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? SK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 18SO. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" THE TRIE SOUTHKOK, Established june, ic?S Consolidated Au?. 2, 1881.] SUMTER, S. G-, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1891. ?$e Wak ?ra BT N. a. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS: Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. i, first insertion.$1 00 ?h^ueat|g|prtion.. 50 - JW* for t|reaiuonth?, or longer wi? ba ?ade at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private "^jfrill be charged for as advertisements, fries and tributes of respect will fae foe OVAL AND Sf toops. To accommodate my largely increased and increasing busi ^^8L^**?6 remove<* t0 the nane?me and commodious new Brick Store next to John Reid's, jppittte 10 old stand, where I wh Ib#b5found with a stock of DIAMONDS, fMR ^Clocks, Jewelry, and Plated Ware, .SI -BCTACLE^ &c G^?&i brillia?^, extent and variety any stock of the |dnd ever shown in this city, lair?|idditions of new at Thanking my friends and the public illy for the very liberal patronage onlae at my old stand, I ?ope ic nance of the saroe.^atfd I hereby extend to all a cordial io vi ta? tton to pay me a visit at my new stand, where, with a larger stock and increased facilities io every way i am better pre? mured Chao ever to cater to their wants. Don't forget the place, REID'S BLOCK, MAIN ST., SUMTER, S. C. ^^^^^vtg n^^?^e of repairing done as H. A. HOYT, Successor to C. I. HOYT k BRO. prometes Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep natural Costo ria contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. " Castoria is so well adapted to children that 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription fcaown to me." H. A. ARCHES, M. ?>., Ill Sooth Orford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. **I use Gastona in my practice, and find it specially adapted to affections of children." AL3X. ROBERTSON, M. D" 1057 2d Ave., New York. "From personal knowledge and observation I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine for children, acting as a laxative and relieving the pent up bowels and general sj-tem very rouen. Many mothers have told me of its ex? cellent effect upon their children." Da. G. C. OSGOOD, Lowell, Mass. TBX CESTACB COXFA2?Y, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. HOLMAN & LEMASTER. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, SUMTER, S. C. LL MA KB-BI ?S ON ANY WORK i?'City or County, and will do all work with despatch and in best of work? manship. mail or otherwise responded to Gan fae fonnd ?t present at build West end of CaJfajoon St rest. E/B. HOLMAN, #8v. 26^-r G. F. LEM ASTER. 1/ NOTICE. fg\T7INTHB0P TRAINING SCHOOL for ?^VV teachers, Colombians C. Thorough ?*Sjormal instruction and pf?ciiie in best nu-in " ids of teachif?. Open W hirls over 18 years ld. Graduates are entitled to teach in the luols of Son'h Carolina ns first grade teach? es. They readily seco,? positions in this id other States. Eacb ffcninty is given two rscholarsbip?^-one by tbe-State. worth $150 : jaod one fay (faeSchool, woVth $30. Comp?t? itive examination for ^hese scholarships will |beld in each County, $fcursd?y, July 2. ?I" Address I2W# JOHNSON, B . i Superintendent. Columbia, S C. ? FIXTURES. sk for Cntxiogu'. TERRY MTG CO., NASHVULEJENN. Uterary .^Address Before i S uniter Instit ut e. -f BY REV. F. R. BEATTIE, D. D. To the Members of the Sum Institute : My opening words are spoken the tray of congratulation. I c< grat?late the faculty of the Ins tute upon the successful cone sion of another year of care a instruction. I congratulate t students ki that they have enj( ed the advantages of a years, ca: ful oversight and tuition. B chiefly <$o I congratulate the me: hers of this large and love senior class upon having succei fully completed the extend course of study which entitl them to a diploma of graduate from the Institute, thereby inti ducing them to the mature ai charming circle of the Alumnae the?Institution. I shall not a that I congratulate you on t! choice that has been made of ti person who is now to deliver ti literary address on this in tere ing occasion. I shall, ho we vi congratulate myself at the dos if I can stumble through a address which shall in son measure be suitable to the cireur stances under which we meet, ar at the same J:ime be of some u to f?iose for whom it is special intended. Now, it is proper that evei address, such as this is intende to be, should have a subject, an so I have cast about for a suitabl and useful theme with which 1 engage your attention, and after good deal of search, high and loi far and near, I finally settled o "Heading" as the subject of m address. Myijfirst task is to define or ei plaini?he meaning of this simp] term which denotes my subj ec lest I find myself talking aboi one thing while you are thinkin of another. Well, what do I mea by reading ? By-this term I do not mean th art of pronouncing or of learnin to utter correctly the words of tb English tongue, as children s school do when they are learnin to .sag', "John, threw a stone dow the'street," qr conning over som silly-Thyme, as "Mary had a littl lamb and its fleece was white a snow" If this were my meaning I am sure that my address woul be useless, for I well know tha the young \ladies.of the Institut are well taught in this importan art of correct pronunciation. Nor again, do I mean by read ing, the art of rendering a passag in such a way that by prope accent, emphasis, tone and ges ture, the exact meaning of th author may be .brought out ara the very spirit of the passage b j reproduced. If such were m; I meaning, then it would be prope for me to give a lecture on elocu tion, setting forth the principles and stating the rules of the science and giving illustrations of thi useful and entertaining art, a tas] which I freelv confess mvsel totally unable even to attempt. Nor again, is reading taken t denote that thorough and syste matic study of a subject which i known as academic or professiona reading, as when a student a college is said to be readin science and mathematica as wei as classics and history, or as ii the legal or medical professions ; man is said to be reading law o medicine when pursuing hi regular curriculum of study. I this were the meaning.of the terra Heading, taken in this address then some discussion of the law of thought and of the best method of study would be in place. Bu this is not the purpose of th present address. So much for the meaning no taken. Now what is the mean)n: which gives us our theme to night The term Reading is used in it general popular sense as denotin; one Important means by wAic; general information is acquired an< common intelligence improced. need scarcely define further t< make my meaning plain. Yoi all know what is meant when ; person needs a book of travel o of-history and. learns soniethira about other lands and other time? You all understand very well wha is implied in reading a magazin or newspaper in order to get th news of the day, and to learn wha is going on in the big busy worL about us: Well: this is just th idea I wish to keep before you mind in this address. It is Road ing in the sense of a means o acquiring useful knowledge, o obtaining valuable information o which I am to speak to-night. A such, Reading is a useful mean to a noble end. It is the opei highway which leads us into th heart of the vast domain o human knowledge. It is th broad navigable river which bring him who embarks thereon int? contact with beauties and wonder ever new. We now invite you t< embark on this river, broad an< beautiful, and delight yourselve with the beauty and glory of tb ever changing scenes which opei out before you as you proceed. It is Lord Bacon, I think, win says that "Reading serves f<> delight, for ornament and fo utility. The crafty contemn it the simple admire it, the wise us* it. Reading makes a full man conference a ready man, an< writing an exact man. He tha writes little needs a gn-at memory he that conf?re little, a presen wit, and he that reads little,- mucl j cunning to seem to know tha i which hf does not." i Previous to th<> invention o i printing, thc material for rei ing was limited, and its advantai were confined to. a few, but t magic power of the printing pr< has placed the matter of readi ' within the reach of all, and at lim ed cost. Six centuries ago boo i cost 200 times as much as nc . and "fifty persons can read now i one that could then. Boo] . magazines and papers are now t tonishingly cheap, and educati is generally diffused among t people of all civilized lands. And this matter of reading becoming an immense power the world. By its means, knoY edge is acquired, and informativ diffused, and, as one has 3ai "knowledge is power." Yes, it power for (food, or for emt, accor ing as it is well or ill used. Ju as a horse, if properly restrain* and well directed, is of use i drawing loads or bearing burder but if unrestrained or unguidi he may run away and do mu( damage, so reading may ser) great good or do much harm. ( just as the water in a large rese voir, conducted by trenches < utilized by a mill is of great use 1 irrigate the soil or drive machiner but if it rudely bursts its banks carries all before it in ruin and b< comes a curse instead of a bles; ing. So of that power which rea< ing and its material are now pu ting into men's hands. It need to be carefully used, wisely direc ed. If used for evil it arms me with power for terrible-harm ; bi if used for good it endows wit potency for abounding good. Th educated rogue is the worst of a rogues, and the intelligent hones man is the best of all honest mei In view' of the importance of thi subject practically, three question arise, and each will claim som notice at our hands : 1. What to read ? 2. How to read ? 3. When to read ? 1. What to read: This is ou first question. The range pf literature even i: our own tongue is now so vast tha no one can compass it all. Nor i it desirable to make . the attempi As in /some countries there ar morasses which we cannot eros without getting daubed with mire so there is much reading matter s bad that it should never be read and some that is not really ba< is so poor that it is not worth read ing. But even when all deduc tions are made, the mass of goo< and useful literature is so groa that no one can hope even by con stant reading to peruse half of it Lord Macaulay, who literally de? voured books, was not able to rea< all that he considered good litera ture, and he was so fastidious ii his taste that he had no patient with any common-place author. As then, we ask the questioi what shall we read ? The field tha lies before you is immense. Ai you look out upon it you see th< landscape ever widening to you: view, and you are filled with won der and delight, as when climbing a high mountain the prospect ex pands till whole provinces lie a your feet. Here you see hundreds of thousands of books fron the clumsy folio to the cun? ning little duodecimo, inviting perusal. Here, also, are thc magazines-quarterly, monthly fortnightly, and weekly, pressing on our, attention. And here, too are the newspapers in endless ar ray-^-weekly, tri-weekly, bi-week ly, daily and bi-daily, all calling for notice and inviting to be read What a field is this over whict to roam ? What an empire is thh in which to make conquests 1 Here is poetry to please the fancy soothe the heart or inspire devo? tion. Here is history to tell ot the doings and disasters of na? tions, and of the rise and fall ol umpires. Here is biography U set before tis the virtuos and vicos the fortunes and misfortunes, the toils and sufferings of individuals , Here is romance to load us inte the shadows of the ideal, and to thrill us with new fancy pictures Hore is science ready to reveal t( us the wonders of earth and the ' glories of the heavens. Hero ii philosophy to explain tho cause? * of things, and to unfold the first ; principles which underlie all the sciences. Hero is law to unfold the principles of jurisprudence ' the statutes of the land, and the court practice of the day. Hen 1 is political economy to acquaint us willi the laws according tc which value, price, rent, interest ; and wages should be regulated. [ and to tell us how we may ; create capital, and become truly prosperous. And here is the ? oleg}' to expound moro fully 5 than philosophy can tho being, 1 nature, and attributes of God, ' as well as to give us in systematic ' form the teaching of Holy Scrip? ture concerning God and man. 5 Sin and salvation, and duty and * destiny. Here, too, are themaga * zinos to tell us something about } almost everything in tho universe ; ' and lastly comes tho newspapers 5 whose contents no tongue can tell, ready to give us the news and poli 1 tics of the day, together with tho inevitable continued story, which > som" readers like most of all. r As books, magazines and papers, r hy reading, become n al cent] ?an j ions, great cap' should !>?' taken in ; the choice of what we read. This } point I wish to emphasize, my * young friends, as you leave this * Institute to enter on the duties of > life. As a man is known by the * company he keeps, and soon be 1 comos like his company, so you * will be known by the lx>oks j you read and will become in time t j like those books. If you read a bad book or storv you will sure] be injured by its degrading powe If you read a good book you wi be elevated by its virtuous and ei nobling influence. John Ange James tells us that he once rea a bad book, and that only for few moments on the street, y< writing long after he says thi the poison took effect, the sin le its mark. I cannot, he says, eras the sad effects which in one qua: ter of an hour that vile book lodge in my mind. I prajr for grace t conquer it, but it is still a thor in the flesh, and causes me grei bitterness." These are solem words, and they are as true as the are solemn, and they warn us t shun all sorts of bad or doubtfu reading. It is a terrible mistak to think that virtue can be fostej ed and character strengthened b having experience of the evi I as we] as the good. Evil is sufficient! and best known in the experienc and enjoyment of the good. I we know the evil in itself, we ma; too soon forget to think it evi! and ere long be ready to clasp t< our bosoms a serpent whose dead ly fangs will inflict a death WOUIK in our souls. But further, there is much liter ature not specially bad which i yet decidedly objectionable There is much now written fo young people which must stain condemned. I need not speak t< you of the abominable dime no vel, and many other wretche< stories which are offered on ever^ hand. The tendency of such read ing is to make the reader like th< story and ready to imitate the her< or heroine. Many sad cases of thii are on record. A youth, as a milk? man in Derbyshire, England, with out any apparent reason attempt ed to murder an old housekeeper In the course of the inquiry mad? at the trial it,came out that tin lad had been led to make the at tempt under the influence of ? long course of stories about th< adventures of Dick Turpin anc Jack Sheppard. I remember read ing some years ago in the daib papers of two boys about 14 year: of age in a certain part of Canada who ran away from home, stealing some money and other things, anc intending, as they said, to become robbers and pirates. On inquin made after the lads were captur?e by the police, it came out tha these boys had been indulging largely in reading dime novels and under this influence had beer led to do as they did. Commenl on these and scores of similar facts is entirely needless. Further, in the same .line there is a feature in our current news? papers which I am sure exerts ? baneful influence on the youthful reader especially. That feature tc which I refer is this: Every con? ceivable item of news, and some? times what never really happened is gathered up and presented in its most attractive forms. Even murder, suicide, burglary and ex? ecution is elaborately described and details of crimes we dare nol mention are given with careful minuteness. We often find a col? umn to a prize fight, and an inch to some charitable or religious meeting, and this some of the me? tropolitan dailies in our great cities. I know that I am on deli? cate ground here, and wish tc speak calmly and fairly upon this subject, for there is no good done by wholesale denunciation. The newspaper press is a great means of diffusing knowledge among al] classes of the community. Much can be said in favor of publishing full accounts of many things in the papers. Thereby some may be warned against evils, and crimes have been discovered. Yet then is, after all grave dangers involved in reading the minute details oi glaring crimes. I am sure no one can read those details without bo coming harder-hearted, or without having the finer sensibilities first shocked, then blunted. As to where, or upon whom thc blame is be justly laid it may not be easy to say. Probably the blame is to be divided pretty evenly between the Editor and the reader, though perhaps, at last, the most of the blame* rests upon the reader. The editor's share of the blame consists in giving un? due prominence to what we call objectionable things, by setting th<un forth with such flaming head linos as these-"Another atrocious murder, a woman's hoad almost chopped off." "A deliber? ate suicide, a man hangs himself in his own stable." A horrible tragedy-a man shoots his wife then himself-Both will die.7 But 1 need not enlarge; you all know what I mean. If it be a horror, a tragedy, a scandal or a prize tight, tho big head linos moot the eye, and this specially is thc editors share of tho blame. The Reader, however, has his share of tho blame, and this con? sists in reading with such eager? ness these reports, and so making a demand upon the newspaper to pander to this depraved taste on th?* Readers part, ls it nut true ? 1 ?sit as a rule most newspaj>or readers seize upon these reports first of ail. aii< I I lie newspaper niai? finds ilia! (here is money in ? it. Even t he newsboys understand I this very well. You have heard them pushing their sales crying j "Morning Papers"--"All "about the murder last night." This is ' an evil which all should seek lo '' remedy. l,?t the Editor not pan? der to this morbid taste, and il i will not br fed; and let tile read? er not make this demand upon the Editor for such sensational things. Th?' Reader, let me re peat, cannot read these revolting details without suffering sore ii jury. I am persuaded that mo: than one with suicidal ten den ci have been taught how to take h own life by reading the graph newspaper accounts of the way i which others hanged, shot, drowi ed or poisoned themselves. I ai sure that hot a few have bee shown how to break house an steal by reading how others di such things, I advise you, hov ever hard it may be, to re fra i from reading these sensation; accounts of crime. Familiarit with crime, blunts sensibility t it, just as breathing a poisoned a: mo8phere breeds disease. Then again not only avoid al literature of evil tendencies, br give close attention to what is goo( pure, truthful and elevating. Th influence of one good book, whe character is forming, may be c incalculable value. Benjami Franklin tells us that when a bo a book entitled, "Essays to d Good," by Cotton Mather fell int his hands. It was tattered an torn, and several leaves were gone but the remainder, he says gav me such a turn of thinking, as t have an influence on my conduc all through life ; for, he adds, I have always set a greater value o] ! the character of a doer of goo< j than any other kind of reputation and if I have been a useful citizei the public owes it all to that'littl book. Perhaps Franklin speak strongly here, still those wh< know what his influence for goo( was in his day and still is in ours will see how much our little book tattered and torn, may do. Rob inson Crusoe and Sinbad the Sail or have sent more boys to sea thai the press-gang. Most of the Wa verly Novels come from Sir W Scott's early reading of old tradi tions and legends, and the most o what is called pastoral fictioi comes from Addison's sketches o Sir Roger de Coverly in the Spec tator. These and scores of in stances which might be addec show how great the influence o what we read, and how importan it is to read good books and shui: bad ones. ? You will no doubt have observed that all along I have refrained from going into any details in th< way of giving you lists of bookf which you should or should no* read. I have done so intentional? ly, deeming it of more value tc impress right general principle? upon your mind, as to what vor should read; and if possible gen erate a taste for the good and dis? taste for the bad or doubtful But I must mention another rea? son which has prevented me giv? ing a list of prohibited books ii this: I have suspected that if ] ventured to give such a list 1 might be annoyed to rind that 1 had only advertised them on the ground that prohibition often tempts to transgression. There are certain things with which any person who desires tc lay claim to a fair degree of intel? ligence, should by reading seek tc be acquainted. Lord Cecil oner said that I have a shelf in my li? brary for my tried authors, one in my mind for my tried principles, and one in my heart for my tried friends. If you would make good your desire to a good degree of in? telligence you must have a little shelf with books of which you are familiar. Become as familiar a? possible with history, first general history and then with the history of your own country. Cultivate a taste for poetry, and become famil? iar with the great masterpieces in this department. Give some attention to biogra? phy and travels, selecting the very best and avoiding the trashy books with paper covers. Dip a little also into philosophy, science and theology, if for no other reason to become familiar with certain terms every well educated person should understand. A good fami? ly magazine, with something else than fashion platos in it, may be regularly read with profit. Then, too, you should not neglect th<? newspapers, nor be content till you have road moro than tho con? tinued story. Studiously avoid the mongrel English of Artemus Ward, Mark Twain, and similar writers. Shun all '"slangy'' books and have a prof<?u id reverence for the English undefiled. Theu con;e9 fiction-the novel. What *hall I say about it? This it* difficult and delicate grouud. Novel reading should be indulged in only as a mental recreation, and tdiould never become a sort of mcutal dissipa? tion. A bad novel should never be opened, and many novels arc bad. lu them the reader is made familiar with horrid plots, where deceit is palmed off as cleverness. Falsehood is often clothed i:i white and impurity made to wear a modest face, God's name and dwelling place are often used irreventiy, and sacred things touched with far too rude a hand. I would not, however, condomn all novel reading as in itself injurious. It all depends on the nature ot the book, and of its influence for good or evil upon the reader. Some may read without any hurt what will do others positive harm. If one is mentally weary a chapter or two io Pickwick papers may give relief. Be sure, however, that you carry off the novel and do not lei il run away with you. I think, moreover; that fiction .should bo among the last of our reading. The mind should be ma lured and well informed before it is in? dulged in. If novels are much read as the mind is developing and the habits of thought forming, it will bc almost sure to hinder the formation of a taste i for good solid reading The mind will become apparently blighted and its taste perverted. I shall only add that, while novel reading may bc a sort of relief from hard mcutal work, it is , better lo remain out in thc tempest the most bitter tempest-than to ei an atmosphere where you are io dan of caching a deadly moral pla? Many a one from a few hours read of a French novel has gone a' with a fever for life. In closiog this head, I shall o add, that by reading one should bec< well informed concerning one's ( country. The history and geograj of the land in which we live should mastered, so that we may be saved fi stupid blunders, as the man who Scotland some years ago asked un the St. Lawrence Uiver rose in Rocky Mountains. Our second question ia, How Read? Dr. Johnston once said that w is worth do-iug at all is worth doi well. This is especially true regard! reading. A good book which ia rea worth reading should be well mai cated, digested aud assimilated, i swallowed whole. If a man bolts dinner be spoils his digestion; so ca less, superficial reading, of even a gc book, will have a bad effect upon I mental powers. The old Great Soph had a proverb to this effect: Beware the man of one b)ok, meaoiog tbei by that in disputation the man w bad thoroughly mastered one book vi a more dangerous antagonist than who had merely shimmed over mar In like manner the Germans s? "Better have a garden wei 1 tilled t h a field running wild." The Lati say non multa sed mult um-not ma but much, iutimatiug that it is not much the quautity as the quality of o reading that produces results. The first requisite is to have or acquire a task for tboroughgoit methods of reading. Some are aime born with this taste, but most pcrsoi mu;t acquire it. For such the fi: effort mu*t be to acquire this last And I do believe that next to a since desire for the religion of Jesus Christ strong, healthy tsste fo? iustructi reading is most to be desired. If y( have not this taste and find such rea ing a burden or a bore, persevere, ai in due time you will succeed and r joice in no empty victory. Do n allow the natural inherent laziness our nature to rob us of this taste, ar leave us to catch our opinions fro others or remain in ignoraoce. 1 not while away in idle frivolity houj ,which if devoted to reading would c so much to inform and adorn yot minds Do not spend so much tin decorating the body that no time is le for adorning the mind. The empl headed dandy who cuts a da*h on tl street or at the party will pronounce a books a bore, and the man of di?pla will furnish his library as he doe? h parlor, like thc shoddy merchant wh became rich on the pr< Srs of sh?>dd cloth, and who in furnishing a fine ne house went to a bookseller and ordere ?200 worth of books, adding as L gave the order: Send as largo oo< as you can for the money, for I want t till a large shelf. First, then acquire ta<te for reading Next acquire a good method of read iog By a good method is meant sue a habit of reading as will enable yo to understand what you read. Yoi studies in the Institute will have dou much to form this habit, and I woul only say keep this up after you leav its class rooms. Coleridge divide readers into lour classes. The fir; class he compares to an hour glas? their reading being like the sand; it ruc in and then runs out and leaves not vestige behind. The second class re sembles a pponge which imbibes anv thing, and returns it in nearly the sam state only a little dirtier. Tue thir class, he says, is like a jelly bag, whic allows all that is pure to pass awav and retains only the refuse and tb dregs. The fourth class he likens t the diamond digger of Golconda who casts all the worthies pebbles aside, and retains only th pore gems. The last, of course, rep'e seuts the best class of reader*, an? illustrates the proper method of read ing Read with ju'igmeut and discrimi nation; distinguish between the gem and the dross Lit your judgment bi not dormant, but be in constant exer eise, selecting, arranging, approving o condemning what you need. A: Spurgeon says have a peg in your mint for everything, hang it there, and yot will know where to tiud it when yot want it. Then, again, read slowly, vcrj slowly. Most readers make a great mistake just itere aud read too fast. A few g< od books, slowly lead, thorough!j mastered aud carefully thought over, will do you more good than a scor< merely skimmed over I an: sure thal careless, superficial reading, such as so many indulge in at the present da\ tends to weaken rather than strengthen the mei.tal powers. It destroys habits of close atteuti w, "ai d careful discrimi? nation, and like other bad habits in thc course of time becomes a sort of neces? sity. It serves as au excuse for the mind to lie douiant, whilst that is poured 10, and runs through a clear stream over unproductive gravel on which not even mosses will grow. Road slowly and thoughtfully and. never pass on till you have mastered what you have already gone over. Robertson, ot Brighton, says that it will take him six months to read a email octavo io chem istry. Miss Martineau, one of the best German scholars of the day, says that she offen reads only a page an hour, and so with many others whose habit might bc quoted. Thc next seek to remember what you read. Thc cultivation of the memory is a very important matter in good reading. By remembering what we read our reading will become of pcr mancu' value to us, and memory c;m bc trained and strengthened lo a w?>- - dc rfu I degree and tha effort cf the reader should be, to lr;:in thc memory. Memory winn well treated will be I Th o angel within thc soul, bu' if il) treated it will bo like a wicrd black shadow. Aristotle calls it thc scribe ol ibo soul, and speaks of its wonderful power. Thomas Vincent had all thc N. T. aud 11. by heart as we say. Bi?hop Sc.wcl, after writing a seimon, could repeat it without, reading. Scibiutz could re peat, the whole of Virgil's Aeneid Themistocles rou id call by name r~ch one ot the 20,OOO citiz-ns of Athens. Hortensias, after Cicero, the greatest I orator ol Rome, after billing u whole Jay ; at a public sale, repeated from uieur ! all the things sold, their prices, J thc names of the buyers. This w derful faculty, capable of such itnpro menr, should be carefully cultiva by diligent effort made to reinem what is read. Let me now in a sentence or t I illustrate the method of reading a b( j so as to master it, whether it be poet j history, science or fiction. Frst, re j the preface, and look very ca ! fuliy over the table of contents so as master the purpose aud plan of I book. Then begin the treatise prep and as you read on fix all the powt of your mind on the exercise. Ni the punctuation and grammatical stn ture of each sentence and paragraph, a keep hold c;f the thread of the narrati or train of thought, and never let go. Keep your dictionary at yo elbow, and never pass a word whr meaning you are not sure of. Get t substance of a section or chapter clear before your mind before you pass o Mark striking passages, and do n thiuk time taken to commit fine pi sages to memory time lost. Thi after you have goue through a secti< or chapter take a piece of paper ai write out iu your own words the su stance of what you have read, makir at the same time any comments of yoi own which occur to you. By adopti: some such method as this you will soi be amazed at the progress you wi make, and be filled with delight wii the results of the exercise. Yoi thirst for kuowledge will grow, yoi mental powers will expand, and yoi general intelligence will soon surpri: yourself. Just as the water lily opei its leaves and expands its petals at tl first pattering of the shower, and n joices with a quicker sympathy than tl parched sbnb in the saudy desert, i your mind will quickly expand und< the exercise of methodical and carefi reading lill you will scarcely seem yoi former self Sir Edward Sugden. tl great English jurist, on his being aske the secret of his success, replied: I n solved when beginning to read law t make everything I acquired perfectl my own, and never togo on to a secon till! bad perfectly mastered the firs ?Many cf my competitors, he add^c read as much in a day as ? did in' week, but at the end of twelve moutfc my knowledge was as fresh as the da it was acquired, whilst their's ba glided away from their, recollection Make your reading thorough, there fore. I have a hint to give here in regar to how to read fie ion-novels. Thi hint. I have no doubt will make yo smile, but let me ask you to think i over and sse whether it is so very ab surd. This hint is this: Tue safes j and best way to read a novel is to begi j at or lear the end, and read baekwar ; chapter by chapter fur a while till yo i discover the plot, and see how the stur tums out. Theu turu to the begioning and calmly pur ue your way readin with the eyes of the critic rather tba with that foolish sentimentality wbic is so exciting as to produce genuin mental dissipation. By following thi i plan you may depend on it your nov? reading will be far more critical, am infiuitly safer for you I may add tha this suggestion is made for somewha the same reason that a certain ride gave for appearing at the hunt with hi face to the horses' tail, i. e., sittin; backwards in the saddle. When askei why be appeared in this reverse atti tuJe, he said that he liked that wa; best, bocause he could not see the dau ger till it was all over. The third question is, When ti ll'ac? In this busy s ge this ii some re>pects is the most importan practical question, in the midst o the rush when eau time be had for read ing? To those whose time is mostly spen among books I would only say this Keep the morning hours for reading and and do not read when you shook be in bf'd or attending to home or pub lie duties. To those whose occupaMot may engage them for the most of the ! day, I would say that you should it: some way make time to do some good, solid, instructive rea ling. You are heil to a vast wealth of literature, and it i: your duty to yourself, aud to your coun? try to preserve aud perpetuate it. Thirty years hence the cimmunity will depend on you and others of your agi for irs character, intelligence, and sta? bility. What will you make it? Be in tamest in everything. Bo ever sensible of your responsibility to your? self, your age and you G->d. Cultivate the powers your Creator has given you, and improve the importunities before j you. j Read good books, and conquer every j difficulty which seems to prevent you j improving your mind, ard adorning ! your character. Where there is a will J there ts a way in this as in most mat ; t< rs. So, go bravely on, mas'er every d rh cul fy which seems to be in your ! way, aud success and rich reward is ; yours. j 1 ven'ure to say that scarcely one of j you will ever be so situated that you j cannot find at) h.>ur a day for solid, sys j tetnafic reading in addition to newspa ? per reading. The amount of time often j wasted is amazing. In sleepiug, in ! divssiug, in idle gossip, in services, iu : castle building, in complaining and j fault tinning in some hue, would, if ; turned to better purpose, make a for j tune. Be active, therefore, economize j and arrange your time, ?eek to get I an hour a day for solid reading, which j will feed your mind with healthful food, j An hour a day. S>-e what that amounts j to-six hours; a week; twenty-six hours I a month. Sabbath reading, which should b'.; largely devotional, exeepttd i - o 12 houis a year. Now suppose you j rea: only ten pages an hour, you will read more ol some books and less of j others Pen pages an lo ur will give you o,120 pages a year, and that i.n j ten volumes ol over ?>:.M") page? or : twenty volumes ol over 1.50 pages ;> year. Now suppose you are spared to I continue t h i > wok loi lim ty vea rs, s>e j what a library you w ll have mastered. ?>00 volumes of over *5?>U pages, or OOO ! volumes of over I?? pins'. Who I ; would beiieve it. with ostly one hour a day of good, faith;ul reading. l?-j-iu at once when voa leave this lusti i fute, and keep at it with ;.ll the earn- j . cst ness y e. n eau cou, a. and. Keep at it, ' ' ii?d not only w ll your ??.lclli?cOCC de- J I velop; but you will get more j >y out of life ia tbe exercise of this mental pur? suit, and jour character will grow stronger by tse diligent effort to carry I out your plans. A man onee ?aid to j Socrates that he would fain go to j Olympus, but feared that he was not j sufficient for the journey. Socrates re j plied: Th u walkest eyery day lutle j or much. Continue thy walk forward j the way, and you will soon reach ? Olympus. S ) again of your reading, j Read carefully and systematically aa j hour a day of good literature, and you j will soon reach what is far better thno Olympus. ! To those who may have duties to at? tend to early in the morning,the evening may be the best time for sacb persons to do th"ir reading. But for all who can possibly spend a morning hour it ts better, I think, for you will then have something fresh and stimulating o:? your miud to think about duriog thc day. so that you will never be lonely. When you work, work ; when you play, play, and when you read, read. Gat your surroundings so arranged tha& you will be disturbed as little as possi? ble during your reading hour. Never thiuk of reading when you should be attending to other proper duties, it looks bad to see a little git! reading ao idle story book wheo sho thou?d be tying her shoes or combing her bair. It is far worse to see a youug lady dreamiug tue forenoon away over some trashy novel, and her mother left to look after the whole household. Be indus? trious and studious and you will be intelligent and happy, having resources of your own upon which to draw. And you will possess what the ancients considered the greatest treasure, "A sound mind in a healthy body." But I must soon close, for I fear I have wearied you. I shall feel fully rewarded if I have been able to give you, young ladies, any stimulus to begin at once to explore more fully the vast field of literature which lies within, the reach of most of you. Do not leave behind the habits of study whicb you have formed during these years in the Institute. Your education is just begun, not completed. We have given you the tools with w. ich to work Use these tools, keeping them ever in him for efficient woik in diligent reading year by year. But I cannot resume my seat without asking you to be sure to read one book, the Book of Books, tbe Bible. What? ever you read or do not read be sure you do not neglect the Bible. Make it or books on it, the bulk of your Sab? bath reading. Do not read uovels or newspapers on the Sabbath day. As a work of literature the Bible surpasses all other books, and is the most stiniu la?ing of all books. Ic gives us thc history of ?*aees and ages of which we would have known nothing were it not for this book. There is more reliable ethnology in the lOih Chap, of Genises than in any other single book. Theo the biography of the Bible is of sur? passing excellence. A character stands j out doors of years ago, and being pho? tographed by a radiance from heaveo remains fixed forever. Then the poetry of the Bible is so sublimely grand. Job, Psalms and the other poetical parts of the Bible, are the grandest and loft? iest of fell poetry. The very thoughts ring chimes which the rhyme of words can never equal. Then, its exhibition of God':* law is most impressive. This law is wiitten on its pages as with t? e lightnings of the sky. Before ita t ?reateniogs the mountains qaake, anti the splendor of its promises gilds the v.ry skies. Here too, in this book are the very best proverbs in the world thousands of them-each laden with a rich store of practical wisdom. ? In tbe writings of Paul there is an argument which the logical acumen of Aristotle or Hamilton does not excel. The pathos and beauty of our Lor i's para? bles, place them far above anything of the kind in any language. As litera* ture, therefore, it ranks above all other books-as such read it and re read it. ? But more than this the Bible is the ! only book which tells of everlasting , life, lt teaches us how to live and hoi? j to die, as no other book does, lt open? up to us the future, and lifts the veil j which hides thc land beyond the grave. ' It speaks of fiaie and eternity, of life here aud life hereafter. It tells of j the love of God and the redemption of I the cross. It tells of man's sin, and I man's Saviour; of human duty and I human destiny. It brings life and iru ! mortality to light by the gospel, and ( presents the tree of iife whose leaves I are fur the healing of tie nations. With all your getting, get understand? ing, and with all your reading read the Bible. Bead it often, read it with prayer. It will guide you through the gloom and shadow of earth, to the iight aud glory of Heaveo. K *ad the Bible is my last word. --mmm^- ? A Little Girl's Experience In A Light* house. Mr an?! 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