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LOCAL COLUMN.
A Little Pres Adnertiainp

FrTTEES CENTS line will be charged for
each insertion of articles under this head.
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GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES !

AM now selling Pianos for 5000, such as have
L brought SS75 to $4OO. Having the Whole.
sale Agency, and making small profit, can
afford to sell such instruments for this remarka-
bly, low price. also fully guarantee them TO
keep in tune and order. l pay no per oentaRe
to teachers 10 recommend their patrons TO buy
Of me, and then sell the PURCHASER poor instru-
ment in order TO pay The teacher $50 or 500 for
securing the bargain do fair and square
business-open and above board, and invite the
patronage Of the people of Rock Island aid
vicinity.
attn also agent for Mason Hamlin's Organs
the best 10 the world, and sell them at twenty
five per cent. less than is charged for other Or
gans. JOHN ZIMMERMAN.
may2sdly.
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THE BLUE AND THB GREY.

which we're perhaps intended to be used in
commission Of the other burglArieI.
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LEUHL D, ALLHE. yAHEs ". sIHoHSoN,
ALLEN L SIMOES0N.

A TTORERYS AND COUEsELORs AT
N LAW, Rock IISud, III. Office 10 BuiorJ'
Block.
sepRSdly.
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SAVE YOUR SILVER WARE.
Xeoman's Remover and Cleanser,

A chemical fluid for cleansing silver and silver
plated ware, jewelry, etc., removes tarnisb, dirt
and grease almost instantaneously, without in
jury to the finest gold or silver metals. Sold by
II. M. BARTHOLOMEW, Rock Island.
mRySdly.
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FoR family -four go to the Warner
Mills.
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FoR good square glass of Soda call at
Glem's fountain.
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Tue best brand Of -four in the market is
the Warner Mills brand.
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MjCAULEY l. BELDlNG,

SURGICAL and MECHANICAL DENIiISiS,
- (IuoeSssors TO Or. J. ". Velel. L0,ids.
aotsd without pain BY The use OF ST. room
o. Laughing Gas. Once on H"HO"
lately occupied BY Dr.. Vslis' --
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THEY NEVER FAIL.

We have discovered peculiar hardening pro
cess, by which unifo I'm accuracy and aaaPtAolh-
ty to particular soils are scared
may dW6m.
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PROPERTY FOR SALE.

J. FRANK. CONWAY, City Clerk.
may2Sd4t.
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LILY EVENING WEDNESDAY 1869

The people are not represented in the lobby.
The trading classes have neither time nor in
clination to visit Washington, to counteract the
man9uyres of paid adversaries The hundred
industries which have no need of protection
and which share the common loss produced by
the present system, are unfamiliar with the
by-ways of the Capitol All these stnv at home
minding their honest business. When. however
Mr. Schenck visits city after city, professedly i'm
search of information these are the very peonle
to whom he should grant hearing. He knows
the mOnopolists' version of tariff matters very
well He might ascertain the views of the Cus-
toms iunctiOnarics without the toll and cost of
a long journey. But il is not every dov that
he comes within reach of those who. of
all men, are best qualified to tell the
effect of the existing tariff upon the receipts of
the Treasury the welfare of industry. and the
condition of the people In the prosecution of
an inquiry thus enlarged, he may expect TO hear
an almost unanimous condemnation of the pre-
sent tariff system, and of the policy which Sin
giles out certain favored interests for enrichment
at the expense of the cosntry. But we must
suppose the committee to be really desirous of
acquiring information on the subjects of trade
and taxation. The ten thousand dollars ASSIGNED
out of the contingencies fund for the expenses of
the journey should be made to yield a reasona-
bic equivalent; and we know of none more rea-
sonable than the accumulation of facts relating
to the abuses of taxation, and the wrongs in
llictcd under the gulse of protection viii Mr.
Schcncl be good enough to hear what the people
have to say
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spirators, those who will edit, print cir
culate subversive writings ne,1s, those who
may interrupt or destroy telegraphic commune
cation, and those generally who may aid or abet
the enemy, should be shot. We have good reason
to suspect that orders such as these were subse-
quenuy issued by the Spaniards in other parts
of the country. Who doubts that hundreds fell
victims to these butcherly and cowardly DEGREES?
General Cespedes has Mt least the plea in his
favor of having been most intensely and
savagely provoked to reprisal That his decree
is not an indiscriminate license to slaughter
makes it comparatively moderate, but even its
moderation must shock public amused to the
spectacle of a war fought out on both sides with
all the tragedy of an ineradcable hatred. 1t is
plain that we have not yet begun TO realize the
savage earnest of the war in Cuba. For the
sake of civilization and of the future we wish
that we could successfully plead or protest
ngninst It's horrors.
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n sserns 10 us as calm observers of the con-
nict that while the proceedings OF the Cubans
are exhibiting more signs OF organization ana OF
operations customary in regular warfare, the
efforts of the Span0rds exhibit less vigor and
resource than they did at first. In their stress
they are placing greater reliance on the action
of our Government to deprive the Cubans of the
material of war Thus we see the strange
anomaly that, while the Spanish officers are
pushing undisturbcd the construction Of thirty
gunboats in our shipyards, the Cabinet ut Wash
ingtOn details United States armed cutter to
watch one little steamer in New York harbDr,
because the Spanish officials suspect that she is
preparing to go to Cuba. The ground for this
action is the asserted requirements of the ueu-
trality laws.
1t will be well if the cold-booded and COW
ardly Secretary of the State Department at
Washington does not involve the administration
of President Grant in II general burst of obloquy
from our own people and subject it to the con-
tempt of every Cabinet in the civilized world
The idea that seems to animate him is that the
sO-called neutrality laws of this country really
bind the Government of the United States to an
alliance offensive and defensive with Spain to
preserve the outrageous tyranny she exercises in
Cuba, and that, too, at the very time when the
Spanish people have by a glorious revolution,
overthrown it at home. In this policy Secretary
Fish goes far beyond the true policy which
should animate the Government, and the true
feeling of the people of the United States, rs he
did when he SO timorously stated that he wished
to wait and see what England said about Scna-
tor Summers speech before he wrote the instruc-
tions of our new Minister to London.
The neutrality laws, properly interpreted, aim
to restrain enthusiasts from getting up eXpedi-
tions in our midst to introduce war in the peace
full dominions of our neghbOrs; but when do
mestic tyranny has forced an entire people to
overthrow n despotism and establish n living
and free government by the side of the shrink
ing form of misrule, no past diplomatic cour-
tesies can ever be interpreted by live or great
statesman rs obligatng him to be false to the
true interests of his own country and to the
freedom-loving impulses of all mankind. Com
pared with a Canning, Cavour a Bismark, or
Louis Napoleon, Secretary Fish shrnlls to
the dimensions of n pigmy in the presence of
Titans. President Grant owes il to the dignity
of this nation and to the reputation and honor
of his administration to recognize the true law
of our neutrality in this crisis. and to require
that petty and cowardly adherence to an illogi-
cal Interpretation of forms shall not demean us
in our own esteem and in the appreciation of
the world by making us the effective ally of a
hateful, despised, and waning despotism.
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HER MAJESTY
CHAMPAGNE.
DUNTON & LUSSON,
2l5 SOUTH FRONT ST.
STOVES, RANGES, ETO.

Ia, NOTICE.-THE UNDERSIGNED
AM would call the attention of the public to his
dTlH NEW GOLDEN EAGLE FURNACE
ct This is an entirely new heater Il so constructed
as TO once commend itself to general favor being conb
notion OF wrought and cast iron 1t very simple n ia
Construction and is perfectly artght ssfcleanng nav
NO no mines drums to be taken out and ceaned m Ia
so arTanged with upright hues to produce a larger
ace now in use The hygromeric condition of the air as
nToduced by my arrangement of evaporation will al
ce that IL is the only Air urnace thai
viii produce perfectly healthy atmosphere.
Those in want of "a complete Heating Apparatus would
do veil 10 call and examine the Golden Eagle
- CHARLES WILLIAMS,
Nos 1882 and II34 MARKET Street,
Philadelphia.
A largo assortment of Cooking Ranges Fire Board
Stoves low Down Crates, Ventilators ETC. always on
hand su t.-,- =, 80,
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WORK FOR THE WAYS AND MEANS COM
NITTEE
From the N. y. Times.

FROM tte " ! . 4 tNeS
The gentlemen Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee will not utilize their pleasant summer
trip unless they so enlarge the area of their in
yestigation that the commercial and industrial
bearings of the tariff shall be considered as well
as its mere formal operation. The resolution
under which they act authorizes them "to make
an examination and revision of Tariff laws and
regulations relating to CustOm-hOuses and
bonded warehouses" The terms are susceptible
of a broad Interpretation, and one that maybe
made to yield some practical good. They cover
inquiry into the policy of customs duties not less
than into their technical adjustment, and the
manner of their enforcement by the officers of
the Government; and under this construction
Mr.. Schenck and his colleagues may proftably
take the testimony of merchants and Others as
to the effect of high duties upon the revenue,
consumers. The opportunity is convenient
one for revising the statements and opinions
which during the session are thrust upon the
committee by monopolists and their agents
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- THOMsON'S LONDON KITCHENER
"a or EUROPEAN RANGE, for families, hotels, or
lY3sH public institutions, in TWENTY DIFFERENT
CT SIZES; Also, Philadelphia Ranges, Hot,Air Fur
STOVES Bath Boilers, Stewhoe Plates Boilers Cooking
Stoves etc. wholesale and retail by the manufacturers,
- SHARPE a THOMSON,
II 25wfm6m No. 200 ~ SECOND Street.
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THE NEWS FROM CUBA AND THE NEU
TRALITY OF OUR GOVERNMENT.


From the N. Y. HeraIG.
The war in Cuba gathers intensity and charac-
ter. There appears TO be more tormality in the
military operations of the patriots, and the re-
ports of Spanish victories come with less fire.
quency and less bombast from Havana. Our
special telegram on Monday advised us of the
landing of a small expedition near the port of
Gibara, and that fighting OF Il serious character
has taken place in the Jurisdiction of Cienfuegos
and Trinidad, in which the Spaniards do not
claim to have obtained their usually asserted
triumph, with utter annihiatiOn to their enemy.
These are pregnant signs. The expedition re-
ported to have landed is probably one of two
which have left this country recently.
The first of these under the direction of
General Jordan, who was chief of staff to Gene
raj Beauregard during the siege of Charleston,
and left here about three weeks ago 1t COM
prised an assorted cargo OF munitions of war;
with good proportion OF small arms and artil-
lery, and carried something less than two hun
dred and fifty men. Its destination was Port
Padre, on the northern shore Of the island, about
ten leagues west of Gibara, thirty leagues east
of NueVitas, whichis is the base of present Spanish
operations in the Central Department, and thirty
leagues distant from GuaimarO the present re-
sidence of President Cespedes. The other eXpe-
dition was a small one, organized ut Key W est
by number of students of the Havana UniVer-
sity, and which was ready to leave Nassau on
the evening of the 10th instant, on the steamer
Salvador. 1t comprised n small cargo OF arms
and ammunition, with about one hundred and
thirty young Cubans. Whichever of these two
expeditions be the one that has landed in Cuba,
its material of war will be a welcome supply to
the patriot forces.
The reports of serious fighting IN the jurisdic'
tiOn of Cienfuegos and Trinidid are the morelre-
markable in view of the fact that the Spanish
Minister at Washington, q few days since, Tor
mally announced to Secretary Fish that tho
revolution was effectually suppressed in tha
region, and would soon be eXtinguished through
ont the island. This locality is the extreme
western limit of the revolutionary movement
to-day, and is contiguous to the Western Depart
ment of the island, where the Spaniards claim
to have twenty thousand organized disciplined
and enthusiastic volunteers under arms. Any
portion of these who are willing to take the fiel(
could be thrown in thirty hours by rail anC
steamer into Cienfuegos. The fact that few
nl-armed country bands should be able to gly'
the Government trouble in this region, woul'
seem to prove either that they were not as ete5c
tuaIly put down as the Spanish officials recent,
claimed they were, or that the thousands OF MAJ
volunteers in Havana are not so ready To tah
tbe Geld as they proclaim themselves TO be-
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INSURANCE.

DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INsUR-
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PHILADELPHIA.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
a COMPANY.
incorporated 1626-ChArter Perpetual
No. $40 WALNUT Street. opposite Independence Souare
This Company, faVoraby known to the Community for
continues to insure against
by fire Public Private Buildings either pernanenfy
for limited time. Also Furniture Stocks of Goods
and Merchandise generally, on liberal terms.
Their Capital together with large Surplus Fund
offer the insured undoubted security in the case OF
loss.
DIRECTORS.
Daniel smith, Jr John Devereux,
Alexander benson, Thomas Smith,
Isaac Hazlehurst, Henry Lewis.
IhomAs hoDlns y, Gilingham Fell,
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~, =, ,1oxU,,, DANIEL SMITH, JR President.
VIM. q. CRoWEIL Secretar 3iS
THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY
i OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office =. W; Corner FOURTH and WALNUT Streets.
FIRE INSURANCE ENCLBSIVELY,
70 PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
Cash Assets, May 1869, OVER HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS
DIRECTORS.
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NalbrO Frazier, James l.. Claghorn
John NJ. Atwood William G. Boulton,
benjamin y, Tredick, Charles Wheeler
George III. Stuart, Thomas ii. Montgomery
John II. Brf wn, James Aertsen.
This Company nsures only firstclass risks taking no
specially hazardous risks whatever, such factories
r. RATOHFORD STARR, President
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DR. KINKELIN CAN BE CONSULTED ON
all diseases OF certain speciality Office hours 10
g. No SO s. ELEVENTH Street. 66
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CINCINNATI RIariIet.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 0.
8 80.
GRAIN. Wheat Unchanged and
quiet; No. l red 81 10. Corn nnchang.
ed; nav ear 74a75c; old 90c. Oats
Firm at 5Sa6Sc. Rye-90a95c and steady,
Barley-Dull and prices nominal al
l DO for No. l fall.
CoTToN-Flrmer: mlddllng 23Xc,
WHIsKY-Closed dull at 9ScaSl; sales
at both rates. -
PRovIsIoNs-Msss Pork-Firmer and
saieable At $50 6O. but held at SSl, Bull
Meat9-unchanged and quiet; should
ers l2Hc; sides l6Hal6C for clear rlt
and clear aides packed. BRoon-Ir
moderate jobblng demand at 149<o fol
shoulderSs and 17l1al9c for clear rlt
and clear sides.
LARD Firm; steam l7Ha175Sc, and
kettle at 1S1<als5Sc; It Is generally held
at 1SaHc above these rates.
aoas-Opened active and sold at SIC
alO 6O, and some extra large brought
$lO 20, but the market closed weak,
owing TO unfavorRble news from Other
markets and larger receipts. Receipts
BuTTER-Unchanged at 3Oa35c. -
Eads-S7a3Sc.
CHRRsE-Steady ut 171fal0c,
O1Ls.-Lluseed Oll-Dull at SSa90c.
Lard oil-Flrm at 81 5Oa1 5S. Petro>
lenm-Steady at 32a34c for refined.
ToBAcoo-Flrm and supply light
sales Of q hhds at $l0a13 80. -.
GRoCRRIRs.-SuRar-In good demand
at l81Sal49tc. Cotfee-1Sa24c and firm.
Molasses-1n good demand at 76AsSC
for New Orleans.
GoLD-123 buying.
EXoHANaE-Steady at lilo discount
buying.
MoNRY-Market close,
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OUR PELLOW BAVAGES OF THE
SANDWICH ISLANDS,


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8.
Honolulu advlces to Nov. 2Olh say
that Mlnlster Pierce presented Rear
Admiral Turner, Captain Franklin, ol
the steamer Mohlcan, and other naval
officers 70 the King, on Nov. 7th. The
Admirals speech expressed pleasure
Of making the personal acquaintance
Of his Majesty. He said the American
people took great interest In the sue
cess and prosperity Of hia Kingdom,
and desired 10 cultivate friendly rela'
tionB with hls people. He regretted
that the vessel temporarily bearing his
flag was OF ClAss' which forbid 70,
ceiving his Majesty on board with
proper honors.
The King responded that he was al.
ways gratl6ed 70 welcome the naval
officers OF the United SLates, and es>
pecially pleased 10 welcome the Ad.
miral on the present occasion. He said
he had received frequent assurance oi
the interest and good will Of the Gov
ernment and people Of the United
States for the welfare Of the kingdom
assurances upon which he had the
fullest reliance, and which he cordially
reolprocated by himself.
Thanksgiving Day was appropriately y
observed by the American residents Of
Honolulu.
The Chinese emigration question en-
crosses the attention OF the people oI
the Island.
A remarkable thunder and hail storm
had visited the Island OF Hawaii, and
alter the storm the mountains were
covered with snow.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 8.
FGoUR-Very dull; medium spring
extra at % 75a$ SIX. =
GRAIN-Wheat-Dnll and Haz<c low.
or; sales No. / at 800; No. Q at 86aS7c,
closing at S61<as61fc for No. 2. This af-
ternoon the market was dull at 500
cash, and seller December for No. 2.
Corn-Flrmer and 2a21<o higher; 781fa
76kc for no grade, closing ct 75a76IfC
for No. 2. This afternoon the market
was dull at 75o bid for No. 2. Oats
Dull and q shade frmer; 40s<a4lc cash:
4lc seller the month and seller last halt;
4l51a4lAe seller January. Rye-Dull;
No. l declined 1c; sales at zoo; No. 2 at
7Sa9ac. closing steady at 74c for strictly
fresh No. 2. Barley-Firm at $50 for
HoGs-Dreased active, and heavy
weights shade firmer; light lots easier
at Sl2 25a12 75 for prime lots, dividing
on zoo pounds. Live active and steady
Tor upper, and quiet and shade easier
torlower grades; 80 25a9 40 for COM
mon; 80 80a10 15 for fair to medium;
$40 26alO 80 for good to choice; $40 05a
IL 25 for extra.
CATTLE-More active at $4a4 SIX for
common COWS and light steers; $5a6 81 II
for fair stockers; 80 3711<a7 221S for good
shipping steers.
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THE CARDIFF GIANT.
A Small Speculation I'm Pablo Credu.
., lily and Gypaum.

lily and Gypsum.
CHICAGO, Dec. 0.
An article appears In the Dubuque
Times written by gentleman at Fort
Dodge, Iowa, which claims to throw
light on the Cardiff Giant. The writer
says:
About the 9Th Of June, 1868, two men
registered their names at the St. Charles
Hotel, Fort Dodge, as George Hall OF
BinghAmpton, Now York, aud Fl. T..
Martin OF Boston. For several weeks
after their movements were Of suspI-
cious character. They finally purchRs.
ed an acre Of gypsum land from John
McDermott, paying one hundred dol
lars for 1t. They built shanty on the
ground, and employed men to open u
gypsum quarry for the purpose. as they
said, to send n handsome piece 10 New
York. They got out large stone,
dressed It eleven feet three inches In
length, and three feet two Inches Wide.
They then loaded II on railroad car.
The theory ls that Hall and Martin
took the stone 10 Chicago, whore II was
worked into n statue, and taken thence
to BlnghAmpton and thence 10 Newell's
farm.' Tho correspondent expresses
the opinion. that Col. Wood, formerly
OF the Chicago Museum, Is concerned In
the giant, as he happened to be around
when they were digging It up. It Is
said that the man who carved the giant
is now In Chicago, but prefers 10 keep
quiet. ...-.--., ,.-... ,..--e
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NEW YORK, Dec. 0.
CoTToN-Flrmer; sales Of 1900 bales
at 25hc for mlddling uplands.
FLouR-Closed dull and 90 lower on
common grades.
GRAIN-Wheat-Heavy and 10 lower
for spring; No. 2spriug 81 24Al 90; amber
red and amber western 30A1 $50. Rye
Dull and declining. Oats-Dull and
heavy at G2a6SHc for western. Corn
Quiet, firm and demand chiefly specu-
lative at 81 l0a1 IL for sound old mixed
western. ..4.1
PRovIsToNB-Mess Pork-Firm and
quiet at $33 25 for old mess; .$32 so for
new mess and SS2 90 for February deli
very. Beer-Steady with moderate de-
mand. Cut Meats-Dull and unchanR.
ed. Bacon-Firm and qulet, Lard
Steady at 1876 for prime steam.
kdas-tn fair request and without
decided change. .'.
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GIreG'ttsuIiq
THE CENsUR.


Mr.. Garfield, In his explanation Of
the bill reported Wednesday from the
Census Committee, stated succInctly
the points Of the bill, and machinery
devise therein for taking the census,
explaining wherein and why II differed
from that by which the census OF 1850
was taken. In reply to questions put
by Mr.. Butler, Mr.. Clark. OF KanSas,
and others, In regard to representation
In Congress, Mr.. Garfield said the
present organization or numbering Of
the House began on the fourth OF March,
1861, and manifestly will run until the
same day In March, 1873. The census
10 be taken next June ought, OF course,
to be complete, go far as the taking ID
concerned, by the frat OF July. We
shall not know until next fall what the
basis OF representation will be, and 40
a matter Of course no re-diatrlctinR of
States can be made until that time,
The Committee had agreed this morn.
Ing to fll up the blank for the number
OF members with three hundred, In
reference 10 oinformRtlon 10 be obtaIned
from railroad companies, Mr.. Garfield
remarked, now that the negro question
had been got rid OF, the next great fight
would be with these great corporations.
Congress should at least know what
they were doing with the national
wealth In their hands. In reply to Q
question by Mr.. Peters, he stated that
with the whole number Of members
fixed at three hundred, no State would
suffer the loss OF member, but with
two hundred and seventy-hve fixed as
the number, two or three New Eng.
land States would suffer.