The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-08
ErTltic Movements of the Wind
Vane and Mercury.
MAY BE HOT OR NAY BE COLD
Probabilities Are, However, That
If VIII Continue to Sizzle Ninety
the Highest Temperature Here
Yesterday Above Freezing
Point at wlnnenBcca, New.


on N, between Twenty fourth aud Twenty
fifth streets, today, and found the Sage Of
the Weather "sicklied o'er with the pale
cast of Thought" There was such far
away hook in his weatherwise eye that he
might have beea thinking Of the star Al
ceone, of another Republican aSlu inistra-
ton, or of some equal distant thing. His
Thought seemed so deep aud he tapped ms
foot no peIsistently ihat enc might be
iey,. ne was ,mlGilg ln hls sH"es
lie ran has fingers from New York to
San Francisco over that chromatic etude
called weather map. Then pearls or
perSDtration would make necklace around
his neck Next he chased his fingers from
Manitoba Ia Key Wesl. He raa a lew more
rurrows in his brow and said:
I'm stuck"
Thea he would look at the windindicator.
1t showed that the wind came from the
east and west, with warm puffs from the
south and an occa sional shiver from the
north His puzzled eye followed the uIer
curry in its mad coursings through its
crystal tube Then he struck his chest
with a despairing strike and once more
spoke He said:
I'm stuck This beats me. / can't
get onto the curves OF this weather. /
don't know whether TO forecast ear muffs
or gauze understands / really don't know
whether l ought to light a fire in that ice
cream freezer or put my feet on hot
brick l don't know whether | ought To
prescribe applications of crushed ice or
mustard plasters.
Loon .t t..U weather vaue - shrieked
the Sage. as he aimed his index finger at
the skies.
The Times man followed the directions
The weather cock turned round and round
on h:S roust in an effort to locate the wind
AeOlus ruStled in from the q rectiOn OF
Auacos'ia, A ulster blew in from the neigh
borhood OF Alexandria, and little Zephyr
puffed now ard then from the vicinaEe of
Georgetown.
Now" cried the Sage, shaking his in
dex finger at the THERMOMETERS, look at
this Zgzag lines or purple ink showed
that the mercury was wabbiing. II was
uncertain as to whether il ought to rise to
100 or go hack 20 go. when il began to
rain Yesterday AFTERNOON the mercdry reg
istcred 81. u moved up u 76 at So'clUck
this morninC. in a few minutes fell back 10
20 anG At 8 O'Clock shot up 60 81
THAT instrument amt built 20 stand
any shaking up ike that. explained the
Sage. ar the mercury fell from 81 20 20.
Then tie Sage called to S,enogTspher
and Dictated forecast, which sounded 90
the reporter for The TiueS very mach like
this:
For the District OF Columbia, Maryland
and Virginia Heavy rains followed toy "A
drought, TO he followed by weather vary
ing from dry TO wet. Local thundCrEtorms
and clear skies are indicated, likely TO be
followed by hO, sunshine and lightning
The temperature VIII rise to the prostra-
ton point, ana he followed by hail or snow.
Winds varying from southeast 10 northwest,
with an occasional gale from undcrneath.'
The raci ar the matter is Jhc sage caauOg
tell just what VIII happen To the weather
today ana tomorrow. II may be hot and ii
may be cool There may be mud and
there may be dust.
The coolest place in the United States
during the past twenty-four hours was
Winnemucca, a little cattle town in the
sage and greasewood desert OF Nevada.
There the mercury went down TO "a, four
degrees below frost and only two above
freezing. The hottest was Phoenix. Ariz.,
1O2. II was 100 at Huron, s. Oak. The
highest temperature at Washin gtnn was
80.