The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-07
T REACHED THE 100 MARX.
MERCURY AGAIN SHOWED \ VAULT
ING AMBITION.

f1i.,h cst was at . In the Afternoon
TIE pay Was Hotter Than Satur-
Inv. the Record of the Mean Tenn
r,rnture Being HiRher-Charleston
ard Dodge city, Kan, Were Eel
sov sufferers With savannah, Both
Places Having 100 Degrees to
.s,nud-At = Last Night the Reading
Mas ~ and Hope of Cooler Wealth
err Is Felt.
The heat wave fingered yesterday. The
d3y was quite as hot as Saturday. The
only difference was that Savannah's heat
suppressed people did not have TO wait quite
so long for the maximum mark. It was
reached at in the afternoon instead of 4,
the hour when the thermometer gave Sat
nrIay lbs highest mark.
The century run of Saturday was repeat
ed. All wiz join heartily in the hope that
il may ire HE end of the century. 1t comes
but seldom 10 Savannah, and the people
arc ioud in their protests. They know
nothing hey have done to deserve sucl
visitation and the sooner the weather con
ditions wort, a change and present the
town With ordinary summer heat the soon
er the Distressed and irritated expressions
that Constantly confront one will be drop
Pea for the happier and more contented
loO'. of comfort and dry clothing.
Many anlldotes for the heat were looked
NJ People cudgoled their minds 10 fad
something they might do to alleviate the
lumdii LOUDLY Icing a means rather
commonly sought. In its effects it was
hzppy and both the bottled product and
shat which comes fresh from the wood
served to relieve the fired body and the
aggravated mind. Soda fountains were as
li0eraly patronized as ever falls to their
Iot on Sundays the day being thought l. IS
iOvloiable On account of the weather it had
brought. Many do not approve ordinarily
Of buytrg soda on Sunday, but something
had 10 be done. Conscience could find a
ready excuse in the provocation given by
lpt neat.
ride around" Is a cheap and effective
way, ordinarily, of obtaining relief, but
yesterday it was not so. Fiery blasts that
fcll as if they were fresh from the mouth
III a furnace greeted the passenger "a in
teryals, and the sing OF their breath was
worse than stationary calm. To those who
went 10 ThundcrbOlt on the car line those
hot blasts were particularly oppressive,
there seeming TO be some reason why the
breeze that blew naturally or was created
by Inc cars motion should be laden with
tOrrd heat.
The resorts always fare well when there
is a day of unusual heat Such was the
case yesterday. Tybee, Thunderbolt and
the rest go1 many visitors. All were in
search Of a cool spot. Counters over
which cooling drinks are dispensed had
many a shirt front rubbed against them.
the cry Of the interior in mighty protest
against the trouble the exterior was get
5 ing into being irresistible.
The sprinkle in the Afternoon was a well
con'e relief 1t was too slight to be of
great aiG but the atmosphere was cooled
on somewhat and the rest of the afternoon
vas then more endurable. The rain was
purely local, extending, indeed over no
oH@r than the northern half of the city.
The southern section missed it.
The fall the thermometer was kind
cough TO take after the rain may be an
Eience that cooler weather is to follow.
o'clock last night the weather bureau
Norted a reading of IS degrees which was
degrees cooler than the minimum mark
the day. That was 80 and was attained
u in the morning. AT late hour last
lgnt the atmosphere was quite pleasant
nd gave rise 10 the hope that the heat
rave has washed by.
1t was nine degrees hotter all day long
nan it should have been. When August
well regulated month and brings no
more heat than it should the sixth day
nolld have a mean temperature of only
degrees. Since Aug. the thermometer
mas been especially active, and IS degrees
the excess of temperature for the month
uat has thus far been SHOWN. Up to the
hTSt day the year had been very orderly
It's heat records, there having been an
excess of but II degrees marked against
= savannah wasn't the only place that
was hot. Charleston caught it, too 1t
tau another taste of mercury at 100 Way
Vl IN Kansas it was as bad, Dodge City
aiching a dose and learning what 1t
usans to have it 100. No other places had
10y such records