Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-12

II distress, but Of cnurse, nothing Of the
srt was dosr. Under the law he sfossh
bead fur the nsaress port ind there surrssss.sr
briS and ere~, but, u course. he had 70
thought Of this. While he bal not inc.isi
the crex TO resistance, he had not come %
the aSl VI the officers Il woud have beea
easy 30 prove bis sympathy for nae, and that
would have made him the accessory Of tae
crew IL was realized that all had o1tlawei
themselves, and the question was, where 20
go, and what to do with the brig. II WIS
finally decided TO haul up for the Solomon
fsIansi. The brig was bound home through
Torres strait as -ise hai two ports Of cal
TO maze before rearhiRg the Cape Of GsAd
uc,e. AMI we were not more than 40 mis-
out u Sydney when the murders occurred
We therefore had voyage of so miles ss>
fore Us
Fer the first sr.-sz Illesi cs,.,ld not have b.
have. uyure ssnsibiy The Discipline ~es
good, and ali were under proper restraint
We were sighting vessels daily, and IN 10y
eral occasions We were passed 50 closely n
ese hal to signal our number and report MI
veil On the third dag a inan-of-war excnai'is-
cd Signals with us. and through some bU'i-;;-
ling on our part bis suspicious see''iesI %
have been aroused. and he would have r
harss BEARDED Us had not change IN ;-e
weather. occurred After about q wee@, hos
ever, the men began to get independent as.a
10 bring forward new plaels, ami there "-s
10 longer any harmony among the creN.
While Chairman was the only one who coG.i
navigate n -Aip, AMI while he had been pct
in char,,, Of tie brig, tine men finally refu7si
to do any work beyond that OF sailing The
craft. Some openly advocated that we tgra
t,irare. and others wanted 10 run into sf-;ieH
tslrt and sell bril-, ami cargo and Divide ti.e
money. This WIS bs-o;ed at b. the more Ia
tell ,eni, and gave rise to further III feelifs-
The brig had Hight or contrary winds rAi
made slow proggess, and at the end OF tFo
weeks the situation Oh board could not have
l4sen much worse. There were nine OF as,
Including the cook, black man and each
man Of then lsa..iiel determined 10 do a. 't''
ll.as.sl All messed IN the cabin, and al
lad Access to the liquor, and as co:-e
queace shts frequently occurred, and tlele
we're times w..cn the brig bad close sha -
from being made wreck On one oceaai ~
the men charged the mate with playing
them false, ami win planning to deliver
them up TO justice but ha somehow satisfied
them that he was holding TO the course Org
nally agreed upon, and he Was honest IN
what he SAID. After run OF some twenty-five
days he announced that We were approach
ing the Solomon Islands, and the men at
once made ready to carry out their further
plans,
One hundred miles southwest Of San Chris
toval, which is tie easternsnost island in the
.,roup, Is a small r group called the Little
.solonlons. It was this group We were APP
preaching, and at that date no white man
lad yet foot upon them. They were inhabited
by fierce and bloolthirSty natives, VINO com
bined piracy, wrecking and fishing, and the
mate was for making for the other group.
Il. was oyerruled in this. and when the brig
had hauled in until the land could be seen
from the deck the long boat was got over
and loaded The men intended TO play the
part Of castaways, and had n story all fixed
up They erased the name Of the boat, and
took nothing aboard which would betray the
identity Of the brig, which they meant to
scutte At noon, after working all the
morning, they had loaded the boat with
whatever suited them, divided up the sum Of
.l,2J0 found on board, and were ready to
bore holes in the briggs bottom.
For two days had been i'll of fever and
confined to my bunk knew from the con
versation around me what was going on, and
at noon, when one Of the men brought me
cup Of Cruel he said we should soon be off
Half an hour later the brig became quiet
that | grew afraid, and with great effort
crawled Oh deck The long boat was a mile
away, with every man in it. About four
miles to the west, coming up under light
breeze, was British man-of-war All sail
had been taken Off the LriG, so that she was
siulply drifting 1t was the sight of the man
of-war which had hurried of
suddenly. In about an hour she came up,
and, after crew had been put aboard both
vessels, stood in and came to anchor in Il bay,
and then boats We're sent out tor the mutt
neers. Not even sight OF them was ever
obtained Ten ars later it was known that
they made landing on one of the small
islands, wer- secreted ny the natives until the
ship sailed, and every one of them was then
knocked on the head for the sake of the
plumber
was taken back to Sydney, and later on to
Eng land, and us | WAS the only survivor my
story was tod and retoId in the courts and
press until le whole world had the details,
New YORK Sun.
Lawns and Lawn Mowers.
A large proportion of the lawns in city.
village and country are deterioratinR, and
close examination shows the turf to he thin,
the desirable grasses weak browning quickly
under drought and hot sun. while coarse, I'M
slightly plants creep in and retain a foothold.
The beauty of the lawn dinin ishes with age
in spite Of liberal fcrtilizng and close and
regular cutting What Is the ieason' Main
ly, it is the excessive use o. the modern lawn
mower
In nearly every locality may be found pas
ture lands long set with grasses fine and rich
,pl
drought, with thick. elastic turf. through
which no color of soil can be seen--the very
perfection of lawn il it were trimmed close
and even Why does the pasture flourish
through score of years aud the lawn decay
Simply because the pasture is kept nearly
under natural conditions and the lawn is sub
iected to an intense dwarfing system
Suppose the lawn is newly made, according
to the best instructions, the soil deeply dug,
enriched and made clean and fine, the seed
sown and the grass plants shown thick and
strong What next The lawn mower-two
or three times week until growth stops in
autumn Next spring the grass makes re-
uewed struggle for existence. starts early and
strong again 1t lifts its blades to the sun and
air that it may push its roots into the rich
soil for moisture and sislenance The effort
is promptly met by the lawn mower. Growth
is checked above and under ground. so
through an entire season and succeeding
years
The law is that the root growth OF the plant
Is In proportion to its top growth. the root
growth is shallow OF what avail Is deep
rich soilf Is it wonder that the lawn
browns early and that coarse, hardy plants
get a footholdi Give the grass plant
chance to make adequate root growth If you
ba, ot.,J ~ Iaxr : ha
lesson of the pasture lands Encourage it a
little in early spring, and in the autumn lay
the lawn mower away early and let thick
strong growth of grass lie the winter pro
lection of the lawn. American Agricultural
ist
Ants Wake n Temperance Drink.
did YOU know that ants would make lem
onadef' said a Bridge street grocer 70 a
Tribune man tho ether day They will, for
have seen them do it several times The