New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-23
A GREAT sTORM.GATHERER,
EFFECg OF THE EIFFEL TOWER ON THE
CLIMATE OF PARIS.

ClIkMAIE OF PAhlo.
s,.o,a rux RxeulAR coaREsPospEhr OF TEE rHrBuEI
Paris, June 8.
The Efffel Tower Is said to have changed tho
climate of Paris As q matter OF fact these mas
pesn, coincident with it's existence maiAeo
climatic alteration. We have ON amount OF suipfi-
ness, followed by heavy rainfals and tnuhoet'
storms which 10, 10 say the lease, abnormal
Nights are hotter than ever 1eio Them oeiore'
and New-Yorkezs find them quito as hot Is any
they remembered in their own city IL Is true tnaN
apart from the sprightly crowd az the ohAlnPS
de Mars there Is something peculiarly exhilarating
On the atmosphere there Is this because the
toxer Is like Jupiter, a collector Of clouds
charged with electricity and productive OF thun-
ssrboltsp Scientists have not yet said their say.
Rpt il stands to reason that when the key at
the end of Franklin's kitestfing was able 20 draw
down a thunderbolt, the vast mass OF Iron Whlch
sprfpgs to the height of $50 yards into the SKY,
father in the form Of steeple than tower, ought
TO suck to 1t electricity in proporuonate guam
titles and from great distances
have been good deal to the Champs dc Mars'
and never lost an opportunity to mount the tower.
( have noticed from it that IL is the rendezHous-
10 speak in figure-of storm spirits, and indeed,
n kind OF vortex into which they rush. When
thry do this they get unruly, and behave ike mau
things. AS the witches say in Macbeth, they
meet In thunder, lightning, and In rain.' Never
theless, there has not been single electrical acci
dent ON or about the tower. Last Sunday was
perched high up there when the winds beat anu
tho rain fell in deluges, and the thunderooi'o
went flying about, but somehow were lmpo'eii'
TO do mischief It was very curious TO note how
the storm clouds rose advanced, met, played 'helr
furious praDks, and when a good deal spent
Of Loot frcS
biggest of the lot arose somewhere Parls-waro
of Charities on the fat wheat land of La Beauce
1t looked white and woolly, and resemolcd tho
cloud one sees when distant bOmbshell bursts
A darker cloud was at shor' us
lance before it, and both were near
the ground They speedily took volume
and advanced raight toward Paris oihiii"r
phenomena became visible in other oirec"ohs
The wind veered about good DEAL anu seeineu
unable to make up its mind which wav TO GO
The big, feecy cloud kept very White ana tne
dusky one got duskiar, but was shot with cop
per tinge The other smaller white clouds had IN
considerable vanguard ones. lot oil them maue
straight for Paris from different points OF inc
compass. Nobody in the grounds OF the ENhiol-
ton was aware of their coming. Inc cfo"o sa'
down there TO dine in picnic fashion. some occupy
ing chairs others stone stairs, others placing their
silver on the Grassy verGeS of the walks. ana all
IN holiday trim and high spirits
As saw tile biggest OF the white clouds ana lts
ausly forerunner approach. climbed 10 the high
est platform Of the tower. and was hardly there
when il was upon tn" giant with crash OF mum
lerbolts and q deiugc OF rain, which l Thought
must sweep NE or Notwithstanding the Sold but
rather low ,mlnIct sailor would have SAID
What tremendous seas We Shp!' For perhaps
five minutes The rain formed dense curtain. ana
no,hing WIS yisib." N n Sort distance Ih'n
The upper atmosphere cleared and was a"oFr INC
stc-rl [ cUuiu see tn Uiicr IsOlttcd cIou'S
forming functions. aud TIER" Was, Iii the WAY OF
Iyhtnin "a fina pY"otrchnIJ display. his laSt'd
fer lcrIaJ> lp,i! u" Euur. III" 81 rln c!odd th'h
care red north. Grln-lng, aS ] have since heara'
tie north ~ e uf !aIiS ana siINcrnS Trees. Al
hy.tnlart., i, ulv.d,u Of iUrkcd, one part golhS
or toWura &c southeast, and thc other north
toward Montmorcrcy. ! also noticed that white
contingent clouds arose in the direction in when
the stQ:m w.:s going and made Tor 1t, ana that
10y III. time The tdSicin section got 10 the hOrIIon
il tnok mcnaclng proportions. =,
When the storm broke on the Champs dc Mars
thc.e were beyicS Of brides there, who had got
married OH the plcvO!l, Saturday. AMI had come
70 promenade with tai: bridal parties in the g,Cry
of wlitc silk, tulle. orange blossoms ana "hitc
satin shoes. There. we're also INST Cpninuhioh
airs, i'll immaculate muslin ifochs anu I tn.n
In. rain came Oh TOO fat and iuriouSly for them
10 sct under shelter in time When Gcscchd'''
Row, tI, tower ! saw these victims OF tn ee-
me mis- dragc,cd ana drcnchCd, but not depressed
French prr;ic lI,vc irrcpressi5!. spirits. This is
WHY the Nation las many livCS as u cat. ana
falls upon It's feet when II takes feVoluIiohary
and ether plungcN. L. -