New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-31

II wa, entirely characteristic. yesterday was {;
characteristic of the much bcratcd cIlmat" oil
tins town. \ week ago We had fearful ana
destructive i rm. such Is We are wont 10 a~So-
ciatc with the climate Of the West Indies. 0r
Of the Philippines rather than with ours. And
the day before Yesterday We had another like
il. only perhaps stu more 500 ~ for the
interval between the two. II was wholly given
up To about the hottest. mu2gic>t. Stickic>t ana
altogether most ahomnnbc weather that ever
made collars limp rags and life not worth the
living The most venerable and rrmnllccntial
Of our numerous oldest inhabitants can prob
ably recall NJ single week of weather more
destructive of life and property not 10 mention
personal comfort and the moral law. than that
which came t, an unregicttcd end on Tuesday
evening. And then our climate simply set out
to show ms what il could do when il tried and
~ if in one fair day 10 make atOncmcnt for all
the horrors Of the past it gave lis yesterday.
There WIS. of course, something in the cDn-
tra,t The air had been ditch water: il be-
came champagne The sky had been an all
fnrcb ding froWn it became universal smile.
The wind had been a deyaStator il became
bcnison. But II was not all in the contrast by
any means. \ day like yesterday would
always be noteworthy. and should be marked
with a rllhric in the calendar of times faireNt
wear. The beauty Of the clouds WAS missing.
but in IL, stead was the rarcr beauty Of cloud
lcs>ncSS ranging from the pale tint, Of the
shadows ON the shore horizon t. the intense
blue Of the zenith ocean depths. The sun
shine seemed 10 seek out every nooh and
Granny in all the world. not 10 >cDrch and
;mtc and Withcr but to give light and life
and JOY. Thermometer barometer. hi gromctrr
and thermometer had bat one record t. make
a perfect day. There was probably no one.
not even "A Mugwump. in all this town who
could have mad" better one had he tried.
And how the world enjoyed it 1t was a
Lanacca for the ills of man and beast. panacca
that cpmpas'cd every school Of medicine. The
man who amid the wreck of business and
the crash of banks had fallen prey 10 the
bites turned homocopath He looked up to
that matchlcSs sky and found that Ike cured
Ike. But he turned alIopaih. too. and took the
biggest possible dose OF Natures medicine not
in di'uton either, but in full strength. And
he was all the time eclectic. for with all the
senses and powers OF his being he took every
good gift that came to hand. The miSanthropc
fund only orc man on earth T. hatc-himSclf
for being such fool and the hypochondriac
looked I'D into his Makers face and laughed
for very jo, of being. And in every park. and
along every tr.e-Shadcd street. the birds came
out rs never before since Sprngtimc Where
a dozen haplcSS Sparrows had been smittcn b,
the storm. hundred of other feathcrcd tribes
appeared. until the foliage seemed trcmulous
with their wings and the air vocal with their
scngS City and country, land and sea. test
fed with gladncSS that
one crowded hour Of glorious life.
Is worth an age without a name
and that (, see yesterday was worth enduring
all the climatic vlclsSitudeS Of all the rest of
the year And Yet. as we have said. the day
was characteristic of our climate For it is a
climate that abounds in swift surprises. often
most grateful There i, none more irving.
more depressing. more inclcmcnt. than /, this
at times and there is none. at other Times.
more full Of pleasure W the senses, OF health