A LATE statesman, one of the conspicuous names on our country's roll of honor, told me that he always carried in his pocket a small volume, now one author, and now another, which he took out and read while he was waiting for others. In this way he had used the little intervals of time through many years, and had (though without early educational advantages) made himself a learned man. Scarcely a day passes in which we have not to wait five, ten, or fifteen minutes, in office, parlor, or committee-room, for others to attend to our call. This waiting is done away from our own business-places, so that we cannot attend to our own business avocations, and so the precious moments are usually wasted. Suppose we have an average of fifteen minutes a day of such waiting. It will make in the business-days of the year, a total equal to seven and a half business days of idle waiting! Now, think of seven and a half days of careful reading in history—for example, seven and a half long days, of ten hours each.—Exchange.