Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-16

DROP OF THE MERCURY Br THURSDAY.
The hot weather that struck this neishbor-
hood yesterday came with suddenness that
was startling, but with an earnestne.s and
power that carried all before il and left no
room for argument II may be ali right for
corn and wheat but for people who have TO
work all day long in the city the rays of the
sun, both yesterday and today. were startling
in their effects. The clerk Of the weather. as
he sits in his cool and airy quarters in the sig
nal service building, has been good enough
to admit that this is unusually warm weather
for this season Of the year, but il is doubtful if
he really knows how hot IL has been in the more
exposed portions Of the city. The rumor. how
ever, that three men were shot for asking il il
was hot enough for you" seems to be without
foundation. Yesterday was q scorcher and to-
day has been as bad, though there has been a
good breeze all day that made life much more
endurable. Yesterday at am. the official
thermometer stopped for brief space Of time
at 16. This morning il went two degrees
higher, with the prospect that there would be
the same advance all along the line. Yesterday
the temperature steadily rose until il was %
degrees, the maximum at about $50 o'clock In
the afternoon.
THE HOT WAVE GENERAL
The present hot spell is general all through
the section east OF the lakes. and Washington
may take consolation in the fact that there were
lots Of places where il was hotter than il has
been here. In New York yesterday the highest
official thermometric record of the day was
SO degrees, but that was::away up on the Equita-
BILE building, above the windless and dusty
turmoil of the street. Down on the tagging
OF the sidewalks it was anywhere from IS TO 100
degrees.
The present warm wave was central on Sat-
urday In the Mississippi valley and was drawn
northward by barometric depression in the
northwest while an area Of high pressure pre-
vailed IN the lake regions. Yesterday the de-
preston spread east over the lakes and the New
England states. and the high pressure passed
to the south Atlantic coast leaving the country
between those areas SO situated as to receive
the combined effect of the heat thrown off from
the high-pressure area and the heat flowing
steadily northward into the area of low press
ure.
NO SIGN OF IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
And now in the hour of the country warmest
need Prof. Able, the predictions officer at the
weather bureau, holds out but slight hopes of
better things. There is nowhere q general
storm center from which we can expect any
hope, and relief from any such cause
as that must be purely local and
wave centering about the lake region and that
is likely to reach us in the course Of forty
eight hours or 1t is hard to tell how much
good 1t will do us, for it may lose much of its
GOODNESS before it reaches here, and New Eng
land is likely to get the most good from it.
Still, if no unforeseen accident occurs to throw
1t of the track, we may reasonably expect a
drop Of ten degrees or SO by Thursday.
is IT HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?
''Is it hot enough for your" is the question
that is being asked more frequently just now
than any other, and all because Of a change in
the atmosphere.
The hot weather during the day affects all
sorts Of out-of-doors work to a greater extent
than it does any other, although in some of the
government workshops the employees are COM
planning of poor and insufficient ventilation.
The softness of the concrete pavements makes
hauling exceedingly difficult for the animals
well as for the drivers and pedestrians who
have to cross them. Some of the car horses as
well as animals i'll other conveyances have sue
cumed to the heat. Those most benefited by
the hot wave the railroad and steamboat
companies. the owners OF summer resorts and
the corner lemonade vender, as well as the
proprietors of soda fountains.
Although the warm weather has only been
with us a few DAYS persons are hurrying off to
the mountains and seashore and the baggage
smashers are having as much they can do to
load and unload the baggage cars of trunks,
valises and bundles of all sorts.
large business this season. The season begun
earlier than it has for many years. ami the
boats have been more literally patronized.
This morning the cable cars had all they
wanted to do to transport the excursionists
from the avenue junction to the river 'front.'
more persons will go down the river to escape
the heat in the city.
CASES OF sUNsTRoKE.
Yesterday there were two cases Of sunstroke.
One was Mr.. Lawrence Herbert, as published
in yesterdays STAR, and the other was colored
man named James Rodgers.
As stated Yesterday, Mr.. Herbert was sun
struck on 9TH street while walking through the
mall He was semi-unconscious wien picked
up. but in few minutes he was able to tell his
name and residence, SO that he was taken di-
rectly to his home. That was about 8 o'clock
in the afternoon.
About an hour later Rodgers was overcome
by the heat. He was found in an alley near
18th and b streets southeast by Policemen Cot
ton and Robey, who sent him to Providence
Hospital.
In treating cases Of sunstroke physicians say
that persons unacquainted with handling such
cases should treat the patients with extreme
care and not administer stimulants too freely
in every case for while in some such treatment
would be just the right thing there are other
cases in which it would operate to the disad-
vantage and danger of the patient.
HOW TO TREAT SUCH CASES
For the guidance of the police in such cases
the manual contains instructions as to the
treatment Of the persons under different con-
ditions. Ceases Of this kind" saws the rule.
must be handled and treated with great eau
ton. If the hands and face are cold and white
eyes sunken, skin cold and clammy and bathed
in sweat. the breathing interrupted and sigh
ing. all of which symptoms denote weakness
and faintness, perfect rest quiet and stimulants
are the remedies.
do not raise them with the head high nor
jolt them in moving, nor send them any dis
lance to station or hospital until ply stefan
has examined them. Place them in a shady
locality, with head low and give small and fire.
quent doses Of stimulants until the arrival of a
physician.
IF, on the contrary, the face be blueish, or
red, or purple, with the veins of the forehead
and neck distended and eyes bloodshot YOU
must raise the head moderately and apply ice
freely to head and back of neck. Give no
stimulants without the advice Of q physician"
sIR JOSEPH FAYRER's ADVICE.
Sir Joseph Fayrer in his works says that un-
der the designations Of sunstroke, heat
apoplexy, heat asphyxia, thermic fever, ardent
fever, insulation and others are included GER
tain pathological states which, though differ
ing from each other materially, are not unfre-
quently COMPOUNDED.
After referring to the causes and conditions
the writer says:
Recovery, though frequently complete. il
aometimee tedious and occasionally imperfecf