Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-02-04
MYSTERY rs SOLVED
The Lonely House Raided and a
Deep Secret Given Away!
A PATENT MOISTURE EvAPORAToR
No Counte rfeiting, But Scheme to Ben
oft the County and Create
More Fat Offices.

1t vas related last week how daring
HERALD reporter peeked through chlnk
in the wall of an isolased house in the
outskirts of the city; Low he saw sights
and heard sounds mysterious and strange.
The clark mystery" has been ex-
planned, and the scheme of the midnight
toiler is herewith exposed to the curious
public.
That such gigantic undertaking could
progress so far without being discovered
or even sun pected by the people living in
that vicinity is certainly strange.
After careful but fruitless watch had
been kept on the premises for several
nights the vigil Of the watcher was re-
warded last Monday night by seeing a
man stealthily enter the cottage. The
guard at once notified the city marshal,
who in turn aroused the HERALD scribe,
and the trio, armed to the teeth, proceed
ed to the mysterious rendezvous.
The chink had been closed!
After whispered consultation admis-
sion was demanded. For moment all
was still; then voice asked who was
there and what was wanted. After con.
siderable parleying and upon threat
Of breaking in the door, it was finallv
opened and before the astonished gaze Of
the party stood Billy Mack! To say that
the party was surprised but family ex-
presses the sensation that permeated the
breasts of those modern Dogberrys.
The party entered and the solitudinous
artificer explained the reason of his Gu
rious actions.
The room first entered contained a
workbench, small lathe, number Of
wooden models and the floor was Uttered
with bottles of chemicals and divers ar
ticles. In the next room stood the con-
trivances mentioned by the HERALD last
week.
Mr.. Mack, alter imploring his visitors
not to mention the matter TO soul, said
that the conical-shaped oblong iron box
with the blunderbuss barrels projecting
therefrom was "Mack's Moisture Evapo-
rator," which. he modestly said, sis the
geatest invention of the age, boon to
this part of the Pacific coast, as by its
use fogs will be driven from our shores,
the rainfall OF section of land, or even a
whole county, can be regulated at will.
No more," he enthusiastically exclaimed,
"wi!l this fair land of ours be character
lied as the home of the webfoOter, but
instead of clouds o'erhead the blue arch
OF heaven will spread its periphery to
our grateful gaze daily, except at such
times as rain is needed, when you give
the order-I do the rest-and copious
showers gladden. the earthp'
The machine was taken apart and its
operation explained at length, but space
forbids at this time scientific description
(fuH details will be published next weekly.
Let it suffice to say that the interior
mechanism of the machine is somewhat
similar To that If a Gattling gun, having
revolving cylinder fitted at the inner
ends of the barrels into which are slid
copper shells loaded with smokeless pow
der, such as was used in our Chilean
war, fitted, in place of "a bullet, with an
aluminium projectile containing the great
absorbant or evaporating compound, the
formula of which is, tightly locked in the
breast OF the inventor. These projectiles
are arranged with fuse SO timed that.
when fired into the rain clouds, the COW
ering bursts, the compound Sc: free, the
clouds are dissipated and old Sol shines
for all
Having been frequently cnssed be-
cause the weather bureau furnished such
poor weather." said Mr.. Mack, 81 con-
cluded to try and remedy the evil, and
after much study evolved this invention.
The apparatus is now completed. II