The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-30
THE SIZZARD STILL ON.
YESTERDAY ONE or THE HOTTEST
DAYS FELT HERE FOR YEARS..
Great Suffering From the Heat, but No
Prostrations Reported-Nery Lttic
Encouragement for To-Day.

af this time is IL hot enough for your
This question has caused the loss OF more
genuine piety. has created more harsh
feelings between neighbors. and has es-
tablisfed more estrmgements among
business men than the silver question
You hava removed your collar and Guns.
Your coat and vest are hanging on the
back OF the door. Nearly all the Ice
water has been exhausted. Every breath
q fresh air floating about incidentally
steals by your office window without even
"a temptation 20 come I'm. Your shirt IS
drenched with perspr.Gion. The snn
bakes against your window shutters un-
mercifully. over I'm the Capitol Square
the locusts perch upon a parched twig
and through a monotonous vocal effort
continually remind you Of some strange
capers on the part OF the capricious mer-
curry. A visitor leaving the Office tells
you good bye and incidentally mentions
that reports from the place where he IS
going 10 spend the rest of heated
term tell OF the necessity for spring over
coats after dark. and AL that. You have
reached desperate point when some fell
loss saunters I'm: takes a seat beside you
and says: rs II hot enough for you2'
AS il you had not summed up all the
Christian conservation in your nature 10
keep yourself from using choice phrases
frequently heard On board United States
man-of-war. Then II is that patience
ceases 10 be a virtue and you make an
enemy of your visitor by threatening 10
throw him out Of the window.
TWAS A SCORCHER.
But it IS my purpose TO tell the country
people AMI these soiourning at the sea-
shore or i'm the mountains about the
weather in Richmond yesterday. II was
something Of simmerng sizzard II
commenced before o'clock in the morn
ing Indeed: as old Sol got up in the
morning he prepared himself strictly
for business At Q O'clock there
were any number OF locusts singing away
in the tree-tops. This alone left no
doubt that the slzzard was still on. BY
II o'clock the mercury at The Times Of
fee had climbed mp the tube 10 the S7th
notch. This was I'm one OF the coolest
Offices I'm the central part OF the
business quarter. An hour later ~
were the figures and B when the
metal ran up 70 20 at o'clock
Uncle Billy" Culingworth. who sat i'm his
shirt sleeves az the post-offlce. reached FOR
a towel with which 10 mop his brow
Handkerchief were not equal TO the
occasion At o'clock i'm the afternoon
the thermometer registered e6. at The
Times office. At the same hour 96 were
the figures at the Third police station.
which is neither an especially cool or hot
place. comparatively speaking. Down M
Thirteenth and Cary streets tho mercury
went up 10 sS degrees. and IN Fulton the
same figures were reported.
At Main and Belvidcre streets the iig
rree qucted were o. II was stated that
I'm some places I'm the lower part OF the
city the mercury went mp to % degrees
MUCH SUFFERING.
To make matters worse. there was prac-
ticaly no breeze during the day. the
atmosphere was close sultry. and oppres-
sive People actually suffered with the
heat. and II was at times not altogether
easy 10 get ones breath. Along about
o'clock i'm the evening one would expect
"A material change. But there wasn't.
At that hour the same close. toriurins
condition OF affairs prevailed. Ninety
two degrees was quoted az The Times
office m =. W. I'm the lower part OF the
city - was quoted az the same hour.
Even as late as $3.50 o'clock last night
the Mercury registered 90 degrees AT the
Third police-station and all over the
city there was a great and unqualified
demand for fresh air. Every one ad-
mittcd that the day was one OF the most
oppressive felt here FOR years. The
heat seemed 10 hang on with the most
tenacious form Of stubb0rnness. Shirts.
collars. and cuffs Jared about az well
as Democratic principles I'm the hands
Of the Chicago assortment. "Uncle
Billy" Cullngworth. 10 whom I referred
above. took three plungos and demolished
as many collars and shirts. from l1un-
dryman's standpoint. during the day.
and when he went 10 bed last night he
carried his big palmetto leaf with him.
judge witt and Officer Redford would
have been thinner for "A day or two If
they had been given their choice. and
nobody felt that Il was worth while
10 get up n fat mans race during the day
Such an event would not have been pop
'ular. The entries would not have been
numerous
OUT FOR a BREEZE
During the evening people hunted all
aver the city for hreezes. They were as
scarce as good qualities IN the Chicaso
platform Not even policeman couiH
find a breeze anywhere except on troiley
car or the roof garden at the JEFFERSON.
Hundreds took advantage OF the roof
garden and the open cars. The car llnes
Park Barton Heights. Chestnut HILL and
other suburban resorts. thousands OF peo-
ple in search OF little relief. Every
car that rushed by was filled with young
men and their sweethearts. whose tresses
gave the breeze a little play ground
Merry voices and bright smiles left little
doubt Of the enjoyment Of those out for
a Whit Of fresh air.
There was great deal or prudence on
the part of people generally yesterday
All who could sought cool places. The
ice NJ and the soda fountain man were
the two most popular individuals in the
city. Strange as IL may seem, there
was not a single sunstrokc or prostration
from the heat during the day At Nine
teenth and Cary streets a horse hiiched
10 a heavily loaded dray fell on the street
from the heat but the animal was taken
10 the stable and was soon brought
around.
VERY LITTLE PROMISE.
There seems 10 be very little prospect
for anything better to-day. The weather
man I'm Washington. who sits right under
meath a big electric fan. and has ices
served every now and then naturally
enough has very little sympathy for poor
suffering humanity down here. He sends
message 10 the effect that the sizzard
is here 10 stay for several days. that
he crosses his legs in a nonchalant way.
sips his cold lemonade through a straw
and lets II go az that. never once bother
ing himself about us. For to-day he
gives Us very little encouragement; so
you people who peep at this column with
the hone of finding some special news