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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
WHAT A sNEEzE poRTENDs.
Superstitions Which Are Associated
with This Simple Act.

Superstitions Which Are Associated
with This Sirnpl Act.
In almost every land. civilized and
uncivilized. the act of sneezing Is re-
garded with more or less of supersti-
ton. There Is an equivalent in nearly
all languages for the God bless you
of the Irish peasant when person is
moved to declare the presence of a
tickling sensation in his nostrils. To
this salutation in France is added
sometimes the phrase land preserve
you from the fate of Tyeho Brahe,"
who is believed to have got rid Of a
death of cold" by a single sneeze-
which killed him. In England a regu-
lar formula is used: "0nce for a wish,
twice for kiss, three times for let
ter and four times for a disappoint-
ment."
In Italy the salutation is simply
"Felicita." or May you be fortunate!'
In India 1t Is customary when one
sneezes to say. MAY You live. and
the reply runs. Long life to youl"
Should a Hindu chance to sneeze
while he Is going through his peculiar
ablution practices in the Ganges he
will make a kind Gf sign over his
face. stop in his ritual and begin all
over again.
In ancient times the Romans. hold
ing the idea thai sneezing between
noon and midnight was good omen.
believed that between midnight and
noon it was most unlucky. and IL they
should chance to sneeze while getting
up In the morning they would at o'lce
get into bed again. There must be
something in this. especially on very
cold mornings. but boys home for
their holidays are not.as rule super
gtitious. and IL might be difficult for
them to impress their parents with a
saving belief In this happy supersti-
ton
The Germans say Good health"
because they maintain. and not with
out reason, that sneezing Is a warn
ing Of approaching carfarrh. and also
marks the moment when a charm. a
wish or o suggestion may drive 1t
away. The Persians 90 further In this
idea; they say what practically
amounts to Thank God.1 because
they consider that the sneeze has actu-
ally driven away some evil spirit that
has attempted TO get into a mans
body TO feed upon his sacred fires.
The people Of the Amazulu 90 even
further than this into superstition and
arrive at the stage Of actual devil
worship No doubt they would style
il angel worship" but the tniDgs to
which these so-called angels are sup
posed to lend themselves put that
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THOUSANDS FOR SPAIN.


from tAaL
What is regarded. by government e.
perts as a great piece of good fortune,
says the Saturday Evening Post. is the
importation during the last year of
scions and buds of the veritable Jor-
dan almond, obtained from Spain and
forts of one Of our agricultural ex-
plorers.
For a number on years past Califar-
MIA has produced large quantities of
almonds and in 1901 her output was no
less than 100000 pounds of these
nuts. SO valuable for a GREAT variety
of uses, and more especially for the
manufacture of certain kinds of sweet
meats and confectionery. Nevertheless,
during the same twelvemonth we were
obliged to import $6S3.OOO worth of
almonds from Spain. simply because
the Jordan almonds, everywhere rec
ogniZed as the bes. could be obtained
from no other source of supply.
The California almond Is good nut.
but not equal to the Jordan almond,
which by reason of its large size and
particularly fine shape is highly priced
by confectioners. The best sugared
almonds are made from Jordan al
monds, which have been grown hither-
to exclusively In certain districts of
Spain.
Naturally the Spanish growers have
not been disposed to sell or give away
their stock in trade. and hence shere
was a good deal of difficulty in obtain
ing the much-desired CRAFTS.
Recently, however. some scions and
buds OF the precious variety We're Sc
curet. and the department of agricui-
ture is utilizing them for the purpose
of reproducing the Jordan almond in
this country. Properly grated, stock
VIII be distributed among the Califor-
MIA growers and within few years
from the present time the Golden State
will doubtless produce all of the high
grade nuts we shall require in our
business
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saddlers, smiths, veterinary surgeons.
money changers. caravans, merchants
buyers and sellers of all kinds of mer-
chandise; in short. it Is the general
market place, the bank, the board OF
trade, where anything and everything
may be bought and scld. Here the
people assemble Tor their mass meet
ings. Here affairs of government. pol
itics and theology are discussed. 1t is
the place where the laborers stand idle
at the market place. waiting to be
hired. Here caravans may be engaged
to carry merchandise to the very bor-
ders of Asia Minor or Egypt. On the
open street BARRIERS may be seen shay
ing the heads of the Bedouins.
Immediately within the walls there
is another public market place, some
what smaller than the one outside.
The cramped space does not permit so
large trade. Here are the European
consulates. banks, tourist agencies. Eu-
ropean restaurants, curio shops. and
the largest hotel in the city. Back of
1t is the Christian quarter. the best
and cleanest section of the city. But
here. too. the streets are generally so
narrow that man and camel can
scarcely pass one another without
coming in contact The treasurer of
the Greek church. Euthuynus. Is the
richest man of the city. and inhabits
the finest house. No stranger can have
any conception of the begging nuisance
tolerated throughout the entire City
until he finds himself in the midst Of
it. Three-f ourths of Jerusalem's elti-
zens make their living" by draining
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When Sir Benjamin Baker was act
ing as joint engineer Of the Forth
bridge his work necessiTated the exc
cution Of some perilous feats, says
Tit Bits. During the fieree storms
which tore along the Forth estuary at
the time Of the fixing Of the huge can
tileyers he would venture on to the
wind-swepS platforms. perched high
in the air. to observe how the can't
lever limbs withsEood the blasts. Day
and night, in bad weather. be under
took these perilous journeys. and often
had TO hold on for dear life at unfenced
portions Of the bridge Many time.
when 10 workman would venture on
account Of the fierce winds. a. was to
be seen alone On TIC bridge.
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FREE AND EASY PEERS.
There Are no Flies on the Proceed.
ings of the House of Lords.


Commoners and edBr ationists who
watch the debates in the Upper House
ar amused by the easy going methods
OF the peers and the smaller import
ance they set on their dignity than is
the fashion in the other House. The
Lord Chancellor, as president, takes
part in debate as freely as any one
else. He simply steps aside from the
woolsack and becomes a debater re-
turns to his seat and resumes mis- func-
tions as president. In committee he.
sits with the Government, wearing a
wig and gown, and leads in the dis
cussion. along with the Duke OF Dew
onshire.
In the Commons the Speaker calls on
the ortaor if two or more mer 0ers.
rise. The Lords rule themselves. One
gives way to another; or, if the code
Of courtesy fail, the House settles the
precedence and may divide upon it.
The other night the Bishop of Here
ford rose to speak; his neighbor and
right reverend brother pulled him back
unto the bench. The Bishop of Here
lord thereupon restrained the reverend
pfelate in turn with a gentle hand and
allowed Lord Tweedmouth to catch the
ear CT the House.
The woolsack is no more sacred than
The cross benches. Peers sit upon it
and chat to the Lord Chancellor or to
each other, and occasionally the small
figure of Lord Halsbury is half hidden
by the Conservative and Liberal mem
bers, who use his Official seat as
pleasant lounge. half way between
their benches and the door.
In committee members sit beside the
chairman at the table. Lord Rosebery
prefers the seat on the chairman's left
when he is about to speak In the
House of Commons no member would
dream of encroaching in such man
ner on the Speaker or the chairman of
committees. The Lords also permit
messengers to pass freely up and down
the floor. which would be breach of
privilege in the Commons.
The side Of the House on which
peer. sits is no sure indication of his
views. Unionists still sit opposite the
Government, along with the Liberals
Lord Halifax, the leader of the High
Churchmen., whose views on the Edu
cation bill are the antithesis of Lord
Spencer's, sits behind the Liberal
leader. So does Lord Camperdown,
and from that place he takes the lib
erty of lecturing and critisizing the
Red Earl"
A Singular survival is the fashion of
the tellers, who carry little wands as
they count the members voting. They
stand inside the House and touch each
peer or bishop on the shoulder with the
cane as he enters from the lobby, and
so count the strength of their side.
From the open galleries peereses
look down on the House, but it is
doubtful if they hear much. The Lords
are not very clear speakers, and many
of them are not audible in the public
and press galleries. Daily
Mail.
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its hills at an altitude of $500 feet
above sea level.
Before the railroad was completed
this journey was connected with many
hardshlps. Camels and sedan chairs
were then the means of transportation.
and the trip consumed from twenty-siX
hours to two days. Imagine the pleas
ures of a swinging ride of twenty-six
hours on a camei's back. And yet,
many lament the fact that to-day the
din OF the locomotive has disturbed
the repose of this ancient region. max
ing its way to the very gates of Je-
rusalem and destroying its traditional
aspect. Some declare it's presence an
actual PROCLAMATION of its sacred men,
cries. If this were the only ''profana-
ton" of the Holy Land. of Jerusalem.
Nazareth and Bethlehem. ii might be
easily endured; for it has proved itself
TO be Of the utmost convenience 70 the
thousands of pilgrims who annually
travel to the tomb of Jesus.
Approaching Jerusalem from Jaffa.
the first view is so disappointing that
all. as il were. give utterance TO their
feelings in the words of the prophet:
''is this the city that men cali The
Perfection of Beauty The JOY of the
Whole EarthT" The impression made
upon the behoNder is akin TO the feel
ings of one who has been sadly dis
appointed in a friend-woful. desolate,
direful and repulsive. At the Jaffa
Gate. through which the traveller en-
tiers the city. he is at once prepared
for the turmoil disorder and Nth be-
yond the gates Coffee houses and
booths. over which preside shopkeep-
ers aud merchants who are evidently
at war with soap Of every description.
ana perfect swarm of humanity
fr,tl every nation under the sun, don
KEYS. camelS. horses and carts block
the way through the gate. But even
t.fs arcient gate has been much mod
ernixed by painted signs and the ever
present group OF travellers. And here.
as everywhere, we fnd the English
langus sc known and understood by al
most eN eryhody. at least sufficiently 70
make known the ordinary wants The
flthiest place in the entire city is tbs
governors palace. the vile odors OF
which civilized people can scarcely en-
dure. Along the entire Via Doloross
the tourist IS obliged to cover his nos
trlls with his strongly
perfumad. Stenehes new and strange
decidedly unlike the fragrance OF Ara
bia. almost asphyxiate the civilized
traveller. The remarkable thing IS tina
people can breathe and thrive amiC
conditions so adverse 10 health. Wa
ter for cleansing purposes seems TO b
unknown In this quarter.
Jerusalem has no parks. publ
squares. promenades, drlvssgays. bou
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Spanish Oranges.

1t is generally known. says the West
minister Gazette, that Spain supplies
us with most of the oranges we eat.
but few people are aware how enor
nous the trade has become. The Span
ish orange region extends. however,
over Eastern and Southern Catalonia.
Valencia, Alicante. Murcia. Malaga and
Seville, and in parts Of Valencia and
Murcia the trees now grow in forests,
the soil of the famous Valencian huer-
ta--lavishly MANFRED with guano-
being the richest in Europe Here a
single full-grown tree viii yield 800.
and at times as many as $500
oranges in season, fruit bearing be-
ginning when the trees reach their
sixth year, and increasing till they are
twenty. when degeneration usually sets
in.
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WANTEp-WlvES.
Bachelor Farmers of Western Okla
homa Issue an Appeal.

hOha ISSUE @1ppGAis
A cry comes from the bachelors of
western Oklahoma for wives. 1t comes
through letter to f. f. Jones. An
CORA, Day County, to the Guthrie
Daily Capital, and reads:
Dear Sir: In the last issues of your
paper have appeared two items of
news that have particularly Interested
me. The first one gave an account of
a man in South Dakota who wrote to
Indiana about the bachelors there who
wanted to get married and were unable
to, and the result of that letter Sec
ondly the desire of a member of the
Kansas Legislature to tax bachelors
$50 a year.
Let us look at the condition of
things in western Oklahoma, where l
am now living. We have here a great
many bachelors who are continually
being joked for remaining So Some
of these are men who are Industrious
and well able to supper. a wife. and
would make her happy. You talk with
these men, and very few. if any, like
the life they are living. Then why
do not they marry? Because they are
unable to help themselves in this
county. They want women of mar
riageable age-women of good. COM
mon sense-women who will make
them a suitable companion, and thus
enable them to better overcome the diI-
ficulties and disappointments that be-
set them in the great struggle for ex-
istence.
1.-THE girls out here of manageable
age that are of any account are very
few, indeed. 1t is almost easier to find
a pin in a haystack than to find one.
What Is to become Of the bachelors of
western oklahoma? Must they sell
out or continue to live the miserable
life they are at present living? A
member of lie Kansas Legislature
would say tax them $50 e year. Would
you tax a man for what he cannot
help? Give them a chance to marry
the right kind Of women. anu see if
they will not readily respond to it..
Then the abodes that have been for
merly Stunned win be stunned no
more. Then the houses where people
in the past have always refused to par
take of hospitality will be refused no
more Then the society of a commune
ty will be infused with such new life.
new Joy, that even the very hills
around us will break forth In anthems
of praise, as they see men and women
living the life that God intended they
should live, when he said: 1T is not
oond For man To he alnne y
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Girl Sheds Needles.

Three doctors of Naples. Professors
Di Giacomo. Deamicis and Morlara, are
studying the extraordinary case of
young woman. victim of hysteria,
from whose body pins and needles
have been issuing for some time past
An examination by means Of Roent-
gen rays shows that there are still
l..sge number of needles and pins in
the young woman's body The doctors
are at a loss to explain the phenom-
enon, but it is supposed that the girl
eats the pins and needles when in
hysterical fit Admitting this. il is
still difficult to explaic how they find
their way out at her exu entities. The
girl is said to be a spirit medium and
to have made extraordinary revela-
lions when in trances.--New York
Commercial Advertiser.
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The factories, the mines, the work
shops, and the great mercantile estab-
lishments of our country teen with
the labor of children, says w, s.
Waudby in an article on Child Labor
in Leslie's Some Of them are of the
age required by the laws Of the State,
but innumerable thousands are much
below the limit these statutory laws
provide for, and far, far below the
limit which the laws of nature de-
mand. There are few branches of
our great Industrial life which are not
overcrowded with child labor have
been Informed by William C. Hunt.
chief statstician for population. that
the report of the census Office for the
year 1900. when issued, will show
that for the mainland of the United
States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii
there were, approximately. one mil
lion seven hundred and fifty thousand
persons from 10 to 10 years OF age,
inclusive. reported as engaged In gain
full occupations.
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Nice IAttIe Love story.

A dreamer and a man Of action loved
q woman.
The dreamer said 81 shall write
verses in her praise; they will touch
her vanity, and she viii love me for
them"
But the man of action said: How
oId-fashionedl l shall corner the stock
market, and that will bring her"
SO the dreamer wrote verses. and he
induced a friend Of hers who ran a
10-cent magazine, to print them. And
the man of action cornered something
or other, and became Millionaire.
In the meantime the girl married n
man who inherited his Toney. and
lived happy ever after.
But the dreamer was so proud Of his
verses that he didn't care. and the
man OF action was so busy that he
didn't care.
The only one to suffer was the man
she married. Smart Set.
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levards. libraries or reading rooms.
For this reason the depot is alive with
citizens and the many officers and sol
diers of the Turkish garrison every
time train arrives, especially when
tourists are expected In great num-
bers. This is the principal amusement
these people find The drivers shout
and scream, and no effort Is made by
the police to silence them The ubiqui-
tous hotel runners and carriers inso-
lontly grasp the travellers baggage.
place 1t upon the cart of a friend. and
will not give it up until they receive
their inevitable "bakshish." The depot
is built outside of the city walls. near
the Jaffa Gate. the busiest spot in Je-
rusalem. To the right of the gate is
the so-called David's Tc@er where the
coffin of David is placed on exhibition.
The tower is a picturesque building,
and is the only one of the three an
Gent towers of the city spared by the
Roman general Titus when he de-
stroyed the city Coming from the
depot-which. by the way, is located
on the road leading to Bethlehem
the tower has the appearance of a
medieval castle
The Jaffa Gate is the Wall street of
Jerusalem. Here are the horse and
camel markets. the headquarters of the
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Carloads OF trinkets. said to be made
from the wood OF the trees that grow
on the Mount of Olives, are sold each
year, though the few venerable trees
still standing there have not been
touched for over fifty years. The Gar
den of Gethsemane is another place OF
such relics. Shiploads of beautiful
souvenirs have been sent from here
to every quarter of the globe, and not
one article among the many thousands
is actually made of the trees of Getb-
semane. The garden lies between Je-
rusalem and the Mount of Olives in
the kidron valley. 1t comprises about
an acre of ground. ineIosed by fence.
1t still contains an olive tree that is
said to date from the time of Christ.
The Mount of Olives Is. the highest
hill of Jerusalem. 1t is about $50 feet
higher than Mount Zion. I've entire
city rests upon rocky elevati t,n which
Is divided into two almost equal parts
by valley. The eastern portion is
called Mount Moriah. where stood the
temple of Solomon. The westera half
is Zion. the holy mountain of David.
Jerusalem is hotbed Of eccentric in
dividnals, especially religious fanat-
les. Great is the number of those who
are attempting to atone for their sins
at the holy places. Many claim to
have discovered new methods of saliva
ton. Most of these fanatics have GER
tainly lost their reason. The number
of churches and monasteries In the
modern city. without counting many
crusading chapels now either in ruins
or converted into mosques. is very
large
Since the year 1887 the Crescent
waves over the City of David. Ac-
cording to Josephus, Jerusalem was
2,127 years old when Titus destroyed
the city. which would mike its age to-
day 1900 years. The more o stran-
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JERUSALEM
AS 1T IS TO-DAY
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GD HE Jerusalem of to-day is only
a mournful relic of the ancient
city. It's former glory has de-
parted Blighted. bleak and barren, it
now rests upon its crumbling hills
a city of ruins, rags and wretehedness.
From Jaffa, the ancient Joppa, sea
port on the Mediterranean. it is fifty
three miles by rail to Jerusalem. Yes,
even into the very center of the Holy
Land have the iron ribbons penetrated,
and the silent hills and slumbering val
leys are startled by the tkanders of
the overland" and the shriil scream
of the locomotive-the advance agent
of new age. Each day a passenger
train leaves and arrives at Jaffa. The
schedule time between Jerusalem and
Jaffa is four hours. The locomotive
and cars were brought from France.
They were originally intended for the
Panama Railway. But when the PAN
anna Canal Company. which had also
contemplated building railway, went
into bankruptcy, Frenehmen bought
the material at greatly reduced price
and utilized it for the Jerusalem Rail-
road, which is still controlled by
them. The crews consist chiefly of
Arabs. The entire railroad with all it's
equipments Is kept In excellent condi-
ton. After the train leaves Jaffa it
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shakesneare,s sufferinns-

Addressing the MsnchestenL Literary
Club recently, Mr. j. Gaming Walters
said it was an historical fact that
for a considerable period of his life
from 1900 to 1909 Shakespeare under
went an experience of personal suHer-
ing which transformed the genial wit
ty, large hearted poet into nissan
thrope and railer against man. Many
attempts had beer made to ascertain
me causes of this access of gloom and
dependency. but none of them was
quite convincing. His suggestion
was that it arose from the bittsr quar-
rels which were originated and foster
ed among the literary men of the
time by the envy. ingratitude. churl-
ishness and animoSity of Ben Jonson.
1t was a fact otherwise difficult to ex-
plain that the dark period" synchon-
lied with Shakespeare quarrels with
contemporary authors. with the bitter
rivalry which existed with the temp
orary eclipse of his own fame, and
with his comparative neglect by the
public