The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-16

front rank Of his fellow WOrhcrS-uhtql'ucu
by any IN my own opinion. lhat !, VINO
heretofore have ever boon the most OrlhouOx
believer in the old school of medicine, its
arplic.tinu and results, ehOlld thus recant
in favor pf that which is snecred NJ by old
practitioners may starllc sou, but "soeln"lj
believing" aud whom ] recount the attack
mndr on my Old bulk, how near came, to
lowering .ny'cu'prs, and tho final y0lIey
Which, through the agency above mentioned,
gave me victory, yOu will at least ct'iit mo
with Inst cause iDr-iucDrlty IN ny thnnluul-
ness and belief. | viii also spin my yarn
alp.t m" China cruise and altogether tH-
pect ~ entertain rs well ~ be entertained
is yog. With best wiile-,
Sincerely yours,
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Roar Admiral U. s. May.
lI9n. GGonGH Wr;pEtr,
Sinclair Place, Boston.
A. aulumunl afternoon in tie year 1S3-
fDuul the tut flagship NOmud rounding
the heJ". crpus and dangerous extremity OF
Suuin Amcricn Aud this day certainly in
tended 10 place Itself on record with those pl
its lral .c.-.pfs marked stormy, IT, natl-
nc4l in sind and wc1thc' giving all hands
on board the flagship tloIr I'LL IN hard work
md III lmfUrts. The record OF the N0mdi
en- thi- crui g, which she WIS now complct-
iny ON Ter homcward bound passage to DO5-
ton, had been most III agreeable, when con
-lu.pl in he light Of heavy wenther work
From Suel 10 Alden, then on 20 Bombay,
Point dc Gale, Singapore. Hong Kong
SHANGHAI. Nuga lla md Yokohama, the
balance sheet stood largely IN favor Of Old
Ncptu b rough chagactoglt!cs, but with
rauagsHl'u cypnu" the health aud original
10 Hirl uf ilc -lup- company stood tins d'y
a. il lll nearly lur'o gcW' hHp-Wlh ono
exception 1nrOughcut the diverse and
varied exposures incidental To cruising over
tho hriplc station, where cholera, levers,
liver complaints, malarla, ana colds OF all
do.ret- reign IN full force, none OF the crew
had suffered more than temporary neon
voni,ncr and thu il seemed very hard that
now in tho CLOSING Days Of thc cruise, there
stood nine chinccs for. 10 ono against, VIC
tgry briAgal lu-t scored for the destroying
angel Death. When the Nomdd reached
| ShtuIhui l.. the carly portion of her cruise
her admiral was tho hGlthpSt man aboard.
\ rruuG specimen Of manhood WINS he. Over
| six feet in height, wei ghlu: two hundred
round broad iu Ghost aud strong IN limb,
/ lplHghtly claimed for himself a full share of
! Natures hlor-iupe, While returning tate ono
! night from u diplomatic reception nj the
| Con ulrtr At Shanghai, through overhead
jig and IN unioi,gt protection from tie dan
| sDa.raut night air, hr caught cold. go Hly
uculi, remarked the admiral 70 the doctors
ui h!a ship, "aud ousy 20 cure" SOthDught
| the medical officers, but with quiet though
| mai'iuus prurrc- s,On, this cold Cung 10 the
| n lw.rl! ~ spite % their best cilOristo crNd-
| iHtc %. and when ihc limc came for lctylug
| Yokohama, humnEIrd bound, the admiral o
Iilod tina his lungs and throat woro dec,d-
| iIl ont OF order. Tho doctors advised TO-
| turning home by mail steamer to San Fran
'j-'o, 80 that greater means for curngtlis
| urr. s'.ut couch might 10 found in tire
| Naval Hospital there; but the admiral pre-
frrrcd 10 stick to his ship, still imagining
! That his trouble would eventually bo over
come hy the doctors treatment.
30 one who looked at the admiral oven in
those days imagined that ho would fail Il
yC'iW 10 hug trouble. But IT was tie old
story again typilicl in this case. only n
| uld ui llIstl and IN spite Of orthodox treat
ucu, ~ peculiar climatic effects of China
| Iur-,d II, and hustouci the sure result of
mchujrcp-s trouble. Time passed after
| Cuyug Yokohama for Boston, bringing
| Muyins .ymrtums in the admirls case, and
/, She duc.u,s imagined that they held the dis
auso IA check a, icasl. But with the iorma-
ton of tuhcrclc=, uiglt-swoats aud tho now
RAPID consumption of lung tissues, which
| had set ~ with alarming syinptom, the pa
| item realized dat his cold had laid tie seeds
| Of that fell ugcut " Death, consumption.
! Tho hacking ruu h cf the admiral had in
| il,oll been sufficient food for serious cOnsid.
| cIntlpn, aud now a3 IN the warm autumn
| days the flagship gNli0uily rode over the
| hlue waters of the Pacific, hound for Cape
| Horn. the doctor, hoped much for success.
| lut this boistcrous afternoon found thogoOd
ship smuggling with gigantic seas set of
| ipRrp tltp hmm lac "a iDttp nArilt,vlN gp,nI
| load,n were the heavens and sad the
| heats OF all aboard, tor that morning the
usual bulletin of tho medical officers Ind sol
| forth this intelligence: "lho admiral is in
same condition rs reported last night. A
| burning fever has been slightly reduced,
while other symptoms arc as heretofore an
uuccd." All understood these words
Without questioning. Tho beloved admiral
hld during Tho past two weeks sunk worry low.
The symptom, of boo l-pul.oliHg. "A turplu
iNer, intense pains throughout the body,
Nr"lgnt and mental faculties affected, appc.
~ gone, ihrougd inHCtIOu Of that great reg
uialor-the liver. Ihos, were the means
which h1l lcdu ed the admiral from the
llnlclc al health 10 the valley and shndow OF
uelih, Consumption held full sway now,
and the wcll-Rnown skill of pnyal doctors
wa, IN tins instance at last completely
ioilcd.
The admiral had issued orders for the 0ag
,,'l H., ',,', W. ''o,,v'9' l'r c0aI, alu
mHs iy l'i,,l'ion OF lllr doctors To lana the
H ~, m, ~ more nor Treatment, Bqt one man
III the ship was wrapped in the gloom uf dc.
'ln'r A. standing BY the weather rilg!ug on
he l'oP deck he gilel ab-ently over tho
5rntI ing waste Of waters This was !hoad
H. i;.'r. 1pl' leIyhuN' and a'la'ho TO
aus aus 'I tn S'gu, ne feared that the "en
.t WIZ VI s,,i aiio Woul' sap ma iathetS
,Ii '"E S.uri IG',"u endurance; ana before the
,rn,,n , oS "si ,u.V Moi.,',iI LOO AMONG Il
,r""i v, o' 'i s'tnoreu grouhI one oil the
IF tho' Imr.,n '''p ni,ur olllI cAP,;lh
IooLin, nam, I I.Vm,r -" S,,,,' m, np!1'g
in, to n recital ~ Wtlo u''In-
,unn,inu ,,i ~ h ",' SWi ,r'"iS ir2ni con.
tacLrI IN ,hn ,. ' ''r "illIg a. WaS
m the h1rbor q yoEobrmMn" ino. ,,o E,s |
'ynrn" bn,n, hns,, ',, ,ia Su"r ngo' ,l,s
ainut fine n,l'nrn o,',';,;,S ~ y u'sVu'II"ii
inst returned from, Unit sarro ~, Ano ,,,uii ny
dock. nm o,dc,. for , ,,i;cL Tu'H a,punu tll9
Brown stnrv fc,y WIFI, u" l,licrrul'eo
a., ' ~" NV ,''h's previously