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winter. or sent to he done up for next
season; hut II moving s still required, the
brush must be well used over the green be-
fore moving, thus causing the grass to
stand up. and the machine will then do its
work well. but. as in the case Of the roller.
he sure 10 keep the rollers Of the machine
free from dirt. az dirt sdheTlng 10 rollers
of machine spoils the cut altogether.
The searching for the ideal i'm golf seems
to he worldwide nowadays. and recently a
foreign scribe rushed into verse with the
following:
what are good links? I've heard the query
of.
When one has praised. the others prompt
ly scoffed
And say the turf - had. the subsoil clay.
The bunkers wrongly placed. right in the
way.
What are good links?
Is il the course that has been ploughed
and sown.
WheTeOn the grass has never To he mown
And where the bunkeUs all are at the side.
Where we can't reach them-eyen II We
tried
Are these good links?
Perhaps IL Is course down by the sea.
With glorious views obtained from every
tee
Far from the madding crowds gnoble
strife.
Where one can take the kiddies and the
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crystals. lights. the sound of gong and
passes with the operators hands. are used
to start the subject the sublimnal
path. Experts variOusly give from three
to nine stages of hypnosis. beginning with
drowsiness and ending with deep somnam-
bulism. Lehault says there is first drow-
siness. then drowsiness with a possibility
OF suggestive catalcpsy, then slight sleep
with a possibility OF automatic movements.
then deep sleep i'm which the subject only
hears what the operator tells him. then
light somnambulism Of which the waking
memory is in1istinct. and finally deep
somnambuism with an entire loss of mem
DRY on swaking and a possibility of all the
phenomena
Evil suggestion. which is the scientific
counterpart Of malicious animal magnet
ism.' IS a disputed doctrine. Some Euro
Iean authorities. Luys. maintain that
anything can he done with a hypnOtzed
subject A man may he poisoned or mu-
tilated without the slightest after recoIlec-
tiOn. Subjects may he made 20 sign their
names to promissory notes or wills. on
the other hand it is maintained that the
moral sense of subjects is even koener dur
ing the hypnotic period than in the normal
state. and almost invariably resists evil
suggestions
I4ebault, a member Of the Nancy School
Of Investigators. found that only or > per
cent Of his subjects were amensble to
criminal suggestions Some subjects car
ried out the exoerinental crimes evidently
because they realized that the deeds were
not bona fide. An English experimenter
suggested to a young shopkeeper. who
had refused TO play the role OF a minister
or that Of fish pedler. 10 put a lump Of
arsenic (actuaIly sugar in q friends cup
Of tea. The young man did so. and when
asked why he had poisoned his friend re-
piled. laughingly, "Oh, he has lived long
enough"
Many girl subjects refused 10 follow in
delicate or impolite suggestions, even show
ing moral squeamishness not of their
waking state One girl wouldn't help her
self to a glass Of water deeminC il inn
polite. and another refused 10 tell an anec-
date which her mother regarded a a good
joke. A young woman declined to put her
fingers TO her nose as assistant i'm the
experiments although she laughed at the
request. physician hypnotized a girl
suffering from lung trouble and was sur
prised at her refusal 10 let him examine
her chest. on being reminded that he had
often made this examination. she replied.
You never before did it when ! was
asleep" When awakened she remembered
nothing of the episode and apologized for
her rudeness to the physician Subjects do
not ususlly recall in the waking state their
hypnotic experiences. but remember them
when again hypnotized.
Bernheim had a girl subject who seemed
To he entirely i'm the power Of her oper-
ator. vet cOuld not he persuaded To empty
an ink bottle on her best dress An Ameri-
can subject cheerfully oheyed orders TO
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stab the operator with a cardboard dag
ger. but when an open penknife was given
her and she was told 10 repeat the act
she hesitated and had an attack Of hys-
terra
More under the influence a young
woman subject of a European alienist
who had trained her to go into a trance
at the striking of A gong She was cross
Ing a street one day when she heard the
chimes of church bells. became hypno-
tized. staggered about. was run down by
a vehicle and killed. 4 somewhat similar
case was that of officer who had been
hypnotiZed at a public performance and
was accustomed to fall into a trance
whenever he saw a shining light One
night a carriage lamp in the street pro-
duced the usual effect on him and he was
walking toward IL in peril of his life, when
4 companion seized him.
Although the plea of suggestion is not
so common in criminal cases to-day as IL
was few years ago. far hack as 1S65
a tramp was tried and convicted in
European court Of abusing woman after
hypnotizing her. In 1879 a dentist was
charged with mistreating young patient
by suggestive power In 1894 a man
named Czynsky was sentenced to three
into pseudo-matrimony Baroness Won
Il. aged thrty-eisht Dr. VOisln reported
the case of woman who was hypnotized
and used as the'tool Of extensive thievery
~ three criminals. Professor Kraft
Ebing testified i'm favor OF an accused
shoplfter. who insisted that she had been
hypnotized. and she was acquitted but it
was afterward found that she was pro-
fessional thief and had deceived her sci
entihc champion.
Suggestion is potent in criminal cases in
another direction than the causing Of
crime As administered by the police in the
sweating system. IL is prolific cause of
false confession. Robert F. CantwelI, a
Chicago lawyer. has found III cases of
execution for murder on confessions in
which the alleged victims were afterward
found To he alive At the Steinheil trial
I'm Paris the other day a young man, prob
ably self-hypnOtized. rushed into tho court
room and proclaimed himself the assassin
A number OF American psychologists. in
Cluding Professors James and Munsterberg.
believe that Richard q. Ivens. q Young man
who was executed for the murder of Mrs
Bessie NJ. Hollister i'm Chicago three years
ago. was actually innocent and was hyp-
Noticed by the police into his confession"
There are said To be three ways of graft
ing false ideas on the minds of others
first, by quiet and apparently sincere
statements. repeated at intervals; second.
by cunning ''indirection or the production
Of an inference" which is a mental trick:
third. by violent forcing. which is the
police sweating style
The effect of continued hyPnotism on the
subject Is n weakening Of the viii and in
tellect. and I'm nervous cases there is a
risk Of insanity. A trance is followed by
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will purchase tea half as often. and the
other. the still greater folly Of advertising
surpassed" "vhv pay more etc. low
priced CeylOn teas upon which is made an
entirely unWarTanted prort-teaS thar can
rarely be sold the second time 70 the same
buyer. Such dealers are, OF course, poor
merchants. for they know not the value =
the turnover over capital many
times at small profit and they are them
selves the losers in the long run But. N
the meanwhile, they exert q retarding iu-
huence upon the growth Of Ceylons trade
While it is true thar from some ore or
another combination OF 'low-groWn or
'htgh-grOWn' CeylOn tea a blend VIII ra-
suit that will suit any given case or COndi-
tOn OF environment. 10 NAV be that t1e
dealer sometimes experiences a difficulty IN
inducing a customer 20 abandon tea -
which he or she has long been aCCustOue
even for the better Ceylou tea. but a prom
nent grocery concern, with an eXtenSlve
chain OF retail establishments throughout
the country, has solved that problem. tt
puts 'Ceylon' into every blend and a-So
does what II recommends others To d0-useS
constantly increasing quantities Of "tey-
lon I'm its blends. ~ has discovered that
"Ceylon' blends advantageOusly with-to
the advantage Of-any and every tea. a.
we'll as upon itself
The dealer should learn. in buying Cey-
Ion tea. To Judge Ia. not by appearance. buy
by cup quality, that being the only safe
guide. And. further, as most people use
milk in their tea. he should be careful. 20
select the one which best takes milk ana
the finer the tea the better il takes milk.
"CeylOn'' is noted for that
While some hDusekeeperS recognize tea
20 be the least troublesome beverage IN the
domestic economy. there are not very manV
who have taken the pains 10 learn how ta
make tea They either use cold. damp
pot or water which is stale rebOiled on rot
boiling furiousv. they too often permit tne
infusion 10 brew too long and thus get TOO
much tannin IN the beverage. and ~0nla
even commit the enOrmity Of OBTAINING
second brew from the same leaves, tNs
minutes is quite sufficient time for ths
brewing OF CeylOn tea. after thar the liquor
" they are careful not to buy spurious
CeylOn tea and viii learn 10 really mdNA
tea, they will ind their purchase twice tna
value Of anV other tea-and that on tHe
authority Of one OF the biggest and best
houses IN the country which maintains
that an 1S-cent CW hOlesale pTicel Cevlon tea
Is equal to any China tea Of twice me
price'-and. what is more. Ceylon tea -
uniformly good
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Victims Can Be Made to Commit Crimes or
Submit TO Them-The Will Is Weakened
and Death Sometimes Follows.

malicious or hencdcenf has n new sound.
IL is merely one Of the early terms, slong
with mesmerisn. for hypnotism- The early
eNperimeutcrs thought that subjects we're
acted upon by RAYS emsnating from crystal
halls bright lights and 50 forth Braid,
who made a pioneer scientific study If
psychic phenomena. discovered that the
subjects really acted on themselves. Tie
demonstrated this I'm case where n Lon
don scientist was producing wonderful
cataiepsias hv tho aid Of magnets. Braid
told the patient that ne would put i'm her
hand something more powerful than a mag
not and thereupon threw her into a deep
trance But the mysterious objects more
powerful than a magnet were only purse.
and key ring on another occasion he
Informed woman friend that ne had lust
got sample Of an American drug that
acted through glass. causing nausea. He
put> vial of colored water I'm her hand
and she Immediately became nsusested.
The cure consisted I'm giving her another
vial ~ colored water which was guaranteed
10 be the antidote.
The Emmanuel movement in this country
is q revival or the early recognized cura-
tive power Of hypnotic suggestion. Eczema.
constipation. paralysis. chorea. had habits,
abuse Of drugs and liquor have been cured
by mental treatment. IL would be logical
% assume that these diseases can also be
caused by suggestion. although IL is de
MED that the production Of blisters anu
changes of temperature are genuine hyp-
motto phenomena The theory Is that hyp-
notism reaches the lower sphere Of con-
sciousness in which there is control over
bodily functions which are normally in
voluntary, for example. the sweat glands
and the intestinal muscles. Scientists deny
that suggestion can act without the knowl-
edge Of the patient. or course there may
be subconscious knowledge which does
not reach the higher levels Of the mind
Homeopathy is cited by its critics as a
brilliant example OF suggestion. Accord
ing TO Sir J. Y. Simpson. there was one
homeopathic solution so attenuated that
the patient would have had 10 take dose
every second for thirty thousand years be-
fore he would have consumed one grain of
The drug. Another medicine was so di-
luted that IL would have required an ac-
cumulstion Of doses equal TO sixty-four
times the bulk Of the earth 20 amount 10
one grain of medicine. DR.. Elisha Per
kins, Of Norwich, Conn, i'm 1896. patented
a brass and iron ''tracter'' three inches
long which was drawn across the forehead
20 cure toOthsche and headache II was
popular and successful.
Many kinds Of mechanical means, as
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GORGEOUS CEYL0N
ISLE FROU WHICH
CONES THE FINE TEA.
Why Its Fragrant Product Is
DispIacing Other Teas.

70 vas stated in the preceding numbet
that Ceylon tea IS rapidly displacing other
teas here. but this only partially accounts
for tts tremendously increased. and rapidly
increasing. consumption i'm North America.
which. indeed. Is a condition that obtains
all over the world. for 10 appears that the
better educated people become "a 70 the
virtues of the islands fragrant product the
more il is demanded-and naturally 10 tho
exclusion Of other teas eventually. al
though. az first. II Is often used merely TO
raise the quality Of the latter. In some sec
tions OF the United States and IN All can
ada. CeyIon's teas have completely ousted
those Of China and Japan. The green Cey-
lon tea is pretty generally taking the place
OF the latter: and even where this IS not
the case. II is largely used with the green
Japans. with which 1t blends perfectly.
Wherever tea-the drinking OF which is
not followed By the distressing reaction
which makes the use OF alcoholic beverages
pernicious-is gradually taking the place of
strong drink. ii is not too much 70 say that
II is Cevlon's fun bodied. richly colored
and uniquely favored tea which is effectins
the change. since II best substitutes the
other nerve bracing and exhilarating slim
uIants. owing % it's superior strength and
economy The fact that-as stated by ~
Kelway Bamber. NJ. r a c., F. g. s.
CeyIOn teas have a delicious aroma. con-
tain large percentage of the most import
ant constituent. theme: yield a larger
quantity of extract are absolutely pure.
and free from the extraneOus cOlOring mat
ter so largely employed in the manufacture
OF the green teas Of China and Japan. and
that its infusion contains a minimum OF
tannin, will explain why il is that. when
tea is taking the place of cocktails. etc, in
the clubs-a general officer Of the United
States army is authority for this statement
has supplanted coffee i'm the German
army. has been adopted as a cOmpOnenL
OF the United States army garrison and
field TatiOus. and is increasingly drunk on
the Continent Of Europe, CeylOn tea has
been, and is, so largely used
In truth. left 20 their merits 70 maks
their way. great as has been the progress
Of CeylOn teas into public favor in this
country. they would have made deeper in
roads into the trade of their competitors.
but for two deterrent causes; one. the mis-
taken policy OF some shOrt-sighted dealers
in pushing the sales Of teas. OF lesser worth
Under the belief that. as "Ceyl0n' will go
twice as far as any other, the customer
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This Famous Sport Is Passing Through Long Course
Craze That Will Not Soon Be Forgotten.

impossible run for the ball to take after
touching the ground. while on many Of the
inland links twenty yards is about the aver
age
one of the greatest temptations TO add 10
the length Of links near the mig cities lies I'm
the desire 10 avoid congestion. Naturally,
a course nearly four miles i'm length can
accommodate more players comforta bly,
than one Of. say. three miles. Al the same
time il is We'll 20 avoid too much hard hit
ting. for where this is done 10 excess A
weariness ~ the hesh is bound 20 follow IN
the end. even with the rubber cored hall.
Apropos - those misleading figures that
occasionally appear on tee boxes is the in
stance in connection with Horne's record
drive ~ North Berwick. There the length
of the hole WAS assumed 20 be nearly ifty
,ards greater than il really was. owing 4,
tie fact that the measurement had been
made 10 2 new green which had not beer
put in commission.
An amateur golfer was competing IN
tournament IN the spring I'm which every
hole was stretched 10 the utmost possible
point The tees furthest hack. even where
they were somewhat Inferior in quality. and
the furthest back portions of these tees
we're invariably used. In one or two cases
the disks were 50 set as to be only couple
Of feet IN advance of tho back edge of the
teeing ground The result Of this WAS that
where the tee WAS banked the player who
preferred stance with the hall opposite
his left foot had not sufficient room 20 tee
his hall ane was forced 10 adopt stance
entirely foreign 20 his usual style.
Down al the National course on Long
Island hole that visitors not only like. hut
from which they carry away a lasting inn
preston, Is the eighth. fashioned after the
seventeenth Al Leyen. n is about three
hundred yards. which Is a trihe shorter
than the original Prom position on the
eighth tee - the new course an exceptional
view Of Peconic Bay may he had. while
on The right tho nearby Bulls Head Bay.
dotted with many islands. presents an ever
pleasing picture. In many respects this
location h. the aniithesis OF those found
on most of the inland links. Take. for IN
stance the famous punchbowl formation az
Morris couuty-responsibie for many
spoiled cards.
Leaving length and location for THE mo-
meni out 81 the question. now H. the time
when care is need IN the rolling Of greens.
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GIN IS CURRENCY.

GIN Is apparently an important factor IN
the economic life Of southern Nigeria for.
according To- the report of the Committee
or Inquiry into the liquor trade Of the
district, 10 is even used as currency. In
the more backward parts Of the country"
SAYS the report. British coin Is regarded
Win suspicion. The people are still In the
nafter stage. and for various reasons gin
furnishes the most convenient standard Of
value In i've native courts In the brass
district where pecuniary fines had heen I'M
posed, payment was made in gin. contrary
10 the instructions OF the government \
church missionary witness named Onyea-
DO informed US that fines were taken IN
gin az Onitsha by the government and
that native crter summoned the water
side people In the name OF the diStrict
government 20 elect a chief. proclaiming
az the same time that every person who
did not attend would he fined twelve bot
Ties OF gin- In one school Bishop John
son found that sixty of the seventy i've
children between the ages of eight and
sixteen wears were regular gin drinkers
Dundee Advertiser.
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AUTOMOBILES FoR WAR.

Responding % an American inquiry Nn-
sui General IhaCkaUa. of Berlin. Saws ot
the subsidies granted bv the German goN
eminent for motor trucks Cor army sHrV.'",
subsidies are granted by the German
government tO owners Of Industrial auin-
mobile vans. provided the vans and motors
sre constructed accot ding to the speChl'a-
lions 90 she Mar Department and ne
owner enters into "a contract with the mn
WarN authorities 60 place the trucks tt me
governments disposal whenever tne army
- mohilized and Co keep tho trucks AZ
ways IN such condition during p pefe'N
ot nVe years that they can be utilized tef
military purposes. The ears are tested ~
military experts 90 ascertain tf they tuh.
the requirements of the specifications 1nd
arc subject Co inspection bv army oinciali
az any time. Sales Or subsidized TRUCKS
during the ave-year period can only o.
made IN Germany, and then only oil the
condition that the huVer binds himself %
carry cut the terms of the uneNpired con
tract Sales OF the subsidized trucks u
residents Of fOreign countries are not Nel-
missible The subsidies granted are t"H
marks (Sqa1 for each motor van aod Wau
~ aud an annual payment of t>e MARKS
. - for i've years consular Report.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
By p a. FuIver.
CHAPTER NN

The game of golf has for some ,ir,a boe,
passing through a period thst Will ever be
remembered for its long course craze. I'm
quesuonahly We have around us MANY long
eighteen-hole circuits considerably in eN-
cess ~ tho so-called 6.ooo-ysrd standard. al
. though when one gets down TO hard and
. fast measurements the question arises, how
nany ~ these long holes are real and how
many are fctitious2
furthermore. lougth up 10 = certain mini
cuts comparatively little figure when the
turf is baked 10 "a nintlike hardness. ss was
Tho case with majority ~ our course
during tie last season Even So. d is not
uncommon % hear "a golfer Express himself
On some such fashion as this. Did YOU lis
ten 10 tnat uinoteenth hole warm II So-apd-
s. tho other day. Made tho long hole Al
his home links with a drive and an iron
You know the hole iu question is supposed
a. Do 5i7 yards. Wen. tho -- hole on our
course is Jess than $40 yards. but IH hot
him boz ~ halls any time he Rauis 10
Try that be- can't gct home iu p and hos
welcome O. uSe wood for his seoond shot
Sow. ~ course. the inference Is that there
must he something wrong with the meas
urcment ~ tiis particular 5s0-yard hole
Pew viii DENY that She measurornents on
rhf score cards are frequently incorrect
though this is undoubtedly due 10 careless
ness rather than 60 deliberate intent 10 de-
rrive. A. club Wher" an important
tournament was held - feW weeks ago the
PLAYERS were thrown into more or Jess con
fusion by ihe fact tiat the cards gave one
distance Tor hole and The fgures ON the
Tee boxes anothcr.
on the other side ~ the water the golfers
care less about the distances IN actual num-
Der q yards at certain HOLES although the
craze for lenethenins out the courses has
come in for no end of comment of late
Take. for instance, the assertion that the
Honor oak course. where Braid and Taylor
cisfhed short time ago. is s, 100 yards
long-enouEh 20 causc even the stoutest
heart a. quail. These figures. when COM
pared win ihe measurements of some 81
the seaside links. may not seem so appal-
ling buf b. must be- remembered that the
cases are hardly equal. AZ 81 Andrews
nifty yards rs a normal and 100 yards not an
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nervous exhaustion and sometimes convul-
siOns. number of deaths have been re-
ported during the hypnotic trance or fol-
lowing il. Bernheim reports man of
thirty-seven who was hyprotized to relieve
the pain of an infiamed leg; he began 70
breathe with difficulty and died in two
hours, declaring that hypnotism had killed
him The pOst-mOrtem showed embOlism of
the pulmonary artery. and probably this
was due to the excitement Of the hypnotic
process.
This case resembles the recent fatality in
New Jersey. There was a physician who
hypnOtized his wife TO extract a tooth with
out pain. He made a few passes, she
shrieked and dropped dead. She had, il Is
said. no trace of heart disease. well
known Austrian subject. Ella Won Salmon,
became much excited one night preceding
a ssance. and died. The pOst-mOrtem
showed nothing wrong with her except
anRmia.
The Hindu fakir whose heart ceases TO
beat and his lungs to breathe for several
days while he Teposes in a grave is ex-
planned by the power of suggestion.