The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-31

II our only representative at the
Court of King Sol had u set of luxuriant
whiskers. like that of United States
Commissioner Shields for instance, he
might offer some encouragement to the
wind for good stiff blow; but unfortu-
nately. Weather Prophet Dunn has
smooth and rounded chin. about which
the breezes slip without getting a grip.
This is unfair to the balance OF the
population. who have right to expect
an occasional sacrifice from public off,
Gals for the public good. Mr.. Dunn
doesn't look at 1t in that light. how
well satisfied with a trifiing breeze
which loafed along at an average speed
of four miles an hour. When It comes
| to raising the. wind. Mr.. Dunn is evil
IDENTIFY not bowling success.
| At noon, however, Mr. Dunn had
coaXed up a twelve-miie breeze from
| the South.
The temperature to-day will probably
go to so, but it will be decidedly cooler
| tonight and tomorrow, with n posi-
bility. Of a few light thunder showers
| late this afternoon and evening.
| The cool wave started in the lake
regions yesterday. where there was a
drop OF from to IL degrees In twenty
four four hours This oool spell VIII last for
and will be followed by a scorcher from
the, extreme Northwest part of the
| United states.
In the Dakotas and Montana the Their
mometer is climbing at rapid
Upper ~ u Missouri and and Mississipilptl
tered from IS to lO4 yesterday. This ex.
cessive heat Is following close behind
the cool wave and VIII strike New
There soV We're heaSy Showers during the
night in the Southern Atlantic and Gull
States. the rainfall at Savannah
The. month of July. which closes to-
DAY Day. ma, has made a record or which the
pressed the opinion that 1t had probably
been the hottest July since the establish.
nent Of the signal service. Never before
has New York experienced tempera
ture of 50 degrees two days in succession
This occurred last saturday and Sunday
when the average maximum tempera
was an excess of 65 degrees over the
mean temperature, or about degree:
a day.
Since March the excess over the
since Jan. / 1t is 466 degrees. In every
month this year there has been an ex.
cess Of prn neat oyer yer the mean tssmpera
age rainfall has had a great deal to dc
with this. The deficiency in rainfall
during July is l5S, and for the year 63S
greatest in the Eastern and Contra
States. The humidity. whi-n mas also
been far above the normal in New York
has contributed not a little to the gen
eral discomfort.
In view of these facts, Mr. Dunn wa.
probably right when he nodded approva
to a remark that the month of July, 1894
had been baked fried and stewed, ant
would be filed away among the records
II burnt and almost unrecogniZable little
package of condensed caloric.
m 10 fAN las
north of the United States boundar,
line where the tempera ture this morning
is only two degrees above freezing
point. Such place is White River
Canada, Just north of Lake Superior
where the thermometer stood at "a at
O'Clock. The coolest place In Unci.
. Sans country Is San Francisco. with :
temperature of 50. and the warmest
, Key West. with 81. At Boston at
o'clock it was "a; Chicago. 20; Philadel
phia. rs: St. Louis. IS; st. Paul. IS: New
Orleans, IS.
Last night the temperature was Il
the same as on the night previous.