St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-20
HAvETO HAVE so MUCH OF 1T
SAYS sERGT. LYONS, WHETHER
1T COMES WHEN DUE OR
+ LATER.
BUT Ut WILL BE SOME COOLER
A Chilly Blast From the North
west Is Headed This
Way.


called the anarchy of nature, is La
bic to step in any day and make
new conclusion necessary, knock the
bottle out of the premises, reasoning,
conclusion and all, as it were. Put
this question two months ago to any
school boy who had ever looked in
side the covers of a work on phil
osophy: why is 1t that, while the
SUMS rays strike the north tenn
perate zone more nearly direct on
the 21st of June than on any other
day in the year, the months of July
and August are warmer than the
month of June?" and he would an
swer:
Because the warm rays of the
sun as it gradually creeps north
ward during the spring months has
so warmed the earth by the time it
reaches it's northern limit that the
earth continues to receive more heat
during the day than it radiates by
night until along about the last of
August"
This is the regulation answer Of
the text books on philosophy-at
least 1T was not many years ago, and
probably is yet, as no notice of any
such important change taking place
has been given. But suppose the
man who makes philosophical books
were asked why it Is that in a sum-
mer when the suns rays did not
seem to begin to warm the earth
much before the 21st of June and
very little for long time afterward,
that season when the sun had reced-
ed so far south that it stands almost
directly over the equator is the
warmest Of the whole year-put that
question to him, and, in the Ian
guage of the street, the old; boy
would simply have to throw up his
thumbs. 1t is just one of those
things that result every now and
then from the anarchy Of nature to
show men how little is to be known.
Yesterday was the 10Th day Of
September. In just three days more
the sun will stand vertically over the
equator. Three months will then
have elapsed since the day it's rays
shone most directly on this section
of the earth, and yet, with the ex-
ception Of two or three days little
over a. week ago, yesterday was the
warmest day of the year, the tenn
perature reaching 95 fiat by the
official record ., 1t was the warmest
day for, this season Of the year with
in the memory Of the Oldest inhabit-
ant, and certainly the warmest in
the twenty-five years past, during
which official records have been
kept.
But sudden change is coming,
and those who have overcoats may
do we'll to drag them forth from
| their summers hiding place, for,
while the people of ST. Paul were
sweltering in the heat yesterday,
those at Calgary in the British pos
| sessions were playing snow ball, and
the cold wave was headed for ST.
Paul when last heard from. Wealth
er Officer Lyons said yesterday that
today would be cooler, though no
decided change might be felt before
evening. But by tomorrow morning
a light overcoat might be a. very ac-
ceptable appendage to mans ward
robe.
Discussing with a G O b reporter
these peculiarly hot days and the
causes of sudden changes in tenn
perature, Prof. Lyons said that it
seemed as though just about SO
much hot weather is due every sum-
| mer, and If 1t does not come when
iC 6rJo LOT
here, but it is bound to come some
time. Then as to the theory that
most of the sudden changes in tenn
perature and storms have their or
igin in the region of the Japan cur
rent, Prof. Lyons said that the cold
air up in the mountainous regions of
the West had just as much to do
with it as the Japan current. But
what the real cause of the atmos-
pher1c disturbances that are always
the primary source, no man knew.
And as the primary causes are hid
den and cannot be understood. and
nothing can be known about the an
proach of a storm until the change
In atmospheric pressure is noted in
the barometer, so predictions long
in advance of approaching storms
and sudden changes in temperature
are precluded. Of course when a
snow storm begins in Calgary, and
the news is telegraph here. it is
a very simple calcula tion to arrive
at a knowledge of when the storm
or cold wave will reach here, when
1T is known to be coming this way.
But to return to the sweItering
heat of yesterday, not literally. no.
heaven forbid; but just mentally, 1t
was amusing to note the manner in
which it affected different people, Take,
for instance, Louis Marien, the 250-
pound copper who always rides in the
central station patrol wagon just to
keen 1t from iumning off the street