The Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital from Topeka, Kansas • 6

SKILL OF TEA TUSTEHS. ELLGIRICIAIL product 'are tow'tba rrc-erty'of tb Dan-ver and Rio Grandd FtHroad. WUIj in the zxzr Vrlvc-rrlty Professor Short had dovisad V.s double reduction motor cut r.i--1 frightful bowlings, a cf Teat sots, which seemed t9 c.t f.r L.t:?, end to call the clgite-n 1 cf to wItBess taSs urntla IN THE FOREST. A SAD ACCIDENT. far street cars, and built- bi3 Crst road, aa Howe Shore's Wim Ilctcrs.

BY T1NA MOOE. By ths Qior AIcss Thij Can Tell the Quality. experimental ona la the basemsnt of the university buiiinit. Having resigned his professorship la 13, he gave bis entire time to perfecting- his wonderful motors, By HXZI LAVEOAX. JLWAYS HIS HOBBY.

NO GUESSWORK IN THE SYSTEII. sarche Is Largely T)a the r. of I he Car Hore Successful Eren When Boy. Each. Sample Is Careful'y Weighed aud the Urewii.g I Always Alike Very -Little of It I lasted.

and in UH5 his Interest. Jn practical work and his coofSdtnee in. his own abllky to succeed In what ha undenook Induced htm to sever his connection entirely from tb His railway motors were then put at work upon roads in Ienver Louis. -Columbus, and other Western cities, both the underground conduit and the overhead trolley systems being us ed. In June, lS3, Professor Short went to Cleveland.

where he Interested that eminent electrician, Charles Franc's Brush. In hla inventions, and a company was formed, of which th Brush Electric Company, ls a large shareholder, to manufacture the machinery and car for hla electric railways. Since 13S9 scores electric street railways have been laid In, Western cities' "on which Professor Short'! motors ar used. tboso of the latter typs oeing of the Bihgle reduction class. Professor Short is known to every one Interested in electric motonC and bo great has been the success of his appliances that his friends and even competitors In the field of electric traction call him "The Trolley King." His pathway has been strewn with roses in comparison to that of many Inventors, and be has been fortunate -in hav ing early devoted his talent to.

a branch of electrical research in which so few results had been attained, yet which was open to such great accomplishments. He bad no great adverse interests to combat like his friend and business associate, Charles F. Bru3h, and when once his banner was hoisted to masthead It remained there. Professor Short's career as an inventor has been one of progression, ho being a worker of the most pronounced and aggressive type, patient and careful in the field of research, to which his gieat success can be ascribed. Tn bis manner he i3 unassuming and of a kindly disposition, which has stood htm in good stead during the annoyances and disappointments which always accompany the Inventor In the field of primary research.

Professor Short Uve3 in Cleveland, where he 13 a member of the Cleveland Electric Union and Country Club. He is al3o a Fellow cf the American Society for the Advancement of Science, and has' the degree of B. S. from his Alma Mater. He was al3o a member of the Electrical Commission of the World's Columbian Exposition.

Ltl-tema tad ccaraesced to tray. Upcrk beaMas t.bsa sinister ciatnors, cut-tlttj Lv.a tit sileaee cf the Cglt, and wutch n-ere net Immediately explicable, tha asatEia had Cropped the" keif a and ta his fceL The ass stopped. And lh.3 was still listening, wiih frisht. when a calm, voica, coming frdm the bottom cf the cart, asked him: "Have you any matches?" "Yes; but why replied the man. atartled.

"Ligiit una or two." said the priest. "I want to Cad something I have lost." Shaking lik a drunken man and dls-anaad by the heroinn of the-Cure, the assassin, bavin some half-broken matches la his pocket, struck one upon bl trcusars; the fiaraa flickered, and by its light be aw tha Abbe on all fours, la the bottom of tha cart, picking up an object. Rising. Use latur seated, himself, and, holding his hand to the glass of the Ian tern, ha lighted up a little crucifix of common wood. Then, in a voice without the slightest trace or emotion, be said: "This Is a crucifix, which I always carry lfl my belt; I beard it drop, and it would have vexed ms very much ta have lost it, for I think a great deal of it.

a great deal. Come, get along, lazy bones!" And the ass trotted cn. "Why do you hold so much to your plaything?" tekel the man. after a few seconds, with Ill-concealed vexation. "Why, ny friend.

1 will tell you. This little crucifix, which you see here (and he approached it again to tho lantern), has been kissed by eeventeen persons, at the moment of their death, and by men who have died a ladder death than ycu could ever guess." "What? By fro or by cholera?" "Much worse." "Worse than cholera?" "Yes, I assure you. They were guillotined." "Guillotined Bouqre!" and some moments tusl by In silence. The night was brighter. Ia a tquare patch of clrar rky a half dozen stars, lost In the surrounding blackness, trembled.

And the priest slowly and gravely commenced to talk in his confessional voice, without seeming to directly address bis companion. "Yoi. my friend, seventeen died, as I told you a fdw moments ago. One does not forget tboso things when one has been chaplain at La Roquette." "Ycu? You were at the Grande Piaule. the Piaule des Carcona?" "Yes, for eleven years." "Oh.

wh2t have I done? What have I done? Pardon me. my dear chaplain, I am a calf to have dared Hut tho Abbe continued, without seeming to have beard hira: "I rcmlaiber them all Gamaze, Adriamat, Chaulot." "Chaclot, who killed the dentist's cook?" "Ye "I knew him; we were together in 'TS." "He confessed. He died a good death. Before the scaffold he humbly asked pardon of ail the world. Ye3, Chaulot behaved well in that moment.

And then all the cthera. Petit Paul Saumoine all of then kissed thla crucifix. I call it my crucifix of a gool death This ls why I prize it." The man breathed heavily for a few moments. Finally, gathering up his courage, he said: "1 do not know, M'eleu AbbP. If it was by teach that thit you were chaplain of La Grande Piaule or if I am dreaming, but it teems to me that I owe you a regret for not behaving properly." Tha cure did not permit him to continue.

"That is good; do not let us talk of it any more. Without doubt you were not nice a littla while ago, but that is past. What ails you my poor fellow? Weary of life? Life goss hard with yoti no work; I can see that, and then cne night you lo3e your head, all becausa is eight. Foolishness, nothing more. Leave thoae things to rogues, to Due you have been brought up well; you have learned your catechism "Yea.

but It is to long ao." "I can see that. And then you were a settler; by ray faith, that is such a good 1 myself like soldiering so much that, if I bad not goao to. the seminary I would. have gone to tho barracks. No, all jc: 14 king." said Michael Faraday of a century ago, when l- eji experiment discovered the posit the electric arc.

Faraday's i dared that be had cone crazy them lived to see the fulfilment privacy. To-day electricity Is no klzz. because it ha been brought i-l act control by man, and the baa been transferred from the yet potent fluid, to the men who if and have chained it. subjecting i ua of a no more think of Michael Faraday, Caivanl and our own Benjamin Frank-? snatched lightning from Heaven by i of "a kite string and a ad a ccore or more of other la the then newly discovered field Metrical science-. They were but infanta lS with the greatest power of the which they knew neither how to nor to put to practical use, If they had red It.

The electricians of to-day, with the deceased Morae of magneto-ric telegraph fame are men of genius ft'icm those of daya gone by were mere nlM of learning. One of these men; the perhaps In hi particular line, that i tie discoverer of the propelling power of rtila kinds of electrical machinery. Is Sidney Howe Short of Cleveland. Clio. He Is a veritable giant In the field of metric power, to which his inventive power i the field magnets and hla active and brain Ls the armature.

He is to-5-iy to the electric railway ays terns of the felted States what Brush la to electric Bell is to telephony, Morse was and Hdiflon is to telegraphy and Gamewell is to f.rs alarm and other electric algnalllng tie pre-eminent, and ls known, as the "Trolley King." Professor Sidney Howe Short. B. ex-Tlce-Presldent and Professor of Chemics and Chemistry at the University of Denver, the eminent and electrical engineer tiad Inventor, now of Cleveland, was born La Columbus, In 1857. He is purely of Puritan descent, bis ancestors coming to tils country early in the seventeenth century. Later generations Joining In the great tidal wave of emigration from New England to the West, the Shorts became one of the pioneer families to Ohio, where the subject of this sketch was born.

Professor Ehorfs early years were spent in Columbus, Us primary education being secured in the public schools of that city. Later having passed through the common schools be became a student in the Capital University at Columbus, leaving that to enter the Ohio Etate University, where be became a student under and laboratory assistant In the technllogical department to the eminent Pro-fssscr Mendenhall. Upon Professor Menden-hall being called to the University of Tokio la Japan, young Short succeeded to his vacant professorship and became the laboratory ruins tlack'tisJ Lu ber cr-Cut 3i a wears' isJcutAle caur-. -l t.Vrtith ber tortus tiave ta tia rocf cf Ler moiiU, ie to ttj: "And vi.3 He fuiara Laay ClyiesltT Do I tao ter at iuir "I OVt tr.it; ycu da. Eii'a tie dausttsr cf cf fiuamart, and cch aa vz worldly Ctri.a?.

Fancy." It cried, amies ta bis tScscripUsa cf Lis bflavtd. "tz oaly beoa la uwo ence in her Lie, acd this Is her first ball. lUr exsia is Day Daley Field, aal she's a trejh ead pure as her nam. Ah! tara is. Ltt ma lsu4uce ber." And the text mc-nrDt Mr.

Var.slttart was boxing to a young tirl about seventeen, w.u browa" hair rlpr-Lag back from a pure. pJe face, dark starry tjtt, and a dewy mouth, snd wih to further eahtncctnetl tit ber chxnuM than cams from a mutlji frock and a wide white ViX Before MsxUa lay down thU eight aha s5uri tha cf fiuu-datn ta bar love, Ceata ta ter amblticrj, death te acr aoc.ii carttr. death to ber rpu-isiica. D. honor -and poverty watched ty aad krpt hr tvtkt, hx-browd arJ widt-eyal.

till dri-glit. She loskel eld and almost as he got lata ter habit text aai prepared lor her usual rila ia tie Ot ly U-r sire fo Up lent ber etrcrgm to face the Insiitj.ble g.srslp t.ic would Lard Clydiu dale's ericsreaurut; but stie felt s.rk rnd unainged as cai-faered ti.t park Rta and saw ta cf lovers trcttng fta th. taa ahraJ cf her. "What da thiLk cf Clydeiale'a fiancee?" qacriJl a dsxea cf her friends at tha cad of the How. "Saa'a very pretty, but a little sbe rrpl.ed, ta bU ci is'wzi was tohjsl frara to snot.ii jr.

"A lovely fruh sHa." "Rut wtit a way of doing hrr Lair." f.irar pmralea "Hut ber gown lut cltat at tha Duchess bail! Such a sack ot a tXi.g." "Like ktr habit this morning?" "OX yes." piped a rrecaricus tf Hirfa. "And did you ever ree such a iSao's cut cf br caudle Lai! the tunc A touch would send hrr tying." Tha party separated ta let the rasa by. and Mrs. Vacttart rode ca alaae. Tiie Idle chat ia hr hot traia.

"A fresh omplexloa," "A dowdy frock. "A bad seat. A touch would sead her fcy-Inc" How piercing tliat child's rules ba4 bcn. "A touch would src Iir flyin-j Sh put her Kire, a skittish brute, lets a cmter. "A touch wuld svnl ber Cylnj." TJi raare'a hoofs bat out the peruistrjit woris frm th? soft taa ride.

Two tnea quickly pat. Th-y wer dicCuaFlsj aa acrlce.it wli-ra had oecurr4 ia fie Irk he previous wek. "By Jove!" bawled to the other. "It was a mere tsucb. but It sat her flytrg." They trotted ca.

and Into the long vista cf tie lady's tulle crept tso figures oa bcrpeback. "That child wis rirbt." muttered Mrs. Vantittirt. as sbt caught sight e-t "Miss Field Is more out cf the saddle thaa she ls in it. A touch would send her flying." Then the demon cf Jealousy and derpair that lurks ia every human body rose up and grew within her till it filled every fibtr of her brain, every pul-a her bart.

Her eyes grew red. ber passion-shaken hands dragged at the reias. her spurred faeei goaded the chestnut mare to a frenry. "A rurawsyl A runaway:" cried the people, as the mare thundered dovra the row, with a score cf Lard-riding toea at her Women screamed and men turned white with horror, a tha flying beast, with the white-faced woman sitting down la the saddle, tore by. Riders fled like chaff before the wind, leaving the wide row a brown, broad strip of orjy and Daisy came slowly on, too absorbed in one sj-othtr to bear the cries cf warning and alarm which grew nearer every raoci'-nt.

"Out of the way there!" shouted a mcuuted pol'o-maa pounding heavily up. He polated abeai. and Ciydesdale looked to ubtr? the cbcjtrut. with smarting cyea ar bkc-JIrc mouth, was bearing swift! toward then. "My God! It's Marian Vanrtttartf be criftd.

"Pull dawn to the raiilcgs. Dairy; I'll try end etca that brute." He flues himself from bis hack, which was to built to stand any shock, and ran out meet the e-ncoming runaway. His hand was simou cn the bridle before Mrs. Vanslttart saw him. Her pale fa grew cf a rcre rhsxtly hue.

and Iroaa her strained lips burst a smothered cry: "Sot you. Clydesdale, not you!" With a wrench from hfr band, from which the split stlaves hung la flatteries; ribbons, she pulled the mare boy or his It was a dare night and the sky was a black as A cassock when Abba Lalna, after passing the ways of Roussy, found tiraaelf the, ssolmieres Road, which almost cuts the Orleans Forest in two. At this moment Holopherne this was the nam Of the little ass that was drawing the carriage; in which the Abbe was seated made ft motion as though he would stop, some exhortations ware addressed to him from tha carrlaga with a sweetness which was almost paternal; the animal continued bis short and choppy, trot, which, as could be easily seen by.daylight, shook his long ears nearly 6H hina. With this little trot a trot of the Bon Dieu, as the urchins of the country side laid disdalnfulIy--Holopherne was, nevertheless, capable of covering a great deal of ground. His little hoofs, pointed and tenacious, wculd travel untiringly for hours; he was.

at the samo time, strong and docile, like as3es that are never beaten; his master had never beaten him. for the excellent reason that he had no whip, and contented himself with a kind word or a pull cn tha reins when be desired to hasten his pace. But this evening, a depressing, stormy night In June, without stars or moon, tho Abbe wished, aa they say -in poetry, "that his steed had the wings of Alcyon," he found him slow, and was mindful to urge him onward, as they had several leagues ta go. and though they had been on the road for an hdur theyj were still not half way on their Journey. M.

Lesprit, the messenger of Chauvlgny, (it was at thl3 place that Abbe Laine had fulfilled the functions of Cure for the last ten years), returning that evening from his dally Journey, had, abcutS o'clock, carried the news to the priest that the Goad Wife Doradoux, the flaz woman at the Thiezy crossing, would probably not live through the night, and she was very much exercised about dying without confessing her sins and receiving communion. The Abbe had dreased himself at onco and had awakened Ilcio-pherne, who was in the midst of a delightful dream of thistles, but who was accustomed, however, to these night Journeys, whlrrh the administering of the last sacraments aa often imposed upon him. As soon as hla carriage was barneased, Abbe Laine had gone straight to the church, and, standing on tiptoes, by the dim light of a solitary candle, he had taken the consecrated host from the white painted wooden tabernacle, with everything that was necessary for administering the viaticum. At this late hour, 9:30, all the village children were in bed and asleep. Although II.

Lacabasso, tho beadle, had offered With a Generous Inslstance to accompany him. to hold the holy ells for him and assist in his duties. Abbe Laine would not consent to M. Lacabasse's touching proposition. He wa3 not less than 71 year3 eld, and, notwithstanding tha old nan's exclamations, joined to the most sinister predictions of bis servant, he decided he would go alone, all alone, to Doradoux's and that he ran no danger, as the forest had not a bad reputation.

Besides, wculd not 'the Bon Dieu ac-campany him on his Journey? Consequently, there was nothing to fear. Ha had the little silver 'bcx, which enclosed the Host, carefully wrapped up, and safely buttoned, Inthe Insi4a pocket of his coat; and a rein Ineach band, he drove Holopherne out into the his lips moving In prayer. A lantern had been tied, before he set out, to one of fas wagon shafts, and gave him Just light enough to prevent fclm from being upset in one of the ditches ou the side of the road, and the Abbe thought In a tiny boudoir, all pink and blus bacg-ings, and decorated with aa mazy pink roses as Osoncbeer's famous "Pompadour," sat lira. Vans St tart. Mrs.

Vanslttart was a widow, and yojjrng. She was exceedingly pretty In a petite style, and wore a cloudlike arrangement cf cbiCon and lace that was a veritable masterpiece of Djueet'a art. She should have beta the beppfett woman in London, and yet cn that hot July afterncoa. when the bum of the long day throbbed on the hot air like the roar cf waves, the littla lady was by way cf posing as tho most wretched of ber Her golden hair was ruCed about ber low, white forehead, her small mouth was drawn Into a dismal drocp, her slender, berlnged fingers twisted and untwisted themselves amid the ribbons and laces cf her lap, while her blue cye3. which ber non-admirers always said were a thou-ht hard and calcuiatirg, were brimming with angry tears.

"It's too bad of the man to threaten me like this." sho cried to the pint rcrei and pale-tinted draperies about her. "To dare to hint that if I leave town wltbcut making some arrangement to pay. be will make rae a bankrupt!" her restless fingers twitched up a letter that lay beside her "yes a bankrupt if I don't pay Moss 3.0i)0 before ths end cf the month. Where am I to get It and besides I must go ta Cocdwood and Cowe-s. Coclcty would guess that something was wrong if I didn't turn up ther.

Oh! why did I ever get mixed up with thc-s horrid money-lenders? It all seemed so psy at first, and 3 ta be able-to settle with the tradespeople, and Lydla Mordaunt. who always gets her ready cash that way, rowed that they wouldn't bother me. Of course, she baa fine allowance from her huaband. and can pay back what she has borrowed, but 1 She Cung ber hands out with a despairing gesture "a bankrupt If I don't pay. Heavens! what a scandal there would be thcuph I'm sura I don't know why.

All the smart men go brok-. as they call It. and nabedy minds, tut It's bad form fcr a woman; looks as though she'd no friends cr some-thin." She sprang to her feet and to pace the little rocra. A dczoa times she passed to and fro. ecd te swUh and ewlrl cf fcer snowy gown filled all the perfumed air.

Suddenly she paused, caught up a sliver-framed mirror from a Uble and. running ta the window, pulled bark the heavy drapcrist and blinds and let the fierce rays of the setting sun flood the room. She blinked ber blue eyes In the strong light. thin braved the searching beams and raided the dainty mirror. With rnerclleat fin per gfce crushed down the fluffy laces at her throat and pubed back th9 yellow from br forehead, and with every softening medium drawn from tho outlines of her fsee and threat sho fell to a severe self-scrutiny.

"You're two acd thirty next month. Marian Vanslttart." rbe to ber reflected likeness; "lot's see if you look It." She stared herself straight in the eyes. "Your complexion Is good Mill, ray dear, and by candle-light will pats muster for another ten years. Your tcetb ara sound a great thing that most men like pretty teeth and your throat full end white enough to brave a Toby frill in the morning. But there's a atrainl leck about your mouth.

Marian, and a tendency to look d'. contented, which is a set-off to the teeth. And ycur eyes" she paused, anxiously pec-ring at herself and drawing a finger-Up slowly beneath her lower lashes sho shock her bad "your eyes are the tell-tales. They (ell cf late hours, and hot rooms, and HttlA worries in the rast, and big fars for tho future. They are anxious, and tired, and not very Innocent or trustlns." THE HORSE BREEDING INDUSTR-.

It Is So toDfer Centered at Faraom Orange County. There was a time when Orange County, N. was the great horse-breeding center or the United States. It was from the Orange County farms that the Kentucky and California breeders obtained their original stock, and eo well did they select animal for shipment that the glory of the old breeding establishments has about passed away. Time was when Goshen, on the Erie railroad, wad the objective point of all horse buyers and owners of stock farms.

Stony Ford, which haa produced more extreme speed than any other farm In the country, with the exception, possibly, of Palo Alto, la but elx miles away. hire a buggy at the station, and you are driving to tho famous old farm over eplendid roads, through as fine a farm country aa man ever laid his eyea Evervbodv talks horse In Orange "It's not eo much a cultiyaied taste as It Ls a cultivated smell," said it. leading tea expert, when I asked him to tell ma something about his profsiaioh. "Of course we sometime taste, but" the fumes from a cup of tea generally enable us to judge of the value of the sample from which It ls brewed." The expert was seated at a round table around the edces of which were ranged A circle cf ordinary tea Beside each cup was a small box containing a sample of tea. An assistant stood at one side of tao table and took from each of the little boxes a email quantity of tea, which he weighed carefully on an apothecary's scale and placed it In the cup opposite the box from which he bad taken th9 eample.

The top of tho table revolved and when the flm of the cups had come around to his aide 'again he stopped the weighing process. Then he took up a big brass kettle and filled each cup with boiling water. After allowing tha cups to stand for a minute or two the export began his work. He held his head down over ie cup3 eo aa to allow him to Inhale the fumes from the cups. He brought up the leaves from the bottom of tha cup with a spoon and gmelled those also.

Then he took up tho sample bag and poured some of the dry leaves into his hand. He turnad the sample over carefuly and then said to the assistant: 3C7, very choppy, The assistant made an entry to that effect in a bosk he held In bis hand and tha expert explained to me that these hieroglyphics Indicated that the eample numbered 367 was imperfect so far as the leaves wera concerned and that Ita selling value was indicated by the letters XA. The process continued till the samples had been disposed of. Not once did the expert find it neceesary to taste the decoction In order to give his judgment as to the value of the sample from which It had been brewed. "But do experts never taste teas In making up their judgment?" I asked, for although I bad heard cf expert "taa-taacera" this was my first acquaintance with a "tea-smeller." "English experts always taste, but Americans find that they can judge as cicely by the smell as by the taste, and uc claim that we have just as good judges on this side as there are on the other aide, and when it comes to certain kinds of tela we are sure that our Judgment is better than theirs.

They know more about the Indian and Ccylcn products and of and Souchons, but Americans C3n give them points In the valuation of Oolongs, Japans, and, in fact, all green teas, for cur markets consume more or them." The expert from whom I obtained my Information Is a graduate of both tho "tact-, lug" and "smelling" schools. He learned the tea business in Dublin, where he was apprenticed to an expert for a term of five years, and paid 500 tor the privilege of learning. The American expert does not serve an apprenticeship, but goes iuto tsa merchant's pervice Just as ho would engage in any other business, and learus as he goes. And he always Judges by smell. If his hose is not cf the proper kind," be soon discovers it3 weakness through the lo3se3 suffered, by bi3 employer, aud the rule in that case is to find sonic man who can smell to better advantage.

The fact that this work can be properly done without tasting is greatly to the ftl-vantage of tha. health of the expert. The fusel oil that is contained in the lea does not effect him as tho sanits Ingredient of whisky effects the drunkard, and the tannin does not go into his interior anatomy to play havoc with tho delicate membranes of his" stomach. His nosi may in time take on a sunset tint, but that daes not indicate that the other parts of his physical organism arc not in good order. An American export.

I was Informed, can accomplish almost double tha work of aa Englishman at the same business. The revolving table ha3 nsver come into U3e on the other ide, and the Engiiah taster has his tea brewed in little pots that bold about a cupful, and which, are ranged along a high bench. He must stand on hla feet- and move hara and there till ha gets to the end of tho row on the. bench. He has not yet learned that by the use of the revolving table he can sit -at hl3 ease and accomplish more In the course of tha day and he Will cot give up his little teapot any raora than he will acknowledge that American smell can ba cultivated to just as a nice a degree as can English taste.

He is "wadded to his idol3" and he is not to be persuaded that he might give tham up with advantage to his physical well-being. It Is only after he comes to America, as was tha casa with the expert I have quoted, that ha is convinced of the error or his way3 and may be prevailed upon to depart therefrom. In New York City there are hundreds of expert "tea-smellera" and In San Francisco there are fully as many more connected with the Importing house3 there. They are paid well for their knowledge if it is worth anything and the nicety with which they perform their work is marvelous. Any good expert i3 supposffil to County and everybody owns a trotter, or i tnia la not so can as it mignt xcu nave I had things go wrong with you.

We know what that wc have had them ourselves, You will 'tell mo all about them to-morrow i as we drink a glass of currant wine, and we will arranp matters better. Just now I am r.olnk to Thiezy to take the blessed tacra tnent. to Dame Doradoux, as you know. You 1 1 MnAAn-nanv TrtA r11 rt She laid dawn the cruel little glass with The man groaned: "ou may be sure tnat I am not going to refuse you. I will go a sigh, and as she did so, caught eight of the money-lender's letter 'lying whre ber gown had whisked it at her feet.

The sight where vou lead me." thinks he owns one. Some weeks ago I visited Stony Ford. My guide, an old man, who had lived In Orange County from childhood, said it was not now aa It used to bs. In the old days horsemen frdm all over the country were constantly scouting about looking for choice articles of horseflesh. "It was a great mistake," said he, "to let George Wllke3 go to Kentucky.

Just think what Orange County would be now if that grand old sire had not been taken away. We have nothing much here now Kentucky and California have got everything worth having. One day Senator Stanford came along and bought $100,000 worth of stock. We didn't think he got anything much for bis money. But lie knew better than we did.

for he todk Electioneer, now the greatest sire of trotters, according to the record. Oh, those Call-fornians ani Kentucklans have cleaned us out." Arriving at Stony Ford. I was shown abotit the famous farm. In the pastures, hundreds of acres in extent, colts by famous sires were pointed out and many old race mares that were renownod in their day. At the top of the hill stands the monument erected in honor of Green Mountain Maid, the mother of the great Electioneer and other famous trotters.

In one of the paddocks old Leland, a son of the greatest of all sire3 of Jtrotters, Hambletonlan was frisking about, his 20 edd years not seeming to bear heavily upon him. Then? ere only a few sons and daughters of Hambletonlan left. Then I took a look at Kentucky Prince, the sire cf many famous trotters. He and Leland are nearly of an age. The Prince was, in good health and with a gopd appetite.

He is seldom taken out of stall or paddock now spending his days peacefully and quietly. Returning to the station, my cicerone pointed out many places of interest. "Over there la" Judge Fullerton's borne, and what a grand horse Judge Fullerton was!" said the old man. TWINS IN POLITICS. "AH right! When we have finished we gave her courage.

will both return to Chauvlgny; will pass tha night in the presbytery, and to "But I'm not beaten yet. In three days 111 have an announcement of ray engagement to a wealthy man in every paper ia morrow morning we will taix matters over, after I have said my mass. Do you agree England. I believe 1 half promised poor "Yes. 1 agree." replied the man.

"be will do all thaf you wish me Tom I never marry again. Bat there no help for it now. Clydesdale's been after mo for three seasons I really like hint: he love? me; be shall propose to me ax A quarter of an hour later, when they entered the only room of the flagwoman's home, there was no need to approach the bed. upon which motionless and white lay PKOFESSOR SIDNEY HOWE SHORT. bis mother's dance to-slght.

Ah, ah! Mr. Morey-lendlng Mess, I don't fancy you'll be so ken on dragging the name of Lady that without tao faint light of this beacon he would never have been able to escape them, the night was so cTark; real Good Friday Tcnebre service. He had passed the Poup-Penda wood3 when he thought be heard the noisa of steps a litUe In advance of At that moment Holopherne stopped short. The Abbe had never known fear, having the idea of death always before him. and being in the habit of saying (without knowing It) with Hamlet: "A sparrow falleth not without permission of the Almighty!" He had always considered that the most redoubtable assassins were our own vices, and that there was no greater danger-than sin.

Being a very simple-minded man. he did not get nervous and he asked quietly and in a loud voice: "Is there any one there?" "Yes, there Is some one," replied a man's voice out of the darkness. "Some cne has doubtless lost their way," interrogated the priest. "Seme cue who has lost bis way, and Is going to Thiezy," replied the voice. "In that case," ordered tho Abbe, "get in quickly.

That is where I am going also." A few seconds passed, tho carriage swerved and then creaked under tho weight of a heavy leap, and the priest felt a man sit down beside kim. A man, whom hs also guessed to be tall and strong. As 60on as ha was seated, the Ab'oe could vaguely distinguish the features of his face in the obscurity which enveloped them. It was the faco cf a laborer, of 'a man of tie people, accustomed i to heavy and rude labor, upon which was imprinted a ferocious and resolute expression. He, on hi.

part, had fixed a steady gaze upon the Abbe, "Weil! Well!" he observed, "so you are one of tbosa pri-sts? Move on!" he clucked, and the little carriage started. During a moment or two each was silent. The Abbe spoke nrst: Dame Doradoux. to Bea that sne waa dying. Upon the door sill the man muttered be Clydesdalo and future Dutcheas of Stan tween els teeth: "Sne will not come to.

more through the mire of the Bankruptcy There Is money her- sur." The As Court. ly et wok, a si teltyanlgh- Acd Mrs. Vanslttart swept Into her room, there ta array herself for a din bor. wha had come watca with the uy- ner and half a dozen subsequent routs and ing woman, make preparations for her communion. While be took olt his overcoat and laid upon the bureau between two dances.

It was past midnight when Mrs. Vansltt art sailed up the great marble staircase of Stacmore House. She bad been heme before going on there, and fresh waxen-potaled flowers nestled In the whi tenets of hc-r bosom, and ber face was as fresh as a rose. The desire for conquest lent fire to her cold eyes, and a fascination to ber smile, and she overheard a score cf men say how lovely the looked. She threw reach, and.

sweeping part him. pelted csi ta wbra Daly, rpil bound with fright, had pulled up ber pony. The dutt Cung frora the mare's elattertnc barfs Clydesdale, but bs sae a slow, awful rmlle contract- Mrs. Vacsitt-art's livid feat ores as she turned toward her victim. That told him all.

It was do runs war be now pursued, but a mad woman, with the lust of murder tn her broken fcexrt and In ber bloodshot eye. A cicment latrr there was a tenciinc crafh. as the mart buried fcerFcif agslctt Daify's pony. Only at the last eecocd did. Instinct make the smaller animal la aside, and turn the shock into a cannon.

Momentarily only Daisy swayed la her saddle, but the ctber ens caurht the brunt of the blow. With a strangle- Mrs. Vans it tart fell, end, slipping dawn th mire's Sank, went bead tir--t on ta the ground, with her stirrup-foot fixed fast. "She'll be firarmdl Shell be killed?" cried a hundred voices, while a huadred bands were stretched ta catch the mars who stood for one brief moment, trembling in every lirb, with her wicked eyes roiUcg all about ber. "She's off." burst like a proan frca tb crowd, as the animal started away at a gallop, with Its living cleg draggles at Its side.

Dump! Dump! Her hat caught the first two blowa ihea the elastic snapped-It rolled from her head. One white, wild haal was stretched to catch it. but the taaddecea tnare tore cn, and the broken hat waa lost. Bump! Dump! The gtldea head Lattere! the ground, and a long tress of yellow hair trailed through the tan. Dump! frbe was flung upon her side, acl amid the mire that marred her face the blood began to Cow.

Crack! Crunch! The cruel iron-shod heels struck out again and again. Ill gin to ths red cf the row the mass cf clcth aad hair, and what waa ence a women, was trailed. The cccidcnt was considered the worst that had taken place in the row tt season. Only Lord Clydesdale traced In It the Iron finger cf an Inexorable Justice; but ha waa a wise man and held hla peace. AFTER SEVENTY-EIGHr YEARS.

Death Separates Cp1e Who Wrra Married Nemrly Tear Agn. Lawtoa Sherman, who died at ProvWeacs. unusual empreftsment into her greeting to the Duchess. In whose stead she already eaw herself reigning. unce witnin tne Daiiroom her eyes quickly Bought Lord Clydesdale, who came to her side almost directly.

"Give me a couple of waltzes after sup be able to give the price of a sample of tea within two cents on tha pound, and when it is considered that the range of prices Is from ten cents up to more than a dollar they would appear to have full scope for the exeicise of good judgment. THE BICYCLE IN EUROPE." lighted candles the little silver gilt box, which lncloeed the Host, the man standing In the doorway gazed in astonishment on the bare walls of the room, on the modest furnishings, on the alcove, which Isy tho dyiDg woman, her features lighted with at inexpressible serenity. In a corner oa a straw chair bad been thrown her tarpaulin bat. with tha red woclen flag tightly rolled in Its leather cover. Neither cnt nor the other would ever serve the poor woman again.

And the sight of this flag, a corner of which escaped from Its sheath. Impressed and moved the miserable" man It recalled the ether, the trua fla; of '7S. under whMi he had made eo many marches when he had been honest. In the meantime the priest, after having recited the customary prayers, had opened his littla cold box. The Host, which he hardly seemed to hold, shone forth pure white from the tips of his fingers, anits sparkling whiteness filled the poor littla room.

Turning, be faced, with an infinite pity In his eyeB. the unhappy man, whose limbs trembled under him and who fell ou his knees, bowed to the earth In bis turn. Then be approached the bed. and at the moment of depositing tha blessed bread on the lips, which no longer bad the strength to receive it. Dame Dorodoux, the ola fiagwoman, extended her hall-naked arm horizontally, as though to Indicate that tha "Path was free!" CHE1ISTRY IN INDIA.

director In 1879 of the Ohio State University one year before he graduated, as his graduation did not occur until 18S0. "When quite young, the natural Inclination Professor Short's mind was toward electrical experiments and research, yet it is probable that his first real interest In the demonstrated science of electricity was awakened when as a boy in the public school he listened to a lecture by Professor MandenhalL Always after that -he was a student in electricity, bis whole, time out of school being spent in experimenting with old batteries and second-hand material furnished him by Charles Ross, at that time Columbus Manager for the Western Unltn Telezrapa Company. Before he was 14 years of age he had become an expert tele-jrriph operator, and had filled his. home with all sorts of electrical devices. At one tas bad all.

the bouse clocks connected 14 circuit so they could be wound from a central station the same time. A stroke cf lightning finally burned out this ingenious device, at the same time ruining every clock in the house. He then constructed a system of burglar alarms throughout the iouse with the alarm bells at the head of lis bed. This contrivance frequently caused -at excitement In the family, but was j'sver called Into use by the place actually IsJns Willie examining the Bell telephope ap-r aratu at the Centennial In 1876, Professor i-Isort discovered that the principal of articulate transmission shown in the Bell instruments were practically the same as a js apparatus which had already put lh.t operation" In the laboratory of the Ciia State University, merely for the transmission of sound signals without his -t having dreamed that It would trans-' articulate speech. Returning home Ftr.a-delphia be perfected a long- -taace telephone transmitter which be H- 5 and afterward sold to the Gold Telephone Company.

graduating from the Ohio State yttTiliy la 1SS3 young Short went on a tie University of Denver; Colorado, hi was offered the chair of Physics Cit Kiitry. While holding this dual Mca he occupied for two years, 1 elected vice-president of the univer-. per," be whispered, with his blend moustache almost brushing ber cheek, and his brown eyes seekng hers. I've so- much to say to you. Walt for me In the conservatory under the aloe tree In an hour." She smiled a mute assent, and he was gone.

Through the tender green alleys of the conservatory be came to her at the appointed time, and as he drew near and flung himself besMe her. Marian Vanslttart felt that she really loved this good-locking young man even more than bis thousands of pounds end of acres. "How good you are!" Lord Clydesdale cried "yeu have the most unfeminine virtue of punctuality to perfection." "And no others. In ycur eyes?" Mrs. Vanslttart said, softly, letting an alluring smile play round the dimpled corners cf ber mouth, acd a faint blush stein ber fair tkln.

For acswer. he to-k ber slender cool hand Into bis broad palm. "Mrs. Vanslttart Marian you know that In my eyes you are all that a woman should be. My friendship with you has taught me what to look for.

trhat to expect, in a true You have shown me what A California Convent Inn Slakes a Decided SHx-Up. The Probibltlonista cf Alameda County, California, never mix anything If they can help it, but they have succeeded in so thoroughly mixing Herbert and Albert Waters of Oakland that they nominated Herbert for County Clerk in mistake for Albert. Every one In Oakland was amused by the odd error that is, every one but Albert. The brothers are twins, who look so much alike that their mother cannot tell them apart, and when Albert and Herbert look In the mirror each wonders which one of the twins he is. Not long ago Albert, who Is an ambitious young politician; concluded that he would enjoy running for County Clerk on the Prohibition ticket.

He placed himself in the hands of bis friends; and was assured that the nomination would be his when the County Convention met. Then Albert did a very, foolish thing. Unmindful of the fact that bis twin brother was at large in Oakland, he went to Fresno on "buslntss, leaving" his friends to look after hla political fences. When convention day came Albert was still in Fresno, and Herbert, who was ignorant of his brother's political aspirations, strolled Into the hall, where, to his surprise, he met with a enthusiastic reception. Albert's friends were out en mass, and they were looking after his fences In loyal fashion, but Herbert knew nothing of this, and silently congratulated himself on being more popular with his fellow townsmen than he- had dreained.

He was still more agreeably surprised a few moments later when the convention nomlnatal Lira for County Clerk without a dissenting vets. He was called upon for a speech, and greatly surprised" bis brother's- friends by earnestly declaring that the honor was a great surprise to hira. The convention adjourned without discovering that Herbert was vot Albert, and two days p222-d fc-efor Herbert Isaraed ttat be L.l car lured a conization ln-te: 'si f-r AlUrt. Ha rua Cccttr 'Clerk, however, s.i 3 to r.roui ly Albert's regularity ca Dm. C-i cf the great-xt r.Zt-.c:Trz tv? oecun ed "This 13 not a good time for walking In the forest." "No," replied the man, "without counting that it i3 net prudent." "Why, my friend?" "On account of robbers.

Do you not believe in robbers, you?" "Not at all; but, nevertheless, there are some, It is sad to say. there are some Again silence reigned between them. "And, without seaming too Curious, Monsieur le Cure, where are you going at this hour, instead of capping?" asked the man. "I am carying the sacrament to a dying woman." "I suspicioned it! Is she far away, your dying woman?" "Just a little before you come to Thiezy. She Is the flag-woman.

Dame Goradoux Do you know "No." "You are not from these parts?" "No." the environs?" "No." "You are passing by?" "As you say, yes, ll'sleu le Cure. I am passing by." The7 were silent once more. After passing on the right the Billauda3 Pcnd, which they could not tee, but, which the Abbe, to whom every foot of forest was familiar, knew the location of; they had taken the road to Chilleurs, tha Incline of which is very steep, and the ass, every nerve strained, bad settled in for good pull, when with a rapidity cf incredible savagery, tha man threw ur-'n the priest, and, upsetting him off wooden seat wltbaut a back, -upon which they had teen eitting, threw hira upon bis back in ths bottom cf tie cart, where h3 held fcim ficv, a. There waa not the shadow a tha eld man had uttered no cry r. exclamation.

It was a sllsnt, cntts tutv.tla in the Intense dark- i th-. the PUinpxg cf feet waa hardly fcesrd on tin? brarJs. And then, notf.rz more t'mn tI-9 terrlfclo aod grave slices cf eefs cf criraei ccisraittoi, a seensi 3. The Ef-'-v with a l': net Tf-; i R. L.

tha otier Czj. agad S3 years, sad bis wlfa. survUes ulai. were, the tnot rs- a woman scouia be who may be chosen msrksbla couple, la respect cf the dttrsUoa of their rcsrits.1 relsUoas prcbtbly la tbe scasU The Craze Hast Spread Like Wildfire All Over Krauc1. It is quite natural that France, and especially-Paris, with their' splendid roads should be a favorite habitat of the bicyclist.

Yet, the bicycle ha3 had some enemies. The late President Carnot, who was not remarkable for the elasticity of his muscles, said to have despisad it. On the contrary, tha King of Belgium admires the machine, end In the race, Paris-Brussel3, offered a gold watch to the victor. The littla King of Spain rlde3 a little bicycle made for him In France. Several of the Paris journalists are excellent cyclists.

The hygienic value of the cycle aa a mean's of exercise ha3 been by the Paris Academy of Medicine, a celebrated physician declaring that it waa a of "heart disease owing to the prolonged effort and to the fear of being run over or of running over Other doctors who are known to have a weakness for the machine combatted the theory, aSrming that the pastime was extremely healthy exercised with reason. 1 But when practice becomes a mania It is exceedingly difficult to keep within reasonable bounda. The bicycle and Its devotees furnish abundant matter to the caricaturist, wio does net fail to use It liberally, and tio advertisements of rival makers present features taat are really amusing. As to the champions of different nationalities, it Ls hard to tell which have the beat record, sa many coasldcn-'tlf-i enter into the question. The Abwwi Ziramer-ctaa.

met with eo eraal for a frt distance, fcouga he was bjatoa by a tz.rJ:a at Bordeaux. to fill a high station, and to chare the of Rhoe Itisnd. Mrs. Shenr.sn Is 99 jttrt terlous responsibil.tiea of great wealth. old sad ber beslth Is rap: Sly fsiiiaa.

Taa In short, your constant companionship has coucie. to'Jb ct t5ira cstfves of Exeicr. wcra helped me in my search for a wife, and so it Is now to you I I come He paused, and absently played with tha little hand nestled In bis ova, married la ttla lace March 17. IStfi. Soma years later tbey removed to Providence Mr.

E-erman waa ta bcainest ta that city. fisr Lis arrival at Denver Pro-iort was taken violently ill and ar fiylcg." He attributed his poor drinking water with which was supplied, and Immediately i They had sevca a to girls and 'And you've come to roe?" went on Marian Vanslttart, whose heart was beat boys and four of the children are sUil livirx. Some Cnrloa Answer Given by Natives to Written Examination. The uncivilized nations are like children In their simplicity and guilelessness. Every tuult knows what odd questions a child will ask and what curious explanations they are in tie habit of giving.

Nothing could equal the childlike simplicity of the questions lately given In an examination in chemistry held In an Indian university. "Sulphur Is a smellful gas. Nitrogen is a remarkably lazy gas and is good for nothing. Carbon always exists In a dark room. There ls no living being in the whole world that does not contain carbon.

"Gas 13 made by filling a poker with coal and heating it. Chlorine gives botheration to the throat. Hydrogen is a colorless, ln-vincitia gaa and burns Itself without anybody's help. Nitric acid Is used ia the preparation cf currant elscitriclty. It Is very fca-i fr teachers to pour it on our hi-: Bo-lx li by bestir raster ell and rctish.

sada Is used In th cf water, and tbla it I'fi in r-'iPtive CaU3tic i i i i clnttk. Cci- ing fast beneath tha diamonds and sasch- In tre couiis celebrated tres that glittered on her bodice. "I've coma to. you to tell you I've found iiamoad cpa tau ail day, and srr.iy cf rrlenla 4 to itm, comics trom ail parts cf the ciactaUsns. At her." "Yes?" the murmured the word tenta tha tiirs" cr tt Old rr.itn's iaUi tbe ccj-iS had d'selt tcstLiit-r irjty-cgti ymra.

Mr. Shcriiuin aa rr.aoa fcittwauber. tively. "The sweetest darling that ever rotated recorery made an analysis of the rasulted la the discovery of uriUea cf a bacterial nature trt publi Indignation to pitch, and ultimately a water works to be shut down. I i.

t. cf Profsasor Eliort's an-; Denver got new water "ij drl3ins water brought DurLs" the jar ta was calisd t' ailyjs for tj f. tr.jrrJj; wiicb Ul i-i 1 cZ tl 3 acd ll is an rr- fact thst in tt i. lr.y yfr 'ae t'sl bliews f.t-i and ceiliajs cf erse la Cranston aireu to be a raan'a wife, saj go thrcuca the world with fclm." Mrs. Vanslttart blaabed dlviaelT.

nd iTovifteara. 6 cnsia vtt.Huct aa x.cect He was never Ul. r.d te of e. i lockej tt m'l, srtUy. "Ycu wira cat t-ea ter healthy ar.i bvi-4 li tr.

cf every ,4 i sure of her ar.swcr, then?" I for elie bsr hsn'a Cnapprecliitl ve. -At, t. lto dice j-cterc3 sri give cj tr-r rruty rzTKix to -d ws're ta te 1 Crsi.