The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-08

Poh'us'oH, IHeCO ~ u CllNlgb OIL AOlllN -
dcSroe, between day aud night tumpar.
atutes, aud n difference OF soma 80 do
grecs III what Is callol tho Sensible
lcmperatntc," that Is, tho degree OF hoat
which Ii actually felt. So. II tho thor.
luometer showed lis degrees OF heat, II
IL claimed Tint only about IS degrees
would be felt. This Ia tho official esti.
mate. In Washington, to tako an OK.
ample OF tho 0nposhc, every degree Is
tclt--nud sometime, moro. Atauy rate.
by thosa two kind, OF thcrmoutiflc
change lilo Is made more bcarablo dur.
Ing the summer and Tor portions OF It
not unpleasant.
There Is usually q morning or two
every Seas when Yuma experiences a
degree OF cold sufficient TO TORN frost,
not by any means q KILN, frost, but
enough TO show II trace. tho low tom.
poratures ara OF shorter duration than
at any osher poiat OF which there Is II
record.
80 you have the two extremes OF tho
temperature horo. Tho moan for I'll,
yoar is abou. IS drgreai, and. as you
Know, the ideal Thermometer should
stand porpctually n! - degrees.
lhid snort dissertation on temporal.
.u'n Is mostly oy way OF DEPRESSION. |
took NJ tho subiec! OF Yuma heat first
because that Is tho ir.t thins ono hears
in connection with Yuma. aud on nc.
count of which 1t ia 30 widely known.
What | s.artod to write about was tho
town itself, aud tho ~so.callei Colorado
desert, lying lust lcros, tho Cblnradn
tAfcr rom 1he town. IN california;, aud
now !. IS TO take advantage OF
.nS JuSsapo'iIlon oil tho river and so.
sa'iea unaer'' anu, WIN tho asu oil the
hot climate make thii region ono OF tho
s.eat satuea spots oil the world, Just As
osic' paris OIL s9u'herh california now
~"
IRRIGATION THE wATcnwonp.
Irrigation /, tho watch worl nj ali ,bi.
v.,,.r, ,,,,..
-, o'"'u''' ""eIe YOU
VIII people are talking irrigation ; and.
briefly speaking, tho plan In this case
y to turn a par. OF tho water Of the
Colorado river out onto the desert aud
irrigate it. All that i, needed in ,hIa
land Is water; nature does tho rost. |
have often thought OF late that Yuma
was directly in the minds eye OF the
ina who originated TINT Joke about tho
place that needed only some wa,erzand
ilttlo good society. In any event his
Joke tits Yuma like a now vloya.
AS ior tne town. MS typical south.
aI;,v anJ ,, aa1n,, Nu uAua''"I.
claims 1900 inhabitants, iie, On thu
eastern bank OF the Colorado river,
sIre!ciiih: between aud over a serie, OF
p'uus auu Is ouii! largely OF adobe. But
l uouoI IL any place on earth affords
sse..es variety In tue makeup OF lis
popuiatIou. NAIVE Americans, Mex
Ians, onihe'e' negroes hall'Dreeds.
ihulans' COWBOYS. miners, tourists
'ney arc a.. mere u they all seem TO
ssI atohs alteF sneir respective fashions.
Nos sna' u ID u'tleult to GET along in
some iasl'oh ia una. a house Is
amos. a'unsrIu'ty, clothing dino. food
Is caeap n 'iulei no object whatever.
LUIS IL 'ne ianu OF tomorrow and tue
uay AFTER. NoInlng Is done tina can
oe iett uhuone. Inc luea Is TO pu! OFT
noIiihS III! tomorrow that can DO
postponed I'LL next week, longer II pos
sIoie. ietnaps IL was MINER that
came. when he hnaily de-
patIeu
To the Kingdom OF Ponenlh.
10 'ne 'aaa Oh me hereafter.
PoUssE CAFE UyESowS.
The arrival md ds,,r,pr, nj h ovsr.
,,,, ~. c..,h.-. p.-:s-,u
'D. A.' VA AHos ou'ae'u HAc'uc ran
rosu iurnisa the pieces dc resistance OF
the day. Ouce in a while. however.
something else occurs which temporarily
ruttles the placid calm OF Yuma exis.
tence. There va. an iustanc, OF this
only a few DAYS ayo. Tho railroad
tracks had been washed out over in
California by the heavy rains on ,he
Pacific slope and soma of the trains
were laid up near here. Tina travellers
were killing time by wandering around
town. One of them. clad in faultIe.s
eastern style. spick and span from ion
to toe, entered a saloon and. not hayin,
been properly COACHED in ADVANCE,
walked up to the bar and confidently
called for !, pousss cuie. Now there ars
come Things you can cst in Yuma n,
easily a., YOU eau anywhere else in tho
world, but a pousse cafe i, undoubtedlv
not one OF them. When n mau is thirsty
in Yuma hs want, somclhin, lionid
quickly; he don, care to wait Tor m1xeI
drinks OF any kind, Consequently the
bar;cudcrs 20. ou. OF practice in that
respect. The presiding genius oi this
resort had never 80 mucl, rs heard OF n
pous.e cais before, and tho whisky
bottle which. ay n matter of coursr, he
had lifted from its resting mace and
was handing 10 the stranger dropped