, 1881-09-07
Gas-Jcts Burn will. The yrllIfancy OF
Electric LlglIts-Otller Gu.
rions Sights.
The Signal Office Prophesles tho End Of
the Present Term Of Heat.
STRANGE ATMOSPHERIC: p1IENOM-
EEA.

VI kAN FA$4 AQl ~HAt " u GGItGF lETHts
was 10 Intense AZ to f,e patnfMl 10 the eye, and
alt brilliant colors, and purtIculnrIy Those
that contrast most directly With yellow,
lnAsQueraltl under new and BtrAslKu hu,.s.
Tho grass turned dark and dull, until It matched
green blinds. neIicutoly coiored flowers faded
until taoy becutnc Interesting aa curlosftioa.
Tho clear white llvht into which rho pris,natlc
coiors blend was nnwhcre to be found. Yellow
assumed tho mastery Of all tho rest. and Nature
wore d Juuni;ce'l look. The uls was lighted III
hus1ncss houses. Offices, factories, and dwellings
throughout tho city. nnd kept burning JurinK
the day. They had n whfttsh glare re-
senbllnY tho illumination produced By
electricity. Tho faircst blonde looked like
hlenched Offspring OF copper.culorcd r.ct,
and the silycry hairs Of ago MI turned to golden
locks. The nlr Is clUsg. oppressive. A.ld sticky.
Discomfort FeIgne1. Everything was wlltctl and
lifclcss. Tho jaunticst hat lookcd like warn
relic Of lust season. und gayesy, and flags hung
dropping about their pnfcs. Naturally thcre
was considerable fear among tho tllnld NJ to
what evil was portendIng, md there was evt-
IDENTIFY q feeling Of uneasincss even among tho<o
who pretended to experience no alarm.
ThsFS bsS ws.s certainly OF ,h9 xs ns
important exception thut tbo utro1uator did i!o1
fnil. Tho explanation Of tho phenomenon IL,
stuady current Of mir moving slowly toward tho
eoAst from Cannla. bear!ux tho b1nukc from The
aosa i1s s II tbo ef eoa I'D T as
mingled with fog,
the existence NJ thu susne phellutnanol. III
Fail River The Il storcs md many residences were
I'LL public EthtpllS Weru closed. iu NMKhun.
Kinda Of inioor business. t'aslaht bud tho
Hae aa were Of II ght Ercen hue. The miiia ana
Htores III North Adams wore l!Rhtea during tho
ctcntrr. and BY n0on rho sun SHINE like brill
lint pInk bull: For II ti1lc. tho heat WIS very
Oppressive. ~ some Of tho country towns lii
woro 50 frightened rhat they stopped work u,l,i
lied ho;no in fenr. The streets wcru covered
With excited people. many Of whom expressed
Al Hanover. n IL: sha Ky ossrhcsd " was % q d
Isht Io'iye. shad;ny ii all ,ri around !1. 70 ~ .
q @ S pronounccd s ~ ] ro!iowis- sreen co!or. %
Tho green color Of grasa. trees, etc., was much
intensified, while houses pnnteA white showed
l.rnfcesor VI Na.ur,l! Philosophy Ut Dartmouth
College, aays i must DC = something L. ln TIC IT.
wacS Sr
color Of yellow mud green. lie thinks i tnny he
owing to the pollen frotn ttr and plno trecs; to-
ndn. IN soil1c OF tho tNwns on Cape Cod cattle
euasc1 fead'nE and hens went to rgost. It was
hoss bosh ss md anor
phrtakcn Of by lnlnp-llght. Offices and stores
wcro lighted, and lamps ,sero called Into use In
| wcro lighted ut tnidlAy. and Insects sounded
the!r esonlng uotcs.
HAitTYoMp. sopt. o:-Thss city STARED u tho
| Gns had to be used everywhere, md int light
w4s ~ whtte as tho etectrlc jluht.
Just ns tho President arrtved. showed sixty-dyd
vGsaeis go!ns up md down the Now Jersey st;ast.
uTIvA. n fS IL Sept: G-Tho peculiar seow,
| here and rtpnrtS Rhpw that 1t Wu8 remarked