The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-21

anent my China cruise, and altogether, OK
pect to entertain as well rs be entertained
by you. With bost wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Roar Admiral u. S. Navy,
Hon. GEORGE WENDELL,
Sinclair Place, Joston.
An autumnnl afternoon in tho year 1888
found tho taut flagship Nomnd rounding
tho trcachcrous and dangerous extremity of
South America. And this day certainly in
tended 10 place itself OH record with those Of
its predecessors marked stormy, its nnsti-
ness in wind and weather giving all hands
OIL board tho fla gship their fill in hard work
and discomforts. The record Of the Nonlai
on this cruise, which sho was now complet
ing on her homcward bound pnssage to Bos-
ton, had been most disnyrceable, whom con-
sidered in tho light Of heavy weather work.
From Suez TO Alden, then OH to Bombay,
Point pont d? Gale, SinGappre; nong Kong, iIts,
balance sheet stood largely i'll favor Of old
Ncptlm"'s rough characteristics, but with
remarkable cvcuncSs the health and original
roster OF the ships company stood this day
us it did nearly three years ago-with ono
exception. Throughout tho diverse and
varied exposures incidental to cruising over
the Asiatic station, whcro cholera, fovers,
liver complaints, malaria, and colds of oil
degrees reign i'll full force, mono of tho crew
had suffered more than temporary incon-
vcnicncc, and thus il seemed very hard that
now, i'll the closing days of tho cruise, thoro
stood nine chances Tor, to one against, Il vic
tory being at last scored for tho destroying
angel Death When tho Nomad reached
Shanghai III the early portion of her cruise
her admiral was tho healthoSt man aboard.
a grand specimen of manhood was no. Ovor
six feet in height, weighing two hundred
pounds, broad in chest and strong III limb
he rightly claimed for himself n full share of
Natures blessings. While returning late ono
night from Il uiplomntlc reception " VI,
Consulate ut Shanghai, through overhead
n,tt
gcrouS effects of tho peculiar damp and
Boa:cling night air, he caught cold. ''Only
cold" remarked the admiral to the doctors
OF his ship. "and easy to cure" SO thought
insidious progression, this cold clung to the
admiral in spite OF their best efforts to Grad
icNtc il, and when the time cnme for leaving
IoEohpmn, homownrd bound, the admiral ro-
cdly out of order. The doctors advised ro-
tnrnuG home by mail steamer to San Fran
cisco su that greater means for curing this
pcrsitcnt cough might bo found in the
Nava. Hospital there; but the admiral pro
fcrrcd to slick TO his ship, still imagining
that has trouble would eventually bo over
come by tho doctors treatment.
No ono WHO looked at tho admiral oven in
those days imagined that ho would fall
Sictira 20 !!itss trnnhl.. l'ut 1t WAS tho old
story again iyniiied II this case. Only Il
cold at first; and in spite of orthodox treat
mcnt tho peculiar climatic elects of China
nurscd t, and haStcned the suro result of
such dCcp-scatoa trouble. Time passed after
leaving iokohama for Boston, bringing
varying symptoms in the ndmral's case, and
the doctors imagined that they held thc dis
cnsc in check at Least. But with tho formal
tiOn of tubcrt les, might -sweats and the now
RAPID consumI ton of lung tissues, which
had set in with alarming symptoms, the pu-
tient realized that mis- cold had laid tho seeds
OF hat fell agent of Death, consumption.
The hacking cough Of tho admiral had in
Grafton. and now, aS i'll tho warm autumn
days The ilaGShlp Ealnntly rodo over the
blue waters of tho Pacific, bound for Cape
Horn, tho doctors hoped much for success
But tltis buiStcrouS afternoon found the good
ship struggling with gigantic seas sct off
from the Cape 10y II fierce northury wind.
l.eadcn were the heavens and sad The
hcHr:,; Of all aboard, for that morning tho
usual bulletin OF the medical officers had set
forth this lntcliigrnce: "lhc admiral is in
same cn"htiom as reported last night. A
burning fc>o: has been slightly rcGnccd,
while other symptoms arc rs heretofore an
nounccd.' All understood these words
without questioning. Tho beloved admiral
htu htu during the NaSt two weeks sunk very low.
me symptoms OF blood poisoning, Il torpid
nVcr, intense pains throughout tho body,
utc gone, through innction of that great reg
oiator-,lho liver. These wcro the means
which had reduced tho admiral from tho
plnncle OF health to the valley and shadow Of
cbHNU"pfoR Npli 1nll sway now,
and the wcll-knOwn skill of naval doctors
was IN this instance at Least completely
ioiled.
The idmiral had issued orders for the flag
SNIP to tInch at Montcvidco for coal. and it
was the INTENTION OF the doctors TO land tho
adInllnl there for treatment. but ono man
III the ship was wrapped in the glCom of do
spar, nS standing by the weather rigging on
the roo2 Geek he g;zcd nhscntly over the
sccthlnG waste of Wa,cra. This was tho ad-
mral'i son, Il Lieutenant. and alta .he | to
his fathers stan. He feared that the wear
and tear of ship life would sap his fathers
strength beyond endurance, and before the
snip could reach Montcvilco. Among Il
group of sailors gathered around ono of the
great guns on the spar deck st1o the captain
or the ior2top. Brown, Il slight but healthy
looking man. His companions wcro listen.
ing to a recital OF his s'iif.rngS from con-
SUMPTION, which had developed while he was
attached TO the s'oop-oi-war Ranger, lying
IN the hnrbor OF Yokohama Il year ago, this
"yarn" having boon started by a discussion
about the admiral's condition. The menhn
deck, an order for which lal interrupted
Browns story Il few moments previously.
"a year ago this Gay was hovo to in tho
pill man = sick bay in tho Ranger, then of
Yokohama, an | tell you, p6rds, twas no
use pipin my number, cause | was nigh on
passin III my enlistment papers for long
cruise alou," continued Brown. "Con-
sumption had me fiat abacl, and the doctor
says il was no use TO stow away his lush in
my hold seem that my bellows was con