Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-24

accomplish this result | am about CLOS
,,,y 4. contract with the Hotchkiss ord
nance Company. OF Washington. ID -
for ia construction at a cost OF Sl2Vo.
with this / propose To send my gases
M to the required height. by compressed
air In liquid form. inclosed In shell.
which, when u bursts Will release the
liquid. spreading # In all directions, IN
stantiy forming a large volume or coid
gas that will do more than the gases
now sent Up from the car by the present
method in much shorter space OF time.
II this machine does what ] feel certain
IL will do. rain can be made TO fall In the
shortest possible space OF time. ] made
thirfy-three successful experiments last
year. and up 10 this time nineteen expert
ments this year The first this year was
al Gocdland and then In the order named
at Selden. Phillipsburg. Mankato. Belle
vie. Kan; Beatrice. Ncb. two: Pawnec.
Ncb. Horton. Peabody. Wellington. ard
Caldwell Kan. stuart Pela, and Perry,
Ia. Claiming, Tex, and Britton. Rodheld,
and Sioux Falls. =. ID. At each OF these
places rain was produced ranging from one
half 20 six inches. and each time contrary
10 the predictions made by the weather
service The largest rainfall that we
ever obtained was between Peabody and
Immediately following our experiment was
six inches The result there was parucu-
larry gratifying 20 u. because at NichltA
the local papers had taken great pans
10 ridicuIe las. one paper that had been
particularly ofiicious IN making fun OF us
sent a reporter 10 the car for an inter-
view ! was out Of humor, and tod MN
10 go back 10 Wichita and tell the people
thsf / proposed % make a canal out OF
their principal street. OF course, thiS
was only n bluf. bat fortunately was
able to make the bluff good, for before
morning Douglass avenue was Veritabie
canal. toe culvcIts being washed out ana
the street noosed.
CONTENDING WITH PREJUDICE.
"Iu my business as rainmaker J have
~ contend with deep-seatcd prejudice TOT
fn every community there are many peo-
rl4 who persist In looking upon me
IA. AN lmplstor. Notwithstanding the fact
that they are not called upon 10 loot
any Of the bills. the Rock Island com
nary paying all the expense ana my
salary as wcn Religious cranks. IN par
tcllar. eco an in their power to discourage
me At Pclia Ia. a sect OF hollandets'
when The rain came xurned their water
barrels uusidn-down Ind cut the pipes
l'"dIhE l." ".'" ''5'., 10 ,. Ill ,,ot
the A''h '"'"' anu ''',t no did
'-" INV ''"'' ,.,,,,,',,h 10 cover
"'' ma c,., ,..,t no r,iob, no, be
i'I.,..,,ii.I ~ uroGt Inv rain sent by satan.
They quoted Scripture 10 me 10 show That
I was WORKING against the VIII OF the
Lord We operated from stuart felia'
...l Perry al the same time, the
;hroo cars being the points OF
triangle of which Dies Moines
,,.. ,h.. centre. \ number OF scientists
..,rlad uron our division superintendent
49, p.. N,iues on the morning Of the cX-
,.r,n.nf and Informed him that the con-
dif,ous were such that rain at that
,.i,t within tv,nty-four hours would he
irounsellle They said there were no indi-
cations of b, shown by tie barometer and
fhat TN. nVgrometcr showed but a bare
trace of moisture. At O'Clock that after
noon the rain b'gan TO fall and these
sam. scientists were forced 10 admit That
their humidity theory had been Knocked
into cooked hat bat th"y SUN lhsiS''I
thar IL WAS a natural rain when had
been caused by cold current OF ar III
which / fully agree, but claim that
was Instrumental i'm producing the cold
current
MANY BELIEVE IN HIN.
There are many thinking people in
Kansas who believe absolutely in JEWELS
r.,iu-makiue system. and they are en-
couraping him I'm every possible way.
Three counties i'm South DakOtd-Spink,
Marshall and 3rnWu-hal so much con-
nl,n,. iu n that the County Commits
sinners i'm each levied 4 lax To purchase
f,,r, I.,,.u fha right f. use his ma
cninary and materials. In each Of them
successful cXp.rirnents have been made
Ly those whom Mir jewell gave instruc-
tons In Snink county a meeting was
b.,rg held To- pray for rain when the
r,iu-makipg outnt bccan operations. The
r,in-makcrs Ly prayer resented the ar
rival Of their scientific rivals. and de-
clar.d that no help need be expected
from IN, Lord as long as they continued
their operations. As Ia raiu-makers did
mot cease their work. tn" pray er-intctlnS