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laborlous and useful, and honorable lives.
secures them to the enviable distinction OF
an honorable place in the histories Of their
respective countries.


Let the apprentice devote certain portion
Of his time, each day or night to reading
lei him select such works as contain solid,
sterling information-thro aside the trashy,
fcothy stuff, with which the country IS IN
undated, let him store his mind with that
kind Of knowledge, which will afford him a
recompense for the time employed in study,
and by the time he arrives at manhood, he
will be rich in mental acquisitions, worth far
more to him, than would be the possession
Of Golconda's mines.


How simple the means-how insignificant
the sacri6ce--which accomplishes all this.
It will be said, perhaps, that the apprentice,
who works all day, has no time to devote to
reading--that, what little time he has al
command, will be occupied in recreations OF
a different stamp, yet which are necessary to
his comfort or convenience. Let him try,
and he will find that he can devote an hour.
at least, to reading, each day and night
Commence with one hour-continue the
practice for one month, and our word for it,
he will find it as difficult to give up the prac-
tice, as it was perhaps, to commence it.


The great fault Of the present age is, that
boys (as well as men) live too much for the
present, and too little for the tuture. The
enjoyment of the hour that is, seems to be
their chief care, and when time present be-
comes merged into the past, there is nothing
Of qualification left. Oh, the incalculable
good resulting from one well spent hour
each day You will have more consolation
in the recollection of Mat hour, than as
many days as it contains minutes, proftlessly
squanderod. Garry your book in your
pocket-perhaps your dinner is not quite
rcady--a few precious moments are your
own-pull out your book and readily SO
doing, you will acquire a habit-a taste for
it, which will yield you present enjoyment
aud future profit.


We are deeply interested in the welfare OF
this portion of our community. Their
mental culture is most shamefully neglected.
We see i'll them the germ Of future useful
ness, not merely as laborers in the work
shops, but as explorers of the unexplored
fields of science and of art. They ,are
among the most useful portion of society at
any rate. There are no drones in the me-
chanical hive. Each contributes his quota
to the general support, their lives are spent
in acts of usefulness--how much more use
tul they may become, when many of the
leisure hours of their youth arc devoted to
mental culture and improvement, we may
not say-but we may form some conception
Of the future, by what has transpired in the
past. We shall advocate then. interests, and
in so doing, discharge a portion of our OBJ
legations, as public journalists, to society.