The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-23


front rank of his fellow workers--unequaled
by any in my own opinion. That |, who
heretofore have ever been the most orthodox
believer in the old school of medicine, its
application and results, should thus recant
in favor of that which is sneercd at by old
practitioners, may startlo you, but "seeing is
believing" and when l recount tho attack
made on my old hulk, how near I came to
which, through tho agency above mentioned,
gave mo victory, you will at loast credit me
with just cause for sincerity in my thankful
ness and belief. / will also spin my yarn
poet to entertain as woll rs be entertained
by you. With bost wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Rear Admiral U. s. Navy.
Hon. GEORGE WENDELL,
Sinclair Place, Boston.
An autumnal afternoon in tho year 18S-
found tho taut flagship Nomad rounding
tho treachorous and dangerous extremity of
South America. And this day certainly in
tended to place itself on record with those of
its predecessors marked stormy, its nasti-
ness in wind and weather giving oil hands
OIL board the flagship their fill i'll hard work
and dscomforts. The record of tho Nomad
OIL this cruise, which she was now complot-
ing on her homeward bound passage to Bos
ton, had beon most disagrceable, when con-
sidered in the light Of honvy weather work
From Suoz to Alden, then on to Bombay,
Point do Gale, Singapore, Hong Kong,
Shanghai, Nagasaxi and Yokohama, tho
balance sheet stood largely in favor of old
Neptune y rough characteristics, but with
remarkable ovonncss tho health and original
roster of tho ships company stood this day
as it did nearly three years ago-with one
varied exposures incidental to cruising over
tho Asntic station, where cholera, fovors,
liver complaints, malaria, and colds of all
degrees reign i'll full force, mono of tho crew
Had n, ,nnI
vcnicnce, and thus it seemed worry hnrd that
now, in the closing days of tho cruise, thoro
stood nino chances for, to one against, VIC
tory being at lust scored for tho destroying
Shanghai in the early portion of her cruise
nor admiral was tho henlthiest man aboard.
A grand specimen of manhood was he. Over
six fcot in height, weighing two hundred
pounds, broad in chest and strong III limb,
he rightly claimed for himself full share Of
Natures blessings. While returning late one
night from diplomatic reception 1T Lh.
Consulate ut Shanghai, through overhead
ing and insufficient projection from tho dan
gerous effects of tho peculiar damp and
searching night mir, ho caught cold. "Only
cold" remarked the admiral to the doctors
of his ship, "nnd easy to cure" So thought
the medical officers, but with quiet though
insidious progression, this cold clung to tho
icate il, and when tho timo came for leaving
Yokohama, hOmcwnrd bound, tho admiral re-
aliz.M that his lungs and throat were docid-
edly out of order. The doctors advised re-
turning homo by mail steamer to San Fran
cisco 30 that greater means for cnring this
pcrsiHtent cough might bo found in the
Naval Hospital thoro; but tho admiral pre-
ferred to stick to his ship, still imagining
That his trouble would eventually be over
come by the doctors' treatment.
M ono who looked ut the admiral oven in
those days imagined that he would fall a
victim to lung trouble. But it was tho old
story again typiiied in this case; Only II
cold ut first; and III spite of orthodox treat
ment tho peculiar climatic objects of China
nnrsed it, and hastonod tho sure result of
such n deep -scntod trouble. Time passed after
leaving Yokohama for Boston, bringing
varying symptoms III tho admirals case, and
the doctors imagined that they hold the dis
ense III check ut least. But with the formu-
ton of tubercles, night-sweats and tho now
rapid consumption of lung tissues, which
had set in with alarming symptoms, tho pn-
Of that fell agent of Death, consumption.
The hacking couch of tho admiral had in
itself been sufficient food for serious consid-
Grafton, and now, rs i'll tho warm autumn
blue waters of tho Pacific, hound for Cape
llorn, tho doctors hoped much for success.
But this bolstcrous afternoon found the good
ship struggling with gigantic sens set off
from tho Cape by 1lerco nOrtherly wind.
Ie"dcn wero tho heavens and sud tho
hearts of all aboard, for that morning tho
usual bulletin of the medical ofllcors had sot
forth this intelligence: ''Iho admiral is in
same condition rs reported last night. A
burning fever has been slightly reduced,
while other symptoms are MS heretofore an
nounced." All understood those words
without questioning. Tho beloved admiral
naa dnrlhEthn uast two weeks sunk worry low.
The symptoms OF blood poisoning, q torpid
liver, intense pains throughout tho body,
eyeslght and mental faculties affected, nppe-
ute gone, through inaction Of that groat reg
uiator-the liver. These wore tho menus
which had reduced tho admiral from tho
Pnnclc of health to tho valley and shadow of
death. Consumption hold full sway now,
ana tho well-known skill of naval doctors
was III this instance at least completely
Tho admiral had issued orders for tho flag
ship to touch at Montevdco for GOAL, and it
was tho intention Of the doctors to land tho
admiral there for treatment. But ono mar
III tho ship was wrapped in tho gloom of
SPAR, rs standing by tho weather riggin /
tho poop deck he gaZed absontly 0,
soothing waste of waters. This was Il,
iniraPs son, q lioutenant, and attache
his fathers staff. He feared that tho wear
and tear of ship lifo would sap his fathers
strength beyond endurance, and before tho
ship could reach Montovidoo. Among a
group OF sailors gathered around ono Of the
great guns on the spar deok stood the captain
or tho forctop, Brown, sli light but healthy
looking man. His companions woro listen
sumption, which had developed while he was
attached to the sloop- -of-war Ranger lying
III tho harbor Of Yokohama year ago, this
yarn having been started by discussion
about the admrals condition. The mon had
Just returned from some work around tho
dock, an order for which hal interrupted
Browns story fow moments previously.
"a year ago this day / was hove to in the
bill mans sick bay in tho Ranger, thcn of
Yokohama, nm tell You, pards, twas no
use pipin' my number, cause was nigh on
passin' in my enlistment papers for long
cruise alof," continued Brown. Con
sumption had mo flat aback, and iho doctor
says II was no use TO stow away his lush III
my hold seoin' that my bellows was con
domned by q higher power than no could
wrastle with"
GLOW did you pucker out of it2' asked a
gunner's mate.
"Wa'all," replied Brown, "my Chinoo
washman came to mo one mornin' an he
says to mo, ono hab got alloo snme Mclean
man meaikin, do you heap good! I says,
bring it OFF, Chang; l buy all tho same.
I hat afternoon Chang hovo up with fourteen
bottles of q lush, enough to kill or cure tho