The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-09
THAT IS THE COMPARISON OF THE
MOST MODERN PETERBOROUGH
CAL EPITHETs.
YESTERDAY WAS THE WORST.
EVEN THE STAID SIGNAL SERVICE
MERCURY CRAWLED UP TO
"a.
DRUG STORE HEAT MEASURES
Did Not Hesitate at All to Go VI
Into the Three Figure
Periods.

1t was too hot to speak about 1t yes
terday. So hot indeed that the "is-it-
warm-enough- for-you" fiend sized up
his man before venturing to PROFOUND
his eXasperating inquiry. The local
thermometers have been sporting
themselves in the sos and 90s so con-
tinuously for the past two weeks that
the people are becoming seasoned as
it were by the baking process, and no
longer complain Of hot summers
day with a modest temperature Of 80
degrees in the shade. But yesterday
well that was more than a hot sum-
mer'S day. The superlative degree of
hot fails to describe it. 1t was a NAL
ter, scorcher, a regular old sizzler.
In vain did the breezes blow-and
there was lively breeze all day-they
brought no relief Every object ami
mate and inanimate gave it's charac
teristic symptoms of q hot time in the
old town. The sOggy banana peel that
usually flattens itself on the sidewalk,
waiting to be revenged on the owner
of the first foot that steps on it, curled
up like a withered leaf and was blown
away. There was a notable scarcity
of dogs about the streets. The CANNES
staid at home and lolled in their door
yards. Nine men out of every ten seen
walking in the streets carried their
coats on their arms. and their hats
in one hand while with the other they
nopped their perspiring brows. Par
asOlS and fans were in constant evil
dence. The heat waves were visible
q q hove "a 9Snho1t paJ1tS
The street cars were literally patron
lied. Men and women could be seen
standing in open doorWays, leaning out
of windows and employing various
other devices to court the tickle breeze.
Everything wore Wilted look.
Thermometers received a large share
of attention, and those who studied the
tubes between the hours of and in
the afternoon discovered that they
were enjoying life in a temperature
anywhere from 95 to 105 degrees above
zero. 1t all depended upon the loca-
ton and susceptibility of the thermom-
eter.
The foregoing sights of the streets
were among the visible evidences to a
man up tree that hot Gay had ar
rived. But the people had other than
visible evidence, that it was the warm
est proposition of the year 1897. For
such it really was.
If the record of the signal service bu
reau is appealed to in the hope that it
will show as lofty temperature as
the people really moved about in, the
result will be disappointing. Observer
Lyons thermometer is a cold and con-
sentative affair not in sympathy with
perspiring mortals 100 feet beneath it.
While many reliable and respectable
thermometers on earth informed swell
:, tering humanity that it was undergo
ing hot air bath to the tune of IS
degrees in the shade-one Well-known
thermometer said 102 degrees-that
government apparatus on the Cham
Der of Commerce building declared
that the highest temperature reache
was only "a degrees. But when Mr..
Lyons admits that it was "a degrees
up where he is the people know that
that means they are getting a brand OF
weather from 8 to 10 degrees hotter
A visit to some of the leading Their
mometers in the downtown district
was made yesterday afternoon, and
this is what they had to say for them
selves:
The big Thermometer on the mort.
side of the Windsor hotel, out of reach
| of the suns rays, registered SO degrees
shortly before p. m.
The thermometer at Halls drug store
across the street, was a little more
| susceptible, though likewise in the
| shade, as it registered 102 degrees. The
| thermometer at the Seven corners drug
store recorded 81 degrees, that at G.
| w. Daytons cigar store at the market
| house, did not rise above 95 degrees
while that at George j. Mitsch's drug
| store was just as conservative as tbs
| instrument that Mr.. Lyons swears by
| for it never rose a hair above "a de
grees. The California Wine house Their
mometer recorded 81 degrees at p. m.
and that at the Ryan drug store could
not be persuaded to go higher thar
95 degrees.
But give a thermometer the same
chance as the people have to get I'M
| der the suns rays, and you will ther
learn how hot it really is. The true
! story of yesterdays furnace-like hea
was told by a brave thermometer 10
Gated on the corner of Fourth am
Rosabel streets, directly in the sun:
broiling beams, which informed the
passer by that on that corner between
| 3:45 and Ais p. M, the temperature
was 118 degrees above zero. And i
| was
A remarkable feature of yesterday
| heat, was it's tenacity after shutdown
Instead of following that orb's example
and going down to a proper level, thu
mercury fingered affectionately near tn
| top Of the tube, lowered around thu
| 49, 92, 81 and 80 marks until $50 p. m.
when 1t reluctantly dropped a point
| At 10 D. m. it went down anothe
| notch and half an hour later one more