Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-23
THE HOT WEATHER
decreases and the People Rejoice
SFeatIy-Cause OF the Heat and
Fians for Keeping Cool.

rians for Keeping Cool.
Philadelphia Bulletin.l
Now that the hot-headed thermome.
teFs have cooled down sufficiently IN
listen TO reason, it may be tibet the cause
OF the hot spell which has rested upen
the CITY Tor the past few days eau be &c.
counted Tor. A great mistake has been
made IN a%ttributing the heat to the avs
OF the sun, whereas that old luminarv
has kept at a greater distance from Tho
earth than in the month of December
and the very thought of the sun using
the atmosphere IS a burning glass to
wIther up Sweltering mortals is prepos.
ferrous. ~
The real cause Of the hot spell is due
entirely to the thermometers, and when
once thermometers are banished TO the
North Pole there will be no more heated
terms or thermal waves.
A CASE IN POINT.
10 show that people are guided entire.
" oy th~ermometrical markings, it is only
necessary to mention a few instances
Mr.. Smith awakes in the morning In a
great perspiration and can't sleep. he
looks at the thermometer and finds that
1t IS down to forty degrees, a fact so sic.
nlheant that he ~shudders, puts on an ex.
ira quilt or two sad takes a supplement.
tai nap, and this, too, on such a day as
yesterday.
Later, 6uding the instrument still At
forty, he doffs his summer garments,
puts on thick clothing and an o~yercoat'
and walks briskly down town, stepping
on the way for o few hot punches On
arriving at his place of business Mr.,
smith sees everybody in a swelter. some
eollsrless, others under steam fans. and
all trying to keep cool, while the Their.
mometer is at ninety-seven. On exani.
nation he discovers that his own Their.
mometer had become broken, and the
mercury, in running out, found its level
at forty, and thus made him think that
the atmosphere was cool.
INFLUENCE OF THERMOMETERS
The very sight of a Thermometers at
W is enough to produce a profuse per.
SEPARATION, aud hence if the instruments
were abolished or the freezing point
raised to go there would be less suffer.
Ing among the people.
Another reason given as the cause Of
Inc extreme heat is that it is the result
OF an overheated Imagination. Had
people been expecting cold, chilly air
from the extreme north, instead of a hot
wave from the west, the results of ths
past lew days might have been different.
expectations, however, have been real.
ized, and as the weather bureau did not
wish to disappoint the community. the
roasted atmosphere was served In due
However, as the Thermometer will not
down, unless lowered into a we'll or
PACKED with ice, and as humanity 10 gen.
eral will not try these experiments it
nay be we'll to suggest a few ways of re-
iuclng the temperature.
PLANS FOR KEEPING cool.
Tbe plan in vogue in India Of being
up 10 a large stone lar or inc
tanned continually by RELAYS OF M.
10 inJnns Is said to work admirably. A
tone jug is naturally cool = the verv
'ppVSlte 10 the little brown jug made of
..arthenware and whose contents are so
'ghly priced by unsteady individuals,
n all cases during the hot spell, it is far
'etler to be inside the Jug than to be {
utslde Of the contents Of the little
wide Temperance statistics G
Again, a concerted plan by ali the a
itlzens OF the city might rob the heat Of '
ONE of its terrors. To this end the q
mayor should issue a proclamation re. e
uiring everybody on the streets to keen C
i've tootin'diameter ian in motion. Bv )
means, according to the scientific b
'rmula, KY h240N 3Fe.2, the heated f
.lolecules of the air would rise and he g
over to Camden, and the cool C
Molecules would fall. Result Il Cool Ii
(Philos. Nat, vol. 3. pp, '
The only diaiuclty to be an. a
rehended would be in securing concert. b
4 action, otherwise the plan would fail. a
It Is feasible can be proved BY an v
xpeTluental test. Suppose the citizens Il
, 1t at 8 o'clock this evening. 1t NAV n
'em ridiculous, but what's the odds so b
'og as cool weather is secured, a
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