for mending arises the women must do the job shut up in little tents out of sight of the fishermen.
The fishermen off the northeast coast of Scotland will, under no circumstances, allow a fisherman at sea to make mention of certain objects on land, such as, for instance, "dog," "swine," "cow," etc. If on land chickens are not to be counted before they are hatched, so at sea fish must not be counted till the catch be completed. The Scots think that it is good luck to find a rat gnawing at a net; also a horseshoe nailed to the mast will help; but the greatest good luck of all is to see a mouse aboard.—Harper's Weekly.
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See Barriers; Deceit with God; Eye,
The Evil; Fear; Junk; Spiritistic Phenomena;
Thirteen Superstition, The;
Witches, Belief in.
SUPERSTITION CONDEMNED
The belief that a particular house or day
or gem is "unlucky" and fraught with evil
runs counter to any rational theory of the
government of the universe. How can those
who believe in the rule of a Supreme Being—a
conscious and just and omniscient intelligence—picture
their God as capable of such
caprice, such impish malevolence, as to make
one dwelling out of ten thousand fatefully
"unlucky" to its inhabitants, or to visit with
misfortune those of his creatures who break
a looking-glass or who start on a journey
on a Friday—an artificial designation in a
mushroom calendar news of which can hardly
yet have reached the dial of the skies?
Or, accepting the other theory of a government
of law, is it conceivable that the ordainments
of immutable nature are subject
to whimsical and malevolent manipulations to
harass and distress human beings? Civilized
voodooism is an impugnment of the Power
that rules the universe. It is degrading to
the intellect of man. It is an affront to common
sense.—New York World.
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Superstition Overcome—See Intelligence Outdoing Ignorance.
Superstitions, Chinese—See Earthquake,
Superstitions About.
SUPPLIES, BRINGING UP
A citizen noticed a medal on the breast
of a soldier. "You have been in the war, I
see," he said. "Yes," he replied. "I've been
through one war, and that accounts for my
medal." "In what battles did you fight?"
The soldier smiled and said, "I was never
at the front; my business was to bring up
supplies."
Many a man or woman will never
get to the front of a great pitched battle,
but he or she can help to win the
victory by "bringing up the supplies."
Out of sight, in the rear of the fighters,
we can bring up supplies to aid their
efforts.
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Supply According to Capacity—See Capacity Limiting Supply.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
The story is told of a tramp who came to
a certain valley, which was inundated by a
freshet in a river. There was a great demand
for help to carry persons and property
in boats to a place of safety. The tramp
threw down the bundle, which contained all
he had in the world, and declared: "This is
my harvest." He demanded ten dollars a
day, and went to work at that rate. This
was true philosophy. He kept out of the
labor market until the "conjuncture" of supply
and demand was all on his side, and then
he went in.—Prof. William G. Sumner, The Independent.
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Support by Faith of Others—See Dependence.
SURFACE LIVES
There is plenty of light and heat in the
desert. The occasional oases that cheer the
traveler show that the soil is rich enough to
grow vegetation. Water is the one thing it
needs to make it a fertile garden. Sometimes
a few feet beneath the surface there flows a
river. If the parched and fainting pilgrim
would pause and dig deep enough he might
find the cool, clear water that would quench
his thirst and help to save his life.
So many a man is content to live on
the surface of life and suffer thirst of
soul, whereas, if he would "let down
his bucket for a draught," the deeps of
better inspiration—a true water of life—might
always be reached. (Text.)
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SURGERY, IMPROVEMENT IN
Within our own time, another great man
of the Washington type, Count Cavour, has
been slain by medical bleeding precisely as
Washington was. The worse Cavour grew,
