And so in the quietest manner, with
out a particle of noise or ostentation,
this young woman is using these vol
umes as a means of culture, refine
ment, and virture, and making what
is generally allowed to be a mere pool
of stagnant literary entertainment a
fountain-spring of the best intellect
ual and moral influence. And this
library has been made what it is
through tho tact and energy of its
keeper. It is a great thing for a wo
man to order her homo and train her
children well, and help her husband
in heart and life ; but it is a nobler
thing for a woman who has neither
home, nor children, nor husband, to
turn away from the glitter and fas
cinations of fashionable society, and
devote herself to a worthy object,
and so live herself into the hearts and
lives of hundreds. And among the
things that an intelligent and accom
plished woman can do better than
most men is the taking charge of a
library. Exchange.
—
Don’t Bet.—lt is one of tho mis
fortunes connected with tho popular
sports of the day, base bail and boat
rowing, that they encourage habits
of betting. Boys and young men
have an eager interest in tho success
of their favorites, uiul make what
they regard as harmless wagers.—
But in the excitement of the coqteut,
tho blood w,liras the enthusiasm
rises, and the small •.ventures become
large ones. Tho habit once formed
is easily carried beyond safe limits.
