New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26
HEAT. WIND. DUST. THUNDER.
THE WEATHER GAMUT RUN IN YESTER-
DAYS CONDITIONS.



describe properly its changes and surprises, It's
unpleasantnessas and It's charms would require
as many words as are contained in book OF
the Hneid and as much talent as It's writer
After a morning of the most intense and insult
ferable heat, in the afternoon duststorm oc-
Cured ~ a kind which is seldom seen outside
of the desert Of Sahara. This was followed hy
thunderstorm and heavy fall of rain, Whe
in the twilight hours Nature appeared In her
most smiling aspect. the air was soft and COOL
and in the sky n succession OF the most daz-
cling pictures A rainbow Of extraordinary brill
fancy. and a sunset that was one mass Of gor-
geous. glowing color.
At o'clock last evening n picture was seen
from any Of the high buildings Of The city that
no landscape painter who ever lived could
have attempted to depict. In the east. Brooklyn
was transformed into a harmony Of dazzling
whites and deep puppies. Against this back
ground one or two American flags on the Man
haitian side Of the river stood out like jewels
upon a woman's dress In the west the sky
was enamelled with iridescent coors. vermion
and ruby and turquoise and emerald At the
horizon the sun glowed blood -colored. and above
the sky sparkled Ike spun glass The poor little
. Orange Mountains seemed glorious as those of
the city Of the Violet Crown and the muddy
North River was effulgent with lambent gold.
4 STRIKING CONTRAST.
/ And. as the introduction to this poem Of color
! and light the overture 10 this symphony OF dell
/ cate harmonles New-York experienced one on
the most miserable and uncomfortable days on
record for many months. The weather ran the
gamut Of all the unpleasantnesses possible IN
4 surnrner-intense heat. heavy rain. terrlhc
windstorrn a thunderstorm and duststorm OF
virulence almost unknown in this part of me
world With regard 10 the last. however. Nature
was not alone responsible. It's effects might
have been mlnimized II human beings had done
| what they ought 70 have done
Students ~ insanity declare that one NJ the
most frequent decisions of the mentally un-
strung is the belief that they are paupers ana IN
danger Of dying from starvation. Strange as It
may SEEM this form Of insanity is more frequent
among men and women NJ great wealth than IN
any other class Now this particular form or
mental alteration seems nj present 70 he preVa-
lent in this city 10 a remarkable degree the
+ Tammanv officials suffered from II some time
ago. even II they have recovered from 1t now
and al the present time those persons WHO con-
trac, ~ water ,he streets seefn 10 he a0e' q y
4 ro,icoahle that tho disease does not result IN
the victim imagining that he is himself in
state ~ poverty The nalucination l. with 7"
gard 10 the city 81 New- York itself and 10
ne hdllfanfS
veil II committee Of respectable physicians
should examine tho persons responsible. ana
assure them. II possible that New Workers are
able and anxious to pay for the watering carts.
That this matter should be inquired into With
o,, DELAY was ahundantly proved yesterday az
torro,n when as has been stated. New York
was furnished with most realistic imitation Of
a simeon ir the deseri - Sahara only three
DAYS had passed since to- last rain. but In that
time enough dust had collected In the streets
- result In the most surprising phenomenon eX-
rorienced here for many years. The direct cause
was the usual Introduction 10 Thunderstorm
tho 1,fle whlrlvinds Witch Ruskin says are the
origin ~ the myth u the Harpies These We're
indeed Immensely more powerful than ordina-
/ rv and lasted much longer. hu' they would
/ urohahIv not have led 10 such unpleasant re-
/ cults had {, not been for tho indirec, cause
f.rrel 10 Tho unva'ered condition Of the streets.
r. preven, ANYTHING NJ tho kind IN futur" that
h commission 4" lunaiico lnguir"ndo ought 70 De
/ oreanized at once
+, "a no exaggeretion 10 say that the storm ~
v.s,.,dav was one Of the most remarkable
/ meteorological phenomena ever experienced IN
I ,his civ For twenty minutes New York was
/ enyeloped I'M swirng. rushing fury ~ dust.
I which half blinded every on" on ~ doors and
Rad exactly IN" same appearance viewed from
n short distance. rs an extraordinarily thick
fox The dust was caught up by the wind and
tossod as high as the tops ~ the tall ofiic"
/ ,uiilirgs do,yntoy-n while tho refuse from the
l streets fragments - paper and the Ike. per
formed WalpurGs Nights dance in the air.
A alss did the straw hats II the few unfort-
Z innate. a. no had not run under cover in time.
/ AZ dil DO. stock ~ two or three poor push cart
! vend,rs n Ann-st.. who had invested In straw
/ hats and watched their property inpo;ently as
II gave a highly "ahorat" aerial circus. most or
/ IT finishing ny on the tops ~ the buildings
DIGNITY THROWN TO THE WINDS.
As an example Of the manner in which the
| storm caused the dignity Of respectful" New-
Workers to he literally thrown to the winds.
the tale Of a single Wall Street broker may he
| told when. without any warning 10 speak of.
the storm arrived he was standing at the cor
ner OF Wsll-st and Broadway. having just i'm
/ bihed n lemon phosphate at the drug store near
| by The wind caught his straw hat and sent II
! rolling at ten times the speed OF the worst
| 'scorcher' down Wall-st. oheyine natural
impulse which he will probably regret all his
nfe. h. started in pursuit At beavers an
! other current caught the hat and after de
! scrihing some evolutons I'm midair 1t settled
| down again to skating over the surface Of the
| ground at a terrific rate. Its owner still ran
/ after H. Put those who watched the race from
/ th. vantage ground Of porchcs and Offices now
! noticed an agonized expression on his face he
ran after the hat. not because ne wanted TO-
/ bur because he couldn't help it. With the mo-
| rnertum gained by his start the wind which
| was Of tremendous strength downtown, on ac-
| count 81 the tall buildings. kept him In motion.
/ In a few seconds the hat was lost to view. but
| the man kept on. with much control over his
own progress as a she'll fired from cannon has
! over H. lie dared not steer for a wall. as he
/ would have been hurt 10y the shock. II was a
: GHp!n's ride. without TN" horse. which WAS
brought TO an end near the Produce Exchange.
/ ,h.re the force II the wind was somewhat mod
! Grated.
After the dust storm came rain storm ana
| surely rain was never more welcome 10 the
| noople of New York Water as has been oh
! served. is IN every way. so unpopular thing
| with the rnlers Of the city that the downpour