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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05
An Accursed Race.
The Eye.


 We have as a nation. done our share of persecution. We have. in the good old days. burned witches and made blue laws but we have never come up to the countries of Europe in sheer, unadul- terated national cussedness.
 There ye, remains remnant of mis. erable people called Cagots. in the valley of Pyrenees, who for hundreds of years have been so oppressed that they may well be called the aceursed race. Why they are aocursed and isolated. none knows. Their settlements were avoided by all. The number of their cat tle ar stock was limited. they being only allowed one pis. five sheep, and six geese per family.
 Did Cagot leave his poor cabin. and venture into towns. he was forbidden to buy or sell anything eatable: ,o walk on the sidewalk: to enter before sunrise. or to be found within the walls after sunset. Moreover. he must wear red piece of cloth IS a badge of his race
 He was expected to shrink sway from any pa ,ser-by. for fear of their clothes touching. They were forbidden to drink of any stream. we'll or fountain. in any NliidSC Ot tit1.
 When the church interfered in their behalf. the people. at the urgent appeal of the priests. compromised, and bull, separate door for the Cagots to enter in at. The priest was allowed 10 hand the Cagot piece of blessed bread. on con- munion days, but he must do so at the end of a long fork
 At last the down-trodden Cagots re- belled. and seized the city of Lourdes, oonquering the people. and slaying hun dreds.
 After a time they were released from the terrible and idiotio curse.
 They were manly race of people, and their women were remarkable for their beauty. Nor has history ever been able to afford clue to the terrible story of their centuries of wrongs.
 Even now, among the dull, supers,i- ,ious peasants. the odium has not dled away. A beautiful young Cago. girl. who sang most swee,ly. prayed to be al- lowed to say the canticles in the organ gallery of small church but the other day. The organist. more musician than bigot, admitted her {; but the indignant congregation. in the name of God, ind ing out whence proceeded that clear. fresh voice, rushed up to the gallery and chased the girl out. bidding her "re- member her ears
 In I7So. Cagot stumbled. by accident. agains: censer swing before the Abbe de Lourdcs, who melted the people to his destruction.
 Last year baker in Hannebon, who married girl of Cagot descent. lost all his custom.
 The poor, superstitious people believed that blood gushed out of Cagot's body. every Good Friday: and, because they were handy with carpenters tools. they logically believed the Cagots were de- scended from him who made the cross on which Christ was cruci6ed.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

hour, equivalent to a pressure of fifty pounds per square foot. will only cause a deviation of ten degrees from the perpen- dicular. Against this it is to be noticed that the sag, or sinking towards the mid de, Of the moonng ropes will form a most effective spring to control any ten dency to oscillation. As the whole mass of t.e structure is comparatively great, and the area exposed to the iifling force of waves very small, ii is though, that the rising and falling motion caused by pass ing waves will be almost inappreciable. It IS proposed at the same time to con- nect those floating lighthouses by cable with the mainland, and thus the extreme desirabilisy and increasing necessity for Lighthouses and telegraphic stations III midocean would be fully met. and various important objects might be a,- tzined by their construction. A storm warning from the Atlantic. for instance. could be sent thirty-six hours in advance, and 2 yearly saving of many million pounds worth of maratime property and, what is of tar more importance, of hun dreds of valuable human lives thereby effected. On the other hand, shipowners could be apprised of the passage and con dltion of their vessels. and could for ward assistance or instructions to the same en route. Moreover, those deep light houses would form good rendezvous for vessels in distress or shipwrecked crews. As II IS also proposed 10 employ similar Lighthouses on a smaller scale for coast service. the great saving of life and prop erty which would result around inc shores of the United Kingdom alone would be sufficient to speedily cover the first cos, of the iight,owers.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05
James Fennimore Cooper.
Exchange.

Cooper was the most intensely Ameri- can of American authors. He was born in Burlington, N. l.. I7So. the eleventh in a family of twelve children. His father was Quaker. and his mother of Swedish descent. He was fitted for Yale college. and entered in ISoo. but in his third year was dismissed on account of a boyish es- eapade. He went 10 England and the Mediterranean as a sailor, and when he returned, Tn iSoS, he got commission as mdshipman. He quit the navy 10 marry. January I. iSiI. He showed no
 inclination o write until long after. when one day. reading book on English society. he declared he could write d bet ter description himself He tried. Was en outraged by his wife and finished story which got printed in England. though il attracted no attention here. He then wrote The Spy" which was pub llshed m IS-i. It met with m eager and enthusiastic reception. Cooper had found his life work. He next wrote The Pilot and '' The Last of the Mohicans :" was brought out in lSe6, and five edi- tions of " The Prairie" were issued sim ultaneously in IS5o He was then the most successful and popular of American wii:ers. His books were immediately translated into French and German. and his fame in Europe was not eclipsed by Scott whose Waveriy Novels created such profound sensation there. And :he re- markable thing abou, it is that they held their own in Europe better than here. and are published there still in ,wenty-four places. Anii-English as they were, they compelled the prejudieed Bri,ons of that day To read and admire them. and give credit to the countr, they affected to des- pise. When he visited Europe. however. his social success was greatly improved by the pride of country which would not bear the attacks made on America every where. It appeared to him tha, English people made point of saying the worst things they could think of agains, the United States on purpose to irri;ate him, and he resented the insult, some times rather bTusauely. The fac, seems to be that they were so used to dsparaging this country, and knew so little abou: it. that their rudeness was largely uncon- scious Some of the papers in this coun- try, knowing his extreme sensitiveness, attacked him Tn quite contemptible ways. and he retaliated by libel suits, Tn which he acted as his own lawyer. and won his cases, actually forcing Thurlow Weed. after he had been mulcted in successive hnes, to print an ungracious retraction
 Cooper was striking character in many ways-a man of great force, proud of his nationality. original. striking, honest.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05
Length of Hair.
Brooklyn Eagie.l

It has been ascertained that the ordi- nary length of the hair. as shown by the measurement in women. ranges between twenty and thirty-six inches. and its weight from six to eight ounces. How ever, if the hair is closely shaved i, becomes persistent. and also increases in bulk and strength. The hair grows at the rate of one line and half per week, or six and half inches per year. being twenty-six feet, if we live to be eighty.
 The shape of small hairs is cylindrical, and more or less oval for long hairs. The hairs of the head are never cylindrical, and those of the beard and eyebrows are somewhat oval When left to their natu- ral growth the end or tip is always con- ;cal and pointed. The surface of the scalp presents about one hundred and twenty superficial inches, and the num- Der of hairs on the entire head amount, 10 oo,ooo in thin head of hair, but in a thick head of hair the amount Is much greater. for many of the pores give pas sages to two hairs. At it's lower end the hair-tube terminates in cul de sac, and this portion of its cavity is filled by an ac- cumulauon of freshly-formed cells and granules, which constitute the root of the hair above this point the little mass oi cells separate into two parts: a central part of a cylindrical figure. which is the uewly-formed hair, and peripheral layer which incloses the former and is contin- uous with and is the sheath oi the scarf skin which lines the tube.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05
Topnoody.
The Drummer.

Mir. Topnoody came home early Wed. nesday evening, and his wife had no, begun her supper arrangements. he sa, down near her and said !.
 My dear, had minute for retaec- tion in my office to-day, and though, I'd write some poetry on hosne.r
 Drinking again ! suppose. she an- swered significantly.
 You should nos talk that way, my dear, for home is a word that touches the hardest hearts and brings back memories as sweet as heavenly music. But listen, my dear:
 "Ciing. to thy sosne, If there the meanes,
 shed
 Yield thee hearth and shelter for thy head, And some poor Plo, with vegetable, stored-''
 "Topnoody," interrupted his wife. /" did you see that man about spading up the gardens"
 No, dear, l-but hear the rest of this:
 " Be all that heaven allots thee for thy board. Cnsasors bread and herbs that scattered grow Wild on the river bank or mountain brow :-n
 Did you nail that paling on told you to this morning.. agaiR interrupted Mrs. T.
 "No. my dear, I-but let me finish: = fet cen this eheeriess mansion shall pI ovide More heart repose than all ihe world besidee
 ''l Is that ali ?" she asked.
 .' Yes. my dear
 "Well, I'm glad of it. And now go back down town and see that man abou, the garden, and get some meat for sup per, and hurry back and nail on that paling. and get me a bucket of water, and carry in the coal and kindling, and grind the coffee, and not sit araand and see your poor wife wear herself out trying to make home something like. think when a man has nothing else to do but write poetry, he had better hire out to maui rails. and let somebody take his place as the head of the family, who knows what its duties are, and will attend to them instead of wasting his time trying to be poet. don't believe you wrote that. anyhow, and T." but Topnoody was gone. and the poor woman went out into the kitchen to make home something hke.s
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

holy things with fersor, and sympathy for his fellew-men, is going 10 carry the ,.orld.
 Cold reasoners are winter, when vegys little can be made to gF0w. Men that are simply intellectual arc not Roing to carry the world. The heart foiloNing the head is going to carry it. Not in such days as now affiic, this whole northwest, when behind the sun are the icebergs and the white fields of snow; all its light and all the little warmth it has makes nothing grow. Great pulpits on great icebergs arc never going to bring any summer, morally, into the community; but when, by and by, the sun, travelling from the far south, comes, and the ice has gone, and the snows are melted, and the heat begins to come down, then every square inch will teem with life and teem with vegetation, and, step by step, the summer will come, and will reign triumphant over winter. And as 1t is in nature so is ii also in the moral kingdom. The men that bring the most heart and the most intellect together the heart piloting and intellect analizing, the intellect lighting that which is found by the heart and the interaction of these two spiritual in- telligenoies, reason and fervor, with a godly life. will carry the day in the fu- ture, scientists 10 the contrary notwith- standing. theologists to the contrary not wi,hstanding, theories and abnormal doc trincs to the contrary notwithstanding i; and, in my Judgment, we are drawing near to day of prediction, when the light shall come to the sun that shall stand thousand years. The unsetting sun of the future and the knowledge of the light shall fill the earth as the waters fill the. .sea, and no man have occasion to say to his neighbor, Know the Lord." in that we all shall know Him. from the |. ast unto the greatest. Applause.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05
Deep-Sea Lighthouses.
London Morning Post.

The proposal of Mr. Chris Anderson. of Leeds, of establishing deep-sea light houses will be viewel with great interest. The scheme is ingenious, but it appears perfectly practicable. IL is proposed to construct such Lighthouses ofhollow riv- eted ironwork in the form of large cyl finder. about So feet in diameter. and 200 feet in length, consisting of three essen tial parts The upper portion. rising i4o feet out of the water, is to be similar, SO tar as shape, arrangement and internal fittings are concerned. to the tower of an ordinary lighthouse. The central portion, about water-line, is to be packed with material much lighter than water, such as corkwood, and capable of forming durable and unsuitable Heating power. The lower portion, extending to iso feet below water-line, is intended to resist the force of wind and weather acting upon the tower and as a ballast to lower the center of gravity of the whole structure to any desired extent. But to render the hght-tower still safer il is proposed 10 ad- mt water and if necessary to employ a quantity of iron as ballast The light house would be erected complete in the shipyard, launched and lowed out to its intended site, where it would readily be made to assume its erect position by ad- hitting water to the lower compartment. Having been properly aoated and bal lasted 1t is next to be securely attached by steel wire ropes two inches in diane ter to anchor blocks. weighing about 200 tons each, sunk in suitable positions. so that in water one mile deep each rope would be from two to three miles long. The proposed displacement would be about ? 900 tons, for which, it is thought. there would be no difficulty in providing adequate moorings- As the structure would be entirely dependent for its float ing power upon the light material contained in the central division it would be unsi@kable, even if struck by ship or an iceberg. Its peculiar form and arrangement would give it great stability, so that if forced from the perpendicular 1t would instantly right itself with great power. Blu, i, has been calculated that even a hurricane moving with velocity of 100 miles per
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

The present tendency among contem. poraries of illustrating with silly wood cuts. IS deplorable and in poor taste. il, IS thing that can be easily overdone and the present craze is toward excess Springfield Standby Mtvs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

An Alabama Judge has decided that man who puts his satchel on seat in the cars reserves that seat-unless the man who moves it is bigger than he is.-Er. rAasgr.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

At the funeral: First friend-sY Yes pr. Jalap told him he mus, take rest. bu, Charley kept right on" Second friend An. but Dr. Jalap is no, a man to be trified with. He had his way. He always does.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

A Philadelphia lawyers definition of a contingent fee: If don't win the sui, get nothing if do win you get nothing. Heads, l win; tails you lose.-PyoSf Siees.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

The las, mathematical question runs as follows: Two girls meet three other glrls and all kissed. How many kisses were exchanged !-Errlanye.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

Generous natures will hesitate about licking postage stamp when it gets down to two cents.-Pycef ShAf
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

t"hSiuSCuts ouk pCftC(liy luii Of Ilgnt- the light that comes into the world and that hghteth every man. He cer- tainly IS the supreme authority on the question of the final destiny of man. and He declares life, and light and immor- tality are brought to the knowledge of men through me-" This is the end of the controversy on that subject.
 Allow me to say that the development of this doctrine is going to make trouble just in proportion as it is opposed. Allow me to say specially to young men who are now purposing to be moral teachers, and suppose there arc some such here. that either of two courses is bad: One. refusing to open their eyes or their ears and running away from 1t. feeling as though there were endless dangers att tending it, and they will have none of it. and will stick to the old dogmas. and screw them up little tighter and you will sufiocate them (laughierl they will die for want of breath. Then there is another class that will run into the nov city, and will read and think out the mat ter and try to preach it or write it, and you will get caught at sea without a cable, long enough to anchor yourself, and will founder. Neither of these two extremes is wise. In regard to all moral teaching, in regard to all moral preaching, let mo tell you that the man that brings into the work the greatest amount of sincere char ity, the greatest amount of real. acting. working force, the most emotion and moral feeling, the keenest sensibility as between truth and untruth. the keenest conscience as between right and wrong. the keenest sense of moral beauty and
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05


 indeed great advantage is gained in their authority and in their compre- hensibl.iiy but do not perceive tn at the theory of evolution touches churches al all. Certainly ii does not touch the great ethical teachings of churches. Do you know that all the racket in the world among the churches has been quar- rel about things they did not understand at all-not one. of them? When men got up into the infinite. which they knew no more about than beetle-bug knows about me, then they got strong, and go, to swinging their cohorts about the field of geology and then they go, to damn ing each other about various things, among which was the doctrine of the fu- tare, which they understood very little They organized themselves. One knea all about it. and the others didn't; and between their prayers they were damning each other all the world round. Therr has been more quareling in churches than there ever was in governments more cruelty in creeds than in battles, Turn to the controversies that have been waged. Every one ofthem is acontroversy about things that no one on either side knew anything about. On the other hand on things that men actually do know there has never been a division or quarrel Paul gives us the substance of christian. i,y: "The fruit of the spirit is love. joy peace, long suffering, gentleness, good. ness, self-control. For such,. he said there is no law" That is they leave the law. They ass so much higher that the law doesn't ind them. Has there eve, been any division of sentiment on thess sabjectsg
 Here are a. convention of pomclogis,s
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-06-29
Romney School District.

MIR. HARPER There arc in Rommcy
District 9 school-houscs-l brick. 4
frame and log. There are enumera.
tod in the sub .,listricts OF said district
4S9 pupils. Twelve teachers were EN-
pioyed to teach these pupils. Had oil
attended school there would have been
more than 40 for each teacher. School
term was six months - average salary OF
teache. S23 per month-amount paid
10 teachers $l636.
Amount paid for repairs. fuel. &c.,
about $500. We find, SO far as the
School Fnnd is concerned, the cost per
month per capita is 60 cts.
Isn't this system cheap enoughs Let
the board Of education on Monday ask
itself tho question: Is is right to make
the teachers work for $23 per month ?
Remember they pay from to &c dollars
per month bosrj and have left. on. an
average $40 so for a months work.
A farm hand who has TO spend no
time In preparation for his work gets
that and more. A mechanic gets from
81 % to ~ 20 per day. Shout d not
the teacher get at least So 90 per day.
which would be not less than $50 per
month. You say he only works %
days A true teacher works every
day early and late.
Hoping that this may be read and
pondered, am yours, respectfully, X.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-06-29
Pleasant Dale.

MR. HARPER: Harvesting will be.
gin in few days. the yi,ld Of whea,
promises TO he u very g ,od one.
Mr.. John D,usherty who has been i'll
Tor some time is INV better.
BENZ. Shapholizsr Of Little Capon
has bu II an addition 10 his dwelling
and covered it with tin
Silas Ml!esoa. has hui!t a commoli i.
Gus store house and dwelling at IIig-
sinsvillc. wbica is. now occupi d by Mr.
Samuel Light.
The Sabbath School at Alsa IA. is
in Il iuri'liing condition.
Our young friend Charles Wolford
has opened chair factory near here
and is turning off excellent work.
The foundation for tie new church
at Sc Ian Is laid and the building will
be put up at an early date. Rem
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-06-29

The closing exercises Of the ven
cradle uanpdsn Sidney College, OF
Vireiaia. were concluded on the I4th
imtaut. From the Richmond Ccutrol
Presbyterian We obtain tue following no.
tice OF the address OF the Hon. ID. b.
LUCAS. Of Jefferson county, delivered
on thar occasion.
Mr.. Lucas took as his theme what
might be stated rs the convic.
tons and opinions of John Randolph,
OF Koanoake, with references also to
his personal history and character.
An enterprising publisher is issuing
from his press a series of popular
biographies of American statesmen
and those who are eminent in other
intellectual pursuits. By some una.
countable fancy, the work of writing
MIR. RauGolph's biography was assign
ed to grandson of John Q. Adams,
one of the very last men who ought to
have attempted it! In 1925 Mr.. Ran.
dolph made his characteristic & notable
speech Oh Retrenchmen, and Reform.
+ 1t was IN this speech that President
Adams received most excoriatine re-
Dukes from the orator, in his speech,
among other utterances against Mr..
Adams, whose collection to the Pres
ldcncy Mr. Randolph wished to de.
feat, is this: Il have learned, sir, from
the highest OF all authority, that the
first step towards putting on incor.
ruptlon is putting off corruption =
The recentpubllcation of this pretend
ed biography seems 20 have suggest.
ed the theme of the able adj
dress of Mr. Lucas. According to
his structures, this unfair book hardly
rises to the dignity of n romance. or
course no mere newspaper report can
attempt an abstract of this mastery
address. 1t was full of rich and Wig.
orous thought. The presentation CT
the sturdy virtues OF the statesman,
OF the earlier and better period Of the
Republic. (n whose vocabulary there
was no such word rs 'caucus,0 and
the commentator OF their conspicu.
Gus integrity OF purpose and opin ion
by MIR. Lucas, gave his attentive au,
dicnce much pleasure.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-06-29

BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, June
Receipts of Cattle for tho week -
Beeves 92l Hogs 1858; Sheep 1920.
Prices OF Beef Cattle ranged as fol-
lows: Best G 5O(9$s IS; that general.
ly rated firsi quality > 25CJSG 25 +; me
dium or good fnir quolity GtJ Cos5 1zi ;
ordinary thin Steers, Oxen aud Cows
, J0laS4 %. Extreme range Of prices
9 5OsdS6 10. Most of the sales were
from 5 50G9sG so per 100 lbs. Swine -
We quote at 500 cents, with most
sales at 81 cents per pound net
Sheep We quote butcher Sheep at 8 !
as cts, stock Sheep at 2 2j@S3 %
per head. aud Lambs at jCa7I cents PER
Id gross.