Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-01-13
HABIT OF READING.

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"Ihave 10 time to read" is the common
complaint, and especially Of women whose
occupations are such as to prevent c%ontinu-
Gus book perusal. They seem to think that
as they cannot devote as much attention to
books as they are compelled tc devote to
their avocation, that they cannot read any
thing. But this is a great mistake. II isn't
the books we finish at a sitting that always
do us the most good. Those we devour in
the odd moments, half a dozen pages ut a
time, often give us more satisfaction and
are more thoroughly digested than those
we make a particular effort to read. The
men who have generally made their mark
in this world have generally been the men
who have in boyhood formed the habit of
reading at every available opportunity,
whether it was only for five minutes or five
hours.
1t is the habit of reading, rather than the
time at our command that helps us on the
road to learning. Many Of the cultivated
persons, whose names have been famous as
students have given only two or three hours
a day to their books. IF we make use Of
spare moments in the midst of our work,
and'read a little, if but a page or a para
graph, we shall find our brain quickened
and our toll lightened by just so much salts
faction as the book gives us. Nothing helps
us along the monotonous daily round so
much as fresh and striking thoughts to be
considered while our hands are busy. A
new idea from a volume is like Oil which re-
duces the friction of the machinery Of life.
What we remember from these brief
glimpses into books often serves as o stimu-
lus to action and become one of the most
precious deposits in the treasury of our
recollection.
All knowledge is made up of small parts,
which would appear insignificant in them
selves. but which, taken together, are very
valuable weapons for the mind and substan-
tial armor for the soul. "Read anything
continuously says Or. johnson, "and you
will be learned" The odd moments which
we are inclined to waste, if carefully availed
of, will, in the long run, make golden hours
and golden days that we shall ever be thank
full for.
& y 1AiIAl i1ILahS." ifdu xii NC nIOIC Oio-
c~ouraging than the feeling that in our strug-
giles through life, in our trials and disap-
pointInents, there are none to sympathiZe
and care for u.s.: No man can go very far
with strength, courage and cheer if he goes
alone. We are made to be happier and bet
ter by each others notice, appreciation, help
and praise, and the hearts that are debarred
from those influences invariably wither
harden and break. Here and there are found
persons who from pride, perverseness, OF
often sensitiyeness, affect to be Independent
of the notice or regard of their fellow be
ings, bat it is a very safe assertion to max,
that never yet was there one human hear
that did not at some tender and yearnins
hour, long tor sympathy of other hearts
and there is a nobility in this feeling.
l ACKNOWLEDGING before the era Of TEN
} perance ordinances and organizations
Hyrti, by far the greatest anatomist Of hi
age, used to say that he could distinguish il
the darkest room, by one stroke of his seal
pei, the brain of the inebriate from that 0
t the mar who lived soberly. Now and the
he would congratulate his class upon tn
possession of a drunkard's brain, admirabl,
l. fitted, from it's hardness and more complet
II preservation, for the purpose of demonstra
tion.s When the anatomist wishes to pre-
o serve a human brain for any length Of time
he effects that object by keeping the orga
re substance, it then becomes comparatiyel