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success has not been instantaneous
or been accomplished IN few
years, but has been reared upon a
firm basis of true merit as firmly
set as the granite ledge through
which the priceless water flows.
For over 100 years the property
has been owned by the Rickers,
but not until 1S45 was the spring
found TO be of more than natural
value.
The head of the family, Hiram
Kicker, who is now living at the
ripe old age of SO. was the first
10 discover the medicinal power
in the water. When 80 years of
age he suffered severely with
dyspepsia, and being too i'll to
work was only able to oversee
his men in the field, and then
quite by accident he drank the
water.
The effect was at once very APP
parent and notable. At the end of
ten days be found his trouble gone
and he was able to work again.
From that day he never ceased 10
believe in the wonderful power Of
the water, and for years tried 10
convince his neighbors OF the fact,
but with little success.
From small country house the
hotels have gown to their present
grand proportions.
The Poland spring House is the
leading fashionable resort IN the
East. and each year adds to its
already enviable reputation.
Its fine location, 500 feet above
the sea its numerous lakes, its deep
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Waltham, April 10, 1893.
Nossrs Hiram Kicker x Sons:

Gents-ln reply to yours of the 9TH
inst, asking when first commenced
10 us, Poland Spring Water for
Iright's disease" | would say that in
November, 1874, was i'll consulta-
| ton with my physician, who told me,
that | had acute Brights disease:
| was 80 bl0ated at the time l could
not get shoe on my foot. l con-
suited several physicians, but my dis.
ease was so near "chrOnic Bright $ y
that | got no relief: at last my at
tending physician fold me- there was
40 known remedy for this and | was
fast drifting into it." On the recon-.
incubation of eX-Mayor Dear born, of
Portsmouth, sent TO y0u in january,
1875, for barrel of Poland Spring
water and commenced to drink 1t ac-
cording to the directions, 10 glasses
per day. | made business Of it,.
The result was in two weeks time
there was a diminution of albumen
and less signs of casts from that tim 2
10 March | continued 10 Improve IN
health and strength until the last OF
the month the physician WHOM l con-
suited said | was free from any
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Analysis June 20, 1sS9.-Color.
high; specific gravity, 1923 sediment
slight; urea increased: albumen, ab-
sent sugar. trace: bile pigments, abb
sent: sediment, few spores. This eX-
animation shows an excellent result !;
the amount Of sugar was so small
that it could not be estimated. and
the amount of urine has also fallen
very much.
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Examination February s. 1900

Examination February 5, 1900
Dear Mr.. -, if you have boon eat
ing like other folks you may consider
yourself practically cured Of tho oil
trouble. | retested your urine for
sugar in the cold, which takes TWEEN
ty-four hours, and am very doubtful
whether there is even trace of
sugar or not.
The above case came under the care
of George NJ. Garland, M. d., Of Dos
ton, May "a, 1889, after the second
analysis of urea. and he at once or
dercd the patient TO commence tho
use Of Poland Water, which was done,
with the wonderful results as the
above analysis shows.
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LIST OF DOCTORS IN new
YORK:

EDWARD W. BURNETTE. NJ. D..
Sc w. 35th-st.
J. l.. CAMPBELL, NJ. D.. ESQ W.
42d-st. .
w. c. CAMPBELL. NJ. D.. ESQ W.
42d-st.
GEORGE A. DIXON, NJ D.. Is W.
49th-st.
MARTIN ]. FLEMING. NJ. D., 1872
IexingtOn-ave.
w. J. FIELD. NJ. D., l76 W.
Sist-st
JOSEPH FINCH, NJ. D.. LOG w.
J. Is. GARRISON, NJ D.: III E.
70th-st. -'a i '''it
c. 4. GREGORY. NJ. D.. 80 e.
]. RIDDLE COFFEE, NJ. D., 90 E.
$. NEWTON LEO. NJ. D.. lcI W.
55th-st.
4. ii. LAIDLAw. NJ. D., 1877 W.
join F. MILLER: NJ. D.. a42 W.
ROBERT OFFENBACH, NJ. D., s2s
LeyingtOn-ave.
WILSON PETERSON. NJ. D., s5s
MadisOn-ave.
WILLIAM II. PORTER, NJ. D.. tho
Strathm0re.'
IT, L. RUSSELL. NJ. D., 81 e.
7Gth-st.
WILLIAM II. SCOTT. NJ. D., loI
WILLIAM ARGYLE WATSON.
VI. d.. Union League
ALEX. RERGHAUS. NJ. D., 1873
East 65th-st.
JEANETTE REID DURKEE.
NJ. d.. 1873 w. 43d-st.
s. J. DONALDSON, NJ. D., -
Madison-ave.
WILLIAM NEPHEW KING, NJ. D.,
PA w. 44th-st.
ANNA LUKENS. NJ D., 1868
Leyington-avc.
ROBERT s. SIMMONS. NJ. D., 1879
T.. 59th-st.
ID. ID. STEVENS, N. D., 2cs
w. 44th-st.
GEO. l.. LAIDLAW. 1877 W.
44thst.
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IL. Ny frienos here advised DR..
Bl2gar 10 this eject. ana he immc-
diatciy photographed mo II the weather
was tOlerable TO remain, as I've was
convinced that Poland was the place
for me. About this time, Dr. VI. &.
Wcdgwood, resident physician at the
Springs, examined my urine and found
albumcn in abundance, with a low
specific gravity, and casts hyaline
and granular were numerous. l had
great difficulty in breathing, extreme
weakness, and could walk but little,
and that with great exertion. ! con-
tinucd the use Of the Poland Water,
and in a few weeks there was marked
improvement in all my. symptoms.
Examination of my urine from week
to week was very favorable, and DR..
Biggar reports November %. 1859,
that careful examination OF my urine
shows its condition normal. l am
now attending 10 my business and
consider myself well. Yours very truly,
THOMAS JOPLING.
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CHAS. A. BUNTING.

The wonderful cure of Pyelitis
by Poland Water IN the case OF Mr..
r. S. Quinn, Of the Export Lumber
Co., &C Broad-st., in 1883, still en-
Toying good health. After consulting
the world-renOwned specialist, Sir
Henry Thompson, of London, and
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monial is exceedingly valuable, be-
cause it is about 35 years since he
was cured.
The first testimonial and affidavit
ever given in praise of Poland
Water were from Mr.. Ezekiel jack
son, of Norway, Me-, whose portrait
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07
Poland Spring.

The Growth of This
Magnificent Hotel
Proves in Itself a
Positive and Un-
deniable Testimo-
NAL to the True
but Mysterious
Virtues of the
Celebrated Poland
Water. It's Discov-
cry Tin 1645), Its
Marvellous Cures
and It's Immense
Sales, Which Are
More Than All the
Saratoga Springs
Combined.
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MRS. FRANKLIN LOW.

Mrs. Low also wrote the follow
ing letter recently:
IIighlandvillc. Mass, April Z, 1913.
Mcssrs. II. Kicker x Sons:
Gentlemcn-In reply to your inquiry
will say that | am still living and
enjoying perfect hea tn
II is now some thirty years since
Il was cured by the Poland Water,
and have not seen nor felt any
symptoms OF my old disease for years,
and AIN now IN my siXty-sccond year.
keep the water by me- now and feel.
~ years 90 on. that my good health
is due ia no small deglcc to Poland
Water.
Respectfully yours.
MHS. FRANKLIN LOW.
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Analysis October 1, ss9.-Color,
high; specific gravity, 1923 1-2; scdi-
ment slight; albumen, absent; sugar,
absent; bile pigments, absent sedi-
ment, nothing abnormal: urine only
little concentrated sugar is entire
ly absent. An excellent result.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07

The wonderful development and
success of Poland Spring is unpar-
alleled, built up as it has been
upon the rare and mysterious
properties in the water, which are
beyond the power of man or science
70 explain. The progress of its
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07

10 be incurable by other physicians.
L attribute large part OF my
success TO the free use Of Poland
Water. ! never care to undertake
case unless they will consent to
use it. | have been callcd to a
number of cases almost at the last
hour, when they were past all hope
of recovery: having passed int"
the third stage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07
Norway, Me-, April 3, 1893.
DIABETES.

A leading business man OF Bos-
ton was cured of diabetes by Po-
land Water, and this is an analysis
Of his case by n professor at the
Harvard Medical School, as follows
Harvard Medical School, Chemical
Laboratory.
Boston, November ;. 1898.
Analysis Of Urine, Mr.. -. -.
Boston.-Color, pale; specific gravity.
1888; considerable sediment very
slight trace Of albumen sugar pres
cnt, 8 % per cent; sediment excess :
renal cells occasional blood giobulcs
few; hyaline casts, some with an oc-
casiona renal cell and blood globule
adhercnt.
Analysis May "a. lss9:-Color,
normal; specific gravity. 1913 con-
siderable sediment; urid acid IN
creased; albumrn, very slight trace
sugar present. | 40 per cent scui
ment: NUMEROUS uric acld ana c1lrlc
oxalatc CRYSTALS: calcic oNalatc chiefly
in the form Of oval and dumb-pcll
crystals, and slight excess OF renal
cpithelium an occasional blood glob-
ulc : an occasional hyalinc cast, win
renal cells adiiercnt. 30 far as TINS
examination shows, no improvement
since last November. The pr0portlo
Of sugar llrger; perhaps the mixed
twcnty-four hours urine Will show "a
smaller proportion.
Analysis May %. 1sS9.-Iotai
twenty-lour hours amount. $500 CUB
cent. color. normal specific gravity
1887: considerable sediment: aib'i-
men, almost absent: sugar present.
~ per cent: SEDIMENT same as
morning urine; total amount Of sugar
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Brooklyn, n. ".

Hiram Kicker & Sons. South Poland,
Maine
Gentlemen-Having had in my
family. some ten years ago. bad
case of renal calculi and resultant
inflammation of the bladder. | tried
the Use Of your Poland Mineral
Spring Water and found its virtues
efiicacious. And | am pleased 10
inform you that the patient has
had no recurring attack OF the
complaint or any of its symptoms.
also find the Poland Water pure
and delicious for table use.
Respectfully,
F. G.. JOHNSON, NJ. d.
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GRAVEL.

Dewitt Chapel, No. 60 West Twenty
ninth-st.. Ncw-l0rk City.
Ncw-i DIRK. November l6, 1892.
Hiram Kicker & Sons:
Dear Sir-I have very great pleasure
i'm sending YOU Il statement OF my OK
prrir,bcc with your delicious Pollard
Water. Two year, ago | was entirely
Frustrated with frequent and slch
severe attacks of gravel that for four
months | had to cease from any work
and for a good part OF the time was
confined 10 bed.
| nut myself on q strict diet, one OF
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Brisht's disease. and returned to
my Business in Boston. Since that
time | have had no return OF the dis.
ease. am now % years OF age and
in active business. | believe, under
the Blessing of God. my life was saved
by Poland Spring Water. ] should
he glad at any time 10 speak OF the
benefits derived from it 10 any one
who will call on me, either at my
home or my place OF business in Bos-
ton.
Very truly yours,
MOSES T.. OSGOOD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07
SCROFuLA AND
MALARlAI FEVER

dent Manager of the Christian
Home for Incorporate Men:
New-York City, Fob. 8, 1888.
Agent Poland Spring Water:
Dear Sir Having used the Poland
Spring water for nearly two years, |
feel il is nv duty 10 say that | have
found il as represented, a most valua-
bic curative for malarial fever and
dyspepsia. | have also recommended
il 10 my friends, and they too bcrr
witness with me Of its elllcacions cf-
fects. One gentleman drank freely
from my barrel and WAS cured Of
scrolula. Yours respectfully,
CHAS. A. BUNTING.
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| the main elements of which was lib,
rral and tree use Of your aerated
Poland Water. distinctly observed
the effect of the water upon the
kidneys inside of an hour in frecr
flow of urine and less irritation
OF the bladder. Before six months
had passed ] was in perfect health.
and have never had AN attack
since. have tried I.ithia Water for
some time first, but observed no snch
effect as produced by your Poland
Water.
MI my patients to whom ] have
recommended II for the same .pirpos"
and for dyspGpsia have felt the same
relief. -.
nm. yours respectfully,
Rev. X. +. JUNIOR, VI. D., +. y. Sc,
London.
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Washington. ID. c..

February "a, 1898.
John Keyworth. Esq, Agent:
Dear Sir-For several years ! have
usrd i'm my practice and in my
family the now famous Poland Water.
That il has claims on the profession
as "A pure Lithia Water / honestly
believe. and. il results are worth
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MES. FRANKLIN LOW. 1893.

complaint and dropsy. The water
had been in the barrels over three
years
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spring, and hope that my days will
he long in the land where Poland
springs elixir flows and washes away
our ill maladies and woes.
Sincerely yours,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07

1902 6 granules-or ounces, Isl
grains.
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we herewith present. lie gave the
following testimonial on June 80,
1860:
This /. to certify that I, Ezekial c:
Jackson, of Norway, in the county OF
oxford, in the State of Maine, have
been troubled with the gravel since
1916. In 1853 l had an operation
performed by DR.. John c. Warren, OF
Boston, Mass, which relieved me for
few years, but in January, 1860, |
vas about az sick as was at the tim.
of the operation, when l commenced
taking the water from the Mineral
Spring in the town Of Poland, county
Of Androscoggin, State of Maine. from
which | experienced immediate relief
and within four weeks was entirely
cured, and 10 this day have had no
recurrence of the disease. | believe
| am entirely cured from the trouble
and have seen no symptoms OF the
disease I hereby recommend the WA
ter to all persons afflicted with the
gravel. II. Z. JAChSoN.
Norway, June 80, 1850.
OXf0rO, -. On tne tnIrtttE udS vi
June, in the year Of our Lord eighteen
hundred and sixty, personally APP
pparcd the above named Ezekial I.
Jackson, a person well known TO me,
as being Of good reputation fer truth
and veracity, and subscribed ana
swore to the above certificate BY him
signed.
BE fore me,
WHITMAN, Justice Of the Peace.
Mr.. Jackson is still in good
health, over 73 years of age, wrote
the following testimonial April 3,
1898:
Norway, Me-. April 3, 1893.
II. Kicker e. Sons. South Poland. Me.
Sirs-In answer TO your inquiry rs
to the condition OF my health, Will
say that since drinking the Poland
Water. about thirty years ago, have
had no return of my old disease and
am enjoying good health as can be
expected of man Of my age.
T.. c. JACKSON.
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BY permission we quote the fol-
lowing letter Of Elias {. Price,
VI. d.. Professor OF the Institutes
If Medicine in the Southern Home
opathic Medical College Of Baltl-
more, Md, who, under date OF Nov.
"A, 1892, writes:
/ have cured ten or twelve cases
of Bripbt's Disease. after three. or
four of them had been pronounced
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Another case of Bright's disease
was that of Mr.. Thomas JOpling,
the managing director OF the Otis
Steel Co., whose testimonial is as
follows:
Cleveland. Ohio. July s, ls0c.
Hiram Kicker * Sons. Poland Spring
Hotel, South Poland. Me-:
My Dear Sirs-lour favors Of the
sd and jth instant duly received, and
in answer will say In February,
1889. in crossing the Atlantic. CON
tractcl what supposed 20 b. II s.
we're cold, and during 4 four months
stay in London did not improve, bWt
rather grew worse and WAS practi-
cally OF no use 10 myself or 10 any
ono else. DIR. l,iggar, OF this city,
was my attending physician. and as
soon as | Mas able 10 travel he di-
rccted me to take trip through the
lake region, with instructions to visit
Poland Springs. Me, and give tho
celebrated water o trial. For two
weeks I could perceive no real bene-
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Yours. very truly,
ELIAS G. PRICE. NJ. D.

The following letters are from a
lady who was cured in California
by Poland Water in 1868 of kidney
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07

Mr.. Jackson is still in good
health, over 70 years of age, wrote
the following testimonial April 3,
1898:
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we herewith present. lie gave the
following testimonial on June 80,
| 1860:
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New-York, April 90,

Sincerely yours.
The sun., 1893-05-25
WHY THE LECTURER STOPPED.

The Snore of d Re,c1mbent Student
Ends a Dull Discussion.
There. is certain professor in Boston
who lectures before class of students
on a subject extremely abstract and
difficult to grasp, and a story isl told In
the Globe OF a situation in which he
suddenly found himself one day while
lecturing on one Of bis most abstruse
topics. The members of the class had
evidently had an inkling of the nature
of the lecture on the day in question,
for at its beginning the professor faced
but half a dozen students. He adjust
ed his, glasses, smiled his pleasantest
smile, and, turning to his manuscript,
was soon reveling in the intricate and
bewildering theories of his favorite
subject. Attention from the benches
lasted but a short time. There was
plenty Of room to stretch, and stretch
they did. In the course of half an hour
every one Of these six were either ex-
tended at full length or in semi-re-
cumbent position. II the professor
had looked up he would have counted
but two heads-the others were lost be-
hind the mgh-backed benches. Every
thing was quiet enough to indicate
closest interest on the part Of the stu
dents, and the mind of the professor
was far away from mundane environ
ments. Suddenly from one Of the
benches there came a great, loud, pro-
longed snore-Morpheu had laid hold
of him. The half-awake quintent sup
pressed their giggles the best they
could. The. professor dropped his
glasses and eyed the tWe heads with a
look of great surprise, He took In the
situation Immediately, grasped his
manuscript and strobe out of the room.
And he never went there any more"
The course Of lectures was completed.
The sun., 1893-05-25
LOSING HER ATHLETIC LEAD.

England Finding That Her Gallic
Neighbors are Formidable Conn
petitors.
Now that the French people are cult
waiting athletics Of all kinds the per-
sformances OF the French amateurs and
professionals are attracting considera.
BILE attention In England. The victory
Of the French oarsmen on the Seine
was a great blow to our boating men,
and NJ. Terront's feat of riding some
thing like 1892 miles on q bicycle in
twenty-four hours Is causing consid1ra-
BILE apprehension in cycle circles over
here. Only a couple Of years ago, when
Mills won the bordeaux Paris race,
it was considere1 inexitable that the
winner would be .at' Englishman and,
as matter OF fact, the first Frenchi1al
to arrive was hours later than the last
Epglishman. Things, however, ara very
different at the present moment. Ter.
ront's ride Of 800 miles in tweuty-four
hours has been beaten here by only
one>rider, Shorthand, who did 413 miles
in the same time. A writer in Ricy-
cling News, however, comforts its read
ers by pointing out that the difference
between the two men was probably
greater than it appears. At the Herne
Hill track, where Shorthand rode, the
measurement Is from the inside edge,
whereas at the Palais des Machines In
Paris the measurement' is from dis
tance OF rather more than a yard to-
ward the center. This would make a
difference OF, say, a yard lap, so that
Shorland's performance is .eally better
than Terront's by about twenty-five
and half miles
The sun., 1893-05-25
Go be Continued.)
SOME ANIMALS PLAY TRICKS.

-- =.
A Sense Of the Ridiculous MANI
tested by Birds and Beasts.
Among the incidents Of Jokes played
by animals upon one another cited by
a writer of the animal sense of humor,
In the London Spectator, is that of
jackdaw, which, whenever it found its
setter dog companions asleep, wou,a
steal to them and pull at the fluffy IN
sells Of hair between their toes-wherG
the animal was more sensitive than in
other hairy parts Of it's body-unpleas-
antly waking them up. At certain
house a tame magpie was kept in the
stableyard with. two kestrels. The kes-
trels were in the habit Of sitting ON the
sides of the water pals that stood out
side of the stable doors. At one time
the magpie approached the kestreI
from behind, seized its long tail in its
beak, jerked it violently and pushed it
over into the pail; but the kestrel after
ward caught the magpie and punished
it well. A cat expressed its dislike of
a peacock by jumping throught it's
spread-out tad when the bird was dis
playing it's beauty and exhibiting its
own vanity, to the great discontinue
of the fowl The writer's dog, which
was accustomed to hunting rabbits,
showed its displeasure when the mas
ter had shot a bullfnch by going into
the hedge, finding rabbit and bring
ing it to him. Another dog, which
knew tame ducks and that they were
not hunted, but had no acquaintance
with the wild ones, was much disgusted
when it's master shot teal, believing
he had made a mistake, and would
have nothing to do with the game. He
behaved in exactly the same way when
we shot a black rabbit; nothing would
persuade him that 1t was not cat,
and he would do no serious work for
the rest of the day." The writer tells
also Of dogs that thought 1t beneath
their dignity to chase rats, except when
their masters were engaged In the
sport, and he speaks Of the obvious dis
like of dogs to be laughed at.
The sun., 1893-05-25
HOW TO WIN AT EUcHRE.
A Louisville, Player Gives the Secret
of Her Success Last Winter.

A Louisville, Player Gives the Secret
of Her Success Last Winter.
There are as many superstitious peo-
pie in the world to-day as there ever
were, says the Louisville Courier-Jour.
nal, and the belief in signs, charms and
omens has by no means passed away.
A charming young married woman has
won almost all Of the prizes at the pro.
gressive euchre parties she-has attend
ed this winter. She plays well, but, as
a friend told her, ''ther best players
have to hold good cards to win,': At
the end Of the season she told what
she thinks has been the cause of ali
her luck. II never fail to cut my fin.
ger nails before breakfast every Mon
day morning." she said, and that il
my magical charm against bad luck for
the whole week." A pretty little
woman, who was visiting here from q
neighboring town, looked admiringly
but the lucky one was positive that 1t
inquired IF filing would not do as well,
for cutting the nails Injuries them so,n
at her own dainty fingers and anxiously
WOulu hot, unu tAC PkCtSy "Ouuu
have to be sacrificed If their owner
wished to win. One of the best Womepi
I know shows a piece Of silver to the
new moon each month, and II she has
to turn back after she starts anywhere
she carefully spits before she sets out
again. The most cherished possession
of one of the most successful singers
now on the stage is pair Of old stock:
ings she wore on the hight Of her
greatest triumph, and she is SO
sure that so long as they rer
main with her 50 long will her luck
last that she wauld part sooner with
her eostliest gems than with these
worn silk hose. 1t Is said the late Mr..
Belmont would bet heavily IL a fight
Of birds crossed his path while he was
on his way to, the race course: And SO
on, from high to low, every one has a
pet superstition carefully hidden away
or laughingly confessed.