The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-02

The we..her--"Hot, Hot, Piping Hot,
Over and over again we have said,
sthis is the hottest day Of the season."
but the advent of another changed our
MUD and proved US mistaken. Another aud
another has followed until We long since lost
the weary score. At last we say with Pro-
fessor Loomis, who probably knows, This
is the hottest summer for forty years" Peo-
pie who lived so long ago, may possibly have
some vague recollection of such q season,
but We are incredulous.
We really think that the helianthropi have
got an extra supply Of fuel up there in the
sun, and are practicing upon the.feelings ofus
poor planetary bodies
Even the heat Of politics and present
canvas stand but little show with the ther-
mometer at one hundred in the shade. Pub
lie attention is too completely absorbed in the
momentous endeavor Of trying to keep cool.
Il is true that the Democracy made des-
perats attempt to get up q 6ne display Of po-
litical pyrotechnics. on the fourth of July in
in New York. However, the fame which went
up out oil the west, to consume the bonds and
the bondholders in one grand Democratic
funeral bond6re subsidized after q few iee-
bic corruscations. For, what security is
sfhefS 10 mans INDUCING the fever heat with.
in while the outside temperature is above
blood heat? So, like sensible men, it ia said, ,
the delegates took to iced drinks. Their Ere
went rapidly down and down, until ,here was
but jus. enough left for burning the accus-
toned negro in efigy, and to nominate Sey-
mour, the representative Of Eastern bonds
holders, and Blair, the Missouri renegade.
It must have been on some such day - the
present, that Sidney Smith expressed long
ing to lay of his aesh and sit in his bones.
III is hard enough for tho most confirmed
optimist to count up on bis fingers his bless
,ngs 10 the mids. Of such sweltering heat
his digits will not rise except in expostnla-
ton.
The sun was up much earlier than we, this
morning, and by the time We were ready to
enter on our daily routine, he was out in great
yigor. At 8 O'Clock \. y. the temperature
~ ninety.,wo tn the l-af-checkered shade
on the north side Of our dwelling. We seize
our trusty umbrella lalreAdy needed and
act our face like : flint for our town work.
As the day advances. We tlmidiy peep out Of
our Office the air from the street meets US
like the puff OF furnace. As the sun passes
its incoming, the air seems fairly to paipitate
with heat we can see it qnivering over the
pavement and along the walls Of sdjacen,
buildings-it seems striving to get away from
itself.
The water cart which passes along dis.
pensing its GOODNESS, appears AS puny and
futile an enterprise as that OF Mrs. Parting
ton 10 her pattens, with broom and mop at
tempting to mop and wiring out high tide Of
the Atlantic ocean, which was invading her
d,micile. Big letters upon the cart happily
remind US to 90 to Kerr Fuller's for conso-
lation. We do so, and enjoy q few moments
of estate relief drawn from their beautiful
fountain. A reliable thermometer indicates
1919 in the shade ct 2 r. n. The newspa-
pes are full Of sympathetic kilograms from
many and distant points over the country,
showing that old sol is no respecter Of
places or persons, and our only consolation
is the company which misery loves. The
heavens above seem pitiless. and like great
dome Of superheated brass, inclosing us ell.
Broad-backed men stand out on the land
scspe, here and there, in little knots, seeking
GOODNESS and finding none. Their feet have
sure instinct tor shady corners. The morn
ing newsis long since stale, so they are dis.
cussing and " cussing the weather, compar-
ins notes, only to end the wonderful identity
in human experiences.
g Fat men infatuate fan the stagnant air. /"
All are intensely striving for tho single com
fort Of coolness. After winding up the "a
tisiing business, or more fatiguing no bust
ne1s Of tho day, we wend orr weary way
boulevard. We are welcomed BY the blss-
ing face Of our wife, flushed BY increased
casps and kitchen duties, our girl having
thrown mp her hands and work 1t the same
due and taken vsvy nm French lsavs Of %.
TIE dear wifs sabsides q the sight Of % With
eas'dla~n ishA possibly oSsr some recol-