New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-13
now THE ANNALS STAND the HEAT.


.Oh hlazes,' said a bright-eyed httle prairie uos
Yesterday in Central Park. as ne came up o". ~
80 oro,ind and took a peek at the sun o"' 'o
49, o,tIortlv enough for the little rascal. as ne
ouicxlv disappeared and was not seen AKA" n"e
tho sun had gone down behind the trees ID the ''.Ti
,, rha kaepers H. the Park say that the piairle
d,ge can stand a good deal Of neat Dat Una. ''7
nr,sent hot spell has been too much even lo' 'N'"
For several days they did not come up Out III ''..'
o,,nt little houses in the bowels or the carr" d. a."
,f,cr fhe sun had gone down yesterday AFTERNOON,
however. the little dogs came OUT az" e
around a. friskily a. of yorc.
The animals IN the Park have felt the neat severe
" and extra precautions have been taken % P'e'e'
some ~ them from succumbing 70 1t alfoset"'' me
vo unfortunate grizzlies, who are cOnNAeu III S'''.
cao,s complained much Of the weather am san
arv hin of fat had been fried out OF their bodies ana
. did not know, how they were going TO get along
next Winte,.
II was even too hot for the alleators TO bask IN
tho sim They would lie about the sides or thelr
tank for a moment TWO, and then AMY crawl "
the edge of IL and drop ino the water. Inc nlpi"
notami OF which there now four tn the PARK
,o s,sn1 most of the day in their tanks. with only
heir noses showing above the surface OF the water
The lions ard tigers probably felt the neat more
than any Of the other animals N the PARK. lheS
were extremely restless ana roanled UP anu "0"i
their cages. roaring loudly. The elephants apped''u
- Get along all riga. Al the other animals ana
birds ouartered outside in the open air. with the
nossbl, exception Of the Alaska dogs VINO are con-
fined in A small cage appeared 20 be as HAPPY a.
usual But Of all the animals, the monkeys were Tar
the pest on. Ill, ,l,,,
the animals under his care had stood The neat eN-
tromrly we'll For the first three days. continue
Mr. smith they went OFF tIeir feed entlreiy an"
no matter how much tried 10 tempt thelr app
titles they would not eat bite. Inat was on
"Wednesday Thursday ard Friday On SATURDAY
they began to take their food again, ana slhIs
then We have had trouble with them az All. VI
course we are taking extra precautions 10 max
them As comfortable possible ana We give mem
three times a. much water as "" 40 uSudiN.
The Tree. and fOllag. have not been dHecttu 10
any serious extent by the extreme neat me
leaves of the trees were not cur.ed up yesterday
| nor had Tia. gras. lost its bright green color In
fact the par. never looked more beautiful ana IN
! Wiling. . - 49,.
| IRE par, empl )yej have suffered from the rays
of IA. sun much the Is other people ana
there have been several cases OF Sunstroke among
| thcm In speaking the subject yesterday super,
nfendeut Parsons said that although the men ha9
! fat the heat greatly ii had not yet been FOUND
necessary 10 crtai. the hours OF labor or make any
| changcs OF that kind. he said that the heaNE
rains of las: month had filled the ground with
| v,fer and that under the circumstances the vese-
t,tion could withstand great deal Of not weather
Sergeant Mu.holland. al the arsenal. said that six
| n he policemen had been 1rosuated ny the neat
| On sunday and yesterday but that none OF the
J cases serious