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 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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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.

Superstitions, Chinese—See.

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.

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. , The Independent.

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Support by Faith of Others—See.

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,