The bee., 1884-01-19
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.

a N 104GlsA UE 1nG OGA(As
TAe Fate Which oysEtook the :.Ciry osBkss- Of
A few years ago, the City ct Boston sailed
from harbor, crowded with an expectant
throng Of passengers bound for a foreign
shore.
She never entered port.
The mysfery Of her untimely end grows
deeper as the years increase, and the Atlantic
yoyarer. when the fierce winds howl around
and danger Is imminent on every hand, shud-
ders as the name AMI mysterious fate Of that
MAGNIFICENT vessel are alluded to.
Our reporter, on recent visit to New
york took lunch with Captain George Sid
dons Murray. on b. ard the Alaska, Of the
Onion line. CAPTAIN Murray is man OF
stsIwart bui,d. weII-krit frame and CHEEKY,
csniaI disrosition. He has been constant
Sovager for a quarter of q century, over half
of that time having BE- IN the trans-Atian-
tic service. In the course Of the conversation
over the Widespread tabIe the mystery Oh
the City Of Boston was alluded 70. .r .b.u
s'Yes,n remarked the captain i shau
never forget the last night we saw that Ill
fated vessel Iva; chief officer of the City
of Antwerp. On the day we sighted the
Civ of Bos. ON q furious southeast hurr1Cale
set in. Both vessels labored herd. The sea
seemed determined to sweep away every YES
tige Of life. When day enced the gaze dld
not abate, and everything was IasLeu Ior
night of unusual fury. Our good sh was
turned to the south to avoid the
POSSIBILITY of icebergs. The City Of Boston,
however, undoubtedly went 10 the
north. Her boats, life-preseryerS and raIts
were all securely lashed; and when she went
down, everything went with her, never 20 TO
appear until the sea gives up It's dead
'What, in your opinion, captain, was tns
causs of the los of the City of Bostonp
s'The CITY of Limerick, in almost precisely
the same latitude, afew Gays later, found the
sea full Of iioating ice; and have no doubs
tLe CITY of Boston collided with the Ice, ano
sunk immediately"
CAPTAIN Murray las been IN command Oh
the Alaska ever sinos she was PUTIN comnlS-
sion, and feels justly proud OF ais nooie snip.
She carries thous ands or passengers every
wear, and has greatly popuarlzed the WI
Iiams &, Guion line. EemarkinZ upon the
bronzed ard healthy apr earance or the cap
lain the r,er said that sea lie did not
seem co be very great physlcal ira.
"No2 But a persons appearance IS not
always a Trustworthy Indication 9i hAs pnl 81
cal condition. For seven Years nare lave ~, u I, II
in many respects very much out o. Sorts WIN
myself At certain times was so lame that
IT was difficult for me to move aroHn :. 1
con'd scarcely straighten up i didnot know
what the trouble was, and though per-
formed all nv duties regularly and satlSIac-
torily, yet I felt that l might some
day be overtaken with some serious pros
trating disorder. These trouOes u eFtaseu. /.
/ felt dull ard then, again, shooting pains
through nv ar--~s and limbs. Possibly the
next day would feel flushed and unaCcount-
ably uneasy and the day following chilly and
despondent. This continued until last De-
cember, when / was Frustrated soon alter
leaving Queenstown, ard for the remainder
of the voyage was helpless, pitIrul sufferer
In January last, q friend VINO made thaS
voyage with ne, wrote me letter, urging
me- to try a new course of q treatment. i
gladly accented his counsel, and Tor the last
seven months have given thorough and busi-
nass-Iike attention to the recovery OF my nat
nral health: and to-day, have the proud sat
lsfacticn Of saying to you that the lame ia k,
the strange feelings, the sciatic rheuma tiSm
whioE1 have so long pursued me, nave entirey
dsanreared through the blood purifying in
fnence of Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure
VIII ch entirely eradicated all rheumatic pOiS-
on from NV system. Indeed, to me, 1T Sc ans
That it has worked wonders, and therefore
most cordially commend it"
HAnd YOU have no trouble now in exposing
yourself to the winds of the Atlantcp
Not the least. am as sound as bullet
and feel specially thankful over the TACT
because believe rheumatic and kidney dis
ease il in the blood OF my family. was
drea fully shocked on my last arrival In LiV-
erpool to learn that my brother, who is a
wfa thy China tea merchant. had suddenly
died of Bright disease OF the kidneys, and
consider myself extremely fortunate in Law
iny taken my trouble in time and before any
more serious effects were possible"
The conversation drifted to other topics,
and as the writer watched the face before
him, so strong in al its outlines and Yet so
genial, and thought of the innumerable eI-
po:ures and hardships TO which its owner had
been exposed, he inst.nctively wished all who
are suffering from the terrible rheumatic
troubles now so common might know OK cap
Murray's experience and the means by which
he had been restored. Pain is a common
thing in this world, but far too many endure
It when they might Just as well avoid it, II
is a false philosophy which teaches use to
endure when we can Just as readily avoid.
So thought the hearty captaiNOf the Alaska,
so thinks the writer and so Auld all others
think who desire happiness and long life.