The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-07-19
THE HABIT OF READING.

81 have no time to read" is the common
complaint, and especially of women, whose
occupations are such as to prevent continu-
GUS book perusal. They cannot devote as
much atte.tioaeS books as, they are com.
peeled to devote to their avocations, that
they cannot read anything. But this is a
great mistake. 1t isE't the books We finish
at sitting, which always do lis the most
good. Those VIC dcvour in odd moments,
half dozen pages at time, often give us
moro satisfaction and are more thoroughly
digested than those we make particular
effort to read. The men who have made
their mark in the world, have generally
been the men who have in boyhood formed
the habit of reading at every available
moment. whether for five minutes or five
hours.
1t is the habit CT reading, rather than
the time at our command, that helps us. on
the road to learning. Many of the most
cultivated persons, whose names have been
famous as students, have given only two or
three hours 20 their books. If we make
use of spare minutes in the midst of our
work, and read little, if but page or a
paragraph, we shall find Our brains quick
encd, and our toll lightened by just so much
increased satisfaction as the book gives u.s.
Nothing helps along the monotous daily
rounds SO much as fresh and striking
thoughts, to be considered while our hands
are busv. A new idea from new volume
is like oil, which reduces the friction of
the machinery of life. What we remember
Of brief glimpcs into books often serves as
stmulant to action, and becomes one of
the most precious deposits in tho treasury
of our recollection. Acknowledge is made
up Of small parts, which would seem insig-
nifcaGt in themselves, but which taken to-
gethcr, are valuable weapons for the mind
and.substantial armor for the soul The
odd minutes which we are inclined to waste,
if carefully husbandcd for instruction, will,
in the long run, make golden hours and
golden days, that we shall be ever thankful
or.-DELTA, Journal a,W Farmer.
SUMTER Nor BEHIND.-One Of our
subscribers-a practical and energetic plan
ter, as well as a successful horticulturist-
after reading the paragraph copied by us
last week, ia regard to the growing of tea
and cork in Georgia, concluded that he
would let the public know that Sumter
SoubSJ CutitiCu w 10 hluCu ulSLluCClOu aS
our Georgia neighbors. He, therefore, on
last Saturday, brought US somo tea leaves
aud some pieces of cork, grown on his place
few miles from town. Tho tea was, of
course, in its green state, but that it is sue
eessfully grown here is the only point that
we are interested in at present; that it can
be perfectly cured in this country has been
fully demonstrated. The cork tree has
been growing on his place for number Of
years, and was raised from the seed; several
of the acorns having been sent To him from
Washington. The cork oak is a native of
Spain and Portugal. The bark, which is
thick and spongy, is the part used The
Grst growth, which is coarse and scanned, is
stripped off, after which, in five Or six
years, new and fnc bark is formed, from
which the best shoppers are made.-True
Southron
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