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The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-04-18
What Our Subscribers Say.

Since we called upon our subscribers,
(and Uctorc,) we have received very
tatterinS letters from many Of them,
endorsing the JOURNAL and encouraging
US to renewed efforts in behalf Of the
cause ant i-its defenders. Below We give
sample from !. II. r., Of Buffalo, W.
Va. lie says:
sin October last, when I subscribed
tos the Journal. for peculiar reasons |
cosld not conveniently pay down, but
intended to do so ere this. . $; l here
with enclose the amount due for this
year, with many thanks for your kind,
ness in wa:ting'on nc.
For my part, l lore THE Journal.
The very doctrine it upholds ! have
fought for, and the doctrine it condem ns
| Aste. But as we'll US | love it and the
spirit Of its editors, l don't Wacsi it with.
out payia: for it.
BY the way, thero is an old lady
down this way, who says the rebs are all
going to sell out in the spring and 90 to
Brazelly (Brazil, I SUPPOSE She SAYS
they have been there and bought up
large boundaries Of land, and that they
will hare just US many uigscrs a. they
want, and no nasty, dirty Yankees,
shall ever cone there J.. H.R."
Another, who hss also fought for bis
Country, but who mas disposed to be
leuient toward those who were its enc
n;es, says:
II once thought you too radical,
but ON satisfied you were right; there
fore I will do all 7 can to sustain your
paper" J..
We have certainly been conscientious
in our course, Captain, and believe
events have proved we wero; right. -
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We commend the straightforward,
manly and independent note of our
friend s. C. Jarrett, who is unwilling to
allow wire working politicians to plnce
him 10 false light, to accomplish their
own selfish ends. 1t remains to be seen
whether some othera, who have claimed
to be simon pure, unauthorized Union
men, and who have (ta hear. their pite'
Gus tulcs) suffered much at the hands Of
the rebels, will manifest the same man
ly, frank and indepcndeot spirit, or have
SO long been listening to the, voice Of
the /. "charmor'1 that. they have now nc
power to burst the letters which have
been SO gently put upon them, !" Birds
of feather flock together " A man
is known by the company no keeps"
These are times when men cannot " car,
~ water on both shoulders" Or elbow
hot and cold at tho same time" Those
who now bow to the copperhssd 'JuggeE:'
paut are committing tho most suicidal
c.i,. - 49, .s,',,7 81. -
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TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES.

Loy4yn To,rnsh;a--Dr. Mayer, Isaiah Curry
Michael Hoffman.
J,ttr,9a IOunhsip-J. S. Cunningham, X
Drooss, Frank Smith.
Poca 7oscaship-Dr. Vim. Mairs, Eobt. Ran
som. John II. Aul,z.
Union 7opnsh;p--Dr. Fielder, NJ. D. Clinton
T. VI. Aultz.
Washington To,rnsh;p-II. R. Davis, Wash
iag,on rauley, Hiram Holstien.
.uc!Gtn Towaship-Chus. Terrell, Geo. Bel
cher Lewis y. Martin.
(&Jia Creek Town,hip-John Benson, Vim
II. Edwards. s. Branham.
Eli: To~aship-H. NJ. James, Edwin High
Thos. ?. Copeuhnver
Zig Sandy Tcwnshp-JOha Kennedy, Jess
c. Reilly, !Eisam Samples.
Ghur!c.ton To~a<hip-John &. Heart, Gcerg
High f. 7. Moore.
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Spring Election.

1t is important that every UuIon man
ofthis Valley should'bc aroused to inc
necessity of doing. his whole duty at the
coming election The rebel party is
thoroughly orsanised-better than they
have ever been since the beginning Of
the war. They will make the mos
strenuous effort to defeat the Consti'u'
tionnl amendment, and to cleo. the'1
own men to. the township aod County
oAices-even the township Offices are o.
importance in securing the fa'thiui; ad'
ministrasion Of the laws, aud should not
DO suffered to falliuto the hands Of those
who are opposed to those laws.
The real Issue before the people is the
" constitutional Amendment" although
the buttcrnuts arc endeavoriOg to .thro"
dust in our cycssby u groat cutlery o.
negro equality. They cannot however
diver. the solid phalanx Of Union men
in Kanawha County from the high 70
solve to perpctuate the Government o.
West Virginia, in the hands OF its lOya'
founders.
Let every loyal maa DO at his post and
stand by his colors until this measure Is
passed, aud forget not, that " United VIC
staud-dividcd we fall"
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Which arc They E?

!, The Republican oflast week contained
full accounts Of vhatpurported to be a
mass meeting of Union veterans, eudors'
ius the conservative" policy, Perhaps
there was a little mistake, and these
t" veterans" belonged to-" t'otber' army
I've refrain from calling the namo, from
motives of conciliation.") How is it -!
Certainly tho veterans Of West Virginia
belong to the Union party, md the fol-
lowing from the Cincinnati Commercial
seems TO indicate that it is tho same way
lin kentucky: &" -. T.. ,.' %
The Union Veterans Of Christian
County, Kentucky, at recent Conven'
ton, resolved that ...,.... .......
awhile we arc earnestly in favor Of Hinnes
|ty to rcpcnrant Offenders, and Of tho buryina
I OF old dead ssucs,' still 1--we altogether dis
claim the idea OF fs7oring the elevation OF re-
turned rebels, or their sympAthizcrs, TO any
Office under the Inv Of tho State, and VIC re-
gard the attempt Of any such to obtain o'hce
MS an assumption that, for the next few gears
should be most emphaticnlly rcbuked, and we
here declare our unwillinsness to submit to
the domination Of either"
What, pray, would be the peculiar
hardship, to say nothing Of the COM
mepdable modesty of SO doins-if re-
turned rebels took back scat in po.
litical affairs for a few years. They
ought to be thankful that they are per.
United to live in peace under Gag they
sought to dishouor.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-04-18
Editorial ANNOUNCEMENT.

Owing to continued i'll health, am
compelled to withdraw temporarily from
the editorial department Of the JOURNAL.
Bat its readers need not fear that its COL
umus will suffer thereby. S. S. Moore,
heretofore joint editor and proprietor,
will continue the paper, and assume the
editorial control. In bidding the read.
crs Of the JOURNAL temporary adieu,
| cannot refrain from expressing my
heartfelt thanks for their past support,
and ask 4 continuance Of the same.
Our aim in tho past has been to give
an unwaverinS aud uncompromisiDg
support to the Government, apd to speak
10 BEHALF Of its noblo defenders. We
have opposed rebellion in every shape.
Wo have opposed negro suffrage, though
VIC considered the best interests Of the
whites as we'll as the blacks required
that his testimony should be admitted
into Court for what it is worth. We
have advocated the cause Of Education,
no: oa!y because We arc heartily utter
esscd in it, but because it is one Of the
greatest needs Of the people. We have
maintained the rights Of the People
whenever eucroached, from whatever
quarter. And finally, VIC have labored
for what VIC deemed the best interests OF
our community aud State, and for the
cause of the Union. A. the same time
We have enGeavcrcd 10 make the JouR'
NAL an acceptable Family paper. Such
has been our past course, and such will
be the future policy of the JOURNAL.
TT. MOORE.
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Letter from Cannclton, W. Va.
MEssR1. EDIToRs:-- ..

MEssR,. EDiToRs:-- .....
have looked in vain in the col.
umns Of your paper for a notice Of the
appointment, by the Governor, Of a day
for humiliation, fasting and prayer.
It probably has not been customary
to observe such day each year, in this
State, in the month ofApril, in common
with some OF the States Of the Union.
But may not we consider it necessary at
this particular time-in view Of the dread
and fear of tho visitation of the cholera,
aud also in vieH Of the great response.
bilities that Congress and the President
Of the United States are called upon to
ussume-to act apart dry to invoke
Divine mercy and guidance, aud so wis.
dom and aid be granted to avert the
pestilcncc, on the one hand, and on the
other hand to direct our Chief Mugiatratc
and bis Cabinet. and our Senators and
Representatives, in all their deliberations
and ucts for the welfare Of The whole ma.
ton? We oughtto be prepared for every
event touching the health and affairs Of
our common country that the providence
Of God sends or permits accepting such
with humble trust. W. K. =
: April Il, 1866
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Hard Road to Travel"

Editing Conservative newspaper in
the Kauawha Valley scems to DO "a hard
road to travel" ". u. Mansfield turn
cd tho Register into conservative sheet
but soon had to sell out TO uncondltion
al Union proprielorS. The money was
then raised by rich rebels and conserya'
tive men to start the New Era" and
Harris, a trampins jour printer, was
put in charge, who soon made Il " fSzle.
\ "slangwbaasing" editor is now in
charge, by the uamc Of Gordon, who
says he is no copperhead," "no bitter
head" "no dead hcad" ." no ruwhcad,
and ono political head" but has left
the inference that he is considerable OF
a Jlockhead or mm1head by his nervous
anxiety on the negro equality" ques
ton.
In Charleston no better success ha:
attended the effort to supply the con
servatives with reading matter suitable
to, their taste. After the demise o.
Father Newton, the Republican" VA:
run for time By committee Of gentle
men. 1t then fell into tho hands of Mr.
Mardcn, an honest, worthy, gentlewanIy
writer, as VIC were lead to believe, ant
too good Union man ta suit The mn or
ity Of his rcadcra. We regret exceed
ingly to part with Mr.. Marden, and hope
his absence is Only temporary, for dur
ing the time that he controlled the lie
Publican, that vindictivc spirit of hatree
against unconditional Union men. which
is SO apparcn, since, did not appear il
tho columna Of that paper.
Perhaps the unknown editors Of tina
paper would feel murc responsibility 70
what they say if their names appeared
at the head Of the editorial columns.
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Sof mspsHbo took no active part during
Tho Va 9ofold fogies, who were rather
/ clog than otherwise to the cause-oe
men Who voted for sece'sion, synp..
thized s:Hiths.ind fought, for it-xitb,
pethups;sa Mn Union men,'a very few.
who. have bssu deluded into tho belief
that Il is the Andrew johnson party
made up as it is, they tell US, that it
is the only true Union party, and tho
salvation Of the country depends upon
its success. ,.v,-,,
But tLo,l loyal people of>W1;l .viir.
giniI;tote 3notiso easily ;deceiYed, and
they will profit by the experiences of tho
Inst five years, Their motto still is,
1.-The Union, tho Constitution and tho
enforcement. of, the laws.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-04-18
4 Great Cutlery and Little Wool

The copperhead fraternity, including
the highfalu,in, chivaIric, bombastic
rebels Of Grecr bricr, Pu,ua,u and ether
counties, are making the wclkin ring all
over the State, with speeches aud reso'
lutions, whenever they can get e half
dozen rebels and fuukcy Union men to
scthcr for an audience.
BY the free use Of their money, they
have secured the services Of several cd.
TORS Of their own ripo, and by the dis.
play they are making, the uninitiated
would suppose that they are really max
ing some progress. But this is delu'
sion that but few of the copperhends
themselves can cherish. The Union
men of this State stand together as firm
as the solid rock, against which the an
cry waves of this coppcrhead ea.pot
tempest, dash and disappear forever,
After the next fall election there will
not be grease spot left Of the whole
concern.
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Proposed Amendment to tho Con-
stitution.

The following is tie proposed Amendment
to the Constitution Of the State Of West Elr'
vinia, to be submitted to tho People on the
Fourth Thursday in May, 1866:
40 p.rsoa ,cho, siret tn. first day 9f JMn>
1851, has g;r.n or 'haH giUs voluntary aid OF
u,,istaucs to he r;Ili1n dgains! Tie United States
shaU J.. q citi:cs 81; tbs STATE, or he GNowea 10
rots ct ong e:echcn held therein, unl," h: ha'
ro,.a,,ered izlo the military naral 'crri"e Of IL:
United State, and has been or shall !: ho"o1dbtt
discharged :kerJr0ns."
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A Card.

EDS. JouRNAL:-I sea by the IA
nawha Republican that ! was appointed
as delegate to the Clarkabarg Convrn.
ton, and feel it to be due myselfto say
that this was without my knowledge OF
approval. 1 have always acted with the
unconditional Union meu Of tho State
aud as yetscc no necessity for tho organ
ization Of any othor party.
+: $500 - -: s. 6. JAnnIrr.
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CHANGING Names.

A correspondent of the Gallipolis Dis
patch (ButtcrnuD urges, in view OF
the death Of the Wing party. and the
uame Democrat not suitiUg sensitive
nerves." that they form a new organlza'
ton to be called the "Johnson Party"
The same political persuasion in the
Kanawha Valley seems to DC in trouble
on the same score-not being able to
select O name which suits sensitive
nerves." At first they styled themselves
."Conscrvat;9cs," and but few answered
at i" roll call i they then tried Con.
stitutional Uniou," and fewer yet re-
spoadcd, as that name has been "played"
during the war by Vallandisham and
other traitors. They have finally, like
the Ohio Butternuts, hit upon the name
"Johnson party" and thereby hit upon
an ingenious compromise. The aahcr'
euts of"Jo. Johnston" the rebel Major
Gen, and also the pretended adhereuts
of Andy Johnson, the pa;rio'is Prcsi'
dent, can rally to that name and fight
together under the stars and stripes aud
stars aud bars. The "radicals" mug,
be demolished By such comhinatiun!
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The Conservative Programme,
(Con!run!ca:ed.l


Should the weather be propltious on
next Saturday, aud nothing happens, it
is probable that the conservatives Of this
place will hold a meeting then, and fire
their bi: guns.
The supposi,;on is, that Gen. }. J.
Jackson will he there. Let every ono
remember his autccedeuts. Tie it was
who opposed the reorganization OF the
State OF Firgiuia, and who not only re-
fused to participate in the proceeding:
of the June Convention, bnt wrote :
pamphle. denounclng it aud its acts
Consistent to the last, he nos takes
prominent part with, aud is oac of the
srca, champions of the conservatives.
1t is probable, too, that Col. B. II
Smith will Ec thcre to "lay down the
law" und denounce the acts Of our leg
islature. 1t is he who pronouncos OUT
laws unconstitutional (y anz such hap
pen to bcur TOO LarA upon Ac rebels, ant
who loses no opportunity to cast ridi
cule upon the Union men who represent
US in the Legislature. The people o
Kanawha Valley have pot forgotter
what he did to retard the advance oftht
Union troops up the Valley; and lii
actions now 20 far to prove, what long
has been suspected by the Union mel
oc Aanawha, that his kcart ,eas ncrc'
really in the Union cause.
The chairman who presided over the
late conservative meeting appointed some
thirty delegates to the C!arksburg Con
vcn:ieE-among whom may be seen the
names Of about f,cclcc sccesstoAists-mcu
who voted for secession. Look nj
this, men Of Kana~ha, and reflect. Thi.
party claims to be the conservative par.
ty-oppoScd to radica'ism-iu favor Of
Andrew johnson, and bitterly opposed
to the Union maiorisics in Congress and
in our own Legislature. They tell US
that our laws arc unjust. tyranuical and
unconstitutional, and that We arc al. too
radical. Without giving US any crcdi,
for our forbcarance in not publishing
traitors as traitors should be punished,
they blame US, not only for deprivinS the
rebels Of their votes, but for refusing to
allow them to make laws for, and to gov:
ern US. They claim that there are 20
men, among all the Uuiou men Of West
Virginia, who have tho talent or capaci.
tyto legislato or TO govern. All the
talent, oil the capacity, i, TO be found in
this SO called conservative p3a,rty-tGis
party ofsuch nuherical 'inisiSnif,ance 10
orr county, that, although; it loudly
claims to be the only, constitutional
Union party, It Jet il. made up in grea.
part, Of secessionists. Nearly ono half
Of tho delegation appointed to rcpre.cn,
this County at Clarksblrg werc seccs::
sionists. The presumption is that this
delegation will also b" at the meeting ~
= Can the people Of Kanaaiaha have con:
6dence in q pnrty Of this kind r. Is this
tho conssryative party that: claims to Be
he Constitutional Union party:J(par e:
ce1lcnce) ofihe' stats?' Made up as il i,
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In giving somc excellent advice to
the returned. apd,,resideutrebcl, Of Ken.
lucky. tho Louisville. JournatsaJs:
-" We desire no warfare upon tho reb.
cls we would gladly treat them os peace.
full, lav.sbiding citizens. Blu. if they
are determined (we care not under what
nnme) to organize tbcmsclvcs,n.o dis.
tinct political party, VIC shall eight them
with all the zeal and power With which
we fought the rebellion
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.CosF1RMED.-R. S. Nor!hcott, late
Editor Of the Clarksbqrs gskqraph, has :
been confirmed by the. United States
Senate as a Brigadier General Of Volun:
teeri By breyet. :' -
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COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Capt Il. C. :HcWhorter Capt: Jos. c. Wheel
or, Capt.. c. ". Smith, Lieut.. W. y. Hawkins,
and L. T. Moore, Esq.
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Union Committees
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

4. ". Campbell, Joseph Bell, Thomas II.
Logan, Jno. II. Hubbard John L. wilson, anu
SAMUEL Laughlin.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
~ {f 5itCy -
Editor . Publisher.
.NUMEER g.
J Salt Mines in Anicrica.l

| Ia /"
The passed few DAYS have witnessed i'm.
portant accessions to the salt product Of tbis
country. The eaolmous mdSincreased con.
sumption, and the limited and costly sunplv
! from abroad. have tended not only topromote
1 buf compel discovery. THE Syracuse salt
mines in New York, The EKanawba mines in
West Virginia, and the equally celebrated
Hooking Valley snlty mines, have long been
in operation, and their product has been great
but the newer discoveries seem to eclipse the
cid. The Saginaw district in Michigan, al.
though brought to light and. made productive
but recently, is s.Alrendy the best mining field
OF the kind that we have The developpd
fields thus far give an annaal yield Of IL, ,O0O-
! 0DO bushels. s..a.......--..t, ',... 81 ~
But y new discovery mas just, been 1ass. :.-
new anu unsupported pnrt Of the country,
which, from its extent and locality, promises
to he OF vast importance, During the late
war in the south, about two years ago, we be-
lieve, a report was published relative TO an
immense salt mine i'll louisiana, which many
thought 4 romance. 1t seems that is not So
for the proprietor has given II BATON Rouge
editor tpi! and particular account of The
great mineral wonder. 1t exists in St. Ma.
''ry $ parish in Louisiana, and is on nm island,
the name of whchis Pott Ance 1t consists
OF hill, at some points l6N feet high, con.
tanning about 2,24O acres Of land, surrounded
ny the waters Of Bayou VernilIioh, situated
about nine mlrs from Vermillon bay, in the
above named parish I'D II
Although salt has been manufactured upon
the island for maHy years vet the discovery
oI the mines was not made until 1863. The
great mine at Cracow, Poland, is not to be
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
Earth, not our Abiding Place.

Bnlwer eloquenty says:-"1 cannot be.
eve that earfl is man is abiding place 1t
can't be that our life is cast up by the occ,ns
Of eternity to float moment upon its waves
and then sink to nothingncss Else why is
It that the glorious aspirations, which leap
like angels from the temple of our heart, AN
forever wandering about unsatisfed? WHY
is it that the rainbow and clouds come ovt,
with a beauty that is not Of earth, and lhcr,
pass off and leave us TO muse upon the,r f.
vored lovclnrss2 Why is it tia, the stars
who hold their festival around the midnight
throne, are set above the grasp OF Our limited
ticulties, forever mocking US with their un.
approachnble glory {? And finally, why is il
tnat the bright forms Of h,iman henuiy are
presented'to our view, and then taken from
lis, leaving the thousand streams OF our at
-fcctoh to flow back in Alpine torrentsupon
our hearth We ore horn for highrr destiny
than that of earth; there is u realm where the
rainbow never fatlrs-where the stars will be
spread before us like islands that slumbpr on
the occan--ana where the beings that pass
before us ike shadows will stay in our prcs
ence forever t r 9"'"0.'' '"' a.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
Old Fashioned winters.

In the year 40l the Black Sea WAS entirely
frozen over, In IO3, not only the Black Sea
,utl the Straits OF altlaneles, were frozen
"or. an'l III" snow in some places rose fifty
f,et high In S22 the great rivers Of En-,
ropc, the Danube, the Elba, &c, were frozen
| 10 hard as TO bear heavy wagons fora month
In $50, the AAratic was frozen In 99l
everything WAS. frozen the crops entirely
! failed, and famine ana pnstilence CLOSED the
year. In 1861 most OF the travellers in Ger.
many were fr3z t: death on the roads. In
l l3i; the p WIS frozen from CIR m ma to the
.sra; the W ncsacks were burst. and the trees
split by The action of the frost, with immense
noise In 1887. the Dungbc was frozen to
the bottom, and remained long in that state.
In 1908, the crovs Jailed in Scotland, and
such IL lnmino ensured that the poor were re.
duced to feed on grass, and many pcrished
miserahy in the fields. In 1917, the crops
wholly fliled in Germany; and VII lat, which
some years before sold in England at Is. the
quarter, rose to 81. In 1863 the wine'd dis
tributed to the soldiers was cut with hatchets.
The suroG ssivc winters OF l422 81 were IN
Fcommonly severe. In 1853, it, Was exccs
svely coli;' most of the holes were killed.
and coaches drove across the river Thames
tie, ice Of Which was eleven. inches thick. In
,I7G9. occurred what whs long called "thr
cold winter when the frost penetrated three
yard j into the carth In l7l6, booths were
erected on the 1iames In l744 the strong.
est ale in England, exposed to the air, was
covered in. less ,hnn fifteen minutes with ice
an eighth Of an inch thick In 1909, and
again in 1872! the winters were remarkably
.eoldsa In lel4 thorelwa fair on the frozen
Thames ,,7rlfE Er,df4,n .tpH.t !aaa ,aW'
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22

growing respect for his rights among the peo.
pie, and his, increasing adaptation to high
state Of civilization in this, his native land,
that there can come q time when he On h,.
removed from this country without terrible
shoek to its prosperity and peace. Besides,
the worstsenemy uf the nation could not cast
upon its fair name a greater inf,my that 10
suppose that negroes could be tolerated among
t en- IL state of the most degrading slav-
eryy aud that they must be cast away and
Or ven intn exi f no other cause than hav.
ing been freq q iron, their! chains. !a9oc mn
|, lSignedl GEu 7. DOWNING, ~ B.
A'D." JNo. LtEEs, s...
p 'aftdae ~ al y WM;s WnlppgN,
sdt iua ,GoDsan eFREp. 9DoudLAss,
,g,aeI t'ig+ .-q,. 4 LEw1s Ii. DoueLAss, sas7
=. ,.,.,s s...... ,,.,i And others.