The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-10


elements enjoyed themselves at the
The stormy winds. which have been
held in leash so long, were unloosed
and as they rushed forth with dismal
howls and shrill screams. they tinged
the nasal organs OF unfortunat ia
pedestrians hricky hue. played
havoc with garments. blew down
signs. and generally enjoyed them.
selves, and winter Is here" was thG
terse comment that roadside phil
osopher made upon the bl,,stertns
ugly day.
All through yesterday u Disagree
able NEUROLOGICAL persoynge known as
Aeolus. who was formerly popularity
supposed to reign over all the win!s.
in large dark cavern. was in evil
dence. Aeolus, to speak familiarly Of
such really exalted parsonage. was
cit" He evidently gave his winiv
subjects carte blanche. to do Just as
they pleased. and they availed ticn,-
selves of the permission. They blew
and they clustered, stormed ami
ragged, and the breezes which they
waited into the city were not of the
balmy. zephyr-like kind either.
TT WENT DOWN.
The thermometer was away down to
36 degrees at 4 o'clock and every min
ute it dropped still lower. AS n sort
of gentle satire the winds brought
along an accompaniment OF snow. 1T
wasn't u nice hearty downfall Of the
big white flakes which are calculated
to warm the cookies of the heart or
the man who owns a sleigh. 1t wasn't
the Kind which gives smooth glossy
surface to a long grade and makes
little Willie shout with clee at tfa
prospect of week or tWo's sleighing.
No, It wasn't that sort. IT was that
peculiar kind of snow which it re-
quires Il high power microscope to dis
Germ. 1t was what might be termed
an atmospheric freak. All through
the day this snow was failing. average
ing about eight ifecks to the hour.
while the merry winds danced Il state
ly minuet about it and laughed and
chuckled in demoniaCal glec.
A lovely. brisk gale was blowing in
the city all day long, the lowest rate
at which it moved tI.r atmosphere
along being twenty-four miles an
hour. This comparative sloth was
needed by Aeolus however. who sound
ed an alarm whistle. whereat Messrs.
Eoreas, ct al, straightway began to
move along with a lightning-like r.t
pidity and at one time took sprint
and did fortytwo miles in an hoslr.
CAUSE Or TIE CHANGE.
The cause of this Sudden change
was the big storm on the New England
coast yesterday morning, which Great
ed wonderful change in the atmos-
pheric conditions all over the Easr.
Thursday midnight the thermoma cr
here stood at 43 degrees. After sun
rise the thermometer, practically al
ways rises but yesterday proved a
strange exception. as contrary to tn"
usual rule the mercury continued -
slide and at Il o'clock registered =
degrees. compared with so degrees at
noon Thursday. The effects of the
storm in the East can we'll be ima%.
ined, when ii is stated that at o'clock
Yesterday morning 40 degrees was the
registering in sunny, pleasant JACK
sonville. Florida. and, wonderful con-
trast, in the chilly, rocky crags of
Western Montana the THERMOMETERS
stood at "A degrees. four degrees
higher
This has been 4 really remarkable
day," said Weather Observer Donald
son to n Tribune man yesterday. Il
doubt if we will have many more
severe storms here this winter. than
this one which marks the opening of
the season. This morning 1t was snow
ing all over Western New York and
PENNSYLVANIA, and off the coast seri-
Gus gale was blowing. This low tenn
perature al Jacksonvilla is very likely
to he the lowest ranging of the year
in the city: and 80 degrees at Memphis
this morning is another very surpris-
ing condition"
THE LOW Est MARKING.
The barOmeler's markings yester~
lay were the lowest since the OPEN
ing of the local weather station. Aug.
Il. The average registering is 30 In,
hut yesterday it fell to - 4-lO, II very
low record. To-day we Will have clear
weather. according to tl,e powers vino
know. The weather will be clear bur
the temperature low, wherefore ye
wary ones get out your winter
undergarments and dof1 the fan
overcoat. This cold weather will
not. however. last long, and OBJ
server Donaldson yesterday said
that warm winds are approaching
from the west and the present low
ness of the temperature is expected II
be of snort duration, unless some un-
expected event happens in the atmos-
pheric world And let It be said that
IL is the unexpected things which gen
nrallv harmon In this same world.