Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-27
CAUGHT IN WINTER CLOTHING.

of humidity meanwhile, without really
knowing what has killed us. or course
1t is easily understood that owing to the
proximity of the sea there Is naturally
more moisture in tho air of New York
city than in that of an inland town. But
why there should be more moisture in
the air now than there was ten years
ago the majority of persons cannot I'M
derstand and probably never will.
Another thing that causes good deal
of mental as we'll as physical distress to
New Workers is the fickleness OF the
weather. Why cannot we have, say,
ninety days of 80 degree weather, be-
ginning at about the LIST of June and
ending on tho LIST Of September? There
are few of us but can remember when
such an approximate condition of heat
and time existed Under such condi-
tions we soon became accustomed to the
heat. Our necks became sunburned,
perhaps, but, like the residents OF New
Orleans or Houston, we soon adapted
ourselves to the changed order of things
But what do we get now? June ushered
in with snowstorm, icicles in our
whiskers, pneumonia in our lungs.
Forty-eight hours later it is 80 dogs.
in the shade; pedestrians caught in win
ter flannels, their tongues protruding
like lizards on a hot rock, streams OF
perspiration sprinkling the streets, and
a general frying of fat. This continues
until the graveyards are replenished
| nicely. Then comes week Of rain,
during which it looks as If Broadway
were located off Newfoundland in fog
and umbrella ribs drip like leaky roofs.
IL Mr., James Russell Lowell were alive
today and lived in New York city he
wouldn't write any more poetry about
rare days in June, unless he meant thai
they were as rare as porterhouse steaks
in the desert of Sahara. The moderr
New York June day means either par
boiling in humidity or a shiver IN al
overcoat.
June is not windy month in the city
What air there is is apt to move very slow
ly, and not even the police can make
hustle. The only wind is produced b,
| the political conventions. The norma
velocity of wind in June is about twelv
miles an hour, but vary little of this
felt in the street owing to the height
the buildings. But when the sun goe
down red and angry behind the statu
$ of Liberty, as if loath to leave his vic
S tins, there comes little relief. Tn
e children tumble out Of the tenemer
$ houses like kittens, the sidewalks in tn
| Of
with men and women seated on tn
:; doorsteps, the fire escapes are utilize
h "a balconies and lovers seek trystin
places on the roofs.
e But to return to the lack Of continuit
y in either hot or cold weather, let
e ouote Gerrett Serviss, the astronomer,
K explanation Of the fickleness OF dan
Il nature In this respect. He says that
: this 'shenanigin" Is due to the sun
I. nearly as he Dan find ont. Old Sol, }
J." states, has been very risky OF late, Gu
81 ting up all kinds of pranks up there
:, the sky. In fact, Old Sol has been !
=" dulging recently in series OF elt
trical storms, caused by the Lord on
We knows what, and has been having j
IL of fun by himself and incidentally ma
oil ing things rather unpleasant for us.
Mr.. Serviss says that when Old S
IL, gets real hot and angry he shoots o
nd enormous tongues of fire which lie
ss thousands of miles into space; that the
electrical storms are becoming more n
81 81 more frequent, and that it is not at
NJ improbable that when the King of F.
gets into a really melting mood one