Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-10

swinging and looked at the buib Then he
read the dry thermometer! The wet one
was 1876 and the dry one M.3. The differ
ence was 1871 degrees. He opened an old
book and scanned column of figures for
few seconds and then announced the re-
suit, much as a scorekeeper might at a Sea
Girt rifle match.
''The humidity just now is AZ degrees,
which is much less than yesterday. So we
are going to suffer less today. There is
probably just as much moisture in the air
now as there was this morning, but there is
more heat. of course, and this means q less
percentage OF relative humidity
An Interesting Theory.
Then the professor began to talk about
why this IL thus. He evolved an interest
ing theory, which, II true, may cause trou-
BILE in Europe little later.
1.-The present condition. ne said, lis due
to a general movement Of heat from the
west to the east. That is the usual course
for such developments. The hottest wave
ever known in the west occurred this year.
when. on the 18th Of July. the temperature
recorded at l0S degrees. The crops were
fairly burned up. That wave did not reach
US, but was broken .o up as the phrase is. in
a wave that reached us from the west. but
1t did not develop the same amount Of heat
there as 1t did here. II is the reverse OF the
been shining on the east and the west
with equal intensity and yet 1t has not
produced an equal effect 1t is prob
able that in a month or two there
we have had cooler weather imme-
diately preceding It, 1 believe that this Is
due to scme condition that Affects the earth,
that Is, perhaps within the earth. Remem-
Der. please. that the sun ID shining now in
both places with equal intensity. and there
Is cool wave in the west. The amount Of
heat must, therefore be regulated by some
condition or conditions within the crust OF
tHz,o o.
or whatever 1t may be. but something. new
ertheless, that controls the effects OF the
SUMS rays. The orthodox meteorologists
believe that the suns rays do not heat the
air. but that the earth is heated by the sun
and that the air gets Its heat from the
earth. l do not believe that l think the
sun heats the air and the al, together with
the suns rays. heat the earth. 1 think that
ant investigation In this science. and that
1t will develop some very material facts
concerning heat and cold"
A Cold Wave Coming.
But the professor suddenly remembered
that 1t was a condition that faced him, and
that the condition was stronger than the
theory. The condition was brought to him
by the stalwart man who has watched the
bulbs and the wind vanes and the revolving
cups on tn, roof Of the weather buerau for
years past. This is g. W. Beall. better
AuOwu III HlkneT ana more SkC2u81ve We6tn-
er circles as South West" He stood by
the screen. and brought the news that the
thermometer on the roof then registered
R degrees. That was at II o'clock.
mopping his forehead with scientific
swing Of his handkerchief. There is a
good time coming. 1t Is d co1d wave, that
IL now somewhere out In the northwest
morning. The thermometsr At Prince Al
bert, =. C.. Is now %. and II y 3S at Chey-
cr.ne; but our own lowest was 80, at Willis
ton. The greatest cold viii probably be
and then /. will warm upsasain. Yet l do
not believe that II will get as warm as II is
now again this season. THIS seems to be
the expiring gasp Of the year! and we are
excessive heat or. what Ia 3ust as bad. with
hot weather and high humfnity. There
may be a shower this eSsAirsg, though that
is not certain. and there mst not be enough
moisture.
$50 you can tell the people that they are
rot In danger Of being stampeded to the
seashores by this weather. 1t will not be
hot enough to interfere with the opening of
record that on the 10th Of September the
schools at st. Paul were closed on account
OF the intense heat. That WIN not happen
been terribly hot here for three days. Even
on Friday II was muggy and uncomfortable
Yesterday was the boss day of the wave
The people gasped for breath like chickens
In farmyard. They streamed out into the
country only to find 1t as hot there as at
home. and then they streamed back, to be
where they could get down near to the con-
ditions Of attire that prevailed in the days
OF Eden. In the evening thousands went
out on the streets and found some com
fort by walking up and down. The avenue
was lined with pedestrians, eager for q
breeze. The soda fountains were drained
II fhnir Io ct - Ga
OF establishments where the amber fluid
commonly known as beer, Is sold sighed
IN regret that there is a strict Sunday law
In the District