The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-20

piiCatioU OF cDiQ water OF air u tnt
surface will contract the blood vessels
and prevent one from taking cold,
while a prolonged application OF
either will be followed by a relaxed
condition of the blood vessels. which
is depressing and will probably induce
a cold A person very seldom takes
cold from falling into the water; but
il he gets his feet wet or walks on a
damp pavement it is apt to bring on
disturbance OF some kind-it may be
catarrh of the nose, or OF the bowels or
bladder, or a pelvic congestion, C
cording to which point is the weakest.
A single dash of cold water or a brief
draught of cold air will have n tonic
effect upon the pores of the skin, and
the reaction is favorable; but a second
pouring of water or a prolonged ex-
posure to cold air Is like standing in a
shower until the teeth begin TO chat
ter,-Dr. j. III. Kellogg, in Ecenfng
Wisconsin.
An Idiot Called.
A newly married woman, living on
the North Side, recently prepared to
return her FIRST calls. Her toilet was
faultless; engrossed in contemplating
the general effect of her gorgeousness,
and naturally absent-minded, she
quite forgot not only her husband
but his NAME. now her own. The SER
want answering her first ring, she
said:-''Is Mrs. Jinks at homer No,
madam; she Is not at home.n Hor-
rorsl she had forgotten her card case,
which oversight only added to her
confusion. well. say to her that
Mrs. -Mrs.-M-r-s.-still the name did
not come to her-"say hat Mrs.-er-
that an idiot called" and with that
she turned her scarlet face toward her
carriage, and went home to cover up
her head nov and have a good cry"
II she had not confessed to a bosom
friend this story would have never
been told.- Chicago Times.
The Early Puritans Ignored Christmas.
1t seems incredible that there should
ever have been any objection any
where to the observance OF Christmas
as a festival day. Yet such was the
fact in the American colonies in the
early Puritan times.
The first English settlers in New
England utterly refused to recognize
the day. Some few of the people, in
QScd, nAoACo W hGCP biAC lHct Onliol-
mas a holiday, and let work stand
over a day; but their leaders would
not crafty them. They declared that
any man might rest from work on De-
ceinber % if he chose; but they added,
ominously, that only those who
worked should have anything to eat
on that day. This settled the ques-
ton. To keep Christmas with moth
ing to eat. and nothing to drink but
ice water from the nearest brook was
not keeping Christmas at all. They
all gave in with many a groan. and,
thinking sadly of the merry days In
their older land, yielded.
When, nearly ten years afterward,
the Puritans came in force TO settle
around Boston, they too joined in the
rebellion against Christmas, and woe
betide the merrymaker who wished to
keep the day. Indeed, it was not till
William III. took away the charter of
Massachusetts, that Christmas was
given the slightest recognition in
New England, says a writer in the
Christmas Frank Leslie's Newspaper.
A Kings chapel was established in
Boston, and there, at least, Christmas
day was kept, and a few Episco-
palians began to gather together, and
some honor vas paid in a quiet way
to the day, but the people all around
shook their heads in disapproyal OF
such doings.