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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15

WANTED. -BLACKSMITH'S ATTENTION A
w good blacksmith with little money can learn
OF a situation where he can make 1000 year bv
applying at the Office of j. Goldsbury Dayenporf
Iowa. Oast,r
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15

WANTED.-By an experienced workman, a situa.
w ton as an engineer. Has been in the bnaine-s
sixteen years. Good references. Address, "Enrin-
GER Argus counting ROOM 93f2y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15

We extract from r. Railways treatise on Dis
ease and Its Cure, as fOlows:
LIST OF DISEASES CURED BY
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15

COR SALE--The Davenport House, on Front. be
] tween Brady and Main streets, Davenport. Ap-
ply at the Metropolitan Hotel
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15
FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-A good horse for general use, for
4 $50 Apply to John Sutclitfe, End avenue, bet
18th and 10Th street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15

WANTED want everybody 70 call and see my
w stock OF fine leather for Boots g. Shoes, includ-
ing Kangaroo, Covduvan, etc. splendid fit and
fine workmanship guarantee. j. A. johnson, p
o. block.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15

MfANTED-Everybody to know that Gunther's
w Mead 1s the most cooling, refrelhing and
healthy drink yet discovered. For sale at Mar
sb3ll's, under Harper House.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15
FOR RENT.

Tor RENT-Wanted TO rent q house of to z
l. rooms, with barn, must be in good locality.
Address for two days an" this Office.
FOR RENT skifs, by Arnold Lombard, at the
I foot of goth street, at 10 cents an hour.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15
MINUTE REMEDY.

Only requires MINUTES, not HOURS, to relieve
pain and cure acute disease.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15

WANTED-Everybody to call and see the grcs,
w variety OF useful articles to be had al the Fivc
and Ten Cent Store, 1920 Sid avenue, including I'm
ware. wood ware. crockery, candies cigars. Are
works, crackers, glassware fruit Jars jellv is-s
baskets, ETC.. etc. viii sell very cheap Oar
speak four different languages.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15

TOR SALE-Lots in Dodg's New Addition on the
Blnh south OF c., r. 1. d P. depot, and near 9Th
avenues all desirable and in good location. En-
qulre on the premises, OF G. E. Dodge, corner OF
2nd avenue and 9th street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15
FOUND.
LOST.

/ OST-A pair of gold nose glasses. Please return
II TO Q. j. Dimick or Al. Bowen's. o. j. Dimick
/ OST-on Tuesday night June 2Sth, one leathsr
IL side curtain for buggy. The finder will please
return inc same TO w. j. Kerr's livery stable.
/ OST-An umbrella on 10th street, between Sth
IL and and avenues. The finder will be suitably
rewarded by leaving same at this Office 25Iw
I oST-This morning Saddle Blanket, navy blue.
Ia with light blue trimmings The finder will
please return to Bengsten's Drug store.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15


The earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul company continue, with each
week, to show a larger increase. The
earnings for the first week in July have
been completed and sent to the Offices of
the company in New York. They are as
follows Gross earnings for the first week
in July, 1881. $685., 900; gross earnings for
the first week of July, 1880 $240, 600; in
increase for July 1851, $125 200. From
January / to June 30, this year. the earn
ings reached the sum of 81, 12o, 900. Dur
ing the same period last year the gross.
earnings aggregated $5, Az, 465, showing
an increase for 1881 of about $1,672, 900.
If the earnings continue to increase in the
same ratio as they have during the past
half year. the aggregate gross earnings for
the year 1881 viii amount to 81 ,000, 600.
The officials feel confident that the earn
ings viii sum up to fully million more
than this amount. viz. $4,000, 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15

send letter stamp to RADwAY q CO.. No. 70
Warren. Cor. Church ST.. New York. eE- Tnfor-
nation worth thousands Will be sent you.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-15

Perfect Purgatives, Soothing Aperlents, Act
without Pain. Always Reliable and Nat
ural In their Operation
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

DR.. P. @. Healey went down to San Fran
cisco on the last steamer for a stock of goods
for his drug store, which will be on hand
about the time his new building is finished.
Miss Webster, of Steilacoom, who has been
visiting Mrs. c. w. Slocum, will start for her
home on Puget Sound tomorrow. Life will
be dull here for one young man that we know
Of
Mr. L. M. Hidden has sent in his resg-
nation as City Surveyor, not being able to
attend to the duties of the Office this season
by reason of his absence in the upper coun-
try.
The railroad ties are floating down Sal.
mon creek to Vancouver lake at a lively rate
this season. A large quantity will be cut
below Marbles mill before the summer is
over.
A new mining company has been formed
to work in the Lacamas district in Clarke
county, w. T., under the title of 'The
Grindstone Mining Co." 1t was incorpo-
rated in Portland.
Harmony Lodge, A. o. U. w., Vancou-
yer, has elected j. J. Beeson and E. p.
Hamilton as delegates to the Grand Lodge
of Oregon and Washington, which meets at
Salem, Or, in July.
A note from Mrs. j. S. Bozarth, of Pekin,
states that after pleasant trip to Walla
Walla, where she was met by s. H. Maxon,
she reached Weston, and is now comfortably
fixed at Mr.. Johns hotel, the best spot for
comfort in the upper country.
Henry Mcdonald, arrested in Idaho for
the murder of George Meyers, was formerly
resident of this city, at work for c. r.
Stegert. He escaped from Jail at Boise
City on the l4th May, but was recaptured
at Atlanta, and returned to Jail.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02
DIED.

On Fourth Plain, Clarke Co. W. T., May %
1881. John Alexander, son of Hannah and A.
b. Gilmore, aged nearly 10 years.
Near Vancouver, May l2th, 1881, Of typhoid
pneumonia, William Gillihan, son of Thomas
NJ. Gillian, aged % years.
Deceased was born in Cedar County, No.
and emgrated to Clarke Co. W. T., with his
fathers family ten years ago. BY his quiet
industrious life he had won a host Of friends,
who mourn his early departure from their
midst He was one of the young men who
might truly be regared as an ornament to his
family and society. A wife and two children
are left as his chief mourncrs.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

Kew. j Ohm McCarty, ID. d., Chaplain, L. s. A.
retired, in the SD year of his age.
81 heard a voice from heaven saying unto
me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord, even so saith the
Spirit, for they rest from their labors."
The dear good old man of whom am now
writing is indeed at rest. would l could
here tell of all his good works, his long pa
ticnt labors, but cannot tell the half |
know but little of his military life but there
are Mexican veDerans here who could tell
much of his patient, hard work on the bat
tle-feld, how he visited the sick and wounded
soldiers, how he comforted the dying and at
the graves of the dead told of the ''resur-
rection and the life," but can only tell of
his civil life. The parish register of ST.
Luke's church, Vancouver, is before me, and
in his own handwriting read this: 1853,
Doth jan, at Portland, attended the funeral
of Daniel kirkenhall, a stranger" and so
the record begins by recording that he, by
the grave of stranger was telling that
death is swallowed up in Victory" Next
We find him at Cathlamet, baptizing "Thos.
Nelson, infant son of VIM. Strong and Lu.
creta, his wife" Then we find him at Steil-
accom-, Portland, Wapatoo in Oregon Terri
tory, the Cascades, The Dalles, Olympia;
going hither and thither, discharging the sa-
cred duties of his calling, and all this with
out fee or reward, for he was then chap
lain in the U. S. A. and might have remained
at his post, but he had enlisted in the Mas
ters service and could not rest while His
children needed help and comfort. While
stationed at Fort Vancouver, he was not
content to do his simple duty as post chap
lain, it was not work enough, and so, encour-
aged by few officers and citizens, he
founded st. Luke's Church. A deserted
school house was bought, fitted up. and on
the 9th of May, 1860. consecrated by Bishop
Scott; and here, twice every Sunday, from
that date until April, 1865, he and his wife
were found doing the Masters work. If
stranger arrived in town DIR. McCarty would
find him out and speak words of welcome
and cheer. If there was sickness or want.
then surely he would be found found sooth-
ing the sick, and helping the distressed, and
that too without show or parade. l was in
close fellowship with him, and know Of many
wants supplied by him in such ? quiet way
that the relieved did not know who the ben
cfactor was. But for all that the record was
kept, and at the last the King will say to
him, Eye have done it Unto me-"
And now, after four score years, his work
bravely done, like sheaf of ripened wheat,
he has boon gathered TO the garner know
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

He CHANGED There is man in Van
couver, tradesman, who is quite domestic
at home and keeps COW. There is nothing
remarkable in that. But one day the boy
who does the milking took vacation, and
the old man tried his hand. As soon as he
started in the COW kicked. He tied up her
legs, took a fresh start, and she bucked.
Then he put some more rope around for
ward of her bag, but she was still obdurate,
and while looking up more remedies fol
kicking cows in the Agricultmist in came
some of the neighbors. As he essayed the
fourth attempt one of the women present
suggested that if he would change ends with
the COW to bring the other side to him per
haps she would stand, and she did. He is
now practising on key of nails to find the
off side of COW.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

VANCOUVER FrRRY.-Thc Veto No. g has
undergoing thorough repairs at Portland.
Capt. w. II. Foster informs us that the boat
will come over to Vancouver on Monday,
and on Tuesday next will commence her
regular ferry trips across the Columbia at
Vancouver.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

FINE SPECIMENS. w. Padden brought
in from Lewis river some curious geological
specimens a few days ago. Two Of them
are round, apparently mixed sand and iron
ore, nothing remarkable in their exterior,
but peculiar inside. Both are hollow, one
containing some substance that rattles like
a ball in bladder. The other contains a
liquid which "chippers" audibly when
shaken. Another specimen, of petrified
wood is finer than generally found in these
parts.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

NORTHERN PACIFIC SURvEY.--The party
Of engineers surveying the line from Kalama
to Portland reached this city on Monday,
the line striking the Columbia river a few
yards below the city limits, near the old
wharf. From that point the surveying
party crossed the Columbia, and are now
working their way towards Portland, which
point will be reached this week. The line
from Lewis river keeps above high water
mark, around the north side of Vancou-
yer lake.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

not what monument may be erected over his
grave, but I do know that all over this broad
country there are those whose children, and
whose children's children, will rise up and
call him blessed. This very day, in st.
Lukes Church, the Church he founded,
among the congregation assembled to keep
the Feast of the Ascension, there were those,
who, when they said 81 look for the resur-
rection of the dead, and the life of the world
to come, " thought of DR.. McCarty and 'the
great cloud of witnesses" and in their hearts
sang:
For all the saints who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith, before the world con-
fessed
Thy name, o, Jesus, be forever best
Alleluia."
j. M. F.
Vancouver, w. T., Ascension Day. 1881.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Father Poaps,
who has recently been charged with the
Catholic missions adjacent to Vancouver.
will hold divine service at Lewis river on
the 5th and 10th of June; At Battle Ground
on the 10Th Of June; at Washougal, Cape
Horn, the Goth Of June.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

MEMORIAL SERvIcE.-On Trinity Sunday,
June 10Th, there will be held memorial SER
vices in Sts Luke's Church, Vancouver,
commemorative of the late Rev. John Nc
Carly, founder of st. Lukes parish. Bishop
Paddock will be present and officiate.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

BLANKS. of the Peace can find
for sale at this office full assortment of all
the blanks ordinarily used in their courts,
in correct form, printed on good paper.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

New POTATOES. Hayden brought to
this office on Tuesday a mess of new pota-
toes, the Beauty of Hebron variety, and
among them were some weighing half a
pound. The potatoes were planted just 40
days before digging.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

gives notice that all persons who fail to pay
their water rates on or before the 10th day
of each month will be charged ten per cent.
additional on the amount due. Promptness
in payment will always save the penalty.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02
OBITUARY..

Died: In Washington, d. c. May 10, 1881
Rev. John McCarty, d. D., Chaplain, L. S. A.
retired, in the SD year of his age.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

Vancouver, w. T., Ascension Day, 1881.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-10

= fsAil I NOFu ~tlFF TIC FETUTI TT"Ir--T-~D-
The Post-olice clerk who held the lot
ter for insufficient, postage was there,
TOO: and one or ~ other clerks. ani .
friend or so 81 tn. CAREER besides. and
half Il dozen friends of Mrs. Garner =.
and IN fact = great many people who
did not 20 TO church very much were
there that DAY Il hear that sermon
about the little boy who wrote letter, to
the Lord Jesus Christ. and thought the
United States mail service in daily com
municatiOn with the court Of Heaven.
Popsy was not there, for hi> throat
was too sore; he was in a warm bright
room in the Children's Hospital. drink
ing hot chicken soup. when the church
bell rang. And Pea.c was no; there.
for she was not big enough. Mrs. Car
rier said; and Mrs. Carrier ought TO
know. for she hal promised To take care
Of her for a week.
Sweet Pease. in fact. WAS "a, home bv
the fire with the Carrier children, eat
ing "zhonnY-cake.n when the long
prayer began.
IL was 4 short sermon. for the minis
ter could not say IA great deal. he felt
aud thought 81 nue. about Pcase and
Popsy. But when he told the story,
just rs it had happened. and when he
asked the people what he should do
about Popsy. and when he said;
80 my people, | have been thinking
how proud YOU will be that g,H a be
chosen to carry the Masters answer to
the little boy
And when he prayed:
Lord, give Us a faith like the faith
Of The child whom Thou hast brought
among u.s. there was a stir upon the
stiIl air of the church; and presently
there came an answer from the people.
For they consulted together. ana chose
AN Old white-haircd man 10 be their
spokesman, and he carried their mes
sage To the minister. and this was il.
he members of this church would
ieel 1t 4 privilege TO adopt the little
ones a. the wards of this church. pro
viding for them in all their temporal
and spiritual needs SO far n power is
given TO Us. The members of this
church would thank their pastor for
representing to these orphan children
the love Of God. and the pity of His
Son our Saviour, whose messenger their
pastor il.
IL and my wife wanted to say" said
the carrier. Monday evening, to the
minister, "that if so be YOU couldn't
lind anybody that ,cIntcd EN-; for good
homes are skerce. sir. and orphans
p.enty-we would do our vummed best.
sir. We've got six. But my wife took
Il notion 10 the girl. And the boy is
Just the size, sir. of the one YOU
lit don't seem, sir, rs IL n man that
chosen tn deliver letters To tea, Adj
lress had ought to pass it by ~ if it
wasn't a vummcd uncommon occur.
rence.-EIi.ajtH Stuart Paefus. In
YOUTHS Communion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-10

A shining arrow. swift and keen,
me Young and eager morn lets fly
a shatt TO pierce the paliii dawn.
And plrt the curtains of the sky:
The frosty cascmcnt. glimmering chill,
Across the shHjowy rom I see,
when. with the first awakening thrill
A message comes 10 ne.
without, the cold gray mills stand fast
Before the silver rim Of hclycn.
Within, IN shud lering nigLt J. passed,
Aud lEht aud hope nr" newly given;
rahc, aud IN nay soul in prayer,
Awcd hy the solemn stress Of morn,
For lo! the immortal Day IS he. e.
To us aChild Is born!
We slept : cncath thr ban Of night.
whose ral On b -pw and cyclii IL lay,
I'M with ia" dawn receive Onr sight,
And hail IN" Christ ~ break OF day!
On Wonder height VI" soc her rise
u morning P~t-5iDuicsS ana pale;
our fr cs'css, win the vc-tal eyes
IL hind the twilight veil.
leave the childish voices mute.
Whose Christ mas = e.ting- Swc"tcr chime
And steal cl ~ with npiS"lcsg foot.
To seek alone he huu 7 shrInet
The hcrrth is cold, the altar are,
But gifts ana tokens piled above
Attest the o!liim" o1cr ny there,
The sacrifice OF love.
A stir. "A whisper overheard.
\ pattcring sound of baby feet;
\ burst OF SIT led lluyhtrr led
Bv voices RINGING sweet:
The Wintry twilight slips away
And leaves INV silent hOmas 20 done;
While forward leaps the rxultant day.
Touched by the rising sun.
What eyes the holy vigii kept,
What h'ui pre- 't-cl IN" Christmas cheer,
VIM" sill IN vO'iv' m1ld"uS 5lcpt-
Tie hulipwc hou Il CIV 90 ~,
BcTuni our ken the mystery lies,
Tho love ID Win" We dare not say:
Yet heart 10y human lpV" made wise
May welcome thIi-tmds Day.
-Eidiuc G0DdIic. "a Good C%OmpdnH.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-10
TIE FyREsiDE CHRISTIAN

TglLfGHT.
ATvTrs the dsyiight and the night,
] watch the swiftly fading liyht
That dips the hefnincxs shade moro decp,
hna makes the wreafhed iVir- cree,
IN heavier masses ruund the doors,
While .ru-- the time-soTr .sassn eOors
The waycriug lines 90 q Cd sht ay
D rom nrc- Il Christmas r~~Eeiry.
The Stockings by the chimney side,
The generous ipgs that heap IL vida
Stir mcfngrtcs tHai bFinS again
ne i1ST-iSsi or. AID hOfe. and pain:
/. ucse " 'h nnhecd ug cyes ~c So.
gifG IN sicn.ug Christmas tree
] or far-uf years stand silent by,
Nor minglc with the rcycly-
The radiant earth sleeps clad In white.
Hut thri-imfs cheer hath Christ mas night
The Nf-ri Hnt odors un the a
Nu:k tBsir Heet spell 10 tsHi-b care,
And iu the JOY - ch idhDois piay
our hearts break Ito SON and are gay
The sweetne-= %; LIES cap we Try
With merry Christmas rcSeiry
Rich arc the stores - rhrnencd time;
High bcrfs the pulse 81 need sublime;
Sirous j. Tho romraie snip 81 years;
kcen = IN" f.llpw.h q of tears:
are forgot. oar love f. strong
Ana does the present hour no wrong,
J bp' ygiceiesS Faces HHscr nigh
And share Cur Christmas rcyeiry.
u. u. II. GOotIz.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-10
Trees for the Farm.

L BELIEVE there is not as much care
and attention given TO forests. groves
and shade trees as their value and i'm
portance demands. We in the West
are doing considerable in this line, and
this worN Is on the increase from year
to year. And yet, on travelling through
the country. we see more places where
trees ought to be planted than places
where trees are planted.
1 believe the climatic influence of
trees is more in checking the force of
drying and damaging winds in summer
and piercing-cold. snow-drifting winds
OF winter than in the increase of rain.
They prevent the wind from CARRYING
oil the humidity of the air, with which
1t Is TILED from evaporation from soil
and from vegetation. 1t has been de-
mons'rated, some years ago, on the
prairies of Iowa, hat a belt of trees
around a field. to break the wind. saved
the crops from damage. and thus OBJ
tanned a greater product than it would
II all the ground had been occupied by
crops.
In nv opinion. tree planters for eco
homie uses do not investigate the value
OF the different sorts of timber To plant.
The Red Cedar is very durable and val
liable, but SO slow in growth that we
cannota afford To wait for il. Same with
Mulberry and Usage Orange. In the
early settlement mere the Black or Yel-
low Locust was considered the most
valuable tree we could plant: but
the worms soon found their way out
here and destroyed them. The Cot
tonwood, Soft Maple and Green Willow
have been planted considerable; all
very rapid growers. The latter is most
valuable for farm uses. Then came
the European Larch. which, no doubt.
viii prove valuable.
OF course we have learned some good !
by experience; and one is that
our Hardy Catalpa is more valuable
any of the above-named varieties.
is true that the experience of this
tree is quite limited and of short time
in the Northwest; but in Southern In
diana, Illinois and Missouri ii is Of sufii- !
length Of time TO prove its dura-
n post in the ground. lasting
fifty. and even seyenty-tiye wears.
nave had twenty-five years of expert
with this tree. and in the early
of my experience l discovered
hat We had two varieties or species of
one o thrifty. beautiful
md hardy. TO stand the bleak zero
weather of u climate. Hence, / gave
{ the distinctive name of Hardy. With
ne it grows fast, about Ike that of the
oft maple; blooms two or three
weeks earlier than the commo or ten
Ter sort. larger, o white and beau
iful flowers
Trees for groves should be planted
lose. not nor than four by six feet
part, that they may have small limbs
send up a tall but straight tree i
ave often cut the young trees of near
he ground. that they may send up a
straight sprout. which will
the better tree.-Sgel Foster, ia
7. independent
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-10
IANp1TgHT-


While the Christmas tells arc rfnefhe,
And the iapers burning a ar.
JOIN ~, friends and travellers, bringing
Music for the passing year:
Va have borne the xIu'Ty weather.
Win ana storm we would not miss,
We will nov te glad together
DRINK TO health and Aappines-i
Hear the merry siriCa-,clIs Iin2Io
,lpar shove the cracking snow,
While Our pulse leap and 'iugle.
Fancy following where they 20;
others crrand- we are finding,
our thought - unc. beneath
Many right good wishes binding
la The mayic holly wreath.
We are with them. Paily. kindly,
And Their burden one with ours;
We forsakc our SOrTuw. bindiv.
Tower up our grief with flowers;
Clasp We hands above our altar,
Thus Iutgrt "a conscious wruuE
Tho our hrppy NoiC 8 f4l;cr
In The cla-iimC Christmas song,
-DOTE Rad GOOdLs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-10

VIZ have received a story entitled "A
Dark Deed sb.cA ia respectful v declinef.
The hrsi chapter opens nth, lit - mil
night" This T. all right. IL j. often mid
nIsht--at least seven times a week. but tie
author f"r,ot O. adj, and silence hrDedei
over the city" This IL a fatal overs ght
Silence always trpuds over a citV Wh-n II IL
midnight in WORKS Of hction-Uat noNhsre
else. We can't rrint = siorv In uhich silence
doesn't brood al acknowledgements. Herad