The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-22
THE SIZZARD SIZZLING.
HOTTEST AUTUMNAL SPELL FOR
NONE THAN FORTY YEARS.
The Mercury Goes Beyond the tooth Notch
in the City-Much suffering, but no
Fatalities-Coolcr Tomorrow.

Without any desire TO refer ever so
shyly TO old hackncyed expressions, all
frazzled out Ike a towel at the seashore,
! would state in the outset by way OF
answering the oft-rcpeated interroyatory,
that IL was hot enough for everybody
ye.tercay. There wasn't a nan, woman
or child In Richmond. OF miles around.
who would have pushed the mercury up
q single degree, even II they could. The
II ost thorough African In ;he city was
given an elegant suihciency OF heat, ana
he didn't have TO work IN mouIdihS
establish mcat. other.
IL was suggested that If the weather
prophet up IN Washington couldn't do
any better than that he had better resign
his position and drive an ice wagon. ana
give The Government an opportunity 10
import a prognosticator from Alaska
Greenland. or some other habitable place
at this time He didn't appear TO Try 10
do ANYTHING for suffering humanity down
here. and instead OF giving us niue
relief in the way Of expectation by pre-
dieting cooler weather for to-day, ne
famed himself with nonchalant ar ana
any other air that happened TO creep in'o
his office at that time. aud sent ,eIe-
gram down here that to-day would De
warm as ever. and there wouldn't be any
relief from this sort of thing unul No"-
day.
rorrrsr rOs FORTY Yrars.
6nd i,h,h,,ants who are used TO re-
calling spells away back yonder before
me war that were so hot tina. James
civer smok "a. could Tot think OF not
ter autmnal spell since 1871. 81.
There was a great thirst for something
cold IN drink. Saltwater STANDS were
crowded all day. and every BODY wah'eu 10
Get in the neighborhood OF an Ice lac
tory. Trollcy-car motormen' VINO causn'
All the breeze loaiing about me city WI"
the only men that found hie "oi'
lng. All the fat men in the city thought
seriously Of forming a combine against
tho laundry women. Shirts melted Ike
hutter on a hot stove. and collars Wlltcd
as completely as the hopes of the Popu-
LIST party after the recent congressional
election .
The sizzard commenced yesterday morn
ing as early as o'clock. Al that hour
The mercury had crawled up the TUBE 10
the 9Th notch In the Capitol square 10
Gusts perched on twigs ana sang thd'
monotonous solo that always predicls
hot day. Katydids were not IN II. lheS
we're outclassed. and il was 100 not LOT
any katy I'm the city 10 do anything worth
recording
Slowly the mercury crept up the tuoe
AZ II o'clock it hal gotten up TO ninety
one degrees in the business part OF Main
street This didn't satisfy the capricious
metal An hour later It had gone three
degrees higher. The m.mbers OF the
Richmond ball team thought of the two
games they had to play. and wondered
when a Slight relief would come.
HIGHER. STILL HIGHER.
At | O'Clock thermometers along Main
street registered ninety-siX degrees. The
air was sultry. close. thick enough TO
rut with a knife. one little breeze that
got lost from its PARENTS wandered over
the top of Capitol Hill. but died on Broad
street like a Lynchburg ball player al
third base. when there are two men
out
The hottest place in the business part
If Main street at / o'clock. was the
headquarters Of the Democratic Com
mittee on the second floor of the build
ng at the corner of Tenth and Main
streets. and there wasn't any political
discussion going on either Colonel
John Bell Bigger, the secretary of the
state Democratic Committee. had fled TO
he Capitol. and given up for the day.
The sun struck the front windows of
Inc office broad-side. and the thermome-
.er registered ninety-eight degrees.
At o'clock the mercury went up TO
~ degrees at The Times office, which was
DIS high as any point registered this year.
At the corner Of Belvidere and Main
streets. 100 were the figures, and at j. J.
Montagues sash and blind factory the
ne rmomeetr registered io3 degrees at
o'clock. II was found impracticable TO
continue work, and all hands were re-
leased for the rest Of the day, and fun
pay given them.
NO FATALITIES.
The weather was rendered still more
oppressive by reason of the dryness of
the atmosphere. and the dust. The fact
that for two weeks there has been little
Or no rain caused clouds of dust TO rise
along west Broad. west Clay. west Main,
and other streets, wherever the street
Ear rambled by.
Strange TO say there were no prostra-
tons from the heat reported UP 20 a
late hour last night. This may be ac-
counted for by the fact that people recog
nlzing the extreme heat, were careful
10 stay out of the sun as much as posi-
Die, and also TO seek the coolest places
that could be found
The forecast says to-day will he an
other scorcher, and tomorrow will be
cooler.