The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-06

Author OF " War and the Weather"
bright q, red cloth. covered with shin.
ss wsla aS sGs and tn look apc
They we're 70 be flown Iy ilno copper wires at
and wero designed to ascertain the amount Of
static, ,elec,risty in the atmosphere. one
beautiful bright morn ne wien al Tho nrs,ty
r.
saiiei or'h with one Of his gaudy Kites unier
one arm and his elsctrome,er under the other.
Yards. ro the lo"ss sna as r he a1s9
es ne tho % to wb hs wsrs e sp he
isiac,ion. ana then run with i a little distance,
great ire red III a@isso. sudaeny there ss "" Was SKA
sound Ike unto The charming Of warhorse.
sna e red @
"r and his us Yes las ashs fire. No,hns serious
shotgun when lying his Kites thereafter. and
he always selected a time Of duy whom the cat
Still. in spite Of those slight difficulties. the
work went merriiy on. and some kites were
flown tnndem wi dynamite attachments: The
dynamite when exploded ma 10 a territic noise
in tho mir, which sounded much louder than
when when It Was eNnlode. on the ground. And
4, White some OF the party were working Mt
the balloons. and som. at the kites; otners
were scattered here ana there engaged IN OK.
plod,ns many heavy charges Of rackaroek
powder and dynamite on tho ground AMI. at
times it soundel We ' Ike u real battle ex.
shouting. or shriekinG. or trampinS OF heavy
bodies OF men and horse. II was battle with
lett lett on. VI AA0 wv u''n anu INC 'A'''si'eA'
And after tho battle the weary workers. or
hou 9. and thor.s tnanss to the Hospitality OF
Mr.. kaun lis. would sleep in CONF, table beds
until a sharr crash oyerhea would give them
W hrt ba in fnrrA wi, i,.I m h -
been bonn barring all the evening had unlim-
her-h their batteries z, d were getting them
OF vivid IiGhtn ng with cast q white ela'e
unon ne Iraires ;, miles anouhi crash a,ter
made by man seem puuy aud Insignificant.
low i, W would ponr down uron tho root ana
Cd fsIs FSt IN 'hs
their en1s! No wonder that Gen. Dyrsnforth.
s.i n sn Az bsT shl ss. showed s55 a1s sS
his ST or bugel n wonde; hat the weary
scientists. who had been ri,licp 81 and made
each other in drowsy: self. sati Sled way and:
over II. for anothor nan The. had been told By
to 20 ort int, the arid wilderness
They hid A' broust qG disability Of
the realization Of the Hebrew prophets who
many centuries ago foretoli the day when
destructive drouGhts would no longer bring TO
when the desert- should blossom as 'hs rose"
There shall DO npon every hzll inonnta.o and upon
every high MIL rivers AMI streams OF waer Isaiah
To- in tho wlll.rne.. shan water. break ont, and
become pool and the thirsty land springs OF water
fwi open the river. in high place. and fountains In
esTSsisr ma 4: Az ia"a .SrI%s. q ssi:r
every high hil' rivera aud streams o. water ID. ix
n "a y way r,n In to ,ns NV .nh
rivers Of Judah shall now with waters and fount ain
n' is come FORM Out OF mo mouse '' tho Lord JOEL
And now tho United States are to be the
ecene OF tho carrying ont OF these prophesies
mem expedite honestly believe they have
demonstrated rain can be brought from the
sky over desert places in times OF great
Mr.. L, wers. in his book upon this subject.
iact that the battle o Buena Vista, during the
showers. although It had not rnincd for several
months before tl,e battle. and there was rain
for eral months thereafter. Many battles
during the dry season in that country were
followed by heavy rains. In Wow II this fact
and OF The fact that in ,hihnahua. Lerdo and
ioi a year. AMI the people there are in great
distress. il would seem that the experiments
Of Con. Dyrcnf nth would be watched, closely
sstod in the experiments is shown by he 81 ate
mont mi ado l,y tho .ayor OF III iaso. when he
invited Gen. Dyrenforth to com" 10 that town
Mexican officials a"d scientific men would be
pre-. enr to deserve them.
The experiments will certainly he continued
or. X he Is detained in Washington. iy Mr.
successfully. lie has made an exhaustive