The times., 1897-07-13
SAGE Balls OUT HIS BOOTS
Rain Makes Him Chuckle Deep
Within His Waistband.
GIVES AWAY SHOP SECRETS
The Times Man Finds Him Smiling
at the Gauge Suffers From His
CorDs-keeps Tree-Frog-iias
Photograph of Noah-Tnils
About the Rain.
are arewasbailingout his boots

The Weather Sage was bailingout his boots
last night They were boots of gum.
He paused in his labor TO watch his flood
fIuyiomeier. AS the rain rose in the gauge
the Sage smiled till his nolars cleaned in the
hghtning that played around his form.
Then the Sage would resume the work
Of baiIing out his boots. He was dressed
in oilskin and cork leggins Around his
waist there was tin gutter, which had
blown from nearby ROOF. Across hls
shoulder thpre was thrown an oar and in ms
hand he held a pump.
Again and gain would he pause in the
wo! Of baiiing out his boots of gum ana
rest his eye with rapture on the ram
gauge Then would he Chucklc deep down
within his waistband, after the fashion
OF the iniser in the play who clinks hts
hoard.
Above the hammock OF the Sage were
two boat hooks crossed, and hanging on
the wall was d photograph or Moan. On
al anchor in the middle OF the room lay
bible, which was open at the story OF
the flood A pair OF fins were nailed above
the door and a cork Jacket dangled from
the hatrack.
I'ndisturbed by the roaring Of the torrent,
the Sage continued the bailing of his
boots.
Ibid yoIr corns huTt you much today?"
asked The Times man.
II had to wash my feet in chloIoform,' -
| responded the Sage. But then con
tinned he, Il don't depend entirely on my
corns for weather symptoms 1 keep d
little treefrog in the woodshed. l was
| doubly certain il would rain today, be-
cause my hair kept coming out OF curl. F"
Where did you keep this wcathertanked
| uD, Sage?" asked the reporter.
Then the Sage desisted in the work Of
bailing out his boots and spoke as fol-
| lows:
Let me tell you some of the philosophy y
! of wet weather. Rain depends upon the
formation ana the dissolution Of clouds.
| Wien one learns to manage the clouds he
may rule tie rains. The invisible aqueous
| yapor suspended in the atmosphere which
| forms clouds and is deposited in rain is
derived from the evaporation OF water,
| patty from inland waters but chiefly
| froni the vast expanse of the ocean.
| ''At a given temperature the atmosphere
| is capable of containing no more than a
certain quantity Of aqueous vapor aud
| when this quantity is present, the air Is
said to be saturated Air may at any old
| tune be brought to state of saturatiou
by a reduction OF its temperature, and II
| cooled below a certain point the whole
OF the vapor can no longer be held in sus-
pension, bot part OF it, condensed from
the gaseous to the liquid state, VIII be
deposited in the form Of dew, or viii
float around in cl ouds.
IF the temperature continues to de-
crease the vesicles of vapor composing
the clouds will increase in number, and
! begin to descend by their own weight.
| The largest of these falling fastest, vii
be united with the smaller ones they en-
| counter during their descent, and thus
| drops Of rain viii be formed
In addition to my corns, I foreten rain
| largely hy the use of the spectroscope.
Whenlight tha has pa ssed through aqueous
vapor is deconposed, dark band is seen,
which is the more intense the greater the
amount Of vapor present"
When the Sage had given away thest
trade secrets he hoisted his umbrella, and
resumed the work of bailing out his boots
| Wealthy Woman Drops Dead.
Saratoga, n. Y, July 12-Mrs. Eliza
beth w Westcott, probably the wealthies