Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-09
Sincerely yours,

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unent my China cruise, and altogether, ex-
| peCt to entertain 0s well as be entertained
by you. With best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Rear Admiral y. S. Navy.
Hon. GEoRdr WENDELL,
Sinclair Place; Boston,
An autumnal afternoon in the year 1888
found the taut flagship Nomad rounding
the treacherous and dangerous extremity of
South America, And this day certainly in
| tended TO place Itself on record With those Of
its predecessors marked stormy its nasti
ness in wind and weather giving all hands
On board the flagship thoir fill in hard work
and discomrorls. The record of the Nomdi
Oh this cruise, which she was now complet-
lug On her homeward bound passage to Bos-
ion, had been most dis agreeable, when con
Fidered in the light of heavy weather work.
From Suez TO Alden, then on to Bombay,
Point de Gale, Singapore, Hong Kong,
| Shanghai, Nagasaki and Yokohama, the
balance sheet stood largely in favor of old
Neptuu' o rough characteristics, but with
remarkable cvenuess the healtli and original
roster of the ships company stood this day
as it did nearly three years ago-with one
| exception. Throughout the diverse and
varied exposures incidental TO cruising over
| the Asiatic station, where cholera, fevcrs,
liver cntnuIoints n,nlsrir and colds nf nil
lo,nena reion in rni, forca none Of ibs crow
| So6 sr(ysrSd r,oro dian +omnororv incnn-
ranioroa ma thrs II senpcd yarv hard flint
now, in the closing days Of the cruise, thee
,orv hnino NJ iost srorlj rnr the destroyino
,nSal Ds,th When Tho Nomod r.aShrj
| sh5n,boi i, ,be oorly nortfnn of her cr,isa
| 5er ndn,iroj wns the beolibiest man aboard
| 4 ,rond srocin,an If monbr,,d was he Over
siy feet IN beiC,ht wni"hing two hundred
nonn6s broad IN chast and strong in limb
| he RIGHTLY claimed for himself n fnIl share of
Nature's hinEsinTs, While returning late one
ni"ht from n dinIomotic rereuti,ni ~ the
| CGngu,ato M Shnnchai thron & overheot1
inc and insnf,,rirnt nrntection from the dan
| naro,ts nIF,cto cf tho rer,Iior damn and
s,orchinr night air ho carght cold 3Univ
"nid ), 1ee,i,oi tbn odn,;rnI - mo doctnrs
| ~ ~ - ia oa,, ~, ,,,,n y S,I tLo,,r,b1
H. ~ t . ',.pi ~ o'I, ~ ~. uoL
o.C',", "vI w. ~ r.
ih,,ioI1 t ;,.t h ooio E,{ w s,V
hIulital ~ Splte.ul tnc,! oe7. rhoi ~ " einu-
y"Le u, s' Wllen .llG tille I".ile lGl ie" Tls
iohoill' lioiile"atu upu u .lic aNiililal ~
11Leo ..aG Iiis luns1 dn'' ,ll.o"u WIZ uI'aW-
suIy OUT OF order iIo uoc.ois u wv re-
'urnlps nouns ny man steamer " oan III ~
Iaco, 80 tiat Grea'et means fol eIrinS ttlls
persistent CouS, iilHuU ue louhu ~ tne
saVai iloslltal ,liete' put 'ilc no,iiirul pre-
terteu 10 slGE 10 ms snip, sIn suit. lihlasIlins
.nut hiS ttoupie Wouiq eNcntu1il' pe over
sotne ny Jug uoctols ltenlLhe!iu
=, no one VINO looEe ! al llie auIillra, even III
tiloso uaEs ililasslneH ''ipt ne Woult IAN y
VICTIM 10 llulS lrOuDic' but IL was tue olu
story again typllled IN tins case, Only
cold at ilr3t' and Id spite. OF ortho"oX treat
ment the peculiar climatic ELECTS OF China
nurSed 1t, and fastened the sure result OF
such deep-se0tcd trouble. lime passed after
leaving Yokohama for Boston, bringing
varying symptoms in the admiral case, aud
tho doctors imagined that they held the dis
ease III check at leass. But with the forma-
! ton OF tubercles, night-sweats and the nov
RAPID consumption of lung tissues, which
had set in with alarming symptoms, the pa
lient realized thai his cold had laid the seeds
II that fell agent Ct Death, consumption.
me hacking couIh Cf the admlra had IN
itself been sufficient food for serious consid-
sra'lon, ana now as III the warm autumn
! Jays Inc naSshp Eaiinh'ly roue over lho
que waters OF me racine, Oouhl Tor cape
aorn, the doctors hopeu much lot success;
put llls ooiSterouS afternoon ioulu eSooG
mp Struggling with, gigantio seas set on
! rom the cape by q nerce nortnerly Wlni
Leauen were Inc heavens ana sau me
hearts OF al aboard, Tor that morning the
| Usual bulletin OF the medlcal oihcers mad set
'orth thiS ln,ellschce: ne adhllrM Is IN
| same cohoitioh as ieporteu ia5t night a
burning feNe' mas oeeh sigNliy reduced,
"hile other symptoms are as heretofore an
| holnced. All understood these words
without questioning. The beloved admiral
M Wv ~ W. "o?"o SS,.h W.
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80, .'eoiiIo p"itS ul.Hisl'Dus .liJ Ivy
r. s,lt "tiu lile,sii iaCui'ies aliecteu, app
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''L;oi Llh n1eI' in.Se were .''e ilieahS
r "'ro i ~ def,Ieu .e muarui iroln .,,F
lna %' q nc"isl 70 .,'G anl'cS n'iu snnuom VI
ana t,o III ,',, i.e' tuia o"'E INV,
r,os NV ~, ;in, 'Nt, ~ ti',"i ,iotoi,,
; ~ !" 'N'' 'n''"i'N' a' i'd'' eoiip'e'''S
'"t III
~ "u'i'li al .S4 lssutu oI"er' 'or ine nv
up y. 70 loucn AZ MontsvIIyo lor coa,, ana II
c ~S ;ro tI.rfo ot ,Ie ooc'o P 70 a' ve
~; H. :.oto lo' lle"'iiGn'. pIU ol'o 'ii,''
~ "o 'no slip wGG wt%pp , IN .nG gloon Oh Eo,
,E"N, NJ s'aHeLA7 ny we weitner iiss.ns IA
'Ao poop Geek ne gNed a., &bSently oyer me
| 'CtIiNS waste OF waters Inns was me az
nlral son, Lieutenant, aud alta 10
rs fathers stan. Ito feared that The wear
ana tear OF sup hte would sap MS ia'hers
t:ehGtA Beyond endurance: and before the
snip could reach MonteWueo., Among
group OF sailors gathered around ore OF tne
| =. - - 'i''A ~'NN', W. 'A'
81 mo foretop Brown, slight but healthy-
LOOKING man. LIS companions were listen
ing to recital OF his suiferingS from con
sumption, which had developed while ne was
attached to the soop-of-war Ranger, lying
IN the harbor OF Yokohama year ago, this
yarn having been started by discussion
| about the admiral's condition. The men had
lust returned from some work around the
deck, an order for which al interrupted
Browns story few moments previously,
"a year ago this day WAS hove to in the
! pill mans sick bay in the Ranger, then of
Yokohama, an | tell you, pards, twas no
use pipn' my number, cause was nigh on
passin' in my enlistment papers for long
cruise aloft," continued Brown: Con
| sumption had me Hat aback and the doctor
says ii was no use TO stow away his lush III
my hold seem that my bellows was con
| dcmnod by a higher power than he could
wrastle witn.'
GLOW did you ruciier out of it?" asked a
gunner's mate.
| "Waall,' replied Brown, my, Ch,hee
washman came to me one mornih an he
says TO me, me hab got alice same hleiicah
man nedlkin, 90 you heap go)u. / says,
| ,bring IL OH, tii"ns' puJ an t''r '"i,'o'
| That afternoon Chang hove w. Withtour'een
| bottles OF laSh enough 10 XIII OF cure tie
whole ships crew, an that looked fresh Ill
their nice wrappers. says ChlhS, emma
man doctor hab got plehtee more ne ltnNe
| heap good well with my sick, THIS number
one mediken alice same through Yokohama
| Waall, took the bottles an told the doctor