Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-24
SUNDAY REFLECTIONS.

1t is q masterpiece to draw good out OF
evil, and by the help of virtue TO i'm
prove mlsfortunes into blessings.
Whatever else we neglect, let us keep
up the habit of communion with God.
Prayer is the key Of the position.
After a tongue has once got the knack
of lying, it Is net to be imagined how
almost impossible it is to reclaim it.
Ten thousand of the greatest faults
in our neighbors are OF less consequence
TO us than one of the smallest in our
selves.
The most gross grained are by no
means the worst of mankind: or the
humblest in station the least polished in
feeling.
Good nature, like a bee, collects its
honey from every herb. Iii nature like
q spider, sucks poison from the sweetest
flowers.
Let every man take care how he speaks
and writes Of honest people, and not set
down ala venture the first thing that
comeB uppermoBt.
He who thinks he can do without the
world deceives himself; but he who
thinks the world can not do without him
is still moro in error.
Never pronounce q mon to be wllfully
niggard antil you have seer the contents
of his purse. Distribution should be in.
accordance with receipts.
IL q man has a right to be proud of
anything it is a good action, done as it
ought to be, without any tase interest
lurking at the bottom of it.
The disesteem and contempt oil Others
is inseparable from pride. 1t is hardly
possible to %overyalus ourselves but by
undertaking. our neighbore.
1t makes the mind very free when we
glye up wishing, and only think of bear
ing what 10 laid upon us and doing what
ID given us to do.-GeoTge Eliot.
He is the poorest. meanest, narrowest
of men who seeks his own qualification
at the expense of others. and he will
eventually become the most miserable.
When a book raises yanr spirits and
inspires You with noble and courageous
feelings, seek no other rule to Judge the
book by. 1t is goodand made by a good
workman.
One OF the saddeat things about human
nature is, that q man may guide others
IN the path of life without walking in it
himself; that he may be a pilot and yet
q casta
Let US emulate .sthe virtues which
shine like stars while we also exercise
the .a.charitfes which heal, ard soothe,
and bless, and lie scattered at our leet
like SIMMER howers.n
Whenever you commend, add your
reasons for doing SO; itis this which dig
tinguishes tie appreciation OF O man OF
sense from the Hattery of sycophants.
and the admiration OF fools.
The power Of drudging at disagree
able tasks is necessary to any worthy
work. This power is never attained BY
one who always chooses and refuses. ia
accordance with his inclination.
Habits, though in their commences.
ment like the fiimy line of a spider,
trembling at eperv breeze, may in the
end provo as links of tempered steel,
binding q deathless being 60 unknown
felicity Or wce
To be fattered is grateful, eyen when
We know that u praises are not believ-
60 ~ those who pronounce Them; for
they prove at least our power, and show
that orr favor is valued, sinceit is pur-
chased BY the meanest Of %falsehoods.
Give us, oh, give MS, writes Carlyle,
the man who sings at his work. Be his
occupation what it may, he is superior
to those who follow the same pursuit in.
silent %sullenness, He will do more in
the same time, be will doit better, he
Will persevere longer.
In it's refinements, its, eIegancies, its
graces and adornments are seen the
glory and perfection of life. Tt 10 the
highest honor to be equal to them and
capable OF sustaining them, and the
greatest happiness to appreciate them
properly and enjoy them nationally.
/ fnd one occupation which is ever
green, OF which we shall never weary.
which is good at all seasons, beautiful at
times, q source OF %unyarying delight,
which comes nearest to the divine, and
that 10 tho act Of doing good. This ID
the n pleasure which will surely III.
as life goes on.
Doing nothing for others is the undo
lng OF ones self. We mast be ~purpusely
lind and generous or we miss the best
part OF existence. The heart that goes
,nt OF itself gets large and full of 10Y.
This is the great secret OF the inner life.
Wo do ourselves the most good doing
Iomething for others.
Ever practical manTknows that self
tenial of q certain kind must be con-
family pfactised in life. g,he small
,blect must be foregone for the sake oil
sgrestars the immediate pleasure for
ne sake OF the remote-nay, the per-
onal pleasure for the sake Of the pleas
ire which is generous and sympathetic.
Never Ering q human being, however
lily, ignorant and weak, above Sill, any
title child, to shame and confusion Of
ace. Never by petulance, BY suspicion,
y %ridiculs, sven by selfish and silly
.aste, never. above all, by indulpinp in
he devilish pleasure of q sheer, crush
is finest and rouse up what ia
oaraest in the heart of any fellow.
FEATURE.
A .'sorasabling" wife lie no light cross
. . man who values order and regularity
. q part Of his home.life. She NAV he.
nd probably is, the beet tempered |,
in the world--a pseyish "soram.i
Ter" would be too unendurable-hnt a .
,esh face, bright eyes, and a merry ,
sugh do not atone for Y ending ,
and discomfort. This kind 81
ming does not depend on income, md /,
not to be remedied by riches.
To teach a youth Is bear what is dis. /
greeable and irksome without conn., I
LIANT may at first sight seem at variance {
.ith q sympathetic attitude, but in
'uth Y is only real sympathy projected
INTO the childa maturer years.
nat ssHectlon which shields him from {
very rough wind, which listens tolc