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Wnxxs of tf)e TUcrk. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, October 17. 
The elections for State officers in Ohio and 
West Virginia took place Tuesday, and while 
the Republicans are jubilant, the Democrats 
are by no means disheartened at the results. 
The figures given by both parties varied enor¬ 
mously for the first day or two after the elec¬ 
tion, and though tbev have been approximat¬ 
ing since, they arc still considerably apart, as 
the returns from all the voting precincts have 
not yet “come in,” aud different persons form 
different estimates of tin uncounted votes. 
The official count, will bo needed to decide the 
matter definitely. The Republicans, however, 
have carried Ohio by from 10,000 to 12,000 
majority; and the Democrats, West Virginia 
by from 2,500 to 8.500 majority. It is thought 
thut. both the Republican majority in Ohio, 
end that of the Democrats in West Virginia, 
are less than in 1880—the “Garfield year.” 
Henceforth the advantages of “protection” 
will be prominently pressed on the public 
attention by the Republicans. 
The great Electrical Exhibition at Philadel¬ 
phia ended last Saturday. The attendance 
was about 800,000; receipts, 8100,000; ex¬ 
penses f90.000; profit, 810,000, which goes to 
the Franklin Institute.A man, giving 
his name as Wallace Benson, is traveling 
through Connecticut swindling people by u 
free library scheme. He takes subscriptions, 
und agrees to send a library by express. The 
“library” consists of dime novels.A 
movement has been started among the Irish 
national league societies to extend on invita¬ 
tion to a deputation of Irish American leaders, 
including Alexander Sullivan, Patrick Collins, 
Congressman Pinuerty, Boyle O Reilly, and 
others, to visit Ireland.There have 
been further Orange disturbances at Harbor 
Grace, Newfoundland. The gates of a con¬ 
vent were torn down and filing into the sea. 
.The report of the Canadian Minister 
of Finance shows that the revenue of the Do¬ 
minion for the year ending June 80, was $82,- 
000,000; the expenditures were $81.200,000.... 
.It is rumored iu London that the 
visit of the Canadian premier. McDonald, to 
England will result in an arrangement, where¬ 
by the West India colonies will be admitted in¬ 
to the Dominion of Canada. In an interview, 
Saturday. Lord Derby states that the home 
government would acquiesce in such a propo- 
g ^j on .......The concession to American 
parties for the construction of tha Nicaraguan 
Canal expired September 80, and the utiliza¬ 
tion of the route is now open to the world. 
The President of Nicaragua has written a let¬ 
ter hinting that the lapsed privileges may fall 
into French hands. The business of the 
lottery concerns at St. Stephen, N. B., has 
nearly doubled the past. year. Americans are 
the principal victims..... In Norfolk, \ a , the 
court has rendered a decision which will re¬ 
sult in the suppression of the Dismal Swamp 
Lottery Company.....Li 1 oronto, P. 
Jamieson, u clothier, was find $20 under the 
lottery act, for giving a prize to whoever 
guessed the nearest to the number of buttons 
iu a glass dish placed iu his window. He will 
appeal.During the first four mouths of 
the present year there was a balance of trade 
in favor of the United States amounting to 
about $58,420,000. During May, June, und 
July the balance was against us to the extent 
of $ 0 , 500 , 000 . Iu August there was a balance 
of #2 250.000 in our favor. September will 
show a moderate gain iu favor of the United 
States. The imports of the first eight mouths 
of the year were valued at $818,358,000, und 
the exports at *992,106.000 .The report 
of Nimmo, Chief of the United States Bureau 
of Statistics, shows that the value of the pro¬ 
duce of various industries of the United States 
is seven times the total value of our foreign 
commerce, nearly three times the value of the 
foreign commerce of Great Britaiu and Ire¬ 
land, and five times the total value of the 
foreign commerce of France, including both 
imports and exports. The total value of the 
products of industry in the United States is 
more than twice the value of the exports of 
merchandise from all the countries of Europe. 
The United States is now the largest manufac¬ 
turing country on the globe.Senator 
Morrell has been re-elected iu Vermont. 
_Frank Hatton, late Assistant Postmaster- 
General. has beeu made Postmaster-General. 
to succeed Graham .The International 
Prime-meridian Conference, which has beeu 
in session at Washington, has adopted the 
meridian of Greenwich, England, as that 
from which all longitude is to be reckoued. 
San Domingo voted against it., while France 
aud Brazil refused to vote. The action of the 
conference is only advisory..........Nearly 
$24,000,000 have been paid by the Treasury in 
pensions since July 1, swelling the total for 
THE RURAL WEW-Y0RSER. 
the past five years to $290,000,000 .The the sugar industry in that country very flat. 
Finance Department of Canada reported The mill, buy the beet, at.W per ton.and 
Thursday that the surplus of revenue for the pay a government tax of $4 per ton. The cost 
year ending June 30, was $1,800,000, but of manufacture is $2 50 per ton. fhegovern- 
$1,000,000 of this was from the sale of public ment grants a rebate of the 
lands. The receipts for customs and excise gars exported, but this would bring the cost 
were nearly $1,500,000 less than the previous at $4 per hundred-weight, which is 11 1 »ne 
vear President Riddle and Cashier the market price in London. The diffusion 
Reiber" of the defunct Penn bank of Pitts- system of extracting the sugar is used ....... 
■'* * * « A 1.111 linr V./,/ n lTlt.fi til ft \ ft 1*111 011 C 
©ST § 
burg, Pa. t were indicted this week for con¬ 
spiracy and the embezzlement of $1,200,000. 
....Mr. Desha rats, the Quebec immigration 
agent, claims that during the year ended the 
1st of July, 6,886 immigrants settled in the 
Province of Quebec, 5,999 of the number land¬ 
ing at Quebec. Montreal and the eastern 
townships got a lion’s share of the 6,886, of 
which number 3,282 were from England. 
2 158 from Ireland. 585 from Scotland, 290 
the market price in London. The diffusion 
system of extraetingthe sugar is used .. 
A bill has been introduced into the Vermont 
Legislature to provide a bounty on grasshop¬ 
pers, the amount varying at different seasons 
from 50 cents to *1.50 per bushel.The 
exports of live stock and dressed meat from 
Boston last week were 783 cattle, 325 sheep, 
and 1,710 quarters of beef.It is estima¬ 
ted that the shortage of the wool clip > n Aus¬ 
tralia this year, in consequence of the drought 
destroying many millions of sheep, andgreat- 
from France, and 270 from Belgium. ly injuring many others, will cut down the 
x* viw * ' . a .. i • i 1 cj n A/iA Ai mi 
Frederick Layton, of Milwaukee, who is 
building an art museum to present to the city, 
has been authorized by Philip D. Armour to 
draw for $5,(XX), to be used in furnishing pic¬ 
tures.... 
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CONVINCED BKVONI) A DOUBT. 
The editor of the Bridgeport, Conn., Eagle, 
(Mr A. Cbeny), gives the following emphatic 
testimony: . . . 
“I have waited to satisfy myself that the 
cure would be permanent, und I am con¬ 
vinced bevood a doubt. I am free to say that 
with mt, the Oxvgen I should have been hun¬ 
dreds of dollars' poorer off , to du o tn conse¬ 
quence of not briny able to at lend to business. 
When 1 commenced it* use I was completely 
run down, rav stomach being iu a wretched 
condition. Aftera faithful conn* of the Oxy¬ 
gen, 1 am us hearty, strong and vtyorou* us 
1 ever was in my liie. 1 feel like ‘a new man,’ 
all owing to the Compound Oxygen, which de¬ 
serves all the praise I can bestow. 
Our "Treatise on Compound Oxygen, con¬ 
taining a history of the disco very and mode 
of action of thi* remarkable curative agent, 
and a large record of surprising cures in Con¬ 
sumption. Catarrh. Neuralgia, Bronchitis, 
Asthma, etc., and a wide range of chronic dis¬ 
eases, will be sent free. Address Drs. ^tar 
key & Pai.en, 1109 Girard 8t., Philada.— Adx. 
yield of Australian wool possibly 80,000,000 , ne oium. '$*: ko<><1 to choice, $3.50*4.25: lambs, 
pounds or a quantity equal to all the wool icxans. Silas, o. ... , 
pounds, or a q yq LOUIS.-Compared with cash prices a 
imported into the United States. -••••■•• _._« n«i Wheat is IVe. lower. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Chicago. —Compared with cash prices a 
week ago “regular” wheat is l*£c. lower; No. 
2 Chicago Spring 2e. lower: No. 2 Red 2c. 
lower. Corn, 2,%c. lower. Oats, 1 }<c. lower. 
Rye, lc. lower. Hogs. 40c. lower. Cattle, 
25c. lower except for choice sorts. Sheep, 
a slight, advance. 
Wheat.—*' Regular October, Nov¬ 
ember, 7*<a7fit<e: December 77K-'< , 7'*ic; January. 
7 SW,« 7 Stie Mav, No. i Chicago Sprlntr, 
74*^to No.2Rcd 77*e- No 8I do toQc Corn- 
Un y e*f tlud: trtulft rtnurjrltiK- Cash. 
Nov.. VI*'*52Hc* ah »h- year, 4*8*4 c. Oats 
-dull: Cash, fflfcte- October. I'd*-*#*; v ■> vein her, 2G>4 
K*,e all the rear, 25te'*-.*lic; May, Rvk- 
Klrm at vWe. Baiu.ey—Q uiet aud Mow at «0c. 
KnxxrKD-ateady at *1 ML Pork Steady Cash lllfi 
<*IS iv October, «tS.7V»l«»- all the year. tUuVa, 
mo. Lard— Quiet-. C%sb. at/Kuril •• October. »o2.»te 
4r;.?7q,e. BOOB.— Mnrke’ brisk Kou>th t'S'hlnc Si.5 
packing and shipping. $’•* •.*) light. 98 to 
f«4.v>. Cattle— Market duU except on choice fat 
grades- export (traces, Rood choice 
shipping. *s.s.Vrtfi.70: common t-< fair. *4.2<xas.40: 
range c»ttlc dull Texans, t"e. lower SHEEP-Good 
grades steady; common to fair wi-njc- poor to 
medium. $3: Rood to choice, $8.50444.25: lambs. 
$i®-V Texans. $2</»3.M. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, October 18. 
It has been found that the phylloxera 
has now attacked the vineyards near Linz, 
on the right bank of the Rhine, midway 
between Coblenz and Bonn. The value of 
the crops affected is 5,000,000 marks. An im 
penal Commissioner has been sent to pursue 
further inquiries on the spot.A drought 
in East Teunessee, North Georgia and North 
Alabama is imperiling the farming interests- 
.... A committee of Scottish farmers reported 
in favor of the application of the principles 
of the Irish laud acts to the land tenure iu 
Scotland.A cablegram from Rheims, 
France, on Thursday, says the vintage for 
18 S 4 i 8 the best that has been seen in France 
since the famous vintage of 1874. The pres¬ 
ent year’s wines will be delicate aud full of 
bloom. The excellent quality of the vintage 
gives a flattering prospect to the wine trade. 
.The drought in North and South Carolina 
has continued for three months. The crops 
have beeu badly damaged.The Disston 
Company is making rapid progress iu drain¬ 
ing Florida by the Okeechobee Canal, which 
is nearly straight, 46 feet wide aud five feet 
deep. Many lakes and marshes will be 
drained by this canal, increasing the acreage 
of arable laud and the general health of the 
State. The canal will be navigable from 
ocean to Gulf - - --The Ornithologists’ Union 
Club of New York, after a year’s research 
and observation, have concluded that the 
English sparrow should be exterminated, as it 
destroys grain and fruit and drives away in¬ 
sectivorous birds.Nearly all the lead¬ 
ing ale and beer breweries in this district 
either own or are connected with stock farms, 
to which they send their spent grain and 
swill. One brewer has a farm on which there 
are 70 cows, 300 swine and 50 horses...,. 
Eleven pupils of the School of Agriculture at 
Bordeaux, France, have died from the effects 
of eating mushrooms gathered in a wood near 
the school... - Texas fever has broken out among 
cattle on several ranches located on Little Cab¬ 
in Creek, Iudian Territory,.Hog cholera 
is very fatal near Fielding, 111.; one man has 
lost 125 head, aud nearly every farmer has 
lost some. It is also ravaging several places 
in Champaign Co , 111.Fivecasesof gland¬ 
ers have been found among horses at Vin¬ 
cennes, la.Canadian horses are now 
sought for the use of English cavalry . 
The Surveyor-General of the Dominion an¬ 
nounces that fully 260,000,000 acres of the 
Canadian Northwest are particular well 
adapted to wheat-growing.... ...The plant 
of the Brantford Farm and Dairy Manufac¬ 
turing Company was sold by auction on 
Thursday for $26,000 to Mr. John Dowhn at 
Brantford, Canada.. .......... 
Ex.-Gov. H. C. Warmoth, of Louisiana, 
who has just arrived at New York from Ger¬ 
many on a beet-sugar investigating tour, finds 
David Baird, Manalapan, Monmonth Co., 
N. J., and William R. Ward, Newark, have 1 
been appointed a special committee to collect- 
specimens of fruits and vegetables in New 
Jersey, for the next New Orleans Exposition. 
Mr. Ward will receive the goods sent by 
freight or express. 
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Tiie Whitman Agricultural Company, 
St Louis, Mo . exhibited at the great St. 
Louis Fair, a full line of t-beir celebrated farm 
Implements, including the Whitman Improved 
Seely Patent Rebound Plunger Perpetual 
Hay Press. This press has been on the mar 
kot for a comparatively few years, and yet it 
has come to be the most successful aud popu¬ 
lar press ever exhibited. Crowned as it has 
been with all the honors possible fromi the 
New York State Agricultural Society, from 
1880 to 1883, starting with an award of merit 
and ending with agrnud gold medal, is it any 
wonder that similar success ha* followed it In 
nearly every v\ cstero State Fair where it has 
been exhibited? ltd competitions have been 
sharp and numerous; but the Roderick and 
other presses have found in i his press a com¬ 
petitor that has triumphed over them In every 
instance. People who are accustomed to the 
use of hay presses in variably pronounce this 
press far superior to any other they ever saw 
operate, lbe sales of the company have 
grown ho rapidly that the capacity of their 
large factory is insufficient, to supply the de¬ 
mands for these presses. The company also 
exhibited the Magic Feed Mill, which bus a 
capacity of 35bushels per hour, as shown in 
operation during the fair For compactness 
and perfect work it proves to bo just 
what every farmer in the country wants 
Adv. _ __ 
Among the many attractions at the Great 
St Louis Fair, which particularly interested 
the farmers, was the hay fork und carrier 
manufactured by J. E Porter, Ottawa. 111. 
Here a* wherever exhibited, this device re¬ 
ceived the first, award of merit for durability, 
simplicity aud ease of operating. The man¬ 
ufacturer has lately patented an attachment 
for carrying the rope off from the ground, 
which no olher manufacturer of similar im¬ 
plements dare use. Circulars describing all 
the points of these implements will be sent 
free by the manufacturer.—Ada. 
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Squarely Stated.— From our own ex¬ 
perience, und from the report* of others, we 
are confident that Tnatcher’s Orange Butter 
Color possesses merit beyond its kind H. D. 
Thatcher & Co., Potsdam, N. V .— Aav. 
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CROPS AND MARKETS. 
Saturday, October 18. 
In view of the probable curtailment of the 
usual area under wheat in the Northwest, the 
advisability of plauting an unusually large 
area with flax, is being gravely considered. 
Of the total estimated crop of 9.U00JNH) bushels 
of seed, which will be raised this year, nearly 
half will bo produced in Dakota and Miunes- 
sota; and the St. Paul Pioneer Press strongly 
urges that much more attention should be 
given to the crop Flax in that section yields 
much more abundantly than in the East, the 
number of bushels per acre being about the 
same as wheat, while the price this year hits 
been steady at $1.15 per bushel; so that the 
crop has been much more profitable than 
wheat. The oil-cake product of the linseed 
oil mill at St. Paul is disposed of entirely 
to dairymen "West of Chicago. 
The German hop crop may now be consid- 
eredas nearly secured, and, according to re¬ 
ports, will yield about 430,000 ewt., or nearly 
the same quantity as last year. The German 
consumption averages about 320,000 ewt.. 
there will consequently be an overplus of 
about 100,000 ewt. for export. Prices are, 
however, about one-third lower this year. 
The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly re¬ 
view of the corn trade, says: The weather is 
stormy and unusually cold. The rainfall im¬ 
proved the seed beds for the crop of 1885, but 
’ has prevented thrashing, thus lessening farrn- 
[ ers’ deliveries and enabling sellers to tnain- 
■ tain their rates. The sales of English wheat 
the past week were 73,868 quarters at 32s 4d, 
against 71,060 quarters at 40s 8d for the corres- 
’ ponding week last year. Trade in foreign 
5 wheats is slow. 
week ago. No. 2 Red Wheat is \\c. lower. 
Corn, 2c. lower. Oats, }fc. lower. Cattle, 
from 10c. to 20c. lower. Sheep, 25c. higher. 
Hogs, from 20c. to 8.5c. lower. 
Wheit.-No. 7 Red, 76to'at7*fc. ca*h 7!We. October: 
T«44-i7'74c. November: toSi'SHIe. Df-oomber- 7714® 
UWe.alf the vear iWV-tim*-. May Corn Slow- at. 
eastt, 4<?Wc. October- 4'itera4:tec. November; 
.'ttR * 3M*c. <.11 the year: 34*<e. Oats Dull at 
ifnir. ca*b* no options. Ryk Dull, at <xi. b <1 Bar- 
lev Steady «t **<!>«<•. Butter ateadv and egga 
quletat it iUVte. Ki.ax seed- '•t.-adv at CatTi.k 
—S uoply liberal, quality poor buyer* dem anded eon- 
ce sIouh- top eradet- llrm- low qualities very dull 
and weak Exports. »fi.Ti«fi 7V to-d w ele-iee ship 
Dine. *Y7V«#.2S common to medium. M-S0®-.50; 
iirmut Texans, $S.25‘k4, mainly at. S-i Mt-t.U0: Indiana 
Urorn at «">*4.?V Sltv.M--Common to medium, 
fi JV.t f t roo 4 to choice. ST-’•-<* j.A extra at S4: lambs 
at $2.».*a4: Texan# at Itoos In active de- 
min i- Yorker-*, $4 75*14195: packing. # 4 .f>U« 5 .U 5 ; 
butchers’, $-V*t .1 2t*. 
Boston.— Compared with cash prices a 
week ago, corn is from 1 to 1% cents higher. 
Oats, 1 cent, higher. Butter, steady. Cheese, 
a shade higher. 
Grain.—C f rn ha# been In moderate demand: Steam- 
er Mixed, fllttrio: Steamer YeIlow. Wy-v67c- high 
mixed, 7lVit71<\ und of no grade, h*<iG.je 7* buab. 
Oats-P rice* have be* n Arm wj l “® fg* r 
ip.r ridinff in mriey f»uien u* 
Four! anu Mlfldliars ***»/«• 4 *<& aad of < 
Meal, #«-»«• *< ton. PltopW. The market la well 
•UDiiUed with lbe varioUH articles un.b r fhl# head, 
and price#, renerall.v are w*-U maintained. Hcttkb 
-N orthern creamery. TWesv: cbulcc- 
2fl*v»«Cl Rood to cb 
Northern 
Rood t--. hotce summer tiiuitc. a -i*. V. " 
choice. IS 20C- fair to co*«). is 'H>'. Imitation cream 
cry, choice. ladle, - t---I*;*'- » »i do com 
mon t« goo-J. no lie Ciw.k*e - New A ork ami f 
ni'int. choice, ItflUllfc. V b■ WeMe n, cliolee, 1 - l 
rAllvii’-fnlr to good w-i/ll-c. I- a Kuoa K..i#t* , .rn,fr**#h, 
New York and Vermont. *1» Lv Provlncla , 
J0*2Stv Western, Hkaxs Pcji, ch 0 ieu 8 ma.il 
»?riv-i‘ire Canada pen# oic.ij 1 1 0 iwr hush tor 
common to choice. Green IVu- at *'-•*’ **'• IoTA ‘ 
ToKa-Ea*t .rn Rose. 4*buah N;-rthern «o#e. 
Natives. 11.^' |»ur bt>L Swoc* I 
2.90 per bbl Oxioss $ 1.0 1.19 per bbk i:abbaokh 
-ai siid.s per 11.-. Aitlcs—C hoice, uew $i.£K$i -u 
ci an mon to good. 7Vc i-.H Der bbl. PORK Kx.ra 
nrimr .. 1 15 9-1 Her bbl: UieW at *11* 17.90: Boh- 
Infair demand at f ton. C’aa-m<m grades 
are improving somewhat. Rye straw Is quiet and 
steady: Northern and Eastern hay, extra old, $19 
»< ton good to choice. *'-u»l3: common to fair, S I'O* 
Id tine, *1 -uiifi damaged. StovtU hwule Hay, td'S-- 1 . 
Rye Stfuw, choice. $tS-j.U; do common to good, $16 
<a"l7; Oat Straw. *9a 19. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. Saturday. October 18, 1884. 
Bbkadstcfks asd Provisionb.—A s compared with 
eash price# one week ago. No. 1 Northern wheat Is 
4c. lower; Ungraded Winter R-d Is 2V- lower- No. 
8 Red Is 9c. higher- Steamer No. 2 Red Is 2it, lower: 
So 1 Red U Wc. lower CORN Ungraded Mixed is 
5 * higher; No Sis IRi higher; No. 2 la lc. higher. 
common to fair extra «>b|... »2.:«is.to g- o«. 
w .0 Choice, as 10*5.5.1. eoiamot... extra 
Minnesota, H.WaSSO: clear *l,i> -*.4 ID- rye mlx.--e. 
a; 25*4 to itrait-it. *4.W<*dk25: pu'eni $5 to. ha 
ker#' e*iru. 81.2-7 ■» Oil St. i.oote com'iiOD to fair ex- 
HKrs rA'i4B. _ tsi v#«rV 
fcniTiirHN H t.ora-L"niffiuu iu kguu ' aub v - . 
so.>d to choice. $1-4-**»“>.ik'. Rvt Kiom #up rnne at 
*‘t V 1 ■<!.'! '# i-fcEir—Quoted for 40to 5U lbs. at $'4(3:15 
to' arrive and iHU- 111 to lbs. »l »l5.a I5.M. 81) lbs. at 
Sub saSir P»« at *21>a2«. Sharps at r«(»28. Rye 
tocdaliItoms Ml 
$3.!iKa3.to: Yellow Western, quoted at fS.Uda.? 40. 
GKA.s.-Wneat, I'ngraded Spring .8l«v-No 
btlevkwr NO Red. i’criNb: 2 Red. tor November. 
<( stiwir ilo for December, Sl^sSsc do. for jan- 
dS for rebnmry. v.-ki rH.Hc do. .or 
March aik-S*W}*c: do. tor April. »:•<*>9 H' - ; do. for 
! ' Hi54j.a'37*r liYK—No. 7 Westorn. t.- arrive, cost, 
freight ao>i Insurance. i>2State quoted at <>' 
and We# torn. to-. 68S*c- Barley Extra No. 4 
Canada at six-rowed State, quoted at *tU d-m No. 
li.'AiitsSc: oo. for November, 90^ 
* . » .u, . ,o... .4. t. fannriPV 
White *tate, 85Irie No. 2 Mixed tor;>ct 
Sic: ilo, for November, 82W*Si!>4C: do. for Docemner. 
at 33c. 
Bears.- Quotations are: Marrows, $ 2.20 fornew 
mediums at 81.75 for b#*; red kidney, *2.3o for best 
new: white kidney at $2.W®*2tt5. 
Peas -Green are quoted at $1.25@$1.80 for uew. 
Hotter —state, best, tub* and palls. S’SiSR” d" ; 
tubs. 29®90c, Western,•28C«3i'C 1 . for be#tr b^te dairy 
half tlrkius tubs and polls, best • xtra. nA(«. tOCtoor 
be#t- do prime,23^24c oo. do. fair, 2 »& 2 lc: do. Welsh 
tubs extras, 24<»25c; prime. 28c; do 6 ogood 
Western Imitation creamery, choicest 
tolr, 18c; Western dairy, 20c. tor best invoices: 
