The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-16
NINETY-NINE IN THE SHADE.
New Workers Sweltsring Under
a Tropic Sun.
THE HOTTEST DAY YET.
Where the People Went and What They Did in
the Effort 10 Keep Cool.
HEAT AND STORM ELSEWHERE

Long before daybreak yesterday New York tossed
uneasily on its bed. flung off the thinnest
let and threw up the windows higher to get breath
OF fresh air. At three in the morning the mercury
stood at seventy-two degrees and WAS impatiertly
waiting for the to RISE At six another degree OF
steam put on and half New York tumbled out OF
bed, unable to sleep in the still sultry atmosphere
UP came the FURNISHED orb. with angry face.
one look at which was sutficent to everybody
away from the dusty streets and clustering pave
ments. Those who could leave stood not upon the
order of their going but rushed at once to the
nearest pier railroad station. where boat train
was ready to bear them away by the sad sea waves
or green hills. Near the former they could
wander along the beautiful beach, where the sand
gave back the heat Of the suns rays with
q hundred fold interest, and sand flies
took refuge beneath every shirt collar.
The mosquito led his battalions over hill
and dale. quest of the confding soul who Hed
from New York to seek peace and GOODNESS. At nine
O'Clock the streets deserted. thethermomeer
gave significant warning Of what in store. It
advanced rapidly from eighty to ninety degrees and
when the clock of old Trinity chmed the hour Of
noon New York. OF at least that portion Of it that
could not get into the country made frantic rush
for the nearest soda water stand lager saloon
NIAGARA LAGER.
From that hour fast the mercury went up
did the pile Of empty beer kegs outside each saloon.
as il in defiance. and Niagara of lager went down
q thousand parched throats King Gambrinus
reigned supreme. and DR.. Crosby and his
society forgotten. The most immacu-
late shirt collar collapsed suddenly rs
savings bank. and perspiration rolled
in beads down every face Those unhappy ones who
the scale at undue figure the particular
objects of the suns resentment Frequently
peering down the cellar stairway of some beer dis
pensary would be greeted by what would seem
to be the reflection Of the glowing orb Of the SUM-
1t only the countenance of some jolly Teuton
engaged in plotting schooner Of beer down his
throat. There little OF the wOnted hustle Of
Broadway. The cry OF the stock broker on Change
and Of the newsboy Park not vigor-
usual; hotel loungers quilted the hot pave
ment and burning pillars where they while the
hours away. There little fear Of be-
ing jostled on the sunny side OF any street.
while the shade was eagerly sought after.
population left the sitting rooms with which the
pLianthropic landlord supplies them, and the
Railways hundreds Of half naked Children 10y pant
ing and exhausted. The sufferings OF the
horses would draw compassion from any
| almost dropped every block two from
| sheer exhaustion. and numerous relays were on
hand at different points along each line There was
| attempt to run on time, each driver being con-
| tent II succeeded in getting to the end OF the
| route without killing his horses. Around every
| drinking trough the poor truck animals gathered
and plunged their into the water with an indie
| scrbable sense of enjoyment
| NINETy-NrNE THERMOMETER.
At half past three o'cissSf>a. alarming figure OF
s.ood soSnd hs at Hud
nuts watching the mercury at boiling
heat. Then they suddenly considered that It
not quite the thing to stand in the blazing
If the thermometer election returns board
aud minute later they were calling for schooners
<h~ftt hot .x~Ixyot ,In,ax
! Island unexampled for week day. Nearly
| every boat crowded from early hour
| and the railroads carried thousands to the beach,
| In the lower bay the Long Branch boats were met
| laden down with fugitives from the metropolitan
heat. In TIE deep Dtue SKY not q cloud was 70 be
pitilessly all day. until wall and pavement
became as an oven. The oonsumpt on OF fluids
| from the seductive Lemonade, with stick in it,"
| to the foaming beer, such statistcian
would be able to estimate: When the mercury is
among the nineties the laundress and the lager
beer rejoice, while every one else can only
| perspre.
Next the heat itself, perhaps the most terrible
| plague the salutation hend. He about
erywhere in door and out. in sun and in SHADE
| ana always ready to force into each
willing mortaps mind the consciousness of
his suffering. That dismal interrogation. lis
| it enough tor your? rose from every
quarter. and the cry, "a hot day." like
| slogan from lips enough to defy computation. 1t
the mark cts, and. with the aid or fan. bandanna
| and a umbrella. tried to shut out the glar-
bosom friend, with a cruel smile. would hurl that
| tiresome reminder in his face and leave him
| to perspire and ponder on it, 1t in vain the
droughty mortal in the the beer cellar
poured the amber fluid down his pxrched throat ard
looking at the world through the medium OF
schooners bottom tried to believe that comfort had
not fled from 1t entirely. Some OF Belial would
be to rise at his elbow and whisper in
his ear "Uucommon thirsty weather. Hot AS
Well, the number of the SMILES precludes fair
choice. No wonder that human nature at last re-
belled against these reminders. No wonder that
heinOus offence
into insgniicance alongside OF the terrible outrage
OF mentioning the weather. No wonder that men
went about with deadly purpose to brain the first
oficous person who would toll them 1t was hot
day
One City Father, on whose ample shoulders rested
the of the municipality. was among the first to
take pronounced position In the matter From
the steps OF the City Hall. where he had told six
teen applicants for the bis pipes and twentythrc
for the horse cars to 'see him later, he dragged
himself to a contiguous beer saloon. He paused
at the door to mop his face and look inside There
Oh the tables. The City Father knew his tate and
nerved himself to meet It. With sudden sweep he
had learned at primary elections he precipitated
aud turned to face the music At once fourteen
| opened their mouths. and the query. Ills it hot
| enough for your trembled on fourteen tongues.
..Iold up. gentlemen, roared the City Parent be-
| fore u sound articulatcd "Hold up. come
| from 4 bad 'deestrick.' where they're powerful
! strong on tho muscle. I've worked dozen pri-
maries and bounced more ballot box suffers
than s could ou count, re, PERSONALLY I'm twenty
right out from tho shoulder every time
Now. lot any tell it's hot day and I'll sail
into him like streak o. lightnin' Who's in orderY
The fourteen buried their faces fourteen
schooners; for habit strong and their tongues
would wag us it hot enough for you?" whether
they would or not.
EVENING EXODUS.
Six p M. and ninety three degrees in the shadci
Evening had come. but with 1t no 'surcease of
sorrow" The toiler plodded home with a. big
drops his brow at noontime The business
man sweltered in horse popped his head out
of 81" road equipago to catch the artificial
breeze which rapid motion begot. People
trudged through the streets and looked at the sky
and put another puzxling queries about "when
the heat would let up" II would be hard to tell