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PARAsOLS.

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We are still keeping full ass ment of PARAsoIs and
and respectfully the attention all wanting ane and stylish PARA
SOL or UMBRELLA call and examine stock before making rec-
tons elsewhere offer superior inducements as regards SIys W M
and Workmanship We still keep SHOP FOR REPAIRING AND
MAKING UMBRELLAS AND PARAsOS and would be pleased TO
all our old and many will favor us with call
REPAIRING done neatly at short notice ,
LECKIE'S,
III BROAD STREET.
Augusta, April IT, Pm II
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-05-02

w The Lynchburg Viagiaaiam says
that the travel through that'city; both
North and South, is smaller at present
than at any previous time since the war.
The trains arrive and depart almost
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gg- A large number of holders of vir-
gfnia bonds have agreed to test the con-
stitutionality of the act Of the. Legisla-
tnre of that State, imposing a tax upon
the interest due. ON all bonds held outside
tho Stete. .st.c2s = gJi
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-24
Manure the Fruit Trees.

Advices from Bucks, Berks and
Montgomery counties, among the best
Of our fruit-producing regions, tell us
that the apple crop is likely TO be one
of the heaviest known. And yet
there have been already two pretty
full crops in the last two wears. We
shall expect to hear in future years
that the apple is "unsuited 10 the
soil of Pennsylvania unless some
thing is done to sustain the strain on
vitality which such continuous bear
ing so often results in. II must not
be forgotten that all this mass Of fruit
is not made up from nothing; but
that the matter Of their substance is
in large degree taken from the soil.
We never think to get crops Of corn
or potatoes without continuous and
regular manuring, nor can we get ap-
piles. Jefferis, one of the best of the
Chester county apple-raisers, as was
stated at the last winters meeting of
the Pennsylvania fruit-growers' meet
ing held in Philadelphia, manures his
apple trees regularly every year
Whenever he has little else to do, or
has any refuse that he can get, be
hauls it as a top dressing for his sp-
pie orchard.
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SO many seem to fcel that manure
given to their fruit tress is SO much
robbed from the farm-so much taken
from the regular farm crops; but ex-
periencc has shown that it is not es-
sential that the fruitirees get the best
stable manure. Indeed, some good
fruit-growers would rather not have
rank, strong matter Road-scrapings,
ditch-washings, or even kitchen-ashes
have been found, when spread under
the trees, toproduce a world of good.
0ftentimes during the summer
here may be chances of haulingt
something TO dress trees with; and
we do not know but it is as useful in
July and August as at any other
time. The roots are then at work
actively laying up matter for next
year; while the swelling fruit make
an active demand for all that the
roots can possibly supply. ~
We believe that if orchards were
properly fed, we should hear very
little about alternate bearing years
in the apple tree.-GermORtoco TEL
egraph.
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October and November.

The idea that we can afford to de
feat our State ticket and vet carry the
State for Grant has been urged with
much persistency, and has been made
to seem plausible enough to require
full refutation and exposure.
1t does not follow absolutely, as
some seem to think, that las Penn.
sylvania goes SO goes the Union," yet
there are so few exceptions that it may
almost be regarded as a rule. 1t is
possible to elect a President without
the vote Of Pennsylvania, but it has 50
seldom happened that such an event
cannot be considered probable.
But there is another rule to which
there is no exception-that as Penn,
sylvania goes in October, she goes in
November. 1t has never happened
otherwise. In 1923, 1881 and 1886
the Democrats carried the State in
October, and had an easy victory in
the month following. In lS4O there
was no State ticket to elect at the 0c-
tober election, and consequently no
reliable test Of the vote The Wings
and Democrats each carried twelve
members of Congress, and the votes
given TO the several candidates footed
up, in the aggregate, a small Whig
majority; while ON the other hand
the Democrats carried the Legislature,
and the popular vote for the legisla-
tors footed up a small Democratic ma
jority. 1t was, therefore, drawn
battle; both sides claiming a victory,
and both, therefore, went to work
with will to carry the Presidential
election. Theresultin November was
characteristic of the indecisive result
in October--the Wings carrying the
State for Harrison by barely 343 ma
jority.
In 1874, the Wings ran the gallant
and patriotic Gen. Markle for Cover
nor, and made a bold and energetic
stand in his behalf, but he was beaten
by small majority. They struggled
with all their energy to regain the
State in November; but the Cover
nor's election had already decided
their Eate; the State went against
Clay by largely increased majority.
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The Dukes Artillery.

Every one has heard that the Duke
of Wellington did not share the COM
mon opinion that every corps of the
British army at Waterloo behaved
faultlessly, but few knew exactly the
parts of the service against which his
censure was directed and its grounds.
The following extract from a letter to
Lord Mulgrave, Master-General of
the Ordnance, just published in the
fourteenth volume of "rhe Supple
mentary Dispatches, &C." of the
Duke Of Wellington, places the mat
ter in its proper light: "TO tell you
the truth, | was not very well pleas
ed with the artillery at Waterloo
The army was formed in squares i'm
mediately on the slope of the rising
ground, on the summit of which the
artillery was placed, with orders not
TO engage artillery, but to fire only
when bodies of troops came under
tkyr fire. 1t was very difficult to get
them to obey this order. The French
cavalry charged, and were formed on
the same ground with our artillery,
in general within a few yards of our
guns. In some instances they were
actually in possession of them. We
could not expect the artillerymen to
remain at their guns in such case.
But | had a right to expect that the
officers and men of the artillery would
do as | did, and as all the staff did,
that is to take shelter in the squares
of the infantry till the French cav
airy should be driven off the ground
either by our cavalry or infantry
But they did no such thing they
ran off the field entirely, taking with
them limbers, ammunition and every
thing; and when in a few minutes
we had driven off the French cavalry
and had regained our ground and our
guns, and could have made good use
of our artillery, we had no troops to
fire them; and, in point of fact, /
should have had no artillery during
the whole of the latter part Of the
action if l had not kept reserve in
/ the commencement"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-24
what Money Cannot DO.

Mr.. Beecher, in his last Ledger pa
per says: Many, many things cal
money do. 1t can transform the vii
derness. drain the morass, cover tn
desert with blossoms, rear up sudden
lly splendid dwellings where onl,
novels were before, fill them witt
sumptuous furniture, fill them witt
delicacies, fill them with fatterin.
friends. But though money can d,
almost all things, it cannot maxi
young trees old, nor old folks young
Here am | surrounded with old, ole
elms, huge in trunk, with vast branch
es, each large as a tree, stretched on
afar, to gain some light and liberty
and vet all feeding by the same root
One looks up into this vast canopy
as into the nave of a cathedral; ye'
no cathedral was ever so beautiful
What architect would dare stretch
out stone as these branches do! Will
their immense weight, they lie upon
the air as seemingly light as feather
spray. Run your eye from their sum,
nit back to the trunk. What i'm
mense leverage! Upon these huge
arms winds play and storms have
wrought Out of these rude and
shapeless things storms have even
evoked music. All along the weather
open spaces, moss in green patches
lie along the rugged boughs, poor
and weak in itself, vet able, of its
mere beauty, to add grace to the gi-
ant tree. 1t is too high for singing
birds, which love lower trees and
shrubs; but squirrels live here, hav-
ing homes in the holes left in the
branches, where storms have broken
off former companion boughs
Mighty as this tree is which throws
its protecting arms over the house, it
was once a riding whip, which when
used for an hour was stuck in the
ground, took root, and behold, here
it is! look enviously upon this and
its companion trees. No money can
build such as these. Nature cannot
be bribed to furnish them to order
While waiting for them we die! One
should have ancestors. No matter
about what they put in their wills, il
only they will plant enough trees,
which when We come along, shall be
old and huge
Young trees and young men are
got up too nicely-trim and snug
Only when a tree opens its top, and
lets the sunlight clear into its very
centre, does it begin to be noble. Old
trees! unlike old men, they have no
infrmities. Their strength does not
depart, and their glory abides I! Hap
py are they who frolic under them in
childhood, and who sit in old age
calmly beneath their shadow. We
give out something of our life to the
things which surround US. And trees,
water brooks, beetling rocks and
dwellings register our thoughts OF
sorrow, or our great joys; and, in af-
ter wears, we recall much Of our in
ward experience from the voiceless
teachings of inanimate things!
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out the country know how well he
behaved during the war for the
Union. They know that he won for
himself the highest distinction, and
for his state and nation the greatest
honor; that by his courage, prudence
and skill in the field he aided to make
our arms ilIustrious throughout the
world, and secured the unqualified
confidence of the General-in-chief /;
that he was one of the first volunteer
officers recommended by Gen. Grant
for a high command in the regular
army and that his opponent is an
old Bourbon Democrat of the straight
est sect, who has not now, and never
had the slightest sympathy for the
! Republican cause; who would leave
no stone unturned to damage the ke-
publican party; who has spent nearly
twenty wears in denounclng its lead
I ing men and measures. Under these
circumstances it would not be possi-
bic for the people of the country to
regard the defeat of General Hart
ranft by Senator Buckalew for the
oilice of Governor of the State of
Pennsylvania otherwise than as a
Republican defeat and Democratic
victory.
We are surprised that anybody
should suppose, as has been insinua-
ted, that President Grant and his Re
publican associates in this Admins
tration feel no interest in this contest.
The writer of this article knows that
the President considers General Hart
ranft as one of the truest soldiers who
ever drew sword in righteous
cause. 1t is true that he has not, and
will not, take part in the local elec-
tions in that or any other State, as
he does not in the pending Presiden-
tial election. He expects the people
to settle all of these questions ac-
cording to their own liking. But If
he were to be consulted, who can
doubt that he would advise all his
friends in Pennsylvania to give the
whole Republican State ticket their
united and hearty support? The as
sumption that he is an uninterested
spectator of the war made on one of
his most trusted comrades in arms-is
without evidence to support it.
Is it too much fer the great Repub-
lican party of the nation to expect
from their brethren of Pennsylvania
that they will fall into line, close up
their ranks, and bring their victori-
Gus columns to the polls in overwhcl-
ming force at the October election,
and thus guarantee another Republi-
can triumph in November? The
security Of her great industrial inter
ests demand it; her prestige as the
keystone of the arch of the Union
it; her love for one of her
most gallant sons, who has added
luster to his fame on the battle fields
of the Republic, demands it /; her duty
to an enfranchised race, looking to her
for protection from the grinding heel
of domestictyranny, demands it and
it will be sanctifed by the memories
of what the people of her own State
have suffered through Democratic
by her love for her heroic
dead and the principles they fought to
and by her gratitude for
the great commander who led our
armies to a final victory and saved an
country. - Washington
Chronicle.
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4 few Words TO the Republicans oi
Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania is Republican State
The majority is not large. But with
full vote and fair count it ought
not to fall short of twenty thousand
With this majority the result Of the
contest at the State election in Octo.
Der should not be doubtful. And
with the prestige of this success the
majority in November would doubtless
be overwhelming. The Importance
of victory at the October election
can hardly be over estimated. VIII
the Republicans of that State, by
unity of action, achieve a triumph
for their State ticket, or suffer them
selves to be divided and defeated al
that election, and thus invite disaster
to the national cause a month later
The State election aclH sustain
about the same relation 10 the Presi
Dental contest that he battle Of Get
tysburg sustained to The arar for The
preserrGtiOa Of the Union. Had
Lees army triumphed on that battle.
field, he might have been defeated al
some other point on his victorious
march toward Philadelphia or New
York. But this consideration would
not have justified Union soldier in
fighting for Lee, even if he had not
admired Gen. Meade as much as some
other Union general Every good
soldier knew that rebel victory at
Gettysburg would have encouraged
the rebel army to put forth greater
effort TO win other victories-that one
musket in trusty hands, guaranteeing
a Union triumph, was worth more
than ten would have been after de-
feat. To retrieve such disaster
would have cost untold blood and
treasure So we think it will be in
the pending political contest.
If the Republicans permit the de-
feat of the State ticket in October
they may win triumph at the No
vember election. But the result at
the State election in PENNSYLVANIA
has not been reversed at the succeed
ing Presidential election for many
long Years. Is it wise, on account Of
personal dislikes, to suffer a tempo
rary defeat, and thus render success
difficult at the final battle? Nav we
not be permitted to remind our friends
that the effect of an October victory
in Pennsylvania will reach far be-
yond the boundaries of that great
State? The loyal people of the whole
Union are deeply interested in the
result. For Pennsylvania has been
not inaptly styled "the Keystone
State" "As goes Pennsylvania so
goes the Union" has become historic.
Her people have fairly earned high
reputation For practical wisdom. Her
voice is potential throughout the
length and breadth of the Republic.
The people elsewhere will not at
tribute the defeat of General Hart
ranft, should it occur in such a crisis,
to local and personal reasons. His
defeat would be hailed by the Demo
cratic press everywhere as the har-
binger of victcry for their cause at
the Presidential election. Satisfac-
tory explanation of such a result
would be impossible outside of the
State. 1t is known everywhere that
he is the regular Republican nomi-
nee; that at the State Convention he
was nominated by an overwhelming
over all competitors, and is,
therefore, fairly entitled to the support
Of a united party. Thepeople through
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The Rail~a ay Engineer.

Yes! there he stands by the side OF
his ponderous engine. Look at him
Study him well! About him there
is much to admire. Blackened his
face NAV be with coal dust. his clothes
soiled, and his hands far from being
clean, yet his eve is bright, and his
mind clear. Full well he knows the
responsibility that rests upon him.
A slight mistake on his part-the
sound of a whistle, the tap Of a bell,
or the neglect of signal. might at
times send hundreds of human beings
into eternity without moments war
ming.
The engineer is a true railway
king" The train is his kingdom, and
he is the controlling power. 1t is his
eve and hand that guide the flying
monster through the verdant fields,
over dangerous streams, and amid
mountain ravines, at all hours of the
day and night.
The left of railway engineer is
one of mingled danger, pleasure
and hardship. To-day he may be a
stout, robust man, the pride and or
nament of his race, while tomorrow
finds him mangled corpse, an object
not to be recognized as the manly OBJ
ject of to-day.
To no class of men is life fraught
with more danger than to the rail
way engineer. Subject to death from
ordinary sickness, in common with
others of his race, while to him every
hour and minute brings dangers pc
culiar to his calling. Fire, steam,
collision, defective rails, undermined
bridges, misplaced switches, all are
to him sources Of peril Once seoted
in the splendid drawing room coaches
of the day, but few of the passengers
waste thought on him, who at the
head of the train, holds their lives in
his hands
The railway engineer is the great
pathfinder of the age. Like some es-
capped Cyclops from Vulcan's forge,
onward and forward he goes through
heat and cold, darkness and sunshine.
Dark as the night may be, with
treacherous waters beneath, and howl
ing winds around, still he does not
stop, but drives on with his precious
charge.
For one love the railway engi-
neer-not for what he has, but for
what he is. He is not ashamed to
work, to do and to dare. When duty
calls he goes. OF wealth and honor
he dares not dream. TO him the
door of promotion is almost closed.
More is due him than the scanty
wages he draws. The time is coming
when oil will appreciate the great
ness of the railway engineer more
than now.
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A meuhor of tbo Arlons., 7

A member of the Arkansas Legis-
lature, who goes for economy in pub
lie expenditure, in speaking on an cx-
trayagant appropriation, Indignantly
exclaimed: Gentlemen talk about
adequate compensation of public ser
wants y Why, sir, during the late
war | was in thirty-seven battles, was
wounded thirteen times in the cause
of the south, and the entire pay l re-
ceived was $50 in confederate money,
every cent Of which l gave for ono
glass of old whisky
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YIN. oonhs,oh ioi Eo'''"o
at the octooer eicc.'oi nv m"I ~, .a a.;
Dy only olo ihalority' e' p:,e' ,n"s ~
nlng maJority 1ec'1eu .no % fon.h,
tiai contest. Inc Don'.'" .oue ~
maniuiiy, out IN 'a'h, - ~ o..,0o'n'
Una. s,iiai, in'.,oi'. vi e"'
ried the o.ate o'e' N"'' =, ''" '"o"'-
ana hlaJor'',' =,
lh 1897 inc p.noe'a's ca'ricu .he
oetooer e,eox,on N ~ - aec's,.e m"Jo'.
ny anu ~ .'o.eh'pet : 'i'e o'a'e "ei'
ior L ,ea.o ~, i"c,easco 'o,e'
IN o'o' 'ne nePuo',rans anu amer
ieaiis were unlted OH tne o'ate TICKET
ai,hough aivldeu on rresideh'. n
ue'eriiiiiieu ehort was hiaue ps theii
10 carry their otatc uckct, out IL was
beaten over 3,0Oo, ana IN November
the state was Democratic, over ooth'
by ABOUT l,Ooo.
IN aooo' the hepuoiicahs, alter Il
hafd iougit ana olttere contest e'ee'eu
curtin To the Go'erhorshlp by ue-
cisife MAJORITY ana ihe sta'e ioi'oW-
ed IN November Tor Llicoih ny an III
creased Vote'
In 1874 ihe same resui, io'iomeu-
ne hepupi'cahs carrieu 'ho,r c."''
ticket III octoner' anu S",e 'ie 0'',o
u i-.hcoin ~ NV e'''oei VII" '''''''
an enors
In iooo ueherai nar.rahi' ran on
Tue ''a'o ',.s no"; "i
rn .neii n,ra.1.: ean1: -, D. ~ hod NJ. ,han
nc hlSu. p,I,;s,.,;1u, csS ~ nor Inst
ur'e" neu NC -. Ia aarnns,Iv con
no So'" , IN .I,-L ,hat oon,n.;on
..iu:c, ~ CoaI "n .iUs Mps,...ne, 80 nd, oioa
va r.ont oon,d no, ho. that i was
- 49, % !, + nnw,o Contend
,hat | thn &C. oarId no ono uray IN
oa.ohar onJ ono,hor :, Zovonhor.
and ,bat overv yote for Uor,r,nf, in
Oc,ohar was worth two for Grant in
Soromhor Itso nroved Uar,ranf,
wos elected and Grant carried the
Stote easily altbouoh the Democrats
modo a doierm;ned raIlv and urged
rbat tho p,..ss ;o now ,ra;nc tbot
tbe result in Octoher would mo revers.
"a :, Noronhor
What the Democrats copte,dcd for
tben tbe Press ;s contend;ng fornow
and that in tbe very teeth Of It's own
;tcrotnd reiterated and re-r.;toroted
assever,tions Tho whole history Of
noI;,;caJ affair in ,h;S S,a,a srnm ,ha
foa;n,;na = aa;..;. 81 .L;
a. -, - W. a. ~,
in Octoher bos noror yot ban,onoJ
aa5 80 Ill -. !. ll~ LAW
Tha roason : - M -. .,
,ha Sto.oaIon,;nn @ mana,..r;,.. I;ehao.. s -
80 - ,,on,anoi;aa ,hI a., - 80.
"iI ~ =, li'o' . .:io ~. ."'.o P"i
20 anu ~: :n''1 % noI an,o '" rooo.ol n
@ nun 'niS ue.iol "'iAn'loh pc,.en
'rooPs always nsii' oau'.. Discip,ihe
may ofiig 'hei,' up 10 lnc "orh' pu'
'ney 80 through WIN IL Us nia'ter
OF routine without heart OF spirit
oh the contrary thc successiui party
In octoper Is correspondingly ehcour
aged goes INTO the hght with renew
ed spirit ana what Is known as the
noating Vote-the vote wnlch waits
IN every hght TO see which side Is
gong to wln-goes IN with the sue
cessiui party ana neipS II 10 an easy
victory. All this Is In the very ma
ture OF things, and the philosophy OF
the rule Is therefore clear.
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