Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-18
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
The Fate Which Overlook the s'CIty
OF acknowledgements Nurrayss
Ideas and Experiences.

A few years ago. the City Of Boston
sailed from Rar5or, crowded with an
expectant throns of passengers bound
FOR 3 foreign shore.
She never entered port.
The mystery of her uatintely cad
grows deeper as the years increase. aud
the Atlantic voyager. whea The fierce
winds howl around and danger is iulmi-
nent on every hand, shudders as the
name and mysterious fate of chat mag
ni6cent vessel are alluded TO.
Our reporter, on q recent visit to New
York, took lunch with Captain George
Siddons Murray, on board the Alaska.
Of the Guion line. Captain Murray is
man of stalwart build. well-knit frame
ana CHEEKY, genial disposition. He has
been constant voyager for a quarter
of a century. over half of that time haS-
ing been in the transatlantic service.
In the course of conversation over the
we'll srread table. the mystery of the
CITY Of Boston was alluded TO.
'Ecs, remarked the Captain, II shall
never forget the last night we saw that
Inflated vessel l was chief officer of
the city Of -ARtlcerp. On the day We
sighted the City OF Boston furious
southeast hurricane set in. Both vessels
mined 10 sweep away every veGtige OF
life. When day ended the gale did not
abate, and everything was dashed for Z
night of unusual fury. Our good ship
was turned to the south to avoid the
possibility of ice-bergs. The city Of
Boston, however, undoubtedly went 10
the north Her boats, hfe-preServers
and RATS were all securely dashed; aud
when she went down. everything went
with her, never TO re-appaer until the
sea gives up its dead
What, in your opinion, Captain, was
the cause of the loss of the city Of HoS-
toni"
Tine City Of limerick, in almost pre-
clsely the same latitude, few days
later, found the sea full of floating ice;
and have no doubt the city Of Boston
collided with the ice, and sunk immedi
ately."
Captain Murray has been in command
OF the Alaska ever since she was put in
)mmission and feels justly proud of lis
n-bie ship She carries thousands Of
passengers every year, and has greatly
popularized the Williams and Guion
| line. Remarking upon the bronzed aud
healthy appearance of the captain, the
reporter said that sea life did not seem
t. be very great physical trial.
mo. But persons appearance is
| not always trustworthy indication Of
his physical condition, For seven years
/ have been IN many respects very mucs
out of sorts with myself. At certain
/ times / was so lame that it was duff
/ cult for me to move around. | could
scarcely straighten up. | did not know
what the trouble was, and though per
/ formed my duties regularly and salts
factorily, yet l felt that | might som,
/ day be overtaken with some serious
p, stratiNg disorder. These troubles In
creased | felt dull and then, again
shooting Pains through my arms ant
| limbs. Possibly the next day | woult
/ feel flushed and unaCcountably uneasy
/ and the day following chilly and dcspon
lieut.. This continued until last Dscem
Der, when | was Frustrated soon after
leaving Queenstown, and for the re
nainder Of the voyage was a helpless
iitiful sufferer In January last, +;
II cad who made that voyage with me
WrDt, NE a letter urging me to try ;
new course of treatment. l gladly &C
| cepted his counsel, and for the las
seven months have given throrougi
and business-lile attention to the recov
cry Of my natNral health; and to-day
have the prodd satisfaction of saying t,
YOU that the lame back, the strange feel
ing, the sciatic rheumatism which hay
so long pursued me, have entirely dis
appeared through the purifying intiu
ence of Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cur
winch eRtirely eradicated all rheuma
lie poison from my system Indeed. {
me. it seems that it has worked won
Al lt,all
C lmmond 1t.
"And you have no trouble now in ex
tossing yourself to the winds of the AT
lnn,ic:'
"Not the least. | am as sound as
b 1llet and feel specially thankful owe
the fact because believe rheumatic an
kidney disease is in the blood of m
family. / was dreadftilly shocked o
my last arrivaIin Liverpool to learn tina
my brother, who is wealthy China tie
merchant, had suddenly died of Bright
dis ease of the kidneys, and consider my
If extremely fortunate in having take
my trouble in time and before any MOI
serious effects were possible.
Th9 conversation drifted to othe
topics, and as the writer watched til
face before him, so strong in all its ou
lines and yet SO genial, and thought c
the innumerable exposures and hare
ships to which its owner had been eS
posed, he instinctively wished all VIII
are suffering from the terrible rheumai
ic troubles now so common might knoN
of Captain Murray's experience and TIL
means by which he had been restored
Pain is a common thing in this world
but far too many endure it, when the
just as we'll avoid it. 1t is falls
philosophy which teaches us to endur
when we can just as readily avoid. S
thought the hearty captain of the Alas
kd, so thinks the writer and SO shout
all others think who desire happines
and long life.