The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-12-31

q some noble. Whence ONE the
vicious? We dare not say an overrul-
ing providence created such an evil soul
n encased it in such an evil body.
This is ~theosophy which explains so
many OF the puzzles Of life. The soul
CORES back and back until all the les
sons of life are learned.
How a the genius Of a
Shakespeare be explained except
by ,reincarnation? Theosophy says
genius is the power of the
brain to answer the promptings of the
soul within, T~heosophy says there is
an ego as far advanced from us as we
are from the savage. Some souls have
reached that plane, and among them
are the founders OF all great religions.
Plato, P~ythagoras, Zoroaster, Bnddha
and Christ We're i~nitiates-men in
whom the divine is perfectly mani
tested. Theosophists do not deny the
divinity OF Christ. but claim that this
divinity lies ut the foundation OF all
human life and will become manifest in
it. There is a potential Christ in every
human soul, just as there is n beautiful
statue in the sculptor's block of mar
bic, and u work should be that of
help and cooperation in striking away
the chips that the statue may como
forth. We may all use chisel and NAL
let in freeing the statue.
Picturesque Plant Life of California
California has become the paradise
OF the rosarian, the sc~ed-grower, the
hybridizer, and the nurseryman. The
wild grape is used as q stock for wine
and raisin grapes, and, in some cases
that know of, men have grated Ital-
ian chestnuts upon one species of the
native oaks. All the hillsides of the
tree region. when not too steep to
pillow. nor too far above the sea-level,
will grow the fruits and varied horti-
cultural products of Spain, Portugal,
Italy, and southern France. The
pomegranate is a garden shrub in
many districts, and the almond is q
roadside tree. The dropping, acacia
like leaves of the scarlet-fruited pep
per-tree grow with magnolias, palms,
and cedars of Lebanon. Oranges and
lemons stand in many an orchard with
apples and peaches. Among the nota-
bic plants of the State are many
adopted species, such rs the acacias
and eRcatYptuses of Australia, and the
bamboos and persimmons of Japan.
When Americans came to Califor-
MIA, they were surprised at the varia-
tons that they observed in familiar
plants. The e%ldcrberry, which is only
slightly d~iffornEt from the elderbcrry-
bush OF tbs Atlantic slope. often be-
comes q tree Of from two to four feet
in diameter and thirty or forty feet
high. This is merely a matter of local
environment, rich soil, and shelter;
the same species is n mere shrub on
the rocky hillsides of the Coast Range.
The bronzc-leavcd Ricinns, which
makes a semi-tropic summer garden
in front of many an Atlantic coast cot
iage, grows for year after year in Cal
f%fornia, until a section of its stem q
ioot aud a half in diameter can be OBJ
tanned by any collector Of vegetable
curiosities. Geraniums, nasturtiums,
tomatoes, and many other plants, use
full and otherwise, escape from Guilt
walton, modify their habits of growth,
plants of Mexico, Peru, Chile, the Ha-
waiian Islands, Australia, New Zea-
land, South Africa. and the Mcditer-
ranean shores have already become
dangerous weeds. The loquat, a
choice fruit Of Japan, is already grow
ing wild i'll some canons where picnic
parties have left the seeds. Apricots,
peaches, cherries, and English walnuts
have been found in the forests-chance
seedlings, growing with the madronos
and manzanitas.- - Charles II. Shtna, IN
The CenturY.