Small Means

Thu power ot money is on tho whole over estiinatod. The gruatest things which havo been foi1 tho world havo Hot been accomplished by rich uien, or by subscription lists, but by men genorally of Bmall pecuniary raeans. The greater fchinkers, discovereis, inventor and artists, hayo been men of moderate wealth, niany of theui little raised above tho condition of manual laborers, in point of worldly circuinstances. And it will always bo so. Itiohes are oftener an irnpediment than a stimulus to action ; and in many casca tliey aro quite as mueh a misfortune as a blessing. Tho youth who inherits wealth is apt to have life made too easy for hini, and ho soon grows sated with it, becauso he has nothingleft to dosire. Ilaving no special object to struggle for, he tinds timo heavy on hia hands ; morally and mentally asleep ; and his position in society is often no higher thun that of a polypus over which tho tide (loats. A tippler who liad his load on " fotched up " against tho pido of a house which iad been newly painted. Shoving himself clear by a vigorous effort, ho took a jlimpse at his shoulder, another at the iouse, third at his haud, and oxelaimed, ' Well, that is a. oareloss trick in whoever painted that house, to loavo it standing out all night for the people torun againat."