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N Addrt. munition* to Agi onumtct. 7* Aotla.d. SL Well Toront* Poultry Feeding Problems. Many farmers have the wrong opinion of dry mash feeding for poul- try and bei.evc that it must be an expensive ir.e.hod. At first thought dry mash mixture used in egg pro- duction. Preparing Market Lambs. In the mind of the packer's buyer it seems as if the hens would gather when he enters a pen of lambs to about the hopper and eat all the time, make a bid on the lot, is the knowl- But thu> is he way it works out: The edge that the consumer wants a ten- hens occasionally take a bite of the dor, juicy, palatable piece of meat, bo mash. Then they have to drink water. , according to the quality of the lot, i.e., _2>* "fnash is dry and cannot be gorg- its fitness to give this kind of meat, ed down. After a hen has taker a he makes his offer. few bites of mash she is ready to hunt If there is a good proportion of around for other food. ' wethers in the lot he will pay more The mash is not sufficiently appetiz- because he knows they will yield a percentage : of 1* ,e c :ho,cc : cuts. second growth of kafflr or sorghum must not he fed and stock must not be allowed to run on it as it generates a deadly poison after frost. Here are the big advantages: Plenty of green feed to tide over th and lost queens. Information on these matters it might be sucgested, has been secured and made public by de- monstration and experiment at six- teen Dominion Experimental Farms scattered throughout the country, and, period of dry pasture; easily put in jit may be added, by the distribution with the minimum of labor; no culti- of bulletins and such reports as the vating to do; any left over after pas- ture becomes (rood again and may be cut, cured and stored for winter feed. It makes the best feed for cows as one referred to. Many of the experi- mental problems in Canadian beekeep- ing relate to the simplifying of meth- od's so ns to enable the keeper to care the grain is right with it. My hogs eat| for a larger number of colonies in a it green or dry, stalks and all. More given time. In Canada a great deal of green feed and more cured dry feed: time IB spent in handling bees to pre- to the acre than any other one plant or combination of plants I ever knew The marketing of thin chickens is not conserving our meat supply, nor is it the most profitable method to producers. Present prices of market hens from searching higher percentage of the cnoicc . producers. Present prices of marKet Hen i that have been They will be better developed than the I pou itry admit of the liberal use of ivht con mm* much ram lambs just where the meat is of j feeds, and the marketing of well- Ing to keep the hens from searching for other food". without mash might consume much '" """"- .*" - -- - more than usual whe* it was return- o.t value. The backs wi 1 be better fleshed bird, ... , .. . __i.i u_ t.,n~* The begt , )irds tfl fle?h or fatten are d to them. But if the hopper is al- ways full they soon satisfy their ap- In ram lambs the development will *>> iuii tmry suuii nuusiy wieii ii- , ,, , ,uu ; = petite* and then only eat at intervals, in the neck and shoulders and this . The inash hopper insures *very h,>n cheaper meat than the back and lorn an opportunity of obtaining egg-mak- *. In addition the flavor of the ing material at some time during th mwit from ram ' ambs puts 1 distinct disadvantage as compared day. that the wethers. have the mash they can eat the ma- past ten years. Some districts have those of the heavier breeds, such as Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth Rocks. The light breeds, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL NOVEMBER 20. Paul Before the King, Act* 26: 19-32.. Golden Text 1 Cor. 15: 20 (Rev. Ver.) Time and I'lac* A.D. 59. Caesaren, The Roman Province of Judea, on the umphant Messiah. Should ("the first rise from the dead. It was the vent their swarming. Long, warm, sunny days, such as we have had this year, and the heavy honey flows, de- velop a stronger tendency to swarm, and the swarming season lasts longer than it does in the south. In most parts of this country the swarming season continues far into the main honey flow, rendering manipulative work for the prevention of swarming particularly exacting because of the necessity of removing and afterwards replacing the supers containing the honey, in order to reach the brood chamber to carry out swarm control operations therein. The need is a rea-| sonably certain method of preventing! swarming and requiring but little, labor, and that limited to certain days, such as Leghorns, seldom pay to , fat- making it possiblc for the bee-keeper, ten unless they are very thin in flesh. L ( , o 8imilar work jn out ^ piarieg in ! The birds intended for fattening the intervenin g days . Successful Sbocld be placed in a pen, or "> a man i P ul*tion is retarded when the old 1 slatted coop. The process is not difn- ; quccn , , cft in the hive _ The great ' cult if you will pay attention to a few, productivity of a young quecn makes ' points that are essential. Feed very lightly for the first day the colony more profitable in the suc- ceeding year. Young queens, which Ue of mash enough hard grain -ached a higher standard of excel- to .... il_ 1 i. t_ .*,wv... a J *,* . - VMiip, ^WWWMJ .il*, that birds arc in the pen, but be sure, can be raised from sele , ted stock( also thom ' ,kV laragram loncv than others . This is very clea* Then feed gradually whatever birds; fV v, ' At 'y brought out by an analysis of the w ill eat and leave no waste feed in the! ?* y **** ' receipts at two stockyards over a trou(fh . Generally the most profitable * i"^ of two wecks thi " falu Of the ? aro ma<ie d ' iri "K the first four - h lambs offered at one yard 55 per cent, teen to sixteen days' feeding. Such is best). i m ,p rove the strain of bees. o i e the ma Th ", til ^ difference b Wl>re pradod " com n >" while at an -| birds wi " "<* be and feed coj. A cheap ra- e- othor >' aryi onl 3 5 ' 5 - but be were i fat enoufh to cook and eat well. Some a markets demand fatter birds. to sell there is no profit in the hen business, even if the feed cost is close to zero. When there is plenty of sour milk the be*f scrap or other protein in the price which the good lambs command, as instanced by the difference of $'J.40 per cwt. in favor of the lambs classed "pood" for the period. There is, however, as yet a great - - -- - * i> r 1 IV TTCVj MO JF^^ f-' nash can be cut in two. Some farm- , m . K \ ect 071 t h e par t of sheep raisers t a hard prob'.cm to feed in the mat ter of docking and castrat- .our milk in a unitary manner. If c f mal* lambs. Th.- former prac- The most profitable pains are made How to Grow Mushrooms Successfully. Mushrooms are much appreciated j by epicures and would be by many i other people who realize the succu-| lence and delicacy of mushrooms on| toast or with steaks, if they could coast of the Mediterranean, northwsst resurrection which showed the suffer- of Jerusalem. ing and triumphant Messiah to be one. Connecting Links When Festus Liffht unto the people; the Jews. The succeeded Felix, as governor of Ceas- 1 Gentiles; contrary to the Jewish be- area, he found Paul a prisoner. The! h ef. other nations would share equally new governor, three days after as- ! with them in the blessings of God s suming the duties of his post, made Kingdom. a visit to Jerusalem. There the Jewi | II. Festus' Interruption. 24-26. tried to induce him to have Panl V. 24. Beside thyself. Ramsay para- brought to Jerusalem for trial, plan- phrases, "Paul, Paul, you are a great ning to waylay and kill him on the j philosopher, but have no common road. Festus, however, suspecting' sense." To Festus the idea of a rea- their design, courteously refused the ! urrection was absurd, and equally request on the ground that there was' ridiculous did it appear to him that no time. He told them that he would j " one who was dead" (ch. 25: 19) return to Caesarea In a little more; should bring light not only to Jew*, than a week's time, when the accusers 1 but also to Gentiles, Romans like him- of the notable prisoner might appear self. (Compare chs. 2: 13; 17: 32.) before him. A speedy trial was prom- Much learning; study of the Old ised them. This trial tcok place, but '. Testament scriptures. Festus may when Festus proposed that the case have heard that Paul was distinguish- should be referred for decision to the ed among the Jews for his scnolar- Sanhedrin, with whom he himself ship. Turn thee to madness (Rev. would sit, Paul, standing on his rights [Ver.) ; as we say, "His head is turned." as a Roman citizen, appealed to Cae- ! V. 25. Most noble Festus. Paul is sar at Rome. This appeal brought the [ never provoked out of his fina cour- trial to a speedy close, ch. 25: 1-11. Jtesy. He shows himself a marvel of King Herod Agrippa III, the son and Christian courtesy and self-command, successor of Herod Agrippa II, the; Words of truth; and not the wild grandson of Herod the Great, who had imaginings of a mind diseased. Sob- killed James and imprisoned Peter erness; sound sense, (ch. 12: 1-fl), came with his widowed j V. 26. The king knoweth. Agrippa, sister Bemice, to visit Festus. The at one time, as we have seen, was in governor told his visitors about the charge, under the Romans, of the prisoner, Paul, and Agrippa expressed j temple at Jerusalem; he was well ac- a desire to hear him. Accordingly, it ': quainted, therefore, with the religion was arranged that Paul should appear . of the Jews and their expectation of before the royal party. The lesson a Messiah. Besides, he must have occurs in the account given of this heard something of the Christians, appearance, ch. 25: 13 to 20: 32. I. Paul's Defence, 19-23. Vs. 19, 20. Whereupon; Rev. "wherefore," because of the <m those birds which weigh from three! more easily be procured, and yet theyj can be freely and cheaply grown. All! and one-half to four and one-half pounds when put up to fatten. The grains fed should be finely that is required is a little knowledge and a little trouble. In a circular pub- ground and. if possible, should be mlx-j Hshed by the Dominion Experimental ed with sour milk, to a consistency of. Farms, the Pliant Pathologist, Mr. F. pancake batter. The more milk a L. Drayton, points out that they can chicken will take the more it will | be grown in a cellar, an out-building gain. Milk nppear to have no goodj or barn in which the temperature can ... . ..~.~ .-....,. ~ , substitute for fattening chickens. If; be kept fairly uniform at between 45 soon fill of later and tmclm! '' 1>WS "' UCh *" the uniform a P pear -I vou t fret milk, then add ten to j and <!5 deg. F., and under greenhouse Dirty milk can be a cause of ' ' Bnn]c timo minimizes the danger of trouble. I: pays to place the malk in lambs becoming infested with mag- ro<ks on low wooden itands. These galt dve to dirty v^ crocks can be calded aoi kept free O ne has only to watch a number of from dirt and (rummy n;a4*il. They lanr i, s ^therod together to see what are rather heavily and not easily tip- happens where castration is neglect- ped over. They arp low in height so the hens can drink the milk to the bottom of the dish. If in the field the ram lambs, in addition to not feeding themselves, constantly" disturb the others and the We have used galvanized pails for ! consequence is they merely hold thedr our milk but the hens cannot drink i own in weight where they do not fail. ration, and mix with water. The ad- dition of a little jrreen food daily will help matters. Many people get better results by feeding a little salt. About one-half pound to one hundred pounds of dry grain is sufficient. This mixes wheat or oat straw has been used for bedding will promote the growth. The leaflet explains how the manure is to be treated and maxle use of. The ma- nure can be placed on the flocr ami ridged up against the wall or spread best by being dissolved in water and I on shelves, a sample of which he gives adding a little at each feed. Be care- [in diagram. Bricks of sipawn which must be broken up into ten or twelve ful not to u*e too much. The best grains available now are a mixture of jrround barley, cornmeal, i. The shrinkage in transit is sifted out, as are also ground brewers' . As the season advances this | Drains, and shorts mixed with double pieces can be obtained from any re- liable dealer in seeds at 35c or so per brick. Some "don'ts" are given to the bottom of the pail. They may ; The same restlessness is observed in finely ground buckwheat, and shorts. rooit on the edges and tip pails over, the shipping car or in the alley at the' Oats" arc ROCK! if part of the hull is The dry mash from their bills settles 1 yards. -- - 1 -- 1 - 1 -- - !i ! - in the bottom of the pails along with great. _ _ , ^ i o - - r *- - .....-. ....... wu-ot v 14."* i , ivii if v. MI tr i itiAiiLJi tr i 1 m : i i , , other dirt and some of the milk may condition becomes aggravated and the .the quantity of sour milk. In general, i that is, when frosty weather has set have to be wasted when the pails are breeder who wishes to keep his lambs ' rinsed. I for a later market finds it unprofitable Some poultry men find it a problem to do so because of the unsatisfactory the circular, such as: don't use old cause manure mixed with shavings or saw- dust; don't cure the manure too late, since hi father had beheaded James with a s-.vord and had cast Peter into prison (see ch. 12: 1-4). These things; ( the report of the death and resurrec- -|tion of Jesus. Not done in a corner; ful revelation of which an account is but in Jerusalem, the Jewish capital, given in vs. 12-18. I was not dis-j in the glare of public knowledge. obedient There had been a time wheni III. Agrippa's Decision, 27 32. Paul's life was full of opposition to| Vs. 27-29. Thou believest; "the pro- Jesus and his followers. But that 1 pheta," and therefore he ought to be- time was past. Unto the heavenly lieve in Jesus who fulfilled the teach- vinion; which he had beheld on the injf of the prophets. With but littlo road to DwUMMb ch. 9: 1-9. The persuasion, etc., (Rev. Ver). It was word "vision" is not to be understood ; as if he had said, "You think, do you, as signifying anything unreal. It was. that with a little speech-making you an objective revelation of divine can make so great a man as I become things, as was proved by Paul'a blind- 'one of that fanatical sect of Chris- ness. Shewed; Rev. Ver., "declared." tians," for such they seemed to the The word signifies the delivery of a; scornful king. I would to God. I de- message. Saul was henceforth God's sire with all my heart. Such as I am; evangelist. At Jerusalem; with sucli with my present blessing as a Chris- boldness that the Jews sought to kill lion and my sure hope rf future glory, him. At all coasts (Rev. Ver., 'Yo".n- Except these bonds; the chains which try") of Judea. Wherever Paul went bound him to his keeper in prison, and he was always the ambassador ofi which now hung heavily about the Christ. Thrn to the Gentiles. Paul's apostle. gospel was for all men of every race Vs. 30-32. Nothing worthy of deatV and color. Reppnt; turn their backs Luke is careful to explain that both> cm sin. Turn to God; in trust and ' the Roman Festus (en. 25: 18) and obedience. Doing works worthy of the Jewih Agrippa found Paul to be repentance <Rev. Ver.); making their, innocent. This v.-as a great testimony lives square with their profession. . to his hero. Set at liberty, etc., but his v n, > r .u 111 continued imprisonment was to be- Vs. 21-23. For these causes: "be- 1 A . me / M ()f his Mng to keep hens from wasting every ma- ( they make. He is the loser in terial that is served in a self-feeding two ways: first, because the Lumbs hopper. The hens seem tto have a have not made economical gains, and, mania for pulling mil ;nash, oyster secondDy, because lacking quality, hells or grit until the hopper is | they bring a lower price. emptied in the litter and much of the' - material wasted. This can be avoided How , Solved (he |. a .,t ure problem. by making a lip with a small piece of, board on the front of the hopper. Then' For th P^ 1 four years we have the trough of the hopper can be deep **"* u lon ^ "P^ 1 (>ver y summer. enough so the hens have to reach' Mv Ptur> mostly i-iivme ami rough down for the, material. waste wire can If they still has dried up until the little it. a piece of fine meh poultry * raM lcft WBW fairl y brittle <i look- an be tacked over the opening ^ d * ad - Whl|it to do fw Ken fee<l the birds will have to peck through for tx>ws *M*>* that period was the the opening* and only be able to b- : <l u '' 8tion - J solvo(1 that problem this I had a tfcin l!ic material that they eat. The clogging of dry mah hopper* is a problem if they have narrow P . 01 " throats. The remedy is to build them ^ ar ^..u wldo er.ough co that the mash will not often r\og. Even then it ia nee- feed nearly one-third shorts and what- 1 in; don't plant the spawn until the ever finely ground grains you may ' temperature has been at 65 deg. for have about a farm. : three or four days; ddm't overwater, Th essentials are to select healthy, and don't cover the bed with soil until birds, keep pen clean and free from the spawn has started to make a vermin. If chickens do not eat all I mould-like growth. . feed in fifteen minutes, remove what Is left from pen, and mix ground grain with sour milk if possible. A Scientific Beekeeping. He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never rememhor it. Charron. Nobody knows what vitamines are, For the advancement of l>eekeepmg i ull to get them into your system is in Canada, says the late F. W.- I., easy as ABC. Simply see that milk Sladen, in his last annual report as and green vegetables are plentiful in Dominion Apiarist, covering the year i the diet. ending March 31, 19H1, the great neell is to educate beekeepers to replace! J hl1 is in pretty pickle and . - to watch the hoppers occasion-' May ' , , P 1-c . e ' llw! , a <jtity 'oH*>ans and some kafhr-corn P W I)leC "" 1 of i,!ly and sec that the mash i. feeding lean8 it once, sowed the soy- dcast, broadcasted the kaf- down as it is usec. A stick several fir <wn over the **" round - sowcd feet long can be kept in a hopper that a sma " <) u * nt !fy ' Pulverized sheep -- TU,s and be used to break up the manur . e 'f "'", harrowed the with modern methods of management ! fcjks u are treating him cool RS a cu- the old neglectful methods that con- '" be1 '- He . 4 * a " tf*? f , or llf . e insurance and sold all his friends suc.i can't get any up their pre niwc of v-ollnw rlv irrniin/1 I H 7i V- i insurance ami sold al al r yellow clay ground turned to levy toll of loss, particularly bi nolicies that thev ( for corn, ami no manure to in wlnter . from hrooli diseases indTftS out Vf life and keep from old and failing drone-breeding rniums at the same time. and placing both un an equality before God 1 ' (Expositor's Greek Testament), i The Jews seized me (Rev. Ver.). The' word's describe a violent arrest. Went about; planned an attr-mpl. To kill me; literally "ley hnnds upon me,''i and so to kill me. (Corrpare ch. 21: 17-34). Having therefore obtained help of God. The "therefore" implies: that against such attempts thj helps which alone could deliver him was divine. The word for ''he'n" -reans the succor of an ally. Continue t RPV. Ver. "stand"> unfo this day; in spile of al! attempts to cast him down,; made by both .Tows and Gentiles, dur- ing his missionary journeys. Wit- nessing: Rev. Ver.. "testifying." Both to small and great; the lowly and thc influential. He was now standing be- 1 fore two of the ''great." The prophets and Moses; the whole old Tistament scriptures. Christ; the Old Testa- ment Messiah. Should suffer. It was an idea abhorrent to the Jews that' the Messiah should suffer, and espe- ciallv that he should he crucified.! They thought of a victorious and tri- Application. What about us? We have had our heavenly vision. We know about that perfect one toward whose achievement we should nil seek to approximate. Are we able to say I was not diso- bedient to the heavenly vision T This grand surrender of cur all to Jesus will do as much for us as it did for Paul. We too need soire kind of an pxpericn-e that will make us cease from crying, "Who shall deliver me from the body of this death," and make us begin to say as with a shout of joy. "Thanks be to God, which eiveth us the victory throufc'h our Lord Jefus Christ." Many other vi- sions Hie to lure us, visions of ple-asiirp, possession, power; but their lure leads to death. There is only ona vision worth trusting fully. As the mighty Tennyson would put it: "After it, follow it Follow the gleam. " the gleam of all that Jesus ever was, the ftleam cf all that we can ever K e through Him. Water for Farm Homes mash. That Lakes time and it pays to l>u\d thc hoppers so they will sel- dom fail to let thc mash slip down us it is used. ground again and waited for results.; WHS I might get n little green na( l "Say, Martha, listen to this." It though she carried the water farther Anderson who spoke. He than tho majority, for Mrs. Chapman the boys to finish washing the said that these wells are located an at least get a growth for turning under later oil. That stuff came up and grew arr.a/ When okl and you. r poultry u ? e , , I began feeding from it about tfce same farm range , it often a the mi<wte of Ju , problem to keep the chi" automobile before tho evening meal average di?tanco of forty-one feet was rcady while h- came in to read a from the kitchen." letter from his brother who lived in Before Mrs. Anderson hail finished Kastt'rn Ontario. "Bill tells me of a this speech her husband had fished out ly mowing off just 1 neighbor's wife who has walked 6710 his much used pencil and Vejran ftgur- growing the amount needed 'for a .lay or two mi^ s alllt carried 2,000 tons of water." ing on the corner of a ne.vspaper. ' II TL II 1 J 1 fcitw nuiiruiib iix.cui.il iiii a tiav (M bWV t - f -,. rapiuly. The old birds ci ,wd them nt timp I f^l green food from that! "B' 11 must be improving in his After a few moments ho lifted hi. from thc feed hoppers and frighten p ie ce until the last of S.-ptember wht-n 1 '"Kures," was the casual rejoinder of head and replied, "Mrs. Chapman hit them at cding tune, t pay? to eon-' the faW rains hai) nm ,| e thc p^ure' Mrs. Anderson. ! it just about right, for this commun- utruct a dry maih hopper inside of Q(1 , l({ain The tock ate it clean "' J^gu these me not Hill's figures, ity, at least. In the six sections where an enclosure protected i>y slats BO that stal |< s aml al | ' u seems that a survey of farm homes I know nil the farmers, about twenty Thv young birds can enter while the, j ha<] cn , ' enou _ h Soy _i )oans f ot Jis being made in his county. During per cent, have running water in their, old ones e excluded. The chicks soon ab<>u . t half the piece so Imd kaffir corn j this survey extension men from the homes." learn wh< they n&u feed unmolested ak)ne M] ( , u> ol[lcr ha , f Thfi f)i . a( . jjf ! un j ve rsity who arc doing tho work And along this line be it. said that mid an improvement will be noted in October I cut tho remain ing kaffir found this woman, now sixty-five the percentage of farm homes with nn their growth. ! Corn by hand and shocked it. There! years old, who for the past fifty years , easily available water supply is bound Such an pnc-!osure can also be used were twenty-four big shocks of feed.'l' ns DDen carrying the water needed to incrcaee rapidly. Tins twenty per for the- water dishes and sour milk fi,,, kaffir had grown to about four 1 uy ' 1( ' r household from a well locate 1 ; cent, is leavening the whole farm crocks used by the young growing f,. ( ,t tall nt thai time an,l headed out a ' x f ect l 'elow the level of the kitchen population. With a better knowledge' tock. Of course, it is best to have w jth an abtndar.T of ripo grain. I am'fl or ani ' one hundred anil forty feet of farm engineering these people have thwn on a separate range but these f ( . ( >dinL' it now to tl:e cow anil noticu away from tho house. And now, after! come to knnw that the installation of: small feeding yards are very useful t | mt she pivcs more milk. on the general farm where all the i learnc.l j:.mo lessons through this poultry of all ufns arc allowed to run together. : benefit: I poor won Some breeders use wet mashes and Kirsl. I UPC I I.'.i H-n n>y-l:eanj and "Strange, isn't it only yesterday fin. I trouble clean and half century they have learnt-d that running water is possible under al- will rcquiro m expenditure of only, most every condition and in a groat | life they are for your '$'8 to pipe thc water right into the majority of homes no difficult prob-j j poor woman's kitchen." lems are involved. I Ita S^n Koy-heans and "Strange, isn't it only yesterday The percentage will grow also be- in keeping thc pouitry they ripcnjd l.> ; ;:n;:n.i she:! their 1 '' the community c'.ub this matter | cause running water is the k*-y to tho md the feeding troughs leaves. I ehall use a much later vari- came up for di.scussimi. Mrs. Chap-! introduction of many of the conven- In good condition. We believe that ety next year as thc object in not seed this probUjm can be avoided and the l>ut forage. The stock, though, nte the poultry hoaxes kept more clean ani dry beans steins, pods and all. Al?o man gave a ten-minute talk on the] ienccs which farm folks are now seek- farm hmne water supply. Evidently i ing. The advent of the bathtub, the she had infc.nv.pd herself on the sub- 1 indoor toilet the kitchen sink, the hnti dry if no wet mashes are used. The I shall try sorghum instead of kaffir Je ; 't f()1 ' anl '"!' othcr interesting water heater, all more or less depend- birds grow and lay on dry mashes corn in the combination on a small things she included a statement on rnt upon running water, will not only and ss such mixtures save much labor piecu but shall stick to kufftr for the 1 the number of homos having running relieve the women folks of the farm water. According to dt'.ta gathered by frmn much drudgery, but will also government men only one home in jrivp ihem sen-c tf living up to the every five has running water, while) possibilities of the times. And this "d seem to ke^jp thc birds healthy we main piece. I have nn idea sorghum *n eo )io necessity of mixing up will mak> a heavier forngc rnd cure much .moist feed. Of course, When easier. tfc*r te n abundance of table scraps I might nin Men that where I mow- can be made more appetizing to 1 H lirsl.. the kafflr grew again and got em if they are made into a moist nu.ir!y I \ > f-ci high by frost, so I "*' the addition of bran or thi/my cover crop after all. Caution; thii sixty-eight per cenit. of the women .<"?< of ' i? even a more import- carry the water needed in their home' i.n! I'a ini ii t'n 1 routine work of the from wells outside. I presume Bill'.-. . i TJ life thim it is in the more neighbor is one of these women, al-,varie.l wul'k of men. Think It And It'. So! Few of us realize how much our lives are influenced both by outside "suggestion" and auto-suggestion. We are, for instance, feeling out of sorts, and a friend tells us we are "really looking very ill." This makes us feel worse at once, and we hastily send for a doctor. He feels our pulse, looks at our tongue, and says: "Overwork, my lieai' sir. Take Ihis tonic and a fp-.v days' re't. 111? No, of cf-virse yo'i .uc not poing to be ill. Rut you must certainly take great care." There are doctors, although 1 hon- estly believe they arc in the minority, 1 who look grave over very small mat-! tevs that they almost suggest illness' to you; bu^ the average physician usu-j nlly cheer! ;, mi up by his healthy j suggestions, for nowadays most phy- sicians realize th power of mind over body. Most form* of f.tilh-heaHng are ; merely valuable lessons in auto-sug- ge.'tion. The- sii'k nrp toM to "ilpny pain " "to romemlier they are well all the bime." "ta realize h*U.h," "to ex- ! presa life, 1 ' t > "h>>M the thought of, perfect wholeness," and so on and so forth. Now. \vhal do WP get out of t all or any of t!io.-e an gges lions? A sweeping away of small ailments, of morbid fears, and the egohism of invplidism. It is marvellous how it will help us; to throw off the little ailments that now fill us with undue fear, ailments that really do not matter. It is also wonderful how the thought that we are tfoing to be prosperous, and are likely to Micceed, will fill us with the courage and perseverance that will eventually lead us to the success we long for. Then auto-suggestion eliminates many of our little worries. I knowti woman who,-whenevr she feels overwhelmed with small and ir- ritating rares. lakes five minuti i alone, closing her eyes, and savin;; over and over again to herself, "I am peace and love I am perfectly quiet inside," and gradually she feals a sense of rest and patience erasing all her petty irritations. In using auto-suggestion we use a law that enables us to become a posi- tive, instead of a negative, force. We are. to a far greater extent than many of us imagine, the controllers of our circumstances and environment. Auto-suggestion will help us to make !he ideal real. It will enable uj to a creat extent to change our fale. Before denying this, let us at le-ast try it. Let us drop our pessimism and our. whining, and talk hewvlth and prosperity, faith and courage and love and joy, and see the effect, not only on ourselves, but on those around us. We are livdng in an age of grumbl- ing and fault-finding. Of course, wa all loudly acclaim that it is the result of the Great Wareverything is the war. But i* it? If it is, we must wait patiently until our soul-wounds are healed. If, on the other hand, the pessimism and gloom come fixim the murky atmnsphe^e of our own inner ooitsck>uan*si, we can mitigate, if not cure them, by healthy auto-sugges- tion. It. is at least worth a trial. We can begin with a few simple self-suxgostions, such as: "There is nothing bo fear but fear." "I am happy, and I will succeed." "I will only look for the good in everyone I meet." We might flni.-.h up by saying to ourselves, "I am--on the whole a very good sort, and I cannot be th only nice percur al>out, so I will begin to look out for the good in the ethers."