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C V. W. AL'SJUCN, Uusums .Masagfo.
VOL III-
PLYMOUTH. N. a, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1891.
NO. 20.
Published by -.Roanoke Publishing Co,
" rUBLIC OF1XIO.V,
I see him iteppin' by to church v- .
A-lookla' poro and thin, ., .
Ills coliar tliout a smell o' etarcb '. .
Aa fastened with a pin. -.-r . - '
Ills coat is ripped alone the arm
1 jest can't he'p but see; ..'
.. I want to mend him np, but, shot '.
The town 'uI smlls at me. ...
lib wife', been dead two year er more,
An' folks nd gossip, fer . .
114 lister to go with me afore
He erec went with her.
t . - - -
- .
I dafsent sweep his kitchen out
Or send a batch 'o bread.
Or- neighbor him no way at all
Fer fear o' heven' said
-I'hetrma-settin'outferhlm-.f' - -
A widower whils I - f '
Am older then I was, ertho' " "
Onlest there's young folks nigh , ,
I look some like I uster to look '
y When he when love-tlraes were, ( ,
k II oator to go with me afore
He erer went with her.
, -When he was layin' high an' dry .
' With janders. this gone May, . :
r,.I never felt right free to ast
Erbout him day by day.
" 1 uster watch the doctor pass,
'N strike him fer the news;
An' onct I sent a glass o Jell ,
He never 'splcioned whose. - . ' , '
I know be thinks I harbor spite -.
t Agin' him likely, fer . - "
lie knows he uster to go with mo
Afore he went with her.; .
Ef he should d to I'd hev to miss
f The funer'L like ez not: "
Per folks 'ud watch me close to seo
Ef tears was comin' hot, ""v.
An'ef I wep' they'd smite an' wiuk, ' ""V
. Aa' ef my eyes was dry " . '-.;
. They'd 'low thet some folks wouldn't keer
' Ef all their kin should die. . V
An'ef I didn't go lit all V .
They'd jedge I dASMent, fer N
' They know he nwter to go with me -.
Afore he went with her. . :
:,TIIE NIGHT ATTACK.
Among the dwellers in, northern New
England, more than a hundred years ago,
was old Grandfather Moore; not, t;s the
-appellation would seem to indicate, fee
tie and superannuated, but a hale old
man of 60 vears. able to strike out from .
the shoulder with any pioneer of 25. -He .(:ith savage ejalAnche which threatened
i was an Irishman, and ids strong vitality nil he loved. - , f
- and the- generous vehemence of haracV: t Grnii'dfather Moore waited a 'moment,
"er which accompanied it were gifte of, ,5 theause being filled by the dreary howl
rhichthegreenisloi8prodigsUtoherclul-twcafoxa mile off a,tlP-oeep forest;
: dren.llis appearance, with head woe, i then ho saw a dusky figure close to tho
coming squarely and almost fiercely ir ground, raovmg. so stealthily, from tlij
1 lo the work when he had aught to say thicket Uiat-at first lie thought it c
t er ao, wouia not nave aiscreaneu jus an- ,
cestors.:,X)ne; of these, though the old
' man cared not to speak of it in Protest-,
-nt New England, had fallen iu 8L RuthV
!. Uttle with General Ginckel; while .an-.:
f Other; having gone over to Scotland, had
Bhed his last blood at Dumblainft - rr-
I.. 'fi-hInWf had-8nielt'i0wler in
more than one bloody fray with the gna-n'aily'come,-woiulerwi ; how many, ner
enagh,; If so, he knew It was nothing grandpa saw, and if theywouWyell fear
Ito" be ashamed of.- ,i ! ;; V ; : v, ..fully, and when they would begin ; but
have said "perbar.r, but there is no f dare4; not speak, not even iu a
need of Utis qualifiation, for the old . whisper, v ; ' '
itnan more intimate friends know tliat . -Sixteen! thoughtGrandfatlwMor3,
I ua- MioA i.:a Awn tuti.av bv'. he uttered no word. . . .
iiutC aA V' a A iv( v u ya vum. a - '
pierced through with a
- a mile upon his shoulders
ikruiA Hronrlfiil ufmM of ct
afl,r HW. T,,Vl,hnrfl fplt. fnr l.im a
kind of rough admiration ; so frank, so
, - ,
ready he was with ,word , and deed; so
like one of those fierce chieftains whom
we may imagine to have disputed the
Island soil J with Strongbow and his
robber knighbj in the days of that Eng
lish Harry the Second, who - was sur
named " Broomcorn. " . 5 . -
And the old man was' very geniaL Bo
" cidea his wife and his immense watch
. dog, he had but one living treasure hU
beautiful grandchild Mary, now 12 years
old and ppon her he poured the ardent
., sunshine of : his nature till she became
glorified in hia imagination. All uationa
have lovely Women, but all women have
not the" fresh," vigorous beauty of. the
. Scotch, the Irish, aud "the Welslu Tho
most lovely , elements of . the Celtic type
were met Jn the old man's grandchild.
When ; a littlo creature, scarce able to
toddle alone, he had 'carried her in his
arms by the banks of thp Shannan j and
.now, in the great; American wilderness,"
the was his solace and delight.
It was a dark epoch in the history of
the colonios English and Anglo-Ameri. j
canwereal.kedepres8edbythe6uccesSive
's, victories of the gallant Montcalm. ; Month
ufter month the British lion crouched in
una railing resistance, or shrank cower
, Ing away, Tlie abilities of the renowned
French marauis had .Inspired tho Gallic
i post to post they pushed, on their sue- .
; ill VT- iuiJ.A i ;
CJ 1
and most able man.
Grandfather Moore feared nothing for
' himself f bat the wild ' Hurons, and the
warriors of many another tribe by the
" great lakes,! penetrated .' the ..'country?
I around him, carrying many an unfortu
. Date to long captivity, and leaving pply,,
ius wilt)
leath and silence by the ashes of many a
.amlaf-."i Jin TOB rprl tint hinfr Tnr bnnui.ir. Z.'
he eottld fight and die stout hearted ; but
his white lily from the banks of Shaunon
who would protect her when his old
head when the old grandsire that so
loved her should lie cold in death, his
gray scalp dancing at the belt of a Huron
warrior? .
It was in tho middle of the night. As
Grandfather Moore awoke, the old clock
that he hadhrought from Dublin was just
Knivliino- thA 12. A tall clock it was' that
uo doubt had cost 20 guineas. V It . stool
' upou the rough floor, with great feet hko
tliose of a lion; its arched top reached
almost to the beams above tho room, and
over tho dialplate a ship swung lazily to
and fro. It took a Ions; tiino to speak-
tong, toug, long" mct sometime m ino
night, whoa It began thus holding forth,
Mary Moore could not help wishing
it a little Joss circumspect., vlt was too
like a stammering man bringing hews.
But Mary was cot now awake,: Grand
father Moore heard the closing strokes
and guessed that the old clock hail; beau
striking 13. I .'- .c . .
Th voice of his favorite heirloom car
ried Grandfather Moore back to Ireland
and the psiet. lie lay a;id mused very
naturally of hia ancestors; of the former
acenos of blood in tho old land ; tho
hopes of his kindred, and . their disar
iwintments. ; -v "rt.l--' "-'"
- Tho night waa, still and' moonlit, and
when the old man had crept softly toon,
of the small,, high windows of the fort
ress like.cabin, he a'.w the shadow pf tho
forest, strongly, defined in black, sloop
movelessly upon -.tho- verge of clear .
ground encircling Ids' abo!e. TheVateh- '
dog had assumed a position, of deilnnco,
and his attention seemed directed to tho
thicket. - "i
Scarce a minute had . Grandfather
Moore gazed from the window, vheu hi$
earaught a sharp vibration, and iuj
Btantly the great dog leaped in air, then
fell stone dead upon the ground. What
were those short, slight objects fixed in
the animal's side and-made just pt;rcep-l
tible by the moonlight? . Astheold man's,
involuntary ponsct usneas atiswerod it-
own question, he f It thatthe hour of
fate had come. Were they not the quill j
of the wild goose, such as. the Huron
wan-iors fastened to their arrows ? Though
t!ieir arm of chief reliante was the" mus
ket, they often carried, for stratagem
and silence, the original weapon of their
race. . . ; ? " . "
Grandfather Moore awoke his wife,"
v then the geiitle Bleppt.r in another , room,
for he would not suffer theni to bo first
' nroi!sod by the uproar of an attack that
'dnust so terribly affright therruW The long
gun by the Wall was taken froiits rest,
and tho unfaltering old man stood at hi
post stood in the lonely cabin, miles and
'-. nnIes from a"y human aid, to Ueat .bacc
i . --
' light, and grew-upoa his vision;- and
me nearer. Another , followedj and
; fwother, ayd 1 10 old man counted t ia
Rucccssivo shapes liatf leaving ma
thicket,, crept toward the. house. J I is
.firaudcldldv. trembling close.beluud. him,
wondertd if the dreadful red men wcro
- "
glauceit atnwart ue inoont)e:ir..3. j-iar
, , , -.
naa never iiearu a gu:i urai in viu mnme -,
and now to, bo awakened at r.iMiighi.,
end see grandfather standing in Hie griijr
darkness, his fac5 at the small ioophol"
and tho old king's arm clutched iu hot
hands, gave her an indescribable Ihiillof .
fear. Slie caught her breath quickly, a
Grandfather Moore drew back tiie iwim-.
' nier with a "click," and therirhirHoher
face with her hands, she shut out from
her sight the flash that illumiuud tho old
man's head. The report was not very,
loud in the house,' the concussion boing
without the loophole, but a sulphurous
odor fjfom the burnt priming filled the;
roontu ' - G rami fa ther Mocro ; was greatly1
. excited but resolnto. .-V ' . "
uCheerup,.wfo,sho said, "and you
Mary, darling. 1 here are but 15 now. " "I
The air, but late so silent, was now rent
with frightful yells. . Old Mistress Moors
did not answer the cheering words of her
husband ; indeed, she had notenteredtlu '
room. IJer health had been. feeble, and
the sudden terror had proved too violent
for her. White and silent, she leaned ir
73
Undmothr dnnmini
head, rested the cold face agaiAst her own,
and then realizing the dreadful truth that
she was dead, with a low, piteous : wail,
sank insensible by her side. -,.:
So Mary lay beside her grandmother,
nA hflirrl Tint f ho fifranffA niimtrlif huf flo
"----- - "
She knew not how often the yells of the
burets of fury, .as the- warriors,.taking
: counsel with each other, varied, their plan
Z of attack Lost, upon he? ear waa the
occasional reixrt of Grand father Moore's
rgun, as some incautious brave a moment
1 darted in view; lost also to ner were me
- . , Av,;...:
oia maiu V1 "r"1
""v.
"Now there are 13," he murmured
, H yesP I'm sure he dropped only. 11
now. Thank heaven!, that was to the
purpose! How high the copper skin
leaped! - Only nine! Holy mother, be .
i praisedl'V - - 1 . 1
j Neither did Mary hear the hatchet
' strokes upon the door, nor the dull fall of
: a wamor who had reached the roof, ami
whom" Grandfather Moore, directed by
i the sound, had: shot dead through tho
ebmt oaken covering.
Only six now, he said ; "but they aio
hard at work on the floor. "
More than once tho Ilurons had at
tempted to fire the cabin but on the day
previous there-had 'fallen 'a drcuchiij::
British bayonet . bixteeulanu fiom every clnsy U.i;nrj
from one of- E"0 lnieryais an aunosi iiupyiwjuuiij
Hf Oijiml. Klinimer, as carliiue or IelUjr i atchet
enowerr tlio eltects of wincn, Joinea witii ', and the meiancboly that snaaowea ner
tho heavy-night dew,' defeated 'thefr en.; f young spirit became the. pet of .the Gal
deavors. The windows, high" above the : lip nobility, between whom and the
groundJwere les3 than a foot in width! j Catholic Irish there had. long existed a
the chinioey was too small to admit the : bond of sympathy, cemented by theii
passage of a man, and the door . wai -. common hatred of the islanders of Albion
of three inch plank; Upon this last, : The seven years' war ended in 1763, and
however, the attack was finally concen
trated. The old man had fired 14 time :
'10 times with-, complete success nhj :
four times either entirely missing or only
slightly v, wounding hia enemy. ' But tho
tug of war was yet to come..- ". I -:
, The' break of day witnessed a. fearful ,
struggle, .and when again the sun api
peared, all -was silent in the cabin. A :
Iluron warrior, lying mortally wounded
aud unable to rise, saw a young girl step
from the door,' like one walking in a
dreamJ He' knew, from", her singular
movements and the wildness of lior gaze.
mac sue was one or tnosa wiiom tne
touch of the great spirit renders sacred to
the red man. Iler reason was gone, and -
for such as she the hatchet of his people
had no edge. But for himself he was
going to the happy hunting ground : and
it was. wb.ile chanting his death ong that
he saw the fair, wild daughter of , tho:
palo face disappear hi the- , shadowy,
woods.
lt was high noon, when a band of
cettlers came, upon the desolated cabin,
arid finding, blood and death . around it
and within, they, questioned the dying
Huron who lay without, the, door.
Young equa gone,-1 hesardi !TV -
man fight hard ; he great' brave ;.he kill
many Huron, but Huron take lodge, kill
old '.manv i Two " warrior get; In, but; no
come out. " ' ' ' :' '
-Two -warriors, surely enough, lay dead
in. tho house, and the brave old man be
tween them." The settlers saw the body ;;
of the slain watchdog they counted 13
chjad Indians outside the cabin; so 15
had been killed outright and the 16th
was even now breathing his. last'. They
saw the bullet hole in the roof, the, pow
der stain l upon i the rafters, blue j and
sulphurous.; and without; upon the eave,'
were traces of blood where the dead war-'
rior had slid heavily down. The door had
been hacked, uriavailiQgly, it would seem,
with tomahawks t but liad finally yielded
to a' primitive engine of , red men a
straight. and green pine, ', - . ; ' .
It was . from the wounded' Indian that
the settlers learned most of the particu-lai-s
which I have given relative to the
old man's defence, as, for instance thai t
he had thrown away but four shots.
'"' At sunset the red wavriordied. ! He and
his companions were hastily burled in, a
trench j but upon the day following asor- ! 1 When a man fights in his mind he al
rowful group of pioneers laid the two old ways comes off - victorious. Atchison
people side by side upon a pleasant knoll Globe. , " ,
where the October grass was justdying ; Cliaracter is to intellect, what a"'locc
boneath the frost. I In quest of the hapless motive is to a train of cars. Texas Sift
girl who had fled, perhaps frenzied, from
tho scene, of death, the settlers scoured"
the woods in vain. ' ' '
It was supposed that tho sweet daugh
ter of Erin had fallen a victim - to wild ,
beasts pr'frPwHng savages f 'but years
laterher story became known"! tA': band
of Huron warriors had found her in - tho
forest, and respecting her calm and '
melancholy j delirium in which they
recogniaed the hand of the Great Spirit,
took her w'rh, them to Montreal- The
Marquis de i. jntcalrn, learning her namo
and history from a captain taken nearly
at the same time, became greatly inter
ested in the unfortuiate and beautiful
' child. He empldj-ed iu her behalf th
"ablest medical talent' at command ; and
this,"' together with jthe healthful elast.c
ity of; her system, restored reason to the
disordered brain. The scenes through
which she- had passed unfolded them
selves little by little to her view, tiU sho
remembered all. She related how iu the
Cabin she had awakened to consciousness
ere the fight was ended, "and. the further
incidents of the desperate conflict thai
led to her grandfather's death. ;, -."f. y ?
' "My child" said Montcalm, struct
'with anguish at the young girl's terriblo
grief for her poor old grandparents,"
"nothing that I can now say will much
comfort you; but of this 'rest assured,
you shall neverwant a protector.- I owe
your family much. I. learn from : the
prisoner yonder that you are descender
trom that Colonel, O'Moorei who lost hi
own fife in saving that of a French ofii .
cer in . iixe Irish army, at . the battle of
Aghrirfl. HThat officer was my grandsire.
the Count de St. Veron By a singula
' coincide? t your father, Brian O'Moore.
64 yeasdater, saved the life of another
French officer, at the great victory of
Fontenon sacrificing, like his -anGestor.
his own. . That officer, my child, was I
myself.. I subsequently lost all trace o!
your family, : which, though then" in ;
poverty, I .was aware had descended -
from the ancient nobility of Ireland. Ia 1
your behalf it may be .vouchsafed - a
French marqu s to discharge iu some in-.
consiaerauie measure tno aeot lie owes to
your gallant race, I will be a father to
you ; and though I can not , restore . the
lost, "all ' that wealth, and love," and
sympathetic Borrow can- give shall be
yours." . . .
""A tear rose to the blue eyes of the mar
. qnis, and-Mary felt UTv.sti!ly attracted
toward tlie great French captain,
, From that hour he was her hero, het
demigod; nor was he unworthy of hci
utmost admiration and confidence. Av
Quebec she heard with joy of his brilliant
yictory at IkIo de Moufcrnorencie, Uttle
'dreaming that it was the last gleam in
the bright day of his military triumphs.
Upon the' plains of Abraham the aim o
bis glory set. : . '
In Franco Mary Moore for the sorrow
.of her stgrf. Iut beautiful Celtic faoe.
year later, at the age of . 17, Mary wa
married to a young officer of .19. who 28
years later was known .through -all the
civilized world as the famous republican
commander, Dumourier. It was a love
match, at once romantic and happy. The
daughter lot Erin lived, to jxt joice ovei
her husband's victories, but not to wit
ness his unhappy defeat at Neer-Windem.
Sacred to her heart was , her childhood's
love for dear Grandmother Moore ; and
many a tear she shed in the foreign tand
over the recollection of the night attack.
The circus in Mexico.
Crude entertainment as it is, the circua
is gradually replacing in Mexico the wan-
ton brutality of th bull fight. la many
of the States the bull fight is prohibited
by law,, and hi Mexico city and the
largest State capitals the. revolting exhi
bitions are becoming more and morn
infrequent.' The reputation of the circua
meanwhile 13 increasing. --tit is the most
popular American institution in Mexico,
There- may.be'a deep rooted dislike of th
invading host , of . , American f rail wa
operatives, mining engineers, contractor .
speculators, and tramps, but the prejudice
- rots not extend, to the American clowr
who can ci'ffckjokea.ui tolerable Spanish
Let him be careful to avoid ""tvujidinj
national susoeptibihties and lie will b
the most popular American in Mexico,
but if he once gives occasion .for offenc
he will be hissed whenever he reappoan
in town and never forgotten. Mexicans
have tenacious . memories '.; when . their
dignity is compromised. They .; love
those who flatter them. ; They ; resert
uautcissary and wanton affronts. The"
successful American clown of the even
ing could give diplomatists, if ho would,
useful hints for regulating their dealing
with the Spanish race. .His keen wh
leaves no stiag behind it. His morry
r jests keep the audience in a tumultuou-
state of merriment from 0 until mid
night.'' Then', the cafes are filled' with
loungers for another hour. . , - , ,:,
Wl-fc AND WISDOM.
The executioner is a man who takes
life easily. Atlanta Journal.
Tlie law is no woree, nor better than
human nattue. Arkansaw Ti-aveler. -
ings. . v . ,
" Misery travels on free pass; happiness
always has to pay for. a ticket. Texas
Sittings. " " '" ,, : . .
i Apples always look nice in an orchard
that has a high fence around it. Ram's
Horn. ; . :.;
i Tlie man who avoids mistakes by never
- trying to do anything makes a big mis
take. Puck. "I, ., '. .
f Wrinkles tell the story of ago to one
who can read between tho lines. New
Orleans Picayune. , - ; .
It is human to err, and it is human for
vour wife constantly to remind you of it,
too. Cape Cod Item. 7 , ' . r - '. . .
l A man's idea of being good to a woman
is to give her opportunities to be good to
him. Atchison Globe.-
It is better to know wlien to say yes
' and no than to kflow rthe meaning of
' every word in the dictionary, . ; ..- :'
j- A" fool can'always( endure and enjoy .
anotlier fool ; it is tlie smart peopla who
can't get on together. Atchison Globe.
Smile at tlie i world and it willsniile back
' at you. . Let it see you weep and it will
laugh at you. Sonierville Journal.,
"Men are apt to believe that they began
smaller and have grown greater thau is
true in either case. Milwaukee Journal,
v Willie Pa, why do they call the devil
Satan? Pa Oh,' that's an Old Nick
name, my son. New York Herald. : V , .
i ' No orlo feels poorer than the rich man
! whose income has just, been reduced 5
percent. Somerville Journal.
Whenever you find a man who says
that honesty. does not pay it is a sign that
. he has never tried it. Jewelers' Review.
.'."sort offcW
.V.t . -T: na-.T,oi .7-.
sF.-r-- -
- .One reason why some people are not
bo .wicked as oUiers is because they,
baven'fc had so good a chance.-Ram s
Horn. .. . . ;, ' '
' 'Clericus After all, honesty Is tlie best
policy Cynicus And, hke the oUiers,
you can c coiiect o j
New -York Heiald,
'I " How much is he worth ?" 44 Nothing. "
"Why, I thought ho liad ft fortune of
$1,000,000?" "So he has; but he isu't
worth it. "-Boston News. '". J '-
JuiunuoDO Confound , theso tiieosc-
phists. Jasncr Why? Jumpupte They
convinced my wife, that she lias seven
bodies,-and. she went off and bought a
dress for each one. Toronto Mail..: v ,
) A Good Memory for Faces. "Excuse
me, sir,- but lavca't we met before?
l Vour face is strangely familiar." "Yes,
1 madam, our host introduced us to each
Other just before dinner." "Ah, I was
: positive I had seen you somewhere. I
never forget a face. uroomyn L.ue.
At IToulton, Me.-, the. jtolice turn on a
hos. iasiklJ a drunken nr.iu'a fihirt.
SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT.
In its issue of September 12th the Manu
facturers,' Record says
-The recent advance in cotton, and the
assurance of the largest grain crops for
many years, have still further strenthened
the position of the South in all -business
and financial matters, and everything indi
cates a very active winter and spring. The
tendency of capital seeking inveslmetn
mast inevitably bo Southward, for no other
country possesses such wonderful resources,
and nowhere else are tho' possibilities of
profitable development so promising; ' The
increasing importance of the ; South's for
eign trade and the position of Southern
ports as the fatarti 'outlet of thf West is
illustrated by tho fact that Galveston is to
have a 1,000,000 bunhel elavatoe and New
Orleans one of 300,000 bushels capacity,
while the grajn trade at Norfolk has devel
oped so rapidly that the elevator there has
been enable to handle the butanees, and a
floating elevator baa been u secured from
New: York, aud, even one of the big coal
piers isbehg used in helping to transfer
the immense irilic from ihe cars to the
steaniBuips while some dnja ago the' Nor
folk & Western hod nearly 600 grain-loaded
cars on the track af Norfolk, This rapid
growth of the export business of tie Sontb,
added to the indastri&l development that
has been going on for the last few years,
.wilji greatly enhanco the prosperity o this
whole KecTaSn. New industrial enterprises
are daily being organized, and as this is
not a speculative period", they-must all be
of a soiid cbamcter. Among the nuiiiber
reported in this week's tesae of the Mann
factarers' liecord sre the purchase jot 1D0
acres cf ; land near Basio City, Va ,' as a
locatiou lor poicder and cartridge works,
to employ, It is said, 500 hands; the organ,
ization of a $ 100,000 phosphate company
in Charleston ; a $1,000,000 improvement
and development company in Fort Smith,
Ark'; a $25,000 quarrying company aud a
$50,000 lumber company iu Virginia; &
$50,0QQ brick compauy and a 150,000 coal
company in Kentucky ; a $100,000 grate
numufceturiug compauy aud a $10,000
lumber company in Knoiville; a $75,000
cctton seed oil mill iu Dallas, Texas ; a
tf 75,000 company Fwr shipping sh frozen
in ice Jrom i'lorida to tti North ; a $:10,
000 lumber compauy in Went Virginia ; a
$50,000 manufacturing company and .a
'arge cold storage warehouse iu Baltimore,
ilany enterprises of smaller magnitude
hive been reported, aud as many, large and
onjail, are being organized.
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMA
RY FOR THE STATE OF N. C.
AUGUST, .1891, . . .
TiMPEKAxuuE : TLe monthly mean
teinptrittnre lor ibe State for August was
75.7 degreej which is .0.7 degrees below
the normal for the past twenty yeara. The
hifihesi mouthly nienu lemperutnre lor
August occurred iu 1878 (mean 78 7 , deg
ree) tho lowest in 1089 (mean 73-5 degret-t).
The highest in can this mouth was 71.4
degrees ntJoutbpoi t ; tho lowest CD. 5 de
grees ut Franklin. The highest teuipcratuie
obborvid waa 1)7 degreeb at Uhapd Bill on
tho 9:h, at J)ouglass and bout ueru fines
ou the 10th, and t Morgautor ou the llth;
tae luwtst temperatore observed was -45
degrees at Fiuukliu on the 24th, Tne
higlient t mperamre , btlor - recorded for
AuKiisr was 1 6 dtKreesin lboa at Weldon;
tuo lowufct 44 in 1 bijO at Liighlauds. '1 he
greatest uiouxbly range an 47 degrees at
i-rankliu; thu leusi 18. ut liatu-ius urni
Kitty Hawk Mean maximum tempera
ture for tlio dtnte 84 4; iu'juu njiuiJiiuui
- It A is Fall : Average for the State tu.tr
August, 8.00 inche s, wnicb is -1.91 inchfes
above the nurmul for tne past uineteea
yearsi.The wetU-bt August was in l5ts7 the
average rain-full being 0.37 inches ; the
dtieit Was iu 1881, average 3. 1G iiicbes.
G routes t auiouut this August lo,.'50 inches
at BmitLtiirld ; hait amouut, 2.80 ut Frank
lin. The greatest amount previously re.
corded Wai 58.05 at Abbeville in August
im.
NYikd: Prevailing directions, south and
sontbwetit; avcragu hourly velocity 5.7
uiilcv: Fitvailiug a.reoiion deduced frenu
many year's obsotvatiou, , southwebt; aver
age hourly velocity, 0.8 uiilfe. r
AliscelUueoUo : l tiunatmorms occur-iu
at Vrtiious plaCtB in the iuleon the fo.lw-
ing duies: 1. 2, a, 4,-ti, 7, iu. u.
15, iu, 17, i, iv, 2o, z-4, 'id, :n
Hail occurrt d on the 28th.
(Jeneiux iUilAUKS: The njt part of
the mouth was warm and favorable for the
gro th of crops, bat the latter -part .-was
too cool. . w ltu Very nvavy rains, causing
the.tondiUou jut, -crops, t tst cialJ. Coitou,
to tt tcrio.ate rapidly. - --
O. F.voKlifiKiuiAN, II, U. Battle Ph. D.
; .,JV V rather Bureau, . ' . - Duxnvt. .
, - - - - AbSis unt. ) - - .
-ALLIGATORS. .
Florida can still lay cUini to 'alilgntors
The Yankees have not killed them all out
yet, for there have been nhippod to Kale?gb,
N. O to be shown during lb Southern
Inter-Stale Exposition, October lht to De
ecmber 1st. twti ty-eiuht al!icuntrs. Florida
will io doubt have ' the most interesting
and novel exhibit at tho Exposition, The
Floiida display will be worth ioUi j; to
8CC. . ' . '
II OR AO GXIEELT ON DEBT.
Among the many timely articles written
by Horace Grcely for the New York Ledg
er was the following on being iu debt :
To be hungry, ragged and penniless, is
not pleasant; but this is -nothing to the
horror of bankruptcy. . All the wealth of
the Kothchilds would be a poor recompense
for a five year's struggle, with the consci
ousneitg that you bad taken the money or
property of trusting friends preraisicg to
return or pay for it when rtqnired, and had
cy.
I dwell on this point, for ' I would deter
others from entering that place of torment.
Half the young mm in the country, with
many old enough to know, better, wou'd
go into business" that isi" into debt to
borrow if they could. Most poor men are
co ignorant an to envy the merchant or the
manufacturer whose life is au incessant
struggle with pecuniary difficulties, -who is
driven to constant "chinning," ana who,
from month to month, barely evades that
insolvency which sooner or later overtakes
most men in business so that it has both
computed that but one in twenty of them
achieves a pecuniary success. ; ' - - v
t or my own part aud I speak liom is.a
experience I would rather be a convict iu
State prison, a slave iu a rice-swamp, than
to pass through lire under the rarrow ot
debt. Let nojoucg man misiudee himSeif"
unfortunate, or truly poor, so long as he
has the full use of his limbs and faculties
and is substantially free from debt,
xiuneer. ecld. raeri, hard work, contempt,
suspicion, unjiwt reproach, are disagreea.
ble ; but debt is infinitely worse than the m
all. And. if it had pleased God to spare
either or all my sons to b the support and
solace of my dee'ining years, " the ' lesson,
which I should have most earnestly sought
to impfess npon them isr "tfever run into
debit Avoid pecuniary obligations as you
would nebtilenca cr famine. If you have
but fifty centB, und can get no more for a
week, buy apwk efcorc, parch it, and live
on it,' rcther than owe anaX-Stojlarr
Of course I know that some men inusTtw
business that involves risks, and mast givo
notes and other obligations; and I do not
consider him really in debt who . can lay
his hands directly on the means ot. paying
at some little sacrifice all he owes I speak
Of real debt that which- involves risks or
sacrifice on the one bide, obligation and de.
pendence oa thu other and I say, from all .
nuchlet every youth humbly pray ; God to
preserve him evermore "
i The Savannah News has the following to
say about money in New York r, . t
- 'The New '.York banks have plenty of
money. Then is no doubt about that. At
the close of business hoars on Saturday they
had $8,722 775 iu excess of legal revuirtu
menis. uu me gamohUi Uiti''"'"'''tj;.
year the amount they held wes $3,0UQti&.
less than the legal requirements. They are
therefore more than $12,000,000 better off .
than they were a year ago. ' '
And money can be obtained on call in ..
New York at a , very lows rate of interest, '
but time loans are difficult to get. This
condition of affairs cjpkins why - there is
sucb BtriDgeney.in the. money market,
loss of connaeaee cnu&eet by the liariag
Bros', disaster has not been fully restored. r
Bankers dont like ta let their money gou
where tbey cannot gvt it-immediately if
they should need it. '-'- -'- , .....
They have no particular reason iorluiuK-
ing tbey will need it, but there is an nnex."
plainaule something m the' nnancioi suua.
lion whiclt taakes them extremely conserva
tive. And they could not anord to oe
caught without suHiuient money to meet the
demands to which they must respond as
soon as made.
A great deal more money could bs used
with advantags.by the banks of this city.
but they cannot get it from, the New Tout
banks. Ibay are willing t pay the interet
demanded for time loans, but they ' could
not eafely bind theiubolyes to return - the
Their inability to comply with this fondi. -tiou
is what prevents them Jrom gttUng all
the money ihey need. x - '
The nuaneiai wtaaUon is, however, grad
ually imgroving.ffj Confidence is returning,
though slowly. Unless .some unfurtseeu
disaster occitib in the financial world it will
not be long, probably, before money will be
as plentiful us it whs before tuo present
stringency began. ; v
COURTESY. REPAID,
HOW KINDNESS TO A SCUT HERN STRANG EK
WAS IUCULT. REC0MPENSF.D.
A special to the State Chronicle, from
Wilnon, N. C, dated Sept., 16th, says:
Lat full a weal. by. northern gentleman
ylsiU'd llocby Mount, lie was very tfond
f Lunting und iir. U. 11, Harris, who tor
bomcame lat . tall . was an auctioneer tor
the Wilson warehouse and i the tx editor
of the Kocky ilouut Plain 'Dealer, kindly
lent the sirauger his dogs and showed him
numerous conrttEies. Ihe stranger drop
ped dead on Monday aud when Lis wll
was cpeutd it nas lounu mai ue iiaa io-
quealfaed Mr. Hani one hundred i)jousand
doharc for courtefcits and fuvors Bhown
him, to be pid by his esocutoib in United
States currency, air. Hums left tO-diy to
get tho lnoucy. . . ..
One Viiy street broker wants another to
pay him $10,000 damages for kieMcg bini
on the flow cf the stock exchange. There
are bu of Wall street brokers who would
be mora than $10,000 .ahead if some ona
had kicked tht-ui on' the iloor tf thu -stock
exchange bcfoie thfy IvU into tho LAUds of
the fleecers. Wil. Star.
If you don e yourheoii i to lay vtll durir..
tho wiuter. 1 ct p their coopt v i ni si-
jmiforUblo and fe;d heating f. . d ?v i'--s
chnvcoal, meat tccips, and bene u- f4.