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Show FARSI AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURALIST! TO Bon Hlnta About Cnltlva-tlo- n of tha Hull aiul Yield Tharaof liorltcuUura, Ylllrnltura and Horl-cultur- a. Cow-pa- a (Uollchoa Blnenala.) The cowpea la coming into prominence in the North aa well aa the South aa a plant valuable for green manuring. A government report aaya of it: There la no other crop which ia planted ao extensively in the South, both for its hay and ita fertilizing value, and we have found uo other plant which will produce aa large an amount of forage and valuable fertilizing material in aa abort a time. It may be sown at almost any time during the summer, will grow on any aoll except the most barren, and makes excellent hay and pasture. Ita long deep roots bring a large amount of plant food from the subsoil and leave it near the surface, where it is available for future crops. There are many varieties of the plant, which are quite different in their habit of growth. Some, like the Unknown and the Clay, produce an immense growth of vine, and require a long season, while others, like the Pea of the Backwoods," are quite dwarf and mature in two months from planting. Seed of moat varieties must be Bown every year, though of some, like the Red Tory, the seed may be plowed under in the fall, and the land sown in oats, when another crop will be produced after the oata are harvested. When sown broadcast after wheat, oats, or other early crop, the running sorts make a heavy yield of hay, which, although somewhat difficult to cure, is of the very best quality. Hay of this kind is used almost exclusively to furnish forage for mules on the sugar plantations of Louisiana. By a growing such a crop hay is made at is soil the and small expense, very shaded during the driest and hottest iponthB, and left loose and mellow and in the best possible condition for any future crop. It is often desirable to plow under some green crop when it is Impossible to give up the land for the two years necessary to grow a crop of red clover or melllotus, and in such cases we have no other plant which can Many take the place of planters use the dwarf varieties for planting between the rows of corn or cotton at the last plowing, as when grown in this way they do not Interfere with the growing crop and will give a fair yield of seed. The 'decaying vines make a most excellent covering for the soil during the winter, or they may be used for late pasture. The roots penetrate the soil as deeply as those of red clover, a fact which makes the crop especially valuable for heavy soils requiring drainage. There is no other the same crop which will furnish amount of material for plowing under at so small a cost When land is not In use for other crops for even two months during the summer it will always pay well to seed it with peas, as the seed or forage which can be gathered will fully pay the cost of seeding and leave the fertilizing value of the crop as clear profit. Seed may be sown at any time from May to August, the amount per acre depending upon the variety and time of sowing. If one of the large varieties is planted in hills sarly in the season two quarts will plant an acre, but if dwarf varieties are sown broadcast in August not less than a bushel should be used. cow-pea- s. ITortlcolInra In Korop. Horticulture in Europe is much more Intensive than with us, says Prof. N. State Register. C. Hansen in Iowa Land is very valuable and labor cheap; with us the conditions are reversed. Hence this materially changes meth- is ods, and labor saving machinery the means by which we solve the problem. Fruit trees in European nurseries are planted close together both and 2,000 carcasses of River Flats mutton, for conveyance to Cape Town. The most noteworthy feature of this trans-- . action is that the meat could be purchased in England at a much lower rate than in the countries of production. Beef at 2Kd per lb and mutton at per lb free on board could not be supplied in the Colonies, but was proem ed at home. ARE YOU TO LIVE IN ALASKA? Red Netting and Peaches A Ch'cagu correspondent of the Rural New Yorker says: To say a basket of peaches came from Michigan is equivalent to declaring that it contains a lot of green, unwholesome fruit, topped with a handful of moderate-size- d peaches and covered with a bit of red netting to deceive and defraud nobody but the packer. Nobody wants it at any price. The quickest and most expeditious way of making a basket of peaches unsalable to e Chicago customer is to cover it with red netting. He knows at a glance just what it contains. Just as well as if he had ripped the stuff off and poured the peaches on the table. The commission man is lucky if he finds a purchaser at 10 cents per basket for such fruit. Even retailers will not impose on their customers with such fraudulent packages. What becomes of it? Italian venders of cheap fruit get hold of it and retail it from push carts in the streets and suburbs of Chicago. They are about the only kind of men who can dispose of it. Reputable grocers and market-me- n will not touch it, much of it goes to the garbage pile, condemned by our cesses of the Royal Baking Powder Company, miners and prospectors have learned, is tbe only one which will itand in that peculiar climate of cold and dampness and raise the biwd aud biscuit satisfactorily. These facts are very important foi every one proposing to go to Alaska and the Yukon country to know, for should he be persuaded by some outfitter to take one of the cheap brands bf baking powder, it will cost Just as much to transport it, and then when be opens it for use, after all his labor In packing it over the long and difficult route, he will find a solid caked mass or a lot of spoiled powder, with no strength and useless. Such a mistake might lead to the most serious results. Alaska is no place in which to experiment In food, or try to economize with For use iu such a your stomach. climate, and under the trying and fatiguing conditions of life and labor in that country, everything must be the best and most useful, and above all it Is Imperative that all food supplies shall have perfect keeping qualities. It is absurd to convey over such difficult and expensive routes an article that will deteriorate in transit, or that will be found when required for use to have lost a great part of its value. There la no better guide to follow in these matters tban the advice of those who have gone through similar experience. Mr. McQuesten, who is called the father of Alaska, after an experience of years upon the trail, in the camp, and in the use of every kind of supply, say 8: We find in Alaska that the importance of a proper kind of baking powder cannot be overestimated. A miner with a can of bad baking powder is almost helpless iu Alaska. We have tried all sorts, anil have been obliged to settle down to use nothing but the Royal. It Is stronger and carries further at first, but above all things, it is the only powder that will endure the severe climatic changes of the arctic region. It Is for the Bame reasons .that the United StateB government in its relief expeditions, and Peary, the famous arctic traveler, have carried the Royal Baking Powder exclusively. The Royal Baking ugrder will not cake nor lose its s; length either on board ship, or In hr.ip climates, and is the most highly concentrated and efficient of leavening agents. Hence It Is indispensable to every Alaskan outfit. It can be had of any of the trading companies in Alaska, but should the miner procure his supplies before leaving, he should resist every attempt of the outfitter to palm off upon him any of the other brands of baking powder, for they will spoil and prove the cause of great disappointment and trouble. 2d health officers. That Seed Distribution. The government seeds. The Rural New Yorker says: The free seed distribution is as much of a bugaboo as ever. Secretary Wilson was Inclined to distribute the seeds according to the original design, which was to import and distribute new, rare and promising specialties. But the comptroller of the treasury has decided that the language of the appropriation as passed by congress is mandatory, and that the only course left open to the secretary is to advertise for seeds all put up ready for distribution, and the commonest kind of seeds at that He cant even buy the seeds and have them put up for distribution. The whole thing is a farce. The writer received some of these seeds the past spring, as he hss for several years, and among them were varieties grown by market gardeners for the past forty years. But the system must tickle the farmers, as it must please the congressmen who think that they can buy the farmers for a pinch of cabbage or onion seed. to ilia Kaalraaiauta That H III lla I'vuiul ludlapauMtlila. The universal article of diet iu that :ountry, depended upon and indispensable, is bread or biscuit. Ami tu mane 1 we VIEW OF A DISCIPLE OF THEOSOPHY. the bread and biscuit, either iu the This I tli Xirw KrUglon That la Unit' :amp or upon the trail, yeast cannot be ly Old l.lvatl t'p to It Would, l.lka used it must be baking powder; and All Others, Tram form tarth lato tbe powder manufactured ly the pro11 raven. Annual Rings on Forest Trees. In all the timber trees of the temperate portion of our country the wood of the stem is laid on in sheets or layers which, on any cross section, appear aa so many concentric rings. Generally these rings are sufficiently well defined to be readily counted, and, since only one is formed each growing season, they furnish a very convenient record of the particular cross section, and, if properly chosen, of the age of the tree. Viewing a cross section of the stem of a pine, fir, cedar, etc., these concentric yearly rings appear as alternate narrow bands or lines of lighter darker color, the dark line, or summer wood, PEDDLERS IN MEXICO. occupying tbe outer portion of any one ring and being sbarply contrasted Why an Old Woniau Wouldn't Soil All Her llonry at One Tima. against the lightest portion of the in"While of or traveling in Mexico a few ner, lighter, spring wood, part years ago I had a funny experience the next ring. with a Mexican vender which goes to Foreign View of American Agricul- show what little business ability the ture. The French delegate Monsieur lower classes have, said E. F. Gulg-no- n Zolla, who is investigating American of St. Louis. I was en route to agriculture, is delighted with the in- look at some mines away up in the telligence of American farmers and the mountains. At the station where we great variety and abundance of their left the train to take the stage I saw farm stock and agricultural products. an old woman selling some honey. She He praises our agricultural schools as did not have more than ten pounds uf superior to those in France. He says: it altogether and as it looked so good "These schools are numerous and they I wanted to it all to take along with are conducted in splendid buildings, us. I asked buy our interpreter to buy It. with every convenience; that the ap- Much to my surprise the old woman paratus for teaching the best methods would sell him but two boxes, claim- of dairy work, of stock feeding, and of general farm economy are complete and admirable. You spend so much on these schools. But then you ways so that cultivation by horse pow- money to it have spend, and we are comparauner is impossible. Tree diggers are 1 have received every poor. tively known. Everything, except plowing minister of agriculfrom your Is done by hand. On some plots even where, Mr. Wilson, from at ture Washington, the horse is banished and the ground your state officers, and from every Is prepared with a spade. Such methI have met, the most obliging ods of cultivation would of course b(i farmer Ex. courtesy." in lands unprofitable on our cheaper America. However, there is a great Strange Work of Lightning. The deal of value to be learned in Europe London Lancet reports the remarkable Extreme in the horticultural lines. case of the killing of Major Jameson Inferior out weeded has competition by lightning in a field near Guildford, methods and appliances, and necession August 25. There was but a sintates a wide awake spirit everywhere. gle flash and a clap of thunder. The Centuries of accumulated experience victim was found lying on his face, under the same conditions have set- dead, with bis clothing torn to fragtled a host of their horticultural prob- ments and scattered widely around lems, and the beginner finds the path him. Even his undergarments were well marked and mapped out by his rent to ribbons and scattered over the Here on our fertile predecessors. ground. The soles of his boots were holes off, brass prairies of the northwest thearecondinew stripped and nails eyelet forced from their tions of the soil and climate torn out, to us, and more problems confront us places. in all lines. But these very problems Fruit. A. P. Pure Evaporated make horticulture a fascinating study. in Australia, was who formerly Spawn, has recently located an evaporatbut Meat. England ing plant in Tacoma, says one of tbe The London (Eng.) Times says: Is things most needful to Americans toaltered have times How greatly the is an Improved system which shall shown by the circumstance that last day to ronsumers a more cleanly and of give week witnessed the Inauguration unadulterated article in the prepared from meat fresh of (frozen) the export the steamship or manufactured food products. LegisEngland to the Cape, on board 1,600 lation providing strong penalties for Nineveh having taken of Bowen (Queensland) beef. offenses Is required. Ex. THE LAW OP KARMA. ing that if she sold it all to him she have nothing to sell to other people, neither would she have anything else to do during the remainder if the day! would FADS IN FLOWERS. Florists' shops abroad are much dlf- blems are displayed in the windows, with their prices stiached. Some are attractive, others very hideous. Lichen is fashionable there for crosses and wreaths, and from this grisly-gra- y background calls lilies and white roses peer. Set pieces, the gates ajar, broken columns and floral pillows, are always painful, for. In the first place, the natural grace and beauty of tbe flowers is destroyed, and In the next there is no excuse for the emblems. Flowers for the dead should be scattered In careless handfuls then only are they comforters, with their graceful beauty unimpaired. The modern custom of adding to a death notice Lhe words. Friends will please omit fluwers,uiay be traced to the reluctance of the survivors to be confronted with those ghastly set pieces which have raged bj long. Karma is a Sanskrit word meaning action, whether of thought, word or deed. Since there are no straight lines in nature, every force tends to return to its projector. Once this law Is recognized, we begin to see the philosophy underlying that homely adage, Curses, like chickens, come home to roost." For 1900 years we in the western world have heard, As a man sowb, so shall he reap, yet while glibly reciting this, we sow Canada thistles and then rail at fate because we do i jL reap California peaches. Why? Simply because the philosophy underlying this Is not understood. We fall tu see in man the master of the cause but the slave of the effect. Nature is conquered by obedience to its laws. Help Nature and work on with her, and Nature will regard thee as one of her creatures and will make obeisance, says the Voice of Silence. Karma, then, is the law which adjusts effects to causes on all planes. It is the ultimate law of the universe. In connection with the law of rebirths reincarnation it explains the problems which now are vexing us. It explains the unequal distribution of capital and labor; the distinction of class in society, of sex in the affairs of life; the apparent injustice of birth one man born in a hovel, another in a palace; one an imbecile, another with one a vigorous, healthy intellect; reaching the age of fourscore and ten in peace and plenty, the other cut off in his prime by a violent or accidental death. AH that is due to Karma, either racial, national or individual. Man in his efforts toward the exthrows pansion of himself out of harmony with cosmic law, the result of the discord being what we call pain and suffering. So he learns that law. has been disregarded, and the ultimate result is obedience to law, the tendency ever being to restore equilibrium. The two doctrines which modern Christianity lacks (but which JeHUS taught), are reincarnation and Karma, the one depending on the other. There is no mistaking the words of Christ: With what measure ye mete It shall Another be measured to you again. passage teaching both doctrines is found in Matthew v., 2G, Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out of thence till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing," implying the Karmic ties that draw the soul back to rebirth. In Matthew xl., 14, the statement is made clearly, If ye will receive it, this Is Ellas, which was for to come, a positive declaration that Elias had Incarnated In John the Baptist. When the disciples asked why it was Bald that Elias would come before the Messiah, His answer was: Ellas shall truly come first and restore all things, but I Bay unto you that Elias Is come already anil they knew it not. When the doctrine of reincarnation was stamped as a heresy at a general council held by the early church after the reign of mental and spiritual darkness had set In that of Karma went With what measure ye mete also. ' it shall be measured to you again gradually became a dead letter in the the vicarious atonement church, (wrongly Interpreted) seeming to offer an escape; and so we have the various schemes to enable man to evade the penalty of his own wrong-doinThe doctrine of Karma absolute justice-does not appeal to weak natures, preferring to shift the responsibility of their misdeeds on to the shoulders or their Creator an idea which appears to theosophlsts little short of blasphemy. Let us now take up the law of Karma and try If possible to see how it works. Science now acknowledges that thought precedes action, that no action is possible without the thought or motive power behind it; therefore, thoughts are of the most importance. Let us analyze this a little. Suppose we take a mind with no past activities, with nothing to hinder its perfect freedom (an impossibility which some of our "scientific psychologists assume.) Suppose such a mind to evolve a thought. This thought, repeated many times, becomes a habit of mind, so that It runs automatically into this particular mold. Suppose the growing mind now disapproves of this particular form of thought (or thought form") finds It a hindrance. The will by repeated efforts ran change this and direct the mental tendency Rethoughts into other channels. will covetous desires crystallize peated Into thefts when the opportunity comes. Thoughts directed toward helping humanity will crystallize Into How deeds of unexpected heroism. . g. often we hear It said: If I had stopped to think I should not have done It. The saturated mental solution needed only the additional crystal to solidify Into action. As long as we have the power to stop and think we have not yet reached the danger line; we The are still master of the cause. on the and to think, liability stop other hand, shows that we have beThus come the slave of the effect. we find that the mind forges the fetter and wears It, and that while wearing it it can file through it by repeated efforts of the will. Here we have an Instance of a small Karmic cycle. Further analysis reveals the fact that as repeated thoughts become tendencies ,so painful experiences become conscious and experiences In the aggregate become wisdom, character then being the result of the aggregate of mental Images. Now we begin to realize the value of right thinking (a point theosophy emphasizes) and to, see why it is that he who succeeds in raising the ideals of a nation is ita greatest helper. We begin also to see d the scientific basis of the and little understood proverb, As a man thinketh in his heart, so Is he. Our Oriental brother expresses the same ideal, Man is a creature of reHe becomes that upon flection. which he reflects. Therefore, reflect Herbert Spencer ptitSi upon Brahma. the same thought Into this form: Ha- -: man beings are at the mercy of their associated ideas." So. after all, we Bee in the law of Karma nothing new Just what Jesusj said: With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again" but the thought gains strength and new beauty In the light thrown upon it 0 the wisdom-religiotheosophy. much-uuse- K. C. 1L TRAINS FOR MISSIONS. and Training School and Woman. for The Chicago Medical Missionary Training school Is an undenominational school of practical philanthropy just established by several philanthropic people, in the large building at 1926 Wabash avenue, Chicago (until recently occupied by the Home for the Friendless). Its purpose is to prepare Christian young men and women to labor in city missionary and rescue work, under the various missionary with all deboards. It will nominations in helping humanity and responding to the cry of anguish that comes from societys downtrodden and outcast. Each course of study will last one year, and Includes unsectarian Biblical instruction in Gospel principles, elementary physiology, medical nursing, hygiene, sanitation, emergency relief and practical philanthropy. The students spend part of each day In classes and part in practical work, such as friendly visiting and district nursing among the poor and destitute sick, as well as holding cottage gospel and health meetings. About one hundred of these meetings are now being held each week. There are at prespnt one hundred and fifty students, but there is room for at least five hundred in the building. Consecrated young men and women are received as students withuut regard to their creed, provided they are prepared to devote their lives to gospel philanthropic work. Students are furnished with room and tuition free of change and hoarded on the European plan, costing from 1 to 61.25 per week for meals and Incidentals. The building is steam heated and very comfortable. The instructors are physicians, trained medical nurses and pnllanthropic workers, all of whom give their services free.' There Is in the building a free medical dispensary, free hath, and laundry for women and children, day nursery, free kindergarten and kitchengarten, and also a home finding department for friendless men, women and children. It will furnish Christian families all through the country with children to adopt or men and women to work, as well as care for the homeless until placed In families. Sixty friendless young girls have been rescued and put in Christian homes in the past six months. References: Rev. C. R. Henderson, 1). I)., University of Chicago; Bayard Holmes, M. D.; Miss Jane Addams.Ilull House; Dr. Arthur Edwards, editor Northwestern Christian Advocate; Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson; or any leading pastor In Chicago. For particulars call or address. Superintendent, 192G Wabash avenue, Chleago, 111. Medlral M I.Hlnii.r; Moa Ko IMamonil There. A Kansas City man who kindly per- mitted a strange young woman to faint in his arms found his diamond shirt stud is missing a few hours Inter. After this he is going to let the girls faint on a flagstone. I'lerlng from Starvation, News comes from the Klondike that 1,000 men have stampeded from Dawson and are now trying to force their way through the mountains to Dyea. Probably a quarter of them will quarters M1 UI , i m |