Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-17

It is a genuine rainy day-not show
cry, nor dull and drizzling-but there
is the sound of abundance of rain
The thirsty earth drinks up the rain.
And drinks and gasps for drink again.
1t is likely to have enough of it THE
time, for the windows of Heaven are
open, and at this rate, before night, the
dry ways will be turned into brooks
and the brooks into rivers.
Suppose there are some persons to
whom TINS rainy day is a great disap-
poinEment; it interferes with their plans
and disturbs their appointments. But
to others it comes as a benediction; it
is just the day for indoor work. we
have a good excuse for not leaving the
house, aud the weather is an effectual
protection against the intruside or vex-
atious visitors. We can settle down to
our writing or reading, or whatever
else we have to do, without the danger
of Interruption. and this gives charm
to our work. We are, of course, very
sorry for those who are not allowed to
stay within the doors, let the weather
be as it may-for the milkmen, the
butchers. the bakers, the postmen and
others who must face the storm. even
il the rain comes down in torrents but
then, they are used to 1t, and have long
since accepted it as one OF the incidents
of their vocation.
We would not care to live in region
where it seldom rained. By scientific
irrigation good crops may be made to
grow, but the artificial ditch is poor
substitute for the rain. People want
little variety in the weather, as they do
in everything else. We en- oy things
oy contrast. and the long, driving sto m
makes the morning all the more glori.
BUS when the sun comes out.
IN the first place the rain washes the
atmosphere of its foul odors, sweeps
AWAY into the river the decaying suo-
stances which would breed pestiIence
on the land, replaces the stagnant wa
tiers with the dews Of hea, en-, and
furnishes to man the only efectual
material for its purificat on. One thing
which the rain Goes is to regulate the
temperature. Another function of the
rain is that of vivifier. Life would be
impossible if there was no rain. Aege-
tation of all nd would wtther. beasts
and birds would die, and the habitatIon
d man would be desolate. Still an
other office of the rain is that of fer
tilizer. " alter is the medium by which
all that goes to form the substance of
living things is brought into contact
with and assimllated by them. The
roots OF tree may be imbedded in the
richest soil, the warm sunshine may
plav upon its leaves, all the
materials that are ind spensable
to its growth may hover about it,
but unless there IS moisture to open
the pores and convey to it its TODD, it
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want of water; let the rain come, and
after a little while the wilderness will
bloom with yerdure PALESTINE was once
il is barren now because the rain has in
3 great measure ceased to fall.
here are some mysteries about the
.ain which science has never fully re-
,o.yed. Sometimes we have what is
called a very dry season-for weeks or
months there is no rain, and yet the up
DER air must be full of moisture. for the
evaporation of the ocean is never sus-
pended. There is all the alienation of
heat and cold which is needed in order
% the condensation os that moisture.
out, from some cause, communication
between the earth and the clouds seems
10 BE- suspended But in any event; It is
satisfaction to know that men can
never stop the rain when the clouds are
ready to empty themselves; if they
could we should be at the mercy of
and excursionists and
coach proprietors. One of the profound
savings that has come down to us from
antiquity is this: when it rains let 1t
rain" We do well to accept this with
out qualification, for we doubt whether
4 is in the power of man 10 regulate
the IA n and the sunshine to any better
even If the matter were puts
ander his control. Wareyi0 M60aztz1<