New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-18
A FORETASTE OF AUTUMN.
COOL NIGHTS AND PLEASANT DAYS.

SCENES IN TIE CITY YESTERDAY-WHAT PROVES
sOR DRAPER sAYs-LOwER TEMPERATURE
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
People seemed disposed TO walk in the sunshine
yesterday for there a chilliness in shady places
that was far from agreeable to those who In
summer attire. Almost everybody walked a little
fasCer than usual for although the atmosphere was
fresh and bracing-and it was not really cool ac-
corjng 10 the thermometer-the change from ex-
cessively warm weather has been sudden that
people have not had time TO prepare for 1t. and
therefore the cold is more perceptlble than it wond
have been had it come on more gradually. con-
siderable number of those who were out in the
early morning. and also in the evening. did not
disdain spring overcOats aud during the day
most of the women who were out wore light sbawls.
The scashore did not tempt many people TO leave
the city and those who patronzed the boats were
content to remain inside the cabin there were few
outside on the forward decks. There was brisk
breeze blowing all day, which made il seem cooler
in the city, and made travelling on the excursion
boats extremely uucomfortable Few Of those who
went 20 the beaches cared to 20 in the water The
windows IN the street-cars and elevated railroad
trains were generally kept closed By the passenge
People who have slept with their chamber windows
wide open during he summer have kept them low
cred lately. and an extra blanket has been used.
Cooling drinks have been at a sad discount, and
the peripatetic vendors Of weak lemonade wore tx
press0ns Of melancholy. Clothing store propfe-
tors looked happy as they placed their dummies
dressed in latest fail styles ont on the pave
mcnt ard the Bowery dealers smiled complacently
M they regarded the mercury on It's downward path.
In the poorer districts the cool weather came as
positive relief and welcome despite its sudden
advent. Those who have only looked INTO TIC ten
cpcDt houses during the day time can hftle appre-
Gin ia uvn N OF
Crowded t. sutfocauon, poorly Vrntiafed. ana
generally poorly drained, they are terrible places
when "a Is hot. and II cannot be surprising tnat
Their inhabitants often prefer To sleep on cellar
doors OF upon the benches in the parks. Cool
weather, however, render them more toleraDie' ana
their sIckeniDg odOrs less percepbble.
There were not a great many people IN Ceniral
Park Yesterday, and most of those who were tnere
seemed 10 be strangers visiting the CIV he ami
mails IN the GEOLOGICAL departments seemed rather
more comfortable account Of the change IN The
weather; the Polar bear was no longer swayug 20
and fro but lay under his lealSv roof smiling con-
tentedv. The monkeys seemed less active than
usual, and were disposed TO lie in the sunshine
which came through ndOw in one SIDE ot their
At the meteorological observatory in the Park the
thermometrcal records for the past three days are
as follows:
Date. Maximum. Minimum.
A A, ~. --.--'.----- p m M 80 nm 55o
Aasst .....3 D. @ m 20 a. m 80
This cold season Is not unusual for this time of
year." sand Professor Draper " but we ieel 10 more
now because II has come on 50 suddenly. Last year
on August 10 the minimum temperature was as low
as 500. he highest temperature IN the same month
was go on the ID. Comparing this year with last
year the record Is rs follows:
Mean temperature August 10 :. 1S79..---....--75o
Mean temperature August ] 10 z lss0.---------l5'
Mean temperature August 20 -, lS'S--------zV s0
Mean temperature August 10 To- LoSO-- --.----'4'
u do not think that this sudden cold VIII do any
material damage in this neigh borhOOd, although 10
may DO harm further Nor.h. Here the tomatoes.
cucumbers and other garden products may be in-
fIfral IffI a la al
suffer any. North of this-especlally IN the Cats
Kill reglOns-l there are heavy trosts reported
There of course, there will be trouble with crops
Frost unusual so early IN the year as this. hear
that many Of the guests leaving the hotels there
owing TO the cold of the past few DAYS"
Can 70. tell the cause OF the cold wave that Il
passing over the country now p
We'll there are various theories about hot and
cold waves, but their real origin has never been
satisfactorily explained. We learn IF their exist
ence before they come here from the Government
reports and we calculate ahead now soon they
will reach NJ, out how they start IL a matter not
yet unoer stood. This year when previous to July
had been been behind every other year Tor nearly
half-a-centuTy IN the amount Of it's rainfall, has
been redcemng itself For the month OF July there
was a fall Of s.53 Inches-an amount greater than
has fallen in any other July for fOrty-One years
back. During this month there has been rainfall
Oi .. II IEcueSD
Although there was delightful moonlight in the
evening, there were not great many persons on
the streets and the benches IN the parks and squares
were not at all crowded. There was Il Orisk breeze
blowing across the Battery Park, and there were
fewer people there than usual. Those VINO
passed Huunuts Pharmacy and took the trouble TO
look at rue thermometer pulled up heir coat collars
when they saw go registered a. D. n. The
record for the day was a. follows a. M. 800: 6
A. m, 5So a. M, 66o II M. To; $3.50 p. M, 7So;
q p. ILL.,, 712; . p. m. Go. On Monday rhe record
was still ower; go at 3 a. NJ, $50 at g a. M $50
at 9 a. H.. go Al II H., 10 at $3.50 p. NJ. 69o at
d D. M, 81 at 8 p. NJ, and go at II midnight.
Al the UnIed States signal Station on top 81 the
Equitable Building the records gave the lempera-
ture as 5Sc at a. M; y lo at a. M, and 721 at
D. N. Ihe wind sou Invest. with velocity Of
ten miles an hour The barometer was slowly tall
ing and the prospect was that the weather wOnld
become warmer to-day. Throughout the whole
country there has been cooler weather for the past
cool M nght but hot in the day time, the changes
beng very great in "A few hours The following
table from observations taken at am. and at 3:l2
D. H.. Indicates these