Suevi
an appellation of various Gersomewhat loosely , as we find it employed to designate peoples widely removed from each other. On six different occa sions tribes , probably Germanic, though possibly mixed with Celtic and Slavonic elements, appear in history under this ing on the E. bank of the Rhine, and name. (1) Cæsar mentions Suevi livpossessing 100 villages. (2) Tacitus pla sides of the Upper and Middle Elbe. places them N. and S. of this, on both appear along with the Quadi and Mar- (3) In the 2d and 3d centuries they comanni in Moravia and Bohemia. (4) In 406 Suevi crossed the Rhine along the Vandals and Alans, and break into Spain, settling more especially in Leon long with and Castile, whence they were driven by the Visigoths in 584. (5 ) In 420 another tribe called Suevi are spoken of in Upper Germany , who left their name to the modern Swabia . (6) In the 6th century we hear of Nordsuevi, with a village Swevon on the Upper Elbe. near the N. extremity of the Gulf of
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Suffolk
a maritime county of southeast England. Area, 1,489 square miles. Pop. about 350,000 . The county is divided into East and West Suffolk, the capital of the former being Ipswich (pop. about 75,000), and the capital of the latter Bury St. Edmunds (pop. about 17,500). The largest part of the county is flat, with marshes on its northwestern and northeastern borders . The Lark, the Gipping, and the tributaries of the Waveney and of the Stour are the chief streams. The soil is diversified and in many parts very productive for the ordinary crops.
a city of Virginia, the county seat of Nansemond co. the Nansemond river, and on the Norfolk and Western, the Seaboard Air Line, the Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Norfolk Southern, and the Virginian railroads. Its industries include car works, stove factories, woodworking and lumber mills. It is also an important Pop. (1910), 7,008; railroad center. (1920) 9,123.
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Sufism
the pantheistic mysticism of the Mohammedan an East, which strives for the highest illumination of the mind, the most perfect calmness of the soul, and the union of it with God by an ascetic life and the subjugation of the appetites. This pantheism, clothed in a mysticoreligious garb, has been professed since the 9th and 10th centuries by a sect which is gaining adherents continually among the more cultivated Mohammedans, particularly in Persia and India. The name is from sufi, a religious ascetic, an eastern term applied to all members of religious monastic bodies leading an ascetic life. The Sufis were originally devout persons who, perplexed by the discord prevailing among the various systems of Mohammedan philosophy in the 2d century of the Hejira, found consolation in pious mysticism. Their teachings, though at first consonant with orthodox Mohammedanism, gradually led to a mode of thought totally irreconcilable with the Koran. About the beginning of the 10th century the Sufis divided into two branches, one of which followed Bostanie, who openly embraced pantheism, and the other Juneid, who sought to reconcile Sufism with Mohammedanism. Among eminent Persian poets belonging to the Sufis we may mention Hafiz, a distinguished Sufi; Ferîd-eddîn, and Jami. The celebrated philosopher and jurist, Alghazzâlî was also a Sufi.
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Sugar Beet
a hardy, biennial plant, grown in France, Germany, Austria, Russia, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Spain, and, more sub-recently, in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Great Britain. The number of varieties now grown is considerable, but they are all derived from the Silesian white beet, which was, in turn, a descendant of the sea beet, a common perennial on muddy seashores. In shape, a good sugar beet is long, conical and regular. In weight, after the leaves have been removed, it varies from one to two pounds, and its color may be white, pale pink or grayish. The amount of sugar which it contained was originally only about 10 per cent. of its weight, but this has now been raised, by cultivation, from 16 to 18 per cent. The percentage varies in different zones of the root, being smallest at the root and greatest at the thick part just under the crown. Before extracting the roots are washed free from mud, cut into fine, long shreds, and then extracted with hot water. The juice thus obtained is clarified, concentrated and allowed to crystallize. The exhausted molasses obtained as a byproduct is frequently mixed with the extracted beet pulp and sold as cattlefood.
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Suggestion
in psychology, may be defined as including all proposals to action or belief put into the mind of one person by another and which overcome resistance not by argument or reason, but by submission or subordination, whether conscious or unconscious, on the part of the recipient. Every human being is to some extent subject to the influence of others' suggestions, which may be communicated in numberless ways, as by spoken words or by subtle indirection, probably most commonly without intention. The explanation of this wide suggestibility is that the majority of our motives and actions are the outcome of numerous contending impulses which are often not unequal in their strength or weakness, so that if one is strengthened for a moment it may achieve complete preponderance. Otherwise the tendency to yield to suggestion resembles the instinct of imitation. It varies widely in different persons as well as under different conditions. Periods of emotion or fatigue or illness are highly favorable to suggestibility, which may also be increased by alcohol or drugs or by feelings of confidence, awe, or fear inspired by some person. The suggestibility of crowds is notorious, as is that of children and of persons on the witness stand.
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Suhl
a town of Prussia; province of Sachsen, at the base of the Domberg; 35 miles S. W. of Erfurt. It lies to the S. W. of the Thuringer-wald, and sheltered by the Ottilienstein, a cliff of porphyry. Its firearms have been famous for several centuries, and its steel and iron wares are of superior cuality. As its name indicates (Sorb- Wendish, "salt"), it was formerly a salt mining center. There are iron mines in the vicinity. A mineral spring rich in here chloride of calcium was discovered in 1878, and the authorities undertook place. Pop. about 14,500.
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