with any other asset fation.
This was carried Mr. Ihorne then oncred nia rcsig-
nation, remarkng that, as member oi Inc 30 ara OF
Appeals OF the Nationai Trotng Association he felt
bound lake that step in consequence of tho renec
tons upon the latter organ zation
by gentlemen during tho discussion the resi- gnat,on
accepted, and before the matter could be dis
cusScd motion 70 adjourn was carried.
The New York herald., 1877-12-06
AMERICAN PORTS.

ALEXANDRIA. Doc 4-Arriysd. schrs Laura Messer.
Windsor Ms; Nelic Paine, Philadelphia: Enos Phil
lips. WASHINGTON; Mabel Thomas New Haven; Car
rim ston do.
City.
Passed down--schr Archer Reeve, from Georgetown
for Hubvkon.
BOSTON, Dec 5-Arrived. steamer Nereus. Hsllett.
Now YORK., bark Chapin Bunker. iiucnos Ayres brig
City Of MouIe iins sur'nnm schrs Asosna, fnsssrsd
Minnie Taylor Taylor Matths Kinney. Sh .rman.
Hoboksn; Ella Hatch, baltimore; d scuii, Frsmbcs:
samuel Gilman. Kelly. all from Phiiadcpha ,ecrxia.
RwmIett Hobokcn: Eveglado, shaw do: Clio Chicott,
Fietcher do; Arthur Burton Trooock. Port Johnson
Rogers Otis, Rondout.
Will on, Philadelphia. Neptune, Perry Now York; snip
Farrawut Wilbers Madras and Cacntai schrs Julien
Nelson. Hewcs. PniaJslphis; Gov smith, Crowel,
Wiimn gton. Del.
saiiedsteamers Worcester, sarsgossa Aries Leopard
and Reads and from tho roads bark II Dudley.