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on the fyleaf the following stanza,
which I suspect was Aliens own:
."Tis said that Optics treat OF light,
But o. believe IL not. my lark:
I've studied 1t with all my might,
And still it's left me in the dark"
But with all Major Jackson's minute
and accurate knowledge Of h course.
there "a little teaching done in his
department. unless teaching" be
made to mean the prescribing n
hearing OF lessons. The truth Is that
teaching. in the modern sense OF the
term, was not Jackson's forte. He was
a man. Of marvellously Few words; had
no turn for explanation-no talent for
putting things in various points OF
view, so as to adapt them to the sew
eral mental conditions Of his pupils.
Though / drilled under him for three
years, and recited to him daily for q
year and a half, l never saw him
laugh outright A very quiet subdued
sort of smile was the nearest thing to
laughter that I ever saw him indulge
in: and ven these smiles were very
infreQuent. and usually occurred only
hen some uncsmmonly ludicrous
thing. took place in his immediate
presence.
When Abe Fulkerson put on a collar.
made to order out of about three quar-
ters of a yard of linen. and then con-
vulsed the class with laughter at the
grave, but outrageously ludicrous way
in which he wore that collar in the
class room. Major Jackson would smile.
knowing as he did that the collar was
h single visible article of a cadets
dress Of which the iron-clad "Regula-
tions" did not rigidly prescribe the
form and substance" When Davidson
Penn, a portent of mischief, put on an
uncommonly solemn face, and asked.
apparently in good faith. Major, can
a cannon be so Dent as TO make il
shoot around a cOrner?' the professor
Of artillery would show not the slight
est sign Of merriment or of Impotence.
but would, after a OF appar-
emily sober reflection, reply. Mr.. Penn,
/ reckon hardly" We could never de-
eide whether his gravity on such oc-
casiOns was real or assumed; but IL it
was assumed, then the acting was alb
solutely perfect.
I have often wondered If Jackson
managed to preserve his gravity when
he read an excuse" handed in by
Hambrick. We had been at artillery
drill, and Hambrick, with the rest Of
us third class men and "Plebes," had
to perform the rather troublesome duty
of pulling the cannon. Jackson had
given the command Ca favorite one
with him, but a very abomination to
us) "Limbers and caissons, pass your
pieces, trot, march," Hambrick had
failed to 'trot" at command, and was
reported" by Jackson. The next morn
ing the following excuse" was handed
in: Report, Cadet Hambrick-not trot-
ting at artillery drill. Excuse. I am a
natural PAGER" If Major Jackson did
laugh when he read this excuse, none
Of us ever found it out; for the docu-
ment was read privately.-From The
Central Presbyterian.
Richmond, Va
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sins of commission. There is the sim
ruIness of not doing what we know
should be done. In James, fourth chap
ter, of which we wrote in part last Sun
S1ay. this doctrine of SHINING by neglect
is set forth. In the 18th verse the apos-
file writes: Therefore to him that
knoweth to do good, and doeth it not,
I'm him it is SIM" This is clear state
uent. There is no mistaking it. If you
know to do good and then fail to do it,
chen you sin. This is plain. Any one
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We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo n
We. the undersigned, nave known r
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out n obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O.
WALDING, kINNAN 4 MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. n
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and muc.
Gus surfaces Of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 75c. Der bottle. Sold ~
all Druggists.
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I'm John 1928 there is a lesson worthy
of consideration. It shows how easy
1t is to pervert the truth, to give it a
twist. and to extract from it in this
way a statement never intended. "Then
went this saying abroad among the
brethren, that the disciple (John)
should not die; yet Jesus said not unto
him, He shall not die; but, If I will
thai he tarry till I come what is that to
thee?" 1t is exceeding hard to arrive
at the precise facts, to get the exact
statement. 1t is so easy to pervert
your meaning to draw a false inference,
to make you say just what you did not
say. Truth is truth, and error is error.
They are never the same. 1t is always
in order to be accurate in statement,
to tell the truth as far as in you lies.
1t is immoral to misrepresent what is
said. There is such a thing as "circum-
stantial falsehood." An argument may
be well built, logically arranged and
in proper sequence, and the main facts
or the thing said may be embodied and
yet it nay be a lie, a misleading state
ment, a real perversion and in detail
and result false-a 'circumstantia1
falsehoOd." There must be to have
truth, and to make right impressions,
a due relation of facts" A statement
may emb0dy the substance of a ,docu-
ment or speech and yet be "faise in
circumstances" To report correctly
you must apprehend correctly. Not
many people are correct in reporting
what they see or hear or read. This is
owing to inattention or carelessness, or
poor memories for facts and language.
Some are imaginative and unconscious
Iy enlarge or adorn or idealize. They
do not mean to lie or to misrepresent
OF distort or to make a false impress
sion, but yet they do mislead and mag
Nifty. The occasion of deception Is
found in those omissions or additions
which can give an turn or
effect to the case spoken of. By this
means, what aid is given to SANDER,
and what injury is often done to char
acter, where there is no risk on the n
side and no redress on the other" 1t
has been pointed out that in the verse
quoted by substituting a "shall' for an
-'if'' a very false impression was made.
An old writer has said what you
know as probable, state as probable;
and state as certain only what you
know to be certain" This perversion
and misstatement with false impress
sion is very different from deliberate
lying and distortion with intent to de-
>ceive.
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RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

1.-The Sayings Of Jesus are said to
city called Oxyrynchus in Egypt. Ber-
nard p. Grenfell and Arthur s. Hunt
are the putative finders. 1t is said that
the Logia were found on q single sheet
of papyrus measuring 5 "a by 81 inches,
and numbered Ill, indicating hat it
ternal and internal evidence the date
Is estimated at not later than 200 A. D.
The sayings are in Greek. What it's
real value is we may not say now.
Opinions differ. When the great schol-
ars and theologues AVE examined it
and reported we shall then know how
TO estimate it. We notice that the able,
scholarly Churchman, a weekly maya
zine Of the Episcopal church, does not
attach any great deal of Importance
to IL The papyrus was found in a
mound of rubbish on the edge Of an
Egyptian desert, and the Churchman
says that 1T does not appear to con-
tain much that is genuine or interest
ing" For instance the Logia says:
1.-The second saying: Jesus saith, Ex-
.cept We fast to the world, We shall in no
wise find the kingdom Of God, and ex-
cept we keep the Sabbath We shall not
see the Father is manifestly the ira
dition of a later time, when the tenden-
cy of human nature toward an easy
.e~xternalism was beginning to assert it.
self against the difficult spirituality of
the gospel" Secular newspaper writer's
who know but little of such things are
disposed to attach much Importance to
the find. For instance The New York
Tribune says it is Exceedingly inter-
,esting," and cit is probably the earliest
known manuscript containing any ut
ferances of Christ" It state however
that Professor Bacon speaks with
some reserve concerning the value Of
these sayings"
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vancc's Letter Book
The Woodlands Virginia
Amelia c. H., July -.
Editors Messenger:

Editors Messenger:
You know that / am as devoted 10
the fame and honor of North Carolina
as il to the manor born. therefore I as
sumo the right to make this suggestion.
1 have been reading In The Messen-
ger, sent me by a friend. the Extracts
from Governor Vance's Letter Book"
They constitute the most valuable con-
tribution to the history Of the people
and of the state in lSS1-'65 that I know
Of as to any state. 1t is full OF COM
plants that North Carolina is not lone
justice to and these complaints ave
been incessant ever since.
Now the law of the universe Is that
whose needs and desires a thing TO be
don must do everything he can TO
have ii done. Vance. h greatest man
in the civil line the confederacy pro-
duced during the war, spent years OF
his life in trying to have justice done
to his people and his state. The last
ninety days of the war" published just
after the war was mainly contributed
by him, / think n North Carolina in
the War,"an address before the confed-
crate society in Baltimore. are the two
most valuable contemporaneous contri-
JULIUS W IA lSdl monument Va
North Carolina that l have any knowl-
edge Of as to the war Of 1876.
Now Vance's letter book Is invaluable
to the state and his own reputation.
Add to it his correspondence with and
letters from confederate officials. and IL
will extend his and their reputation
far beyond marble or bronze. One
thousand copies we'll printed-and you
a as good printers in North Caro-.
lima as anywhere in the world-will
place Vance and North Carolina in all
the great libraries OF the world--in the
British museum, in the Paris, Berlin,
Viena, Rome and ST. Petersburg libra
ries and 500 years from now they will
testify to her devotion and the valor Of
North Carolinians. 1t ought not to
cost over $1.00 per page n $500 ought
to print and bind 1000. Make some
rich North Carolinian publish the DOC
and see a it is distributed to news
paper, reviews and libraries. He will
get some Of the money back from sales
Of the book in North Carolina. But a
DOC like this published and edited
through the muniicence of some North
Carolinian would be worth more to the
state than all the products of Dur
ham," and more to him, (the publish
er), than all the money he can make
in twenty years. I could name the
man or men to do 1t. You ought to
make them do it. Yours truly.
BRADLEY T. JOHNSON.
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It is perhaps wv years since there
was a case of lynching in North Caro-
lir1a. In this wild epidemic of crime
on the part of negroes it is impossible
to say when this good, law-abiding
record will be broken. The case Of
rape just reported from near Kittrell,
in Vance county, following so close
upon the heels of six or eight recent
similar cases in the south, may put
Judge Lynch in the saddle. What dew
iltry seems to possess some of the black
scoundrels who roam and devour.
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MILL WORK 10 BEGIN.

h Holt.Aergan Factory Ready to Com.
msnce Business-Fayetteville In Festiss
Garb-A Bevy Of Besuties-News Nocsss
Correspondence Of The Messenger-}
Fayetteville, n. c., July az
The Holt-Morgan mill is now in read
mess for the manufacture Of its goods,
and the column Of smoke from its lofty
chimney next week will give notice to
all the surrounding country that the
machinery Is at work. This is one Of
the most complete and extensive mills
in the state-solidly and beautifully
constructed, with An equipment Of the
very best machinery, furnished with
electric light and water plants, and
environed by a pretty village of oper-.
atives' homes, Baptist Inc Presbyte-
rian churches, store, etc. When Mr..
Walter L. Holt, the resident member
Of the company, visited this place near
ly two years ago, he was quick to COM
prehend its advantages: ready access
to a great cotton territory. exceptional
ly low rates Of freight, cheap labor and
an excellent climate. Needless to say
that the community gave him hearty
welcome, and he has linked his large
interests with u fortunes, has a
pleasant home on Haymount with his
interesting family, and has purchased
property on which to build another
dwelling. The Holt-Morgan mill has
already secured large orders for it's
output, a great part Of which will be
exported.
Fayetteville is already putting on it's
gala attire. Stores and residences are
being decorated in honor Of the Fire
voan'c TSOr,rp n ~ ont navt vr-oaly IN oil %h4
principal streets, even as far up as thu
"Dobbin House on upper Hay street.
Taste, as we'll as richness of adornment
is everywhere displayed, and the beau
tiful Hotel Lafayette makes an espe-
cially snowy appearance. The tourna-
ment will take place on Rowan, one of
the handsOmest street in the city, broad
and shaded with magnificent trees. 1t
has been put in fine condition for the
races, which, of course, must be graft
flying to he residents along the thor
oughfare.
Decidedly one of the most beautiful
features in all the imposing display of
next week will be the piece de resis-
lance in the tournament parade, a gall
axy Of beautiful girls, a reel team of
honor, jauntily attired in white duck
uniforms with the fire company button,
mounted on a float drawn by a splen-
did team Of iron gray horses. The
team is composed as follows: Miss
Bessie Strange Mcneil, foreman;
Misses Eula May Mcdonald, Eliza Will
liams, Bessie Underwood. Carrie. Haw-
ley, Ethel Fisher, Mabel Elliot, Lizzie
Brady, Fannie Ledbetter, Kate WI
liams, Matte Sedberry, jamie Nc
Kethan, Mamie Alexander, Bert Wat
son, Stella Thomson, Alice Matthews,
Sallie Moody.
The bicyclists Of Fayetteville have
made known their want in the way Of
transit to the municipal authorities:
and, among other things, they desire
a central track on Hay street. 1t is to
be feared that such a change in the
make up of this principal thoroughfare
will be impracticable.
His friends are rejoiced to see Rev.
b. r. Hall, presiding elder of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, recently strick-
en- with paralysis, out on the street,
and apparently fully recovered.
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san francisco, July 31.-Thirty-two
employees Of the mint received notice
today that they need not return TO
work on Monday morning next. Su-
p~erintendent Daggett states that the
wholesale dismissal was made in obe-
olence to Instructions from Washing
ton on account Of the stoppage Of the
coinage OK silver, the appropriation for
which Is already exhausted
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President s~pauldinE Convicted

Chicago. July 31.-The Jury In the
third trial Of Charles w. Spalding.
treasurer Of the Illinois state unIver-
sity and president of the Globe Ma
uonaI bank, returned a verdict this
afternoon OF guilty. The present trial
was on an Indictment charging Snald-
ing with hypothecating $25, 900 Macou-
pin county bonds.
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New York, July 31.-The weekly bank
statement shows the following
changes: Reserve, decrease 81, Gal, 425;
loans, increase 1921, 600; specie, in
crease $119, 500; legal tenders, decrease
81, 631, 100; deposits, increase $519, 800;
circulation, decrease sos, 500. The
banks now hold S45, 720. $50 in excess Of
the required 25 per cent. rule.
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for the Firemen's Toarps.
mont

Fayetteville, N. c., July 81.
Editors Messenger:
The following appointments have
been made by the president for the
convention and tournament to be held
here next week:
Chaplain to the Convention-Rey. I.
w. Hughes, of st. Johns church.
To Deliver Address Of Welcome
Captain N. B. Alexander.
To Respond for the East-Tom. G.
Daniels, of New Bern.
To Respond for the West-Hon. John
j. Nelson, of Greensboro.
Chief Marshal-Major E.. L. Pember-
ton.
The engine races will occur on Main
street; all other contests on Rowan.
JAS. D. McNEILL
Chief Fire Department
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Berlin, July 31-Twelve mill OPERA
tlVes, while crossing a bridge at THE
near Chemnitz, were swept
on the bridge by a sudden rise of the
river. All were drowned.
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Lne pen that wrote the tariff bill was
Dingiey's; but the handwriting shows that
.ne nano that wrote the sugar schedule
deiph dae R eeon OF t1s sugar tcust-Ph'la-
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striking to the general reader.
But JackSOn's life as a teacher was
s~ingularly exceptionally .monotomous.
He had his text books, and he pre-
scribed the lessons and at the appoint
ed time he heard" them; and this was
about all. "Discussions" in the class
room were almost unknown, and even
explanations" were very infrequent;
and when they did occur, they usually
left the matter where they found it.
The text was n great thing which
he came to hear" and we came to
say" if we could: and most of us
commonly couldn't, when the said text
was "Bartlett's Course of Natural Phi
l~osOphy." Major Jackson was perfectly
at home in the long, intricate and
multitudinous equations and other
mathematical formulate which make up
SO large a part of Bartlett's Mech
anics," "Optics and Acoustice' and
Spherical Astronomy" and his pupils
often wondered if any one OF these
ponderous volumes contained an equa-
ton of a formula which "Old Jack"
could not repeat 'by heart"
Poor Allen! He was my room mate
during my first yea 1S54-'55), and
with L. B. Williams, Of Orange, L. w.
T. Patton, of Richmond, Peyton
Slaughter, of Madison, and myself,
made up room No. Is. Where are they
now? Williams, Allen and Patton We're
all Of the same. class; all occupied the
same room; all graduated the same
day; al! became lawyers; all volunteer
ed in the confederate army; all rose
to the rank Of colonel; all commanded
Virginia regiments; were all in Pick
ett's division. and all fell at Gettys-
burg. And Slaughter had been disa-
bled for life before the sad day on
which our room mates fell. When I
was in the Third Class I used to see
Allen tugging over ''Old Jacks ter
ribls lessons in Bartlett's Optics" and
one day I opened the book and found
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CORINTH.

Married June Sth, at the brides home
in Franklin, Vt, by Rev. DR.. WOrthen,
B. B. Scribner of COrinth and Miss
Mary P. Pratt. A large company of
friends were present to witness the
ceremony and congratulate the happy
couple.
The cold damp weather of the past
month has been hard on farm crops of
all kinds. Corn is coming up but looks
bad, few potatoes are out Of the ground
vet. grass looks the best of any crop
but is not as good as it should be at
this time of the year. Too much rain
is more damaging to farm crops than
drouth.
The hard showers have made the
roads bad, and some of the work done
will have to be gone over again soon.
The many friends of George Ma
guire will be glad to know that he is to
remain on the stage line from West
Corinth to Bradford Center Mr.. Ma
guire has been on the line for the past
four years and has given good satisfac-
ton. One thing we can say for him is
that he has ever been kind and gentle
manly to all, willing to accommodate
all in his power. and has ever been
faithful in the discharge of his duty
We hope that he will be able to re-
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SOUTH CORINTH.

L. f. Boardman is at work for Ira
Low.
b. W. Rowell of Bradford was in
town last. Friday on business.
p. E. Norris and family were in
Wells River last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Wilson visited
their grand daughter, Mrs. B. E. Slack,
the past week.
Charles Waugh was thrown from
wagon Wednesday but escaped un-
harmed.
VIM. c. Sanborn has benin Chelsea
the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs \. L. Parker are visit
ing friends i'm Barre this week.
Miss Nella NJ. Sanborn, teacher, at
the Waterbury grammar school, mas
closed her third successful term there
this week and will spend her vacation
at home.
viii Wilson and Harry Townsend
have hired Henry Bushaw's farm Tor
one year
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EAST ORANGE.

Mrs. H. X. Prescott and two children
of Bradford are spending the week at
A. c. Coleman's.
E. L. Sanborn and Robert Carter of
Waits River with ladies visited Lake
MOrey last Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Carpenter is spending a
few days at her home here.
Mrs. G. H. HuntOOn, who has been
very i'll, is improving under treatment
of DR.. Brown.
Rev. F. l. Sargent preached last Sun
day in exchange with Rev. L. ). Cud-
worth.
Michael French, who is Ill with can
Ger at W. S. Paine's is failing.
E. L. Sanborn and Lewis Wild were
out on fishing trip near Groton this
week and report fine CATCH
G. W. Merrill of Bradford was call
ing on friends in town this week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Bates of Barre recently. Mrs. b.
was formerly Orpah Houghton. Con-
CALCULATIONS extended.
Mrs. Orrin Hutchinson and son spent
Sunday at G. A. Merrills, So. Corlnth
L. NJ. Fish is somewhat improving
under treatment of Dr. Brown.
Rain for the past three weeks, scarce
ly a pleasant day, but after clouds sun
shine is expected and looked for.
H. H. Colby is spending the week in
Bradford.
Herbert Sanborn is working on Mrs.
A. p. Cooks barn at Cookville.
News has been received of the mar
riage Minnie Belle Richardson only
child of Hon. J. J. Richardson OF Dav-
export, Ia, and William T. jefferson
of New York city. Congratulations are
extended from their friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur, Grant and
daughter of East Hardwick are VlS'Vllls
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Grant.
Children's day is to be observed next
sunday forenoon with appropriate eX-
ercises, Prof. S. &. Hutchinson in
charge,
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WEST CORINTH.

The revival services here closed last
Sunday night with a good interest and
quite a number of souls that are under
Conviction and some made a start for
God. while the church has been revly-
ed under the charge of 4. NJ. Shaw
and Mr.. Smith, who have now gone TO
East Roxbury to stay over Sunday and
administer baptism to a goodly num-
Der.
The work on the house at Maple
wood is progressing finely.
Susan Newman has gone to Topsham
to see her father, Luther Tillotson who
is very low and no hopes of his recov-
cry.
People here have been obliged to re-
miami their corn on account of the wet
weather but the grass is looking very
fine.
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WAITS RIVER.

H. j. Locke has gone to Holden,
Mass, for brief visit.
Miss Bertha Beede of Barre spent
last week at Mrs. j. T, Carriers.
Mrs. S. NJ, Folsom and Mrs. Jennie
Morrill, of Manchester, n. H., are visit
ing at d. S. Folsom's.
The Childrens' day program is being
carefully prepared and will be pre-
scented next Sunday, June 18th, at l,3O.
All are invited to attend.
Mrs. j. A. Dodge and son George
are visiting in Waterbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Emery OF
Worcester, Mass, are visiting at Harry
Emery's.
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TOPSHAM.

The w. c. T. U. will give an enter
tainment in unison with the Topsham
and Corinth Band on Tuesday evening
June 18th in the town hall. Follow
is the program:
1. Selection by the Band.
2. Male Quartette.
3. Selection by the Orchestra.
4. Reading, G. r. Taggart.
5. Selection by the Band.
6. Song. NJ. G. Kezer.
z. Selection by the Orchestra.
s. Recitation, selected
9. Selection by the Band.
10. Song. c. R. Taggart.
ii. Selection by the Orchestra.
IL. Selection by the Band.
10. Male Quartette.
IA. Selection by the Band.
Doors open at 7; concert at s; ad;
mission 1Oc. Cake and ice cream will
be for sale after the entertainment.