Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-03-29
UNITED SITES FLAGSHIP NOMAD,

al Weakness for its first attack, because YOU
and were in those days the REORGANIZATION
oil health; and eau CLAIM this to-day, thank
God! why can do so now will he told to- NOR
row, when We meet It your dinner as YOU only
know that L nave passed tarougl a terrible
Illness; lay delivery from death Ue.ng due to
the wonderful discovery in me IicaI science,
made by a man who to-day stands in the
front rank of his fellow WORKERS; uneQualed
by any III my own opinion. That J. who
heretofore have ever been the most orthodox
believer Ia the o school of med, cine its
applicat on AMI res uitS, should thus recant in
favor of that which IS saeerei at by old prac-
tlt.onerS III y startle you, but ''seeingi is beleV-
ing" and when recOuut the attack made
on my OLD hulk, how near came to lowering
my coiOrs and the final vOlley, " L. CHI, through
the agency above mentioned, gave me We
tory, you Will at least credit me with just
cause for sincerity IN my thankiulness aud
belief VIII also spin M yarn anent my
China cruise and, altogether. expect to en-
terrain as well as be entertained by you.
With best wishes, Sincerely yours,
Rear Admiral U. S Navy.
Hon. GEORGE WENDELL,
Sinclair Place, Boston.
An autumEal afternoon in the year 1885,
4Odnd tne taut flag ship HOnLGd rounding
the treacherOuS ana dangerous extremity OF
South AnerINA. And thiR day certainly
tended 10 lace itself on record with those of
It's predecessors marked stormy, its nastlnesS
IN wind and Gather giving all hands On board
Lne d-gSnip their ill IN hard work and dis
comforts. The record Oh the Nonlad on this
cruise, which she was now completing on her
nomeWaru bound pass sc TO Boston, had
oeen most dIsag reeabIe, when considered in
the light OF heavy We ther work. From Suez
to Alden, then Oh to Bombay, Point de Gale,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki
and Yokohama, tie balance sheet stood
largely IN favor OF Ol,oNe tunes rough char
acJerlstics, but with remarkable evenness The
health and original roster OF the ships COM
pany stood this day as it did nearly three
years agO-WIth one exec ption. Throughout
The diverse and Varied exposures incidental
To cruising over the ASiaGic station, where
cholera, levers, liver complaints, malaria, and
colds OF all degrees reign in 1ulI force, none
OF the crew had suffered more than tenn
porary Inconvenience, and thus it seemed
very haFd mat now, III the CO lng days of
the cruise, there stood ME chances for, to
one against, victory being at st scored for
the destroying angel Death When the Nonaad
reached Shanghai IN the early 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 ounds, broad il chest and strong III
limb, he rlgutly claimed for himself a full
snare OF Natures blessings. " lille returning
late one night from a diplomatic reception at
the Consulate at Shanghai, through over
heating and insufficient protection from the
dangerous eli. cts of the peculiarly damp and
searching night air, he cLught cold. "Only
cold" remarked the admiral to the doctors
o. his ship, land easy to cure" So thou {ht
the medical officers but with quiet though
admiral in spite of their best efforts to era i
cate it, 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 Fr IL
cisco, SO that greater means for curing this
persistent cough might be found in the
Naval hospital there; but the admiral
pre- erred to stick to his ship, still I'M
Sgining that his trouble would eventually
he overcome by the doctors treatment.
No one who looked at the admiral even in
| those days imagined that he would fall a
victim to lung trouble. But it was the old
story again typified in this case. Only cold
at first; and in spite of orthodox treatment
the peculiar climatic effects of China nursed
it, and fastened the sure result of such
| deep-seated trouble. Time passed after leav
| ing Yokohama for Boston, bringing varying
! symptoms in the admiral's case, and the
! doctors imagined that they held the disease
| in check at least But with the formation of
| tubercles, night-sWeats, and the now rapid
| consumption of lung tissues. which had set
! in with alarming symptoms, the patient
| realized that his cold had laid the seeds of
| that fell agent of Death, consumption The
| hacking cough of the admiral had in itself
been e3f5cient food for serious con-
sideration, and now, as in the warm
! autumn DAYS the flagship calamity rode
| over the blue waters Of tue Pacific, bound for
Cape Horn, the doctors hoped much for sue
| cess. But this bOsterous afternoon .Ound
| the good sh p struggling with gigantic seas
| set off from the Cape by a fierce nOrtherly
! wind LeIden were the heavens and sad the
| he rts Of all aboard, for tn t morning the
| usual bulletin of the medical officers had set
| forth this intelligence: Z" The admiral is in
same condition as reported last night. A
| burning fever his been slightly r duced,
| while other symptoms are heretofore an
| nounced." All understood these words with
| out questioning. The be owed admiral had
| during the past two weeks sunk very low.
The symptoms OF biocd-poisoning, torpid
| liver, intense pains throughout the body, eye
| sight aud mental aculties affected appetit e
| gone, through inactiOn of that great regula-
! tor-the liver These were the means which
| had reduced the admiral from the pinnacle of
! health to the valley and shadow of de fth.
Consumption held full sW3 Y now, and the we'll
| known skill of naval doctors was in this in
stance at least completely fOiled.
The admiral had Issued orders for the flag
| ship to touch at Montevtdeo for COAL and 1t
was the intention OF the doctors to land the
| admiral there for treatment. But one man
| In the ship was Wra ped in the gloom OF dis
| pair, as standing by the weather rigging on
| the poop deck he gaZed absently over the
Eeething waste of waters. This was the adj
| niral's son, a lieutenant, and attached to his
| fathers staff He feared that the wear and
| tear Of ship-lfe would saphiS fathers streng tn
beyond endurance, and before the ship could
| re Oh MOntevideO. Among group of sailors
| gathered around one of the great guns on the
| spar deck stood the captain Of the fore-top,
| Brown, slight but healthy looking man.
His companions were listening to a recital OF
his su1ferings from consumption, which had
| developed while he was ATTACHED to the sloOp-
Of-war Ranger, lying in the harbor Of YOko-
hama year ago, this ''yarn" having been
star5c& By discussion about the admiraps
condition. The men had just returned from
come work around the deck, an order for
which had interrupted Browns story a few
! moments previously.
"a year ago this day was hove to in the
spill MANS sick bay in the Ranger. then OF
| Yokohama, an tell you, pards, twas no use
pipin' my number, cause l was nigh on
passin' in my enlistment papers for long
cruise aloft," continued Brown. "COnsump p
ton had me fat aback, and the doctor says it
was no use to stow away his lush in my hold
eeein' that ms bellows was condemned by a
higher rover than he could Wrastle with"
How did you pucker out of itF' asked a
gunner's mate.
'Wa'all,'' replied Brown, my Chinee
washmau come to ne one mOrni1' an he says
70 me, me hab got alice sane Mclean man
medikin, do you heap goodP says bring it
of, Chang, bay ali the same That after