Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-27
CRIMSON WAVE
rs Dissipation Sweeps More People to
an Eariy Grave
ttlsr 'he Raging niiiow- of the BrIny Deep
-i&sd ena -. Are >trewr with Wrecks
Ssn-~d ns Indulgence I'm ttery slim
ulznt.-rslmaxe'- sermon.

fNNfAAs To- tAltAt 10 meet Us Is
far a. April Forum and the Three
IavcrnS-
Seventeen miles south Of Rome. Ita-
", there was village OF unfortunate
natnc. tavern il place II enter
tainucnt. and. m our time. part of the
entertainment is . provision OF intoxi-
c~nis. One such phase you would think
would have bcen enough for that ltal-
Ian village. MOI There were three of
tbcw, with doors open for entertain
mont and obfuscation. The world has
never lacked stimulating drinks. You
remember the condition OF Noah on
one occasion. and Of Abigail's husband.
Nahal. and the story OF Bclshazzar's
frast. aud Bcnhadad. and the new wine
IN old bottles. and whole paragraphs
on prohibition enactment thousands Of
years before Neal Dow was born; and
mo doubt thcrc were whole shelves of
tnnammatOry liquid in those hotels
which gave the name 10 the village
where Pauls friends came To meet him.
namely, the Three Taverns In vain
search ancient geography for some salts
tying account OF that village. Two
roads came from the sea coast 10 that
plaoc. the ono from Actium, and the
other from Putcoli. the last road being
the one which Paul travelled There
wcrc, no doubt, in that village. houses
Of merchandise and mechanics shops,
and professional Offices. but nothing
f. known of them All we know OF that
village l. that ID had profusion OF
inBs-thc three taverns Paul did not
choose any one Of these taverns as the
place - meet his friends. lie certain
~ was very abstemious. but they made
the selection. lie had enlarged about
keeping the body under. though once
he prescribed for young theological
student n stimulating cordial for a
stomachic Disorder, but he told him 10
take only small dose-''a little WINE
FOR Thy stomachs sake
One OF the worst things about these
three tavcrns was that they had especial
temptations for those who had Just
come ashore. People who had Just
landed at Actium or Puteoli were soon
tempted by these three hotels which
were only little way up from the
beach. Those who are disordered of
the sea for IL il a physical disorgan-
izor), instead OF waiting for the
gradual return OF physical equi-
poe, are apt 10 take artificial
means 10 brace up OF the 200. 600
sailors now on the sea how few of them
coming ashore will escape the three
tavcTns! After surviving hurricanes.
cyclones, icebcrgs, collisions, many OF
them are wrecked Ina harbor. | war
rant that IL "a calculation were made Of
the comparative number OF sailors lost
at sea, and lost ashore, those drowned
hy the crimson wave OF dissipation
Womb far outnumbcr those drowned bv
the salt water.
Alas. that the large ma jority of those
who go down to the sea in ships should
have twice to pass the three taverns
namely: Before they 20 out and after
they come in. That fact was what
aroused Father Taylor, the great sail
org preacher. at the sailors Bethel.
Boston, and at "A public meeting AT
Charleston he said: "All the machinery
az the drunkard- maling, soul-destoy-
ing business l. in perfect running or
der from the low grog holes ON the
docks kept open 10 ruin my poor sailor
boys, 10 the great establishments in
still House square, and when we ask
men what il % be- done about IL they
saw You cant help it. and vet there il
Bunker Hill, and You say you can't
stop il, and up there are Lexington
anc Concord. We might answer Father
Taylor's remark by saying the trouble
IL not that we cant stop 10. but that
we won't stopit~ We must have more
generations slain before the world will
fully wake up TO the evil That which
tempted the travellers 81 old who
came up from the seaports Of Actiun
and PuteOi is now the ruin 81 sea
fariDg men a. they come up from the
coasts OF all the continents namely.
the three tavcrns. In the autumn
about this time, ia the year 1857. the
steamship Home went out from New
York for Charleston. There were
about one hundred passengers. some Of
them widely known. Some 81 them
had been summering al the northern
Watering places and they were ON their
wav south all eNpcctant Of hearty
gree ting by their friends ON the
wharves OF Charleston
But little more than two DAYS out
the ship struck the rocks. A life boat
was launched. but sank with all SIS
passengers mother was seen stand
ing on the deck Of the steamer with her
child in her arms. 4 wave wrenched
the child from the mothers arms and
rolled IL into the sea, and the mother
lcaped after il. The sailors rushed o.
the tar Of the boat and drank them
selves drunk. Ninety-fvc human he
inCs went down never 20 rise. or 90 be-
hoated upon the beach amid the
fragments OF the wreck What was
the cause of the disaster? a drunken
sea captain. But not until the iudg-
mcnt day when the sea shall give up
It's dead and the story Of earthly dis
asters shall be fully told will IL D.
known how many yachts, steamers
bTigantincs, mcn-of-war and ocean
grcyhOunds have been lost through
captain and crew made incompetent bv I
alcoholic dethrOnement Admiral Far.
ragot had proper appreciation Of what
the fiery stimulus was - . man IN
the navy. An officer Of the yvar.hit
aid 70 him, Admiral. won't YOU
consent 20 give Jack glass Of grog
in the morning? Not enough 10 make |
bim drunk but enough 20 make him
fight cheerfully." The admiral an
sweTed, Il have been % sea considera- I
bly,. and have seen battle or two. but 4
never found that needed rum ~ en- /
able me 20 do my duty. ! will order /