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3 STUDENTS 001mm I E This column will be open for the publication 3 ’ of questions, answers, discussions and E 3 original articles of an educational and ‘ literary character. Our readers who are g or have been student: are requested to s g contribute. g «m «nu-1‘ Mimi-W Wu P A. POGUE. In our day, very few men are born great, or “have greatness thrust upon them.” It is by hard toil, by steadily and s'lently climbing the ladder of achievement, that success is won. Al- most every man of eminence, who has risen from a humble station in life, has owed in a large measure his education and knowledge to good books. They were the rounds by which he climbed to “greatness; and it is interesting, therefore. to red the testimony of ‘ those who with Wordsworth could say : “Books are a real world.” Gibbon tells us that, “Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to h'mselt.” The modern press has revolutionized matter , and books which have stood the test of time, and outlived hostile criticism, are now to be had for so small a consideration that it is almost criminal to let “the spring of love and youth” pass, without giving ourselves so pleasant an education as books afford. People are only beginning to realize what all along they have been carelessly missing, the value of these silent, ever welcome, always agreeable com- panionsâ€"books Carlyle says: “May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoeni- cians, or whoever it was that invented books;" and again “The true univer- sity of these days is a collec ion of books.” James Russell Towell “They prize books who are them- 1) selves wise â€"Ra]ph Waldo Emerson. “Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select the more enjoyable ” » and iii: is short. ‘i'ill you jo tie with the common crowd for entry here, and audience there, when all the while this eterml court is open to you, with its society as wide a< the world, multitu- dinous as its days, the chosen and mighty of every place and time ‘3” â€"]ohn Ruskin. “He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may inno' cently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all Weathers, so in all fortunes.” “True' books have been written in all ag=s by the greatest menâ€"by great leaders, great statesmen and great thinkers. 'l'hey are all at your choice, â€"A. Bronson Alcott. Victor Hugo says of one of his most famous charactzrs: “He was fond of books, 1' r they are cool and sure friends. â€"Isaac Barrow. "' There is a choice in books as in friends and the mind sinks or rises to the level of its habitual society. Cato’s advice, (consort with the good), is quite as true if we extend it to books, for they, too insensibly give away their own nature to the mind that con- verses with them. They'either beckon upward or draw down.” -â€"James Russell Towell. “The crowning merit of a book must always be its practical usefulness. . .If it make; you more cheerful, or more amiable, or more sympathetic, or more appreciative of what is beautiful, or more resolute to follow what is good and noble, then the highest purpose of a hook is gained.” â€"â€"David Pryde. ‘ "X0 man should think so highly of hims: f as to imagine he could receive no l3" 1 trozn books, nor so meanly, as to h i ve he can discover nothing but what iv to be learned from them.” â€"â€"Samuel Johnson. w w: and teach. rs before perversion has had a chance to set in, to instil into the young a 'iking for solid reading.” â€"â€"Rev. George C. Lorimer. D.D. “No book is worth anything which is not worth much; nor is it service- able until it has been read and reread, and loved,‘ and loved again; andlmark- ed, so that you can refer to t't e passage you want in it.” “I am a bookman”â€" Books and Reading. â€"John Ruskin. “'lhe poor man who has gained a‘ taste for good books will, in all likeli- hood, beeorne thoughtiul; and when you have given the p 'Or a habit of thinking you have conferred on them a much greater favor than by the gift of a large sum of money, since you have put them in possession of the principle of all legitimate prosperi y." “Books are a part of man’s prerogative, In formal ink they thought and voices hold, That; we to them our solitude may give, And make time present travel that of oldâ€" Our life fame pieceth no longer at the end, And books it. farther backward doth ex- And books it. tend." D3110. -â€"Sir Thomas Overbury. I say we ought to reverence book=, to look at them as useful and mighty things. If they are good and true whether they are on religion or politics, farming, trade, or medic ne, they are the message of Christ, the teacher of all truth ” “There is no companionship more delightful and helpful than that of good books....Literature is the sum of human thought, the record of all that is best in the world’s progress. That which has come down to us in the form of classic literature is of more value to us than any material civilizan tion which has survived the wreck of the most famous kingdoms of the earth. The works of Plato and Aristotle, of Homer, Horace and Virgil, are of infinitely more worth to the world than all that has survived of Greek art and Roman conquest. How poor the world would be if by a stroke the accumulated literature of the past lages should be blotted out I We should be reduced again almost to a state of barbarism.” â€"Rev. George F. Pentecost, D D. “There may possibly be books with- out a polished language, but there can be no polished language without books.’ â€"-â€"Samuel Johnson. “A person who has made friends with the best boOks is a‘ways welcome in the best society, and can hold his1 own; he can support himself, too, by3 their aid, for the world is always on the lookout for genuine scholars ” â€"Kate Sanbom. “Books, we knOW, Are a. substantial world, both pure and good; l Round which, with tendr'ls strong as flesh and blood, l Our pastime and our happiness will grow. " 1 â€"-William Wordsworth “Some books are edifices to stand as lthey are built; some are hcwn stones lready to form a part of future edifices; isome are quarries from which stones are to be split for shaping and after use.” -7 V‘Oliver Wendell Holmes. There are books that should be read through; but these are the books that have a beauty of form or of structure, which you read for their beauty, and not for the information they give. Such a book is like a work of art,â€"â€"a beauti- ful statute, or paintingâ€"which of course, cannot be fully understood or fully enjoyed if seen only in part." â€"Herbert Putman. “Books of the heart must be read by the heart.” How I felt it beat Under my pillow in the morning dark. An hour before the sun would let. me read 1 My boaks !" Mrs. E. B. Browning. “In a word, read with a keen relish, but read about the things that will nourish, not the things that will lower your moral or intellectual tone. Read with apurpose, a purpose worthy of yourself as a citizen as a citizen and a thinker; not to whi’e the time away, but to make yourself more intelligent.” ‘ â€"â€"Rev. George H. Hepworth. “There is n) calamity in this world which literature cannot in some mea. sure contribute to alleviate.” â€"â€"Ludwig Holberg. “There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any“ coarser like a page 01’ prancing poetry. Thin; traverse may be the poorest take Without oppress of toll; HOW frugal is the chariot, What bears a human soul." â€"-Emily Dickinson. “It is a duty every young man owes to himself and to the world to begin as elrly as practicable the collecticn of a 1 brary. ’ “The pIeasant books, thatIsUently among Our household treasure take familiar places, --â€"The Golden Rule. “The great books of the world, like the stars, shine oniy here and there, but the zenith has them as well as the nadir.” -.Rev. Francis E. Clark. Charles Kingsley. Robert Hall â€"â€"Dr. G'cikieu And are to us as if a 1k imz tangue Spmke from the printed leaves or pictured faces.’ ' â€"Henry Wadsworth Longfellovv. “Books are a guide In youth and an entertainment for use. 'l‘hey‘support: us under solitude, and keep us from‘ being a burthen to ourselves They help us to forget the crossness of men and things; compose our cares and our passions; and lay our disappointments asleep. When we are weary I of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride or design in their conversation.” ~â€"]eremy--Co lier. Add Student’s Corner "Read in the literature of power; read in the literature of knowledge; read in the literature of recreation. But, when you read, read; don’t skim: read! And mad the best, the be t3 Llfe is too short and crowded to be much occupied with the merely passing and the poor.” â€"Rev. Wayland Hoyt, D.D. “Read not only the best poetical, but the best prose writers of all ages.” “Will Carleton. “A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part ofa man's history. It is a man’s duty to have, books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.” "Henry Ward Bezchcr “Learn the place of books; know what to do away from them as well as in their presence; if you think only of the latter you miss more than you gain.” â€"-'l‘homas Tapper. ‘Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which the magic art of shrewder wits Holds an unthinking multitude en- thralled." -â€"$60.000 of the $62,000 ebolen from the Moieorm Bank. Winnipeg, about an year ago has been recovered,and J .W. Anderson, a former clerk in the Bank. arrested on suspicion. An amateur de- tecrive named Davie, whose father is unblieher of the Mitchell Advocate, ix.- gratiated hinieeif into the confidence (f Anderson and wormed the facts out 0! him. The reward offered was $10,000, which has been paid over. â€"While walking on the beach. Smdy Island, Lake N ipiasing,one day iae: week Messrs. H. McCormick and C. J. Kerr. of_ ()rillia, were attacked by a large black snake, which was kIHed by Mr. D. Mc- Cormick. fire ranger of Georgian Bsy limits. afteravigorous fight. The rep- tile measured 4 feet 6 inches and was 15 inches in circumference. Old sectiere say this was the largest snake ever killed on the island. â€"The British torpedo gunboat Leda Thursday morning found a French fishing boat, the Ezolle de Mar (Star of the Sea). belonging to Bonlogne Sar Mar. fishing within the three-mile limit. The fisher- man attempted to escape, and did not stop when a blank shot was fired. The Leda then fired a shot whlch disabled the Etolle de Mer and killed the latter’s helmsman. The commander of the Leda says the chase lasted five hours, under searchlight, and that be discharged thirty blank rifle shots before resorting to bullets. â€"â€"Mail ad vices from Japan states that a terrible flood has swept over the sub- prefecture of Warehow, where 1.850 houses were destroyed and thousands of poor people rendered homeless. A band of thousands of robbers is ravaging the country. Ten junks full at soldiers, to head them 06, were captured, arms taken from the soldiers and the juuks burned. Hundreds of the soldiers were drowned. Seven hundred native who resisted the onward march of the‘ enemy were killed while 2000 saved their lives by joining the robbers. --Mr. J. C Rogers, principal of the Bradford High School, is at present at- tending Harvard University, New York. In a letter to the Bradford Witness he tells this :â€"“ Harvard University is only about four miles from Boston, and at one time it became quire a customaxy thing for the etuden'a to come over into Boston and carry off gates, shatters, etc. .. til the police put a stop to the practice by arresting several of them. But the boys were not to be on done, so one evening three of them Went to a barber, hought his sign pole, and took a receipt to: the money. Then in high feather they started down street with the pole, bit the first policeman who spied them gave e‘vaee. and after overhauling them. at once took them to the police station. As they were ammo to he looked up, their lesdcr produced the receipt, and the astounded pnhcemnu had no set the trio free. ()fl they went rej icing, down. another street, but before they had gem more than two or three blocks. they were dragged back to the union; Tm Dominion pnrllamenb prorogned Fri- News of the Week THE WATCHMAN-WABRDE: LINDSAY. ONT â€"-Wil]iam Cowper. times that night: they were arrested anuv taken to the letfiation, nugget lutlxin deafi peration;,the\police euperintendehb tele-‘ phonedto all his districra that if three, men were seen carrying 011' a barber’s pole. they were on no account. to be arrested. That stopped the fun. but there was no. doubt in. the minds of the boys as they travelled back to Harvard that they had received full value for r the money invested. --Coroner Dr. Corbett of Port Hope has just held an inquest into the cause of the death r'f Mrs. Robert Graham, the 17- year-old wife at Robert Graham. Lake Shore road. Afser hearing the evidence the jury teturned the following verdict: ‘° That the said Mrs. Robert Graham came to her death from a dose of the oil of cedar, taken with her own hand. but not) with suicidal intent. We also re- commend that dragging be more careful and comply with the Pharmacy act in regard to the sale of poisons." Mrs. Graham had been married a year. -â€"On the evening! of Aug. 15th, in the middle of the street in front of the Memorial United Brethren church. Toledo. Ohio. the elegantly-houndj volumes which composed the library of Marshal 0. Waggoner, formerly one of the most pronounced sgnostics in the world, were burned. He was recently convertcd to Chris'ianiry and made a. public declaration a few weeks ago and became a member of the United Brethren church. The library in question is valued at several thousand dcllars. Nearly ) every author of note who wrote in defence of infidelity and sgnosciciem found a place for his works in Mr. Waggoner’s library. â€"â€"Two months ago William James Gliddon,son of William Giiddon of Barrie accepted a situation in a stone quarry at Sault Ste. Marie a couple of weeks ago his parents received the sad intelligence that he had been killed by a locomotive engine which was engaged in shunting cars at the quarry. On Saturday the re- mains of the unfortunate young man,who was only in his twenty first year, were ibrouoht to Barrie for burial, and particzj ulars were received as to the manner of his death. Deceased was assisting to load the cars at the quarry and essayed to mount the engine while it was in motion and ride on it down the track. 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