The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-24
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Alrrgf 90 che I'd school of medicine ls
application AMI rrsults, should thus recant N
favor " thai shch 80 egrel 4 BY old prae-
ut uueFs, m ystartlf you, but 'secing Is bclicy-
ing, and Nheu recount the attack made
on ny oil hulk, how near ] came to lowering
ny cOlors, and The nnAl yolleY VII eh, through
TIE agency aforementioned, gave me We
try, You viii at least credit me with Just
TOT sincerity Ia my thankiulness aid
belief viii also spin my yarn anent my
China cruise, aud, altogether, expect 10 en-
lnftain as well as be entertained by You.
With hest wishes, Sincerely yours.
Ren Admiral u. s.. Navy.
Hon, GEorGx WENDELL,
Sinclair Place, Boston.
An RutumrAl afternoon Ia tue year 1885,
iound tue taul nag ship hOmdd rounding
thr lrcachetous ami ian gorous extremity %
South AuierisL Aud thu day certainly 10.
tended To lace itself IN record with those Of
~ prtdeVessors marked stormy, Us nastiiicss
~ wind and leather giving all hands on board
the . giIlp their nl IN hard work and dis.
comforts. The regold OF the AOBtld on this
cruise, which she WAS now completing on her
h0mewari bound PASS 70 10 Boston, had
been most disagfecablc, when considered in
the light ot heavy We alher work. IRON susz
to Alden, then on 10 Bombay, Point de Gale,
singapore, Hong .kong, Shanghai, Nagssakl
and Yokohama, tie balance sheet stood
largely y favor OF ol.aNe tunes rough Oh u-
scteristics, but with rem lfkable evenness he
health ani original roster OF tho ships com
pam stood this DAY 10 It did nearly three
years. ago-Nith QUE sxce pt.on. Throughout
this diverse and varied exposures incidental
~ cruising over the Asiatic station, where
cholera, levers, liver complaints, malaria, and
colds OF all degrees reign In full force, none
Of Tho crew had suffered more than tan.
lorary Inconvenience, AID thus II seemed
fery hard that nov, In the clio ing DAYS OF
the cruise, therc stood niae chiaccs iof, TO
one against, = victory bciny at st scorol Tor
tue e~estruylng angel Death. When the Nomdd
reached Shanghai IN the early portion Of her
cruise her admiral was the healthiest man
aboard A grand specimen OF manhood was
be. Over six feet IN height weighing two
hundred ounds, broad ~ cheat aud strong IN
limb, he rightly claimed for himself n full
share Of Natures blessings. While returning
late one night from a diplomatic reception at
The Consulate At Shanghai, through over
beating aud insufficient protection fom tho
dangerous IN cts OF the peculiarly damp and
searching night air, be caught cold. "Only
a cold,n remarked the admiral to the doctors
o. bis ship, aud cssy to cure" 70 thou NJ
the medical Ofiicers, but with a quiet though
insilious progression. this cold clung TO tho
admiral In spite OF their best efforts to era T.
cate H. aud when the time came for leaving
Yokohama, homeward bound, the admiral
real ned that his lungs aud throat were drci.
dedly out OF onier. The doctors advised 10.
turning home By mall steamer 10 San fr y.
cisco, 50 that greater means for cur ng this
persistent cough might bc found IN tho
Naval Hospital there; but the admiral
Pre- erred u stick 10 bis ship, stll IN.
agning thtt his trouble would eventually
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 Cd
story sgain ty piaed IN this case. Only a cold
a. hnt; and 10 spite 81 orthodox treatment
the peculiar climatic effects of China nur.ed
u, and fastened the sure suit OF such a
deep-scAied trouble. Tine passed after lrty-
Ing Yokohama ior Boston. bring'ng VARYING
symptoms In the sdrniral's case, aud the
doctos imagined that they held the disease
IN check at least Bu, With the foZnailol Of
iubcrclsa. nifht-fsests. and the now r pid
consumption OF lung tissues which had set
IN Nth alarming symptoms, the patient
realized that bis coi hal lid the seeds ~
that fell agent 81 Death, eoaHnmpioA Tho
backing cough Of the sdsiral bad Ia itself
been sufficient food for serious c1n-
siderailon, and nos. as In the warm
,utumn DAYS the flagship CALAMITY ride
over the bluc waters u tie Pacific. b0uni for
Cape Horn, the doct0rs nopei much for suo-
ecss But his bolsterous afternoon ouni
the gnoi h D struggling With gigantic seas
set on frum the CAPE by a nsrre uorthe "
wind Lelden were the heavens aud ssd the
be rts Of all aboard, for Oh I morning the
usual bulletin Of the medical officers had set
forth this l%nteliigeneei The admiral IL In
same condition - reported last night. A
burning fever h.s been slightly rrdueei.
while other sympt1ms ars nc heretofore an.
bounced" AL Understood these woris with.
out questioning. The b s'oved admiral had
during The past tvo weeks sunk VERY Low.
Ihs sy~nptoms Of blood. poisoning, atorpld
liver, Intense alt . throughout the body. eyc-
fighi Ard mental aeultcs affected. appetite
gone, through insrtinn ~ that grrst rrrnla.
! tqf-the liver. These were the lBea 10 uh.rt
bad re- iuce1 the admiral rom the pinnacle II
health 10 The VALLEY and shsdow Of lie ID.
tcHsssrsios held full ~ y now. andthr we'll.
knovu skill " nasai doctors vas In this in
stau-e Al last completely 70 led
The admiral had hsne1 orders for The nag
chip 70 touch Al koaieTideo for coal, AMI Il
was thc Intention OF the doctors 60 land the
sdnitfsl there Zoe treatment hut one man
ne ship sssv.a Ped Ia The gloom Of dis
the roop deck he gsred ab-sntly over the
scstaing sasis Of waters. THIS was the all
nalfar. sou, siieutenant. and attached u his
' fsthcr's stan Ne fearrd IN a the uear and
tearof shiplife would saphis faith re strength
ecyynt erdursnce. ani before the chip coaii
ressh Ncntcvidru. Among a group ofssiiurl
gathered around ono of The great guns On the
spar deck Stood the eaptaia ~ he forstop,
Brown, a siieht bat healthy looking m m
His companions vere listening 10 q recital II
bis eufcFinfs INN c~onaunptlon. which had
developed shfe be vas .ttscheito the sloop-
ot.saf Rasgsr, lying 10 tho b srbor of Yoke
ham. ayeaf ~ tbs yarn having been
started ,, sdlseussios about The simiral's
scme soFk snpand the DECK. an order for
rhlch had Interrupted Browns story a few
moments pfeviously.A
"A year sgi this DAY vas hove 10 IN ,hs
pill maa's' stsk bay IN The Raserr, then oh
fekohsms, an ! tell you. paris. ltwssn no uss
pipia' my number, cause | was nigh on
cruise aloft,n continued Bfova "Cnnsumts
lion lad me ass ahaek, and The doctor SAYS L
vss no use 10 stov assy his lush In M hold
tceln' that ny heiloss rax condemned ~ I
higher losef than he could wrss,le With"
~ho. dld ycu pucter cds OF mr. asked
funnsf's mate
"ws'.l." replied Brown, "my Chine,
vashmsn come 20 NJ oss moruln, az he say,
10 ms. M hab got alice same Nslieln maj
nv iikin. So you heap goodf ssys hfinf II
IN. Chang, | BAY all The same That alter
noon chang hove uprith fourteen bottles O
alnsh, enough 10 kiit OF ours thu who . ship,
ersv. an that looked fresh IN their nice strap
fefs SAYS On ne. China man doctor hsl
g. rlsntse more be make hesp good vel
ZANE through Yoknhama' Wall ftook n,
bottles an tell he doctcrl vns reia b, 70,
ONE - b. The ssiiia' erIers on the bottle. an
The doctor he laughed and ears Twas no fvr.i
but d es a. tee reruistiuus says from ths
hrst an here | am. ain the doetcf's idea.