Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-28
YES, IT'S VERY HOT
Old Sol Mercilessb Moving
Down Humanity
WITH HIS BURNING SHAFTS
Dsssn and sunsroks Eserywhsfs Preva-
lent-The Harvest IN This City.
The Humor Of IL.

Yesterday Bur It wAs al improvement
over Tuesday. The thermometer dur
ing the nsttess Ftlons Of the day did
not 90 above "a degrees IA the shade.
SotwIthssandlng the a.most unendur
able heat. Grand Rapids is having .
cool TINS in comparison with many
other eitirs- Through the great nortn-
west tue temperature is not excessively
Mt. bat IN the Ohio valley the heat u
overpowersng. From sli over the
eouaLfy come reports OF intense suffer
iag and appalling Ioss of llfe- From
New York cOine the most agonlzsng
stories OF the work Of tue demon neat.
The streets of the great metropolis re-
fleet the heat ike sne sands Of sahara
Bst IN ehss.gs-
Ia Chicago the situation IL better than
in New York. pnE - bad enough.
Deaths froaa prostrstion are go common
as 20 De scarcely noticed bv the general
public. A. least flfteen persons u day
ARE Welding up their lives on the solar
altar. and the Eumoer of persons that
siIi suffer permanent physical aud
mental inlunes from the effects OF
prOstrsuon will never definitely be
known, hut it wllI run far INTO the hun
dreds. The police and coroners have
been unable 20 attend TO the cases that
come To their notice. and u Is estimated
that A large perceatsge Of the prostra-
tious are never reported.
Washington, II. Louis and Sioux
City are among the other sufferers.
While the temperature ln the ucrtn
and northwest 70 ranging from "a TO 81
degrees. the residents OF New Orleans
are rejoicing IN the ccolness of m 81
and 81 degree climate.
While Il was somewhat cooler IN
Grand Rapids yesterday than II Was the
day before, yet everybody was IN con-
dItion OF mental and physical prostra-
ton. The protraeted heat Is having q
very detrimental effect on bcHnvss.
The only insutcti n that IN suffering
Any is the street Railway company. In
the language Of a lament.d novelist
these days are lust nuts" for 1t.
Nobody wsn walk.
The public has developed most cor
dial and enthusiastic Antipsthy for that
heAltnful and delightful exercise
known - waking. Any person that
has to r., q distance Of two blocks.
chserfuliy waits tor . street car, and
doesn't grumble il be has To wait
twice ~ long Tor the car As would
take nic to walk - hrs destination.
Time 10 nothing aud comfort 10 every
thing. Large numbers Of persons
board the cars and ride around the
city for pleasure. Several OF the lites
make q round trip OF SIX or eight
s,iles and considerable coolness
can be extracted from the ride. Every
body took the shady side OF the street
Yesterday and one might have sus-
pected the prevalence of some deadly
epidemic on the north side Of Monroe
street from the persstency with which
pedestrians nv, ided 10. The only thing
that IN any way equals the brick pave
ment ON Monroe street IN point of heat
~ the aspnait on Canal street. The
suns rays have played upon It until i,
has become Q visctd stretch OF Tar aud
sand.
Al the city hall nobody attempted 10
do anything except to keep cool. Or
dinary existence MAS competing with
The historical grssshopper of EccIesias.
tes IN being burden.
Too Hot q. raik
The clerks refused To- dIscuss their
time honored subjects of tariff and
foreign immigration. and the assIstante
IN the Office of the board II pubic
works we're IN fav of the citv's pro-
curing ia future water supply from an
iceberg. Even the elevator felt the ef-
fests of the heat aud dragged Its load
of passengers under protest
Tue library was deserted except for .
few adventurous readers whose desire
for summer reading overcame their
aatpAthy to summer exertIou-
The worst sufferers IN sll the city are
the babies. The swtul heat 10 . severe
trial for their immature G Institutions.
and many OF them are succumbiDg to
the strain While cases of cholera IN
fsntum are not numerous, yet thev are
decidedly deadly. and most of them
thus far have resulted fatally.
About s o'clock yesterday afternoon
the sky in the wcst vas overhung with
clouds, and there vas fair prospect
for a shower; but they could not heat
ND agsInst the torId counter blasts.
The sky soon became clear again. and
the prospects for . change for the bet
ter wers diminished. The resorts wefe
illed with heated humanity striving
to get a breath of air that wss not
laden with dust. and persons sat on the
doorsteps and Iounged IN hammocks
until q late nour, because it was TOO
hot 20 20 TO bed.
slept IN aass TABS
The hotels came in for their share OF
heat and profanity and the utmost
efforts of CLERKS. porters snd bell bows
we're Insufficient to keep the guests
cool and comfortable. Happy the man
that succeed in getting room with
bath. he crswled IN tie tub and
turned on the cold faucet Then ss
the lmpl,i isqnsd gurgted around him.
hs quietly fesl asleep and dresmed ne
vas back with the boys IN "the Old
svimmin' hole"
A. the Morton house an enterprls-
ING individual manufactured q ther-
momeser that wsH snd ldssi Instru-
naent ia its line. IL didn't make any
attempt 20 record the sctusl tsnapers.
tire. but satisfied itself hy indicating
how not q sesnsed. A. o'clock the
mercury marked 80 degrees Fshren-
bert. and tae hard werkias. enserpris-
ing httle shessaotneter never allowed
the quicksilver % drop below th~ 900
degree mark n al the long, torrtd day.
Enormous Dessn Rate IN Chicago.
CHScAao. Julv 7T.-The .corehsrs
rsys frou old soss bvszsn face consanae