Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 11, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 January 1885 — Page 7

MimM didn't oome home pretty seen,

WEEKLY anJMBWW?OT

C. DOAOIC, 3?ubliHhr.

JASPER.

TMi vmi knrrlil vrumrsitura'."

I J t7""P

Georgie, grimacing at Mary.

sakl

THE NEW YEAR'S PEACE. 1 mw the nortahi of U eawnlntf year ThruWH oixfit to the Item. 7 tw pale iW, h hry Klwr. yitpr, With erown of liwfclBK eryrtaW, eeW

8tilHf uja'a wintry kxAs of white. JIm relml lit quiet, ir(it eyes to Heaven, Thu not Moomcd hito ly, -0 world!" he oried, " tiw Old Year Is forHerriw thHtVeU like Mtter raindrops driven On norwy hhm, frimll rie ho wore.tur aye! Then January , wtth h childish frraoe

AHU meiry Miiiir, Hnrnc. , . , , , AirI with her roues that shone like f mated .And imoet mllea bright a sunehlneoH her .fitWHHlte au angel purer than the snows. T saw her tarry nt the poor man's doorS Hernierry KreetlnirranK' Like mut4o through hk cottage, and once

Ills faoe arew trlKlit-iupre bright than e'er

before . . . . Ami lilting up hk! fttco to flod he fan.

And aha aakliben we ought to lie

INDIANA, very good, so's to Iw prepared to die it

we had to: but that the timber was chock . - ' i i

full oi iMifoM. ami we count ait mm

bean basting the turkey, her cheeks all

aglow with the Heat of ihe stove, "ami bow everything Is doing beautifully,

and I may a well dress for dinner.

Come Sally." she cried, "Dodle will

watch the dinner, while we dress Mp JH our pretty clothe. That was jhwI of i vmir s'uosen. vou know. Ami than

r ... -

out and tlrag, same as aha did; and we- we'll tend stove while Dodle and the

come to 'em, anil nolnxly iHit foola would

awl Re-

J paw her khtfl poor tear-worn ehoeks, and brlnit t in tli nnurniir rt BVOA:

T Mir the wid turn from thlr imln and rinsr; 1 mw the wwrv batlielu Hojw'h purexprliHC TlmtBwitX blloam that How from Paradise.

O January! month of loy! we hear On every utile thy volees It MJs our tM with It life awl cheer, The future watts for all meu hriitht clear Kach rlln aun crlea to the worjkl;

He treasures not our tins who rules In Heaven. Time, -with an anrel-pen, JJach tlay-lircak write that one sweet word " i'luiiKrcM " Oneron-1 wart that for the rbhthaa striven: rtuc Ihi1 a. HKiw, wakes fair tlitath of. Kmcei ir. Shurtkf, in Ytmth's Omimnhm. SALLY'S STOSEN. JL "Right Regular " and "Trulyuly" Happy New Year's Day.

It was tho niglit after Clirittnas. Tho dear jmrunts who had expected to Ixj at home several days heforo the Wosseil Christmas eve, were yet detained away; and tlio childreu had hung up their hikings and taken them down, too, for the first time in their lives, with no loving parents' smile of surprise, sympathy and joy to enhance the value oY each Christmas favor. "It must have stormed furiously up

there; and papa and mamma are snowIxmnd very likely," said Georgie, as he filled the wood-box behind tho kitchen jtoiu. " lit that case, they may not .jju; away from the milU for another "week." ' Oh!" cried both the twin pairs. -"It will be Happy New Year before that time. They'll have to come home, jyicrry Christmas hasn't Imjcu half merry? ami Happy New Year won't be Jiappv at all without mamma and George and Mary exchanged glancca and smiled. They felt as tho twins did; but they forobore to say so. It Ik turning colder," Mary said, presently. " Did you split a good lot of wood, Georgie?" M Yes; anti you burn two or three good lots. We must let tho diningrodm fire go out and contrive to oat in l)io kitchen. Can't we?" " I suppose we'll have to," said Mary, with a fatnt sich. "It is growing cold-

cIkhxhi to up sorrow through a long

tulw."

Good for Mr. Maon!" aaid Mary.

"Let's profit by her wisdom. Surely

we're not fools: so we'll sup no more on

fools' diet. Ami w won't crow our

bridges before wo come to them, shall

we. Geonrie?" We'll do our very best.

and thank God for His blessing, and

even If it comes to keeping our New i Year's Day without papa and mamma, we'll do our lxjst toward that. Won't

we. little ones?"

And tho little ones being all wide awako now tho Mules' were opened and

the reading and the prayers were oflerud as their evening service to tho good God

in whose care tho little family was ion; and at an barlv hour thev were all

soundly sleeping.

For three days and nights tho snow fell Ktuadllv. On the fourth day a

furious wind heaned and piled and

tossed tho snow into drifts. Thei

wind shifted and fell, and the fierce,

hitter, stinsrinsr cold came down.

On the first dav. holding Mary to her

iH-omko. the twins had worked heroic

allv. and though the snow almost

hlinded them as they toiled in the teeth

of the storm over the half-mile of oien road that stretched between them and

the timber, thev accomplished a mighty

work, and brought a load of fagots that delighted Mary's eyes. The little lads were dripping with

perspiration, however, and Mary would not let them make a second trip,

though they hogged lustily, hut made thorn siL Im-IuihF the kitchen stove, till

thev were thoroughly dried, and she to . . . ..." , i

wanted eaeii wiui a larire appio turn

over.

George chopped faithfully for an hour or two every day, and when tho fierce cold came, he liad :v good sized pile of wood. Yet. to his dismay, it consumed

mwky ranidlv. The cold Was terrible

Krnst. 1'ovunMl the windows, and in tho

room whei-e no fire was kept tho cold was benumbing. Mary said her lingers felt ah if thev wero freezing, while she

hastily made the beds. "And we're going to have a tnily-uly Happy New Year, cried little Sallie,

H Mary

the feast

si Keens'

ins and cutting tho citron

fun?" And Hud and Bijo chiming heartily with the note. Hud at once began to s'pose what he would do, if he were a great Indian chief who had snow-shoes that would carry him over tho decest snow that ever fell, and Mje s'tosed he was the Governor of the State, and indulged in many amendments to the prevailing onlor of things. Little Jfm s' jMMjcd ho was sister Mary- In that case ho thought ho would cook sausages and buckwheat cakes three times a day, and let tho children cat all the bits of citron that fell slantwise on tho plate. 'Why,' most of 'em fall that way!" said Sally. "You'd be a Tom Gip; wouldn't vou?"

Then Sally s'poscnad; and Mary said hers was thu nicest and jolliest s'posen of all. "A right, regular Happy New

boy tidy up.

O, s iMwen my s'poen fleet coma

triiH!, almost shrieked Sally, as she

sprang to follow iwsr Mer to ineir

CiiamiHir uji-iir. one uiu mjiunm uh, ileliirhtedlv as situ catered tha room:

ffor lb! a bright lire was hi axing on the

lieariu, aim me auuoapjiwre ot m iwm

was warm and pleasant.

"Oho. Oho!" she cmd, in eostasy.

"Another part of my s'jKwen has coma

to nas. Don't you 'member, Mary, I

said, and s'ioeu when we wont shiver

ing and shuddering up to our cold room to put on our pretty clothes, lo and be

hold somebody nail uoen ana niaue a

lovely lire?'"

"You nrec ous little midget!" saitf

Mary, squeezing her tightly in a loving hug. "You shall wear your very bastest blue sash to-day. You're such a lit

tle cliecroody. "Mary," said tho little lass," "I didn't go to sleep right off last night. I

lastiou mm

,ml nrxveil to God a lonir time.

Ilien tho , ...hL-b (Joonlie'u arms strong to cut

lots of wood so that may be wo could

have a nice lire to dress by, and 1 asked Him to please let you give' mo the nuts to pick, and but'this part hasn't como

true yet, and the otnor nas i aKeu Him to let-every hit of my s'lrosen turn out sure enough. Oh, Man', won't it be just the sweetest Happy New Year, if Ho does?" "Well, it's possible that He may," answered Mary, reluctant to quench the child's sweet hope with any expression of her doubt, "but wo musn't expect to have everything that "we ask for, you know. Sumo things are better kept from us for a while. We must say: i'.,.. ...:n k.. .1,.,.,. i "

J.UY Wli Ultlti, "I did," said Sally, cheerily. "But I guess God "tended to the whole of my prayer, as long as He paid attention to tho least account part of it I MUvt my s'posen'll come true. And so does Jim.'' When the chck struck two, and Mury was smoothing over her mashed potatoes and turnips with nicolv-soa-

ew lear," cnea nine oaiuu, y set about her preparations for st in good earnest. "Let's tell is' while we're stoning the rais-

tf'on't it be

er every hour, near mat uismai uimh We must all bo as bravo as evor we can. Oh! 1 hope papa and mamma aro not worrying about us." " Dud and T will go to tho Umber tomorrow, and drag up a big lot of fag

ots," said Mje. Bud and Bijo wero tho ten-year-old twins. "Mrs. Mason doesn't get any wood but fagots. She savs thev burn capital. She and Noddy drag them up with a rope." Mary smiled. "Tliey !ivo so near tho woods, little hoy." she said. "Yet you may try to get one load to-morrow; for 1 am sure I shall need much tiring. There, Bijo, don't crowd the yeast jug so, or you'll tip it over, and wo'll get no light bread to-morrow. You're copying after Jim, cuddling down in a corner for n nap. Hop up. Let's have our Bible reading; ami then we'll cover up tho lire and go to bed." " Don't get tho blues, Molly," said Georgie. "You never care to go to bed before nine o'clock, unloss you're blue over something. Tapa and mamma aro

able lo tak'o care oi inemscivcs. i ou know papa said that was a rough country and the traveling accommodations were almost none, even in good weather. Now, it must have stormed up there; and thev can't got any one to convey them over to the stage. I think I see Just how it is." "So do I," said Mary. "But it Is perplexing. I wish thoy wero hero. If they .shouldn't get homo by New Year's Day "You oughtn't to cross bridges be

fore you como to 'urn!" said Bud, sagely, as Mary paused as if impressed with tho moasuro of discomfort con-

Year's s'poscn." George added.

i low hard thev all worked, and how

oJierry with chatter tho bright kitchen was for two davs before the feast

On the eve of New Year's Day the

rreat turkey was plucked and hung up,

tho chickens dressed, the pantry shelvos stocked with pies and cake and krul-

lers, and Georgio's favorites, raspberry tartlets.

We're tired; but we're ready for to-

potatoes and

soned cream, preparatory to giving them a brown in the oven, ami Georgie was arranging the pickles and cranberry sauce on the table, with au eye to tho 'color-effect, and tho turkey was done to a turn: when all eye- were on

tho savorv-snielling cooking-stove,

a great stamping was heard on the

outer porch, and in another mo

ment the door was 'thrown open, and,

the fullness of Sally's s'poscn was

realized, when who should pop in, just In time to sit down In their places, but

the dear papa and mamma, who had

been kept away so long- by the storm,

and were not stele, nor lost, nor anything, but just hungry as hungry could

Imj for all the children they had leit ai honk and a big taste of the children's

New Year's dinner.

There were hannv eves, mem voices

and grateful hearts about that cheerful table. Mr. and Mrs. Lostor heanl with delight of their children's mutual helpfulness and bravery. Both parents and children contributed to tho pleasure of

the after-dinner hour with stones of their several experiences.

And of all the stonos, tno swewosc

and most precious to the listeners, and tho only one twlco told, was that of little Sally's Happy New Year's Sposen.

Tor it was the tme "story of a child s

simple faith, and its lesson was received

into hearts tender with grautuue anu

love. Mary E. 0. Wycth, in N. Y. In

dependent.

mum A GOOD COMPLEXION.

WINTER BUTTER-MAKING. ally ComUnriHl. Winter buttar-wakmg k one of tk legiti mate outgrowths of high civilization. As wealth increases there is a constantly-growing demand for taUe luxuries. There are now In every large town many jwrsons who will pay the prioe demanded for fruits raised under glsss, and for vegetables produced, out of season by means of artificial heat Science has brought out methods of preserving fruit la their fresh state as well

as vegetables of various kinds. The persons who have discarded dried fruits, who have cucumbers in March and green peas and new potatoes in April, desire newly-made butter all the year round. They. are no longer satisfied with that which is made in May and June and kept till the winter months.

H'heydostrean article equal in all resjwets to June butter, but they want it made within a week of tho time it is to be served on their tables. The demand for butter made in winter had appeared since tho late civil war. Several j;orsops who have engaged in supplying customers with it have been very successful. Winter butter-making, if judiciously conducted, may be made very urniitable. It must be of excellent qual

ity and made with the expectation of getting a large price for it Persons of tsmall or moderate means will not be Eurchasers of lirst-class winter-mado utter. They will bo obliged to content themselves with that which is made while the cows run in the pasture, and which is preserved in the ordinary methods. Persons who engage in winter butter-making should strive to make an article that will be sought by epicures j and those who have tho means to purf'liaswi eostlv luxuries for the table.

Unless they have the facilities and skill to make an article in all respects superrior, thev will find it to their advautago to conduct their dairy operations in (lie summer months. As onlv persons of considerable means will be purchasers of butter made in the winter, so only wealthy farmers can engage in making it. A farmer' who has. only scrub cows, rail pens for protecting them, wild hay for

now

fifteen

morrow," said Mar'.

"And wo can I

have our. New Year's dinner in the kitchen. Georgie. Not if I have to go

out in tho moonlight and chop wood myself. We must have a dining-room

1 re."

"Which reminds me," said Georgie,

with a mock groan, as lie took Jits cap

and mittens and went out Man' heard the blows of his axo long after tho llttlo

ones were tucKcu away in oeu.

In tho morning a second Snow-storm

T ,

was raging. "Dearie mo!"

this

sighed

rate

Mary;

thoy will

"if it

never

keeps on at

gel homo. "Oh. thoy will arrivo In the spring

no doubt or bv Fourth of July, at fur

thest:" answered Georgia, dryly. Arid

Mary blushed; for she remomliered that

she had resolved to keep tho feast with

s rlinnrfnl mind. ho She Sighed no

more, but prepared the breakfast, not

fnriMittlnsr littlo Jim's sausage and

lnu'kwhcnU. for which tho small lad

wan Itihir'miuli llinnkflll.

After the morning's reading all

hands sol merrily to work. Georgie fed tho, liros, and ran down foliar and up for the vegetables

and apples and nuts; and ho lifted tho heavy pota and kettles, and even tied tho W of tho plumn turkey when

Mary had prepared It for the oven. Bud and Bllo brightened tho silver and

scoured tho fcnivos until they shono,

Seme of the Thing KrtUl Te rredeee

THU Uerirable KmhU. N. W. asks for a recite for a blood

purifier, and how to get rid of "black heads" in the skin, also blotches, red spots and yellow spots on the face."

Tho first thing to do to purify the blood

is not to put anything into tho mouth

that will mako the blood impure, such as fried meats, rich gravies, pastries, puddings and cake, but te eat only

plain, clean, nutritious, well-cooked food at regular meals, and never between meals, and not too much at any

time. Abundance of mitt in the diet is

essential to a clear complexion. There

should le plenty of exercise in the open air, and plenty of pure air admitted to

tho living rooms anu especially to mo

sleeping rooms. Tea and cotleo will

mako some complexions uar rmu nnaoue. or pallid and sallow. Hot wa-

tor and milk never produce tins enecu

Perfect cleanliness is essential to a

brilliant complexion. The skin must lie washed In cold or warm water fre-

uientlvand change of garments 'morn

ing and night rigidly made. The clothes worn during tho day should bo aired at

night, and those worn at nignt aireu

during tho day. In new milk, in one

hundred drops mrec uropa aru cream. Let this proportion of fat in the food bo observed, and emptions of tho skin will bo von' slight, unloss there is inherited

humor of soma sort As very rich food

feed, and a poor cellar ior storing milk can not expect to succeed in the business of making witter in- tho winter. Winter dairying is a branch of high farming. It can only be conducted by persons of considerable means. Tho best cows are. required, and knowledge and skill am essential. The cows need better protection than is usually afforded these animals on most farms. They require roomy, convenient, warm and well-ventilated stables. These building must lie kept scrupulously clean. The excrements: of the animals must be

removed as soon as they are voided. If manure is allowed to accumulate it will till the building with bad odors that will be absorbed by the milk and conveyed to the butter that is made from it The lloors where the cows stand should bo covered with absorbents. The droppings should be hauled to tlie fields where they will be needed as fertilisers, every morning. Disinfectants should be freely employed. The doors and windows of the 'barns should be left open when the cows are taking exercise in the yard. The cows should be carded and brushed twice each day. Everything that conduces to their comfort should bo studied and carefully attended to. They will require not only good food, but a variety. They should have In addition to excellent hay, meal,

roots, oil-cake, or linseed-meal. Silage has proved of great value as a food for dairy cows during the winter. The supply of water should be ample and the quality the best It is desirable to have faeifities for bringing water into the stables, so that the cows can drink

PERSONAL AND LITERARY. Mate. Rktori ttoa kas kaaUkerekiefs to reaOaa kr of tktefs ahe wishes not to forget Tennyson's aoag. "Come late the Garden, Maud," wasrewrlttea fifty times before it was .nnk&ed. Rev. Kdward MoCltire was the aathor'of this pretty sentliaeat of the sea: "The ooean is a tomb without a monument" The public library at Santa Barbara, Cal., contain one hundred Cktaeec books for the benefit of tle reading Celestials of that city. "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," was written by Thomas a'Becket, am Kngllsh actor, who in 176 was a teacher of mufio at Philadelphia. N. Y.

Graphic. By confining his diet for twentyseven weeks strictly to stale bread ana skimmed milk. Major Ben: Perley Poors, tli ft correspondent, has reduced h'

weight by sixty-one pounds, and

eniovs better health than

years before. N. Y, Sun. General Berdan, of sharphoobiag fame, to whoe daughter Mr. F, Marion Crawford was recently married, was some time ago offered a field marshalship by the Sultan, but he declined it, saj ing he could never wear any other than ' the American uniform. 2Wy Timet. Annie Whitney, the AmerioaR woman who has made a very good statue of Harriet Martineau, is devoted to agriculture as well as art, and practically and successfully farms one hundred and seventy-five acres in the New Hampshire White Mountain region. liotton Journal. The late SuHivac Dorr, of Providence. H. I., lived in flic same house and died in the same nwra in which he was born. There, too. lived four generations of sen-ants, one an old laay who was a servant in the family sixty years ago and is there now. 'Provuhme Jfmrnal.

Private letters from Athens received in Washington say that" Mr. Eugene Schuyler, tho American Minister, recently while taking a walk In the environs of the Greek capital lost his way and fell into a pit filled with slaked lime, from which he was not extricated ttntil painfully burned. Canadian papers report the recent death in the Parish of Ste. Madeline of Charles Blanchet and wife, on the same day, in the ninetieth year of their age, anil after a married life of sixty-nine roars. They left five sons, one of them Mayor of the town; thirty-nine grandchildren, and ninety great-grand childlen. .

HUMOROUS.

"There are songs unsunp." ciles us to life.-

poems unwritten and It is this that reoonSouth and HW.

Those never to be pleased persons who are indulging in their annual growls about the cost of carrying the siails should reflect on the cost of carrying tho average female aud be happy. -1 life. "I hope vou will be a better boy ia the future," said his mother. "Yos'm.". soblied the boy. "I guess you will mind your father next time he apeak to vou." "Yes'm." "Poor, boy' she added sympathetically, "did he touch your heart?" "No'iu 'Drake's 2V"eUra1 Magazine. A teacher after the Qulncy pattern was illustrating the process of evaporation to a class of young scholars. "Suppose I should set a basin of water out In tho school-vanl in the morning and let it remain all day, what would bapcn ? " "It would get upset," was the practical reply. T understand that vou are

an artist. Do you paint portraits ? " De Bonbon" You mistake, sir. I claim

during very cold and stormy days with- to be an artist in my nne. out. a am out being compelled to go opt of doors. a painter." Jones "What w your It will be readily seen that there are line?" De Bonbon "I am a niaker manydrawbackstowinterdairying.lt, of French candies." Jones "Ah! I

es. uuoice e. iou are aworaer in -

.","'..,"," , '" na t" iV A: ,,, .iK.nrekl and nicked will inluro the complexion, so also will

laimm i uupinu ; " f f , nfMM, fnnii When the blood be- I of the war.

small tl. . . wi, n ""'"? "... ... . e i....... Lf. !..,.. ,..;ai,.wi tn u-mf nf Mm nW will mako a

inr arm sorrow through a long I a glass uisu wiiu uu im-mo. v moi uumra mi iuh.ibvu nn... ... . , . . ... .P ,V.nm,w u4 1U,,S ,,,uf f1lrt ln(,u .tawt Lnhu n tiniriilnn in tho food, the com- next summer,

flunk?'' iinr itt mirv I num Liiut nil inn "i -. uiuum w ..,.. - i

George and Mary looked at tho twins

in amazement, for a moment; and then both laughed heartily. "You little Solomons," said .Mary' "Where did you get so much wisdom?', "Mrs. jMroiii replied the twins, gravely. "Wo told Iter the split wood was most gone, and may Imj if Georgie eouldn't chop faster and napa and

twelve before thov took any heed of

!,.. Tim iltntnvrnnm hlsMUUl elioerilv.

and tho silver and glass on the table sparkle in Its light.whlle in the sitting-

nwim Mrs. l-osier s wmiu vuryaan-

themtuns bloomed bravely, as if there

were no snows nor bleak north winds.

Tf Li wi.itinw mtlder " said Man as

she rose from the oven, where she had

nlexinn will bo bad. as one can easily

see in those who do not have enough to oat Late hours aro bad for the complexion. Plants grown in a cellar are bleached, and people who turn night into day are pallid aud nerveless. Early and full sleep Is necessary to vlgorou kealth and Its appearance in the face. .v. K Triton

however, has many advantag

butter made in winter will bring from fifty to ono hundred per cent more than that made in summer. With suitable facilities tho cost of production is not increased In proportionate ratio. It Is as easy to have the cows in milk during the'lattcr part of the fall as six months later in the season. It is easier to procure milkers for a largo number of cows in the winter than in the summer. Many persons who live on farms havo yen' little to do during tho winter. They will ordinarily be glad to take contracts to milk a certain number of cows every night and morning. A person who devotes his farm for the purpose of producing milk for making butter during the winter, can employ hands tho entire year to excellent advantage. In thn summer thev will be engaged in

producing and storing food for the cows to eat during the colder season of the year, while in winter they will be

employed in feeding it out, m minting and in taking care of the milk. Lx)orlenco has shown that calves dropped m October are raised as easily and made as good animals as those dropped In tho spriug. Of course, it k necessary to raise them "bvhand," but this method of raising calves is now generally practiced bv farmers who manufacture the

milk of cows during the warm months

Calves dropped m uio laii

fine growth during the

and will be of very little

trouble to their owners. If a farmer who Is engaged In winter dairying does not desire to raised calves he can dispose of his skimmed milk to good advantage by feeding it to pigs. If he makes IhM disposition of It he should keep his pigs at a considerable distance from his cow stable ?o as to prevent the passage of bad odors. Ctoxig 2ft.

adtlphia CW.

Neighbor A.:

"Well. Neighbor B.

coi-

how is your son getting along at college?" Neighbor B.: "Well, the fact t Im ian't at nollope anv longer: I heanl

O 3. .

him say, We have ail embarked in one marine vehicle,' meaning 'we are all In the same boat;' and I thought he knew too much for a boy o his slsw, so I fetched him liome.,f tfoWcn The acquaintance of the female mind with the mysteries of commerce and finance is extensive and )eralyaiiig. "Why," said a well-to-do young woman, who had just received a drygoods Wll, "why do you keep on sending me this? I know well enough I got the things last summer, so what's the use of reminding aw?" rhilntietphi ttceord. A wood stove is not made of wood. Itotion Pwtt. Nor is a coal stove made of coal. Funny, isn't itDetroit i'rs Press. And a snow-plow is not made of

snow. Awfully funny, Isn' t it? Jjm$or Commercial. Neither is a s-onge-cake made of sponges. Te he! Bofan Journal of Commerce. Nor a head-dresa of heads. All, h-r-Satcm 8nlm. Nor a chicken-salad of chicken. They make it of veal, usually. Oil CUy IrricL "John." obsened Mrs. Grap at the breakfast table the other moralng: "The paper says it's in style tew her plate onto the front doors."- "Well, what ot it?" asked her unfeeling spouse. "Oh, nothln', except if we want tew be In style 1 suppose we must key one, too; bat

then, as we ain't so extra fashieaawe, 1 reckon I'll only put a saucer oat. That'd look more modest like; don't Vdii nwVntl An?" JoMR. RS tteU&, 04-

oided. Mten Pod.