The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-29

| favor Of that which 8 s evreI 1T by old prac-
tit,oners, m startlc you, but 'seeingis beiiev-
| ing" AMI when rccJuut the attack made
| on my oil hulk, how near came to lowering
Try colors, aud the inal voley, which, through
the agency above mentioned, gave me VIC
| tory, You wlll at least credit me with just
\ cause for sincerity "a my thank uncss aud
belief I.whl also spin myyarn anent my
| China cruise, and, altogether, expect to en-
tertsfD as well as be entertained by you.
| With best wishes, Sincerely yours,
1 '-.t.. Rear Admiral o. s Navy.
Hon. GEoRes WENDELL, lilies.
Sinclair Place. Boston.
An AutumEdl afternoon in the year 1SS-
found tue taut- flag ship Nonldd rounding
the treacherous anu dangerous extremity Of
South AlueridA Aud this day certainly m
tended to lace itself on record with those Of
its predecessors marked stormy, its nastncss
In wind and Weather Z, vlng all la nds on bohrd
tue fl gsnip their fill in hard work and dis
comforts. The record OF the NOHl1d on this
cruise, which she was now completing ON her
homeward bound pass ge 70 Boston, had
been most disagreeable, when considered in
the Light OF heavy weather work. From Suez
to Alden, then GU to Bombay, Point de Gale,
singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nsgasakt
anu 1okollaatIi, tue balance sheet stood
largely III favor OF ltaSe ptune's rough chtr-
acteristics, but with remarkable evenness the
health AMI original roster OF the ships COM
pany stood this day as it did neatly three
years ago--with one exception. Throughout
the diverse and varied exposures incidental
i to cruisIn. 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 tenn
porary Inconvenience, and thus it seemed
very hard that now, IN the cioilng days of
the cruise, there stood niLe chances for, to
one against victory being at st score for
the destroying angel Death. When the AOtndd
reached SnanTnal n
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 III chest and strong in
limb, he riguty claimed for himself a full
share OF Natures bic ssings. While returning
| late one night from diplomatic reception at
| the Consulate at Sb9n.hai, through over
| heating and insufficient protection from the
dangerous III c.s of the peculiarly damp aud
searching night air, he caught cold. "Only
a cold" remarked the admiral to the doctors
| o. his Ship land easy to cure" So thou hit
| the medical officers, but with quiet though
| inSidious progrc ssOn. this cold chung to the
admiral in spite of their best efforts to era IL
| cate 1t, and when the time came for leaving
| Yokohama, homeward bound, the admiral
realz that his lungs and throat were deci-
| dedly ont OF order. The doctors advised re-
| turning home by NAH steamer to San Fr IL
cisco, 50 that greater means for curing this
| persistent cugh might, be found In the
| Naval hospital there; but the admiral
pre- erred to stick to his ship, still i'm
| agining that his trouble would eyeDtua ly
be 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 ty piled IN th,s case. Only cold
at first; and in spite of orthodox treatment
| the peculiar climatic effects of China nursed
| 1t, and fastened the sure result OF such a
deep-seated trouble. Time passed after leav-
ing Yok ohama Tor Boston. bringing VARYING
| symptoms in the admlraPs case, and the
docto 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 alarIni g symptoms, the patient
realized tn his cold had laid the seeds of
that fell agent OF Death, consumption. The
hacking cough of the ad iral had in itself
sideration, and now, as in the warm
autumn dFvs the flagship calamity rode
over the blue waters Of &c Pacific, bound for
Cape Horn, the doctors noped much for sue
cess But tins boisterous afternoon ound
the good sh p struggling with gigantic seas
set oil from the Cape by fierce northe ly
wind. lie 'den were the heavens and s ID the
he rts of all aboard, for th morning tue
usual bulletin of the medical officers had set
forth this intelligence: The ad niral is in
same condition is reported last night. A
burning fever b been slightly duced,
while other symptoms are as heretofore an
nounced." All understood these v orls with
out questioning. The be owed sdmiral had
during The past two weeks sunk very low.
The 'y,nptoms Of blood POISONING, a torrtd
LIVER, intense pah throughout the body eye
sight and mental aculties affected, appel {
gone, through inacton of that great regula-
| tor-the liver. These were the mCa which
bad re luced the admiral from the pinnacle OF
health to the valley and shsdow OF de tn.
Consumption held full sw y now, and the we l.
known skill OF MAYA doctors was in this IN
stance at least completely fo:led.
The admiral had Issued orders for the fla 2
ship to touch at Montevideo for coa, and il
was the Intention OF the doctors to land the
admiral there for tire tment. But one man
in the ship WAS wra ped in the gloom OF dis
pair, as standing by the weather re, ling on
the POOP deck he gaZed absently over the
SETTLING waste of waters. This was the ad.
niraPs son, a lieutenant, and ettachei to his
fathers staf. lie feared that the wear aud
tear of sh -lifawaaltisap his fathers strength
beyond endurance an before the ship could
re oh Nontevldeo Among a 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 m n.
his companions we're listening to a recital OF
his sufferings from consumption, which had
developed wnite he was attacaei to the sloop-
ot-war Ranger, lying in the h rbor OF Yoko-
hama years ag6, this 'yarn" having been
started by adiscussieai about the admirals
condition; The men had just returned from
| eOmc "Olh dTOuuu the ueckt IN Oluer Tor
which nd Interrupted Browns story a few
moments previously. q.
"A year ago this day was hove to in the
pill mans sick bay in the Raager. then of
Yokohams, an tell you, pards, 'twasno use
| plpin' my number, cause J. was nigh on
plssin' In my enlistment papers for a long
cruise aloft," continued Blown "Consump-
ton had me fiat absck and The doctor ssys II
was no use to stow away his lush in my hold
SEEM that my bellows was cond mned nv a
higher over than he could wrastle with"
How did you pucker. out of it7' asked q
gunner's mate. ''
"Wa'all," replied Brown, "my 5Chinee
washman come to me one mornin' an he says
to me, me hlb got alice same, Mclean man
medikin, do you heap goodp ! says bring II
on, Chang, / buy all the. same That alter.
noon Chang hove up with fourteen bottles Of
alush, enough to kill orycure the who Q ships
crew, an that looked fresh In their nice rap
pers. Says Oh ng, China man doctor hat
got plentee more, he make heap good well
with my sick, this number one nsedikin al lee
same through Yokohama Wa'a7L took the
bottles an told the doctor was goin, to try
one as by the sailin' orlers, on the bottle, AMI
the doctor he laughed and says twas no good,
but ne as the reguls tons says from the
nrst, an here am, ag'in. the DOCTORS ideas
With this triumphant assertion Brown
looked about the circle. Then, lowering his
voice, said, "boys Pye four OF those precious
bottles left-ain't give5em all aw vet after
was cured-an' II you all think that it would
not be too free with the 'old MAJ, suppose
go to his son there onthe poop deck an, say
what have TO yon. an, saskin,- his-ear dom,
say we want the admiral to try the stuff in my
bottles seein. that they eweamy consump-
This ide u, met with approval from all sides.