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^ ^ ISSHED SEMI-WEEKL^^ l. m. grist's sons, pnbiuhen, J % Ifamitij Ueipspaper: 4for the giromofion o|( the political, jSociat. ^ricultatal and dlommeittial Interests of the feogle. | a^yea^r ^auvanck. ESTABLISHED 1855. "" YORKVILLK, S. C~ TUESDAY, JAXUAHY 15, 1307. " . NO. 5. ( i A Romance of the 1 Hy \V. G I I.. >1 CHAPTER XV. " I IS a wiiu IImili, yei mere aic abroad The storm offends not. 'Tis but oppression hides. While fear, the scourge of conscience, lifts a whip Beyond his best capacity to fly." The evening, which had been beautiful before, had undergone a change. The moon was obscured, and gigantic shadows, dense and winged, hurried with deep-toned cries along the heavens, as if in angry pursuit. Occasionally, in sudden gusts, the winds moaned heavily among the pines; a cooling freshness impregnated the atmosphere, and repeated flashes of sharpest lightning Imparted to the prospect a splendor which illuminated, while increasing the perils of that path which our adventurers were now pursuing. Large drops, at moments, fell from the driving clouds, and every thing promised the coming on of one of those sudden and severe thunder storms, so common to the early summer of the Singleton looked up anxiously at the wild confusion of sky and forest around him. The woods seemed to apprehend the danger, and the melancholy sighing of their branches appeared to Indicate an Instinct consciousness. which had its moral likeness to the feeling In the bosom of the observer. How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest! how many beautiful vines, which had clung to them like affections that only desire an object to fasten upon, would share In their ruin! How could Singleton overl?Hik analogy between the fortune of his family and friends, and that which his Imagination depicted as the probable destiny of the forest? "We shall have It before long. Hum- j phrles, for you see the black horns yonder In the break before us. I begin to feel the warm breath of the hurricane already, and we must look out for some smaller woods. I like not these high pines In a storm like this, so use your memory, man. and lead on to some thicket of scrubby oaks?If you can think of one near at hand. Ha! ? we must speed?we have lingered too long. Why did you not hurry me? You should have known how difficult It was for me to hurry myself In such a situation." This was spoken by Singleton at moments when the gusts permitted him to he heard, and when the Irregularity of the route suffered his companion to keep beside him. The lieutenant answered promptly? "That was the very reason why I did not wish to hurry you. major. I knew you hadn't seen your folks fori n mighty long spell, and so I couldn't find It In my heart to break In upon you, though I felt dub'ous that the storm would be soon upon us." "A bad reason for a soldier. Friends and family are scarcely desirable at such a time as this, since we can seldom see them, or only see their suffering. Ha!?that was sharp!" "Yes, sir, but at some distance. We are coming to the stunted oaks now. which are rather squart. and not so likely to give as the pines. There aint so much of 'em. you see. Keep a look out, sir, or the branches will pull you from your horse. The road here is pretty much overgrown, and ^ the vines crowd thick upon it." I "A word In season," exclaimed Singleton, as he drew back before an overhanging branch which had been bent by the wind, and was thrust entirely across his path. A few moments were spent In roiinding the obstruction. and the storm grew heavier: the winds no longer labored among the trees, but rushed along with a force which flattened their elastic tops, so that it either swept clean through them, or laid them prostrate for ever. A stronger hold, a positive straining in their effort, became necessary now, * with both riders, in order to secure themselves firmly in their saddles: while their horses, with uplifted ears, and an occasional snort, in this manner. not less than by a shiver of their whole frames, betrayed their own apprehensions. and. as it were, appealed to their masters for protection. The dumb beast knows where to Iook, aner an. major, mr iuiuh n mui man Is most able, you see. to take care of him. though man wants his keeper too. But the beast don't know that. He's like the good soldier that minds his own captain, and looks to him only, though the captain himself has a general from whom he gets his orders. Now. say what you will, major, there's reason in the horse?the good horse. I mean, for some horses that I've straddled in my time have shown themselves mighty foolish and Br unreasonable." ^ . Humphries stroked the neck of his steed fondly, and coaxed him by an affectionate word, as he uttered to himself thus, with no very profound philosophy. He seemed desirous of assuring the steed that he held him of the bet ter class, and favored him accordingly. Singleton assen'ed to the notion of his companion, who did not. however, see the smile which accompanied his answer. "Yes. yes, Humphries, the horse knows his muster, and is the least able or willing of all animals to do without liini. I would we had our nags in safety now: I would these five miles were well over." "It's n tough ride; but that's so niueh the better, major?the less apt we are to be troubled with the Tories." "I should rather plunge through a erowd of them. now. in a charge against superior cavalry, than take it ^ in such a night as this, when the wind B lifts you, at every bound, half out of your saddle, and. but for the lightning, which comes quite too high to lie at V all times pleasant, your face would ' make momentary acquaintance with houghs and branches, vines and thorns, that give no notice and leave their mark at every brush A charge were far less difficult " iRTISAH American Revolution [<>lt? MIM MN ('"Almost as safe, sir, that's certain, "nil n'lt mni'o liniilensiiiit But let US hold up, major, for a while, and push for the thicket. We shall now have the worst of the hurricane. See the edge of It yonder?how black! and now ?only hear the roaring!" "Yes, It comes. I feel It on my cheek. It sends a breath like fire before It. sultry and thick, as if It had been sweeping all day over beds of the hottest sand. Lead the way, Humphries. "Here, sir?follow close and quick. There's a clump of forest, with nothing but small trees, lying to the left? now. sir, that flash will show It to you ?there we can be snug till the storm passes over. It has a long bo'dy and It shakes It mightily, but It goes too fast to stay long In^lts journey, and a few minutes, sir?a few minutes Is all we want. Mind the vine there, sir; and there, to your left. Is a gully, where un old tree's roots have come up. Now, major, the sooner we dismount and squat with our horses the better." They had now reached the spot to which Humnhries had directed his course?a thick undergrowth of small timber?of field pine, the stunted oak, black-jack and hickory?few of sufficient size to feel the force of the tempest, or prove very conspicuous conductors of the lightning. Obeying the suggestion and following the example of his companion. Singleton dismounted. and the two placed themselves and their horses as much upon the sheltered side of the clump as possible, yet sufficiently far to escape any danger from its overthrow. Here they awaited the coming of the tempest. The experienced woodman alone could have spoken for its approach. A moment's pause had intervened, when the suddenly aroused elements seemed as suddenly to have sunk into grim repose. A slight sighing of the wind only, as it wound sluggishly along the distant wood, had its warning, and the dense blackness of the embodied storm was only evident at moments when the occasional rush of the lightning made visible Its gloomy terrors. "It's making ready for a charge, major: It's Just like a good captain, sir, that calls In his scouts and sentries, and orders all things to keep quiet, and without beat of drum gets all fixed to spring -out from the bush upon them that's coming. It won't be long now, sir, before we get it: but just now it's still as the grave. It's waiting for Its outriders?then long streaky white Momls It spnt out on hour aeo. like so many scouts. They're a-coming up now, and when they all get up together?then look out for the squall. Quiet now. Mossfoot?quiet now, creature?don't be frightened?it's not a-going to hurt you. old fellow?not a bit." Humphries patted his favorite while speaking, and strove to soothe and quiet the impatience which both horses exhibited. This was in that strange pause of the storm which is its most remarkable feature in the south?that singular interregnum of the winds, vhen, after giving repeated notice of their most terrific action, they seem tlmost to forget their purpose, and for a few moments appear to slumber in their inactivity. Rut the pause was only momentary, and was now at an end. In another instant, they heard the rush and the roar as of a thousand wild steeds of the desert ploughing the sands; then followed the mournful howling of the trees?the shrieking of the lashed winds, as if. under the influence of some fierce demon who enjoyed his triumph, they (dunged through the forest, wailing at their own destructive progress, yet compelled unswervingly to hurry, forward. They twisted the pine from its place, snapping it as a reed, while its heavy fall to the ground which it had so long sheltered, ivillf.l mi even amid the roar of the tempest, a thousand echoes from the forest. The branches of the wood were prostrated like so much heather, wreste*d and swept from the tree which vielded them without a struggle to the blast; and the crouching horse and riders below were in an instant coveted with a cloud of fragments. These were the precursors merely; then came the arrowy flight and form of the hurricane itself?its actual bulk?its embodied power, pressing along through the forest in a gyratory progress, not t'fty yards wide, never distending in width, yet capriciously winding from right to left and left to right, in a zig'ag direction, us if a playful spirit thus strove to mix with all the terrors f destruction the sportive mood of the most idle fancy. In this progress, the whole wood in its path underwent prostration?the tall, proud pine, the deep-rooted and unbending oak. the small cedar and the pliant shrub, torn, dismembered of their tine proportions; some, only by a timely yielding to the pressure, passed over with little injury. as if too much scorned by the assailant for his wrath. The larger trees in the neighborhood of the spot vhere our partisans had taken shelter, shared the harsher fortune generally, for they were in the very track of the tempest. Too sturdy and massive to yield, they withheld their homage, and were either snapped off relentlessly and short, or were torn and twisted up from their very roots. The poor horses, with eyes staring in the direction of the storm, with ears erect, and manes llying in the wind, stood trembling in every joint, too much terrified, or too conscious of their helplessness, to attempt tit My. All around the crouching party the woods seemed for several seconds absolutely flattened. Huge trees were prostrated, and their branches were clustering thickly, and almost forming a prison around them; leaving it doubtful, as the huge terror rolled over their heads, whether they could ever make their escape from the enclosure. Hush after rush of the trooping winds went over them, keeping them immovable in their crowded shelter and position?each succeeding troop wilder and weightier than the i last, until at length a sullen, bellowing 1 murmur, which before they had not u heard, announced the greater weight of the hurricane to be overthrowing s the forests in the distance. a The chief danger had overblown, a Gradually the warm, oppressive breath o passed off; the air again grew sudden- ii ly cool, and a gush of heavy drops 1? came falling from the heavens, as if they too had been just released from p the intolerable pressure which had burdened the earth. Moaning pitifully, n the prostrated trees and shrubs, those a! which had survived the storm, though Ii | shorn by Its scythes, gradually, and|a seemingly witn painrui errorx, once n more elevated themselves to their old it position. Their sighlngs, as they did o so, were almost human to the ears of ft our crouching warriors, whom their nr movement In part released. Far and near, the moaning of the forest around w them was strangely, but not unpleasantly, heightened in Its effect upon tl their senses, by the distant and de- tl dining roar of the past and far trav- u eling hurricane, as ploughing the deep A woods and laying waste all In Its tl progress. It rush on to a meeting with tl the kindred storms that gather about ci the gloomy CJape Hatteras, and stir e and foam along the waters of the At- It lantlc. b "Well, I'm glad It's no worse, ma- .ai 'or." cried Humphries, rising an'' 11 shaking himself from the brush with ir which he was covered. "The danger Is now over, though it was mighty ri close to our haunches. Look, now, at this pine, split all to shivers, and the G top not five feet from Mossfoot's quar- 01 ters. The poor beast would ha* been h in a sad fix a little to the left there." ai Extricating themselves, they helped ai their steeds out of the brush, though E with some difficulty?soothing them si all the while with words of encourage- f< ment. As Humphries had already re- tt marked in his rude fashion, the horse, at such moments, feels and acknowledges his dependence upon man. looks tl to him for the bridle, and files to him w for protection. They were almost pas- ol sive in the hands of their masters, and w under the tinsubsided fear would have ai followed them, like tame dogs, in any ct direction. I The storm, though diminished of Its tl terrors, still continued; but this did ? not discourage the troopers. They tn were soon mounted, and once more f* upon their way. The darkness, In pi uart. had heen dissipated by the hurricane. It had swept on to other re- tc gions, leaving behind it only detached in masses of wind and rain-clouds slug- ai gishly hanging, or fitfully flying along al the sky. These, though still sufficient to defeat the light of the moon, could di not altogether prevent a straggling d< ray which peeped out timidly at pauses it in the storm; and which, though it bi could not Illumine still contrived to gi diminish somewhat the gloom and O forbidding character of the scene, tr Such gleams In the fiattrraf, are like w the assurances of hope In the moral In world?they speak of tomorrow?they promise us that the clouds must pass away?they cheer, when there Is little left to charm. The path over which the partisans y\ journeyed had been little used, and was greatly overgrown. They could move but slowly, therefore. In the Imperfect light: and. but for the fre- f quent flashes of lightning It might S( have been doubtful, though Humphries ^ knew the country, whether they could sl have found their way. But the same w agent which gave them light, had nearly destroyed them. While Hum- j? phrles. descending from his steed. w which he led by the bridle, was looking about for a by-path that he ex- p, nected to find In the neighborhood, a r( sudden stroke of the lightning, and c{ the overwhelming blaze which seem- c) ed to kindle all around them, and remained for several seconds stationary. y( drove back the now doubly terrified steeds, and almost blinded their riders. That of Singleton sank upon his ^ haunches, while Mossfoot, In her terror. dragged . Humphries, who still grasped firmly his bridle, to some little distance in the woods. Sudden blackness succeeded, save in one spot, where a tree smitten by the fluid, and was now blazing along the oozy gum at w its sides. The line of fire was drawn ^ along the tree, up and down?a bright ^ lame, that showed them more of the a i track they were pursuing than they had seen before. In the first moment following the cessation of the fiercer blaze made by the lightning, and when ' tho tree first began to extend a cer- "" tain light. Singleton thought he saw through the copse the outline of a human form, on foot, moving quickly along the road above him. He called quickly to Humphries, but the lieutenant was busy with his steed, and 1 did not seem to hear. Again was the object visible and Singleton then cried out- e' "Who goes there??ho!" 1 No answer: and the fugitive only ? seemed to Increase his speed, turning asille to the denser woods, as if he (' strove to elude observation. The chal- ^ lenge was repeated. "What, ho! there?who goes? Speak, or I shoot." . He detached one of his pistols from ^ the holster as he spoke, and cocked p it to he in readiness. Still no answer, ^ the person addressed moving more quickly than ever. With the sight, with an instinct like lightning, the partisan put spurs to his steed, and drove fearlessly through the bush in pursuit. The fugitive now took fairIT ly t<> his heels, leaping over a fallen tree, fully in sight of his pursuer. In a moment after, the steed went after him--Humphries, by this time in saddie. closely following on the heels of his commander. For a moment the object was lost to sight, but in the Ci next he appeared again. T "Stand!" was the cry. and with It the shot. The hall rushed Into the n bush which seemed to shelter the fly- l' imr man. and where they had last seen him?they hounded to tlie spot, hut 11 nothing: was to he seen. g "He was ltere?you saw him. Humphries. did you not?" 11 "A bit of him. major?a small chance M of him behind the hush, hut ton little s a mark for them pistols." "lie Is there?there!" and catching '' another glimpse of the fugitive. Sin- M gleton led the pursuit, again firing as ^ he flew. and. without pausing to wait the result, leaping down to the spot where he appeared to them. The pur- u suit was equally fruitless with the v aim. The place was bare. They had e plunged into a hollow, and found : themselves in a pond, almost knee deep n n water. They looked about vainly, lumphrles leading the search with inusual earnestness. "I like not, major, that the fellow hould escape. Why should he stand shot, rather than refuse to halt, and nswer to a civil question? I'm dub'us. major, there's something wrong n it; and he came from the direction jading to our camp." "u" ' "An onrA A# V?o f TT11 m. Jia. ill C jv?u oui t vi t>iiavf **?..? hries??think you so?" "Ay, sir?the pine that was struck larks the by-path through which I hould have carried you in daylight, t is the shortest, though the worst; nd he could not have been far from ; when you sturted him. Ah! I have : now. A mile from this is the house ! f old Mother Blonay, the dam of that illow Goggle. We will ride there, lajor if you say so." "With what object, Humphries? hat has she to do with it?" "I suspect the fugitive to be Goggle, le chap I warned you not to take into 1 ie troop. Better we had hung him p. for he's not one to depend upon. II his blood's bad; his father?him ley call so, at least?was a horseilef: and some say, that he had a ross In his blood. As for that, it's lear to me, that Goggle Is a half-breed ' ldlan. or mestizo, or something. Anyrid y that looks on Goggle will say so; nd then the nature of the beast is so ke an Indian?why, sir, he's got no lore feeling than a pine stump." "And with what motive would you 1 de to his mother's?" "Why, sir, if this skulking chap be . . ... , i oggie, ne s euner ueen mere, ur ia r> his way there; and If so, be sure e's after mischief. Proctor or Huck t the garrison will soon have him mong them, and he'll get his pay In ngllsh guineas for desertion. Now. r. it's easy to see if he's been there, >r I s'pose the old hag don't mind to 11 us." "Lead on! A mile, you say?" "A short mile; and if he's not been lere yet. he must be about somehere, and we may get something out f the old woman, who passes for a Itch about here, and tells fortunes, rid can show you where to find stolen ittle: and they do say, major, though never believed It?they do say," and le tones of his voice fell as he spoke -"they do say she can put the bad louth upon people; and there's not a w that lay all their aches and comlaints to her door." "Indeed!" was the reply of Slngle?n; "indeed! she Is a sight worth seeig; and so let us ride. Humphries, id get out of this swamp thicket with II possible speed." "A long leap, major, will be sure to r? It. But better we move slowly. 1 sn't want to lose our chance at this iseal for something; and who knows at we may catch him there. He's a reat skunk, now, major, that same oggle; and though hanging's much 10 good for him, yet them pistols ouhi hnre pleased me better had "they ilged the ball more closely." (To be Continued.) ILL FATED AUTHORS. friters Whiose Works Proved Their Own Death Warrants. In times gone by monarchs gave tort shrift to authors of books that ofrnded them. The Bourbons, for inance, did not scruple about paying isassins to "remove" those writers, ich as the gifted Paul Courier, whose orks displeased them. Nor did the reat Napoleon hesitate at all in shootig or hanging the unhappy author ho crossed his path. On one occasion he executed the ublisher?one named Palm of Nu mberg?of a book attacking him beluse that Individual refused to disuse the name of its author. A terrible fate befell a nlneteen?ur-old authoress of a poem which as read by no other person than its riter, a lady of the Empress Ellzaeth of Russia's court, and the emress herself. This was Vera Paskln, ho wrote about 200 lines of verse itirizing the empress* vices. In youthful pride and imprudence * le girl showed the manuscript to one 1 ( the court ladies. To curry favor 1 ith the empress this woman showed ' to Elizabeth, who thereupon order- 1 1 Vera Paskin to be cruelly knouted ' nd banished for life to Siberia. ' A poem has even brought about le death of its writer, and in Kngind. too. .Irme? I. was the offended lonareh; John Williams the poet. i'IIIlams, for safety. Inclosed the erses in an iron box and sent them ? the king, who. always fearing asissination, jumped to the conclusion lat the box was none other than an ifernal machine. When the news of the real nature f the box's contents leaked out. howver, James grew so angry at the jee?fi lat were leveled at him from all parts f the kingdom that he had the un>rtunate John Williams hanged, rawn and quartered.?Pearson's Weekly. Brick For Glass. The demand for hollow bricks and uilding blocks for house construction as induced glass manufacturers to ut hollow glass bricks on the iraret. and they promise to he used e\Misively for novel and artistic < f;cts. The first glass brick proved a failre on account of their cost, but the ollow glass brick can be made at luch less expense. They nre lighter nd stronger than clay bricks, and are nch excellent non-conductors that alls built of them are proof against ampness, sound, heat and cold. The ricks are sealed hermetically when ot. and are placed in walls with a oiorless mortar made of special glass, he bonding strength of the glass lo ??q pTpnt jiq fhp bricks hemselves. For ornamental friezes, j adoes. string courses, ami facades ( hey are of special value, and add ( reatly to the artistic effects. ( For those who might object to IIv- ] ig in glass houses through whose alls anyone could see. it should he , aid that the hollow glass bricks are lade both translucent and opaque, 'urthermore. the old adage that those ,'ho live in glass houses should refrain r.?m throwing stones has no applica- i ion to the modern glass brick house, or the bricks are made so strong that n ordinary stone thrown against a rail of them would rebound without racking any of the masonry. ti' Clergymen were not allowed to aarry in England till 1547. Jftiscdlancous iiradim). TO INVESTIGATE RAILROADS. m d t Resolution Introduced In the House " For the Purpose. Following la the text of an Impor- c tant resolution introduced in the house last Thursday by Representative Frost of Charleston: ? Whereas, it is necessary for the po- . litical and industrial advancement of ir this state that reliable and proper methods of transportation should he maintained for persons and goods; 1)3 And, whereas, the post roads owned and maintained by the state for the benefit of its citizens have been supplanted by the railroads, owned and maintained by private corporatfons for the benefit of their share holders, which said railroad corporations in st consideration of certain extraordinary th powers granted by the state have un- er ilertaken the duties, responsibilities W and privileges of common carriers for ?t the citizens of this state, '<> And, whereas, the said railroad cor- -st poratlons have accepted and used the 1,1 privileges conferred upon them as lit common curriers but are generally re- se Karded as having failed to perform the corresponding duties owed by them to the citizens of this stat? In "d that it is believed that; 1. They have failed to maintain w' proper and sufficient roadbeds and tracks. ari 2. They have failed to provide lo- ye comotives of sufficient power to haul ar the trains which the commercial de- ro relopment of the state demands for ve h? IroniinnrtgHAn rtf tho InprpnH- th In* number of goods* and persons*. 3. They have failed to furnish" ea :lean and safe passenger coaches. ar 4. They have failed to provide cars mj Tor the speedy transportation of the co products of the state. 5. They have refused to provide co *ufflcient cars for the transportation te if goods and have thfreby hampered :he commercial and Industrial develipment of the state. 6. The schedules which they undertake to operate, and which even If uri nalntained are Insufficient for the se proper transportation of passengers, ire seldom kept and thereby trouble liul pecuniary loss are caused to the ? persons whom they have agreed to 08 ransport. 7. The Insufficiency of their-plant. SO ind Incompetency of their manageQfl ment has caused the death of many ! Sf* >f the citizens of this state. ' 8. They have maintained their con- ^ irol of the railroads in this state for he purpose of stifling competition and :hereby permitting them to Increase heir earnings by charging high rates. md by hauling the goods along these 1 ines which yield to them the best rev- ^ ?nue without regard to the benefits or m ;yvenlence of the shippers. 4lflw, be It resolved, by the house pr if representatives, the senate concur",ng: st, 1. That a Joint committee conslstng of two senators and three mem- ? m, jers of the house of representatives, ie appointed by the presiding officers >f the respective houses to Investigate t he affairs and management of the an allroads of this state. p0 2. That the said committee shall )tJ examine carefully the laws now per aining to railroads, and shall suggest ^ such new laws as they may deem proper for the purpose of bringing )ul ibout better and safer means of com- w. nunication between the different sec- at Ions of this state and shall report A heir suggestions at the next session sa >f the general assembly. jj.( 3. That the said committee shall !a| nspect the rolling stock and tracks ind shall investigate the earnings of lie railroads as well as the rates yj( harged by them, and shall have pow- so 'r to investigate all other matters to vhleh shall seem pertinent to the said nf Mimmltee for the purpose of carrying ce nto effect the objects of its appoint- fn nent. fe( 4. That the committee is hereby luthorized and empowered to elect a he marshal, who, upon being sworn. <hall he and become a peace officer of jn he state and be invested with all ,a lie powers of sheriffs and constables (? n the service of any and all process ar xsued by the committee aforesaid, and co with the power to arrest and Imprison hi Jpnn the order of the said committee |e| my and all persons who shall fail or pe refuse to obey any legal order of the eV sa'd committee, or who shall be guilty n*. >1 any uisnrueriy luiiuun ,,, ?nee nf the committee, during any session thereof, or who shall be guilty f any contempt of the said committee. ,,r 5. That the said committee he and se ire hereby authorized and empower- at ?d to cull before them by summons or er notice, in such form as the committee ri< may adopt, ami to be served by the sti marshal of said committee, or such wt ther officer of the state as may be by pt the committee required, such person di r persons as the committee deems Co l>roper, and to require such person or in persons to answer, upon oath, any of ind all questions that the committee so may deem relevant and may propound to him or them: and upon failure or eg refusal of such person or persons to so bey such summons or notice, or to o| inswer such questions, such person or w; persons shall be deemed to be in con- cl; tempt of the authority of said com- st rnittee, and may be imprisoned upon rl< the order of said committee in the \V onimon iail to be there held until he th i>r they comply with the order of the ch mid committee; Provided that no tes- pi timony given by said witness shall be used against them in a criminal pros- ed edition. er 6. That the said committee be, and pi the same is hereby authorized to send for and to require the production of th any and all books, papers and other iti documents or writings which may be b( deemed relevant to any investigation bt and to require said person or persons be in custody or possession of such pa- ci pers to produce the same before the In committee, and any person or persons of who shall fail or refuse on the order te of said committee to produce said a books, papers or other documents or |c writings, shall be deemed guilty of bt contempt of said committee and shall be punished as provided in section 2. ^ 7. That the said committee shall have power to administer necessary a, oaths, and any other person who shall, to after being sworn before said commit- (0 tee, swear falsely, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon eonvlc- a, on, .shall be punished as provided b; LW. 9. That the sum of $2,000, If s< mch be necessary be appropriated ti sfray the expense of this committee le said sum to be paid out of the gen al funds on the warrant of th< tairman of this committee. 10. That each member of salt >mmlttee shall receive four (4) dob rs a day and the usual mileage ol ,-e (5) cents a mile while engaged Ir le business of the said committee. 11. That this resolution shall tak< feet Immediately upon Its approya r the governor. ISLAND OF ANEGADA. Strange Creation of Nature of the West Indies. The Island of Anegada Is one of the rangest of all the strange places Ir e world. It lies near the northeast n angle of the mcln chain of the 'est Indies, and <3 Jers from all the her islands near L in being flat and w, the neighboring islands all being eep and mountainous. It is nine lies long and two miles across, and s so low that in heavy gales the a makes a clean breach over the wer portions of it, whence, Its name, r anegada is the Spanish fot rowned land." In 1881 it had 719 inhabitants, ol horn only three were white people, s population Is noted for Idleness, id the main occupation for many ars was wrecking?for an extensive id very dangerous coral reef surunds the island, and once gave it a ry melancholy notoriety. But since e establishment of the lighthouse oi ?mbrero (forty-seven miles to the stward), there have been few, if ly. wrecks on Anegada, since the aln cause of the shipwrecks was the nstant and swift current which sets >on the island from the east. Acrdlngly, the natives are now not ofn aroused by the cry of "a vessel on e reef!"?the only call in the old .ys which would arouse them from eir almost perpetual inactivity. Anegada used to be covered with iderwood?notably of the kind called aside grape, which here Is partlcurly rich In the valuable gum called malca kino. Anegada is the home very numerous and singular'troplI plants, but It Is, perhaps, rather ore noteworthy for Its Immense numrs of mosquitoes, gullinlppers and orpions, not to speak of venomous id others reptiles. The surrounding as are rich in scale and shell fish many kinds. Among its singular rds the flamingo Is one of the most imerons species. It Is not an easy matter to reach e island. A few years ago an atmpt was made to open mines upon but nothing came of the effort save sappointment and loss. Among the any disagreeable features of life In Is hot and steaming climate Is the esence of lai^e salt ponds, which In e dry season give out an Intolerable ench. When Schomburgk was on Anegada any years ago there was one morn s a great outcry that al! fhe north .rt of the island was flooded, and so all appearance it was; but on exnination it was found that the supsed waves of the sea were in realr only a low-lying fog which was pidly sweeping along. Another cuius thing is the aerial refraction, and is often brings into view other lands which lie below the horizon, and nich, according to the ordinary operlons of nature, ought to be invisible, part of the surface Is composed of nd dunes, but there is a consideras proportion of calcareous or coral nd. with belts of fertile loam, and if e soil were intelligently and falthlly cultivated, it would no doubt eld good returns. In ordinary seans the fresh water supply appears be ample. On the northeast side the Island there Is a singular sucsslon of very deep natural wells of ?sh wajter, some of them twenty-five et across at the top. It would be hard to find anywhere a itter, wetter, worse-smelling. or more inerally disagreeable place to live than Anegada; but for the most .rt a pretty healthy place?at least r the natives, of whom nearly all e black or colored. In the anteIonia I days the Indians used to come ther In their canoes, and they have rt Immense kitchen middens, or aps of shells; but no Indian could tr bring himself to make a permanl.liume In Anegada with its steamg fogs?Boston Herald. Artificial Eggs. The artificial egg as a commercial oduct having been abandoned b> ientlsts as an Impossible invention tention Is being drawn to the pres vatinn of real eggs for indefinite pe>ds. Canned eggs, limed eggs, coldurage eggs, and eggs preserved ir iter-glass and other chemical comlunds are now regular market promts; but the most recent egg freak nsists of hard boiled eggs preserved clay and charcoal paste. The Idea thus utilizing the eggs during seans of plenty Is derived from China The Chinese have preserved boiled ;gs in clay for a long time, and me of them are said to be centuries d. The eggs are boiled hard and rapped In soft clay while hot. Tht ay hardens and l?>oks like pumlet one. They are packed in bags and re husks, and kept indefinitely hen opened the yolks are green and e white part almost black, and wher topped fine they flavor sauces and avles as well as fresh boiled eggs. The duck eggs are boiled and packI in a paste of charcoal, which hardis about them and forms a perfect otection. Experiments are now being made Ir e egg districts of this country to lm ite the Chinese and go them ont >tter. If the color of the eggs car > retained restaurants may in tim? able to serve hard boiled eggs tc istomers without the latter detectg their great age. The charactei the clay and charcoal Is said to dermlne the darkening of the Inside dark, heavy clay preserving the delate white and yellow of the egg: tter than the light clay. If In the manufacture of perfumerj Is estimated that 1860 tons of orige blossoms are used every year igether with 930 tons of roses, 15( ins each of jasmine and violets, 71 ins of tube roses, 30 tons of cassis id 15 tons of jonquils. y CLOCKS COLLECTORS SEEK. i '/larks That Determine What It Wort j Having. The very early house clocks, whlc - are the kind In which ordinary col ? lectors are chiefly Interested, wer called birdcage or lantern clock/ 1 There were some of them ver - small, four or five Inches high, tha r could be hung on the bedpost, whlc i was where Catherine of Braganz had hers and where Pepys saw 1' ? He says In his diary (1664), " 1 and her holy water at her head a sne sleeps, wun a ciock ai ner Dea side wherein a lamp burns and tell her the time of night at any time." The first record of a clock In th , Massachusetts colony was In 1621 Lechford mentions In his noteboo for that year that Joseph Stratton ha ' of his brother a clock and a watcl 1 In 1640 Henry Parks of Hartford lei a clock by will to the church. ' These lantern clocks have a squar ' body and a dome top, and the dial ol ' ten Is so large that It extends beyon the sides of the body. The weight extend below the works on two chalm but In some of the specimens foun in this country the chains have bee shortened and the works altered. Th date of these clocks can be told wit some degree of accuracy by the styl of fret or brass ornament in front o the dome. The earliest and a favor ite pattern for years has two dol phlns with crossed tails and Is calle the dolphin fret. It was said to have originated witl Thomas Tomplon of London, a fa mous clockmaker who lived durln the last half of the seventeenth cen tury and died In 1713. He was calle< the father of English clockmaking am has left a more enduring fame thai ! any of his contemporaries, and incl dentally more clocks. V&vf tn TntrintAn lha tarn m Aal fa muus watchmakers of this time wer Daniel Quare, who succeeded Tom plon and died In 1725, and Georg Graham, who followed Quare and die* ' In 1775. It Is a curious fact that the: all belonged to the Society of Frlendf 1 Besides the dolphin fret there wer other patterns, the heraldic fret fol lowing the dolphin. This was a coa of arms with scroll work on elthe 1 side. This design was not used til 1650, so any clocks bearing this de sign are after that date. Bracket clocks that Is. short clock made to stand on a shelf or brackel 1 were also early patterns, and ther are many of them in this countrj one very fine one being sheltered a White Plains, N. Y., where It ha been In the owner's family for mor than a century and a half, and It stil keep excellent time. Indeed there are probably more o these old clocks tucked away tha. people suppose. Many of the moder clockmakers cannot repair them, mod [ ern clocks are cheap and there ha been such, a tendency to tuck ava ' old things that the old clock wer too. The bracket clocks were followe by long case or grandfather clock! and there are many admirable spec! mens of the latter to be found here. ' To the best English clocks It wa usual to apply either the gridiro pendulum of Harrison or Graham' mercurial pendulum. A good fact t hear In mind Is that the length of th pendulum in most long case clock made before 1800 was 39 Inches, tha Is, after the long pendulum came In to use at all. The first pendulum were called bob pendulums becaus , they swung so far to the side that I was necessary to cut slits In the sld of the case to allow them to swln free. Many clocks which started wit; bob pendulums were later supplle with long pendulums, which came In to use about the year 1680. Tomplon and William Clement wer both making long case clocks b; 1680-81, and these clocks have pecu llaritles which are plainly marked. I the first place, the dials were squari and the wooden hood which covere dial and works had to be lifted off t vpermit the clock to be wound. Now. a word as to these early dlali The first things to be observed ar the hour circles. Before the minut hand came Into use the double clr cles seen on the mantel clocks were I use. Between them the hours ar 1 divided Into quarters, the half hou 1 being shown by an extra ornamen like n dagger or a fleur de lis. 1 After the minute hand was addec beslde? the double circles showing th numerals denoting the hours and th smaller figures showing the minute there were marks on the outer edg of the larger circle showing the quar I ters. The dials of the period of Wll ' Ham III and of Queen Anne were er ? riched by beautiful engraving, an the metal was not only brass, but sll ver as well, and there were ornament or ormolu In the form of figures an i scrolls. Not a scrap of the face was lef undecorated. On the extreme edg ; was placed a border of leaves or I herring bone pattern. The whole Ir i terlor of the hour circle was filled wit . flowers, scrolls or set patterns, eithe , engraved or etched, and about th I winding holes were extra circles an I wreaths. * The earliest seventeenth centur I clocks had the names of the maker ? put on In Latin, and set straight acros ? the bottom of the dial. The next pe I riod showed the maker's name place across the lower part of the dial fac I between the figures V and VII. , It Is safe to say that these two meth I ods of marking were prior to 175< for at that time name plates began t . be used, and makers consulted thel . own taste in the matter, sometime t entirely omitting their names an substituting a motto, like Tempus Fu , git. or even couplets like: . Slow comes the hour; its passing spee how great; Waiting to seize It, vigilantly wait! 1 The cases, as well as the faces, ha i peculiarities of their own. On th ' upper part of the case will be foun " carved spiral pillars, such as are t be seen on the carved chairs of th same period. These pillars were oc > caslonally finished off with gilt plla> ters, and on Tompion's clocks ther 5 were pillars at the back as well as o the front of the case. When everything Dutch was th r fashion and a Dutch king sat on th . throne of England, marquetry case , were In vogue, and many clocks shoi ) English works housed In Dutc i cases. In some cases the marquetr i of colored woods was enriched wit mother of pearl, and there are In thl country clocks set In cases of splendid lacquer, like the one which beh longed to Thomas Hancock, and de-" scended to John Hancock, and is now h in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. I- Besides the names already mentlone ed of Tompion, Quare and Graham 8- there were other makers whose clocks y can be found here. Edward East sent over some clocks In 1690 in splendid b cases. Joseph Knlbb and James & Clowes made clocks about 1700, and t. James Lownes was noted for his long case clocks as early as 1706. 8 The corners of the dlalB were soon 8 to engage the attention of the makers, Is flnH hv tho<u? vnn nan In/1 tro nf the age of a clock. Till about 1700 the e ornaments were cherubs' heads. ! The spandrels, as these ornaments k handsomely chased, sometimes gilded, d were called, were generally of brass, * and after the eighteenth century came in two cupids holding up a crown was the fashionable device. Then came a e crown with crossed sceptres and foliage, and when the passion for rococo d ornament seized the furniture makers s the clock makers followed suit, and i. the spandrels degenerated greatly, d were made of cast brass, and fren quently not even touched with the' e graver's tool. h Almost all clocks before the eighe teenth century had straight topa >f Tompion's last clocks, made about 1709, shortly before his death, show - an arched top, in which was placed a d register for the equation of time. This arched top was regarded as a h great improvement In the appearance - of the clock, and was used for ornaK ment If not for the register. Some times name plates were put there, and d these plates, bearing either the name d of owner or maker, have proved most n annovlnsr to collectors, since If the - name is not that of a well known maker, It Is difficult to tell which It - is, owner or maker. e Not all clock makers belonged to - the guild, and In many towns like e Canterbury, Preston and Worcester d there were makers who sent their y clocks to all the English colonies, and ' many of these were marked with the e purchaser's name. In this country by - 1774 watches and clocks were comt mon enough. r They were made here In small II numbers from almost the first, but it was not till about 1780 that the man- ' ufacture was carried on to any great 8 extent. New England started the ! business and Eli Terry of Windsor, e Conn., James Harrison of Waterbury ' and Benjamin Hanks of Litchfield >t were among the first makers. 8 All these men made brass works, e which made the clocks expensive, and II then Eli Terry began to use woodeti *<? works in his clocks, some of which ' keep good time to this day. In 1807 n Terry undertook to make 600 clocks n with wooden works, but this overstocked the market to such an extent M that he was forced to reduce the price V from 826 lo $15, and then to 810. If you have a clock marked Daniel Harland, Timothy Peck, Seth Thomas, d Herman Clark. James Harrison, Asa ' Hopkins or by any of the Wlllards, you have something good. Have It put In order and hang or set It up. * In 1814 what was called the short n shelf clock was Invented by Terry, and 8 the earliest ones were made with ? wooden works, but after the Invention 6 by which blank wheels could be struck . 8 out of a sheet of brass and the teeth, ^ cut by machinery the brass wheel clocks could be made cheaper than 8 those with wooden wheels. This was e not, however, till about 1887. The next improvement was making 8 springs which could be substituted for g weights. Springs had been In use in h Europe for 200 years, but they were d so costly that they could be used only " on the most expensive clocks. American Ingenuity Invented a steel spring 8 which could be used in low priced y clocks, and which revolutionized the " business. n Perhaps the most famous name In clock making annals In America Is d that of Wlllard. There were at least ? four clock makers of this name. SI mon, Aaron, Benjamin and Simon, Jr. s- It is supposed to be the last who lne vented that peculiar style of clock e known as the Wlllard or banjo. In 1802 Wlllard of Boston, who was n no doubt, Benjamin, and had worke shops at Grafton and Roxbury, as well r as at Boston, took out a patent for ( his timepiece. Of all the old clocks these seems to be the ones most de* sired. e Twenty-five dollars is not a large e price to give for one that is out of 8 order, and when you find one keepe Ing good time, with the picture on the glass showing some old scene connec" ted with our early history, secure it by all means. It will be an ornament, d and a pleasure to you as well.?New York Sun. s t 11 Paper Yarns For Weaving. Paper garments have been used in 1 Eastern Asia for many years, and pae per vests, sheets and blankets are of a commercial value in this country to ^ keep out the cold winds; but the manufacture of fine, strong paper yarns which can be woven into fabrics the ^ same as cotton, wool, or silk is the recent achievement of an Italian, Profeasor Zanetti. ,s These yarns do not equal cotton or )S wool in their tensile strength, but they have been made with a breaking ^ strength of from eighteen thousand e to twenty-eight thousand feet. Cotton yarn has an average breaking strength of from forty-three to fortyj seven thousand feet, dry-spun flax J thirty-nine to forty-one thousand, ra r mle thirty-seven to roriy muu^im, ,s and Jute about thirty-two thousand. d But If not so strong as some of the other yarns, the paper withstands exposure to water better than Jute or d flax, and when tightly wove*i Into fabrics offers better protection from cold winds. When combined with woolen d yarns, the paper clothes can be jree peatedly washed without Injuring the ^ surface. Owing to the difference In ? cost of the raw materials, sufficient e material can be manufactured out of paper yarns combined with a little wool to make a suit of clothes at a e cost of less than three dollars. The . n spinning of the paper yarns on ordinary looms Is a simple matter. e So far the chief use of the spun pae per fabrics has been for towels, wash 1 cloths, bed and table linen, and for * mattress coverings. - . y * ta Remember that what your children h hoar nt home takes wlnsrs and flies la I abroad.