. Christian herald and signs of our times . ransvaal is no longer the wild,un-broken wilderness, with great stretches ofpasture beside the streams, it was whenthe Boers first came there. It is a countryof rare agricultural qualities, which havebeen skilfully developeJ by Dutch energyand industry. Our illustrations show twoscenes in the Transvaal that are net ->f in-frequent occurrence. It is not an easy thing to drive a heavy wagon across country anda is to be expected. Such hasbeen the fate of the gold prospectors vehi-cle shown in the photograph. In thesecond picture the prosp
. Christian herald and signs of our times . ransvaal is no longer the wild,un-broken wilderness, with great stretches ofpasture beside the streams, it was whenthe Boers first came there. It is a countryof rare agricultural qualities, which havebeen skilfully developeJ by Dutch energyand industry. Our illustrations show twoscenes in the Transvaal that are net ->f in-frequent occurrence. It is not an easy thing to drive a heavy wagon across country anda is to be expected. Such hasbeen the fate of the gold prospectors vehi-cle shown in the photograph. In thesecond picture the prospector is seen crit-ically examining a heap of the dirt he hastaken from the slope beyond, for thepurpose of detecting signs of gold. Shouldsuch signs be present in his test in suffi-cient quantities, the whole surroundingswould quickly become a scene of bustleand activity, and hundreds would rush tothe spot to dig for the precious metal.* * Botany in the Home. Though all cannot be scientists, there ishardly an excuse, nowadays, for any one. and looks up to him for strength in herweakness, for wisdom in her ignorance ofthe proper proportion of things, for pa-tience with her unstrung, overwroughtnerves, for gladness in her perplexity, toranchorage in the shipwreck of plans andhopes, tor a stay when everything elseseems to perish in the using, for help inhouse-cleuiing time, she will get it. Inspite of dust and dirt she will be mistressof her herself. She will conquer animateand inanimate nature which seems as ut-terly depraved in the spring, as humannature does at all seasons. She will astruly reflect heaven in her eye as the dew-drop does the sun. A Very Youthful Christian. In the April number of The Home Mis-sionary, Mrs. Joseph Ward, of Yankton,S. D., tells the touching story of a little lad of five, Robbie , who, although, hardly more than an infant, had alreadygiven his heart to Christ, and took a gen-uine pleasure in serving the Master. Suchwas his self-denial that a large
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