E. W. MOORING, Editor.
VOL. II.
MOCKSyiLLE, N, C,
SDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1881.
NO. 22.
BLOUNT t MOORING, Publishers.
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Sleep.
Re foes when their lootsteps falter, when
their heart crow weak and isint,
Bo marks when their strength ia faftiog and
listen lo each complaint; :
Be bids them rest tor a season, for the path
way has grown too steep;
A1, lolded in iair, preen pastares,
' : lie giveth liis lored one sleep.
like weary and worn-oat children, that sigh
, tor the daylight's close, I
Be knows that they oft are longing for home
and its iweet repose;.
Bo lie calls them in trom their labors era the
shadows around them creep,
And silently watching o'er them,
lie giveth Ills loved ones ileep.
Be giveth it, oh, so gently as a mother wQl
hush to rest
The bote that she soltly pillows so tenderly
'. on her breast. '.'
Forgotten are now the trials and sorrows
tbt msde thetu weep;
For with many a soothing promise
V lie giveth His loved ones sleep.
Be giveth it! Friends the dearest can never
this boon bestow; . -
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at He toucbes the drooping eyelids, and placid
the features grow.
Their loes may gather about them, and storms
may round them sweep,
lint, guarding them sale trom danger,
He giveth Ilis loved ones sleep.
All dread of the distant future, all fears that
.. opprest to-day, - .
like mists that clear in the sunlight, have
noiselessly passed away. y
Nor call nor clamor can rouse them from
slumbers so pure and deep,
For only liis voice can reach them ' '
Who giveth His loved ones sleep.
Weep not that their toils are over; vreep not
. that their race is ran,
God grant we may ret as calmly when our
work, like theirs, is done! -TUl
then we would yield with gladness par
treasure to Ilhn to keep,
iau Ttjomt ttrthe svat-aaautMiwe--"1
He giveth His loved ones sleep.
Golden Hours.
VOSS.
A group of young men wejf standing
one morning last April on the banks of
the river Aar, which flows by the,
quaint old Swiss town of, Berne. There
was Johann Lcid, the bakerfs son; and
Fritz Bund, the wood -carver, "and half
a dozen others with their sifters and
iweethearts. . .y-
Bund, as Usual, was loud-mouthed
and voluble. He talked with one eye
on'the girls to eee the effect.
" What do jou say to the race, boys?
There is Johann Leid with his big
muscles. I can outrun or throw you in
. five minutes, Leid." ' V
Leid nodded, threw off his coat and
was beaten, in both race and wrestle.
He was a big, sheepish-looking fellow,
and grew red with anger. S
" I! you want to look well in Jean
ncttc's eyes,y he muttered "it ia
Nicholas Voss you should throw, not
, me. She thinks mere of his finger thrn
of your whole braggart body."
I Bund was enraged. Everybody saw
that plainly. He looked at Jeannette,
standing with ; the other girls, like a
modest little lose among flaunting dah
lias. Nicholas Voss was playing with
hii dog on the other side of the field.
He was a quiet, under-sized fellow, ihe
i ton of the schoolmaster.
Throw Voss! I could do it with one
hand. No credit In that. The fellow
has no more strength than girl, poring
over his books. I'll put him to a test
that'll shame him. Jeannette shall see
the stuff the baby is made of. Hey,
V6r he shouted. ..
Nicholas came over, smiling, but
coloring a little as he passed the girla.
He was a difadenC awkward L lad, and
felt his arms and legs heavy and in the
way whenever a woman looked at
him. - ..
"Come. rltlsT pnM Rnn Thm
girls drew nearer, shy, but curious.
" Here's a question of . courage to be
settled . Leid wants me to try a throw
Voss, but it wouldn't be fair, for
could fling I hia with one finger, and
blow him over for that matter." -
Voss changed color; he played nerv
ously with the dog collar. He knew
tt was true that he could not ooxnpeta
with Bund la a trial 61 strength, but It
was hard to be told it; before littto
Jeanstta, too.' -
"But there'e tonitthiaf Voss. can Co
j,v What is it Ff said Nicholas, eagerly.
I" You can swim. Come, jump into
the river yonder with me, and see which
of "us can reach the other shore V
The girls looked at ihe river. It was
swollen with the! spring floods, and
filled with great lumps of ice which
crunched and tore; each other as they
went rushing by v
"Ah, that; would be a v brave deed t"
they j said, looking admiringly at Bund.
Jeannette looked, and turned away with
a shudder. 'j f: . ..
- Well done, J Bund T said the other
lftdsj 'There's no cowardice in Bund,:
thatV certain 1
Bund tore off his woolen lacket and
boots, straightening himself and clap ,
ping his hands. I He was not sorry that
the girls should see his broad chest and
embroidered braces. : . .
"Come, little one, off with your coat !
You're . a famous swimmer and Jean
nette is looking," under his breath, with
an angry flash in his eye.
Nicholas looked at the lads waiting,
and at the excited, silly girls, and then
at the icy river. He did not trust him
self to look at. Jeannette. In summer
he bad often swam the Aar at this very
ooint. But his lungs were weak. He
couU not bear the slightest expo
sure; to plunge into this flood would be
certain illne33 perhaps death. And for
no purpose but to gratifythe pride of a
vaporing idle. fellow. f$ ; .
4 Come, come!" cried Bund. "Afraid,
Ihe lads and girls looked at Voss;
even Jeanette's eyes were fixed curiously
on mm. .
I " I am not going to swim."
If he bad bluffed it out in a strident,
jocular voice, he might have carried the
day But he was painfully conscious
that, they all thought-him a coward;
He was a sensitive lad, and it cut him to
the quick.
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maio nnraitf
solently. " Well, Voss, i 'wanted to do
ypu! a good turn, and let the girls see
that you had the making of a man in
ypui But no matter," ; turning away
contemptuously. "A pity he could not
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wear gowns ana a bonnet," ne said to
Jeannette, loud
heaTi S
enough, for Voss to
i j Voss turned away and went hastily'
down the road.l He was bitter and
angry, and would not go home to his
old father in that mood. He went to
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the bear pits. Now, everybody knows
that bears are a sort of sacred animal to
the Bernese, and Nicholas, like his
neighbors, took a keen delight in watch
ing the great sluggish, beasts in their
pita, t But he had no pride in them now ;
r in fact, though he leaned over the bar
rier and looked with the crowd, he did
not see them at all.
j There were many strangers there that
day, principally English travelers and
Americans. Their children were climb
ing about the edge of the pit, as no Ber
nese chi$ would dare to do.
I " Take care, youngsters !" cried a
workman. jThey are fierce those
monsters down there. An English offi
cer fell in last spring, and though he
tough for his lifej that big fellow killed
him."
"Ach! See hii rfd eyes, the murder-
err cried a woman.
I All ihe people stretched their necks to
look where he lay blinking up at them;
and a stupid nurse-maid, with a child
in her arms, stood on tiptoe to lean fur
ther over. There, was a push a
scream. S :
"The child! Ach Gott! 1 is gone!"
The crowd surged and pressed against
the barrier. Vcss was , almost crushed
upon, its edge. For a moment there was
a silence like death" as people looked with
straining eyes into the darkness below.
Then they saw the little white heap close
tp the wall of .the pit. Two of the
smaller bears were snuffing it curiously.
The monster that bad killed the Eng
lishman was slowly gathering up his
fore-legl and dragging himself toward
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There was scarcely any sound in the
trpwd.l I Men grew pale and turned
away sick. A woman who .had never
seen the child before fell in a dead faint
on the ground. But its mother ! stood
quite stilL leaning over the pit, her
hands held out to it. .
There came a wild err trom the crowd.
A man; had jumped into the pit. The
bear turned, glared at the intrudes with
sudden fury, and then rushed upon him.
He dealt it a blow straight between the
era; but it fell like a itaiherca a
stone wal.
He leaps over him t1 .,
" The others are coming on him I"
Ach, what blows H
"Well struck !M Again, again P
houted the Englbhmtu. .
44 But he can do nott tng. He will be
torn to pieces P . .
A nil 4 Via ma Vum t
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ocv, Luc ucar una uiu uib ucbui
T He has the child ! Ue has the child !
A ladder! A ladder!" - ' . 1"
But there was no : ladder to be found,
nor weapons of any kfad. The mass of
people leaned over, playing, shouting,
sobbing, while the straggle went on be
low aa silent as the grate.
The man, bleeding - and pale, was
pushed to the wall, th child lifted high
in his arms. The savage brutes sur
rounded hin. -There was a trunk of a
tree in the center of the; pit, placed there
ior me oeaxs 10 ciima upon, rie meas
ured ft with his ef, . gathered bis
strength, and then, with a mighty
bound, he reached it, and began to
climb. The bears followed to the foot
of the trunk. . ' .
j ; A rope !' a rope ! nf- r-' j
i The rope was brought and flung to
ward him. . ; !--
j " He has it! He will tie it about his
waist. No, it is the child he ties. He
will save it first. j
i He fastened the child, and watched it
awuug across in safety. When they
threv him the rope again, he did not
catch it. He was lookat the mother
when they put her bqby in her arms.
When he had taken tie rope and tied
it about him, a hundrxi strong bands,
English, French, Swh were ready to
help pull him up. As ie swuig across
the chasm, going hali-wfty to the bot
tom of the pit, the bes t caught at him,
but It's hold slipped, at d the animal fell
back with a baffled grf4wl. ,
There was a great st outing when the
lad stood.jon., VtJy.Jz
" God be thahkedr
j That is ia brave fellow r' '
I "Who is heP" . ; '
It is Nicholas Voss, the school
master's boy." - '
" Where is he ?"
; But Nicholas had disappeared in the
confusion.
Nothing else was talked of the next
day in. Berne. In the shops and kit
chens, at the balls, ill the brilliantly
lighted great houses, eten in the gov
ernment council, the story was told, and
the lad was spoken of with praise and
kindness. At the theater, Bomebody
called for a cheer for him, and vthe
whole house rose with the vi vats!
Mothers held their babies closer to their
breasts that night, and with tears
prayed God to bless him.
Meanwhile, Nicholas lay in r his cot,
attended by his old mother and father.
His legs were sorely torn. But he was
merry and happy, as he, always was at
home.1-..-:;- ; ; ' , ;: I
In the afternoon a messenger from
the council knocked at the door and
left an official document. It was a deei
conveying to Nicholas Voss a house
and pasture land . in the vicinity of the
town.
He put It into his father's wrinkled
hands. Now, father, you are sure of
a home for you and mother,." he. said
He fell asleep soon alki that. When
awoke the sun -Was setting, and
shone on the bed. and the' happy old
people were watching' him. '
A few days later his father put a liU
tie case into his hands.
"Look at this, my son J Never did I
think a lad of mine would reach such
high honor F ' ::. . '
It was the gold medal of the Humane
Society of Switzerland, awarded only to
the bravest. . -:- -I
" And here," said his mother, "is a
bunch of violets which little Jeannette
left for you." . V ,-s;
Nicholas' eyes shone as he looked at
the medal. But the flowers he held c?os
U)his-lips.'-i
Some iaaglifh spar-ows -fculit their
neets in a box that tad a 'mirror ljarrV
and nearly exhausted thecxsel'ea fight
ing their own reSectio-?. F&iling to
get satisfaction; they have resorted to
large pieces j of gravel, which they take
in their bills and beat forriblj against
the mirror. : ' -'r ':
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Professor Watson, the astronomer oi,
he Michigan observatory, whose death
,00k place recently, was the discoverer
it no less than nineteen planets sxd
uteroids and of two cemtta. !
FOB THE FAIR SEX.
Feather trimmings are again very
popular.1
Kerchiefs are made of net rather than
of mull for winter wear. .
. Some of the new Jersey polonaises are
aced down the back.
Plaid must be waning in favor. It
is made up crosswise for skirts.
The "Quaker dress, fashioned in
America, is now adopted in Paris; V
The size of tournures is decidedly less
exaggerated than the fashion prophets
made them early in the autumn.
Gowns of black silk-and brocade are
almost ; invariably, brightened either
with jet or with cashmere beads.
Very j fashionable walking suits are
made of shepherds' plaid, in the colors,
combined with a plain'dark color. ;.
Cloth jackets matching the costume,
or of cream-colored material, are very
stylishly trimmed with pTush, which is
used for hood, collar, cuffs and muff.
The- richest aid most effective hoods
are of black velvet or silk, densely cov
ered with sparkling jet ornaments and
appliques, and finished at the point of
the hood in the back with handsome jet
cords and pendants. .
Fleece-lined pique, which is so prized
by mothers who dress their children in
white all winter, comes in better quali
ties this season than ever before. The
Marseilles fabric is stouter; and the
back has a warm, heavy fleece like Can
. ton flannel. The figures are in flower
and leaf brocades, instead of diamonds
and honeycombs, and the goods are also
suitable and pretty for children's cloaks
as well as for dresses. Very, little trim
ming i3 needed with these suits.
Walking dresses of cloth are very
fashionable. Very stylish and elegantly
uuuig jzMUc-ir6 a iso -inaue 01 lu&
material, and draped over, underskirts
of plush or velvet. ' Many of the new
over Presses are untr immed ; some are
trimmed with extra wide bands of fur
or plush. A few of the earlier importa
tions of costumes of cloth were heavily
trimmed, but there seems to be a reac
tion setting in,' and plain unadorned
slightly looped dresses are considered
the most distinguished looking.
FastiloBL In GtOT
There has been but one innovation
made in the : standard fashions for
gloves; and that is the , introduction of
lace insertions in ladies' gloves. Two
y or three rows of half-inch wide lace are
placed between a similar width of the
kid at the wrist. For street and evening
wear, especially - when kbort or elbow
sleeves are worn, the lace top is the
fav rite. It is an ordinary glove of any
number of buttons, with a lace pattern
perforated in the kid for an inch or two
at the edee. makinz a much mere artis
tic finish than the ordinary plain band
The glove with an insertion of lace 'ex
tendinz the length of the wrist is also
one of the most popular gloves worn.
The favorite shades lor evening are
flesh, cream, ecru and mastic tints". The
n amber of buttons varies with the taste
of the wearer, six to eight being worn
on most occasions. For the street black
is very popular. In colors either o
match lor the costume or a contrasting
color is used, old irold, mastic and wood
browns being the favorites. Undressed
kids are extensively ! worn for mourn
injf . Street gloves have lrom lour to six
buttons generally. As the weather grows
colder dog3kin gloves of a fine quality
are preferred by many to those of kid,
as they are heavier and warmer. They
are made with two. throe and four but
tons, and cost $1.75. Kid lined with
lamb's wooL with fur tops, is made in
cloves and mittens for winter wear
They are made in all dark colors, and
cost $1.60 a pair. -Linel gloves, with
wide gauntlets ot seal and beaver for
driving, are also used fo?the street, and
are 2.50. The castor cloves may be
had in grays, chamois and light, brown.
For children lined dogskin and kid and
cashmere gloves are made in the same
colors as thosef older rrsocs. Sex
XorkEcrald.
. A bug has turnea cp in AfU Mljbot
which feeds upon the egss of tl;e locust.
Where a cluster of locust eggs is exam
ined the destroying inject appears in the
midst of them. Locurts from time Im
memorial hare made themselTes dis
liked is Axis, and the new bag, which
is believed to depoit its eggs in the live
locsst! body. Las general sympathy and
encouragement.
2USCKLLIHE0D9
There are 3,000 miles of canals in
France. .
You may live the cold shoulder to the
poor; but let it benf mutton says the ;:
Tonkers Qaxeile. J
; Some of the palm trees In Jay Gould a
late conservatory'' on the Hudson were
jover 500 years old. V '
A Nevada critic, speaking of a harpist,
said: " We never before knew tbexs was
so much music in a gridiron..
-The cook who can give esyre advice
does not always put the jright herbs in"
the soup. New York Herald,
The military enrollment of Con
necticut shows that there arc in the
State 79,236 citizens fit for mi atary
duty. . ' ' .; n-- :. j ' j . .
44 Kissing your swctheat,, sayt
trifling young map, " is like eating f cp .
with a -fork; it takes a long time to
get enough." '
A railroad station won d seem to be '
the best place for marriage or divcrce,
for they are used to coupling and un
coupling there. '.I-:''
The comparative value pf wood and
coal as fuel is shown by the fact that two
and a quarter pounds of dry wood equal
one pound of soft coal. I -
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An Iowa judge, aitnougu iixty-eleht
vears of age and considered a pretty .
well educated man, has entered a col
lege in Boston, as a student.
Detroit, Mich., has 820 manufactur
ing establishments representing an im
vested capital of $13,226,373. and giving
employment to 17,870 skilled workmen.
By investigation at the records in the
treasury, Washington, it! is found that
out of the GS0 millions registered bends
less than 150 millions arc held by for-
The Baron Charles de Rothtch ild, of
Frankfort, is reported to have jnst pur
chased lor his collection pne of the most
superb and expensive silver gilt cups in
the world. It cost f 150,000. .
Jute culture is one of the rising in
dustries. In North Carolina alcnt 100,-; .
000 yards oi jute e'eth are used annually
for cotton baling. It can be produced
atone-cigUth the cost bfjeotton. -
The sreat glacier which gives rise" to
the Zarafshan river in Cebtral Asia has
been explored and rt centy. described by
Mr. Mushketof, a Uossian geologist. It
is fifteen miies' long, and a mile wide.
Whatgod deed have you done to
day, Johnny P" said a benevolent father
to his heir. "I gave a poor little boy
a cent, papa," was the good chlH'a an
swer. "Ah, that was right and why
my son, did you give him the ccntf
" I gave it :to . him, dear papa, for a
good three-cent stamp that he thought
was only a piece of greenpper.
Elbridge T. Gerry, grandson of i-Ii-bridge
Gerry, who was one of the sign
ers of the Declaration ofjlndependence,,
and at one time Vice-President oi the
United Stales, i the ricbeat practicing
lawyer in New York, and owns Jhe c-
est law library. He is nephew of the
late Peter Goelet, live4 in the Grift
bouse, and La hfs wealth fiom his sh&ie'
in the eccentric PtUi't immcnic eute.
A Fantastic Pair.
The Ffparo states that two phTico
raal specimens of humanity are now
In Paris ; one is a giant and the! other a
dwarf. The giant named Nicolal Simon
sif, seven feet five inches high, is a
young Russian of twenty-lour, who
served in the body-guard of the ro
peror of Bussia during I the Turkish
campaign. He is ono of the cne hun
dred and seventy men who forced a
passage across the Danube near Sera- ,
nitza on the 15th of June. 1877, and wma
rewarded with the Saint-George medal
for bis bravery. During the war many
of his companions fell around him whie
he escaped unhurt, and as semt people
expressed their' astoniibment' aft th
fact. It Is very simple,, be said ;; - AU
the shots passed between my ci
Kicolai Slnooncff began to grow so enor
mously only when he was about twenty ;
cntil eighteen be was of ordinary stat-,
rre. He hsxt isarried rxfbre joining tht
military service, and on bit return tis'
wife, much astonished to tee' a giant
enter her bonse as her husband, refused
to recognize hirn. 'i
Princess Paulina, the dwarf, is Dufxh;
the measures only cne foot two incbsa.
The giant holds her cn his tirttched-ccr
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