The times., 1897-07-10
Washington asphalt wll grow soft

Washington asphalt Will grow soft to-
| day
The mercury glitters high up IN its
norue Of glass. a sizzard sears the land.
| There lis heat to the left of you, and heat 10
| the righI OF you, burning and blazing.
From the alkaline sink OF the Mojaye to
| tie sylvan crcsts OF the Aileghenies, and
from the codflsh shores OF New England TO
the pines and palms of tie Gulf, this not
blast blows.
Cultivated fields are blstered and the
forests sineed. Parched leaves are stricken
| from the snadiest Trees. steam rises :rom
the mountain brooks and boiled trout bite
hooks Of red-hoti iron,
ashin gton is abouta as warnas anyother
place tod about either in geography Or
Scripture
Even the little sparrows are singing
| ..Thcre'u Be a Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight
Watcher the sparrows nave read the
weather forecast or whether the weather
| forecasters have listened to the sparrows
| or whether the conclusion OF each was
reached by independent means could not he
L Hsurneu. 1t NhSAt Sis
| agree
| The language of the weather forecast is
| guarded and diplomatic 1t Is desi gned to
1 cover almost any kind Of weather except
| that which is wet. 1t follows:
"For the District of Columbia, Maryland
and Virginia. fair tonight and SATURDAY"
The true iuwarlness OF this fCrecas st is
that the temperature viii remain the
same.
The Times man sought the Weather Sage
last night
he was neatly dressed in lislcthread SOCKS
| and an umbrella, and was picking his
teeth with ice-tores. Having seen The
| Times man three times daily since the out
outbreak of the 'Toastard," the Sage
was not surprised. He was looking at the
ceiling and reading the thermometer.
Il shall have TO get telescope TO see the
end of the mercury if this keeps up" said
the Sage, as he sponged his brow.
Then, by way Of making the reporter
feel at home, he said: ''How's your col
lar? Starched linen melteth as the morn
| ing dew, young man. Now" continued
the Sage, Ito get down To the real con-
| ditons, let us look at this map" 1t was
| a map streaked with the solar spec
trum and on which the names Of States
and cities were omitted. IL was very
| difficult for the reporter 10 distinguish
Massachusetts from Miss ssipri or Okla
| hoina from Ohio, but the Sage could do all
this.
The Inspection of the map began
| There is a high" to the north of US ex-
tending through New England. There is
smother high" to the south OF us rum
ming from the Atlantic coast to the Mis-
aissippi Valley There is yet another
nigh" to the west OF us central over
| the prairie region. There is probably an
other high" east of Us extending over
| the Atlantic, but there are no signal
! stations out there, so far as the Weather
! Bureau knows All this means that the
present weather conditions viii be main
tanned
The Sage was quite fluent last night
He lighted his pipe with q flash of light
! ming, thrust his feet In an icechest, and
/ called in the north wind to fan him. He
! ordered two cold bottles. He wiped the
moisture from his lips and said
at gficvcs me more than my creditors
10 that the thunder storm prepared for
/ Washin gtnn did not reach its destination.
| | can Tecollect that q thing called Re
| publican prosperity once got lost in the
| same mysterious manner while comm 70
| VI ashin gton. The roads leading into this
| city must be in bad condition. l prepared
| that thunder storm from selected clonds,
| and It's loss pains me so much that you
| must excuse me while take an anesthetic."
Here the Sage introduced something into
his system. the nature OF which the temper
! aucc people of the District are not eX
pected to approve, 1t was a very curious
| preparation.
| II take this" explained the Sage, .'in
winter to keep ne warm, and in summer
| drink it TO keep NE cool. 1t is also good
| for snebcbite'=
The mercury started in yesterday at rs
and during the day ran up TO 90, as hot as
any other day this season.
The Weather Bureau last night issued
the following special bulletin:
| Tine heat wave continues over the central
portion OF the country as far east as the
Appalachian Mountains.
| Along the Atlantic coast from EaStport
to Key West except at Boston, the max
iinum continues below 80.
| Since July the maximum temperature
has ranged from 80 TO 90 over the Lower
Missouri and Lower Mississippi Valleys
! and as far eastas Alabama and Tennessee
with extreme temperatures Of / 90 TO 1O2
in Kansas. The temperature has begun to
drop rapidly over Colorado, western Ne
braska and northward, and Will probably
break into the extreme heat over Kansas,
Missouri. Illinois. Indiana, Kentucky and
Ohio Saturday or Saturday night The
change in temperature viii be accompanied
hy thunder storms
Following maximum temperatures were
reported last night: Cencordia, Kans., 1o2:
Omaha, Neb.. 81; Davenport, Iowa, 80;
Kansas City, 9s: st. Louis, Mo-, 96; Nash
Vile, 96: Cincinnati, Sc; Indianapolis, aS;
Chicago, IS; Boston. 81; New York, Sd;
Philadelphia. go: Atlantic City, So; East
port, 7t;; st. Paul. so; Washington, S. De-
troit, 90; Savannah, Sc; New Orleans, 94;
Key West, 81; Nantucket, IA
WILLIS L. MOORE,
Chief OF Bureau.
One More Victim of the Heat.
Mrs. Ada Sherrin, of WoldoIf Station,
Nd, was overcome by the heat while In