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VOL. IX.LAWKENCEVILLE. BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, SEPTEMBER 22,1898.NO. 38.4 rrHE BEST IN THE WORLDFOR THE HONEY.aving Sold Thousands of them, We know what they areare tally WARRANTED for One Year.They$40)PEN.$50WITHTOP.Vlth PIANO BODY or with Whitechapel Body Shaped like cut below.THIS, BUGGY,With Top,$50.WithoutTop,$40.NIWIN'l- Doilies Black. Hears red, preen or black.biTllt;IMM K1 with green, brown or miff leather. WIIKRI.H Sarveu ratent. J* or 7, trend.1101)1 KS Ha no or Whitechapel, 18, 20 or 22 In. wide. H’KINGS-Brewster A King, Brewster Coil, FullBrewster or Single Leaf Kllptle Fnd..MM 151), and with KXTltA Long andFULL NICK LK TKI Ilcavy Rubber Storm Apron. ENGINES, BOILERS AND SAW MILLSSTRATTON BRAGG,PETERSBURG, VA.NewGoods!AND TERHS MOST LIBERAL.Hie Kent Furniture Co C. C. KENT, Proprietor.129 Sycamore St., PETERSBURG, VA.Will Pay You to See Them Before PurchasingDR. TALMAGE’S SERMON.THE EMINENT DIVINB9S SUNDAYDISCOURSE.Subject! Out Owt» Times—ttow Wo CanServo Our Generation—Our Itesponsi-bllltles Chiefly With the People Now Abreast of Us—Help Your Neighbors*Text: DavM» after he had served his own generation by the will of God, foil on lleep,”—Acts xiiL, 30,That Is a text which has for a long time been running through my mind. Sermons have a time to bo born as well as u time to die; a cradle as well as a grave. David, cowboy and etone slinger, and fighter, and dramatist, and blank-vnrse writer, and prophet, did his best for the people of his time, and then went and laid down on tlio southern hill of Jerusalem In that sound slumber which nothing but an nrcbangeiic blast can startle. “David, after he hadserved his own generation by the will ofGod, fell on sleep.” It was his own gen* erntlon that ho had served; that is, the peo* pie living at tbo time ho lived. And havo you ever thought that our responsibilities are chiefly with the people now walking nbreastof us? There are about four genera* lions to a century now, but In olden time, life was longer, and there was, perhaps, only one generation to a century. Taking these facts Into the cal* culatlon, I niako a rough guess, and say that thero have been at least one hundred and eighty generations of the human family. With reference to them we havo no responsibility. We cannot teach them, we cannot correct their mistakes, we cannot soothe their sorrows, we cannot heal their wounds. Their sepulchres are deaf and dumb to anything wo might say to them. Tho last reglmeut of that great army has passed out of sight. We might hplloo as lcud as we could; not quo of them would avert his head to see what wo wanted. I admit that I am in sympathy with tho child whoso father had suddenlydied, and who in her little evening prayer wanted to continue to pray for her father, although he had gone into heaven, and nonjpro needed her prayers, and lookiug up into *I — - af —--j --- —- - » w —— • ^ m | wii*to her mother’s face, said: “Ob, mother, I canuot leave him all out. Let me say, thank God that I had a good fathor once, so I cun keep him in my prayers.”But the ono hundred and eighty genera* tions have passed off. Passed up. Passed down. Gone forever. Then there are generations to come after our earthly existence has ceased. We shall not see tham; wo shall not hear any of their voices; we will take no part iu their convocations, their elections, their revolutions, their catastropbles, their triumphs. We will in no wise affect the 180 generations gone or tho 180 generations to come, except us from tlio galleries of heaven the former generations look down and rejoice at our victories, or as wo may, by our behavior, start influences, good or bad, that shall roll on through the advancing ages. Butoijj* business Is, like David, to serve our Own goueratlou, the people now living, those whose lungs now breathe, and whose hearts now beat. And, mark you, it Is not a silent procession, but moving. It is a “forced march” at twenty-four miles a day, each houroelug a mile. Going wiih that COlerlty, it has got to be u quick service on our part, or no service at all. We uot only cannot teach tuo 180 generations past, and will not see the 180 generations to come, but this generation now on tho stage will soon be off, and we ourselves will bo off with them. T.io fact Is, that you and I will have to start very soon for our work, or it will bo iiouical and sarcastic for anyone after our exit to say of us, as It Was said of David, “After he had served bis own generation by tho will of God, he foil on sleep.’*Well, now, let us look around earnestly, prayerfully, in a common-sense way, and see what wo can do for our own uener.i-81o there ate In tho United States orIngland, and great accuracy is reached. But when people tell us how many inhabit* ants there are in Asia or Africa, at best it must be a wild guess. Yet God knows tho ftltndt HUmber of people on oiir planet, rtd'lHo has made enoilglt apparel for each, and If there bo fifteen hundred million* fifteenthousand, fifteen hiludred and fifteen people, then there is enough apparel for fifteen hundred million, lifteen thousand, fifteen hundred and fifteen. Not sloiichy apparel* not ragged apparel, not insufficientappatnl* but appropriate rtppatoh At ions*: two suits for every being on earth, a slimmer siiit and a winter suit* A good pair of shoes for every living mortal. A good coat, a good hat, or a good bon not, and n good shawl, and a complete masoullne or feminine outfit of apparel. A wardrobe for all nations, adapted to all climates, and not a string or a button or a pin or a hook or an eye wanting.But, alas! where are tho good elothoi for three-fourths of the human race? The other one-fourth have appropriated them, Tlio fact Is, there needs to be and will be, a redistribution. Not by anarchistic violence. If outlawry had its way, it would rend and tear aud diminish, until, Instead of three-fourths of tho world not properly attired, four-flfths would bo in rags. I will lot you know how the redistribution will take place. By generosity on the part of those who have a surplus, and Increased industry on the part of those suffering from deficit. Not all, but the large majorityof cases of poverty iu this country are aferesult of idleness or drunkenness, either on the part of the present sufferers or their ancestors. Iu most cases the rum Jug is the maelstrom tlint has swallowed down the livelihood of those who aro In rags.But things will change, and by generosity on the part of the crowded wardrobes, and Industry and sobrietv on the part of thoempty wardrobes, there will be enough for all to wear.Again, let us look around and see liov we may serve our generation. What shortsighted mortals we would bo If we woro anxious to clothe And feed only the most Insignificant part of a man, namely, his body, while we put forth no effort to clothe and feed and save his soul. Time is a little piece broken off a great eternity. What are we doing for tho souls of this present generation? Let me say it is a generation worth saving. Most magnificent men and women are in it. We make a great ado about tho improvements in navigation,and in locomotion, and in art and machinery. We remark what wonders of telegraph and telephone and the stethoscope. What improvement is electric light over a tallow candle! But all these improvements are insignificant compared with tho improvement in the human race. Iu olden times,once iu a while, a great and good man or woman would come up, and the world has made a great fuss about It ever since; but now they aro so numerous, wo scarcely speak about them. We put a halo about the people of the past, but I think if the times demanded them, it would be found we havo now living in this year 1893 llfty Martin Luthers, fifty George Washingtons, fifty Lady Huntlngdons, fifty Elizabeth Frys. During our Civil War more splendid warriors in North and South wore aoveiopod In four year3 than the whole world developed in the previous twenty years. I challenge the 4000 years before Christ to show rao the equal of charity on a large scale of George Peabody. This generation of men and women is more worth saving than any oue of tho 180 generations that have passed Off. Where shall we begin? With ourselves. That is the pillar from which wo must start. Prescott, the blind historian, tells us bow Pizarro saved his army for the right when tho7 were about deserting him. With his sword ho made a long mark on the ground. Ho said: “My men, on thenorth side are desertion and death; on the south side is victory; on the north side Panama and* poverty; on the south side Peru with all its riches. Choree for yourselves; for my part I go to the south.” Stepping across the line one bv oue bigOLDCRASH COST! NINE LIVES.Latest News Gleaned fromVarious Parts of Virginia.TWO LADIES KILLED.Kvnftnhffd to Fleces and Misses Alice and Rebecca Dellinger Killed — Their Escort, Mr. George Sessler, Seriously Wounded—The Accident Occurred Hi Miles South of Woodstock.Gowman's crossing, on the Manassas Branch of tho Houthern Hallway, six miles Bouth of Woodstock, was tho scene of a most distressing accident. Iu which Misses Alice and Rebecca Dellinger, sisters, aged seventeen and twenty years, lost their lives and George Bossier, a young man of Mt. Jiiok-lon, was serlous'y Injured. Young Bossier, with another young man from Mt. Jackson, called at the Dellinger home and found one of the young ladies out. The one at home suggested that they should gc for her. 8bo, with Hessler, repaired to bis buggy and Bait *d across the valley for the young Indy, where ho was visiting. Tho three started on tho return lu a happy mood. On reaching tho railroad, less than two hundred yards from their home, an east-bound extra freight was seen approaching, aud tho young man, thinking he had ample time to cross the track in advance of the train, struck the horse a sharp blow and the animal cleared the track, but the vehicle was stru :k squarely, hurling the young ladies to ono side of the track, killlug them Instantly, and the young man to tho opposite side, where he was found badly bruised and in un uncou-iclous condition. Tho horse was found ihortly after, uninjured, grazing alongside the road. No Inquest has been hold, nor Is it ilkoly oue will be, as tho neglect of the cccupauts of tho buggy seems to be apparent. Hessler Is in a bad condition, but the ittendiug physician thinks ho will recover.Universal Peace.Ministers from Norfolk and Portsmouth net In Norfolk to consider resolutions lu-lorslng the “universal peace proposition M the Czar of Russia, and thanking that toverelgn for promulgating the same. Aft**r iiscusslon tho resolution was laid on the table, thero being opposition to thanking ;he Czar, it being feared that he.had ulterior motives iu calling for disarmament. Another meeting was held by the ministers, and Rev. J. K. White and ltev. J. H. Amiss, who had introduced the previous paper, offered as a substitute a resolution Indorsing the sentiment of tho peace proposition, but with the thnnk9 to the Czar omitted. Tbo resolutions m*'t with unanimous approval and It was decided to send a copy of them to tho Prcsidcmt of the United Statos.Itnltlifiote Gloucester Minks Fishing Schooner Alice C. Jordan.A Boston special says: In a collision with the Baltimore steamer Gloucester, of tho Merchants and Miners' Transportation Company, tho fishing schooner Alice C. Jordan, Capt. Jeremiah II. Warren, owned by W. H. Jordan, of Gloucester, Mass., was sunk in Vineyard Bound, off the Massachusetts coast, at 1.40 o'clock A. M.Vineyard Bound is between the island of Martha’s Vineyard and the mainland. The Gloucester arrived at her dock in Boston, at 11.10 A. M., bringing Captain Warren and nix men from tho sunken schooner. The other nine men on the Jordan went down with the vessel. They were probably crush-( d by the bow of tho Gloucester, which cut the schooner from the bowsprit to the main hatch. The drowned men were all from Gloucester, Mass.When the collision occurred Captain Warren wns at the schooner’s wheel, ond two of the crew were on deck. The others were asleep below. On the Gloucester’s deck wa9 Capt. Frank M. Howos, who was In charge of the vessel. It wus cloudy, but there were no mist and the vessels, it is said, were visible to each other.The stories of the two crews disagree in Important details. Htateuoents are made that the schoouer attempted to cross the Gloucester's bow, and also that the steamer changed her course at the critical mornen t but these ure denied.The schooner was struck forward by the Gloucester, which carried away the Jordan’s foremast, and opened the wa / to the main hatch through the solid timber. The Jor-Jau at on .*o begau to settie. Captain Warren climbed Into the main rlggiug, and hose of the crew who escaped the sharp J bow of the Gloucester, were cast Into tho water.Captain Howes ordered the bouts of tho Gloucester lowered. They took Captain Warren from the schooner’s rigging in seven ar eight minutes, and picked up six more of the crew out of the water. The others of :be Jordan’s men, as previously stated, were lost. The schoouer sank in a few minutes.Captain Warren, of the Jordan, said: “I »aw the Gloucester when she was from a lalf to Ihroe-quarteig of a mile away. We joth hud our lights, red and green, in th«*lr proper places. When the Gloucester got within two lengths of herself from us she clew her whistle twice, and put her helm to port, so as to sheer by us. We kept right cu our course. The Gloucester struck us right on tho port bow, carried uway our foremast and ripped us to the main hatch.’NO FURTHER FORCE REQUIREDPerry Gets a New Trial.George Perry, who was convicted of the murder of Joseph Jordan, iu the Nelson County Court, and sentenced to bo hanged, has, through his counsel, obtaiQod a new trial. A writ of error and supersedeas wa? granted several months ago, aud argument forauew trial was hoard l»y Judge Griras-lej, of tho Nelson Circuit Court. Iu passing upon the Question Judtfo Grimslov advancedBen. Otis Sends Encouraging Reports In Kc i »rd to Insurgents.A Washing:on p* *al says: Tho following dispatches woro . 1 at th) War Department from Genem )tis Manila.—In my opinion, -’p-»n present indications, no further force q - »d. insurgent leaders in politics ana aro , excitable frame of mind, but better poriL i amenable to reason and desire to mnke approved reputation before civilized world.Manila.—Insurgents have acceded to demand and evacuated entire city of Manila, except small force In one outlying district. No difficulty anticipated nnd no concessions made to them. They express strong desire to maintain friendly intercourse with the United States government In all particulars They organized Congress Thursday a*Claire HotelJCOR NINTH AND GRACE STS.,RICHMONDVIRGINIAFronting Capital Park,Best Location in the City,RATES REDUCED TO SUIT THE TIMES*RATES:—$1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 per Day.C. G. 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