THEY SAID THAT LOVE WAS BLIND,
They said that Lovo was blind alack-a-dny
Then strung tho luto with heartstrings, soft with tenraj
And Lovo was blind, but thoughtless man and maid
forgot that Lovo had cars.
They said that Lovo was blind, nnd let him piny,
With apple blossoms, sifted through the years,
And now each kindred petal In tho spring
Breathes what Lovo hears.
Virginia Frazer Boyle, In Harper's.
y Girl's home!
It happened Just as I thought
It would,, only sho camo Booner
fiian I expected, though I was expect
ing her pretty soon. I thought she
Wight stay at Lnkovillo over one more
Sunday. I told her sho better, and
tiavo a little more of tho fresh air and
lake breezes that were doing her and
Little Son so much good. I couldn't
go up thero Saturday on account of Its
being near tho last of the month and
my having to be at the olllco In the
evening, but I advised her to stay and
ho said slio'd think It over. She mud
It In n way that let me know sho had
something lurking In the back of her
pdnd. Sho didn't toll me what It was
nd I let her keep tho secret, for 1
know I was sure to be In It.
Thursday afternoon I Unlshed work
tarly, so I thought I'd walk out home
And then go back down town for din
ner. The truth of It was, something
told me to go nnd I felt In a hurry to
get there. I got fidgety Imagining our
happy homo might have been burned
down or burgled or something like
that. I guess I had what they call a
nrcmonltlon: anyway. I had It hard
euoiiKh to co out to tho house and
make sure It was there.
As soon as I turned the corner and
bad the place In sight, I knew there
was something different. It looked as
If It had como allvo and was once
more a place that people lived In uml
not morel v a bit: box to hold furniture.
One thing, the shades at tho windows
were rolled up straight and all on n
level. I'd had them up a few Inches
jr a few feet, Just as they'd happeue.l
to hitch after I'd given thorn a Jerk,
but now they looked Uko well-behaved
members of society. Tho windows
were raised, too, and through tin
screens I could see tho lace curtains
swaying a little In the breeze. I know
all when I saw Mick stretched out or
tho veranda like ho owned tho hous(
and most of the-adjoining property.
When I was sure My Girl was there
I put more action Into my feet an.
sprinted along llko a racer, thinking
All the time, "My, I'm glad I got up
early this morning and cut the grass;
the lawn had grown a full set of whis
kers." Tho place certainly looked neat and
tidy and the little garden In the mid
die of tho yard was blooming Itself to
dnatii. My Girl likes old-fashioned
flowers and she's planted a border of
verbenas around a center of four
o'clocks. Maybe four-o'clocks Isn't the
right name, but whatever it Is I know
It's some time In the afternoon. It
may have been after ofllce hours for
them to do working, but they wcro
tlll doing business and filling the air
with a sweet scent. Micky almost tore
himself to pieces to come and moot
'Jie, and when ho was sure I was there
ho cantered ovor to the neighbors and
chased their cat, Just to show off.
My Girl was at tho front door be
fore I was, with Little Son In' her
firms, trying to do handsprings to got
to his father. Right then and there I
embraced my whole family, and when
we got ourselves sorted, Uttle Son was
on my shoulder, my arm was around
My Girl's waist, and there we were,
snug as you please, back in the old
home onro nunta.
My Girl said, sort of coy and kitten
ish, "I thought I'd come homo, Teddy."
"Yes'm." I answered, "I Judge from
appearances that you did."
"I didn't expect you quite so early,"
he went on. "I haven't had time to
do all I wanted to. Tho house Is a
perfect sight but I don't care; Teddy,
leasc don't think I care," she finished
n a hurry, fearing she might hurt my
feelings.
"Why, My Girl!" I exclaimed, pre
tending to be Indignant. "I blew the
hmt off the parlor mantel this morn
ing, what more can you expect?"
We had to laugh nnd we laughed so
uproariously that Little 8on kicked tip
his heels and giggled, too. not tuiviug
the leaBt Idea what It was nil about
"My son," I explained, "this Is a
family reunion tnd an enjoyable occa
sion." Messed perfectly satisfied.
Ml
My Girl said, beaming on mo, "that's
right, Teddy, always explain to chll
dren, no matter how young they are,
tno meaning or wuat is going on
around them."
She spoko ns one reading out of a
book and I. feeling awed by her supe
rior knowledge, meekly answered,
"Yes'm."
Wo had what My Girl calls a "pick
up tea" that evening. There wasn't
anything in the houso to pick up, bo I
hustled over to tho corner grocery nnd
brought home things in tin cans and
paper bags. I brought home grief, too,
in a can of lobster, for ns soon ns Little
Son saw It on the table, he developed
a sudden longing for lobster nnd wept
and wailed because It was denied him.
"Do you think Just a small piece of
tho white meat would hurt him?" I
asked My Girl, hating to have his feel
ings so badly Injured.
At tho sound of my voice Little Son
stopped his whimpering, nnd watched
his mother with round, inquiring eyes,
thinking, rf course,thcro was a chance
he'd get somo.
My Girl gave me ono look. "Ted
dy," said who, very dignified, "kindly
lake the lobster Into the kitchen."
When she speaks that way I never
argue. Silently l removed tne bird.
Little Son, seeing his last hope vanish,
straightened himself out us stiff ns a
poker, and, as tho poets say, he made
the welkin ring. I thought he'd spilt
the celling.
My Girl got up with the expression
on her face that means something do
lug. Honestly she had mo scared. She
carried Little Son Into the bedroom,
put him on the bed, nnd came out and
shut the door.
"My Girl!" I exclaimed, astonished,
"you're not going to leave him there
to cry alone? He might break some
thing."
"I'es, I am Teddy," sho answered
'he must learn to bo a good boy."
Her face was as white as n sheet.
her lips were quivering and her hands
trembling. I believe you could have
heard Little Son's shrieks a mile away
"Tne neiguoors wm tnink we're
Renting the child," I said, "don't you
think I'd better go In and take him?"
My G'rl was firm. She can be
when she wnnts to.
"No, Teddy," sho returned, "he'll
stop In a nioa'jnt. lie's cross and
tired from tho Journey home."
Sure enough, before long, Little Son
teemed to bo losing his enthusiasm.
Ills sobs began to get Jerky nnd fewer
anu tanner ueiween. uncii an was
still and wo felt tho worst wn ovor.
I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed
as if we'd had a cy.'one.
"I hope ho won't do It again very
soon," I told My Girl. "I llko him
better when he's good."
"That's what I'm trying to teach
him to be," My Girl said.
We waited and listened for a few
moments. It was so still I got wor
ried. "Let's take a peek at him," I
proposed.
We opened the door softly nnd there
he was, Bound asleep on the bed, look
ing like a little red-nosed nngel. The
tears were scarcely dry on his cheeks,
so My Girl brushed them away with a
touch as light as a feather. She fixed
him cozy and comfortable, and then
we stole out again and went back to
our rudely Interrupted supper. We
sat gnzlng at each other across the
taljle for a full moment, not speaking
a word, until My Girl, with a long,
gusty sigh said, "Teddy, wasn't It
awful!"
"It was something fierce," I an
swered. "Will you hnvo some lob
stop?" "Don't mention It," sho roturned,
with a shudder.
Later In tho evening wo hnd plenty
of time to get settled and talk tilings
over. My Girl walke.t around the
house with a contemplative, satisfied
air, sort of touching tilings as If ahe
loved them.
"How does our palatial residence
suit you, Mrs. Vanderbllt?" I Inquired,
after I had watched for a little while
without her noticing.
"Teddy," she said, standing up
straight In tho middle of our parlor
like she was about to deliver an ora
tion, "It doesn't make any difference
where I go or what I see, I never find a
place that looks so good to me as this."
Now doesn't that mnke a man feel .he
owns the earth and part of Canada?
We sat out on the veranda all the
ovenluf, full of that happy home feej-
lug, and with the neighbors calling
from across the street and over tho
borders, "glad you're homo," to My
Girl, and she smiling back nnd saying,
"Thank you, I'm glad to be hero," un
til It seemed llko a villago celebration.
"I wish I'd thought to havo sky
rockets nnd Roman caudles," I Bald
to My Girl, regretfully. "I know if
you hnd sent word you wcro coming
there'd hnvo been a delegation of citi
zens In plain clothes nnd carriages to
meet you with a brass band at tho
station."
At which My Girl giggled content
edly and said, "funny Teddy."
We hnd n good time that evening.
Tho fact Is wo have a good time every
day nnd evening. Once in awhile
there are little breaks and Jars, but
they don't amount to anything, and
we've never had a Jar that cud any
dnmngc. I'd llko to tell you moro
about My Girl nnd Llttlo Son and
Mickey, but My Girl has requested mo
to suspend publication and I nlways
do what she says, so this Is our faro-
well appearance I'm Horry to drop
tho curtain, because I'm In lovo with
My Girl nnd llko to keep writing about
her, but since sho objects, hero Is
where I wrlto "The End," nnd this is
the reason:
"Teddy," My Girl said, after we'd
talked a long time tho evening she
come homo, "please don't put onytmng
more nbout us In tho paper. SInco my
picture hns been printed so many
times I think when I go where there
are people that they say, "There's My
Girl.' I feel like I was a ncnndnl. Be
side that, It's not a good picture," sho
went on, realy porky, "It makes me
look as If I had a snub nose nnd a
hare lip, and I haven't, you know I
haven't. Teddy."
"Why, My Girl," I returned, trying
hnrd not to laugh though I wanted to
most awfully, "of course 3'ou haven't.
You're the prettiest nnd dearest nnd
sweetest girl In tho world. The Ink
on the plcturo went wrong, that's what
tho matter."
My Girl looked pleased at the com
pliment which Is every word true
and her hnnd got lost In mine. She
was still for bo long that I thought
nerhnps she'd removed her objections,
but no, she wns decided.
"Teddy," she said at last, "I'm In
enrneat. Please don't put us In tho
paper any more. Promise me, Teddy."
And I promised.
Then, to soften the blow, she snld to
me, sort of conxlng, "there's nothing
wonderful about us, Teddy, we're Just
happy, that's all."
"Yes, girl o' mine," I echoed, "we're
just happy, that's all." Toledo Blade.
CURES TIGHT DOORS.
Purnl'nre Mnn Tolls How to Open
Dreiser Drnwcrn tlint Stick.
"Patrons come to me every day and
say that the drawers of dressers and
other furniture stick fast nnd cannot
bo opened or sluit without great diffi
culty," said tho "complaint man" In a
downtown furniture Btore. "This is n
trouble with much furniture, especial
ly tlint which Is new, and Is especially
common In the spring.
"What do we do In such cases? We
simply toll the customers to wet the
surface of n bar of common laundry
soap and rub It firmly over the parts
of the wood that stick. This makes
tho surface smooth and slippery, and
in nenrly all cases the drawer will
slide easily, cspeciiilly after It has
been opened and shut a few times.
"This nlso Is valuable with doors
which, in new houses, are likely to
settle or are apt to scrape nt the top
is tho building settles. Just use soap
on them, nnd save the trouble of call
ing In a carpenter, who will plane tho
varnish off.
"China cabinet doors, with curved
glass, cause us a lt of trouble, but
most of tho lightness can bo remedied
by the use of sonp and n few applica
tions of snnd pnpor."
'I ho furniture man gave another
"helpful hint."
"If mission furniture, with the dull
finish, loses Its smooth surface nnd
characteristic waxy appearance," he
said, "do not despair nnd send It to
the renovntor. Take a pound enke of
common floor wax nnd rub It over the
surface until tho finish is restored. If.
you hnve no floor wax use beeswax;
nnd If you prefer something mnuVes
neclally for tho purpose, you can buy
liquid preparations, ono of which will
remove the old finish, leaving the table
top or other object ready for the nppll.
ration of the other substnnce, which
will duplicate tho original finish."
Mnntnl Strain.
Cholly I wns thinking of a trip to
Europe. f
Mnnppey Tliat's wnnt I mean.
You're accustomed to that sort of
thing.
Cholly Oh, I'm not sure of going.
I say I was merely thinking of It
Snnppey Thnt'B what I moan.
You're not accustomed to thinking.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Crop or Wool Shrinks.
The droughts in Australia made tho
crop of wool shrink to 400,000,000
pounds in 1003. In tho preceding year
the yield was 001,000,000.
A barking dog bit
Another He nailed.
a mau to-day.
3 W J Jus 3
5 tCtttCfr94
The Vucnnt Clinlr.
Wo shall meet, hut wo flhnll mlsn him,
Thcro will be ono vacant clmlr;
Wc shall linger to carets him
When wo brentho our evening prayer.
When a year ngo wo gathered,
Joy wns In his mild blue cyoj t
But a golden cord Is severed,
And our hopes In ruin lie. ,
At onr flrcldc, and nnd lonely,
Often will tho bosom swell
At remembrance of the story-
How our noble Willie fell?
now he strove to bear our banner
Through tho thickest of tho fight
And upheld our country's honor
With tho strength of ninnhood'u might.
True, they tell us, wreaths of glory
Evermore will deck his brow;
But thin soothes the anguish only
Sweeping o'er our henrtstrlng now.
Sleep to-dny, oh, early fallen,
In thy green and narrow bed!
DirgCH from the plno nnd cypress
M ingle with the tears wo shed.
Wo shnll meet, hut wo shall miss htm,
Thcro will be one vacant chair;
We shall linger to caress him
When wo breathe our evening prnycr.
Henry S. Washburn.
Holy, llo'y, U0I7I
Holy, Indy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our songs Mm 11
rise to theo;
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in tllrco persons, blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy! All tho saints adore
thee,
Casting down their golden crowns
around the glassy sua;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down bo-
foro thee,
Which wert, nnd art, and evermoro
nhalt be.
Holy, holy, holy! Though tho darkness
hide thee,
Though tho eyo of sinful man thy
glory may not bco;
Only thon art holy; thero Is uon bcsldo
theo,
Perfect In power, In lovo nnd purity.
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy work shall praise thy name, In
car tli. and Bky, nnd sea;
Holy, holy, holy I Merciful and mighty
liod In thrt 'irrsons, blessed Trinity
Bifdiop lleher.
PHILIPPINL NATIONAL 8 PORT.
Alwiiy nnd 1. vcrywherc tlie On me
Clilclccn 1m iu Evidence.
The Btranger In tho Philippines Is
astonished at tho number of gamo
cocks everywhere In evidence, saya
Minna Irving In Llpplncott's. They
are tied on wharves outside tho
warehouses, ai ihe dooru of tho squalid
little ulpu huts beyond tho city wulls
and temporarily to boxes, unles or
barrels on the public thoroughfares.
while tho owner Indulges In a chat
with a friend. Ten chances to ono
If you hire n man to do somo work
for you he will bring his "Ul'l" gamo
chicken along nnd tie It to your gate
post or piazza rail and If you take a
walk you are sure to meet more than
ono native with an aggressive llttlo
bend poked out of the front of U
calico blouse. If he owns no roof but
his rngged straw lint he Is, never tho
less, tho proud possessor of a game
cock with which to Indulge In tho na
tional sport of cock fighting.
They nro scraggy, noisy, furtive
eyed little fellows, these Filipino gamo
cocks, rumpled an to feathers, lean
and hungry, but as full of fight as n
walnut of meat, being put In training
from' chlckenhood. They rarely sur
vive more than one encounter, for tho
reason that small, slender knives
sharpened to a razor edge are affixed to
tho legs Just above tho spurs, and tho
bird that strikes first Is Hiiro to Inflict
n mortal wound. When n cock fight
takes place a pit Is roughly marked
out In any convenient place, prefer
ably tho public square. The town
takes a holiday and men, women und
children flock gaily to the scene of
battle. Everybody chatters excitedly
and betting runs hlgh-1f the birds aro
favorites or the owners' popular, and
n lack of actual coin docs not stand
In tho wny; Jewelry, clothing, even
household goods nro put "up nnd tho
women bet na heavily ub tho men,
girls not hcsltntlng to sacrifice rings,
bracelets, brooches, even their precious
rosnrles, to tho god of chance.
It is not uncommon to see a girl
wager her slippers, If she hns nothing
else of vnlue, nnd go home barefooted.
When nil in ready and after tho birds
hnve been passed around from hand
to hnnd for admiring Inspection tho
owners squat on opposito aides of the
ring and the feathered gladiators are
thrown at each other, ono often being
transfixed by the little daggers on the
other! legs before they touch tho
ground. The encounter is always
brief and Invariably fatal to one, fre-
qucntly to both, In which case the bWL
lust to die Is declared the victor.
The dead bird is taken away an4
fried in cocoanut oil to solace bis ds'
feated owner. ,
NEW USE FOR BEES.
Tltclr Seme of Direction Mn.T Do Util
ized by Mam
The very curious nnd Interesting in
Ycstlgntlon has been going on for
somo tlmo past among naturalists with
regard to tho sense of the lower am-
mnls, writes James B. Carter In St
Nicholas. It baa been found that In
most cases theso nro very different
from ours, nnd It cannot longer be
denied that Instances occur In which
speclnl senses that nro not possessed
by human beings nro developed In
nnlmnls. Ono of these, called "the
80U80 of direction," enables bees to
return from long distances to their
hives, unnlded by nny of tho flvo dif
ferent wnys wo havo of recognizing
our surroundings.
To test this matter thoroughly ths
fortllo honey mnkors hnvo been takon
conslde: ible distances from their
hlvex. t 0 ties which It was cer
tain t .! : hnd never beforo vis
ited; ii'i: .set freo they How as
unhesitatingly, us directly nnd ns un
erringly homo as from places perfect
ly known to llioin.
A few years ago It occurred to a
well-known beekeeper that this re
mnrkablo ability 'ho part of bees
might ho made 1. I'ul. Convincing
himself tlint ho could rely upon their
Bpeedy return from nny v hero within
the rnngo of three or four miles from
their hives, whether they hnd over
been nt tho plnco from which they
started homewnrd or not, ho sot to
work to test their Ability to enrry mes
snges ns do homing pigeons. IIo ac
cordingly procured a few bees from a
friend who lived on tho further side
of a barren, sandy rrflfAt of Innd,
which, offering no llnducomeiit'K'iflf,!!!
wny of posslblo food supplies, was"
never visited by tho Insects, nnd
crossed over to his own home. Going,
to his garden with his children, ha
touched certain tiny packages pre
pared for the occasion with bird lima
Upon these wcro written in minutest
handwriting certain messages from,
his two llttlo girls. Tho package!
consisted of tho thinnest pnpor fas
tened with tho thinnest thread and
dono up in tho smallest parcels pos
sible. Releasing tho bees, ono by ono, from
tho pasteboard box in which they hnd
been Imprisoned, ho fastened with a
trained hnnd each of U10 llttlo packets
to the hack of n bee, which ho thea
allowed to fly nway.
Like homing pigeons, they star led
off at onco across tho unfamiliar
desert for their home, nrrivlng thero la
an Incredibly short spnee of tlmo with
their pneknges secure upou tholr
backs.
Alwnyn Cut It Out.
Dr. Mnrngllano, tho famous Euro
pean surgeon, pleads strongly for op
eration In ovcry case of appendicitis,
no matter what stage tho disease Is In,
IIo nrgues that when one coiiBlderi
tho largo variety In typo In cases of
nppoudlcltls tho possibility that cvei
a mild case may suddenly chnnge,
within a few hours or less, nnd be
come alarming, he considers operation
Is the only logical treatment.
Those cases which would havo gol
better If left alone are, ho urges, nous
tho worse for operation, and somo of
the cases which nro lost from, too hits
operation might bo saved.
He, of courso. recognizes tho fncl
that a largo number of cases of ap
pendicitis get perfectly well under on
dlnary medical treatment, nnd thai
some of these may bo successfully oj
crated upon In the quiescent stage
that Is, after the acuto symptoms are
passed. But, on tho other hand, li
one waits until the ncute symptom
hnvo subsided, thcro Is 110 doubt, ha
Biiyn, somo cases will novor survive,
nnd the chance of operation has gono
by forever.
Find Hniierlci-Mit Minn.
Pholllppevlllo, In Algiers, Is deter
mined to keep up tho reputation for
nlways providing something new. Only
a Bhort tlmo ngo a winged tortoise was
reported to have been discovered thero;
next came an account of a "carnivor
ous stone," whatever that mny be. The
latest marvel Is n mine of snuorkrnut;
discovered by n workman while dig
ging. It was beneath a small hillock,
and wns a compressed mass of vege
table mntter, mostly cnbbages, with
the Binell and taste of Hiiuerkrnut, but
preserving Its natural color. When the
report left, tho workmen had laid
bare twenty cubic yards of it, and
were still digging.
HtenoKriiphy in Anoioni Egypt.
A papyrus haa been discovered by,
Dr. Grenfeel containing a contract fo
teaching shorthand to a boy. Tho ar
rangement was that 40 drachm
Bhould be paid to the toucher In ad
vance. -40 when tho ..boy oxhlbitel
progress, and 40 more when he h4
attained proficiency.
It takes at least six montln aftaq
there has been a death In the family
for the striking of the clock t soua4
Batumi !,