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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-25

The company continued to spend
large sums for safety devices and on
perfecting its safety organization. 1t
spent over 100000 on welfare work.
1t carried insurance on 6O62 employees,
face value Of policies totaling $685.
500. Pensions were granted to "a BEN
eficiaries during 1917.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-25

He--I would rather have a man call
me knave than a fool.
She-Of course. It's the truth that
Transcript.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-25

Position Of the Smelling Industry.
The Miner is indebted to the Engin-
eering and Mining Journal for the
above summary, and from the same
source is also taken the following ed
itorial discussion Of the report;
In the last report of the American
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-25

now did Hodgson get his reputation
Is an authority on finance?
BY never talking for publication
Life
The sun., 1918-08-11
Gilbert K. Chesterton.


Most people either say that they agree with
BERNARD SHAW or that they do not understand
him. l am the only person who understands him,
and do not agree with him.
1.-The human race to which so many of my
readers belong Gas CHEsTERToN began The Na-
poleon of Noting Hll) and whose mental biog-
raphy CHEsTERToN is always writing often has
difficulty to understand the first half of his intel
lectual propositions; but the whole is generally
clear. Sometimes the human is stubborn
enough not to agree with him, but it always
has to admire. He is the only Of the
to look back upon the past and congratulate it.
The other Masters-WEIIs and SHAw-look into
q future made by themselves and have raptures
it. CHEsTERToN lays the Middle Ages, before
his reader and says, Beat them if you can!' He
does not say, LET us 60 back to the Middle Ages"
He says, Bring the Middle Ages forward to u.s.
To G. K c. the future is for weaklings the past is
strong men S meat
1.-The truth is that all feeble spirits naturally live
in the future because it is featureess; it is soft
Job; you can make it what you like. 1t
requires real courage TO face the past, because
the past is full of facts that cannot be got over
The Soul of the Race.
CHEsTERToN, however, is not one of those past
stored by buying old furniture or dancing, with
a fixed smile, around Maypole:
''Our life to-day is marked by perpetual at
tempts to revive old-fashioned things while omit
ting the human soul in them that made them more
than fashion,
CHEsTERToN wants an England, perhaps world
that will eat heartily, drink with freedom, pray
earnestly and think sanely. To bring about old
fashioned reforms he works in new-fashioned ways.
As one of his biographers, WALTER NJ. HAUsHALTER,
says, ''he is the most radical thinker in England
and vet his issues are the most conservative" One
of his most religious books, The Ball and the Cross,
is positively shocking to the pious-in the earlier
chapters. CHEsTERToN puts madmen into his
novels and then shows you how perfectly sane they
are and how insane is the modern world around
them. He has created as HAUsHALTER remarks,
"an heretical defence of orthodoxy; radical de-
fence of conservation He hits the errors of mod
ernism over the head with medieval staff and
you can hear the skull crack:
''The old regionists tortured men physically
for a moral truth; the realists torture men
morally for physical truth
He brings down the two handed old sword on the
helmet of Fictitious theories Of democracy:
"If better conditions will make the poor
dt to govern themselves, why should not better
conditions already make the rich more fit to
governr'
The Great Paradoxer.
CHEsTERToN has gained most notoriety as
maker of paradoxes. He has made more money out
of his novels than anything else He is regarded
most respectfully in England a philosopher.
His ntimates look up to him a critic.
He is the greatest paradoxer the world has
known yet he does not usually make paradoxes
for the sake of the startling inversion Sometimes
he does indulge 'The reason why they burned
The sun., 1918-08-11

and paradoxcs.
"Ininity is unthinkable, and yet necessary to
thought is paradox in form only.
Somebody wrote of CHEsTEaToN that he would
pawn a logical position for paradox" That
critic was only pawning genuine estimate of his
subject for an epigram, as every student of CHEs
TERToN realizes.
How He Breaks Through
CHEsTERToN employs paradoxes because they
make up the shock troops of modern literature.
Most of the authors who scorn to employ them are
those who cannot conscript them This fat strate
gist employs the First Pounding Paradoxes to
rush through the barrage of the stubborn readers
imagination:
Thieves respect property.
The enemy falls back, leaving its mind stunned
and opened Then General CHEsTERToN sends in
the steady, middle aged reserves: "They merely
wish the property to become their property so that
hey may more perfectly respect it"
The troops dig in for the winter.
Sometimes CHEsTERToN sends in one wave of
shock sentences after another
There are only three things that women do not
understand
The enemy, puzzled looks at the sky. CHESTER
TON sends in the second wave:
They are Liberty Equality, Fraternity
Those three words stick in CHEsrERToN mind.
In his Short History of England he says that the
story of his country may be found in the French
motto: 1--WE gained the first, and we have lost
the others. For &c X fairly screams for every
day good fellowship, for the killing of caste and the
general spirit which permeates France He loves
the crowd
Where shift in strange democracy
The million masks of God"
The Crowd, but Not the Mob
Don't confuse the crowd with the mob CHEs-
TERToN is not for the mob He is for the kind
considerate frendliness of whole peoples, not for
the lazy, Disconnected turbulent selfish sections of
populations 1t was long time before the
turn in Russia that he wrote this epgram:
"You can never have a revolution to establish
democracy. You must have democracy in order
to establish revolution
R. A. ScoTT-JAMEs, who is not the kindest of
CHEsTERToN' s critics, says of this brilliant demo-
crat:
at would not be far wrong to describe Mr..
CHEsTERToN's philosophy as a sort Of sublimated
public opinion minus the opinion of the intellec-
tuals''
That never hurt CHEsTERToN s feelings 1.-The
ntellectuals' is phrase that just about describes
the writer's with whom he likes to break lance.
1t is synonym for ''hghbrows.' Yet he devotes
most of his attention to those who really intel
lectual or have the form of intellectually. He
respects nobody's fame or pretensions:
'Mr. BERNARD SHAw's philosophy is like black
coffee; it awakens, but it does not inspire
And there is the other one of the Three Masters
of the Monstrous-Mr H. G. WELIs-but that is
subject which Mr.. CHEsTERToN himself is going
to take care of in this magazine next Sunday.
Chesterton, Novelist.
Everybody knows CHEsTERToN as novelist, and
particularly as writer of the fantastic Three of
The sun., 1918-08-11

CheSterton, Novelist.
Everybody knows CHEsTERToN novelist, and
particularly as writer of the fantastic. Three of
his stories classed detective tales: The Club
of Queer Trades The Man Who Was Thursday and
The Innocence of Father Brown. Most critics will
be inclined to smile the classification of the
second book named, for detective story it is of
course a joke, being rather fantastic argument
against anarchy, although it is one of the most d.
verting books of the last twenty years In the mar
ratives of Father Brown CHEsTERToN shows his
powers a short story wrter-what could have
more genuine atmosphere that The Sins of Prince
Saradine or more suspense than The Broken
Sp0rd?
However, it is as a critic that the readers of
this page will see this Englishman who has been
found to shine also essayist novelist historian,
philosopher, poet and paradoxer. He is not al
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
.COL0RED Y. CHAIRMAN
GARY CHAPTER A. R. C.

Alta meeting of the Gary Chapter.
American Red Gross. held st Welch ON
Msy Ilth, the Chairman. CD. Edwsr!
OTOOle wa suthoriz~d by the Chapter
10 appoint colored vice-clairmsn for
Mcdowell county, 20 Lave charge Of The
rgsnizston ~ the colored meinl,er Of tie
A X O.. therein. Acting on this sns-
~ -t'on, The chairman spoointed o. thi-
Otiicr, DR. James sidney Csrdweu os
6sD, " Va. Dr Caldwell ga grad
u.te II the dental CsnSge of Howard
Univs r-iiy. having re we'd his degree IN
J0n-. l'is. H. - ,ss = q sur-hir.g prsc-
Tee ~ wIr''e. Daring the -umn.eo and
fail of 1917 he had charge II the c,lors.i
Dental Dispen-ory At Jenkipjone-. Prior
10 his graduation from Howard Cniver-
sity. he Was school teacher, having
Taught school in Adkin District for sever
al years. Ills wife, Mrs. Alice q. Gard
well h<s been . succcs-ful teacher IN this
same district for seven yesrs.
Dr. Cardwell ss youDg man and
brings 10 his work the enthusiasm Of
youth and . genuine interest in hrs rsce
and IN earness desire 70 a~,iss the R~-t
Oros m every possihss vsy.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
THE MOST
CUSSEO COUNTY
Huntington Herald Dispatch

(Huntington Herald Dispstch.)
Wet Virgins, stsn.;y Gus today in .
psrtic lIsrIy envisbls hkft zfdSn view
81 the treatment which that county has
received in the past, the Hexsid-Dis
patch is mighty we'll plea-ed to be able
to record = recent achievement, and en-
belish the record with word Of com
mendation. Mcdowell has had her
fanlt- in the past, and so have Oabell
and kanswhs and Fsyete and most all /,
II not all, the other fifty-four that com
prise the West virginis sisterhood.
The Herald-Dirpstch, without con.
donlng any political fsnlt Of which Me
Dowell may have been guilty, has OIL
numerous occasions come to her defense
against exagerstiOns manufactured for
political effect
But To the imnledists point. In tho
recent Liberty Loan campaign Mcdowell
Oversubscribed her allotment. 30 did
many an otl'er county and city. BH
Mcdowell, with ali allotment Of s474 90
bought $l ,JD.OD worth Of bonds
Mcdowell uDquestionably leads tho
state OF West Virginia in point Of over
subscription. her percentage teiDg above
525, when rednc+d To exact figures
And Il would be unfair to close this
tribute u McDowell A. q whole without
stating the specific fact that the Negro
voters Of the county. tile men who 70
down into tile mines each morning with
their dinner pals and lives in their
hands, ~rre particularly loyal aud help
fuI VA enabling McDowell % achieve this
remarksble distinction sdore than IS =
vo citizens Of Mcdowell county bou IA
bonds, and half Of the purchasers we're
Negro coal miners And the~e colored
citIz~ns are not only buying bonds and
war STAMPS snd giving o. the Red Gross
They are sending their boys ny the hun.
dred IN Response u CONSUMPTION act
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
Fought German Raid
ing Party Of Twen-
ty Men.
ONE USED BolO KNIFE
CREDITED WITH PREVENTING
CAPTURE OF ANY OF THE
AMERICAN TROOPS.

WASHINGTON, May 2o.-General
PershinR's communique today brought
it, best st ~ 80 far o: the valor and sac
rifice Of American blood on the battle
hslds OF France. It slso gave eloquent
testimony 70 the spirit of democracy
which knows no race nor color. Ii told
Of the gallant death Of Major Rsoul Luf-
bsry, premier American ace of the flying
corps, gentleman giobe trotter and one
.of the first fiiers of the celebrated La
Fsyette escadrille. 1t tcld also OF the
heroic fight of two American Negro SOL
diers. both wounded, who witi.seood q
raidinG party OF ~ Germans and saved
comrades from surprise and capture.
Notwithstanding these two ineidents.
General Pershing referred to yesterday
- "quiet day"
In recitng the heroic deeds of the two
Negro soldiers. General Pershing says:
Reports In hand show q notable in
stance OF bravery and devotion shown by
two soldiers Of an American colored regi-
mens operating in n French sector. Be-
fore daylight. on May Is. Private Henry
Johnson and Private Roberts, while OH
sentry duty at some distance from one
moeber. we're attacked by German
rsiding rsrty estimated at ~ men, who
advanced in two groups, attacking at
once from flank and rear.
Both men Tough: brayely in hand-to-
hand encounters, one resorting to the
use Of . bolo knife after his rifle lammed
and further lighting with bayonet and
butt became impossible. There is evil
dence that at least one aud probably n
second German was severely cut A third
- known 10 have been shot
Attention 10 drawn To the fact that the
two colored sentries were first sttscked
and continued fighting after receiving
wounds and despite the use OF grensdes
by . superior force. They should he
gwen credit FOR preventing, by their
bravery, the capture of any Of our men
Three of our men were wounded, two by
Rrensdes- All are recovering and the
wounds IN two cases are slight"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
Gilmore at Institute
Drowned in Great
Kanawha River

Lew Gilmore, star athlete of the Wet
Virginia Collegiate Institute, was drown
rd Ia the ksnswhs river at Instituts
Thursday afternoon. May Ii.
Gilmore and two of his classmates.
Oivde Hardy and Dan Brown, went BATH
ing near the school soon after dinnsr
Thursday. taking with them q csnoe.
When they were about the middle OF the
river. tile canoe cspsized, throwing all
three Of them into the water. Hardv
and Brown clung 70 the canoe, but Gil
more tired To swim ashore. The current
Vas stronger than hs thought. and feel
ing hi- strength yAng out, be called 70
his companions for assistance. Brown
immediately struck out for him, and al
though he struggled heroicsIIy 20 save
the drosning boy. Gilmore sank within
W or - feet of the shore.
President PriIIernsn had Just left the
institution for Charleston. Az he ds-
G 'nded from the car in Charleston. hs
~<- informed that Gilmore had be~n
drowned. lie boarded the same car and
returned Immediately 70 the school.
Gilmore Was . member Of the present.
senior class and would have xradusssd
May 29th. lie was one Of the most pop-
ulsr young men IN sls institution. He
took am active part in student activities
and w@s secretary Of the Young Mems
Christian Associstion and q member of
the hersgon Club at the time OF h,s
death. lie vac captain Of his class bas-
ket ball trsfn. which won the champion
ship Tor t~o successive years, With the
record Of winning every game played In
the school year Of 1916 IL.
Gilmore was ~ wears Of age, the con
OF Mr.. and Mr.. John Gilmore, Lerins-
toL, Va. His uncle. Mr.. Harvey Morri-
son, reached the institution May 18Th.
The body va shipped ~ Lexington for
burial
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
COURT OF CALANTHE SET
APART At CARETTA BY
DEPUTY c. II. RICE

MOndsy night Of this week Di-triei
Deputy {. II Rice set ups court oi
Oslsnthe lodge At Csretts With - mem
bers. The officers are ss follows.
b ,. Brooks. W. O.. Lillian Aulton
!. y. y, Fila Brooks, X. ~ D.. vir
ginis johnson. X. Of A.. Daris smith
X. ID Harry Johnson. Orator. franc,
Toddy, :. u. X Lucille Elliott, J. ID
X. E'ls Galloway. Conductre,s. Alc.
Dsvi-, Ast. Cond1ctre-.. Belle Hsye.
Escort. W :. smith. HersId: }. W
Moton. Protector; klls woo'eD, In-t~c
TOR. Mcgee Hampton. Trustee: ElIer
smith, Trustee; Elksleth ---- Trustee
This vss very interesting m.esins
snd found the people active. earnest snc
enthusiastic over the order. They SPEAK
very sDcoursgingiy over the prop C a
paying OF the last dollar on ou- build
ing i'm Charleston.
Mr.. Rice y undoubtedly strong and
sctive worker for the order
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
A PROCLAMATION
(BY THE GovERNORD

The Prr-'dent Of th.. United stat.
having is-n.d his proclamation. pro
claiming May sth. 1918. "a day slrrsdy
freighted nth -acred snd stimulating
memories. a. q day of Thanksgiving and
prayer. and having exborted all his iel-
low citizens of al faiths and crseds u
assemble on that day IN their severssl
plsc.- oi worship "snd their 70 prsy
TO God that lie may forgive our sins and
short comings a. g people and purify our
hearts 20 80 and love the truth, 10 &C.
cept and defend all things that are inst
and right and 10 purpose only tbo-e
righteous scs- and judgments which ere
IN conformity with fiis will; bessechins
Him that He will give victory 10 our ar
mies - they tight for freedom, wisdom
70 thoss vbo take counsel on our behalf
- thsD dsys al dark sIrugEis snd per-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
FOURTEEN MEN ARE
CAUGHT IN BURNING
CAMEL COAL MINE

CHARLESTON, w. Va, May - -
Eourtsen men we're trapped in the burn
ing mine Of the Mill Creek Camel
Mining Co, at Milliken, shortly before
i've O'Clock this afternoon.
All are believed TO be- dead.
AT . late hour tonight tile mine was
still burning and hundreds Of desperate
men could make only Intellectual attempts
90 reach theIr entombed companions
The fire Was caused, IL is believed,
fre<n sn exploding engine W. J. Heath
ermsn. chief Of the state departments ol
mines. ssid y night that q gasoline en-.
gine used within the mines 10 thought n
have leakesi gasoline. This Vas in son
unknown msnner ignited.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24

plexity. and steadfsstness To our people
and to make sacrifice to the utmost IN
support Of what il just and true bring
ing us at least the pe :ce in which men :
hearts can he At rest because il is found
ed upon mercy, justice and goodwill" "
And it appearing fitting that in this
hour Of our Nations trial We should 90
with oar humble supplications To the
throne Of Mercy and there not only ap-
peal for Divine support and guidance but
like~ ise pledge anew onr faith in and
devotion to1hose Ohristixn ideals which
We are today preparing to maintain and
defend with all our Resources and all our
Nations power.
Therefore. |, John J. Cornweil, Cover
nor Of the State Of West Virginia, do ap-
peal TO all the people OF West Virginia
TO respond to the recommendation and
sequest Of the President and urge upon
them a proper observance Of the day set
apart by him as u day of prayer in the
manner indicated ina his proclamation.
In testimony whereof have hereunto
set my hand and csn-ed the Great seal
OF the State To be affixed.
Done at the Capitol. in the City Of
Charleston. this the I:'th day of May, in
the year Of our I.~rd. One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Eighteen, aud in the
fifty fifth year Of the State
JOHN j. CORNWELL,
Governor.
HOUSTON q. YOUNG,
Secretary of state
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
Negro Gentleman
Defends Col. LADY

Washington. ID. C.-Rufns O. Byer-
of the Howard Theatre happened 10 ~
ON the corner of Fourteenth and q "a.
recently when s.virginisn threw Mic.
Cora Belle Mcfher-on aside and struck
her, a. she ws- entsriDg = street car IN
front 81 him. vith the observation.
WAIT until white man enters 6r-t,
am Virginiso." Mr. By~r. .trnck the
NirginIsn q tresmend,,us blow IN the
fscv, which settled the gentlemsn, ard
then assisted Mis- McPh-rs N on the car.
H'- friends hsvesbo~erpd congratulations
oIou Mr.. Byer- FOR hi courageous and
e. 'urtly condoct IN defending ti.is lady.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
WOMAKS BAPTIST
STATE CONVENTION

De.r women n the Ch~rci.es
HAVING bad ore ~ thu i--t meetings
In the history Of our cOoventioD, lat
August, 81 konceserts, aud With love
and zssl ior the work ~ e-poused twenty
Eve years ago. still bnrnisg on the altar
OF our hearts, in the name Of the Christ,
Who died for us all, we will st up our
banner for the ensuing year
1t nc resolve for better organization,
more efficient service. greater loyalty 70
she work, and deeper, troer spiritual life
The needs Of West Virgins Seminary,
the needs OF our state and foreign mis-
sions are ever present. with ne. so let nc
do sll in our power 10 raise means N
loser thee csur~. Our slogan this year
y u. 500 Tor oil departments Of our work
-e1, ,Om fos Wess Virginia Seminary.
We 60 rsiss ~ smo.ns tor III Angus
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
LYNCH 4 NEGROES;
MOB SEEKS FIFTH

NALDOSTA, ia, Nay 2O-with
three Negro men and one Negro woman
already lynched for the murder II IIamp-
ton smith, a white farmer. and the ui-
treatment and attempted mnrder Of Mrs
smith at Barney. Ga last Thursday
night, hundreds oi men with b loodhonnd-
t"dzy -coured the wood- IN this viciDity
Tor Sidney Johnson. fifth Negro, want
el in connection with the crime. He
will probably be lyncbed II captured.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
Gen. PERSH|N6 PRMSES
! THE GREAT BRAVERY 0F
TWO NEGRO SOLDIERS

meeting II We have . oneness Of purpo~e.
Shall We not, ~ God has prospered US,
help sps'ed on this sork ~ never before,
by our f~rvent prayers and liberal sifts?
Our part in finishing mp the building
will lie To put in the heating apparatus.
Give ~ much ~ you can. Let each
missionary society DO its duty. In the
near iuture each society will he appor-
toned the amount it is expected tn give.
Oar Field Secretary, Mrs. Julia V
Wilker.on, will soon be actively working
on thu field. With the hope that she
may be able To arouse us from our
lethargy and inspire us with more zeal
for the glorious work tn which God has
called us, give her your sympathy ,end
prayers.
Yours for the success of the Woman's .
Baptist State Convention,
MRS. NJ. A. w. THOMPSON,
President
Red Star, w Va.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
PROPOSAL IAN EXPERIMENT IN
n SENATOR sopumpoN7 RACE C00PERAT ION

sith the facilities 1t hand. Prof. Long
Is accomplishing more real efficient aud
prscscal RESULTS than are b~ing Accom-
pllst~d st most institutions Of this kind.
"One thing that particularly imprssssd
me Mas the universal nestness and xpod
order that -rnlri o. prevail everywhere:
anoth~r thing that unpress--d me was.
the ,ldrnt sincerity Of the student body
Itss.lt
II have always maintained that the
real avenue oi accomplishment opsn u
the coiorrd people of .he South lay along
agricultural and domestic .ciencs Iines,
aud Prof. Long has drm pnstratad his
Wisdom IN making these subjects para
mount in his school
The Rn~doke TUNES in a strong edito-
rial entl.ed ''patriotl-m knows No
Cs,lor Line" stats-s:
The Chattanooga Times editorially
tells of military honors ssror.ied . de-
ces-ssi Negro soldier who lost his life ia
the service "i hls country. Tie did not
die ON the firing line in Frame, hut st
'''t Nti'ttoflF, Nuefr bt Nas uttlnH
himself Tor the supreme iuty Of the DAY.
snd when the hour arrived Tor the fun
er~l the coiorri man wss paid such hon
"r death .. had never been his lot ia
life
White man AMI black mAn. We ara
alike American citizens in tii- great crisis
snd eNusl measure of honor 10 due a.
every man who faithfully PERFORM. hi.
part al thr common ta-k. irrespective OF
the coior of his skin. The treason and
ssSiitl"n and dissti-ction that have cropp-
ri up here and there Ia sully the fair
name oi certain states aud citie. have
not been ln evidence among she colored
people. Justice and fsirne-s compel Tia.
statement A. we'll as genuine regard and
friendship Tor the Negro race
The Chattanooga Times whose article
inspired the writing of tile ABOVE brave
words gave expression to the following
noble sentiment:
When he put on the Uniform of q
soldier oi the United States Army, all
distinctions OF class. color or condition
were efisced and he became entitled TO
all tire credit and honor that sttAche. 10
. man with the color..'"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24
REPUBLICAN, ELECTED
MAYOR OF HUNTINGTON


HUNTINGTON, May l4.-Leon 9.
Wiies, Republican candidate for cisv
commissioner, ~ receiving the lsrrsss
vote IN the municipal election today Of
any one s-yirsnt automatically become
Hunt'ngtou's mayor. His vote we g.
cls. l.. ID. Newman. Democrat, played
"iis . Close second by obtaining 4,o2
votes.
The other successful commissioner sr,
Nat Miser, Republican. ~ish 3. $40 vosss.
and kufus svi<er, Democrss, With g.
742 vosss.