Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-10-31

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The engagement was that of Ad-
miral Selfridge, of civil war fame.
He is rs and is known to every
school boy as having been i'm
mortalized in the poem Son
Board the Cumberland" Admi-
raj Melville is &C and has been
on the retired list for three years.
He was married to a lady he has
known for forty years.
Admial Melville is one Of t h e
most picturesque figures Of the
old navy and one of the origina-
tors of the new navy He was for
years the chief of the bureau OF
steam engineering, and enjoyed
the reputation among the jack
les in his prime of being the "top
notch scropper" of the whole ser
vice. He is about five feet four
inches high and about four feet
five inches broad withoutapy su-
perhuous flesh. He was chief en-
gineer of the ill-fated Arctic brig
the Jeanette and was the hero
of the fight between the Ohio and
the Confederate vessel the FlOri-
da in the harbor of Bahia in the
late war. The Confederate vessel
had come into the harbor and re-
fusing a challenge to fight, it
was proposed to ram her. 1t was
almost a certainty that the boil
er OF the Ohio would not stand
the shock and Melville who was
one OF the engine room force said
that he would go below and run
the engine himself just before the
collision so that there would be
only one man sacrificed. One OF
the warrant officers vowed he
should not take the risk alone
and the two of them went thro
the adventure together, coming
out with hardly a scratch.
This is an official narrative
but there is.another story OF Me
VILE that is told in the ward room
with even more relish and does
appear on the official archives
He was on the old Narraganset
when he was a lieutenant a n c
had incurred the enmity OF some
of the toughest of the crew. Th'
vessel landed in Cuba for water
and Melville went ashore witt
, the boats crew when the casks
, were filed. Four OF the sailor
decided il. was a good time to xii
him and desert if they could ge
him alone for a minute, and Mel
vile, getting wind of their plan
decided to give them a goo'
chance. As soon as they landed
} he strolled off alone up the beact
and around a bend out OF sigh
of the boat. Three or four sal
ors followed him in the bushe
and met him on the beach out G
e sight OF the boats crew. Alter
short interval Melville strolle
back, noncahalently as he h a
n gone, and remarked to the boa
a swain that there were three OF h
+ men up the beach lying aroun
v and acting as if they we're drunl
n and he certainly did not see no
4 they had managed to get the
O uuor. This was all the mentio
! that was ever made OF the affai
o but itestablished the lieutenant
O reputation as a man ofhis hand
!. The four Central American +
% publics of Honduras, Nicaragua
"a GuatamaIa and Salvatore hay
;. notified the State Departmel
= of their selection of delegates
~ the Central American conferen
n that is to be held In Washingtt
l. in November.
8 Occasional headache, belchin
10 bad taste in the mouth, lack of ap
III t,e and slight nervousness are sy'
q ptoms of indigestion which, VIII
u allow ed to 60 uncared fol, will {
~ velop into case of dyspepsia Il
y will take long tine 10 get rid
Don't neglect your stomach. At
first indication of trouble take so
A, thing that will help it along in