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: , icF0R- GOD, ; FOR COUNTS Y AND FOR TR UT3.". V, FLKTCIIFIt APSnOTf. Eimtob. 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.