Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-14
SUNDAY ~REFLECTIoNs.

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fortune.
Every day should be distinguished by
ut least one particniar act OF love.
Whatever you dislike in another per-
son take care to correct in yourself.
There is no escaping our destiny, as
each day brings us in contact with it.
Willpower is to be cultivated. 1t can,
like the memory, be strengthened by
unceasing practice.
The time for reasoning is before we
approach near enough to the forbidden
fruit to look and admire it.
The little L have seen OF the world
teaches me to look upon the errors OF
others in sorrow, not in anger.
The best of us are hampered in every
effort of improvement, not alone by our
faults, but by those of our nelghbors.
Life neye seems SO clear and easy as
when the heart is beating faster at the
sight OF some generous self-risking deed.
Talents of the highest order, and such
as are calculated TO command universal
admiration, may exist apart from wis
dom.
Avoid ~raillery it offends him who is
the object OF it; he that INDUCES this
humor is the scour9e of society, and oil
lear ara AVOID him.,
The pleasing ceremonies OF polite
people are liable to be about two-thlrds
show, yet are about as near the golden
gate Us mankind ever gets.
We should not too much rejoice in
hope, if we would enjoy in reality, for
the most agreeable pleasures in general
are those that we have least expected.
Aversion from reproof is not wise; it
is the mark of o little mind. A great
man can afford to lose; o little, insight
fcant fellow is afraid of being snuffed
out.
The way to wealth is as plain as the
way to market. 1t depends chiefly on
two words, industry and frugaiity; that
is, waste neither time nor money, but
make the best use Of both.
Character is made up of little things,
and it is only through constant watch
fuiness over the details of right and
wrong that we can hope to build it into
fair or enduring proportions.
God never yet sent a person to this
world to quarre l with any other person
he neve gave to any human being q
right to interfere with the rights OF any
other human being or to make another
person miserable.
If thou art rioh, then show the great
ness Of thy fortune; or what is better,
the greatness of thy soul IN tile meek.
ness OF thy conversation; condescend tC
men of low estate; support the distressed
and patronize the neglected.
Each time we recall our scattering
energies and wondering thoughts, anc
force them ~resolutely in one direction
= S.ssso sho power anu develop the
habit. OF concentration, and the exertion
at first painful and laboricus, becomes
in time easy and agreeable.
Pain itself is not without it's alleyia.
tione. 1t may be violent and frequ,nt
but 1t ia seldom violent and long con.
tinued, but its pauses and intermis.
sions become positive pleasures. 1t has
the power of shedding o satisfaction ovel
intervals OF ease which | believe few
enJcyiRents exceed.
Among well bred people a mutua
deference is affected; contempt of Others
Disguised; authority closely concealed
attention given to each in his turn, anG
an easy stream of conversation main
tanned, without vehemence, without
interruption, without eagerness foi
victory and without any airs of superior
lily.
Much OF the sorrow aud pain, the i'll
feeling and resentment, and ever the
moral deterioration which afiiot and in.
lare men and women is caused by inhu
encea brought to hear upon them b,
Others who are wilfully and unpardon.
ably ignorant of what they are about
One person 10 habitually irritable
another passionate and unjust, another
critical and f~ault-inding, another Jealous
!. and suspicious, Such persons are con.
~tinually giving pain to their friends
STIRRING az. evil thoughts and evil feel
ings. and making others morally worse
for their presence.
The leading quality to be cultivated il
you would have an agreeable name in
conversation, is .repose. If you are rest,
less and vehement, you will be con,
sidered i'll hammered. Soyon must moi
ndget In your chair. no gestionlate like
stump orator. These things are "bad
FORM. and make people wish you
had ahEeEted ycuT5siT. You must avoid
i~ntesfupting other takers also, and
learn to control your temper and say az
little Q possible abont yourself. No
matter how bored you may be, assume
the virtue Of being interested, and look
pleasant at any sacrifice of sincerity and
~setf-respact. Politeness exacts that you
do unto Others at such times as you Ell.
peet them to do unto you when you,
turn comes.
MANY MOTHERS are unable to nurse
their children. In such cases the best