The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-04

Ihs prodigal spend his money; but when
be had wasted his substance in riotous
living they let him 60 to the swine pas
lures, while they betook themselves to
some other newcomer. They who take
Paul out of Fair Ravens will be of no
help to him when he gets into the break
ers Of Melita.
Iremark again, as . lesson learned
from the text, that it is dangerous to re-
fuse the counsel of competent advisers.
Paul told them not to 60 out with that
ship. They thought he knew nothing
about it. They said: HE is only q
minister" They went, and the ship was
destroyed. There are great many people
who now say Of ministers: "They know
about the world. They can not
talk to us?' All, my friends, it is not
necessary to have the Asiatic cholera
before you can give it medical treat
ment In others. It is not necessary to
have your own arm broken before you
can learn how to splinter fracture.
The steamer Greece, Of the National
Line, swung out into the river Mersey
at Liverpool, bound for New York. We
had on board 700, crew and passengers.
We came together strangers-Italians,
Irishmen, Englishmen, Swedes, Norwe-
gians, Americans. Two flags foated
from the masts-British and American
ensigns. We had new vessel, or one
so thoroughly remodeled that the voy-
age had around it all the uncertainties
of trial trip. The great steamer felt
its way cautiously out into the sea.
The pilot was discharged, and, commit
ting ourselves to the care of Him who
holdeth the winds in His fist, we were
fairly started on our voyage of 5000
miles. 1t was rough nearly all the way
the sea with strong buffeting disputine
our path. But one night at II o'clock
after the lights had been put out, &
cyclone-a wind just made to tear ships
to pieees-caught us in its clutches. Il
came down so suddenly THAI we had mo-
time to take in the sails or to fasten thu
matches. You may know that the bot
tom of the Atlantic is strewn with thu
CHASTITY work of cyclones. Oh! they ART
cruel winds. They have hot breath, al
though they came up from internal fur
naces. Their merriment is the cry O
affrighted passengers. Their play il
the laundering of steamers. And
when a ship goes down, they laugl
until both continents hear them
They 60 in circles, or, as l describe
them with my hand-rolling on! roll
ing on! with finger Of terror writing OF
the white sheet of the wave this sen
tence of doom: "Let all that come with
in this circle perish! Brigantines, g
down! Clippers, 60 down! Steamships
60 down." And the vessel, hearing tn,
terrible voice, crouches in the surf, an,
as the waters gurgle through the hatche
and portfolios, it lowers away, thou
sands of feet down, farther and farther
until at last it strikes the bottom; an,
all is peace, for they have landed
Helmsman, dead at the wheel! Engi
neer, dead amidst the extinguished fur
naces! Captain, dead in the gangway
Passengers, dead in the cabin! Buriet
in the great GENE terry Of dead steam
ers, beside the City Of Boston, the -
ington, the President, tho CaIl ~
waiting for the archangel's trumpetEt
split up the decks, and wrench open th
cabin doors, and unfasten the matches.
I thought that had seen storms o.
the sea before; but all OF them togethe
might have come under one wing of tina
cyclone. We were only 800 or 900 mile
from home, and in high expectations q
seeing our friends, for there was no on
on board so poor as not to have friend
| But it seemed as if we were to be disaI
pointed. The most of us expected the
and there to die. There were none VIII
might make light of the peril save tw'
One was an Englishman, and he wa
| drunk, and the other was an American
and he was fool! Oh! what time
was! A night to make ones hair tur
white. We came out of the berths an
stood in the gangway, and look ed int
the steerage, and sat in the cabil
While seated there, we heard somethin
like minute guns. 1t was the burstin
Of the sails. We held on with bot
hands to keep our places. Thos
who attempted to cross IL
floor came back bruised an
gashed. Cups and glasses were dashe
to fragments; pieces of the table gettir
loose, swung across the saloon.
seemed as if the hurricane took th
great ship of thousands Of tons ar
stood it on end and said: shall 1 sin
it, or let it 60 this onceT' And then
came down with such force that the bi
lows trampled over it, each mounted
a fury. We felt that every thing
pended on the propelling screw. If tn
stopped for an instant we knew that Il
vessel would fall off into Il
trough of the sea and sink, and so
prayed that the screw, which three tim
since leaving Liverpool had alreat
stopped, might not stop now. Oh! he
anxiously we listened for the regul
thump of the machinery, upon whi'
our lives seemed to depend, After
while some one said: "Tho screw
stoppedw No; it's sound h;
only been overpowered by Il
uproar of the tempest. al
we breathed easier again wien ,
heard the regular pulsations of Il
overtasked machinery going thum
thump. At o'clock in the morning Il
water covered the ship from Prov
stern, and the skylights gave way. T.
deluge rushed in, and we felt that O
or two more waves Xix that must swan
us forever. As the water rolled bac
ward and forward in the cabins. a.
, dashed against the wall, 1t sprang h;