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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
But This Time the ROBBERS Got
Nothing and Were Arrest
ed and Landed in the
calaboose.
ALL FOR THIRTY CENTS
The Robber Offered to Shoot the
Victim For Thirty Cents and
Victim Promised to
Get it.

There was another hold-up last even
ing when a revolver was showed into
the face OF Morris Bell and he was
asked TO deliver up what money he
had.
Howard Murphy is said TO have been
the hold-up man and was arrested,
together with Hugh Hammond who
was with him al the time that Bell
was held up in dark alley.
The hold-up took place early in the
evening in the alley between Main,
Jclnson. Third and Fourth streets
when Bell came down rear fight of
steps into the alley.
He says that as he entered the alley,
Murphy grabbed him by the arm.
and ordered him to turn over what
money he had.
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How is Your Digestion

Mrs. Mary Bowling of No. 22S sth
Ave. San ranclsco. recommends a
remedy for stomach trouble. She says:
Gratitude for the wonderful effect of
Electric Bitters in case OF acute in
digestion. propmts this testimonial /
am fully convinced that for stoma IN
and liver troubles Electric Bitters is
the best remedy on the market today
This great tonic and Alternative medi
cine inyigorates the system. 2urifies
the blood md is especially helpful in
all forms of female weakness. SOC a.
Wilkinson & Co.. and ]. F. Kiedaisch
ak Son drug store
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mon ailment, and can always be de-
pended upon. 1t acts on natures
plan, relieves the lungs, aids expector
alton, opens the secretions and aids
nature in restoring the system to a
healthy condition. During the many
years in which 1t has been in general
use we have yet to learn of single
case OF cold or attack of the grip hav-
ing resulted in pneumonia when this
remedy was used. which shows con
clusively that~it is certain proven
tive OF that dangerous disease. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy contains no
opium or other narcotic ard may BE-
given as confidently to baby as tc
IN adult For sale by Wilkinson &
Co. pharmacy. and j. F. Kiedaisch &
Son
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
ARE Big BANKS
kEIRAN VICTIMS
1t is Said That Notes Of Many Church.
es May be lnvaIidated by Err
ror in Their Work
ing.
HUNT FOR KEIRAN FAILS
Lawyer Representing Creditors Hopes
to Find the Missing Man by
Search in Pennsylvania
Cities.

PITTSBURG. Pa. Dec. 14-Patrick
& keiran's alleged victims. accord
ing TO information now coming to
light, may not all be poor clergymen
and religious institutions whose notes
he has obtained. but few of the
riches trust companies in the country
1t was learned he had gained the
confidence of trust companies by keep
ing small sums of money constantly
floating between them, and some of
the notes given, it is asserted. were
not legal.
None of the notes held against the
Catholic churches of Pennsylvania
and some of the other states, it is as
serted. can be collected because they
lacked the signatures of the bishops
of the dioceses. In Pennsylvania.
particularly. the bishops are the trus-
tees of all church property. and no
note OF mortgage against such proper
y is legal without the signature of the
bishop. and q court order authorizing
the bishop to sign also is necessary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
Raw Lungs.

When the lungs are sore and in
famed. the germs OF pneumonia and
consumption find Judgment and mG!-
tiply. Foley's Honey and ar kills
the cough germs, cures the most OBJ
stinate rackir. cough, heals the lungs.
and prevents serious results. The
genuine is in the yellow packag2.
Wilkin -on & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
Mrs. Zoi Thomas.

Mrs, Zol Thomas died Sunday even
ing at 5 o'clock following stroke of
paralysis She was hftY-one years
of age and was born in Shelby county.
10. Deceased came to Keokuk only
six weeks ago
She was member OF the Mount Oh
i've Baptist church OF LaBelle. Mo.
The surviving relatives are: sis
tiers, Mrs. Bel Manley of La Belle and
Mrs. Annie Umphry of this city and
husband. Zol Thomas.
The body will be sent TO LaBelle,
No. this evening, leaving keokuk at
1885 o'clock.
The colored people of Keokuk extend
sympathy in the deaths of these TWO
citizens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
CITY NEWS.
Read The Daily Gate City.

Read The Daily Gate City.
The Golden Rule store viii be
open evenings until Christmas.
See the Catterlin PLAYERS in an en-
tirely new program at Dodge's theatre.
Tonight. Only 10 and Is cents.
If the carrier service at your
home for The Daily Gate City is not
satisfactory please notify this Office.
-Workmen who are stringing the
new wires for the Western Union be
tween here and the Dies Moines bridge
will complete their work today or to-
morrow
Funeral services for the late
James E. Mcbride were held Sunday
afternoon at 2:15 O'Clock at St. Marys
Catholic church, and conducted by
Rev. George Giglinger. The pail
bearers were the following gentlemen:
Charles Slattery, John Farrell, j. j.
Petty. Edward O'Conner. James Far
rell and Robert Dugan.
-Nauvoo independent: Charles
Mulch. who is looking after the hnan-
cial AFFAIRS OF the Sisters here, receiv-
ed a telegram from New York on
Thursday in which Mr.. kieran gives
assurances that promises that he had
made would be fulfilled. In letter
Mr.. Mulch received from Mr. kieran
on Wednesday the latter states that
many of the reports sent out about him
are without foundation and that al
though he expected TO be arrested he
was not evading arrest. Mr., Mulch
thinks that the arrest OF kieran is
not eagerly desired.
Fort Madison Democrat: Assist
ant L. s. Attorney Geo B. Stewart
goes 10 Council Bluffs SUNDAY night
10 attend federal court, He has one
case of particular interest TO try, tho
first case TO be tried in Iowa unde-
the white slave law The defendant
is Hans Lauerson. q man about s.
wears old. Lauerson deserted q wife
in Denmark and left there an en-
bezzler, A short time ago he import
cd woman. Christine Jensen. from
that country. TO live with him as a
concubine. The maximum penalty Is
five years in The peniteadary
The bowlers OF Keokuk viii De
active this evening at the Drexsl and
heokuk Club alleys At the former
the s.. Peters and Drexel clubs viii
clash in what promises TO % grea;
contest for the teams are very evenly
matched Al The keokuk Club the fea-
lure contest OF the week viii be play
I'd The TWO great rivals. the Keokuk
Club and the Independents are sIa,
cd. The Indepe ndents won from the
Club at The first meeting OF the TWO
and the club bowiers expect to be IL
shape this evening 10 get revenge
The contest is attracting vide atten
ton. The Independents viii be rep
resented by the following bowlers.
Merrill Crimmins. King. Mas anc
Cook The Club will have as repre-
sentaJiyes Tabsr. Smith. Sheldon, z
" Cox and C. ". Cox.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
CLAIM REPORTS
ARE FALSE
Good Sisters of ST. mary's Academy
Say Some of Recent Reports
Are Untrue.
Especial 70 The Gate City

NAUyOO. Ill. Dec 14-s,. Mary's
Academy of this city IS receiving a
great deal Of free advertising through
the metropolitan papers in these Uni
ted States. Just recently one VIM.
Ronenberg who was emplo~ed by Ma
ior Calhoun as book-keeper for part of
the business in the erection of build
ings By ST. Mary's academy is suppcs-
ed to have made statements OF signed
notes and delivery OF suit cases con-
tanning papers to the Fidelity Funding
Co. of New York all OF which are I'M
true and streauously denied by the
good sisters OF 81. Mary's Academy.
and the party and parties who are d.
rectly interested intaeir business af-
fairs
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For Thirty Cents.

Il would shoot you for thirty cents"
Murphy is said 10 have said TO Bell.
who replied that he had no money, but
that if thirty cents was all he wanted,
he would get it for him.
Tie hold-up took place at about TS0
and Bell did not report to the station
until about 10 o'clock when he excited
" told Deputy Marshal Monogue about
il.
Monogue and Officer Fields went out
and picked up Murphy at Stacks rest
aurant and hammond at Prescott
restaurant at lis O'Clock this morn
ing and the two were locked up and
both charged with being implicated in
the holdup.
Hammond claimed to have had moth
ing to do with it. but told how Murphy
had used the revolver. He said that
Murphy put the gun back in his pocket
afterwards, but the revolver was not
found on either of the men arrested
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
lie, Years of Eczema

Reports on eczema dating back ten
wears show the value OF external
treatment Druggist McGratt Bros.
this city, can tell airy sufferer what
reports they lave been getting from
patients VII used oil OF wintergreen,
tnyuoi and glycerin- in liquid form.
whether any person cured as much
IS ten years ago has hac another
= compounded in D. D. O Prescrip-
ton. 1t would b interesting to know
touch OF the disease
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
VIII Meet Proposition

II Is understood that the men VIII
meet the proposition, and Will deposit
the money as proposed. II is certain
that Sunday Will carry out his part of
the agreement, and Ottumwa Will have
a Christmas gift of $1,000 to offer the
poor OF the city. As Sunday usually
gives at least FIVE hundred dollars 10
charity, it appears that he has cleyerly
succeeding in making capital for the
poor of Ottumwa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
JUDGE GAVE
LAWYERS CHANCE
Offered 70 Adjourn Court to Allow
Them TO Settle Difficulty With
Fists.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec Is-An OF
fer D. the Judge Of the adjourn court.
10 allow TWO LAWYERS who were wrang-
ling before him. 70 settle their dihcul-
ties Eith t1eir fists today. took all OF
The wariike spirit out OF the quarrel
ing attorneys. One had aroused the
others wrath BY putting him in
Rocseyelt's class. accusing him OF
gTying 10 organize an -Ananias'' club.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
How 20 Cure a Cold.
fairs

Be a careful as you can ron VIII
occasionally take cold. and when 70
do. get medicine of known -eliabil-
ity. one that has an established repu-
tatio1 and that is certain to effect a
quick cure. Such medicine Is
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. Il has
gained world vide reputation by It's
remarkable cures of this most com
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14

You Needn't keep on feeling distress
ed after eating, nor belching, nor eS-
periencing nausea between meals.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures Dyspepsia
it strengthens the stomach and other
digestive organs for tae proper per
Torrance OF their functions. Take
Hoods
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4 Personal a.rezg.

If ne could talk 10 ron personally
about the great merit Of Foley's Hon
ey and Tar. FOR coughs. colds and
lung trouble. ron neyer could be in
duced 10 experiment with unknow7
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
eeII,s Story.

The bold hold up simmered down
somewhat by this morning for Bell
told his story to the city marshal as
follows:
He said that he came down from
his room between $50 and o'clock
last evening and met the two men n
the alley and that Murphy (whose
name. by uhe way. is not Murphy. but
Tuggles) asked aim for nickle. He
replied that he had no money and
said that Tuggles then took hold Of
his arm and pointed something in his
face. either a revolver or a bottle
Tuggles did not put his hands in
Bells pockets and got no money.
The two men are still in the lookup
and will be kept there by the marshal
until a report is made to him of the
case BY ne police.
Tuggles is a barber by occupation,
while Hammond quit working for a
living several months ago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14

Hoarse coughs and stu1y colds tha,
may develop into pneumonia over
night are quicklv cured by Foleys
Honey and Tar. as il sootbes III
famed membranes. heals the lungs.
and expels the cold from the system.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14

dynamite. already prepared for frlns'|
prematurely exploded in the woFhlhs
at Bias Obispo Saturday. len nea|
were killed and fifty injured. II ma.
be that Others have been killed, "
the debris is piled up in all direc,ou,J
The Bias Obispo cut is about 'li' . d
miles from Colon and the shocA =
the explosion was distinctly felt mere
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
chzrberIain's the Nos, Popular.

We have in stock many cole ard
diarrhoea MEDICINES. says r II.
White. prominent merchant o, Tur-
tie 3ayou. Tex. but sell more Of.
Caamberlain,s Cote. Cholcr1 and
Diarrhoea Remedy than Of all Others
put together For sale by Wilkinson
{ Co. pharmacy. and j. E Kiedaiseh
& Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
ELECTION NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the Me'Nvs
of the Iowa State Insurance Colipan -,
will be held at the office OF Tue ee ,,n
pany in the city of Keokuk. Lee c.a -,
ty, Iowa. at . o'clock p. m. on 'he -
ond Monday in January. 1909.
HUGH ROBERTSON
secretar'.
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paper in which il appears. your address and foSr
cents to cover postage and We will send you 4
Complete Handy Atlas ofthe Worid' :: ::
SCOTT & BOVINE 400 Pearl Street New York
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SCOtt'S Emulsion

clothes the nerves and
muscles with warm fat, fills
the veins with rich blood.
It makes children rugged
and hardy and fearless Of
the cold. 1t fills the whole
body with warmth and life
and energy.
Thin people sometimes
gain a pound a day while
taking it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
Nervous
Breakdown

Nerve energy is the
force that controls the or
gans of respiration. cir
culation. digestion and
elimination. When you
feel weak, nervous. irrl-
table, sick, it is often be-
cause you lack nerve
energy, and the process
of rebuilding and sustain
ing life is interfered with.
DR.. Niles Nervine has
cured thousands of such
eases, and will we believe
benefit if not entirely
cure you. Try it.
MY nervous system gave away
completely. and left me on the verge
OF the grave. / tried skilled physi-
clans but got no permanent relief.
/ got 50 bad / had TO give up my
business. l began taking DR. Miles
Restorative Nervlne. In few days
/ was much better. and l continued
to improve until entirely cured
am in business again. and never miss
an opportunity TO recommend this
remedy" MRS. W. L. BURKE,
Myrtle Greek. Oregon
Your druggist sells Dr.. NILS kers-
Inc, and we authorize him to return
price Of first bottle toniyl If 1t falls
30 benefit you.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
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preparations that may contain some
harmful drugs. Foley's Honey and
Tar costs you no more and has a rec
ord of forty years of cures. wilkin
son & Co., and ]. F. Kiedaisck & Son.
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Notes Unsigned by Bishop.

Bishop Caneyin, according to those
interested in the cases in this sec
ton, never has even been asked to
sign one OF the mortgages proposed
by Keiran. In fact, the operations of
the Fidelity Funding man in the Pitts
burg district had not gone that far
They consisted merely of getting the
notes of some OF the clergymen.
The Rev. a. Kazincy, pastor OF St
Michael's Roman Catholic church of
Braddock, announces that he has in
structed his attorney to enter suit for
embezzlement against Keiran.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
catarrh IS an excessive secret;ap.

catsrrn IS an excessive secretion.
accompanied with chronic inaam
nation. from the mucous mem :
Hoods Sarsapariila acts on the mn
cuous membrane through the blood. re
drces Inflammation. establish s
healthy action. and radically cur > al
cases Of czterrh.
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keiran Still is Missing.

NE WORK. Dee. 1.-THE search
of process servers and Others for
Patrick j. keiran. the missing former
president of the Fidelity Funding com
pany. made no progress yesterday.
Keiran's wife returned to New York
Saturday night and is now at the Ho-
til Devonshire. She refused to dis
cuss the whereabouts of her husband.
John Thomas Smith. lawyer, who
represents number of Keirans cred
itors. is in Pennsylvania, expecting to
find the missing man The hearing TO
determine whether state or federal
receivers shall adjust the affairs of the
Fidelity Will be continued today al
the office OF Referee Olney-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14

-Keokuk made goods are as so nd
as any other goods. Buy 'he"
help local industries.
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deposited over for charitable uses TO
the Ottumwa Ministerial association.
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EXPLOSION AT
PANAMA CANAL
Premature Discharge Kills Many and
Shock is Felt Thirty Miles
Away.

COLON. Dec. ia giant blast Of
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-01-03
The Price of Eggs.

when eggs get in the neighbor-
hood of forty cents dozen and but
ter climbs to thirty-five and forty
cents people always want to know
what the cause is" said New Jer-
sey farmer to Dock street merchant
the other day. They think we are
trying to bleed them but If they
really knew the truth, they wouldn't
have much to say, don't believe.
OF course you fellows here on Dock
street know the causes, but the ordi-
nary person doesn't. Do you know
why eggs are scarce? It's not be-
cause the hens are not working as
hard as usual. Some may be taking
a vacation, it's true, but it's because
the farmers are saving their eggs
for incubators. About this time of
the year the poultry raisers collect
all the fresh eggs they can and pile
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-01-03

The most costly necklace in the
world belongs to the Countess
Henckel, lady. we'll known in Lon.
don and Paris society, the value o.
which ia said to be $3.50, 900. 1t is
really composed of three necklaces,
each of historic interest. One was
toe property of the ex-Queen Of
Naples, sister of the late Austrian
Empress; the second was once the
property of Spanish grandee; while
the third was formerly owned by the
Empress Eugene. Not long ago a
necklace composed of 412 pearls, In
eight rows, the property of the late
Duchess of Montrose, was sold for
sSs,10O. The Empress Frederick OF
Germany is said to have possessed a
necklace of thirty-two pearls, worth
at least 5000, 000,. while Lady II.
chester's necklace OF black pearls is
valued at about s125,0QO.-Tlt-Bit
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-01-03
WISE WORDS.

A fool and his money are soon
married.
One foot in the grave is worth two
in the same place.
On the other hand, the chess player
would rather pay rent than move.
Many girls notion of an ideal
man is any one who will propose.
Some women regard husband
merely as a contrasting background.
A man is known by the company he
keeps and the friends he gives away.
1t makes some fellows chesty to
think of all the medals coming to
them.
l know a man who is so blunt that
he even insists upon writing with a
stub pen.
A skeptic is man who always puts
mucilage on the back OF a postage
stamp.
Genius wouldn't be so often misun-
derstood If it would only learn to use
typewriter.
Despite the fact that she can't
throw a stone a woman should have
an aim in life.
The fellow who is always on pleas
ure bent is apt sooner or later to be
on pleasure broke.
Experience teaches US that If we
want a thing cheap we must pay
pretty dearly for It,
Time and tide wait for no man.
but you can't make a woman believe
it when she is putting on her hat
About one woman in a hundred Is
fond of retailing gossip. mean it.
The other ninety-nine handle 1t at
wholesale.
Salvation is free II It were only
marked down to ninety-eight cents
from 81 it would probably be more
popular.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-01-03

The Quest of Two Moons.
BY FRANKLIN wELLEs cALkINs.
CD o

, down in the end, or fight my Brules.
"The wretched prospect of another
Indian uprising was staring me in
the face, and I had not even COM
munication by wire with the outside
world. l went back to the cow-men,
to be witness against them and for
my Indians in the last extremity.
Had the night been dark, l should
have had hope that Little Chief and
Two Moons might crawl through the
lines or make a dash and get away;
but there was a brilliant full moon,
and a man could be seen quite plainly
at 200 yards. The cowboys stood,
or grimly sat, at intervals of fifty
yards, and a rabbit could not have
passed their line without discovery.
Farrell was not at all pleased to
see me when l biyouacked at his
stand. He was ofish in conversation.
not exactly rude, but with a tone
which said, You may camp here, it's
free range-too free for interior
ence of any sort!'
"By midnight other cow-men be-
gan to arrive, and by daylight there
were twenty-five or thirty at hand.
Evidently these men expected sortie
by the agency Sioux, and were pre-
pared to fight. Losses from stock
'rustling' of late had exasperated the
whole district of the Antelope Each
man of these besiegers carried mag
azine gun and two revolvers, and was
belted with metallic cartridges, so
that, in the distance, he appeared to
be uniformed in copper plate.
Il knew that, If not interfered
with, they would rush my Indians
and end the business as soon as they
had coffeeiand a bite to eat. While
detail was passing coffee and hard
biscuit along the line, my Sioux put
In an appearance. To the number of
fifty odd these filed out of coulee,
in a glitter of oiled guns and copper
shells, and took position. sitting their
horses, like a group of bronze and
armored statues, at 600 or 700 yards.
They were the pick of my agency,
armed, doubtless. with all the guns
and cartridges that could be collected
on Antelope Reservation.
"The cow-men paid this formidable
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-01-03
FRIDAY. JANUARY 3. 1908.

and creased, hung in two strings
down HIS breast. In all his bearing
there was the high spirit Of eelf-
sacrifice, Of making atonement. As
he drew near, found myself biting
my lips and my vision getting misty
with the pity of It. He came direct
to me.
my father he said. I alone am
to blame for what has happened. |
wish to give my body to these men
that my people may not suffer.
"A dozen or more cowboys had
gathered about their leader as l In
terpreted. As l spoke, Two Moons,
with flushed face, showing a plead
ing eagerness. that his sacrifice should
be accepted, went forward a little to
face them.
Before I had finished speaking a
thrill went through me. The at
mosphere of hostility had melted as
clouds vanish after June shower.
The bravo spirit and truthful face Of
the boy had won what neither argu-
ment nor force could have accom-
plished.
~There were some seconds of ST.
lence; then one of the men raised the
tension.
'Shucksl' he said, and turning
his back on the scene. walked of.
Everybody laughed. and Farrell flung
his hat at the boys feet.
You little sap-sucker,' he said.
you've mighty nigh raised lot of
mischief, but you've shore made good
for the sand BILL he said to one
of his men, bring up that gray pony
o. mine and give it to this high red.
We've got toremove him from tempta-
ton
Amid laughter and the gathering
of the clan, white and red, the gray
pony was brought, and Two Moons
the most amazed and delighted little
Indian on earth, reckon, was lifted
upon the back of fine cow-horse,
and made to understand that it was
his. Then the cowboys rode away.
with my Brules whooping Howl
Howl Howl after them.
when the noise had subsidized, Two
Moons turned to me. AT any rate,
father he shouted, earnestly, my
medicine was good, else l should not
have got this fine pony!' From y
Youths Companion.