The evening world., 1894-06-27

- - eel! exclaimed MT
Dunn with an unbecomlng touch OF as.
perity as he entered his Once this morn
ing and his waiting friends, the report.
srs, politely inquired: lis 1t hot enough
for you?'
Rats" he repeated, making himself
understood to his abashed audience
THAT Is an absurd and intolerable
phrase. 1t Is the stock In trade Of silly
people and you gentlemen surprise me
Why. the fellow who would use that
inane and hackneyed remark would buy
green goods or eat with his knife"
A dozen scarlet faces were bowed in
humility under this singing rebuke, and
dozen faithful pencils recorded tha
| official condemnation OF that heretofore
popular and innocent salutation for hon
weather.
Mr.. Dunn was so elated over last
nights experiments with the big flash
light at Sandy Hook that he went on
talking In dots and dashes and drum.
pencil AS he Inspected his instruments
and reports.
This may be a RECORD, breaker" he
said at last I'VE have only to pass the
touched ON June q In 1915 and 1876. to
make a new record ana we have a good
start for II. We have prime combna-
ton of heat and humidity for that pur-
pose There were IS degrees OF warmth
and rs per cent OF moisture hereabOuts
at o'clock. and both are rising. -.
There were showers In nearly all
parts OF the country during the past
twenty-four hours except along the Dor
der OF the Middle Atlantic and New
England States and the extreme South
came in the form OF thunder storms and
they were heavy and violent at many
places in the interior, ,..--.......
THE hot wave Is stationary east OF
the Mississippi this morning. 1t has be-
come cooler over a, part OF the lower
lake region, At o'clock this morning
the temperature here and at Philadel
w Msfsn sos,on Gsio akSanS sna s.
New Orleans. Is; San francisco, TO-;
jacksonville, rs.
The hottest spot was Key West, with
g degrees and the coolest. Seattle. with
The indications for the next thirty
six hours. ending 7, ~. tomorrow, FOR
northeastern New York including Long
Island, also for Northern New Jersey
and Connecticut, are for fair weather
except thunder showers this evening or
slightly cooler tomorrow. with south
west to northwest winds prevailing"
The temperature rose slowly but stead
lly after S O'clock. and the humidity ma de
a tlhIN1tbh lNtp ihIllb blt next TWO
hours. until. AZ 10 O'Clock, It reached the
oppressive record Of 80 per cent, Some
relief was afforded by a twelve knot
breeze from the south, but altogether
the weather was a fair sample o. what
the future is popularity believed TO have
In store for the wicked.
Mr.. Dunn was not slow in returning
10 the subject OF the nash-lisht expert
ments. He was clated over the success
OF the tests OF last night from his perch
on the roof OF the Equitable Building
when he took half dozen messages
from the 200, 900 900 candle power light at
Sandy Hook. His own stock Of mag
nesium lights, by which he Acknowledged
the receipt Of messages, Was both poor
in quality and limited in quantity, but
there was nothing the matter with the
big searchlight,
The ares, dips and flashes by which It
traced the Morse alphabet upon the
sky were plainly seen In Harlem II
not farther, and Mr.. Dunn says that
he was able to read the signals with his
hack turned to the light. so strong
and searching were Its rays.
To AFFORD comprshensible description