Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-05
PHILOSOPHY OF sNeEzlNc
= snort Chapter Upon the Convuls,on =,
the Nasal Organ,

NP"h tHe tOnyulsiOn nj
the Nasal Organ,
A witty ,Frenchman of the last CON.
Jury based am attack upon the snntt
ooA ON tne ground that il was mainly
resPoilsloIe Tor the decay of thai an.
Iicht FORM OF politeness, the custom of
oiessihg person after zneezing Ia
commended that it was sacrile0ious 20
oiess sneeZer who had coerced 10
lure INTO the performance of ono Of
ner most invigorating functions and
lhat the benson was no longer in onv
degree the, same thing. I'VE. how.
ever, VINO know that the detbrona-
ment OF the snuff box led to no ac,,,al
revival of the benedictorv fasL;on
may appeal to science to throw iSht
upon one Of the most ancient FORMS ~ ~
innocent superstition.
According to a rabbinical legend
slreezlng. as habit, is only referable
70 ihe time of Jacob. Before patri.
archai DAYS no man sneezed more than
once; Tor the sufficient reason that
tiie shock was invariably fatal, Al Ia,
GODS lntercession this law was abro.
gated, but only on condition that ali
races OF men should henceforth ern.
ploy ut words of congratulation for
t I'M, sneezer's happy deliverance.
hateVer ITS origiu--and it NAV be
uou0ted II 1t ever bad particular or
iocai starting point-the practice has
without doubt, been derived bv the
Chrlsilan world from the times Of
heathenlsm. Polydore VIRGIL ayers
that 1t took its rise at the time of the
plague IN 55S. when the infected fell
Town u dead sneezing. though apparent.
~ m good health> The Romans Ger.
fanny made oblations to the genius of
ssneezing; but Catullus treats the in.
iilctioh WIN gayety, as we find from
the INES IN Cowley's translation:
Cupid, tckled at the sound
sneezed aloud and all around
Tue little lovers, that waited by.
BOW I'd and blessed che augury.
It's clear. however, that the Romans
simply followed AN established GreeL
custom. Centuries before. Aristotle
'iau given ms own account of the
o,heh, ana was SO far refined i'm his ex-
plantations as to tell his readers WHY
'heezlng from noon until midnigbt
was good, and from night TO noon nm.
lucky. 1t would be fruitless 10 ino,;re
what channel the practice
anne TO the Greeks, for traces of its
,Xlstence are to be found not only in
ne Wildly contrasted civilizations of
'htlquiiy, but even among the barbar.
Jus tribes OF every quarter OF the
'lobe. Before Greece was a nation the
neezer was blessed alike i'm the Ozark
ointment and beyond the Canoes
he lneifable Buddha himself once
neezed, whereupon all his priests ex.
famed, May the welcome one liyer"
'uuuna, however, took them severely
task, and the right to saw. NAV
on 1--we, sir" to Buddhist priest Z
III fruitful subject of popular con. =
Although sneezing is a purely in.
oiuhtary act. II is possible i'm some I
leasure to guard against its attacks :
the case Of fully developed cold. i
re sufferer must necessarily submit =
the lnlllction; but as to the sneeze 4
lsual, 1t would appear to have in. y
'ence only IN listless or weakened =,
'ndltlon of the bodily powers. PEG p"
Q seldom sneeze when their faculties =.
e In iull tension. Great nervousex. ~
tement will hardly admit Of the re -
xatlon OF sneeze. Hence we often =, ~
ut church, IA ball or theatre filled "
Ith an audience ready to indulge on ~
smallest provocation. They are in III
passive and recipient mood. On
other hand, a strong nervous con.
htIation possesses the preacher lee. 60
rer or actor. His faculties are oIrd. ~ ~
up Tor the feat before him, and he IN
Il az least temporarily defy the Nh
iugnts that make martyrs of some wi
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