Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-16
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
Ths Fate Which Overlook the s.Cfsy oi
 Boston''-Captafn Murray's Ideas

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 Bostons-Capta1n Murrayss Ideas
 and Experiences.
 A few years ago the City of Boston sailed from harbor crowded with an expectant throng of passengers bound for foreign shore.
 The mystery of her untimeIy end grows deeper as the years increase. and the Atlantic voyager, when the fierce winds howl around and danger is imminent on every hand, Ahud- | ders As the name and mysterious fate of that l magnificent vessel are alluded to-
 Our reporter, on recent visit to New York, took lunch with Captain George Sid dons Murray. on board the Alaska, of fhe Guion line. Captain Murray is q man of stalwart build, well-knit frame and eheery. genial disposition. He has been constant voyager for quarter of century, over half of that time having been in the trans Atlan- tic service. In the course of the conversa tion over the well-spread table, the mystery of the City of Boston was alluded to-.
 ''Yes," remarked the Captain, tI shall never forget the last night we saw that ill- fated vessel I was the chief officer of the City of Antwerp. On the day we sighted the City of Boston furious southeast hurricane set in. Both vessels labored hard. The sea seemed determined to sweep away every ves- tige of life When day ended the gale did not abate, and everything was lashed for 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 to the north. Her boats, 1 life-preservers and drafts were all securely lashed and when she went down, every l thing went with her, never to resppear un- til the sea gives up it's dead"
 ''What. in your opinion Captain, was the cause of the loss of the City of Boston ?" ssThe City of Limerick in almost precisely | a fan dava lat fnr1pA sea full of floating ice; and have no doubt the City of Boston collided with the ice and sunk immediately
 Captain Murray has been in command of the Alaska ever she was put in commission and feels justly proud of his noble ship. She 1 and has greatly populsrized the Williams < 1 Guion line. Remsrking upon the bronzed and heslthv appearance of the captain, the I reporter said that sea life did not seem to be very great physical trial.
 '.No2 But persons appearance is not always 8 trustworthy indication of his physi- | cal condition. For seven years I have been | in many respects very much ont of sorts | with myself. At certain times was so lame | that it was difficult for me to move around. I could scarcely straighten up. I did not l know what the trouble was, and though | performed all my duties regularly and satis- factoTily, yet felt that might some day be overtaken with some serious prostratipg dis | order. Thsse troubles increased. felt dull and then, again, shooting pains through my arms and limbs. Possibly the next day would feel flushed and unaccountably uneasy and the day following chilly and Respondent. This continued until last December, when l was prostrated soon after leaving Queens town, and for the remainder of ths voyage was helpless, pitiful sufferer. In January last, friend who made that voyage with me, l wrote me 8 letter urging noe to try 8 new lcourse of treatment. I gladly accepted his counsel, and for the last seven months ha se given thorough and business like attention to l the recovery of my natural health; and to- | day have the proud satisfaction of saying to you that the lame back, the strange feel ings, the sciatic rheumatism which have so long pursued me, have entirely disappeared through the blood purifying influence of Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure which entire ly eradicated all rheumatic poison from my system. Indeed, to ne it seems that it has 1 worked wonders, and I therefore most cor. dislly commend it."
 ''And you have no trouble now in exposing yourself to the winds of the Atlantic ?''
 s'Not the least. am as sound as bullet and feel specially thankful over the fact be. cause believe rheumatic and kidney disease is in the blood of my family. I was dread fully shocked on my last arrival in Liverpool to learn that my brother, who is a wealthy China tea merchant, had suddenly died o1 Bright's disease of the kidneys and consider myself extremely fortunate in having taken my trouble in time and before any more serious effects were possible
 1 The conversation dr1fted to other topics and as the writer watched the face before him. so strong in all it's outlines and yet SC genial, and thought of the innumerable ex
 posures and hardships to which it's owner
 had been exposed, he instinctively wished al
 who are suffering from the terrible rheuma
 tic troubles now so common might know o1
 Captain Murray's experience and the meanl by which he had been restored Pain is {
 common thing in this world, but far too
 many endure it when they might just as vel
 avoid it. It is 8 false philosophy whicl
 teaches us to endure when we can just aa
 readily avoid. So thought the hearty cap
 tain of the Alaska, so thinks the writer ant so should all others think who desire happi l ness and Iono life