Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-12
LUXURY OF SNEEZ[NG.
Auelsnt THEORIES ct E,buusl Sstrnu!ss
IGaa-Cs Sno z, 0aca 4eans
Wlsk, Iwe e. Kisf,
rnrlcs 6arss-Es Won sastza while Sut'
tag Ca Y a. shoss Go
BaGA SO std.
Loudsa Standard.

willy his clay nan, she fsss stgn OF ami
mssio1 msu:iea:e3 by tee latter was 4;
of soee7iBg. Possibly the newly made
man MAS mach Impressed, and 10 conse-
ouence thereof 6 etroEg hereditary
reesId for sneezlng may have
begn transmitted to his descend.
ants. Bs tAat as 1t msY, whoever, the
ancieste, promo as they were TO ind mys-
teries and onsns in all quarters, failed
noy to regard stersu;ion Es very ssri
ons matter FOR consideration, and one
that wss frsught with many portents for
10th good and evil, although from ply
biological poi3t Of View, their ideas
were no doubt somewhat crude
and uusGiezt.Gc, for knowl
odes Of this phenomena OF reflex
action, ard an Intrinsic acquaintance
With the pnRumos sstrlC nerve and Its
functions. did not fetter the imagination
nj earlv opseYysrs. Thus, from the eSrli
eat TINS and am ng all races OF men, We
And that the apparently simple get Of
sueeZIig has g,y5n rise 10 many curious
heItels, and IN 1esrly every age and
country bsE had more Or less supestitiuus
imp 3rrsLGe Attached to 1t
An BlsIoe. n authority, quoted by q
correspoadeat of n Iteg sud Q 1eries. de
scrihes stsrnutslion IS "VspOur ascend
ing into the hesd, and so 20 the orsyre,
and when there ls more and overmOcbe
.hnuudspce, assembled to that place
more than nature can digest,
then il Is ex3ulsed by the spiri'e's
vital, aud SO lleth down through
tina nose and the mouth Hs adds,
moreoyer, "Tnen you feel IL wi come,
rubb YOUR eyes and II helpe'h" No
dou5t his adSice would hsVe been equally
welcome had he Informed Us how We
might e7eotHslly Stop the sneezs instead
Of helpin Il, for he goes on to say that,
HYfa man i've Awake in his oeode ana
sneezs one tym5 il syDa Of
some greater sickoess or hTndfAunce.
YfA man eleape IN mis- bedde and shez5
Cns TYNE 1t oes0Eenyth greet troole,
tie deaths OF some personer or extreme
hyndrauuce in the lOsss OF su1stAunce,
VI man lye IN his bedde and make 6
snezs one tyne 1t Is good syns both OF
heLiShe and lucre, out II ne slesps Il IL
mach better" II the latter remark We
think our resders will quite Gsree With
him: Il certainly is very much better
sleep when In b-i I1An TO liz awake
sueeE,ng TI0se VINO sre IN The habit Of
freouenting public bouses would do well
to bear Ia mind thai, VI man SFavell
by the way and cone into on inre ana
Enezs tvyse, let hin depLrte out of the
house and g TO 'n0Elet Or else ne snsA
mot prosper" P.esumsby Re may sur
mise that in this case sle 'sneEsS" point
To the existence Of dfa1ghts IN the i'm,
ard the Iisk ottae tr>vrlieE cAtchl7 cola
iu0ne. quence enou d ne stay there.
Nc Az = h. Npi or z
s7eez I'd vYaen they were putting o. theiG
shoes Shsy wens 10 bed aShia. Moreover,
that It is lucky 70 slssz3 in the morong,
out uniuckg TO 90 50 Il Inc stsefnoo1 or
Cas FGdly. or ter bride 10 htsr cat
snecz1 shocely before her wedding, are
we'll known pisces Of Tx loye prevalent
in mAGy parts OF this couatrJ
at abe present day. Il 10 s!sI o
p3pTlsr b-nef that to sneeze Cnce
signifies e Wlsr, twice ki-s, aud three
times curse sac, zing az table as the
yisnds are being removed vas 81 one Inc
looked upon IS a. Ill omen, and in uadeT'
taking any basin ss one or three sretz z
were considered unlucky, although two
or four were favorable, rs Tss also the
case wher two men cnsnced to snetz
simultaneously while engaged IN GONE
business lraTkacEiun. WDile Themis tociS
was m1kiae sacrifice OF re the bAul.
wtl We Pergans q e Of HE Attendants
ChApced 70 sneCE., and this WAs regarded
nv Euphgsuli.es a. 8 favorable omeC
which pressgsd thE yCtCT7 CT the Greeks
Pliny held lhst It Is IN Ky 20 sleezs 10 the
right on! uUluCkY to the l-ft; aud ftCE
another writer We learn tkst ".wo G.
three RaeS yes bs bols II, and one is
snhewad token''-Wdst. inst MAJ
man. according TO Su6Jlk rhyme;
s,eeza or Monday she, &c for dsu GER
SoeeIa on II sday K IS Il granger
SDeeze on Weune3ds, N tz5 ior !5J'CEi
Snee2e on IGursO y ,som etni1E pote'i
SnetEs on ri az, sntezs Tor eorToW'
snee.e on saturday. Sc swG-t earl 70 morr or
o. several occasions scetz Nc mas Dee!
ooked upIq IS De n DOre 0: less IN J.
mRtelv cJunectel with Is 81 and o.! ge
Gus mslsdies. Thus according 10 TACeF
dides, It was synpgy N CT the cdsis il
tina great AthenlSH pl gus. With eli
mate like that CT K Gisud, cstarrh Snt n
ausuza Sre IL ssS5GL slEae year rju-1
and sleruRsSton occurs so frequesll
that 1t receives psEhaps iess OF
teution than might otherwise b
Ceyoted 70 1t. Nevertheless wen /
tae present age Of eduCsdyD, and 10 gu
own ciViiIEed cCnLsry, when Dob
snseZ e, one ocCssi- nEl.y EG&Fs ierVen
uBless you'll" ,culAted 0Y Tia nurse.
ia extremely doubtful, h0w,ver, whethe
the latter has even the TemCtest idea WI
she should maze use of ihis expression
hut, although sAe nay Dos Do aware {
the fact, IL 10 t!me-houored cussci
which once received much stte0t!ol
In the Rules e C.vllity,' quoted
Brand. we are told that "if his lordshl
chances to sneeLe, you aye no! TO oSv
out: GOD bless you, sir,' but, pul
ing e your hat, bow to him o9rtsomei
aud make mat oosecTatl0n to yourself.
Brand also quotes from the "Sch Dole
SlCveu,ie, r CSC Tuned Wrongsic
Outward" a D. I605), The tolloWlI
lines on the custom:
When VOC would sne, 20. etrAi! turna youEst
IN 10 yoLr Delb guT's Ia's5
A FOR nv D r., WhGLGin 10 81 -eEer kn7T
dtteI plasei - -
ItIsau crdrr, Wnen you sneeze 5000 men "
prsN 70 yJU; I.
Marke him J0sL dom 80 toI lLihAe nc a. ~
frlen N pee tlue. -
And tLaG your friend may know VINO stlss;4y
Fnd mag sOr you pEay, -
Be .uTe you CtfcTget TO sleeze luA ln1ls II
AWAY ,,.,, -,
he be Ihy amer
Say MOT Goo sluRs hin, bur ChcaA up OF sol
such matter rEthT.