CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE REIGN OF LAW.

Knowledge only from experience--Partial mastery by faith--Natural law the ruling force--Good and bad results of faith in the Supernatural--Sin punished--Ignorance punished--Examples--Man slow to learn--Eternal wisdom and goodness--Progress, past, present and future 600

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Cave of the Winds 18 The Simoom 40 Forms of Clouds 45 Path of Cyclones 54 Rotation of Storms 56 Water-spouts at Sea 60 Where the Storm entered Louisville 68 Baxter Park, Louisville 71 Falls City Hall 75 At Work in the Wreck 78 Main Street, between Eleventh and Twelfth, Louisville 82 Union Depot, Louisville 85 Eighth and Main, Louisville 90 Corner Main and Clinton, Louisville 94 Looking East from Tenth and Main, Louisville 96 Corner Jefferson and Twelfth, Louisville 99 On Ninth Street, Louisville 102 Ruined Tobacco Warehouses 104 View of Jeffersonville 108 Wall and Front Streets, Jeffersonville 109 Wreck at Jeffersonville 110 Tenth and Main, Louisville 112 Looking West from Tenth and Main, Louisville 115 View of the Residence District, Louisville 118 Ruined Dwellings 121 Path of Tornado, Olney, Ill. 124 Scene at Olney, Ill. 126 Whirlwind from Burnt Prairie 127 Tornado followed by Rain Storm 129 Instantaneous View of Tornado 130 Tornado at Monville 132 Water-spout at Sea 135 Minnesota Tornado 137 Sand-spouts in the Desert 139 Cyclone, Fire and Earthquake, St. Thomas 145 “Drowning with its Terrible Roar” 147 Hurricane in the Tropics 151 Coast of India Submerged by a Storm 156 “He Sinks into Thy Depths” 160 Cast Ashore 163 Wreck of the _Minotaur_ 167 Wrecked on a Rock 171 Castaways on a Raft 173 Sinking of the _London_ 177 Storm on the Shoals, 1703 180 On a Lee Shore 184 Hovellers Relieving a Vessel 187 The Life-boat 190 The Life-boat at Work 193 Bow of the _Eber_ Cast Ashore 201 The _Adler_ on the Reef 204 Samoans Rescuing American Sailors 207 The _Calliope_ Putting to Sea 210 Bow of the Sunken _Vandalia_ 214 After the Storm 218 The Lyse Fiord 221 Ideal Subterranean Storm 225 Harvesters Killed by Lightning 232 Land of the Aurora 243 Field of Waterloo 249 Specter of the Brocken 252 Tropical Flood 264 Making Mats for Levee Fronts 266 Struggle to Hold the Levee 269 A Mountain Torrent 271 “No Time for Prayin’!” 273 Funeral During the Flood 275 Breaking of the Levee 277 Surprised by the Water 279 Not so Romantic as it Looks 282 Telegraphing Under Difficulties 285 Rescuing People 288 Camps on the Levee 290 Waiting for a Steamer 292 The Search Light 293 Scene at High Water 297 Negroes Moving Out 301 Stock Raft 303 Picking Up Refugees 306 Deserted Farmhouse 308 Flood in China 312 Dykes of Holland 316 Relief of Leyden 318 Breaking of the Dykes, Holland 322 Map of Conemaugh Valley 325 The Broken Dam 334 Fleeing Engine 337 Wreck of the Trains 340 Mill Creek 345 At the Stone Bridge 349 Desperate Struggle 354 The Gorge at the Bridge 358 Battle with the Waters 362 Johnstown After the Flood 371 At the Morgue 376 Conemaugh Viaduct 381 At the Summit of Popocatepetl 397 View in Active Crater 401 Crater of Orizaba 405 Eruption of Vesuvius 411 Coral Reefs 418 Destruction of Pompeii 424 Vesuvius in 1737 435 Destruction of Sodom 441 Destruction of Catania 446 Mt. Hecla 450 Jorullo 455 Geyser 457 The Yellowstone Park 462 Cattle in Volcanic Mud 473 Convulsion on the Coast of Sumatra 478 Effect of Earthquake on Masonry 484 The Deluge 497 Ruined Roman Colonnade 500 Antioch 502 Massive Architecture Wrecked, Asia Minor 504 Ruins Near Cairo 506 Ruins Near Nineveh 507 Remains of Ancient Hebrew Masonry 509 Great Earthquake in Calabria 511 Destruction of Messina 513 Disaster of Scylla 515 Lisbon 517 Earthquake at Lisbon 520 Ruined Cathedral 522 Scene at Chio 524 Panic at Casamicciola 529 Earthquake in Andalusia 532 Wreck of the Charleston Earthquake 538 Houses Thrown into Ravine 542 Wreck on King Street, Charleston 544 Scene at Charleston 548 Old State House, Charleston 551 Charleston 554 Wreck of Factory 557 Ruined Dwelling 560 Earthquake in China 564 After the Shock 568 Scene at Caracas 571 Ruins of San Salvador 573 Fright at San Salvador 575 Shock at Lake in Honduras 577 Wreck at Mendoza 579 Great Sea Wave 583 Earthquake in Spain 586

GREAT DISASTERS

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HORRORS IN THE WORLD’S HISTORY.