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PAINTS. OH S AND GLASS.

White lead, per cwt., strictly pure, 16.2J;
Turpeutinc, per case two 5.erllou cans.
81 90; barrel lots, 60c Per gallon, Min.
erul paints. 6Oc per gallon Dry faxed
pAiuts. per cwt., 10 barrels, goc. Venetian
reds, per cwt., $l,5O; yellow ochrc per
cwt., 81 90. Linseed oil, best, boiled j0g
52c Ready mixed house paints, 81 %.
Window glass, IS per cent of January y
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ERRORS IN THE CENSUS.
Contradictory Statistics on Population
aud Voters.
Mr.. FORAEER'S CHANGE OF FRONT
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The One Time south Halter Wants TO
Marx Graves OF Confederate Soldiers,
Territories Fine Bank Showing.
Mr., FORAEFR'S CHANGE OF FROM
by G. Arthur Williams

Washington, December 1S.-lSuh sps.
ciall-ln connection With the e0orts be-
ing made by officials Of the census bureau
aud others to discredlt the work OF the
statistical division OF the department OF
agriculture and TO bring about the retire.
ment Of John Hyde, the statlstician, on the
ground that his reports are inaccurate and
calculated 10 beueht only n part OF those
interested, Il might not be uninterestine
TO call attention TO some OF the errors
made by the census bureau Mr.. Hyde
does not claim to he lnfaliblc and be real.
ICES that the work Of hts division could
be hettercd were II possible Tor him to
bring about reforms in the service 10
connection with portions Of The system
over which he has no control But IL has
not yet appeared that Mr.. Hyde Is at.
tempting 70 discredit the work OF 9th r
branches Of the government In order 20
aggrandi2e his own and that IN the opin-
lon OF many competent critics, is exactly
what some Of the census officials are do
ips.
number Of interesting facts regarding
the statistical work Of the government
have been brought out during the hearings
before the house committee 90 Interstate
Bud foreign commerce with reference to
the b,ll 10 create the department OF com.
merce aud TO transfer thereto numerous
branches 81 other departments one ~
these facts Is that the figures Of the twelfth
census, prepared under the supervision Of
the same officials who arc attempting 80
bring about the removal Of Mr.. Hyde no
cause Of alleged inaccuracies I'm bis work,
gives the city OF Philadelphia 5000 more
adult male voters than the whole state
Of Louisiana, and yet, IN the same report.
gives Louisiana 60,2iS moro male iuhablt-
ants than the Quaker City. This is SAID To
be quite beyond rational cxplguatiou. Two
or three senators have been requested To
look into the matter and rs a result II rs
likely that Director Merriam viii be asked
10 make some explanations. II may be re
membercd In this connection that cNplaun,
tlOns were promised when committee
from the National board OF trade demon
strated that the census bureau figures
showed tn many counties of the Union
more farm area than total area that Ia,
more land 10 farms ip a given county than
the total area Of that county. These OK
plantations have never yet been plnccd TO
evidence and there are some people who
believe they never VIII be. Tho census poo
pie claimed that tho error was not made
through any fault OF theirs, but resulted
from Inaccurate returns made 10y farmers,
etc. The point is naturally mulg that il
such errors occur IN one branch Of the
work IT Is quite possible that they viii
occur IN others
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FRUITS

APP LES--Beu Davis barrel So O0g3 20;
winosaps and Jonathan. S35Od4oO
BANANAS-Looue, $125dLJ0; packed,
81 .5Qd1 IS
COCOANU1S-Per sack, $500; less quan.
titles. 81 70.
CRANbERRIEs-Pe crate, So. 1913 90;
barrels, 81. 250I7 so.
LEMONS MessiuuT. 81. 1904 90.
LIMES-Mexican. per basket, 81. 10dl.2j
ORANGES--Tlorda, per box, S3.5OdS -.
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WIRE NAILS-S2 * base per keS.
WIRE NAILS-S2 60 base per key.
So 80 per 100 lbs galvanized b ke1 F5-A'
per 100 lbs.
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yorked and the trouble gets serious unless
pro1lptiv removed Pricbiy Ash Bitters Is
y reliable kidney tonic aud bowel regulator.
Brig stggg. 80 MaiH street, special asents.
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AGENTS WANTED.

LIFE AGENTS 1 am now ready ~ makc
coutrnct FOR 1905 Highest commissions
paid aud notes taken, Have just put on
the market tho most up-to.datc Invest
wanted that can produce the business.
B,g money IN selling Hartford Lille poli.
clcs aud houdS W. H. Patterson, man
Hgor. Trust building. Dallas, Texas II
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HOUSTON CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

..,,sop Of these quotations shows
's,sntsses in favor Of Houston as a
h m,rtet. When the buyer consid-
~ s.-osts 20 be derived from Hous
p 1sssD ss,ss he will md that even
lIestuaotsble fgares at other N TX Is
ps S.Ss nrice finally paid Is g,ner-
fNa, - The prices are those ruins
rev. uoasto6 wholesale merchants, ana
,dsed daily.
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leo ACRES best black prairie land. i'm
proved; quarter mile from station; on
good graded road, ~ miles from doGp
water port and nlnc miles from Hons
fiou; this IL a special bargain aud must
sell quick. price Sa6 per acre. c. w.
Hail & Co.. 90 Main. Il
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\ SEHOLD NECESSITY Mon or
women agents mike $40 20 $40 per week
The Waco supply and Mfg. Co. Waco
TcyaE ~
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KNOWS BY ENPERLENGE.

The Rev. Aaron Cnous, u. D., Of the
Methodist Episcopal church Of Rhinecli1,
n T., writes
II most sincerely believe that Dr. David
Keuuedy's Favorite Remedy rs the best
Kidney. Liver and Blood medicine made
and urgently recommend u. for / know by
experience Il viii do all that Is claimed for
IL
Dr. David kennedy's Favorite Remedy Is
the surest cure for 80 diseases " the Kid
neys, liver. Bladder and Blood ltheuma
tism. Dyspepsia. Constipation aud the sick
losses peculiar TO women.
All druggists sell Il I'm the NEW so CENT
SIZE aud the regular 500 size b0ttles.
Or. David Kennedy Corporation, RoDd.
out, n. -
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. rs; fyeg ga Ion kegs, St.1o.
ONfONS-Per 10, 1902
PEPPER-Chi new. i5d16c pr pound
black Singer pore. l5c,
TaT0ES-Colorado soc per nushel.
PEANUTS-Jum'o ., per pound, li2c; fancy
hand picked No, J. GHGB&c
POULTRY Chickens, hers, go~d, So 65d
800; frvers, large. Sc 6Jd3. 90; ducks
large, 81 1898 60; GO Sc, fun f. thcr d.
bic s., IS 00d1G CO.
TOMATOES Texas, 4.basket crates, 1oa
SOC
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~ PLACING YOUR AFFAIRS n. THE
HANDS or A aRusR COMPANY Yop
HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT THAT
YOUR INTERESTS WILL Be CARE
FULLY LOOKED AFTER. THE Hous-
TON LAND AND TRUST COMPANY
WILL NEVER pIsAPPoTNr YOU. II
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RICE LANDS we have COCO acres OF rice
land for sale within three 10 six miles
OF Eagle Lake, 10 tracts 20 suit purchas
ers aud ON long time. These lands are
fenced and Join rice farms which are
abundance can be procured from thirty
to forty feet. as demonstrated by our
neighbors. Parties wishing 10 go into
rice farming and not able 20 buy land
can make arrangements for land with US.
Also for rent, cheap, BJO-acrc, we'll i'm.
proved farm; mules and implements can
20 With place II desired. We own these
lands Anderson q McMurray, Austin.
Texas. r o. Box 242. II
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a BEAUTIFUL 3-acre lot with house and
barn. az city limits. cheap, also "a hts
iu city limits; must be sod Maconaghy.
ing 20
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FOR SALE AND EXCHANGE IN sublime,
Lavsca county, Texas, good two-story
residence, store house. stock OF general
merchandise. half interest In nrst class
steam cotton Sin aud 1000 acres improved
farm aud ranch laud. Address 4. o. box
80 sublime. Texas %
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FOR sALE-SiT hundred and thirty acres
Improved land, joiuing Higgins a. u.
Tnlie, Higgins, Texas. -
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LOAN AGENT--wul put You onto facts
you eau perfect title to section land
worth So TO $40 per aero for small sun.
Land. this otlicc. 10
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residence property: ona to ten vesrss Ak
lowest rates 81 interest: monthly pay.
ment9 II desired; no delay ~ getting yous
money Apply TO n. l. AIillS 9f6 Main
street, or address Z. o. box sos. II
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rnRAKrr.s souTHERN FnoNr.

~ 1900, .rIIc, - tnn1tor TnroLnr ~
Ohio IN introducing a Ell PROVIDING Tor
tho marking Of the graves Of Confederate
,,st..- ~. ate5 "a, Nortl,orr r.ieo,, 80
toiu'EI" "No "',N ~" '''oo"' W
military bospiah' Us SUN oelnE discussed
here IN view Of tho previous record "
y.,..,- ror9ts---, record which won for
81. "'''' --,t...-,. -,
hlm' auFus tue p,lio' 4-l'leol"'Nlf io'loT-
ing the war, the title of Fire Alarm For
sker''-tbe bill IN question caused consld-
.rsbto svrr-lsa and rberr were come amopy
the extremists VINO EXPRESSED the opinion
that he was not sincere and that the bin
no., orry iutrodpccd as mart OF some
scheme calculated 10 'ho9dWlnh the
South. There seems 20 be nothing to sup.
morn This view, however. and it appears
tuut cNuu r"1 ~ ~ eiy ~, IN, 80
htau"ullg o,s'Lu'ns t' ,', 80, -. ~ h"
ht2r maj haI no oy 3t 7, puroorgs 10 meas
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wIbsON's RACKS. Phone 1000.

ing The Sour Lake Springs property. w
Immediate proximity TO the oil gusners.
from 5000 20 $500 per acre. Address
Sour Lake n. c. Institute, 4e5 Mason
building 20
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FARM FOR SALE-3ls acres, 10 In cul-
tiyHtlou: young bearing orchard OF
400 trees; new 6ve,room frame building.
painted inside and ont: 32N52 new barn
ip Mont gomery county, four miles cast
~ New Wnverly, 90 the International and
Great Northern railroad, For particulars
and terms apply 20 q. d. COPELAND, New
SouR LAKE OIL LAND STRIPS. trayera.
lug 5000 ceres. or one 10 bOpdcre solid
tracts Plata free. .. ~. Huston, Hous
ton, owner ~
THREE Heights lots near car Hue and
school, only $50 each. smeatcn. SJ512
Texas avenue. t
A FEW tracts Of land adjoining tho Sour
Lake Springs properly, M immediate
proximity 10 the oil gushcrE, from $1,000
10 $500 Per acre. Address = Jur Lake h
a.. Institute 40 Mason building 20
WHAT do you wantI Where do YOU want
NJ We have q large Lst 81 lands and
are ready TO hgure with you. Bryant
bicEnuis Land Co. lQO9 TeNas nvenu@ 81
90 BROKE MULES for sale, al fresh ages
aud weighing from $50 70 1900 pounds;
cheap tn car lots 10 denlerE, Cooke q
Simmons, Fort Worth, Texas. u
10000 ACRES Of land In Ia Sale county,
Texas. at 81 an acre. W. II. Graham &
Co. Cuero, Texas. n
HEIGHTS COTTAGE, four rooms, nicely
papered aud painted. ground lo0xi32. east
front fenced, only SS23. Smeaton. oJ5ll
Texas avenue. "
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SOUTH HALF SECTION 10. Jefferson
county, Texas; ou Trcadaway canal right
OF way; Sl4 per acre, worth $50 Apply
@ owner, T. t. Bertrand. Ninton, La, or
Chas. H. Price, China, Texas. 80
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MONEY LOANED on Houston real estste
I'd s. Phelps, attorney, 5l0ls Main street
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SURVEYS, maps and blue printing; alsn
enElneerS and architects supplies. y.
Witty, corner Main and Preston. IS
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r, C. GRAY & CO, No. SOC BINz. ETY.,
SELL AND EXCHANGE REAL ES.
TATE, NEGOTIATE LOANS ENCLU.
SlNELY. III YOU ARE IN MARKET TO
BUY. Sell or GNChANGE RE.>t. rs.
TATE or NGuoTIArE A LOAN. TO
YOUR INTEREST TO DEAL WITH US.
X. G. GRAY y CO, NO, 3o2 BINH,
HOUSTON. TEXAS. n
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we would llhe 10 Collect your ten's auu
look after your property; give US trial
aud We will please you. oliver Ctanston
y Co. llo Maiu. n
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IMPORTANCE or STATISTICS

There are many evidences that Individual
congressman are giving moro attention TO
the matter OF Statistics than ever before.
The hearings before tho committee cu in
torstate and foreign commerce have inter.
estcd an unusually large number and. as
result, the question Is being studied, Csc
peclaUy by members from the cotton pro-
duciug States. This is ns It should be- Tho
matter is important 30 the extreme, iuas-
much as The Soutbs most important tlpit
is involved, aud L, behocves every South
crncr 10 famlllari2a himself With the facts
IN tho case 40 order thar he may hc ohle
to vote intCllcoutly when any phase of
the controversy is brought before cons
gross, n seems iikclN thai more than ore
suCh vote VIII be necessary, Tor SyN'IIl
bills relating 10 the matter VIII bc intro
duccd uuless plans now being made are
changed,
one srcd measure is already IN evidence
It's author ia Representative Scarborough
of South Carolina, who IS evidently %
friend Of tho census bureau, inasmurp MS
his joint resolution provide Tor tho ro!
lection and publication los that bureau OF
statistic OF the acreage annually planted
lu cotton iu tho several states and Terri
tories and the tahings aud consumption
OF cotton by tho textile mills Of the United
States, together with statistics Of the cot-
ton seed oil industry. such statistics arc
now compiled by the agricultural depart
nont and 10 Is NOT quite plain why tur
work should be duplicated.
Another Joint resolution which VIII no
doubt sppeu 30 the agricultural iuterC Sc
Of tho South has Just been Introduced by
Rcuregcntatiyc Gran OF Illinois II pro.
vides that iu addition 10 the number Of
copies of the reports on nuld operations
OF the bureau Of soils or tho agricultural
department, as liked by an act OF the l'if-
ty-slyth congress, there shal be printed,
as soon 20 possible after surveys are made,
!, repCrf Of each nartlcuiur survey IN the
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IF You WANT to buy home, sell or rent
home. sell o. Suy rice or farming lands.
sec u.s.
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THRFE Heights lots near car Hue and
school, only $50 each. Smcatcn. Sy5l2
Texas avenue. ~
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sec US.
We would like TO collect your rents aud
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90 BROkE MULES Tor SAFE, all treHh age
aud weighing from $50 70 1900 pounds
cheap IN car lots 10 dcalerE, Cooke 4
slnInOna Fort Worth. LeNas q
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-21
Turned over to Mary.

A recently published story of the
late Lord Morris illustrates his scorn
of red tape and petty details.
question had arisen as to thescost
of heating the Irish law courts, and a
consequential treasury official was
sent over from London to Dublin on
purpose to investigate the matter.
When ne introduced himself and ex-
planned mis- errand, Lord Morris smiled
with suspicious blandness and said:
Certainly, I will put you in COM
munication with the person immedi-
ately in charge of that depar tment."
Then he sent out a messenger, and
presently there entered an old char
woman. LORD Morris arose aud left
the room, saying as he did SO:
MA y, here is the young man to see
about the coal"
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

DIt is shrewdly suspected that Mr..
Bryan's compromise candidate for
president is William Jennings Bryan.
UThe Dingley law has proved prac-
teal triumph in conservative states
manship, and no reasonable person be,
ieves that 1t can be improved by aca-
demic cranks or democratic botches.-
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
ECertain newspapers see in the pro-
ceedings of the late democratic conven-
ton an attempt to yoke Cleveland and
Bryan together. Naturally, the pro-
ceeding is full of interest to each and
every Observation-Disclosures News
Gnd.).
ByMr. Bryan declares that "the next
nominee will be democrat who stands
squarely on the Kansas City platform"
If that is the case we beg to inform
Mr.. Bryan that there will be no next
nominee" of the democratic party.-&.
Montgomery {A1a.) Advertiser.
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A MEASURE UNNECESSARY.
Something Which the Protective
Tariff Renders Entirely Super
fuOus and UncaIIed For

Gen. Grosvenor's bill requiring all
manufacturers of goods made of wool
to attach to each piece put upon the
market card declaring the materials
of which it is made is again talked Of
This is a measure Of the Wool Growers
ass ociation and is designed to compel
manufacturers to use pure wool in
stead of shoddy, cotton and other SUBJ
stitutes. The champions of the bill at
tempt to create the impression that
more shoddyi is used in American cloths
than ever before, and that it is very
bad. Shoddy as now manufactured
contains nothing unwholesome; it is
simply wool which has once been used,
being manipulated and used again. It
has been used for years. The British
manufacturer was the first to use it
in large quantities, andhe does so now.
At the present time our tariff so dis
eliminates against shoddy for manu-
featuring purposes that it cannot be
imported to advantage, says. the In
dianapolis Journal. Cotton has always
been used more or less, else the phrase
"all wool and yard wide" would not
be nearly a hundred years old. Those
who advocate the bill are proceeding
upon the assumption that if each piece
Of goods offered by tailor should be
stamped with the proportion of wool
and the substitutes customers would
demand an unadulterated article. IF
the unadulterated should cost much
+ 10 n I'M Of
part of the American people, and, by
the way, the best clothed people in the
world, purchase ready-made clothing;
would the authors of this bill COM
pei the manufacturers of such clothing
to attach an affidavit to each suit, stat
ing the proportions of wool, cotton and
shoddy which the material may con-
tain? If so, how many inspectors
would it take to make certain that the
tag gives the>proportions correctly?
During the brief existence of the
Gorman-Wilson tariff law, in which the
wooden industry suffered most, our
markets were filled with the cheap
woolens or alleged woolens of Europe,
and particularly of Great Britain,
whose manufacturers were past mas
tiers in the use of shoddy and other
a5ulterants i'm the manufacture Of
woolens before we had begun wooden
manufacture in this country on
large scale. Having the notion that
whatever was British was the best, we
were more nearly being clothed with
shoddy and other substitutes for wool
than ever before or since. TO tag ev-
cry piece of American-made goods to
show the materials, Of which it is made,
and allow the wooden goods of Europe
to come in without such labels, might
so interfere with the use of shoddy
to give our market for the cheaper
cloths to foreign competitors.
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satisfactory account OF their 40
SONS on the night of the murder. 1t
struck me that should like to take
up the case, and with the confidence
of youth I applied to the commits
sloner for permission to be allowed
to try my hand at unraveling the
mystery. What they thought of my
impudence I cannot say, but the fact
remains that my request, after being
backed up by my Inspector, was
granted. The case was a particular
ly complicated one, and at one time
| was beginning TO think that I
should prove no more successful than
the others had been. In the end,
however, I came upon the murderer,
who, seeing himself very neatly
trapped, placed a revolver to his right
temple and, before I could prevent
him, pulled the trigger.
At the conclusion Of this case [ re-
signed my position in the police of the
tive staff in Melbourne, seeing in their
service a good deal of queer life and
ferrsting out not a small number of
extra ordinary cases. The experience
gained there was invaluable, and led
me, after one particularly interesting
piece of business in which [ had the
good fortune to be most successful, to
entertain the notion of quitting gov
eminent employ altogether, and set
ting up for myself. l did so, and soon
| had more work upon my hand than l
could very well accomplish. But
was too ambitious to be content with
small things, and eventually came to
! the conclusion that there was not
enough scope in the colonies for me.
After Is years absence, therefore, l
returned to England, spending year
in the further east en- route in order
to enlarge my experience, and to quail
ify myself for any work that might
come to me from that quarter.
On a certain bitterly cold day in
January l reached Liverpool from the
| United States, and took the train for
my old home. Ny father and mother
had long since died. and now all that
remained to me of them was the stone
slab that covered their resting place in
| the quiet little churchyard at the foot
| of the hill.
"Well, here 1 am" said to myself,
1913 years old and alone in the world
Nobody knows me in England, but il
won't be my fault if they don't hear OF
| George Fairfax before very long. I'll
| be off to London and try my fortune
| there"
| ITO BE Continued
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IF LOVE WE'RE A SONG.

If Love were a Song, I would borrow his
voice
AND, singing with notes Of gold,
Would carry his messages, passing sweet,
To the hearts of the young and the old.
And the tones of my song should be borne
along
Like the Ginning Of bells afar;
And my voice should be heard like lonely
bird,
Or the CLEAN of a falling star.
If Love were Song.
If Love were a Flower, would borrow MS
form,
And softly his heart unfold
ITO the whispering sigh of the scented wind
Sweeping over the hills of gold.
And the blue in the eyes Of the morning
More radiantly fair should shine;
And the crimson streak on the mountain 8
cheek
Should deepen at sight of mine,
If Love were Flower.
But if Love were Song, he would 1anguish
and die
With the effort that gave him birth.
and fade,
And his glory must fall to earth;
But his spirit is bright, like the shaft of
light
That shines out in the heart of a storm,
And love doth last an eternity past,
An eternity still to come!
For Love is our Homei
s-Jessie Acheson, in N. Y. Weekly.