Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

Hike tllc I'loulCtlNS liliSl, HIS lllolt 1i''ii
doubled i'll thirty years, is about $4,000,
distributed through thirty-one centers.
-1lrhal1sdac Traveller.
CUL11T-iT1NG CONVERSATIONS.
Proper home conversation is an essen-
tial element of education, Perhaps at
the family table is the best place to
commence this education. Three times
day the different members Of the
family come together i'll our American
homes. In English families it is quite
the custom to form plans for the day in
the breakfast-room, and possibly all the
family do not meet again till the late
dinner at night. It is the growing Gus
tom among ourselves, however, to have
the late dinner hour, and thus the
family sit longer at the table, and, by
reason of the presence of butleror wait
ress, are obliged to be circumspect in
behavior and speech. We also advocate
having the children at the family table
as early as possible; they are help, a
stimulus, to their elders in the matter
of table etiquette. But children are
not admitted to the dining-room as
early as in the olden days, and are then
taua ht first, that children should be
seen and not heard" We too often for
get that their ears are very acute, and
we ate surprised at times by an intelli-
gent Enquiry ON the topic under discus
sion if it be worthy one, the q&1a
shoul ID be encouraged in it's desiA for
inforj nation. Often "to be seen and not
heard" involves the taking in of large
drauE hts of that which had better never
have been heard at all by any one.
Tile dinner hour, especially when at
night, should be the occasion of Guilt
waiting good habits of conversation in
the ybunger members Of the family. AS
child ZEN grow older and are made to
feel certain responsibility in sustain
ing cbnversation and the entertainment
of guests, they become easy and grace
full III the art. There are apt to be a
few awkward moments before the din
ner Is announced if we have invited
guests. Happy would it be if, by any
cultivation, we could arrive at the posi-
ton described by Milton: with thee
cony ersing, I forget all time"
Tits desirable to cultivate habit of
observation as help to conversation.
The daily momentary contact with other
miads helps to stimulate and strengthen
our own; and all pleasant anecdotes and
Incidents Of persons and things, or a
bright newspaper item, are helpful
Good Housekeeping.
THE DANGER OF t,, BENG 4 HUMAN
| Heredity is puzzle. It seems to be
easier in this world to inherit bad
qualities and traits than good, but both
sorts make such leaps and jumps, and
are so inclined to go off on collateral
lines, that the succession is difficult te
calculate. The race is linked together
in curious tangle, so that it is almost
impossible to fix the responsibility
Defects OF vices or virtues will not al
ways go in straight line. The chill
dren Of deaf-mutes, for example, are no
apt to be deaf-mutes, but the cousins
of those children may be deaf-mutes
showing, it is said, that some remot,
ancestor of both had some mental O:
physical defect which has been trans
mitted to his posterity, though not il
the form in which he was afflicted. Ii
most cases we cannot do anything abor1
it: the older Our civilization become
the more complicated and intricate al
our relations, so that it has already be
come dangerous business to be
human being at all. It is not Away
certain that if man eats sour grape
his children's teeth will be set on edge
but the effect of the sour-grape die
may skip generation OF two, OF appea
, in a collateral line. We try to stud
this problem in our asylums an,
prisons, and we get q great many inter
| esting facts, but they are too conflicting
to guide Legislation. The difficulty
: to relieve person OF responsibility TO
: the sins OF his ancestors without reliey
| ing him Of responsibility for his ow
1 SINS Charles Dudley Warner, Ii
Editors Dra1rer, Ha,per's Magazine
GOOD and BAD NEWS.
Bad news weakens the action of til
: heart, Expresses the lungs, destroys til
appetite, stops the digestion, an
e partially suspends the functions Of til
system. An emotion Of shame fushe
! the face; fear blanches, Joy illuminate
it, and an instant thrill electrities
million of nerves. Surprise spurs tn
6 pulse into gallop. Delirium infuse
q great energy. Volition commands, an
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