V
Tle Evening Mngei4
J. A. AKTHCBr iti.
FUBU8UED KtlCRT At- XET
S17NDAT. - ':'''
SUN0AV MUSINGS.
When we consider the matter
seriously we are startled at the
shortness of human life. Sub
tract ffce years that are spent
nobil4t)oo4 f4 earlf youth be
fore either the physical or meil
tal system is prepared for its
great struggle that the coming
years will surely bring, and sub
tract still further that mysteri
ous third of your time which is
spent in sweet sleep and pleasent
dreams, and there are but a coup
le of score of summers and win
ters between the cradle and. the
cemetery.
When we contemplate the
above truth which is the expe
perience of all who are not con
vinced of this short life is all
we arc to have, that the Creator
has made a grave mistake in
bestowing it. Every man's life
is made up of alternate smiles
and tears. Our happiness re
sembles the scattered moments
of sunshine on a cloudy day.
And what do these tears and
smiles amount to if they are all
there is for us in the treasury of
God, and all He intends to give
us?
The ordinary life, the average
life, has more weeds i n it than
flowers. From the time our
eyes open to an intelligent view,
up to the hour when our friends
gather to whisper, MHe is dead''
we wrestle with circumstance,
breaking forth into laughter at
one moment, and the next shiv
vering in the presence of a mis
fortune, disturbed by inharmo
nious surroundings, and trying
bravely to make the best of them
at the end wondering what it all
tneans, or if it means anything.
If there is no more, if the story
is to be finished before it is half
told, and just as we have become
interested into it, if our sweet
est relations to each other are
honey today and gall tomorrow
then we dare say that our sev
enty years are not profitable are
not even worth having. But let
some angel hand guide you to a
different vantage ground of ob
servation. Let him draw aside
the curtain of time and give you
a glimpse of eternity. Let him
touch your blind eyes, as the
Savior touched the eyes of the
poor man and bid you look at
the things which no man has yet
conceived. There reaches out
the road you are to travel, and
it leads through the cemetery
and is lost in the distance, You
cannot see the end for there is
none. A new life in new sur
roundings is to be yours, and in
that ether life, you shall be your
nobler,-grander self, if you lay
the foundation for it in the char
acter that is to be fashioned by
those smiles and tears, which no
longer seem insignificant. Far
away in the distance you see the
portals of that home, or that
house of which the Book
tells us, the resting place of the
weary, beyond whose threshold
there is joy for evermore. It is
a house in which the cruel grasp
of earth is loosed, by whose
doors no hearse ever rumbles,
and under whose roof you will
h-ive the opportunities which
have been heretofore denied you.
Look again! There are the lost
but still loved the dear ones
whose voices were long- since
limbed, and they long for reun
ion with you. In heaven you and
they will once more embrace
.We ask, with such a prospect
8pe0lh6t this sh6rtliiejmy aft6r
&1? W&afttore ' the tears arid
Scn-'rowife of - earth -iut sfcepphfg
stones up which we climb? Let
storms eome they are as
as nothings We inay ven foT
low our lost loved ones to jthe
grave yet it is nothing. Be
cause we have at last realized
that this lower life though short
is like the turbulent river it flows
into eternity and there is heaven.
TMg $4S? STANDS f nys.
The Populists and Republi
cans who voted the White Man's
Ticket to restore white suprem
acy, aife everywhere congratu
lating themselves that they con
tributed to the glorious result.
Every Democrat in the State and
especially our noble women are
grateful to have had such hon
orable and patriotic allies. They
are our brothers in flesh and
blood, they have a common interest-
and a common destiny
with all the other white men of
the State. On the other hand
the men who voted to make it
possible for Russellism to be
continued in North Carolina, and
the turning over of our eastern
towns, to negro rule, have plac
ed a blot or blemish on their
names that time will not efface.
Dudley Acquitted,
The case of the State vs Ade
Dudley for the murder of Henry
Wilkins came to an end at one
o'clock this afternoon by the ju
ry returning a verdict of not
guilty.
From the evidence presented
to the jury we cannot see how
they conld have done otherw ise.
We believe the verdict meets the
approval of the public. Al
though the parties who were en
gaged in the affray were sur
rounded by a number of witness
es, not one could testify that
Dudley fired the fatal shot, or
that he had a pistol in his pos
eession at the time, and the tes
timony of Byrd, that he saw a
man whether white or black he
could not tell, running up the
the street just after the shooting
with something like a pistol in
his hand, throws a doubt as to
who did the killing, and is a cir
cumstance strongly in favor of
Dudley's innocence.
But the fact remains a human
life has been taken in a place
surrounded by the police and
the murderer has escaped, a fact
that does not reflect very credi
tably upon our police force.
With an ethcient police force the
murderer ought to have been lo
cated. VIOLATERS BEWARE.
The Attention of the Mayor
beino; called to the fact that cer
tain persons for reasons un
known, have bees ni0htly xci
ing in a disorderly manner,
turning off the as lights and
firing off the pistols on the
streets of the town in violation
of law. Notice is hereby served
on all such parties, that these
offenses must cease at once.
That special niijht police have
I been put on the streets and all
' 1 . . 1 . .1
perjons caugnt so vioiauog me
law will be arrested and pun
ighed to the full extent of the
law.
W. M. Chauncey.
Mayor
Notice to Stockholders.
The regular annual
meeting
of the stockholders of the First
National Bank of Washington
will be held at their banking
house Tuesday, January 10th,
1899, for the purpose of electing
directors for tho enduing1 year.
A. M. DUMAY,
Cashier.
TALK
IT OVER.
A 1 1 merchants
i
i
have become so ac
customed to exagger
ating values in their
advertise :n 2 n t s that
we'er inclined to sim-
jply ask you to come
here and see for your
self what we offer
It's more satisfactory to ex
amine the Little Giant School
Shoe, also Ladies Pine Dress
Shoes. We can show you some
thing of the grade of our Shoes.
RACKET STORE,
SPENCER BROS. CO,,
Proprietors
LOOK HERE!
2,000,000 Choice Cabbage
plants for sale. Immediate de
livering at $1 00 per 1000 in
10,000 lots, or $1.00 per 1000 in
1000 lots, or 25c t per 100, at
Cottage rrove tr Hon,y Pod
Truck Faiuis.
Varieties: Extrn Early Ex
press, Extra Sari v Jersev Wake
fipld, Early Char'tr.r
Wakefield, Extra Eniiy Ecun
pes, Extra Early All Heads,
Early Sure Heads. Call ct
farni3 or address W. P. Baugh;n
Washington, iS. C.
'V:rv JBI001 fOlbON ptrnianentlj
.-. i ' ii w'.du) lays. ionc.";r urdat
i'';. -'.- ) ice ''"i '. .r- -.. . -. an
lv. it you u .1 'l e toe .iCativi i. , cor
i':jiC:- "T-ljW.-.i--' !';"'. Tv' ;nc
enry, lou.de potash, jtl si.u n.i s u anc
in : i'c:!" iT-r-'o - r-- -it'v '- r: 1'.: i : 1-
UfM s'fnis.. Jicrs or
out, it 33 t'lis bea-.u
cate cases anu ctt.Llei!trc
case we cam "t jut-. . i. ,.. :. .. , w,
baffled tho skill of tbe r'- r-riuen
Ciang. 8500,000 cuuul ueiiiiia our uucoadi
tionnl pnaraiity. Absolute nrfofs sent scaled 01
EPpUection. Address COOK ItEJIEDY CO.
907 JUaatmio Teuiple, C ill C AGO, ILL
Wanted: -A tirst class Dress
maker, single lady preiered. Ap.
ply to M. B. Thomason at J. P.
Buckman's SStore.
CHARCOAL.
Excellent for fire place and
cooking stoves.
For sale at Gas Works.
C. W. BILFINGER.
Edarate Your Dowels Wtrli O.scaret.
Candy CatnankVcure co-.stinavi.vi foi'iver
Kic .-Sc. If C. C C liil, drugu- rtf LtaJ monej
UP PlliP
II IV?
Miiybe you
mm
West Main
December
Ladies black Capes, 85c. to t!5.00.
mens irauis
Childrens Shoes
Womaus Shoes
Special line of Hand kerchiefs,
Horse Millinery.
I have opened a First Class Har
ness Shop on Market street,
one door from City Hall
Hand-made
and Machine
HARNESS
Kept in stock. - - - .
Repairing a Specialty."
Full stock of Leather, Curry -combes,
Brushes, Saddle-pads
and other fixtures kept on hand.
Prompt Work, Moderate Prices
Respectfully,
BUS
C I. DANIEL!
Old Club House
ABLAZE !
ITH CHOICE
Wines, Liquors,
CIGARS AND TOBArOO.
Being' burned out on Water St.
we are now located in Union Al
ley, where oiir old patrons aud
friends are welcome. A shar! of
your patronage is solicited.
Respectfully,
W. B. FARROW & CO.
Notice
vr. ISS, q ivlifi'.' -' i i-.5t:?i'
iijin'' i e tt-!f (it Bo-rt k'i
tittharpe. dtce.cd, betore i,:e i-k o
t Stippi i r ( iuu of lieanfort co'inty
not i hPrphy piven for all paeons
irdebiO lo t.1-4 8id f state to iunk
tiouu-t pam' i, f-itl all pcui to
wboni t lie f-Hii t"te l - iriflebted nr,
herebjT notified to jnefnt their laiius
tor payment, prupeily cernfied, witluu
twelve mn'it from this ate. or thi
I'Otice will b pleaih d in t r of their
icoverv.
This Kov lo'h, 1898
J. ti. rKITTLETEAKPK,
Adiiiiuioii&tor.
Cha. F. Wabbek, Att'j
Tievf Recrft RrmcJy Abotafelj InVauKD to th
rofcsssion. It rirtneut C'oroi is 15 to ii& days. Wc
. o me f o r the san price
runa money it we ao not rare, iobcub treats a'
and the same gvurun
ee ; witii tacrse who
viJI contract to cur
prefer to come b.jt w
them or paj e'-'vueo rn
omin?,
.id hotel
dake bo
'e fa!l to
ri iroac
Char&r, i
cure. I
m mum
ou have t -n urr
till hare chs and.
.1 mouth, Pore Throat,
! fpots. l iters onanr
. t trow fulling; out,
-ecund.irr or Terti.f
'uaruntee to cure. "W 'e
,tc cant and challenge
iinnjt enre. TniS di
ne skill of tle moKt
or many yetirs we hu i c
cary, ioUidepoich an'.'
-UJS. Mocoua 't-- '-
PlinplcaXoppv -', I i
partof theboi.' . !! S
it ii! this Primary,
3Iood PoNon that v.'
solicit tlx- r.i'jst obstln
tiro world for o cone we
etum na-j always baffled
emheut phytr4ana.
:r:u.r- a ri . ".aiiy . t
riatict this disease
oe (C0O.O0t lopitjvl
our t 1 1 II 1 Lit. ir. ana e
behind our u;K-'jnditioral
:uarantee
ritp us for 1f0-paee toei: anil a''olote
4 S3
3i Hsonl'- leiLitle, Vhicajfo. llliaola.
can find it at
PIlAGi
eature8f
ow. ipi.w
35c. "
$1.50
85c. " $2 50
TAST 11
r
1 TS
e3 l3 .
IS JUSTASCCQD FOR ADULT
WARRANTED. PRICE GO ctrj.
GJXATTA, TT.r c., NOV. 1C, 1 ...
Parts Medlelne Co., 8t. Ixjuis, Mo.
Oentjemen: Wo sold Inst year, r-w bott'- . i f"
:7ROVE'3 TASTELES8 CHILL TOMC antf ,:.--)vutrht
Lkre cross alre.idv rhiA
perienre of 14 years, in the dru business ";:
ijevcr hold an article that pavo such uuivccsaJ ....
UCtiou M your Tonic. Yo'irs truly.
T. j i.. orm your reaners tnut 1 have aa
absolu.c remeJv ior Consumption and all
Thro.it, Cliest and Luntj Diseases; also for
Loss of Fleih and all Omdiiions of Wastine
By its timely u: e tho-.rK'" c f horelei
cases have already be.':. k.manlmly Clreu
So proof-positive am I of its power, that to
increase lis ufahess and mnke known ity
gret merits. I propose to StND FREE. TWO
BOTTLES, to r-idci s of yi.ur j arer who wilt
write me givin; th.ir E?. -. . , a: id i loifiCt.
address. s - riv
T ?'.r um'.'m.c,
1 i3 Iul.. St New York.
We take the Tberty of n 'i.iiin? tho Doctor
comniiinication in t;iM the b-nefit of our
readers. Xothinjf cov.M b- more philanthropic
WhenwntiTi- pl-as-: st:o- vo . read his letter
in tn.a paper and ?r-u.-;v ihii.-c . i,'i.tt-t.
- J . IS k V." -
THE CKLY True Iilood Pirrlfier
proiaincntiv in the public eye u
day is Hood's Sarfaparilla. Thereforr
get Hood's and ONLY HOOD'S
MOOD'S Sarsaparilla is the On
" True BJood Purifier, Great Nerve
Tonic, Stomach Regulator. To thou-'
tiaiidt its great merit is KNOWN.
Our hrirk will be on pale
the 10th of Ociobf r. Any par
ties wanting brick will do well
taseeus before buyit.. Wi')
sell cheaper than ever sold i&
the city before. Delivered te
any part of city.
Susmin & Williams.
117 Market St.
RKERVOISS
Troubles are erne tj
f iiiipoVL'i-isk.'d l.-lood.
i f2z nn ran nm rr
i a i v mm- m m w m- e
TO'WiiT!
u i i w vi u ukuy
t!ii One True Bk4
NERVE TC!'.?C.
Puriiioi and