THE CITIZEN, FltlfiAY, NOV. 10, 1000.
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Confessions
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Sylvia stood before the mirror In
her room giving some finishing
touches to her toilet before going
down stairs. It was a beautiful, high
bred face which looked at her from
the oval glass, but there was sadness
In the brown eyes which had
held nothing but merriment a few
weeks before. It seemed rather
strange that a girl who had become
engaged so recently should be un
happy, one guest had remarked to an
other only that morning, for Sylvia
Gray certainly did not act as though
she was happy. And It was' such a do
Blrablo match, too, In every way.
What could be the matter?
Two monthB ago Sylvia had come
to the "Fernlelgh," and there she had
met Richard Llndon. The lady who
had presented her had casually ob
served that he was a man of means
and influence. The girl had admired
him from the first, yet she had never
dared to hope that ho would look upon
her with favor. But from the day of
thpir meeting he had sought her out
on every occasion, and they had been
jrfore or less in each other's society.
until finally he asked her to be his
wife. Then she learned that It had
been a case of love at flrst sight on
his part as well as her own.
Sylvia reviewed the whole happy
month as she stood there. "If I only
dared to tell him to confess every
thing," she murmured. "How could
I deceive him so? I have been in
tending to tell him, but it's so hard to
do It I won't put It off any longer I'll
let him know my true position to
night" .
Down on the veranda her fiance
awaited her. She promised him that
she would go out for a little while on
the lake. It would be a good time to
tell him everything, she reflected, as
she slowly advanced towards him.
There was something about Richard
Llndon to-night that puzzled Sylvia.
He was unusually silent, and his mer
ry laugh did not ring out as it had
been wont to do. What could be
troubling him she asked herself. A
sudden thought made her faint
What If he had heard and was
now planning how to tell her of his
discovery? How could she give him
up? Of course, she would have to.
How wrong it had been to listen to his
love for a moment, but she loved him
so.
As the canoe drifted slowly down
the river she looked at him stealthily
and found him regarding her with seri
ous eyes. The tears came quickly to
her own In spite of herself.
"I I have something to confess,"
she faltered. "I should have told you
before, but I couldn't seem to do It"
"You have found out that you do
not care?" he asked, the shadow
deepening in his face.
"Oh, no, not that," she denied quick
ly; "not that, Richard."
"What Is it, then?" he questioned
further. "I, too, have something to
say when you have finished.
"You have thought everyone here
ha3 thought that I am rich, that I have
many friends who move In the most
exclusive society. Is It not so?"
"Yes," he answered quickly. The
girl wondered at the note of gladness
In his voice. But when he spoke
again it was not there. "And it is
true," he said.
"It is not true. I have deceived
you everybody. My pretty clothes
and finery were given to me by a
Woman whose companion I was for
three years. She Insisted that I
should take them when I left heir
we were more like- sisters than any
thing else. I was called home by the
Illness of my mother. She was sick
a long time, and then she left me.
I have been alone two years now. I
heard of this place, and I determined
that I would associate with the class
of people that hitherto I had only
looked on as an outsider. And then I
came and pretended that I was rich.
I never can tell you how sorry I am
that I have deceived you. There's
only one thing for me to do and that
is to give you back your ring and "
The brown eyes had been looking
everywhere but at him. Now as she
glanced up Into his face she was un
prepared for the change which had
taken place There was such a rap
ture In his eyes that It startled her.
, "My dear, my dear," he murmured.
"We shall be so happy you and I.
Walt until you hear what I have to
say before you give me back that
ring. I'm not rich, either, little girl.
Do you hear?" -
"You are not rich either," repeated
Sylvia in bewilderment
"No, I am not rich," and the man's
merry laugh rang out over the silvery
water. "I thought you were, though,
and I had made up my mind to tell
you to-night that I am only a poor
struggling lawyer. But there's a good
chance ahead of mo, dear. I deter
mined that I'd have a long vacation
this summor and for once mingle with
people who were far above me finan
cially. When you came I loved you at
once, Sylvia, and I have started a
groat many times to undeceive you,
but I couldn't do It, somehow. Now,
everything is all right Perhaps we
shall never be rich, but we shall be
very happy, little girl. Do you want
to give me back the ring now, Sylvia,
dear?"
"I don't believe I do, Richard," she
answered' softly.' IDA IS. ROGERS.
Curie's sister May, six years of
ge, on being asked why the Sabbath
day was different from tho other days
In the week, answered very carelessly:
"Oh, that's tho day you pla tMnfs
en, 'stsad of sewing.'wras Suites
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THE MILLS OP MINNEAPOLIS.
In Thirty Years They Havs Mads It
the World's Chief Flour City.
Budapect was at ro Urns known
In the world as the Flour City, but
along In 1178 a young town en the
headwaters of the Mississippi then
famous for Its prairie dogs and buf
faloes had a lawyer for a oltlsen who
made use of the natural waterfall in
the Mississippi to operate a flour mill.
This small beginning grow i such
vast proportions, says the Bakers
Weekly, that it eoot became neces
sary to build a more modern system,
and tho Budapest Bystem was adopt
ed. Such other millers as Plllsbury,
Crosby, Christian and Dunwoody had
by this time come to this young city,
and in a few years It became the
flour city of the world. This city was
Minneapolis. To-day 120,000,000 bush
els of wheat are ground in one year
Into flour In Minneapolis.
In the age of Pericles the swiftest
flour mill In Athens produced two
barrels of flour in one day. There Is
one mill in Minneapolis which fills
17,000 or 18,000 barrels In one day.
What the Greeks did in one day Min
neapolis does in ten seconds.
The Coming Countries.
Southern America and Africa are
the coming countries. A half century
ago or more the great geographer,
Arnold Guyot, predicted that within
two or threo generations tho reaction
of the east upon the west would pro
duce an equilibrium, and that then
the reaction of 'the north upon the
south would begin In earnest, and the
great streams of population and traffic
would flow at right angles to those
which they have followed during his
torical times. With the Increase of
population and a control of mankind
over the forces of nature, of whleh
Prof. Guyot could have had no con
ception, the' Increase of exchanges be
tween north and south seems likely
to begin sooner than he could have
anticipated.
Swiss Called Servile. v
Rev. J. J. Mulr, pastor of the Tem
ple Baptist Church, New York, who
has Just returned from an extended
tour of Europe, attended the Baptist
Manlsters' Conference at Calvary Bap
tist Church and gave a short "travel
talk" on his experiences on the Con
tinent In commenting upon the manner
and customs of the Swiss people, Rev.
Mr. Mulr said:
"The population of Switzerland la
becoming servile. The traveler can
not, help noticing this, and he Is
largely responsible for it The coun
try is visited by so many foreigners
who hand out tips and bestow the
favor of their patronage that the peo
ple are beginning fairly to breathe
servility.
Man's Guardian Angels.
The following beautiful allegory Is
told among tho Turks: Every man
has two guardian angels, one on his
right shoulder and one on his left
In doing good the angel on tho right
shoulder notes it down and sets his
seal upon It, for what Is done is done
forever. When evil is committed the
angel on the left shoulder writes it
down, but he waits until midnight be
fore he seals It If by that time the
man bows his head and says: 'Gra
cious Allah, I have sinned, forgive
met" the angel blots out the fault
but If not he seals It at midnight and
then the angel on the right shoulder
weeps.
Controlling Flower Colors.
By the use of chemicals, such as
potassium sulphate, aluminum sul
phate, calcium hydrate and lead ace
tate, Prof. Henry Kraemer of Phila
delphia has produced a red color In
the petals of the white Katserln rose,
and has caused hyrangeas, naturally
red-flowering, to produce blue blos
soms, says Youth's Companion. Tho
chemicals are ted to the plants in the
form of solutions, or added to the
soil In the solid form, solution then
taking place gradually in the earth.
The manner in which the chemicals
act on tho plants is not yet fully un
derstood. Muscular Christianity.
Birmingham, England, was the
home of prize fighting when the ring
was patronized by literature and roy
alty. There was Bendlgo, who be
came an enemy to all unrighteous
ness. "Wot's atheists?" he asked
once, on being told that a gathering
of men he saw were of that persua
sion. He was told. "Don't believe In
no God, don't they?" he shouted.
"Here, hold my coat. I'll show 'em
wot's wot."
Joy of Aspiration.
To be truly happy Is a question of
how we begin and not of how we end;
of what we want and not of what we
have. An aspiration Is a Joy forever,
a possession as solid as a landed es
tate, a fortune which we oan never
exhaust and which gives us year by
year a revenue of pleasurable activ
ity. To have many of these is to be
spiritually rich. Robert LouIb Stev
enson. Seek Curs for Pellagra.
The thermal waters of Hot Springs,
Ark., are to be tested is an effort to
find a cure for the disease of pellagra.
Two subjects, one ease fully develop
ed, and another in the laolpleat stags
have been brought to the place teem
Mississippi for treatment aad ebssr.
vatlon.
Motorboata In MsU.
Wotorboat wrvlee has tsa Intro
duced m tfes Vlgft owl, trees Med
so Clt? to Lafcs Xssklmlls, tfc trip
turn m h wn.
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Theme:
BLANK PAGES IN
BOOK OF LIVES.
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By Pastor Ernest A. TapperL
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Text: "Therefore to him that know
eth to do good, and doeth It not, to
him It Is sin." James, lv., 17.
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St James speakB of the blank pages
in the book of our lives. They teach
a lesson which Is often overlooked.
Whenever wo go over our book of
life we are mostly attracted by the
pageB written In gold that tell of our
good workB. Of these pages there are
but few, and In most cases the "gold"
is only brass. Most of the pages are
full of spots and stains, and written
on them are the works of darkness.
There is scarcely a day on which new
pages of this kind are not added.
But In between there are pages with
nothing written on them, and most
people look nt them without any dis
turbance of conscience. They even
regard these with a certain quietude
of mind, saying, "Thank God, there is
a day on which I have done no evil!"
Is that true? St. James, in our text,
says "No." And then he opens our
eyes to the meaning of the blank
pages In the book of our lives, saying,
"Therefore to him that knoweth to do
good, and doeth It not, to him it is
sin."
Here we must look back and note
the many shortcomings and neglects
of our lives. The Roman Emperor
Titus used to regard a day as lost on
which he had not accomplished some
thing good, and, oh! .how many lost
days and hours must we confess to
our God when we look back on Idle
hours and wasted days spent in the
pursuit of foolishness and not of god
liness. Here we think of neglected
work as responsible for many a blank
page. Life Is but short, and even if
our years be threo score and ten, yet
It Is true what we sing in that beauti
ful hymn: "Swift to Its close ebbs
out life's little day, earth's Joys grow
dim, its glories pass away!" We have
certainly no time to lose In order to
fulfil the Scripture's command: "Let
him labor, working with his hands the
thing which Is good."
A Christian should never be guilty
of that grave sin of "killing time"
that precious time which God has giv
en him and which is his time of grace.
Many regard themselves as highly
respectable as long as they have not
come into collision with the law. But
that is very little. The priest and
the Levlte did no harm to the victim
of thieves, but they did no good. That
was their sin. So it was with Dives;
he had not driven poor Lazarus away
from his door, but he had an oppor
tunity to do good, and-did not do it
And if we look back Into our own
book of life we can find many
pages that have remained blank for
our neglect of love. However, It is
appointed unto men once to die, and
after this the Judgment. Then God
will Judge us, flrst, according to our
words, when we must give account of
our works; secondly, according to our
words, when we must give account of
every idle word; lastly, He will look
at all the blank pages In the book of
our lives and say: "Why are they
blank? Didst thou not have an occa
sion to fill them? Why hast thou not
done It? For I was an hungered, and
ye gave Me no meat I was thirsty,
and ye gave Me no drink. I was a
stranger, and ye took Me not In. In
asmuch as ye did It not to one of the
least of these, ye did it not to Me."
This is what the apostle wants us
to remember In regard to the blank
pages In the book of life, when he
says: "Therefore to him that know
eth to do good, and doeth It not, to
him It is sin."
God Our Home.
God Is our home; and In that home
life all his gifts are freely bestowed
upon us. We can use and enjoy them;
nay, we ought to do so. The marvel
lous endowments of our human nature
of the mind, of tho senses, of love
and of beauty; all the marvels of this
universe In which we live, which man
half receives and half creates; these
we are meant to know, to use, to en
Joy. It Is the very privilege of man to
be able in some degree to "share
God's rapture" in his creation, to see
and know that It Is "very good."
Right Ideas.
You are ruled by your ideals. See
to it that they include purity, charity,
Justice, truth, righteousness, love.
Jesus Christ s tho Ideal character.
Fashion your life after His. Rev. S.
H. C. Burgin, Methodist, San Antonio,
Tex.
God's Word.
The word of the Lord is the means
by which God expresses His Will to
men. It Is a revelation of God Him
self. Rev, C. B. Delamater, Episco
palian, Providence.
The Center of Church Ufa.
The child is the center of the
ohurch's life. Rev. Rufus W. Miller,
Reformed, Philadelphia.
Temptation Shows Attitude.
As we climb, temptation Is the bar
ometer to show us our altitude. Rev.
OuXtJDjCfm
$ POETRY WORTH I
READING
H jB'fr'T T t T T T T 1 1 H 1 T T f T I
Hold Up Your -End.
Tve noticed," said Abe WUkins once.
"That men are often proud.
They like to make a flourish when
They're nxinglln' with the crowd.
And many a young man blows the coja
He ean't afford to spend
Because he has the notion he
Must always hold his end. ''
I
"That 'holdln' up his end' to me
Is all right in its way.
An' yet it is a phrase that's led
A heap of men astray.
I've noticed that it most applies
To barrooms an cafes.
An' means that, when It comes his
turn,
A fellow gladly pays.
"I like a man to do his share
In everything that goes,
An' I despise a mean man's tricks.
As everybody knows.
But I have Been a lot of woe
An' misery depend
Entirely on this foolish plan
Of holdln' up an end.
"I've seen a fellow blow the coin
His wife an' babies need;
I've seen him tryln' hard to keep
A pace beyond his speed.
An' then I've seen him all alone
His homeward Journey wend,
Shame-faced and downcast all because
He had upheld his end.
"The name 'good fellow' Is all right.
But wheresoe'er I roam,
If I were you, young man, I'd try
To win that name at home.
My loved ones I would think of first
Home Is the place, my friend,
The only place that's worth the fight
Of holdln' up your end."
Detroit Free 'Press.
True and Untrue.
He was a dog,
But he stayed at home
And guarded the family night and
day.
He was a dog
That didn't roam.
He lay on the porch or chased the
stray
The tramps, the burglar, the hen,
away.
For a dog's true heart 'for that
household beat,
At morning and evening, in cold
and heat.
He was a dog.
He was a man,
And didn't stay
To cherish his wife and his chil
dren fair.
He was a man,
And evei7 day
His heart grew callous, Its love
beats rare.
He thought of himself at the close
of the day
And, cigar In his fingers, hurried
away
To the club, the lodge, the store,
the show.
But he had a right to go, you know.
He waB a man. The Advance.
I Love You So.
I love you so, what matters else,
Tho' you are true to me or false?
I love you so resentment melts
Beneath your glance, and censure
halts,
And all my sad misgivings go,
I love you so.
I love you so I do not care
Tho' all the world should praise or
shame.
I love you bo I'd proudly wear,
For your dear sake, the badge ol
blame,
Happy In high estate or low,
I love you so.
I love you bo I do not ask
For pledge or bond. Go, you are free.
I love you so I know no task
Too hard, If It bring Joy to thee,
Tho' you, dear one, should never know
My sacrifice, I love you so.
' Cora Greenleaf.
The Collie's Reverie.
I He and sniff at the soft gray mist.
And dream of the days gone by.
I long for the sound of the shepherd's
call:
"Lassie! Oh Lassie! Hi!"
I think of the moors where the heathei
blooms.
I see the flocks as they roam.
I think of the nights so dark and gray
When I gathered tho stragglers
home.
Oh, for the days when wild winds
blow,
And I raced o'er hill and wold,
At the cry of my master's voice atari
"Lassie Homo to tho fold I"
Oh, kind is my lady fair to me,
Here in this alien land,
But what would I give to feel ones
more
The touch of the shepherd's handl
Town and Country.
His Documents.
"I like you, Fred,
I like your looks;
But you've never read"
And she shook her head
"Btve feet of books P
"Mens bookish lore,
My dstmt Pearl,"
tttd Vrod, "la ft bora!
Bat X do s4
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HONOR
Attention is called to the STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
The FINANCIER of New York
City has published a ROLL Of
HONOR of the 11,470 State Banks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this list the WAYNE
COUNTY 8AVINQS BANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands 10th in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00
Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00
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