Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
The Fate Which Overlook the city oi
I,oston."-Eaptain Murray's Ideas
and Experiences.

few years ago, the CHy Of Boston
sailed from harbor, crowded with an .ex-
pectant throng of passengers bound for a
foreign shore.
She never entered port.
The mystery of her untmely end grows
deeper as TIE years increase, and the At
lan'ic voyager, when the fierce winds
howl around and danger is imminent on
every hand, shudders as the name and
mysterious fate of that magnificent vessel
are alluded to.
Our reporter, on recent visit to New
Eoik, took lunch with Captain George
Siddons Murray, on board the -1t0SHd, ot
the Guion line. Captain Murray is Il man
of sta!wart build, weil-knit frame and
CHEEKY, genial disposition. He has been
constant voyager for a quar;er OF cent
ury, over half of that time having been in
the trans Atlantic service. In the course
of the conversation over the Widespread
table, the mystery of the CHy Of Boston
aliu led to.
'Yes, ,"remarkcd the Captain, 81 shall
never forget the last night we saw that i'll
fa'ed vessel. l chief officer of tho
city Of Ant,rerp. On the day we sighted
the CitV Of BUStOn furious southeast
hurricane set in. Both vessels laborcd
hard. The sea seemed determined TO
sweep away every veStige of life. w hen
day ended the gale did not aba:e, and cv.
erything was dashed for a 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 hoats, fe-pre-
servers and RATS were all securely lashed;
and when she went down everything went
with her, never to re-appear until the sea
gives upits dead"
What, in your opinion, Captain, was
the cause OF the loss ofthe City Of BOston?"
1.-The CITY Of Limerick, in almost pre-
ciseiy the same latitude, few days late,
found the sea full of floating ice; and
have no doubt the Ciy Of Boston collided
with the ice, and sunk immediately"
Captain Murray has been in command of
the Alaska ever since she put in COM
mission and feels justly proud of his noble
ship. She carries thousands of passengers
every year, and ha! greatly popularlzcd
upon the bronzed and healthy appearance
of the Captain, the report said that sea
life did not seem to be a very great phys
ical trial.
"No? But a PERSONS appearance is not
always trustworthy indication of his
physical condition. For seven years
have been in many respects very much out
of sorts with myself At certain times L
move around. l could scarcely straighten
up. l did not know what the trouble was.
and though performed all my duties reg.
ularly and satisfactorily, yet l felt that
might some day be overtaken with some
serious prostra'ing disorder. These
troubles Increased. felt dun and then,
and limbs. Possibly the next day l would
feel flushed AMI unaccountably uneasy
and the day following chilly and despond-
en-. This continued until last December,
when / was Drostrated soon after leaving
Queenstown, and for the remainder of the
voyage wa helpless, pitiful sufferer. In
january last, Il friend who made that voy-
age with me, wrote Ele letter urging me
to try a new course of treatment. / glad
ly accepted his counsel, and for the last
seyen months have given thorough and
bnsiness-like attention to the recovery Of
my natural health; and to-day, have the
proud satisfaction of saying to you that
the lame lack, the strange feel el-ngs, tie
sciatic rheumatism which have so long
through the bIood-purifying influence Of
Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure which en-
tirely eradicated all rheumatic poison
from my system. Indee |, to me, it seems
that it has worked wonde rs, AMI there
fore most cordially comment it,"
"Aud you have 10 trouble now in expos
ing yourself to the winds of the Atlantic:"
- Not TIE least. l am sound bull
let and l feel specially thankful over the
fact because l believe rheumatic and kid
ney disease is III the blood of my family. l
was dreadfully shocked on my last arrival
in Liverpool o learn that my brother, who
is a wealthy China tea merchant, had sud-
denly died of Bright's disease of the kid
neys, and consider myself extremely fort
unate in having 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 ali its outlines and yet so
genial, and thought of the innumerable ex-
posures and hardships to which its owner
had been exposed, he instincsvely wished
all who are suffering from the terrible
rheumatic troubl s now common might
know of Captain 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. It is false philoso-
ply which teaches us to endure when we
can just as readily avoid, So thought the
hearty Captain Of the Alaska, SO thinks
the writer and SO should all others think
who desire happiness and long life.