He will send you his book on The Hair and Scalp. Ask him any question you wish about your hair. You will receive a prompt answer free. Address, DR. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Mass.] * * * * * TROPICAL TEMPERATURE. The Fervent Heat Seems to Gather Strength With Each Succeeding Day. CENTURY MARK AGAIN LEFT BEHIND. Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana and Ohio Appear to Be Covered by the Hot Blanket—Deaths and Prostrations Numerous. St. Louis, July 23.—Monday will go on record as the hottest day in St. Louis up to date. At 11 o’clock the mercury stood at 102 degrees on top of the federal building, and was climbing at the rate of two degrees an hour. At noon it registered 105 degrees and gradually climbed to 107 by the official thermometer, while street readings showed as high as 110. The heat belt covers a radius around St. Louis of 100 miles. St. Louis is almost the central point. About three o’clock in the afternoon St. Louisans experiences a veritable hot wave, lasting several minutes. It seemed as though the doors of the nether regions had been thrown open and a hot blast emitted that seemed to almost blister everything it came in contact with. As on Sunday, night brought little relief and sleep was almost out of the question. The protracted hot spell is having a depressing effect, and much illness, especially among the aged, is resulting. AT KANSAS CITY. The Hottest Weather Ever Known—Nine Fatalities Reported. Kansas City, Mo., July 23.—A veritable hot blast literally scorched this city Monday, breaking all heat records in the history of the local weather bureau. Sunday, Kansas Cityans experienced the hottest weather ever known here, the government thermometer reaching 104 and remaining above the 100 mark for seven consecutive hours. Two dozen prostrations, nine fatally, was the result. Monday, at 3:30 o’clock the bureau thermometer at the highest point in the city showed 106 degrees, while thermometers in the business district on the streets reached as high as 128. The thermometer at 8 a.m., registered 90, was 101 at noon, and at 3 p.m. broke the record at 104.6. Hardly a breath of air stirred. The suffering was intense, especially among persons compelled to work out doors and in the poor districts in the bottoms. Seven deaths from prostrations were reported during the day in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kas., and over thirty people, overcome by the heat, were treated. This makes a total dead for the two days of 16. Most of the victims were elderly people. The highest previous temperature in history of the Kansas city weather bureau was 103, in August, 1896, but it only remained near that point for one day. Monday was the thirty-second in succession on which the temperature has averaged above 90 degrees, and the fifteenth in that time that the thermometer has gone above 100. Two Deaths at Sedalia.