Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-05-27

An omcer of the Weather Bureau in
Topeka.

Among the arrivals at the Windsor
yesterday morning was venerable bald
headed man who closely resembles pic
lures OF Baron Humboldt There was
an air Of mystery about the old man
that the geusts could not fathom. Some
said it was Sir Morton Peto, the English
railway king. Others said it was Sam.
uel J. Tilden. Finally Commonwealth
reporter sent his card up to the venera-
BILE strangers room, when he was gra-
olousiy received by the stranger and pre-
scented to his wife and five beautiful
daughters. 1t was strange thing to
see live beautiful daughters travelling
with the ame par -nts aud all OF them
ninglyslboat the same age.
When our reporter ventursd to ask
the illustrious stranger abort his mission
to Topeka, he said
II am the chief Of the new weather
bureau recently established in New York
Our mission and business is to furnish
weather to suit the different States. l
arranged the recent hurricane ia Kan
sas City and am now IN Topeka to be
present ut hurricane which we have
appointd to take place next Thursday "
"And you say that the Kansas CITY
hurricane was gotten up especially for
that city,
Certainly, young man; yon see there
had been gou.i deal 81 wind abont
Topeka, especially about th- STATE
House, and Kansas City was islious, a.,
they sent Tor me to get up ths riv.l
wind, and | fancy l succeeded We y
well. Yes, sir" said the old naa, as ne
rubhe his bald head with silk La i'd
kerchiei, ''is wa, pretty fair hurricane
pretty fair"
''How hard did it blow over therey'
asked oar reporter. believing the Kan
sss City papers had lied about their own
wind.
"Well, my son, it blew hard--yes,
very hard. Iu several instances it blew
post holes clear over the river into Clay
county. Deacon Coates, Of the Coates
House, told me that it blew his cook
stove seventeen miles and came back
the next morning and got the griddles. y
"My graciousl"
eyes, sir, and worse than that. Four
Kansas City editors got caught out in
that wind. They carelessly left their
mouths open when the wind caught
them behind their teeth and turned them
inside out and"
Heavens! did it kill them?'
"Well, no, but they were good deal
discouraged, my son. There was one
very queer circumstance, though. 1t
seems that about a dozen Journal re-
porters were returning from prayer
meeting"
Prayer meeting"
Eyes. my son; returning from prayer
meeting, when the wind caught them
and blew them right mp against 9
stone wall and fattened them out a
thin as waters. In the morning there
| they stuck on the wall and"
ibid it kill them."
ssNo, you can't kill o reporter, ny
son. But as was saying the next morn
ing there they stuck until Mr.. Van Horn
went out with q wheelbarrow and spade
and scraped them off,
"Did you see these Asttened report
erss"
~ did. Mr.. Van Horn was just send
ing them to Texas by Express"
'ssyhat for! WHAT could they d.
with these fat reporters in Texas:"
"Mr. Van Horn told me they were (,
be used rs circus posters, and"
"What is your nsms,' asked our re
porter.
| "You can rely upon my statements
young niau. My name is Eli Perkins
and"
| "EliS'
eyes"
Good morning, Elil' and our re
porter was away. Topeka Common
reaith.