Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-02-16
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
The Fate Which Overlook the .sCity Of Bo
ton"-Captnin Murray, Ideas and f.,

"A IA LII VI IHE Nh. |
The Fate Which oyertook the .City Of Hes-
prrience.. "' |
A few yearsago. the City OF Boston sailed
from harbor. crowded with an expeetant
throng OF passengers bound for a foreign
shore.
She never entered port.
The mystery OF her un:imelv end grows
deeper as the years increaeAand the Atlantic
voyager. when the herc- winds how around
and danger IS Imminent on every hand, shui-
ders as the name an mysterious fate Of that
magnificent ve,s-l are allu4e 10.
Our reporter. on. q recer, visit 10 New
York. took .uneh WITH Captain GeeTge~ sid
dons Murray, on b ard the Aa5ka. ot the
Guiun line, Captain Murray is a inau uf
stalwart build, we.l-knit fran AMI CHEEKY,
genial disposition He has been n constant
voyager for q Quarter Of a c,niury. over halt
OF that time hayin3 b. II III the trans Allan
tic service. In the rours oftsie conversation
over The Widespread tahle, tne mystery OF
the City Of Boston was llusls1 to.
Yes" remarked the tartai1, Il shall
never forget the last night we saw that III
fatei ve>sdl- ! va cuief 'fic-r # tn City
Of Antwerp. On the day we sighted the
City Of Bosom a furious southeast hurricane
set III. Both vessels iabored h rd. The ga
seemed determined t. sweep away every YES
tige # life. When day ended The gale did
lot abate, and everything was laShed for a
night OF unusual fury. Our gooi 81 p was
turned to the auth t. avid the
possibility Of iceberg: The Citysof Boston,
! however. undoubtedly went 10 the
north. Her boats. llfe-Ire>etver, ami RATS
were all securely dashed and when She went
down. everything went with h-r, never 70 re-.
appear until the 81 gives up it> dead
What. in your opinion, captain, was the
cause IF the loss of the City Of Boston"
The City Of Limerick, III almest precisely
the same latitude. a few "a, 'ater, founlthe
eoo fn1 e ti.aftuy Ilp- AMI have no Gplitt
tie City Of Boston coll'ed with the ice, AMI
sunk immediately
Captain Murray. las baen n command OF
the Alaska ever 81! c she was ut II c"rnlnlS-
sion, and fees Justly proud OF bis noble ship,
She carries thum ands of passengers every
year. and has greatly Iopularized the VIII
Ia,ns & Glion line. Pemarkin- uYon tho
bronx aud healthy apI earance OF the cap
tain. the reporter said that sea lite did not
seem to BE- a very great physical trial.
Mo-: But a persons aP earance Is not
always a trustworthy indication OF his phNsl-
cal condition. For seven years l have be II
in many respects very much out OF sorts with
myself. AT certain times | was so lame that
it was difficult for me to move aronni. l
could scarcely straighten NJ. ! dilnot kDo"
what the trouble was, ant though l pr
formed all my duties regularly and ~sarisfac
torily, yet I felt tha4 I might some
day be overtaken with sbnle serious pros
trating dis, rider. These Houbles increased
l felt dull ard then, again. shooting pain:
through my ans and limbs. Possibly TIT
next day | would feel flushed and unaccount
ably ur,a,, and the day following emily an>
desIpntieut. This continued until last De
cemter. wien was Frustrated soon afte.
leaving Queenstown, AID for the remainde
Of tie voyage was a helpless, pitiful sufferer
In January last; a friend who male tia
voyage with ne, wrote me a letter, urgln!
NE t, try a NV course of a treatment.
gladly a. cel ted his counsel, and for the las
seven months have given thorough and bus
ne~-jihe attention t. the recovery OF my nat
ual health: and to-day, | have the proud sat
isfaction of saving to YOU that the lame back
the strange feelings, TIE sciatic rheunatisl
which have SO long ursued me, have entlrel
d>arl cared through the blood purifying il
fuence Of Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cur
VIII ch entirely elaiicated all rheumatic poi:
on from my system. Indeed, to me, it seen
! that it las worked wonders, and therefor
most cordially cDlnmend it \
"Anl YOU have no trouble now in exposin
yourself to the WIN Is If the AtlanticI'
"Not the least. | am as sound as a bullt
and | feel slecialy thankful over the fas
because | believe Iheun tic and kidney dl
case j. in the blood Of my family. | W;
drea fully shocked On my last arrival in Ii
erpool to learn that my brother, who is
wta'thy China tea merchant, had suddcnl
died OF fr;eht's disease Of the Kidneys. At
CONSIDER myself extremely fortunate in la
Ing taken my trouble in time and before al
more serious effects We're possible
The conversation DRIFT Il 10 other topic
and as the writer watched the face befo
, hines strong N a its out ines and vet
genial, and thought CT tie innumerable e
To-ures and hardship 5 t, which its owner la
| be. nexposed, lie inst nrtiVe,l wished all xvi
| are suffering from the terrible. rheun at
truuhlc~ now 50 might know Of ca
Muvrav'5 cxl Tie &c and the mlcan,by whIt
l he ha lren rcstyttl. an is a collm'
i, thing il lis WORT. Int far too many en- III
: it when thcv II 1T u>t rs well avoid it
, is fake Ij oal n VIII CHI teaches Use
, endure vi ca w raa Just as %rea1tll, aNol
Sc hlu,ht the / caIty ca tain OF the Aia>E
: SO thinks the writ and so should al c:he
think who desire harisness arg! II long he.