Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23

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tory you Will at least credit me with just
cause for sincerity iu my thankiulness and
belief. i Will also spin my yarn anent my
China cruise, and, altogether, expect to en-
With best wishes, Sincerely yours,
Rear Admiral U. S. Navy.
Hon. GEORGE WENDELL,
Sinclair Place, Boston.
An autumral afternoon in the year 1SS-
found the taut flag ship Nomdd 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 nastiness
In wind and weather giving all hands on board
the flagship their fill in hard work and dis
comforts. The record of the Nomad on this
cruise, which she was now completing on her
homeward bound passage TO Boston, had
been most disagreeable, when considered in
the light Of heavy weather work. From Suez
to Alden, then on to Bombay, Point de Gale,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nagasakl
and Yokohama, the balance sheet stood
largely in favor OF old Neptune's rough char
acteristcs, but with remarkable evenness the
health and original roster OF the ships COM
pany stood this day as 1t did nearly three
years ago-with one exception. Throughout
the diverse and varied exposures incidental
TO cruising over the Asiatic station, where
cholera, fevers. liver complaints, malaria, and
colds Of all degrees reign In full force, none
OF the crew had suffered more than TEN.
porary Inconvenience, and thus It seemed
very hard that now, in the closing days OF
the cruise, there stood niue chances for, to
one against, victory being at last scored for
the destroying angel Death. When the Non,dd
reached Shanghai in thesearly portion OF her
cruise her admiral was the healthiest man
aboard. A grand specimen of manhood was
he. Over SIX feet in height, weighing two
hundred pounds, broad In chest and strong in
limb, he rightly claimed for himself full
share Of Natures blessings. While returning
late one night from diplomatic reception at
the Consulate at Shanghai, through over
dangerous effects Of the peculiarly damp and
searching night air, he caught cold. "Only
cold" remarked the admiral to the doctors
| of his ship, land easy to cure" So thought
the medical officers, but with quiet though
insidious progression, this cold clung to the
admiral in spite of their best efforts to eradi-
cate 1t, and when the time came for leaving
Yokohama, homeward bound, the admiral
realized that his lungs and throat were deci-
dedly out OF order. The doctors advised re-
turning home by mail steamer to San Fran.
cisco, SO that greater means for curing this
persistent cough might be found in the
Naval Hospital there; but the admiral
preferred to stick to his ship still i'm
be overcome by the doctors treatment.
No one who looked at the admiral even il
those days imagined that he would fall {
victim to lung trouble. But 1t was the oil
l
at first; and In spite of orthodox treatmen
the peculiar climatic effects of China nursei
1t, and fastened the sure result of such
deep.seated trouble. Time.passed after leav
symptoms in the admiral's case, and tn,
doctors imagined that they held the diseas
in check at least. But with the formation o
tubercles, night-sweats, and the now rapi,
in with alarming symptoms, the patien
realized that his cold had laid the seeds o
, that fell agent Of Death, consumption. tn
hacking cough Of the admiral had In itsel
been sufficient food for serious con
sideration, and now, as In the warn
autumn days the flagship gallantly rod
! oyer the blue waters of the Pacific, bound 10
Cape Horn, the doctors hoped much for sue
, cess. But this boisterous afternoon ioun
the good ship struggling with gigantic sea
, set of from the Cape By a fierce northerl
wind. Leaden were the heavens and sad tn
hearts of all aboard, for that morning th
usual bulletin OF the medical officers had Sc
forth this intelligence: "The admiral is Il
! burning fever his been slightly, reduced
I while other symptoms are as heretofore or
nounced." All understood thesewords with
out questioning. The beloved admiral ha
The symptoms of blocd-poisoning,. a torpi
, liver, intense pains throughout the body, eye
/ sight and mental aculties affected, appetit
!, gone, through inaction of that great reguli
tor-the liver. These were the means whicl
had reduced the admiral from the pinnacle Q
health to the valley and shadow OF deltf
Consumption held full sway now, and the vel
, known skill of naval doctors was in this In
, stance at least completely folled.
The admiral bad Issued orders for the FLAG
! ship to touch at Montevideo for coal, and
was the intention OF the doctors to land tn
{ admiral there for treatment. But one ma
in the ship was wra ped in the gloom OF di:
pair, as standing by the weather rigging o
| hn lnrtr hn uaz ahC
, seethiug waste of waters. This was the az
L miral's son, lieutenant, and attached to hi
. fathers staff. He feared that the wear an
. tear Of ship-life would saphis fathers strengt
beyond endurance, and before the ship coul
l reach Montevideo. Among group OF sailor
Q gathered around one of the great guns on th
a spar deck stood the captain Of the fore-toI
, Brown, slight but healthy looking mar
I His companions were listening to recital {
his sufferings from consumption, which ha
4 developed while he was attached to the slooI
4 of-war Ranger, lying ip the harbor OF Yoke
hama a year. ago, this yarn" having bee
. started by discussion about the admiral'
condition. The men had just returned fror
some work around the deck, an order fo
e which had interrupted Browns story fe
n moments previously.
= "a year ago this day was hove to In Il
! pill mans sick bay in the Ranger. then o
t ppin' my number, cause l was nigh Q
q passin' In my enlistment papers for a Ion
6 cruise aloft," continued Brown. "Consum
: tion had me fiat aback, and the doctor says
, was no use to stow away his lush In my hol
!. seein' that my bellows was condemned BY
1 higher power than he could wrastle WITH"
!. How did you pucker out OF itP' asked
-,HWa'all," replied Brown, "my Chine
washman come to me one mornin' an he say
J. to me, me hab got alice same Mclean ma
medikln, do you heap goodp says bring
of, Chang. 1 buy all the same. That afte
a lush, enough TO kill or cure the whole ship
crew, an that looked fresh in their nice wra
!, pers. Says Chang, 'China man doctor ha
u got plentee more, he make heap good we
with my sick, this number one medikin allie
u same through Yokohama Ws'all, Itook II
v bottles an told the doctor was goin' to b
. one as by the sailin' orders on the bottle, an
% the doctor he laughed and says twas no goo
j but done as the regulations says from th
, first, an here am, ag'in the DOCTORS idca
i With this triumphant assertion Brow
looked about the circle. Then, lowering h
u voice, said, "boys, pvefour OF those precioi
: bottles left-ain't give 'em all away yet aft
Il not be too free with the 'old man. suppose
% go to his son there onthe poop deck an 81
q what J. have to you, an, askin' his pardo
n say we want the admiral totry the stuff In n
j. bottles, seein' that they cured my consum
tion.n
!, This idea met with approval from all side
q Therefore Brown walked off for the intervle
II with the admirable son, with no little ankle
@ In his good heart as to the result OF his m
n sion. Approaching the lieutenant, Brov
saluted, and asked for permission to state