The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-26

uttered by any of the passengers. l ap-
/ preached the captain, and, quietly seating
myself at his right, said, in tones as firm as
l could command
/ "Well, captain how does it look %
He did not Immediately reply OF look at
me. Thinking he had not heard me, 1 was
about repeating the question, when he gent
1 ly placed his hand on mine, and with an ex-
/ preston SO sad, so mournful, that l shall
! never forget 1t, replied
Il will tell you. No small boat can be
launched, or can live, in such sea as is now
raging. Our machinery is disabled beyond
repair. Our sails are frozen and unmanage-
able. We have sprung leak on the larboard
quarter. Ourpumps are broken. The water
IS gaining on us with such rapidity that, if
/ the wind does not shift before midnight, 80
as to throw US on our starboard, and thus en-
able Us to pass a sail over the leak on the lar
/ board, we will be at the bottom when that
hour arrives. Now, go to work. cheer up
your fellow-passengcrs, particularly the poor
ladies and children. If we should never
meet again, believe that have done all in
/ the power Of human being to save the ship
/ and the precious lives intrusted to my care
May the great God have mercy on US an
He then left the cabin and went on deck.
. The passengers had been attentively watch
ing US. turned to them, and although, as /
was told afterward, my face was as paIlid as
that Of dead person, l exclaimed
"CheeT up, cheer up: by midnight we shall
/ be out Of trouble"
/ German songs were then sung by the stu .
dents, afoTding me an opportunity to quietly
/ Slip away to my state room, my family hav-
/ ing.preceded ME. On entering my state room
l locked the door, took out the key and placed
It under the pillow on which the head Of my
darling boy was resting.
/ l awakened him and told him to rise and
kneel with me. He did so. said, "Now,
my child, it is my duty to say to YOU that we
are in great, verv great psril. Ged alone can
save us. Pray ferventIy to Him to save US
to spare all in this ship"
The child did 50; we prayed together, and
if prayers ever went up from the heart, those
prayers did. Afew moments afterwards the
boy was fast asleep, and, strange as it may
seem, a feeling of drowsiuess gradually crept
over me. I have heard it said that persons
on the eve Of execution have been known to
sleep souGdly. think I can account for IT,
Hope and fear have given way to resignation
quiet submission to the viii Of Providence
Be that as it may, I soon fell asleep, and
slept as souudly as / ever did i'm my life, un-
til suddenly awakened by what appeared to
be a heavy blow against the larb0ard quarter
of the ship. In an instant / realized the sit
uatiOn. / thought my hour had come, and
with all my faculties alert, I calmly awaited
the awful sensation Of sinking to the bottom.
Even in this terrible moment there was
consolation in knowing that all who were
dear to me in this life would not be separated
from me in death-that we would go down,
down together. The vessel, however, grad
ually careened from the larboard to the star
board. Pulling and hauling, shouting and
running, were heard overhead II wanted
half an hour to midnight. The wind, as by
a miracle, had suddenly shifted from NNW.
TO NNE. God was in the elements. The
mysterious hand was visible We were
saved
In five days afterward we were at our dock
in New York. With the exception Of myself,
who was in the consular service, the passen-
gers were rigidly searched for letters, but
none were found. Br. Seward was inform
ed by me OF the locality OF the Nashville and
a mau-of-war was promptly dispatched to
.
\ FEW WORDS TO You've WOMEN
Don't marry a drunkard. Depend upon it,
If you can't keep him sober during those
days OF the average womau's strongest infu-
euce over wayward men, the season OF court
ship, the chances viii be against success
Some women have succeeded in this labor Of
love, but there are a thousand failures to one
OF success. 1t is a field of missionary labor
that very few Of the sex are entirely fitted to
enter.
4 man who gets drunk IS necessarily a
bad OF foolish man when he is under the in
tlucBce Of liquor, and is very apt to soon be
come bad man, whether drunk or sober
The romantic idea that woman who can
reform a drunkard by marrying him is dc
serving OF a crown of glory, Is all the veries5
bosh. They would be shocked by the sug-
geStion that man who marries q fallen wo-
man and restores her to a life of virtue,
would be deserving the praise Of all man
kind The latter would be much easier
task, and more likely to succeed. The de-
basement in one case is generally incurable,
and scorns the influence Of kindness OF aflic-
ton while in the other, the opportunity to
escape from life of degradation would in
most cases insure cooperation with the mis-
sionary in such a Geld.
The drunkard is generally addicted to a
number of OTHER vices, each one Of which
ought to be considered as repulsive as that of
drinking Still we find pure, virtuous, re-
fined and delicate women rsking their lives
and happiness in the delusive hope of rescu-
ing and restoring them. Instances Of the
terrible failure in this missionary field arc to
/ be found ia every street and lane of a great
city Still the experiment is tried by new
votaries, who foolishly think they can sue
+ coed where Others fail It IS terrible deiu-
sion. Love and devotion are powerless on =
drunI.ard Nothing but an iron will, and
fIrmness that few women possess, can check
. the career of man who has once taken hold
Of strong drink. he must becoIae subject TO
her will, and be restrained from his evil
. course by q power stronger than love and
kindness. There are enough men who be-
come drunkaIds after marriage, for ali reas
enable purposes Of experiment., without TAX
ing them fully trained in a career Of vice and
debauchery. Therefore, we say, 'Gir.s
don't 10 it."
Outward DEslEANo8-Mucho of the hap
piness of life depends on our outward de
meanor. We have all experienced the charE
of gentle and courteous conduct we have