THE WINTER WIN Hear the winter wind refolce, Lifting high its frigid volce {As it frolics on the housetops ‘In a wayward, wanton choice, Now it mounts a lordly pile In a dashing daring style, Shrieking with demonlac pleasure IAs it leaps from tile to tile! S. Now it whistles on the rim Of a building high and dim Standing far above its neighbors And with keen appalling vim, Tears a snowstorm into shreds, Catches up the tangled threads, Whirls them to the streets and kles When they fall on trav'lers’ heads! chuce- Now it rides a cottage roof Pounding it as with the hoo Of an imp from shade infernal; Then, to give an added proof Of some diabolic spell, With a frantic, fiendish yell, It goes charging down a chimney, Near where frightened children dwell Then it makes the shutters.clash Bangs the stormdoor with a crash And goes howling through the tre In a sudden startled dash! Now it races down the street, Tripping up unwary feet, Tossing hats and skirts with Haste and freedom indiscreet! A Romance. Old Paulo Serati sat beneath the tree in his front yard during the long sutn- mer day and listened to Angela Argenti read to him. She lived on another street, but she was a firm friend of ol Paulo, and there was not a day tha passed that she did not come and to him. She was bright and pretty, wit! eyelashes and deep black looked up into the old man’s face roring the love she had for hi heart. There times she would tell him that it was necessary to read so much, and she would sing some of the good fashioned tunes that he had sung whe he was a boy on the farm Her laughter the gloomy house, and old to say: ee a t - 3 ead eyes were LOO 3 ¢ 1 $b too, used to lis my husband.” This always head and laugh pearly white “You are would retort, join them in t “There is not prettier than you tell her, “and I don't belie one vour equal in Milan so well that I have you marry some gol man good father lling me other day that | must jut own father teeth already and his wife would often § good-natured joxing Ital iass am anx wag le look ny and moth do that.” she woul not seem to reall and that I am © “I know,” sal think I than I do you were mother’s came near you “We say. That and times when you don't I expect you, I realize how are us. Neither wife nor [ thinks that the morniog or afternoon is fect if you don't Your father told me the other « I would spoil you; that to have ideas of marriage about a few minutes ago “There 13 no one | swered. “There are many young around here who would like to you, that I know,” he answered “I don’t love them” with a shake of her head. I marry must have love “That's right, Angela,” he said, must marry for love and not fi wealth, but still you must be sure that your husband cau support you “Oh, I will,” she replied. Then she took up the book she was reading aloud to him and went on while he lighted his pipe and sat look ing at her. Sometimes when she read for a few minutes she would stop and the two would sit perfectly still, look- ing up through the trees at the sky, al ways the bluest in Italy They were occupied with their thoughts, and once she duddenls ed him ‘How is Martine?” “He is well” answered Paulo. “He is in St. Louls in far-away America.’ ‘she two sat for several seconds, and then he said: “He is a good son, soa.” he repeated, The girl looked at him and nodded assent. “Yes he is good--and handsome.” added, for she had seen his photo- graph, though she had never seen him. Then she sang a few lines of a love song and, as if suddenly recoliectling herself, stopped abruptly. Shs wa biushing and an odd light was in her ayes when sho pleked cp the bouk aad resumed ner reading, The old man looked at her a moment She was conscious of his svrutiny, and held the book up In frot of her face, He noticed that ber little hands frem- bic. Then be nodded nis head and laugh- ed and chuckled to himself. ne thought that he had learned something that perhaps even she did not kiow. Martino Serati had prosepered America. working Italian lad when he came to this country. His knowledge of the mnguage was limited, but he started in to learn the American ways asa the American language, “It is slow,” he sald to one of his friends once, “but I will learn after tha arms are good we are” he 1d LNSwWar come when dear you to per come in to vou Know of S40) she would say “The man my you > awn ask- Yes, he's a good x Bae awhile, so will 1.” “You must marry an American girl, Then vou will always have someone to talk to vou in the language,’ replied his friend. I will become a native of this coun- try.” Martino responded, “but 1 will marry an Italian girl. I don’t know who it will he hastened to add, “for 1 don't intend to marry until I am prosperous: until T can support a be,” be supported. You know 1 hope some dav have a home of my own, out in the suburbs of some city, There I can have room to stir around in and not huddled together like we are compelled to live in the tenements and in the crowded city streets.” “You want to sit out in the yard like the old people in Italy, eh?” said his friend “Do vou often think of that?” ‘Very Martino, ‘My father are at this instant si yard His voice choked, came But that was a ago, and he was a young man, and he was unacquainted with the country and the customs and often homesick But learned rapidly He bought a reader and he soon mastered the lan- guage heard the 1 Martino first lived in New York, but he did like it there, and so he came West finally settling in St. Louis. his p prospered, and onsiderable wealth 10 he responded I warrant, out in often,” and mother tting Out and two big tears dozen years was he from this he and aside nguage all the time, not business he aceu- ted which he ted in property around 5.215 Shaw and along He was be married remember inves [he city grew out Avenue, He owned the property lonely and to one of id him 1 when vou were able ry some ltaliar ¢ know of any there in ons him thre the ster down and ran o room and to home to the man she I do lon him ever came over s what she had told sn to him several times Paulo and he well I do I his Angela sald almost about to a } . && RDOWSs as ax a8 tim that 1 have selected That very night the letler was writ- and mailed. Next da} ¢ Kt Louis 101 The neighborhood. It Was « peed was great excitement became the prettiest girl Louis, re rumored Angela it . was going to St A Martino Serati. Sev. ral of the people around Knew him emembered when he packed up the New World, They _ that he was sturdy and hon. and had prospered The girls flocked around Angela It was roman- tic. they daclared, that she was joing marry a man she had never seen; sls0 that she was going so far around tha ty ¥ vicini erica, Lo marry for to For davs they were very busy at her home. There were so many clothes to be made, and there were also friends to call on and bid adien But the time slipped by, and almost before she was aware of it the day had come for her departure She went over to Paulo's house and walked about the yard and looked about the house, She knew that Martino would want to know all about it and bow his parents were, She wanted to be sure that she had not overlooked anything, from the chintz cover to the table in the sitting room to the trees oul in the yard, She was very happy. for she told her parents and also Martino's father and mother that she knew she would be she believed that he would love her, Paulo was certain of this and so assur- ed her. Finally all the adienx werg sald and The trip wondered how to get to St. Louis There was much to interest her and the time flew by in the train, and soon ghe saw the city. Her heart beat viol as the train rushed up through the yards, passing scores of cars that were being switched here and there, and then the train came to a standstill It was such a big place that she was a bit frightened first, There was a biggerowd around, too, and she was a little afraid that Martino would not her She recognized him at once photograph, and he knew her, Then she knew that her worry over, for was safe, she knew, with his arm around her and his kiss still hot her lips. The marriage was vesterday afternoon in the little church on Manchester Road. To-day a letter will start for Milan, and there will be four supremely happy people in that cily when the is received. —8t Louis Republic nt be from the 100, was she on letter THE FIREMAN'S LIFE. The Spectacular Side of It Doubtless Has Strong Atlractions, there Is an article Fight Fire,” by Heroes In the Cent Heroes Who Riis in the Mr. Riis Doubtless ury on Jacob A series of of Peace SAVES there Ig something in spectacular side of it that attract 3 wold be there fireman's Day and nig strange if were not, Theie is everything in a “x istence to encourage it, at halr-trigger excitement, even 1 ad life that he le a kind of jin! naturally lief from the irksome il Te thay to do there hi need feeds upon if only ling In uarte:r {ry a give hi hangs RAV IIY On as a re may the time keyed up to adventurou ugh hands as he and deeds at ®fhortest tice He falls rt hi 3 go red red bt . grumbling and ang tae ne becomes imperative of holding the strictest discipline inde hafe impatiently hey old Bonne § a ire of women it and seis | rod inches of floor always a cme ie Een ambushes 18 Pe to by opening vent soon as the pipe men ar Is in spite of ai surprised he back precautions ia often draft, the dreaded Paper for Paper Money. safe t gald a Secret that what a employ can do, a of the government can do safeguards on which people largely rely paper on which a government note is printed a popular belief that this paper is dif ficitlt to reproduce that there gOIM¢ manufacture. This all wrong Any paper manufacturer with a good plant, capable of making good paper can produce the same quality and tex. ture of paper as that on which our cu rency is printed. There is no secrot at all in the process, The only distin. guishing feature of the currency paper is that silk is run through it. Any paper maker can do this. The time will come swhen a counterfeiter who can produce un fac-simile plate will have no trouble in getting the right sort of paper.” i is © Bay oo vice offic in outside One of ey recently man government man also the ia the here is it is currently ba loved ix secret abont its ig Electric Eel in London. Once more an electric eel is in dence in the insect house at thes lLon- don Zoo, and once more visitors, anx- fous to test its powers, can be {hor dinary being is occupied by Mit accumulators as well, aud kill a good-sized fish on the spot. The s0 that ment of its properties should grasp STOBY OF A PALM. Once Owned by Washington, It Now (races the White House. Recent changes in the White House conservatory have brought to light a spreading palm of great age and his toric interest, It was once the proper. ty of Washington, and is considerably than the government, having originally from the island of Cuba, where it had attained a regpecta ble antiquity befcre its importation in to this country, A Baltimore merchant and ship- owner whose line of vessels plied be tween that city and Havana purchased this sago palm in Cuba, and brought it back with him to his Maryland home for presentation to the Father of his Country, The gin accepted by the eral, and many years this groced the mansion house and gardens of Mount Vernon With that fu! gallantry so characteristic of ington he one day presented the palm to a falr resident the man having admired its picturesqiu Hage when visiting 14 Mount Vernon The plant remained an family of the Baltimore belle oh) in a of the personal property of of oder come Gen plant wis for graces Wash of Baltimore WO- foe the househ of heirloom in until general gale the AL about VOArs ago the last sur- IE and vivor of this Maryland family the ¢ offered public, Ww purchased by horticulturi that time head House it greenhouse ever palm was to the the 11 who was at rilcnel the White in fhe now ga remained and wl tempo- of there after been Pen ity, where only tran Only iran ha rarily to the sion ding In 'ashington « y . ’ ™ y } oup of piants in the the tro 3 AOU tion of $LOWND 4 comms certaining the vinerable reli rove ments comparative) old ree Liquid Products of Wood. wood alcoho ling the ace eparation wood led down dried and in commen making ace of f lime Mm made In the considerable quant:- cohol nid tate © in the world are United States, A in Sweden, ans at the exhibition now being held in Stock- specimens may be of forest per ty is also produced holm geen Over 15.00) acres Year are cleared in the United States alcohol affords grain alcohol for mechanical one-third cipally as a varnish a perfect substitute manufacturing and at It is nsed prin in the making of in making cellu loid and photographic paper. It makes beautiful dye tints antigeptie, and is need for linlments and for skin-riab- in bath-houses purposes, less the goivent cost, shellas and is bing Cheerful Girls, ® and healthy girls are almos: always cheerful. No novelist would consider his youthful hervine complete if a “ringing laugh” were omitted from the list of her charms; and in real life the girls who do not laugh now and then are seldom trusted or liked by their companions. Even beauty will not gave them A belle who falls to understand the jest of her admirers and smiles in amiable bewilderment while other people are laughing, is soon with no consolation save to won- Good a girl with “tip-tilted” nose, perhaps, and a large mouth and freckles, but the happy possessor of a pair of merry eyes and a cheerful mind. The gift of gavely is indeed of great value; but it must be gayety which originates in a kind and cheery heart, not that which {a born of mere excitement or gratified vanity. New York Ledger. A maa was recently convicted in England of having enlisted in fifteen places, decamping each time with ad- vance money, England loses about £500,000 a year from such operations, Farinelli could sing 300 notes with. most singers AN ACCIDENTAL HERS. | “VINETA JIW'S™ ADVENTURE ON THE | PLAINS. Saving a Herd of Cattle by Mistake=A | Daring ladian Escapade~Now a United States Official. Vineta Jim" is of the officials at the Capitol in Washington, He is | a man of great versatility and origin- | ality, He is not known as "Vineta | Jim” here in Washington, but he is | best known by that name down in his home in Tennessee and in certain sec- tjons of the West He has a reputa- a writer, a cowboy and an In- By many he is regarded | His friends here know | one tion as dian fighter a8 a great hero him best as a keen wit, The other day he got with a Star reporter “Accident often makes confidential heroes ' said fame. 1 have enjoyed the sensation of being a hero and have had my cour- age praised with loud acclaim, but I didn’t have the courage to tell it was | all an accident But the fact is that | things happened to me so that I couldn't of I made best of | “1 went West fron make my fortune, [ got out on the cat. tle ranges and was looking for a job I knew nothing about berding cattle [ could fairly an Southern and ronid tnat ancthar inal another just get the out being a hero, and + 1¢ Tennessee to at all ride men any horse knew nothing about and had no sort of con wel most can, manage most man herding ception of what one of those big West. could, but cattle like ROL an fern | rds was “1 had hardly on into camp among immense cattle when something happened a up that were right herd of COWDHOVS ry went there was a star We the , io ut on the air pear out on the prairis which was off ih yming on the The cowboys and cattle and scattered 1d no idea how f ned ¢ stampede ol tiie calu n front COVer- bearing down to- valry, fair tremble with the ir dilated nos and nu in a great rush Ky Ha happen ge and cut along the sunken hiding me from view ght great bearing to the ri in a ay the cow- the gallop cried one slapping me on the shoulder milled better y best | ever saw! them never cattle SAW in't know what he meant, but isaw he was pleased, so | said nothing overwhelming in their praise of my ‘milling They said 1 had saved the herd, and took me up in tri- { amph to the owner of the ranch. There was one of the cowbove | knew called Yellow John, who came from the same {county 1 did in Tennessee. 1 got him {aside and asked him what it was all about and what ‘milling’ was . thought you didn’t know « doing,’ he sald, ‘but say a word.” He then explained milling’ was leading a stampede | herd off their straight, headlong course | j and getting them to run in a circle, so { that they would get mixed up and lock- {ed in a bunch. Cowboys take the lead of a stampede herd at the risk of their | lives to save the herd from destruction or heavy loss; and this is what | had | done without intending to. “1 took Yellow John's advice to say nothing, and waz made a great hero | of. 1 was at once taken into service, | and was the highest paid cowboy on the ranch. With Yellow John's as- gistance | managed to play oul the hand. “1 was still enjoying the glory of this adventure, when in 1882, the Creek war broke out, and Lieutenant Black was ordered to prevent a collision between | the two bande of Indians, one under Speche and the other under Chicotah. | Lieutenant Black recruited his com- | pany with some of the most daring of | the cowboys, and Yellow John and I were of the party. The two bands of | indians had been advancing toward | each other, and were separated by af range of hills, and there were but two | passes through which they could go. ! Lieutenant Black's troops were camped | near one of these passes. Across the | pass from the camp was an elevation commanding a view of both passes. | Yellow John and 1 were stationed on | this elevation to watch tas further pass under orders to give the alarm if | the Indians made a move, i “Yellow John was ca his horse and 1 was standing with my hand on the saddle. Directly thers was a whiz, They were all I kinde i Ringer you were and ag arrow went through the calf die tethers and into the horse, It was just enough to set the horse wild, and it dashed off toward the camp. I threw myself into my saddle, lost the reins and horse followed that of Yellow John This happened in an instant, A arrow: ‘sllowed the first one, from and Neither any any 1d the Indians were he we but horses indians had refrain- firearms thew I do not know what happened, except that the were whizzing about me and 1 lying as close to my horse's neci shooting, the WAS poling like possessed, | into camp with revolver in each hand with ! the The t g out back, pre my shower of oN between us came camp of had ree his h choice of direction we wou take We tween us were we what knew the and that them camp right into go whers The Using and dashing bad to our took us ed from lest Et Arrows while horse all rode a al chambers and dd cw gy # empty go Lie roops rove Indians next Ks their The morn my been und that both flan of powder burnt, 1 straight down into the f shooting ared 1 did not But I was compli horse had shooting Were ground ¢ hands instead at idians, | I w both WAKE 80 8 what as doing hero Lieut Blac) on my daring, and department old Speche had been he daring venture of only gin who had fou Yellow John names and warned like to look avoided lookin ings were bel ABOUT SLEEP WALKERS. About Them and Their Nar- sow Escapes. Queer Thiogs yn of a sleep walker street railway 1d barely has brought to t idents It gentleman reme a YOung man given and and wandaer them Ano of lay the fence war 3 the were time theirs thoughts YOUBE men Just at th hat him that he fled ircumstance was so iis mind that he in the habit ng inc earl life not have the found himself at the unfinished cham ber and usually could not ufficiently to find his way to again, so one other of his would hear him crying and Naturally they bot hier » One nid at than . i a often Deen INOoOre He r 4} Years ime oa ss ry ng iA ©0 ng where he sle pt awake s bed ye pa or the rents ome to his tired of the be blamed what } the chamber was an unfin and 1 place of the guard danger end of the stairway of barrels had been placed When night's somnambulist tour culminated-—that left a lasting impres sion on his mind as well as his body he was near those barrels, and it seem-~ ed had been struggling to get through between them. when he surely muss by falling down the stairs The noise aroused the parents, and on this memorable occasion the father visited the chamber in time to save the lad from getting through got owed and n« foll should for As stated ished one rail at ths a4 number the and just A Veteran Vengeance Hunte: “I had a queer passenger over with from Russellville one trip about eight years ago,” said Capt. Cardwell on one occasion, while telling of strange experiences during his ‘eas services as a passenger conductor in the Pennyrile, “and I often thought of Bim afterward The man was aboot 60. but as well preserved as any mor tal I ever saw. His step was quick and and his eyes as bright as the While en route to Cenirail City he called me to him and (old ve that he was going to Hopkina County to see an old woman friend, who proba - bly knew the whereabouts of a man he had been searching for over half Lis lifetime. He said the pany ne v- ferred to insulted him when he ¥a: and quickly skipped out; but he swor~ he would search the nation over to find the fellow and make him stand 40 paces away with a rifle. “ile oi% stranger was in dealy earnest and there as? He was an old one 10 engazs~ in a deel, but If he ever loralrni his mark I'll bet he fought him. a es $%5¢ Leather in Great Britain. Me :y day the inhabitants of The United Kingdom wear about $1,000,000 worth of shoe leather, or about enough jeathes to make 100,00 pairs of boots.
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