The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-17

in favor Of that which is snecred at by old
practitioners, may startlo you, but "seelnS is
believing" and when | recount tho attack
| made on my old hulk, how near l camo to
| lowering my colors, and tho final volloy
which, through the agency above mentioned,
gave me victory, you will at least credit mo
with just cause for sincerity In my thankful
hess and belief | will also spin my yarn
ancnt my China cruise, and altogether, OK
pect to entertain us we'll as bo entertained
by you. With best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Roar Admiral u. S, Navy.
Hon, GEORGE " ENDEIt,
Sinclair Place, Boston.
An mtumnal afternoon in the year 1885,
found the tIut ilaGShlp NCmad rounding
the trcnchc.Ous and dangerous extremity of
South America. And this day certainly in
tended to place itsclf Oh record with those of
it's predecessors marked stormy, it's nasti-
ucss in wind and weather giving all hands
on board the flagship their fill i'll hard work
and GiScomfOrts. The record of the NOmdl
on this cruise, which she was now complot-
ing on hcr homoward bound passage to BoS-
ton, had been most diSaIrCCable, when con-
3idelc cd i'll tho light OF heavy weather work.
From Suez to Alden, then OH TO Bombay,
Point do Gallc, Singapore, Hong Kong,
Shanghai, NaGa3aki and Yokohama, the
balance sheet stood largely i'll favor of old
NCptuu = rough characteristics, but with
remarkable cvcnncss the health and original
roster Of the ships company stood this day
as ii did nearly three years agO-with ono
exception. Throughout tho diverse and
varied exposures incidental to cruising over
tho Asiatc station, where cholera. fevCrs,
liver complaints, malaria, and colds of al
degrees reign III full force, memo Of tho crew
bad suffered moro than temporary iucon-
YeniCnCC, and thus it seemed very hard that
now, i'll tho closing days OF the cruise, there
stood nine chances for, to one r!'ajuSt, Il vic
tory hCNg at last scored for tho destroying
angel Death. When tho NO.lnd reached
Shanghai in the early portion - her cruise
her admiral was the hoalthicst maE aboard.
\ grand specimen of manhood WAS he. Over
six fCct i'll hoight, Weighing two hundred
pOnnds hroad i'll chest and strong i'll limb,
he rightly clnimeu for himself n full share Of
NNlurC'H blessings. While returning late one
might from Il diplomatic reception ut the
Consulate ut Shanghai, through ovcrhcat-
ing and insufficient protection from tho dan
Gc:OuS effects of the peculiar damp and
searching night air, he caught cold. "Only
Il culd," remarked the admiral f. The doctors
of his ship, "nnd easy t. Gre" So thought
the medical officers Dut with n quiet though
inSdiouS proSrcSSon, this cold clung to the
n lmiral in spite OF their best efforts to CrLd-
icatC il, and when the timo ramc for leaving
Yokohama, hOmcward bound, the admiral O.
;.liHcd that his lungs and throat were dcctu-
cdly out OF order Tho doctors advised re-
farming home by mail steamer to San Fran
| cisco, So that greater means for curing this
persistent cough might bo found III the
| Naval Hospital there; but the admiral pro-
| f2rrCd TO stick to his ship, still imagining
! tlat his trouble would eventually bo over
| como by the doctors treatment.
! No one who looked at the admi al even in
! those days Imagined that he would fall q
"ictim TO lurE trouble. But it WAS tho old
| st""y again tyuiiied i'll this case. Only &
old nj first; and i'll spite Of orthodox treat
| ncnt the peculiar climatic effects of Chins
| lGrScd it, and FASTENED the sure result OF
| Mch a drcp-acatcd trouble. Time passed after
| .caving Yokohama for Boston, bringing
| 7arNInT symptoms in the admiral'S case, an(
! Che doctors imagined that they held the dis
| ease in check at least. But with the fOrma
| ti0n of tubcrclcs, niGht-sweats and tho now
rap.d consumption of lung tissues, which
| had set in with alarming symptoms, tho pa.
| tent realized that his cold had laid tho seeds
| Of that fell agent of Death, consumption
he hacking cough OF the admiral had il
| itself been sufficient food for serious cOnsid
| Grafton. and now, as i'll the warm autumn
| days In" flagship Gallantly rudo over the
| blue waters OF tho Pacific, bound for Cape
| Horn. the doctors hoped much for success
| ltut TINS bol'tcrOuS afternoon found thCEO0t
| ship struggling with gigantic seas set Of
| from the Capo by fierce nOrtherly winI.
| lcadcn were the heavens and sad the
| hearts O: all aboard, for that mOcHing the
usual bulletin 1! the medical officers had sol
| forth this intelligence: "1hN admiral is il
|
burning fever has been slightly reduced
while other symptoms arc rs heretofore an
| n 'unced." All understood these word
without questioning. The beloved admira
h4d during the past two weeks sunk very low
he "ymulons of blOOd- poisoning, Il IO-pIu
.lNcr intense pains throughout tho body
%H'SlGht ana mental faculties affected, nppc
III gone, through inactjOu OF that great reg
ulator-tho liver. These were the means
Wllch mad reduced the admiral from the
Pih2cte OF health TO the valley and #hrdow OF
delth. COnSuDIGiiOn held full sway now
and the wcl-known skill of ;,aval doctor.
was IN this instance nj least completely
foilcd
The admiral had issued orders for tic flag
snip to touch at MOntcvidCO for coal, a:Iu it
WAS the intention Of the doctors TO land the
Aunll al there Tor treatment. But one man
III the ship was wrapped in the Ilcom of DC
Hl'air, AS standing 10y the weather rigging On
iho ICop deck he gaZcd abScnNy over the
"ccthln& waste Of waters. This was the ud-
mlral's son, lieutenant, and nila,hoI I,
III" iHthrr stan. He feared that the wear
ana tear OF ship life would sap hi; fathers
'ticHSth beyond endurance, and before the
SNIP could reach MOntC,idru. Among n
group OF sailors gathered around one Of ike
|I"tl guns on the spar Il, Ci %toO tho Caplaiu
Oh mo lOfctop, Brown, Il .!ight but healthy
looking man. His cOmTrmious were listen
my to recital OF his sun ring; from con
sumption, which had dcYc,OUrd white he vas
tlachcd 10 the SlOpp- -Of-War H,aycr, King
III the nlFho"o ot Gokohpma yea: ago, tn
yarn having been started by Il discussion
!'pOlt lhr admiral $ condition. The men had
JuSI returned from some work aruund ihe
u'ck, an order for WHICH hal inierruldcl
Brown story few moments previously.
-, A year ago this day | was hove to in thu.
,,Elii man " sick bay in the Rnugcr then OF
IoHohana, an | tell yol, uarcls, 'twas no
Use ppn my number, cause ! was nigh on
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