The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-02-14

We'll, I'll tell YOU.
The Father OF the Winds stepped out
of his cave In the northwest yesterday
afternoon and seeing that we or the east
were just about 10 enter upon breath
ing spell while the Ice that had beseiged
us fiosted away - the southwark and
neltedaway. thought that we were Just a
little too previous and becoming offended
called 10 one of his servants Arcturus and
commanded him TO hasten over the coun-
tiy and blow in the faces OF all who look
I'd at all relieved and TO freeze everything
up even harder tnan IT was before.
A CHILLING BREATH
Accordingly Atcturus. being freed from
confinement took special delight I'm fulfl-
ing the commands of his master and blew
over the land his cold and chilling breath
causing the mercury 10 stink down 10 the
bottom OF the tube and 10 hover there I'm
the most abject fear of being entirely
frozen. The mercury struggled hard 10 re-
main I'm sight as not TO utterly lose
the confidence OF his friends, the public
since he like all the others OF mortals
liked admiration. but IL was OF no avail
Arcturus was out 10 have his fun and he
did.
The result was that when the land
awoke this morning IL was I'm the hands
OF another cold wave. and those who had
to get out early were shivering I'm their
shoes, blowing on their hands and rub
bing their hands on their noses TO keep
them from showing how thoroughly the
cold visitor from the north had done his
work.
AS the people Of Providence went 70
their homes last evening the howls OF de-
light and the whistlings OF glee made by
the winds could be heard. and wherever
there was pedestrian delayed for a few
hours when he started for home the wind
whistled and sported around him. playing
hide and seek with the tails OF his coat
or chased itself between the legs OF the
unlucky one with the intense 10Y OF a
demon and fairly whipped him TO his fire.
side and -to-tf1e warmth uf tire house.
All the time the faithful old weather
watch OF the people kept falling falling
falling, till he was all but lost to view
and only the strong magnetic force of the
zero kept him from going below the sur
face and hiding his face for shame.
NEW YORK STILL SHIvERs.
New York. Feb. 14-After drop in
temperature OF 20 degrees since yester-
day noon. New York was shivering today
I'm the chilly grip OF an intensely cold snap
which had Just arrived from the west
With the thermometer recording five de-
grees above zero and high wind driving
the cold through even the wsrmest cloth
ing. New Workers suffered acutely.
The Inconvenience was aggravated by
the variahleness OF the weather under
gone since Sunday. beginning with n
warm rain. followed by sleet and snow
then on Monday clearing. followed by
snow and sleet. and winding up with
clear weather and bitter cold today
Reports from points up state. state last
night was the coolest of the season. Nine
teen degrees below zero was registered in
sections OF the state near New York city.
Through trains from the west on the
New York Central railroad were badly
delayed by the cold and the engineers
began 20 slow down to prevent accidents
10 frost filled car wheels. ankles and rails,
while the locomotives were unable 20
make steam fast enough to haul the trains
at their usual speed
The Twentieth Century Limited. from
Chicago. due at $3.50 a m. was four hours
late; the Chicago Express. due at a. m,