New-York tribune., 1868-06-16

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and than that on either side It i therefore,
constantly in state ready TO burst up into he and
into torrents OF ran and drawing In around the
ascending column the adjacent air %ncn gives rise IRE re-
course the climate of latitude OF the coasts COMPARE
tiyoly but little affected by TINS g,rde Oh
sderaby nearer shores 1t does not seem altogether
absurd to suppose that the OF vapor IN te
atnosphere would be sensbly augmented TO be blown
inward by the east winds prevailing In the spring or the
year and spill portion Of their burden over large tracts
The extraordinary number Of tcebergs which have
drfted southwark from the Arcuc seas ths season
nbes ground second theory and here we may again
poetize: .,, - 49,. ,,,u-. ..
Drn further sOuthwsHi oer the Summer sea-
Chilling the air, till spreading nsts expand, |..
To weep their coolness Sunmer lsndj
And thus by Natures curious fashoung.
Tempt he sol, ysrdoTs, bIi1 The iily.cap' d..
And call the Voes from the darkness up.
This theory may be explained the supposti0n that
the chness created In the atmosphere by the approach
these immense islands and hills OF ice. combined with
warmth of the waters through which they oat and
slowly melt would hasten the formation OF clouds, and
aferwHrd assist in cOndensg them into ram TINS
idea may he faretohed but 10 II certainly beautiful
one for thus the sterile Of all substances would
he converted into crystal lens as were 10 renect he
beams OF summer to anxious soil In this way tne
King of Winter himself may be said to fling back kiss
of tenderness TO Summers Queen before he locks hnse
of the sprnging flowers far away Another theory for
the recent remarkable prevalence OF rains ana storms
nate as the theory OF the Meteoric showers
For Ere with water. heat With cold A. we'll.
&a{ sn8 ;sS STss, t. sE 9isJ.I s Ss ay EsIn. sss s
WS.s S sSSSsp S"s sS.r.d @ s SPT T. S es sSfss & star
The meteors pour sdOwn the diep, night;
Unusual Hghtnings frmtb scabbarls leap
And round the forehead Of the oun.king sweep,
Then, flashing down. with crashing thu1den loud
ri Sgi sp5 f S1 s. SSo% ." % odd s aoss. Descend
And smiling rainbows with the deuge blend =.
1t remains We believe matter OF controversy as to
whether the electric heat in the atmosphere has anything
directly do with the formation OF the ralclOud ana
its subsequent condensation. But the impurities which
frequently found in rainwaer by reason OF contact
while descending with carbOnc acid in the atmosphere
and the nitric acid which is sometimes detected in IT,.
particularly during thuDder-stOrms,, can only be
accounted for by combination OF the nitro
Union uni being induced by electrical discharges. The
comparatively recent great showers OF meteors Ger,
extraordinary quantity OF electric heat that after all
bity 1t is well known that at one time the stars were
supposed To control human dcStines; ana AItnOuRn
science has discarded most OF the pTeens,ons OF
ogy, still retain shadow of the old superstition
in the idea that the shooting star. at least may have
good deal TO 90 WIN the pockets ad un,! VI sun, m III
farmers, when the crops getting bisered IN the
But the Volcanic theory is certainly the most
strikIngy original, If the least plausible
When, 6erce. uusbAckled from his uuderwori.
Vita burning eye, and igrd punes Ouared
scorchng the thin air currents as he dies ,
The wild Wind Mcnsfch oftLs frorcn North
MIDWAY assai, him, while the ose.u pay.
And condy masses, belled big with rain,
Cosstwsrd inpelled across the wsteT plain
QmTer all shattered meath the BOrea hand
And thus the burnug mountain Of the South
In other spheres may mitigate sdrcuh,
And chilled snd stricken from ice-resrei throne,
Pour cooling showers through temperate rome
number OF our learned weather clerks maintain this
theory of explosive nature though II may be- They
argue that the upper strata of AIR have become heated III
extraordinary degree and for circle OF hundreds OF
miles IN diameter by the large number OF volcanic erup
tos which have prevailed for the last or two that
these burning winds waited nOrthward by southern
gales until they in contact with the chilg ar cur
from the north Then there general aerial com
notion and a wholesale manufacture OF rain Tor the
benefit of the adjacent shores. The rembes beneath
the opposing forces Of the SOUTH great clouds OF yapor
rise and these speedily condensed by the cher atmO5
phere open their oOdgateS In binding torrents OF dash
ing rain.
But all these are, after all, nero theories We only
know that have had season OF extraordinary rain
and STORM Ii has rained during sc OF the past 43 days
The rain Of the last week. ending Saturday very
great Ram fell the 7th Sh 9th, 18th. and 18th last
ing altogether SO hours minutes, with depth or 3i6
inches There also three thunder stOrms-twO OF
them occurring the 9th But few recOllect period
when 30 much rain and many storms have visited this
latitude and longitude during the past six weeks or
eighteen months From 1888 10 1866 the average anual
fall that period of 80 years little more
than 43 inches but during the ten months following the
great Of October 1866 the fall was very remarkable
or 4St inches. .
The study Of meteOrolOgy may sometimes reach that
perfection where predict rain not only with GER
ainty but produce its fall In needed localities but at
| present only put forth vague theories.