The times., 1897-07-12

Ecstatic was the Weather Sage last
night.
lie Iayed as sane man would not. BE
was tempestroLs il Lis gite lie yelled
He beat his head against TIE wall kicked
the ceiling, Dan ced Till the dust lose
from the CstFst ana The taeks fot l"ose.
he laughed 10 himself, shook hands with
himself. hugged himself, and ShIieked,
shIle6ed, shiIeEed, liza! Ia! Good. 6ood'
] tod you so.
Every now and then he wrapped ms
Baukei tighter round his loIm and SroYeled
or more coal.
The sage hurled hot bricks at / lie Times
nlaa a. lie entered and snrieked, shI.eked,
shrieked, Ia! Hal Good! Good L told
yn So"
4oe appear 10 be cOngratulating your
sell remarked the reporter, as lie lodged
another brick The Sage waltzed again
abound the room, made fIantic gestures
in tie air, while his lips were flecked with
foam, as though he had eaten shaving
saap for supper.
Calm yourself, Gear Sage said the re
poITeI y am come To pay homage 10 your
greatness ana / VIII not take from you a
single sprig OF laurel that is yours
Thus did the reporter pour oll on the
troubled Sage.
The Sage took another htchin his blanket
and seated hIiIIs Elf on the center table. Then
lie extended TO the reporter a tank3rd OF
-teauang mixture with piece OF lemon
pairing in it, and also pTOffered TO The Times
man strange appearing pipe, out Of the
smoke from which there arose angels and
sweet music
Where did you get this weather? >
asked the reporter
- have kept this choice selection Of
weather in cold storage / usually use it in
The month OF March, but vary my practice
now and then
Don't you think you have plugged Up
the pores OF our citizens a little too alb
Tuptiy?'' suggested the reporter.
NO, SIR. IL is impossible to produce
weather which VIII please all people
Fen q mex spaper cannotbe printed which
viii do that If should saw out a chunk
OF Paradise and bring it down 20 cal tn
there would be those who would prefer
Jackson city am giving you variety Of
weather. Yesterday l opened the day
With wa I'm driZZle, W hich pouring down
upon the seetbing payemcnts, treated YOU
TO a Turkish BATH. Later turned On a
hot southwest wind and let i n plenty OF
vertical sunshine. NeXtI gave you enough
rain TO ma ke the streets smell dusty, and
a little later produced an electrical eXhibi-
ton in the west, intersperSed with sClC
from Jove. Now l am performing on the
northwest wind.
The forecast for the District OF
Columbia Maryland and Virginia" sad
the sage, is showers in the early morn
Ing probably followed by fair weather
Monday evening The weather w;n be
oooIer The winds viii blow from the
south. and viii then turn tsn anl come
down from the northwest
There is high pressure off the south
Florida coast. There is also similar
pressure off the north Pacific coast A
ridge OF high pressure extends from Texas
to Manitoba
Tn storm has moved from LAKE Erie
TO the st Lawrence valley, and i incFeHs
ing IN Intensity Three and twenty-siH hun
dfedthS inches OF rain fell al Rochester
the heaviest precipitation ever recorded al
that station for a corresponding time
A trough of low pressure extends from
Arizona to ASsinihpia. Rain has fallen in
the middle Mississippi Valley and in al
districts eastward to the Atlantic coast.
The temperature has risen in the lower
Missouri Valley and Oh the middle slope
II has generally remained stationery
throughout the Atlantic and Gulf States
and has generally fallen elsew here east oi
tie Rocky Mountains.
Il VIII give YOU some weather to write
ai.out before we get through this sum
nH.r.'' said the Sage as be reached fur
6ynf. more f.rick