Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-08-05
The summer at Home and Abroad.

The Philadelphia BHLletia remarks thatwith the ex
ception of two three days in june and as many in
july the GUNNER of 1859 has been unusually cool
and pleasant in that city, and the remark will
apply to almost every portion Of the North. The
summer is twcthirds over, and we have had no long
cheated term" and none is expected during the re-
mainder of the season, though We must be prepared
for few hot days in August and September.
The unusual GOODNESS of the weather in all the
cities Of the Atlantic coast this slmmer is airibEt
ed by some to the great number of>fcebergs in the
acean Every steamer, this season, reports seeing
hundreds of these floating crystal islsnds-msny
more indeed than consistent with either com
fort or safety. The ocean is thus converted into
great reservoir of ice-Wster, north of q certain
latitude and the atmosphere is proportOnatey cool
ed. Various Liverpool steamers, last MONTH have
reported the Thermometer ranging from 80 to 50
while they were among the icebergs. 1t is there
fore, quite plausible theory that the cool summer
in the Atlantic States is the result of icebergs 1t
gains strength from the circumstance tbs at points
far removed from the coast west of the Aegh snies
through the whole Mississippi valley and even west
Of the Rocky Mountains the heat this summer has
been excessive almost beyond precedent.
At Cincinnati Louisville and ST. Louis the Their
mometsr has for days ranged from 95 10 100, and
even higher. The nights were almost hot as
the days. and sleep was almost impossible. The
diseases Of the summer have been more violent
than usual and SO many deaths fro coup de solsiI
were never before known. Ia CslifJrnia, where the
summers are usually very pleasant, there has been
real tropical heat, with the thermometer in many
parts of the State above 1902 Fahrenheit Ia parts
of Europe the summer has been warm one, partic-
ularly in the South. In the war region OF Lombar-
dy there was great suffering from the heat The
battle of SOlferino was fought on very warm day,
slough a storm in the evening cooled the air. But
in England and other parts of Nothern Europe,
where the effects of the Gulf Stream, cooled to an
unusual degree by the icebergs, felt. there has
been no excessive heat, the highest MONDAY tenn
perature that we have seen reported being So;
while during most Of the summer it has been con-
siderably below that. Duriag the month Of June, at
Csmdentown, London, the highest temperature OBJ.
served at A. NJ. was 80o, the lowest was 44o the
adopted mean temperature for the month being 81. s.
The foreign journals by The Europa contain nu-
meroug paragraphs about the extreme heat of the
first half of the past month. July the 9th was
ported TO be the hottest day ever known in the
south Of France, the thermometer having attained
the extraordinary height of llS degrees of Fahren-
heit's scsle There has been heat approaching to
this since July, 1882, and then the highest degree
marked was but Ill Fshrenhtit.
EFFECTS eF TIE HEAT Oh SUMNER HEAD-DREssEs.
The intense heat of the summer in Europe has
induced some notifications of the prevailing fash
ions A letter from Paris reports the follWing in
formation concerning bonnets an caps.
"Fashiou in bornets is nearly at a stand-stilI
and our GrnSies, for the time being, have csaeed
racking their brains for novelties Tee newest thing
we can mention is a bonnet made of fine black hair,
embroidered with buttercups in silken straw. The
ribbon used for the trimming has black ground,
and the pwers at the eide entirely black with
Jet centres The effect of this combination is very
original a1d il has the advantage Of defying dust
The heat is too great for caps TO be worn in the
house, and their place is pretily supplied by rest
les Of silk lace. wide ribbon goes all around and
terminates in bow on enc side; but in order to
render this CO fure perfectly graceful, it should
have something like light hood at the back II
the reside is made Of gold silver thread, it can
be in the ballroom by young girls, and Spanish
acrons finely worked, serve to complete il. Fair |
women can Ihe hoo Of black lace, which keeps
its freshness and is MT oPpre' siycy hot. Elderly
ladies lire them WITH thin silk, and those who |
have plenty of hair have only to bat q flower on /
one side, and they are Ii Oncs in possession Of |
charming eoitfure.