The Red Cloud chief., 1894-06-08

shows that other conditions are favor
able if moisture wal present.
That gases are escaping, note those
large bare places on the surface Of he
earth where no grass will grow, called
alka!i spots, also that phenomel on
known as mirage, which is seen only
in such countries, and by the vast
fields Of miles and miles Of vcrdigris,
left in the soil that has been brought
up by the gases from beds Of copper
at unknown depths below, as we'll as
PARTICLES Of sulphur found in the soil.
Those pools and springs Of water
abound in sulphur, lime, salt and YER.
digris, and known as bitter TYP water,
that Is neither palatable nor whole.
some. And as water does not run
above its fountain level, We know that
these waters are impregnsted with the
gas or gas deposits, for those beds Of
copper have long been sought for be-
low the springs level.
Now, should the scientific gentle.
man see cause to enquire further, he
may take a basin and place within it
some pieces OF copper, some lime, salt,
and sulphur, then some acid. Cover
the basin with earth on a wire net and
let it stand In q we'll ventilated room.
In a short time he may have q NINA.
ture climate and soil Of western Texas,
and by teaching the earth after con.
tinued fumigation he may get some
bitter gyp water, not so strong, but it
will show the truthfulness Of the for.
nation"
The above quotations will apply to
all the countries lying within 200
miles cast Of the Rocky mountains
and to many other localities on the
globe. The suggestions that vsrdigris
is formed by eleotrolyses, indicates
that electricity, not sur heat, is The
active agent, but while electricity may
disintegrate the copper far down in.
to the earth and bring it to the sur
face in the form Of verdigris, sun heal
could not do so.
Applying these laws to water ovapo
ration not connected with saline soils
we readily see that the moisture tina
forms our North American rains mus
come from the saline waters of tn
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, wher,
they are e~vaporated by the down.pour
ing pure air that comes to the earth
surface through the permanent higl
, barometers on the electric current
that forever convey the air particle
in q ceaseless round, coming to tn
earth in the high and going back int
|, space through the lows.
). That evaporation 10 q result Of cleo
r trolyses is so clearly apparent tina
. arguments appear useless, but orthc
dox scientists have declared that evaI
8 Grafton is a result Of sun heat. 1
o this as in many other things every Of
. thodox scientist is as much in the va
Of progress as q mountain is an OF
struction to railroad building.
i. Evaporation being a result Of ele'
d trical action, by a plus charge Of ele'
8 trlcity, which lifts and bears away th
q particles Of water, the reverse Of thi
d will cause precipitation, rainfall; there
fore we must find paths by which tn
evaporated sea waters go to the int
ior Of the continent, and there US
such appliances as will rob the vape
currents Of their excess Of elestrioit!
81 Only along these lines oan we hoE
q to succeed in r%ainmaking, and herei
a is a field for the inventor. Necessit
calls for a balloon SO equipped that
will readily convey into tho cart
Is large quantities Of electricity take
It from the clouds in the southeast quat
q rant Of passing low barometcrs.
h The positions indicated is where Il
- vapors from the Atlantic enter Il
a lows that IN from the west, and
Is confidently believed that rain o.
~ thus be produced in oil arid %countrie
n The arid districts west Of the Roc
les arc ovelflown by rivers of vapo
flowing northeast during the wiut
q season, and northern Mexico by sin
lar currents during the summer sc
Y son.
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