Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-08-30
SUNDAY REFLECTIONS.

A man can frequently polish his boots
with better grace than he can his man.
ners.
Action may not always bring happi-
ness, but there IS no happiness without
action.
Rest satisfied with doing we'll, and
leave others to talk OF you as they
please.
The beggar is the only man in the uni
verse who is not obliged to study ap-
pearances.
Good taste rejects excessive nlcety: it
treats little things as little things, and is
not hurt by them.
One gains courage by showing himself
poor; in that manner one robs poverty
of its sharpest sting.
Let friendship creep gently to its
height; If it rush to it, it may soon run
itself out of breath.
Do not lose courage by considering
your own imperfections, but lnstently
set about remedying them.
As man is known by his company,
so mans company may be known by
his manner of expressing himself.
Nothing makes the world seem SO
spacious as to have friends at distance;
! they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Be as careful of the books you read as
of the company you keep; for your habits
and character will be as much Influenced
by the former as by the latter.
Love, in its varied phases, can acquire
purity or dignity only when guided by
On inward power over ourselves; that is
in itself the very germ of virtue.
A friend should be one in whose under
/ standing and virtue we can equally con-
\ fide, and whose opinion we can value at
once for its justness and sincerity.
He that sympathizes in all the happi.
| and he that is warned by the folly of
others has attained the soundest Wis.
| dom.
He who seriously attends, pointedly
\ asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers, and
ceases when he has no more to say, is IN
! possession of some of the best requisites
| of man.
Love seizes on us suddenly, without
giving us,time to reflect; our disposition
or our weakness favors the surprise; one
glance from the fair, fixes aud deter
mines US.
Open rebukes are for magistrates and
| courts of justice. Private rebukes are
for friends, where all the witnesses of
the offenders bushes are blind and deaf
and dumb.
If man does not make new acquain-
tances as he advances through life, he
will soon find himself alone. A man,
says DR.. johnson, should keep his friend.
\ ship in constant repair.
A good memory is the best monument.
Others are subject to casualty or time.
and we know that the pyramids them.
| selves, rotting with age. have forgotten
| the names of their founders.
Great talents for conversation should
be attended with great politeness. He
who eclipses others, owes them great
1civilities; and whatever mistaken van.
ity may tell us, it is better to please in
conversation than to shine in it.
True peace and joy comes because of g
believing and trusting heart, of faith
that over our lives is an overruline
and protecting hand. Here is good
footing, here is our stronghold, strong
tower and refuge from sorrow.
There are no better cosmetics than g
severe Temperance and purity. modesty
and humility, gracious temper and
calmness of spirit, and there is no true
beauty without the signatures of these
graces in the very countenance.
That every day has its pains and sor.
rows is universally experienced and
most universally confessed; but let US
not attend only to mournful truths; il
we look impartially about us, we shall
find that every day has likewise it's pleas.
ures and its Joys.
Be cheerful. 1t is better to live in
sunshine than il gloom. If cloud rests
upon your hearts. turn its silver lining tc
your friends, and the glow of cheer il
will cast upon them will be reflected on
you, and the cloud will give way before
the brightness and joy its own light has
begotten.
| We mortals, men and women, ievoul
many disappointment between break.
fast and dinner time; keep back the tears
and look little pale about the lips, and
in answer to inquiries, say: ooh, moth.
ingW Pride helps US, and pride is not 9
bad thing when it only urges US to hide
our own hurts-not to hurt others.
Never be sorry for any generous thing
you ever did, even if it was betrayed
Never be sorry that you were magnani'
nous if the person was mean afterwards
Never be sorry that you gave; it wa.
right for you to give, even if you were
imposed upon. You cannot afford to
keep on the safe side by being mean.
Just as the health and perfection ol
the body depend largely upon the sun.
light, air, temperature, and other condi-
tions to which it is exposed, so the quail
ity of the character is greatly determin
ed by the surrounding influences, and il
is not always safe to trust either to phys.
ical sensations in the one case or to de-
sire for pleasure in the other.
To feel with and for others-what q
glorious widening out and enriching ol
ones life that is! How it increases oul
joys because of the pleasure that We take
in the joys Of others! How it renders
selfish brooding over our own woes I'm.
possible because of the sympathy We
must give to the sorrows OF others! Not
generosity only, not kind.heartedness
only, nor courtesy, nor unselfishness, nor
keen perception, nor quick understand.
iDg-it is all these. and more than these.
The Peoples remedy for biliousness,
constipation, piles, sick headache, jaun.
dice n II Allen,s Rill;ons Phva;r a