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A Reservoir Gives Way.

BosToN, July 6-About half past
three O'Clock on Sunday afternoon
the reservoir at Athol, on a bill $50
feet above the main village, into
which a volume of water had Jus,
emptied, gave way beneath the press
ure and the torrent rushed down the
hill to Pleasant street, quickly ira
versed the distance 10 Town (half q
mile). and loined Beaver brook, swell.
ing this stream. The flood carried
away several mill daias and caused
more or less damage 10 the other
mills AID property on the banks Of
the sfream. The reservoir was built
by contract and was accepted by the
town ON Saturday.
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suspended, and q vast number of pic
mics and excursions yer bad, but
there was no general celebration. The
fourth of July is not q very popular
day IN New York, for the population
is not sufficiently American st. Pat
rick,s day has 9 much more general
Observance. With the population
two1thirds foreign, running all the
way up from Chinese to Irish, and
from Irish up to every nationality on
the globe, it cannot be expected that
a day purely American should receive
any attention. Bat wait till st. Pat
rick's day comes! Then business will
be suspended, then TIE streets will be
blocked, then whiskey will run like
water, then buildings will break out
in an eruption Of green and there
will be a show worth seeing. No,
New York is not an American city.
It is Irish to the core. The Irish
control it, and have their own way.
Hence a Democratic majority of 25,-
900, and taxes that hang over every
mans property like o mortgage and.
as aresult, q decaying commerce and
a city nearly bankrupt. 1t is not a
fourth Of July city.
THE MENoNIrEs.
Thank heaven, all the immigrants
to this country are not Irish. Aship-
load of Russian Menonites landed
here yesterday, and went straight
to Nebraska. They did not stop to
vote and hold Office for awhile, but
went straight 10 their farms. They
are q species of Dunkards who will
not bear arms, and prefer to leave
their native countries rather than do
military service. They are rich
this party averaging $4,000, gold.
They buy their lands and have
enough to stock them, and commence
making money at once OF course
they settle as they left, in colonies.
All of them read and write, and they
are az desirable citizens as any that
come to our shores. Nebraska gets
the most of them, that country being
almost identical with the one they
left. This party settle nea Column
bus, Nebraska, on land bought for
them by their agents nearly a year
ago.
BUSINESS
is dead. There isn't any of it, and
no hope of any till fall. The wealth
er is fearfully hot, and every storm
seems to make it hotter. Oh, for
green woods and purling brooks!
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The United STATES Against SamaeI q
Ttfaen.

NEW YORK. july i2-Uaited
States District Attorney WoodfJrd
has filed a demurrer to the defeace
contained in the answer in the case
OF the United States against Samuel
j. Tilden to recover $3.50, 600, alleg-
ed balance of income tax due the
Government, and AYERS that defence
does not c1ustitu-e a defence to the
or any part thereof. The
case viii now go 10 trial befIre
Blaichford in the UsiIed
States District Court.
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Fatal Accident.

CINCINNATI. o., July 1.-THE
special States passenger train on the
Fort Wayne AL Muncie Railroad
was d ebed lus' evening fifty miIes
south Fort Wayne, fatally iDiuriDg
John ) rain, engineer, and slightly
Ininriug Superintendent Wortbington
and fireman Vanleisou,
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IT strikes us that "Gobble Grover
Of Oregon, made a slight mistake
when be coveted an investigation
into the q of his election to the
q. S. Senate. The way the wit
nesses before Senator Morton's COM
mittee are swearing TO the use OF
money in that transaction, looks
mighty di~scouraging to his chances
Of proving himself an honest man.
Soon we will have the history OF
another Tilden reiormer, brought TO
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THE Jackson R~es publishes the
advice of the Mississippi Repudicsa
COMMITTEES. The Committee say
say they have deliberately conclu-
ded to recommend that no State Con-
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vention Of the Republican party shall
be held in Mississippi this year, and
that no candidates be nominated. .
~ Fraud, intnidalion and violence
have prarticsRy dis(ranchised the
Republican psr3y in Dis Siste, and
until the time hall eome then Ne
a standerest1n any presence rs
freemen, and assert and enforce our
rights at the ballot-box, we believe it
70 be the part of wisdom to refrain
from the unequal and hopeless coz
test" They extend to President
Hayes an assurance Of their prayer
fol sympathy and earnest good will,
and affirm that the condition which
they deplore existed before his Access
sion to the Presidency. They say:
We have confidence in the wisdom and
patriotism of President Hayes, and paral-
wed and powerless IS we are, we pro-
foundly regret any effort, coming from
any quarter, to weaken his arm, or which
might tend in the slightest degrees to
render unsuccessful the.high experiment in
craftsmanship which he is now making.
To oblitersie the color line in politics, TO
enforce the laws by the civil power, to
reconcile hostile sections and to bring into
one harmonizing national brotherhood all
the conflicting elements OF our common
country, is an enterprise SO grand in its
conceptions and so holy in its purpose.
that il should, and we trust will, command
Che admiration and united support of all
good men, without regard to personal or
partisan considerations.
There is not held to be in politics
much room for sentiment, but there
are many who viii be touched by the
address from which we quote. There
is in Mississippi q Republican ma
jority of at least 10000. The State
Administration, when in the hands of
Republicans, as wisely and eco
nomically administered. The rights
of all people, of both parties and
both races, were protected. The
shotgun campaign was inaugurated-
The Clinton massacre followed the
massacre of Yicksburg, and the Re-
publicaYs lost the State Grant neg
to send troops to Ames when
they were asked for, and the result
was seen in The establishment of
Democratic ascendency in a State
legitimately. naturally, and honestly
strongly Republican. That ascend
ency is now prolonged by the open
and unequivocal retirement of the
Republican party from the field. IT
is yielding to the inevitsble-that is,
to the inevitable results of the policy
holds that protection to the
citizens of a State is uncoDstitution-
al and impolitic.
There was nothing else for the
Mississippi Republicans to do except
to fight and that they were wise
enough not to do. What has been
done in Mississippi will be done il
the three late Republican States. we
suppose. The policy has already been
in South Carolina, and we
may be sure it will not be long de-
in Florida and Louisiana. So
we have at last the "Solid South.p
Will there be a Solid North in oppo-
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VICE PRESIDENT WHEELER is by
no means q visionary man. he looks
upon the recent order Of the Presi-
dent as to Office holders as not only
inexpedient, but impracticable.
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les perpetrated as by those who came
into place under Independent. Citi-
zens, and Anti-partisan organiza-
tons.
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THE CusToN-HOUsE.

LIE q =
The work of clearing out the Gus
tom-iIouse is progressing satisfactory
ly, but to those who find themselves
short a head. One hundred and sew
enty-fve men were discharged this
week, and fifty more are being pre-
pared for sacrifice. The unlucky ones
are making a fearful outery over it,
and are trying very hard to make a
war upon the President. OF course
they tell all sorts of stories, but they
all need to be taken with many grains
of allowance. the greatest care has
been taken in making this reduction
of the force. A committee of experts
made a careful examination, and dis
missed all who could be spared, re-
tanning the best in every instance.
When you hear a howl about one-
armed soldiers being dismissed, you
must remember that one-armed SOL
diers do sometimes drink, and some
of them have been known to stain
their remaining hands with brides.
At least this was the case with two
who were dismissed, and who are
now making an effort to get sympa-
thy on that account. There viii be q
great deal of dirty linen washed in
this matter, which would justify the
President even if justification we're
necessary. The "outs" are peaching
on their associates who are retained.
to show that ifthey were dismissed for
cause there were others equally gull
ty and the clews thus obtained
will be followed till the entire estab-
lishment Is renovated and filed with
decent men A movement is being
made on collector Arthur, on the
score that he must have known of
the corruption: and bis plea that it
was only following precedent will not
answer. 1t is probable that be will
90. The professional politicians of
New York are an astonished lot Of
men.
HOW GREAT FAMILIES DEPREcIATE.
Oakley 6. Barker. q grandson of
Commodore Vanderbilt, was up in the
courts on charges of stealing and gen.
eral swindling. For years this de-
generated scion of a rich if not noble
house, has been doing the most. ne.
fsrious things, doubly bad because
they were not only dishonest but
s~neakingly so and for years his un-
cles and aunts have kept him out of
the ~penitentiary, to save the family
name. Butthis time they have de-
cided to let him go, for they feel that
any attempt at reform is hopeless.
He obtained goods under false pre-l
lenses he stole jewelry. clothing,
and everything he could lay his hands
upon he borrowed money and eve.
else, going 30 fer as to Law
himself liable to the penitentiary.
where be will finally land. Yet this
young man was the pet of the old
and was intended as one
Of bis successors. The old man used to
take him from Williams College, in
in Especial car, and show
ered money npon him without stint.
He is naturally q bad one.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
passed of in the c;tv v;tbo,t ..r
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THE MISSISSIPPI TRAGEDY NOT TO
BE FORGOTTEN.

That the murderers of the Chisolm
family in Mississippi have not yet
been arraigned for trial and punish
ment is d~isgraceful to the country in
general and to the State in which the
outrage was committed in particular.
Uutil the foul blot upon a State claim
ing companionship with the sister
hood of States is wiped out, no conf
dence can be entertained that life and
property have hat security in the
South, which have been promised as
evidences of conversion to loyalty
to the Union. The impunity with
which this deed of blood has been
treated by the legal authorities, and
the admission of the Governor of the
State that it were useless to invoke
the penal statutes of the Common
wealth for the punishment of the Of
tenders are or should be a warning
to the people of the North not to risk
their persons or their capital in efforts
to build up the waste places in the
Southern States. Talk about con-
cessious in return for works showing
repentance, in our social aud political
relate rs with such a people as the rul-
ing class in Mississippi is, by this act,
proven to be, is the sheerest non.
sense.
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July IL, 1871.
SUMMERS HEAT.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July IL, 1877.
SUMMERS HEAT.
For a few days we have certainly
experienced a degree of heat that
would do no discredit to the torrid
zone. Old Sol seems to have broken
loose from the restraints in which he
has been held, and is making amends
for his heretofore inactivity. But
there is no good ground for complain
ing. We have certainly been bless.
ed during the late months which, in
past years were oppre ssively hot,
with a salnbrity and mildness of ten-
peratare unparalleled in this latitude.
The average range of the thermome.
ter, ia the months of May, June, aud
the first days of July, has been lower
than within the memory of old Wash
ingtonians, so that a few days swelter-
ing should be borne uneomplainingly.
We will shut our eyes for the nonce,
and dream of the rich days o autumn,
when balmy breezes and golden foil.
age will make life a pleasure; and in
duce US TO prefer the joys We have
than to fly to those we are not certain
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rHE aLoRIous FoIrRrH

passed of in the city without any
formal observance. Business was
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BUSINESS

is dead. There isn't any of it, and
no hope of any till fall. The wealth
err is fearfully hot, and every storm
seems to make it hotter. Oh, for
green woods and purling brooks!
PIETRo.
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STATEMENT FROM THE BUREAU
OF STATISTICS.

OF STATISTICS.
1t appears from an official state
ment about to be made by the Bureau
of Statistics, that there were imported
commodities exhibited at our Centen-
NAL Exposition. which were subse-
quentlv purchased by our citizens,
amounting In value TO 1871, 1898,
and upon which there were duties
paid to the amount Of $3.50, 664,30
This, of course, represents but a small
fraction Of the value of the commodi-
ties placed on exhibition by foreign
1t shows only the a.
mount of sales made.
DEPARTMENTAL DETECTIVES.
In the application Of civil-service
rules for improving the personnel of
the department in efficiency and NOR
al character some surprise is express
ed that a certain class of officers have
not been the subjects of Investigation.
That class known as Departmental
Detectives, who are specially charged
with the duty of watching clerks and
other employees in their private walks
and conversations, and to report de-
linquencies. is referred to. 1t appears
that each department is supplied with
a corps Of this character, and it is said
that close. examination will prove
them to be men of bad reputation, ADD
whose antecedents have marked
them as neither possessed of personal
honor nor honesty. They are charg.
ed with tracking unsuspecting young
men for no other purpose than to End
some act, committed 10 40 unguarded
moment, upon which either to prefer
. charge, or to exact blackmail. 1t
10 further said that these officers ri
have been employed by malicious en-.
to become instrumental in des.
troyiog private reputation. and con-
sequent removal from place. II one
halt the rumors that are aAoat be
true, tha Head Of . Department who
will order sstrict scrutiny into the
acts of this class of officials, and, i'll
'ound to have been correctly represent
I'd, viii eject them without delay from
} service they disgrace, will receive
he plaudits Of every ionsst nan 10
he country.
THE ARMY CANNOT DE REDUCED.
By the time Congress meets i: is
more than probable that the govern
nent will have business on band
which will call for an increase rather
han . diminution of the Army.
There is every appearance that our
relations With Mexico will end in a
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Anent the latest phase of civil
service reform-the Presidents order
forbidding ofice-holders to take q
part in politics-Col. A. c. Sands of
Cincinnati, in a published letter to a
friends make the following pithy and
sensible remarks:
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LAKE SHORE q &mICHIGAN SOUTH,
ERN r. h.


GOING WEST.
Special St. Louis Express leaves Buffalo at
1905 p. m, Erie 1910 a. m, AshtabuIa I:46
and arrives at Cleveland at 9:15 a. M.
Special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo at
l2:45 a. m, Erie 3:25 a. M. Ashtabula $50
and arrives at Cleveland at 600 a. IN.
COnneaut Accommodation leaves Conneaut
at 6O5 a. m, Amboy GIL, Kingsville 6:2l, Ash
tabula 633, aybrOOk 6:43, Geneva 653, Paines-
vile 1:S, and arrives at Cleveland SIS a. m.
Toledo Express leaves Buffalo at 6:45a m.
Erie lO2O, COnneaut ll:22, AmbOy - Kings
vile Il:98, Ashtabula I1:50 p m. Saybrook 1900
Geneva -l2:l0, Painesville 1874, and arrives
at Cleveland at 200 p. m.
Pacific Express leaves Buffalo l245 D. m
Erie 1853, Ashtabula 5:l5, Painesville 6:06 and
arrives at Cleveland at 7:l0 p. m.
Erie Accommodation leaves Buffalo -
p. m, Erie 400 p. m, Conneaut 503 Ashtabula
5S3 SaybrOok 5:44, Geneva 5:54, PainesvilIe
6:S2, and arrives at Cleveland at 7:S5 p. m.
GOING EAST.
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland 7,9Oa m.
gainesville $50, Ashtabula Sos Conneaut9: 9:2S
Erie lO;2O, and arrives at Buffalo at l:lO D. m.
IOiedo and Buffalo Accommodation leaves
Cleveland at LILO q, m, PainesYille 1877, Ge-
neYa l:O4 p. m, SaybrOok lis. Ashtabula I:3O
Kingsville la, AmbOy L54. Conneaut 2:O2
Erie 3:l0, Buffalo 700 p. m.
Chicago and st. Louis Express leaves Cleye-
land at &45 p. m, Painesviile 3:3I AshtabuIa
Alb, Erie 5:25, and arrives at Buffalo at $40
p. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Cleveland
at $50 p. m, Painesville 1853, Geneva 6:3s saw
brook Gas, Ashtabula 200, Kingsville 7;I3, Am
boy 7:23, and arrives at Conneaut at 1870 D. m
Special New York Express leaves Cleveland
at 1905 p, m, Painesyille 1885, Ashtabula Las
Erie Los a. m, and arrives at Buffalo at 400 a
m.
p9-Trains run by Columbus time
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A6StrGct Of Time Table Ad0pted NoU. 22Rd,
1875
DULLMAN'S best Drawing-room
Il and Sleeping Coaches, combining all
modern improvements, are run through without
change from Rochester Buffalo, 5. spension
Bridge, Niagara Falls, Cincinnati Chicago
and Detroit to New York making direct con
nectiOn with all lines of foreign and eoastwise
steamers, and also with sound Steamers and
railway lines fer Boston and New England cities.
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PAINTERS

A. a. W. KYLE, House and Sign Painters,
Graining, Paper Hanging and Glazing; Kali
spmining and Wall Painting a specially
299 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. All
orders promptly attended to- and work exc
cuted in the neatest manner. 1877
J. e. WATROUS,, Painter, Glazier aad
Paper Hanger, All work done with neat
ness and dispatch, IlGO
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I Telegraph Stations
Passenger fare at the rate of cents per
mile to way stations counted in even half
dimes.
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FOR SHE.

I OFFER my Situation in the vii
Il lage of Kingsville for sale, consisting OF
my Dwelling House, and about three acres of
land; also, Saw and Wood working Mill with
all the machinery, &c. The property needs
no recommendation, it will show for itself.
The Mill is large and substantially built
with stone basement and two stories of wood
work 42x6S #. The Mill is adapted 10 many
any one wishing business
Win sell cheap and on time to parties wish
ing to purchase.
Stl4O6 JACOB FICKINGER.
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LIS. &M. M.S.-FRANKLTN DIVISION
From and after Dec. 10th, 1876, Passenger
Trains will run as follows:
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FOnNDRTES

TINKER & GREGORY, Manufacturers
of Stoves, PloWs and Columns, Window
Caps and Sills, Mill Castings, Kettles, Sinks,
Sleigh Shoes, &c, Phoenix Foundry, Ashta-
bula, Ohio. 1851
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YOUNGSTOWN
PTTTSBUR RAILROAD.
Condensed TINE TABLE-NOv. q, 1876
ERIE RAILWAY,

Daily except Sundays. TRAINS stop fol
passengers on signal only. +Trains do not
stop for passengers.
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JOB PRINTERS.

JAMES REED & SON. Plain and Orpa-
mental Z. inters and General Stationers
same sent on application. Once corner
Main and Spring streets, Ashtabula. o. n GO
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HARNESS MAKER

p. c. FORD, Manufacture and dealer ~
Saddles, Harness, Brides, Collars TEnnI-s
Whips, &c, opposite Fisk House, Ashta.
Dulo, CLIO. I0Ij
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JEWELLERS,

GEO. w. DICKINSON. Jeweler; Repa +
ing Of all kinds Of Watches. Clocks a "a
Jewelry; Store in Ashtabula House Block,
Ashtabula, Ohio.
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LuMRER YARDS

WALTON & TALBERT. Manufacturerg
ofand Dealers in all grades ofSaginaw LINN
Der Lath and Shingles; also, mouldings OF
all descriptions. i259
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CABINET WARE.

JOHN DUCRO, Manufacturer of and Deal
er in Furniture Of the best descriptions, a n
every variety; also. General Undertap or
and Manufacturer of Collins TO order: a,in
street, north of South Public Square, Ash
tabuia, Ohio. 49I
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MANUFACTURERS.

q, C, CULLEYs Manufacturer of Lath, Sid
ing, Mouldings, Cheese Boxes, &c, Planning,
Matching, and Scrowl Saving done on the
shortest notice. Shop on Main street, oppo-
site the Upper Park, Ashtabula, Ohio. 40
HART UDY. Dealer in Granite and Mar
BILE Monuments, Grave Stones, Tablets, Man
tells, Crates &C. Building Stone, Flagging
- iCurbing cut to order. Yard on Centre
efreaf 1893
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PUBLIC HALLS

TONES OPERA HALL Orwell. ASH,
tabula Co., Ohio, on the line Of A. Y. & P
will seat 800 and is ready to rent to traveli 10
troupes. RE. STONE, Proprietor. iiS6j
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PHYSICIANS.


L. B. BARTLETT, Homeopathic Physi
clan and Surgeon, Successor to DR.. Martin
Office hours to 10 A. NJ, and to s P. NJ.
Office next door to MoOre's Store, Main ST.,
Ashtabula, Ohio. 1857
H. H. BARTLETT, NJ. D., Homepathist.
Special attention given to diseases of women
and children. Office hours from IL A. M, to
3P. NJ, and from tOS P NJ. Old office, Main
street. Ashtabula Ohio 1867
F. d. CASE, Physician and Surgeon; office
east side of Park street, second door north OF
Centre street. Residence on Centre street.
third door west of Engine House. Office
hours, II to u A. NJ, and tOSP NJ [tf-l2S9
DIR, p. DEICHMAN, Physician and Sur
geOn, having located himself in Ashtabula
respectfully tenders his services to the citi-
zens of Ashtabula and vicinity. DIR. P
Deichnnan speaks the German and English
Languages fiuently. His office and residence
lfts in Smiths new block, Centre street. ll343F
DIR. E. L. KING, Physician and Surgeon;
office over Wilcox's store. Residence near
st. Peters Church, Ashtabula, Ohio. l043
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HOTELS.

FISK HOUSE-Ashtabula, Ohio-A- Field
Proprietor An Omnibus running 70 ana
from every train of cars; also a good LIVeIS +
Stable kent in connection with this House
to convey passengers to every point. Llz2I
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DENTISTS.

- n. r. KELLEY. D. D. s., successor
fsS57S to G. W. Nelson, Main street, AsnIa-
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
TEE Turkish Government has hean m,

The Turkish Government has been com
PEELED to isse forced loan of $40, 900, 600
in paper money. The loan. unlike our
greenback loan, is to bear 10 per cent. in
terest, and is redeemable in 12 years. On
the theory of the paper money enthusiasts
in this country, the Turkish government.
BY this fine stroke of financeering, has
added $4,000, 1000 TO the national resources,
and the legal tender feature, which COM
pels the people Of Turkey to part with
their property and accept this paper in
place of it, is national blessing which
may be indefinitely perpetuated with ad-
vantage.