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The Pine Barrens of Georgia.

Speaking of the pine country of South
Georgia, the atlanta Consultation says: SIN
the first place, the pine forests of Georgia
must be relied on to produce the bulk of the
turpentiue crop for the next twenty years.
Before 1910, the most of the turpentine in
use was produced from the south of France,
and from some of the Northern States. The
supply having fallen far short of the demand,
the forests of North and South Carolina were
then drawn on, and are now about exhausted.
The attention of turpentine men has there
fore been turned towards the vast forests Of
South-wes Georgia, as the point from which
to draw the supply of the future. The pro-
duction of turpentine from that section has,
we learn, doubled several times in the past
few years, and is getting to be very impor-
taut industry. Good turpentine lands are
being sold there at so cents to So an acre,
or rented at S. per thousand trees. At
these rates it is hard to find more lucrative
business. The consequence is that the tur-
pentine busiRsssss rapidly becoming enor-
NOUS, and destined to grow to still greater
proportions. Many Carolina turpentine
men are DESERVING their old boxes and COM
ing to Georgia, where they can get plenty of
unlocked trees at mere nominal cost. The
quality of the resin they get from the new
trees is much better than that which comes
from the old, and the Georgia trees yield q
much larger quantity"
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Why Women Should Read.

Laying aside the thought of our own rest
and comfort, let US look little higher. for
the children's sake we must make the most OF
ourselves Many an unselfsh mother has
said, "0h, l cannot take all this time, there
are 80 many things to do for the children.
She does not realize that she may DO more
for them in the end by cultiVating herself
than if she spends all her time on clothes and
cooking. A generosity which makes the re-
cipient weak or selfish is not blessing but
q curse. Have you not seen grown-up sons
who snubbed their mothers opinions in the
same breath with which they called her to
bring their slippers? The meek little woman
has "trotted around" to wait on them SC
long, that they have come to think that that
is all she is good for. Their sisters keep
"Ma" in the background because she ''hasn'
bit of STYLE" and is $50 uncultivated,' for
getting that she has always worn shabby
clothes that they might wear fine ones; that
her hands have become horny with hard work
that theirs might be kept soft and white tor
the piano, and that she has denied herself
books and leisure that they might have both
And there are other children, too noble for
such base ingratitude, who feel keen though
secret sense of loss as they kiss the dear
withered cheek, and think how much more Of
woman smother" might have been if she
had not shut herself away from the culture
and sweet companionship of books.
Scrabaer for April
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CENTRAL PRESBYTERI N

THE WANT AND Work IN INDIA.-The
following is an extract from a private letter
received this week from lady of the Arcot
Mission:
"The work in this region is growing in a
wonderful way. Whole villages are coming
and asking to be placed under instruction.
They have received help from government,
and can expect nothing from us. But they
have lost all faith in their idols. Come,
say they, 'and see the temples and stone gods
all overgrown with grass, and then you must
believe that we do not worship them We
do not wish to write much of this to stran-
gers; but you will know how hard it is to see
such a work neglected. 1t appears to be SO
genuine, and the poor people seem so much
to desire something more than they now have
to worship, that we cannot think they are
moved by only hope of advantage and help
for their present need. If there were only
faithful men to work now, North Arco'
might, it seems to US, be in time what Tin
nevelly is now. We can only try to leave
it all with the Lord, believing that He viii
make all things even our great weakness as
a mission, to praise Him in His own good
time. - Christian Intelliqencer.
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The Messenger, of Philadelphia, reprints
a portion of DR.. GoQdell's valedictory ad.
dress to the class that recently graduated in
medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania
we make the following extract from the edi-
toriaI on topic that does not generally have
much notice in the newspapers:
GAS a general thing, physicians feel q
sense of responsibility which is not bounded
by care for their professional reputation,
and We think they are entitled to more sym
pathy and moral support than they often get
To come to some just sense of this, let any
one think for moment how they are annoy
ed by quackery. The newspapers, often re-
ligious papers, that gain admittance to house.
holds, are filled with advertisements of nos
trums that are bought and taken behind the
backs, or even against the protests of those
who are held strictly to account for medical
treatment. And then, there is no end to the
opinions expressed, and the advice given by
neighbors to patients and their friends gen
orally, at the most critical stages of the dis
ease. what is the Doctor giving John?
don't believe he will get we'll with that med
icine. Our Mary was sick just the same way,
and did not get better until we gave her some
of the Specific we bought of the Agent
You may be able to get it at Mr.. Spatula' 8
apothecary shop, for it is now sold by all
druggists l would try it; it can do no
harm, and you will enjoy the consciousness
of having done all in your power. The Doc
tor need know nothing about it." Many a
minister has heard such advice given, and
some of them have so far forgotten their duty
as to give it themselves. No doubt this is all
well meant, but in every case it is an imper-
tinent and risky interference. No minister
would like it, if physician were to try to
substitute some modern ism" by way of a
moral psnscea, for the consultations of the
gospel at the sick bed of parishioner And
that being the case, the ambassador of Christ
should be especially careful not to allow the
confidence people put in his piety to betray
him into the indiscretion of giving advice in
matters about which he knows nothing
Presbyterian Weekly.
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How two Little Boys Preached Jesus.

Some time ago two little boys, who had
been skating at Central Park, in New York,
were going home. They were very merry
and boy,hke, and as they stopped to play in
front of small house, on their way to the
cars, they made considerable noise. Just
then gentleman stepped out of the house,
and speaking to them kindly, said, Boys
won't you please be little quiet? There is
poor woman in this house very sick, near
to death, and am afraid your noise will dis.
turb her." Of course the boys complied with
this request, so kindly made, and stopped
their noise at once. They were Sunday
School boys. They had q good, faithful
teacher, and they understood very well how
men are to be saved.
As they walked quietly away one of them
said to the other: "Chsrley, wonder if
that lady is ready to die? Let US 60 back
and see"
Charley agreed to 60, and they went back.
They got upon the step of the house, and
were about to ring the bell, when their cOur-
age failed, and they started to go home again.
But they were not satisfied with themselves.
They agreed to return and go up the alley,
and see if they could not get in from the back
part of the house.
They did go back and were soon in the
yard behind the house. The first story was
level with the yard, so that one standing
there could look right into the window
Charley looked in through broken pane,
and saw a screen at the foot Of the bed on
which the sick woman was lying. Then he
put his mouth close up to the opening and
cried out in loud, clear voice, "Sick wo-
man, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt be saved"
Then they both ran away. Now it so hap
pened that this sick woman was Christian.
But just at that time she was very much
troubled in her mind. Satan had been tempt
ing her, and trying to make her think that
she was such a poor, good-for-nothing orea-
ture, and had been of so little use to any
body, that it was impossible for her to be
saved. She started when she heard Charley's
voice. As she told a friend afterwsrd, sit
seemed to her like the voice of an angel. -
And those words from the Bible which that
voice uttered were just the words which she
most needed to hear. They drove away all
her doubts and fears, and made her feel
perfectly comfortable and hsppy.-Rsv. DR..
NeWtOR.
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Mr.. GLADSTONE, in an article which he
contributed to the Nineteenth Century for
March, makes the following severe, though
mildly expressed, reflections on the course of
the British Ministry in the Eastern troubles,
by which they have alienated nearly if not
quite every nation in Europe:
81 am selfish enough to hope, in the in
terest of my country, that in the approaching
Conference or Congress We may have, and
may use, an opportunity to acquire the good
will of somebody. By somebody l mean some
nation, and not merely some Government.
We have, l fear, for the moment, profoundly
alenated, if not exasperated, eighty millions
of Russians. We have repealed, and, l fear,
estranged twenty millions of Christians in
the Turkish Empire. We seem to have
passed rapidly, and not without cause, into
like i'll odor with its twenty millions of
Mohammedans. 1t is not in France, Italy,
or Germany, that we have made any con-
quests of affection, to make up for such great
defaults. Nor is it in Austria, where every
Slav is with the first twenty millions, and
every Magyar with the second. Where is all
his to stopH Neither in personal nor in ma
tional life will self. glori6cation supply the
place Of general respect, or feed the hunger
of the heart. Rich and strong We are; but
no people is rich enough to disregard the
priceless value of human Sympathies."
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acre, as does this, should not require that
many words in it's praise should be uttered.
The fruit is Of bright color. of fine quality,
and has been transported 200 miles without
special injury. The plants are so thrifty as
to decidedly assist in the annihilation Of
grass and weeds. Forest Rose. President
Lincoln, Pioneer, and Great american. yield
ing berries from 7 to II inches in crcumfer.
ence are good natural rivals, and all worthy
of mention; while Cinderella, Seneca Queen,
Monarch of the West, and Continental, with
their diverse qualities, are equally deserving
of description, but for while must await
their turn.
In growing these extra large berries, it
usually pays to see that the ground at the
commencement is we'll enriched and carefully
spaded. Good gravelly soils, sandy loans
and rich clay loans are all suitable for grow
ing the strawberry, and even upon heavy
clay lands success is attained if due care is
taken to obtain suitable varieties. Plant out
in April or early in May, though usually the
earlier in the season the stronger will the
growth be at the close Of the year. The
strawberry plant is not the tender plant that
many supposed it to be, as the jostlipg of q
three thousand mile trip in the mail bag has
failed to ipjure it. Keep the ground free
from weeds and it will not be long before
rich crops will make their appearance.
R. H. HAINEs.
- NJ
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NO UNDOING.

A little girl sat trying to pick out seam
that she had sewed together wrong. Her
chubby fingers picked at the thread that
would break, leaving the end hidden some
where among the stitches that she had Ia
bored so YEARLY to make short and close
and though the thread came out, yet the
needle holes remained, showing just how the
seam had been sewed; and, with tears in her
eyes, she cried, go mamma, cannot undo
it,
Poor little girl you are learning one of
the saddest lessons there is. The desire of
undoing what can never be undOne gives US
more trouble than sll the doings of busy
life; and, because we know this so well, our
hearts often ache for the boys and girls We
see doing the things they will wish so earn
estly by and by to undo.
Is there any of you, old enough to read
this, who never laid your head on your pill
low st night with weary ache all through
you, as you could not shut out the unkind
words you have spoken to father, mother,
brother, or sister Older boys and girls
have felt keener heart aches for grsver faults.
You all know something of this desire to uu-
do, and sorrow that you cannot.
1t is q very sad picture; and now where
is the bright side? Right here, little boys
and girls, big boys and girls. Let us try to
do 8 thing the first time, so we will never
wish to undo it. We don't care to undo the
words of kindness We spoke to our classmates
when they failed in spelling, or cried because
they could not remember how many seven
times eight we're; nor would we take back
the apple We gave poor beggar-bOy, nor
unssw the wood we sawed for mamma this
morning, though our arms have ached all
day, for it was nice kind of ache that We
enjoyed.
No: we never wish to undo thing that
is done right. Then how much better it is,
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The Three Trains.

Many years ago, when first moved into
Quincy, Mass, there were three morning
trains known as the "workies, clerkies, and
shirkies." The first started soon after day.
light, with laboring men for Boston; the
next at 1920, with statesmen and others of
that sort; but the latter train carried people
of leisure, who went in town to spend money
rather than to earn it. How often | have
thought of "work, clerk, shirk," since
Some of that tin-psil brigade" now own
houses, and some of the last class would, per.
haps, be now glad to eat at their tables.
If therei is anything which our young folks
need to learn, it is to love honest toll, wheth,
er of Drawn or brain. Their easily besettiDg
sin is laziness. Itseemed hard to me to turn
out of a warm bed on cold winters morn
ing, and walk mile before daylight and be.
fore breakfast. But, thank God, l was
trained "workie," not 'sbirkie.' - Some
of my fellow-tolers were not willing to wait
to earn the money they wanted to spend, and
stoleit. Thus laziness led to robbery. Anoth-
er sold me handsome copy of Gods Word in
morocco and guilt for four cents. He was
stage struck, and cared more for the the
stre than for heaven. Others ill dishon-
ored grave. They were idle and dissipated
but others in that band of forty workers be.
came merchants, ministers of Christ in Bap
fist, Methodist, Congregational, Episcopal,
or other churches, or became other useful
members of society. There is more of com
mon sense than poetry in the remark of the
eminent scholar, DR.. Carey, who gave as the
simple secret of his success in life, 4" CAN
pLoD |" There are plenty who fancy bril-
liant exploits, but who have no perseverance
in hum-drum work, no earnestness and ap
plication. They ride on the third train, bu,
not on ''the early train" with DR.. Carey and
other "workies. Which do you take p
Church Union.
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Concealment.

A burglar, not long ago, entered and ri6ed
the contents of an unoccupied dwelling. He
ransacked the rooms from attic to cellar, and
heaped his plumber together in the parlor.
There we're evidences that there he had sat
down to rest, perhaps to think. On a bracket
in the corner stood marble bust of Guido's
"Ecce Homo:" Christ crowned with thorns
The guilty man had taken it in his hands
and examined it. 1t bore the marks of his
fingers. But he had replaced it, and turned
ats face to the rail-; as if he would not have
even the cold, sightless eyes of the marble
Saviour look upon his deed of infamy. Be
it so or not, there is in every human soul an
instinct of concealmeut of sin, of which that
act is a truthful emblem. The instinct of
hiding clutches at every act of wrong-doing,
and would bury it forever from the vision of
pure eyes. Human nature thus anticipates,
all through this life, the last prayer of sin in
the day of judgment, Rocks and mountains,
hide US from the face of Him that stitch on
the throne. "-Presbyterian.
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SUNDAY NEwspApERs.-At the Monday
morning Presbyterian ministers meeting in
Chicago, they discussed the Sunday newspa-
per business. Rev. Mr.. French, Of the
Fourth Church, led the discussion in a
thoughtful and earnest speech. He showed
in manner which produced a serious i'm
preston, the effect upon the spirituality of q
Christian which would necessarily be pro-
duced by reading a secular newspaper the
first thing Oh Sabbath morning, thus bringing
the world and all its interests wildly and
impressively before the mind, subjects which
it was of the first Importance to exclude
from the thoughts. He thought the value
of the Sabbath as means of spiritual growth,
and even as day of rest from worldly tolls
was thus wellnigh destroyed.
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MARDI GRAs IN THE SoUTH.-A CORES
pendent of the Philadelphia Presbyterian
writing from Memphis, Tenn, says:
"Mardi Gras is past now, having accom-
plished various results. 1t has interfered
with the progress of the truth as it is in
Christ Jesus. It has introduced opportuni-
ties of indulgence in vice into many South.
ern city, and opened wider the food gates of
dishonesty. 1t has bolted and still more tight
ly shut the door against labor. And it has
made poverty still more despairing. Any
man with open eyes can see these conse-
quences. And yet, in the face of them,
these indulgences 60 on from year to year,
increasing in extravaganza, while those at
whose door the sin must be laid are the very
ones whose mouths are widest open in the cry
of hard times when charity is solicited.
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"THE BA1MY spR1Ne BREEzEs. "A vis

"THE BALMY SPRING BREEzEs. "A vis
itor in New York, says: "This is just the
weather, however, for sightseeing and
pneumonia. People will take off fannels too
early, they will sit in the draught and they
will go down town without overcoats. Even
we, who thought "wisdom's old potato -four
ished at our root" were duped into taking Q
sail on the river, sitting out on deck, to lei
the balmy breezes' fan our face. 1t was
an i'll wind that blew upon US that day, but
it brought some good with it, notwithstand-
ing. The discipline of a mustard poultice
upon our chest two hours, burning like live
Goals, taught us lesson of physical endur-
ance and spiritual submission. 1t brought
us also the richness of friendly love and 3D.
licitude, the value of which we count not in
silver and gold. How precious to US are the
sweet dispensatiops of whole-souled, unset
fish hospitality. We were so fortunate as to
be the recipient of such bounty, and we shall
always pray, God bless the hearts and hands
that ministered to US.
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and how much trouble we save ourselves, if
We do thing right at first Sometimes We
don't know what is right; but we can always
ssk. If the little girl had asked her mother
about the seam she was sewing, and done it
as she was told, she would have saved the
trouble of picking it out. We can ask our
friends; and, above all, We can ask our heav-
emily Father. He never leads us wrong; and
any thing we do under his guidance We shall
never wish to undo.-The Myrtle.
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WILLIAM G. PRIME, of New York, deliv-
cred lecture recently on De- orative Art
and Pottery. He said that God was the
real teacher in regard to utility and beauty.
In the workmanship Of all ne tions, simple
forms were first found. The srt of beauti-
flying was of slow growth. TIE first beauty
attempted to be wrought on pottery was
about $500 years before Christ. A piece OF
pottery had not yet been found which was
5000 years old. Not piece of pottery OF
scratch, traceable to human agency, had
yet been found which was 5000 years old.
This was the answer of art study to all the
stories about the great age Of the human
race. If men lived on the esrth before thai
time, they never made anything. Mr.. Prime
said that more had been learned of the his.
tory of nations from pottery than from al
the other relics of mankind. If he wished tc
study the habits of people he would rather
see the pictures made in heir time, as found
upon their pottery, than their books, because
pictures were made to please the people, and
books were made to please the authors
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We ARE TOLD that in the neighborhood of

We ARE TOLD that in the neighborhood of
lnterlaken there is prominent point, al
'hcugh not of great height, called the Heinz
weh Fluh, which means the "Homesick
Mount. 1t is so called because it is gene
rally the last spot which the traveller visits
before leaving that part of Switzerland, and
at time wheAshis thoughts are turned home
ward. 1t commands a view of the whole
valley of Interlaken, with its cultivated fields
and pastures .asR picturesque villages and
lakes in thS9Sgs mountain walls, and be,
yond the Jungfrau, and other mountains,
which never doff their caps of eternal snow.
1t is beautiful to look upon, but the heart of
the tourist is not there. He is thinking of
friends and loved ones, and his own country.
1t is the Homesick Mount. And 30 they to
whom faith makes the invisible most real,
may have their moments of uplifting, stand
on some "Heimweh Fluh," some Mount Of
Homesickness, and, while they acknowledge
all the beauty, all the glory, all the gladness
of the world, their hearts are not here; this
sight does not enthrall them, for their faces
are turned toward home. They dwell in the
Land of Promise as in strange country.
John X. Allen.
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Competitive Examinations Condemned.

Above sll things, let my imaginary pupils
have preserved the freshness and vigor Of
youth in his mind as well as his body. The
educational abominstion of desolation of the
present day is the stimulation of young peo-
pie to work at high pressure by incessant
competitive. examinations. Some wise man
who probably was not an early riser) has
said of early risers in general, that they are
couceited all the forenoon and stupid all the
afternoon. Now, whether this is true of ear
ly risers in the common acceptstion of the
word or not, / will not pretend to say; but
it is too often true of the unhappy children
who are forced to rise too early in their
classes. They are conceited all the forenoon
of life, and stupid all its afternoon. The
Vigor and freshness, which should have been
stored up for the purposes of the hard Strug
gle for existence in practical life, have been
washed out of them by precociOus mental de
bsuchery-by bOOk-gluttony and lesson bib
bing. Their faculties are worn out by the
strain put upon their callow brains, and they
are demorahzed by worthless childish tri-
umphs before the real work of life begins.
| have no compassion for sloth, but youth
has more need for intellectual rest than age;
and the cheerfulness, the tenacity of pur
pose, the power of work which make many a
successful man what he is, must often be
placed to the credit, not of his hours of in.
dusfry, but to that of his hours of idlenees,
in boyhood. Even the hardest workers of
us all, if he has to deal with anything above
mere details, will do well, now and again. to
let his brain lie fsllow for a space. The
next crop of thought will certainly be all the
fuller in the ear and the weeds fewer.
Popular Science Monthly for March.