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X t if ! i ; n HICKORY PRESS: JANOARY 21, 1 397' 6 If X ! .Mi I! i t i, I I I! 3 I: 'it OLD TIME CUSrOSIS. That of Keeping Warm In Unhated Churches Was One of Them. Nowaday, with steam radiators, register?, doable doors and screens to guard the aisles from draughts, a min ister if still not surprised to find his congregation smaller than usual upon a Sunday of intense eeld or winter storm. Doubtless in the old times too, the weather made a difference, though in all likelihood, in that era of severe dutifulness, a less, rather than a great er one than today. Yet what hard ships our ancestors had to endure in winter, in. their bare, bleak, bitter cold old meeting houses? "Ye sacramental bread was frozen hard and rattled sadly in ye plates, wrote Judge Sewall in his diary after a Sunday. iu the church at Newbury, with the thermometer near zero. And it was not uncommon, not only in the uays oi iuh graim oiu justice, ulii, i -i a. t i- i.i .:.,.: i... many vears later, for women to faint """j chilled as to be unable to rise or move when it came to hymn time, and to have to be carried out of chureh and thawed at the nearest neighbor's Little wonder, poor things. We have only to imagine hoya girl of today would feel, if after getting her feet thoroughly wet and half frozen, she wrapped herself in aheavy cloak omitting her warm flannels and her " I close lilting outside jacket and reti ring to aji unheated barn, sat up straight on a hard board for three hours, with draughts from every crack and knothole playing freely about her, a elirtiiwl a-mant nrvriciiTH rT YfY rr I u 1 i u i v,,, t.ol ,oif ,wi ried many of our shivering ancestors to an untimely grave. Yet, with all that they had to endure women sometimesvoluntarily increased their misery at the demand of fashion; at least the winter brides did so. It was long the-custom for brides on first attending church after marriage to wear no outside garment whether merely to let the folks see their new- gowns or as a relic of traditional cere mony akin to unveiling; is not known; but in the depths of Januaryr or De cember, they would come to meeting with a heroism worthy of a better cause, in all the unconcealed finery of a glossy silk or satin, with not so much as a scarf across the shoulders for warmth. A characteristic story of the revenge of a Puritan suitor upon a fair maid who had married his rival, relates that - -he being the sexton of the church and she a December bride he pur IOfely managed so that a bitter wind should blow upon her from a deftly unstopped chink, when she arrived the Sunday after the wedding in the customary inadequate array. He would "bring down the saucy hussy's pride" he declared; though whether he intended to do so lndic rously through influenza and a red nose, or tragically by means of lung fever and an early death, the story does not relate. Hut in either ease she survived the ordeal. There were often among the tougher and more rigid members of the church a few who believed all this hardship to be a good thing, and who opposed even the popular little foot stoves as a luxury; while when stoves were intro duced which attempted to heat the whole church, they fought them with disgust and bitterness. One old woman, aunt Judy Jones, 'made a point o! sitting near the new stove for several successive Sundays, throwing off or flinging open one layer of wraps after auother, and finally lying back in a state of conspicuous exhaustion, gasping faiutly and fan ning nerself with an immense turkey feather fan. Hut the stove continue! to glow and the congregation to be comfortable, and before the season ended it was quietlv observed that Aunt Judy did not seem to feel tht- neat more than other people, and had even been? known to go up and wriu her feet at the unwelcome red hot thing itelf before settlingdowu in her pew for the sermon. Youth's Com oiuion. .Ten noritf Vio Thau Women. .v eii ur.-dHi man ana woman seat- d tliemselve at a table in a ca which was' literally lined with mirror's. The wv.ii.an promptly devote! her at tention to the menu, while the man glanced, admiringly in the glass while he twisted his mustache and smoothed the hair upon his temples. The woman caught him at it as she looked up from the menu and laughed while he blushed guiltily and tried to irne. nh. ;. - :-.tv . b -;: g 1 , '. t.i. .'ir- i .4. He;'!; a va:: ii.v lae'.i " "l aut arai: vou UiV tfiu- to ivjv.t up the vanities of your sex by Attack- ing us, he replied. "Of course a man looks in a gins occasionally to see if his fact is clean or that ?ii hatr is net standing on end. but to say that men as a rule are adicted to looking in glasses out of sheer vanity is a mis take." 'I'll make a bet to prove that 1 am right." replied the woman. e will count the people as they Ntue in at that door, and keep tab on the nuui- ler of men and women who take pains to look at the reflection of themselves in the full length mirror as thev pass, 111 bet a box of glove that more men stop to admire themselves than worn- en." The two betters kept close watch while thev slowly ate their luncheon and every man and woman who came to the door was carefullv , noted and the result entered on tli back of a I menu card. ' The .first to come in were two worn- en and of course thev both glanced , . . , , , 7 , , M , Al tall hat. He looked proudly at the sweep of his coat and taking off his utirtrirf a mrtnttit t rim hwfin 1 gers through his hair and give his mustache a twirl. I The fourth was an elderly woman with gray hair, and she was followed i . . i,nn,i. -v.. t I u tY" l,ttl,uauuic 1,ia t tueir teens, ine oni jaay was too in- i tent upon watching her footsteps to look in the glass and the girls did not seem to notice it. The next to come in were two actors ...V. u..,..i.. I "Ji- . " ... x. . . , I as they passed. Iu one hour fortv- 1 i A. 1.. 1 1 . .l 1 ii 1 I eigut people uhu pas&eu oy me glass 1. a r 1 . .l. I twenty oi wuom were men. ui nils i number seventeen had stopped to ad- mire their clothes or adjust their mus- tache and hair. Of the three meu who did not notice the glass, one was blind and was led by a companion, while the other two had rushed in hastily to get sometiug they had for- gotten, and were evidently bent on catching a train. Of the twenty eight women only eighteen gave any attention to the said Langdon, having thus been ex glass, and some of them meTely glanced posed and made known to aid . Katie at it as they passed, while twelve K. Waite, rendered harmless for fur- walked by as though it was a solid wall. "Well, 1 give it up," said the man, "and you shall have a dozen pairs of the best gloves I can buy tomorrow. I never knew before that men were so vain, and I will never have anything more to say about the vanity of worn en.v New York Herald. IMPRISONED Hor tlourse in a hruit Car With Fiirhtinsr TrantuU. In a Pullman car on the southbound Mississippi Pacific limited last night were two passengers who attracted sympathetic attention. The woman was strikingly beautiful, while her companion might have been either 30 or CO years old. Sharp lines disfigured his otherwise attractive features, and tnere was a quick, nervous movement of the head and hands that Miggested palsy. The man was Ji.cs Payne, of Park- ersburg, W. Va., w!ere his familv is well to do. Two months ago he star- tl frr tlli T!lfMfl Pnact T I . l-r.l "-v .. w..- i UI.IUV, vaci. i r um HIP pocket picked but decided to continue his journey without money. lie chined into a car loaded with unimuas, auu soon ine ooor waj i . i , lockel. He struck a match tind was horriliea to see h number of large ta rantulas. To leap from the door of the car meant certain death. While these thoughts darted through his mind a cold, hairy substance dashed itself in his face ami he tainted. How long he lay uuconsciiMis he does not know, but when he again came to life it was broad daylight, and the train was still speeding like the wind. His apprehension wa increased when hesaN that they had engaged in a leuxiui ami ueatuv com oat amonir themselves. For hours he sat thert neither advanced nor retreated. lie again betau unconscious ami when next jh-know what was going I . on about luui 1st w;ls oh a cot iu a hcspital in Portland. He had le.'n there a month zlh ir.. !-t! ?!imi.- inroiijrri a well nigh fatal attack of brain fever. Meantime the authorities having dis covered his identity from his delirious talk, had tegrat-he.: t hN people, &-d th young wc-mai: J - I h.wt-ned to his bedside. J Ie had not been h nn ! until the car vras-ojened at it destination, when ho I wa5 unconscious aud raving like a ma- niac, A mark in his forehead indica ted that he had in reality K-en bitten or.tuln. probably when he ho:ue tfv j UCi' A OAV OLD DECEIVER. Lanxdon Woo Mis Wait' Lov by FaW Prccnaes. Another ehaper the most sensa tional of them all was yesterday ad ded to the written history of the Langdon Henzey suit, says toe News and Observer of the 13th. It is the answer of Mis Katie K. Waite to the charge made by Langdon that khe is mdawfiillv withholding from him bonds to the face value 125,000. In it she acknowledges that she has the property, but says that it was gir- en her by Langdon on account of- his I . m great admiration and sincere love lor her, and that she does not now pro- pose to give it up. She says he tie- ceived her. pretending to be a widower but in reality being a married man. Miss Waite makes formal answer to langdon's complant as follows: i. That it is not true that Langdon is bona tide owner for value of one hundred of the consolidated mortgage i.ic f r, T ,lnlI,.n X.pv C.X c- UtnVI ff"V, WO, 2. That it is true, however, that dd Langdon was "at one time the owner of said bonds,. but that on or alOUt the daV Of ItsSo. tile said Langdon, on account of his great ad- miration and sincere love for tue said Katie K. Waite, as alleged by him aud his declared earnest desire and inten- tmn rr nirrv litr frf-lv vrtltinfnril V - - - auoununj k- iuwcuicu mm delivered to said Katie K. Waite, fully Relieving that said Langdon's protes- tation or admiration aim love, and ue "re to make the said Katie his wife, wprp trini fullv ntul n nr-in1 i 1 5rnn 11 v accepted the said bonds as her own. 'I llQT Of f O - 1 o -w f- At olkillf - ""'"' l" tha innnMi nr i .r it : i r I . . . i n " uui.n, a u uaiuc known to the said Katie K. Waite for the first time, through the public press, that said Langdon, who had reprasented himself to her and her friends as a widower, was a married man and had so continually been from the time of her engagement to mrry "imi wa then and had Wn grossly aeceiving ner ana was unauie to com- ply with his promise to marry; that ther mischief and well knowing that the secret, sinister, and wicked pur- Pose which de has contemplated could uot be possibly accomplished, demand ed of said Katie K. Waite the return to him of the said bonds, at the same time threatening her with litigation if she should refuse to accede to his de mand, that shrinking from the public- - - A. I A 1 ? ' ny mai sucu migaiion wouui caue and the exposure to the world of what had proven to be her misplaced conll- deuce ami Alteetioii sIim n r.r nl..tit I - - - - ' - v V V KM V the 2nd day of September 18, made with said lmgdon a compromise and final settlement of the matter, by ma- I king to aid Langdon a present of one half of said bonds at the pur value of 25, Wi, whim she then and there de livered to him and which said compro I inise and final settlement was thn rwl there duly executed Miss Waite further et forth in her answer that she is the sole owner of the bonds now in her possession and says that she is ready to produce them in court. She pravs the court that she be declared the owner and that I T i . 1 1... 1. . . r .i I nr laiCU n ill! liieCOSlS OI llle I case. Lon 2 Hairvd MuMclim. NolKxly has yet furnished a satisfac tory explanation of the relation te tween the long hair of musical geniuses aud their popular success, but whatev er it be. the youthful Pronislaw Hub erman, is more troubled by his hair than any other musician who has lately leen heard here. The boy wears his hair hanging down to his collar and well forward on both ides ot his head. Whenever he bow in acknowledgement of th" applaud- of an audience, the hair falls down over his cheeks, and when he raise his head it is with a little shake to get the hair out of his eyes and lu-k from his face. These youthful m.isician that come from 'L-rmuny are u-ually dressed in the most disheartening fash ion. The little pianist who came here two years aco Used to apiear in adre suit to a child one quarter her age. and low in the neck with no sleeve whatever. Her sCrtiWnv little ix-lv was iainful in view, and the oluapne-s of her gown, together with the gaudy ribbon strung abvut her, made rather unpleasant impression. lJrniu!nw Huberinan dressr ratht-r o!d!y. with his fuii siik a:rts and his knicker tockers. A little taste cyild very well be eijendei en his up, and the result Motild make a more favorable impresj-ionat the outset on his auditors. The only youthful phenomenon iu ii SEE Ver tnblc PrroaraturafbrAs - slmilating LhcFoodandReuta ting the Stomachs andBoweis of mm Pronwtes TMcslioTvChxrful ticss andRcst-Conlalns neither Opmmlorphine oor MmcraL Not Narcotic. MxJmnm ft Carina SU Anrrfccl Remedy forConslioa- tion. Sour Stomach. Diarrhoea. Worms .Convulsions .Fcvcn sh ores ondLoss of Sleep. FacSicule Signature of new VonK. I. 4 r exact copr or wrapper. V il l tl this city for several years whohaAbeeii in the least an object of aesthetic pleasure was Jan Gerardi, the "cellist, who was a handsome youth, dressed in a fashion verv different from the fan tastic rig that most of his associates wear. He was, of course, older, but his age was not responsible for the judgment of the jn'ople who saw to it that he was not allowed to look like a monkey. Young Huberman has a very attractive face, and if he were present ed with some regard for his appear ance, his iopuIar success would un doubtedly be greater. New York Sun. famous War Hor.e. The most celebrated battle steeds of the civil war were Cincinnati. Traveler and Winchester, the favorite ch trgers of (iraut, Iahj and Sheridan. When the hero of Yicksburg visited Cincin natti a few months after the close of that brilliant cauimigu, he w;us re quested to visit a dying man who was exceedingly desirous of seeing him. When they met the invalid said. "General Grant, I wish to give you a noble horse, who has no nuehoroii the continent, a a testimony of my admiration for your character and iast services to our country. There is a condition, attached to the gift; that you will always treat him kindly." Grant accepted the magnificent bay of course, faithfully keeping his promise, and named him Cincinnatti: He was a son of Lexington, with one exemption the fastest four mile thoroughbred that ever ran on an American course. The General was offered $10,0" JO for the horse, as he had a record of sjeed almost equal to that of his famous half brother, Kentucky. Cincinnati w a superb and spirited animal of grat endurance, Grant riding him almost constantly during the wilderness cam paign, and losing from end to end of our long lines. The noble hors was retired so;i after the doe of the war. enjoying "an old age of digjiifled leis ure on a Maryland f tate. where hi master frequently saw him. and where he died and received honorable burial In S, ptemln r lT. hitlook. Nut Waisicz in Calllornla. Io ou know," wiid aSuth Water street commission man, who Ita jut returnel from a health Ma king trip through the west, "that the great -uw o. ine p.-jpie art. not awnreof the ireat Uiairnitude rf t!, .it.r.i..i - - - - v. va - '111 t.visjug inumiry in t.alirornia When I wa out there not long ago I ws ! j very much surprised to find so much mention, ground and time give to the culture of th nut-. Something like 2o.0jo acre of land are devoted to the raising of almonds, and the industry in all it phases repreenta an outlay of $l0.twort), I really did not think there was uch a demand for the nuts. As it is. a large percentage of those used in this country are imported from Malaga and Valencia. The almond is a native of Southern Asia and has been before the rmblt THAT THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE op IS ON THE WRAPPER OF EVEBY BOTTLE OF Li! is cct stiii Is Izll. Dca't allov tare: to mII yen iajiiii el en tha p ! or proaiM tlt it ii "jut m food" i&d "viU tjuvtr rtrj pu pot." 8e tl&t jca gtt C-A-S-T-O-BI-JL - - - - - . . : 1- scripture, in which it is frequently mentioned. There ate two kinds of almonds, the sweet and the bitter va rieties. The sweet oiie'tt kernel con tains a filed oil and emulsion; while the latter ha in addition a nitrogenous substauce called amygdalin, which, by combination with emulsion, pro duces a volatile oil and prussic acid. The Essential oil or essenw of almond so much used these days in the flavor ing of dishes, requires to tx used with caution, as it ivesses marked poison ous qualities. In some cases the oil. even when taken in small quantities, produces nettlerash. Chicago Iter- rd Friendship of Youth. Two kind of friends stand lefore every young person. The one is not good.tfiud invites to whatever things are unworthy. The other is pure, in spiring, uplifting and invite to what siever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely. It is im(ossible for everyone to have friendships which will Ik enriching and full of all Wn tit til inspiration They may not al ways btvm o attractive as thos? which are more worldly. Good friends do not think of life as all ease and lt indulgence. It was Kinerson who said: "The chief want of life is some body who will make u do the best we can. That is the kind of a friend youug ieople ntcl. Hut too often the j opportunities for taking into life such j friendships are missed, rejected, while j friendships are accepted which bring j no good, which only entangle the life iu uirsuus ui eH nun wnicii ieau to lo, harm ami corrow. There is a time uheu the gte of lioly and wor thy friend-hip stands open. Then therein a day when it it shut. The friendships more largely than w dream meke the life aud it destiny. There are many people far on in their year-, bouu.I now Inextricably In th claims of evil or unworthy companion shi" who loik bck with bitter regret to the day when they turned away from friend- who would have made their career one ,f tfaty atl gooI. chositig tho-s not worth v. A n mar X4be rare eilt in the vil lage of Tuckern. in Kankakee County i th tt Join AJ.uu. He is 8.1 years old. and until recently wa bald,tooth les an.i alru.st blind. He can now see s well as tv-r. La cut Several teetli. Km hi h'x.r La grown out again The i.a hair : daxk. At first glance, h ij.,n.t .ie man of ). The eyes are bright .uel cebr, nd euipha eke the wrinkle, ud Ua cuticle looks like pirrJ.iiien:. Mr. Ailaii uow Las an idea tlai ne skin will coiae and the wrlnklea diip;ar. lit U enjoy ing eicellent htvxlth, and UdieTes Le lias many ycar to live. He weihj Ys pounds, is 5 feet 3 inchea talL and his hoaiders are but little stopped. He drinks no cofTte.tea or alcoholic stimu lants, aad lor 10 year he ha been ri in nularly at 3iS0 sl m., lUmaer And winter, and walking a diatanc of two, St nUnY i i- 4 .ill''' I;! mile to his oaa for breakiaj. I (rota the tli? of the -writing of the
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