The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-12

since Ineng ne mas enlarged and I'M
proved the building. The hospital is
unsectarian and free to all nationali-
ties 5S..sEsssa 5sy d? EsrtSE NJ q Y
~ 4 RFA1NMAl<ING OUTFITS.
Although Not Often Heard or, the Rain
= .,sf maker Is Working Away. rs
s. Most people suppose that rainmak-5
ing is a played-out fake" said a carni-
val visitor from Wichita, Kas but
that is a great mistake. know two
or three different rainmakers who
have all they can do In the dry sea-
son, and are making money hand over.
list. Y The most successful of the lot is
what is known as the Sunders Chemi-
cal Rocket company, which has head
quarters in st. Louis, and keeps several
wagon outfits on the go through Kan
sas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, South
ern Colorado and Oklahoma. T. The out
fits are rather interesting. They con-
sist Of powerfully built wagons, fitted
up with apparatus for making hydro
gen gas and all the other parapherna-2
liza of the business. The process is, OF
course, a secret. but I have seen the
Saunders people at work and know in
general way what they do. = The:
wagon is stopped at some convenient
point in the midst of the droughtyi
district and several small balloons are
inflated with gas. The balloons are.
about eight feet in diameter and are
made ma; OF varnished papers They carry
rockets, IL which are, discharged by
means of time fuses when they reach
q certain altitude, supposed to be the
cloud strata. They make a tremendous
noise, and can be heard distinctly for.
miles, sounding, exactly like sharp peals
of thunder. Three balloons are sent
up to begin with, and if it doesn't rain
in thirty-six hours the experiment is
repeated; in fact, they keep on put
ting up balloons as long as the farmers
keep putting up cash. The system of
the other rainmakers is practically the
same, although one concern owns a
small gun of about two or three inch
caliber,, from which it shoots bombs
into the: clouds. It is a very curious
and undeniable fact that showers do
actually follow their efforts in the
great majority of cases, and the list of
places and dates which they use on
their circulars is a powerful argument
with any farmer. L saw a folder not
long ago on which twenty-five at
$tempts were enumerated, seventeen of
which were followed by rain in from
two to thirty-six hours. This extraor-
dinary' percentage of success is readily
explained by the skeptics. The rain
makers are never called in, they say,
except after long period of drought,
when the probability of it's natural
termination is increased daily in COM
pound ratio. j In other words, 1t would
rain anyhow, bombs or no bombs You
don't see much about the business in
the papers for the reason that the rain
wizards shun publicity. They deal
mainly with farmers societies. - - New
Orleans Times #s# .s:s. NJ %t.. .tt.
%&S Perfumes Rare. <&ssaf s* IS. IS
For; a trinity. Of virtues the jasmine
flower is held precious in4the east by
its Women--as an Offering, as a per-
fume, and as a delicate eyanescent OIL
. for the oriental fair pluck the fresh
blossoms, roll them up in their hair
and sleep all night in them for the per-
fume they impart An older orna-
mentation than hraiding dark hair
with pearls is that of gemming their
length with the sweet elIing stars
OF the cinquefoil white jasmine. Po-.
gostemon. patchouli, once such ia
vorite after its acquaintance was made
by unpacking Indian shaw1s, and still
used to scent and preserve the shawls
over sea from India, lost vogue twenty
years ago because Of its kindred to
musk, now another name for Vulgarity
and out Of drawing groom vocabul
Its once meant {. mystery ~ ;;,'5 IS it now
means the impossible as far as lady,ss
wardrobe is concerned !; nay more,
some fastidious i others warn their
sons never to associate with n women
who use patchouli at their toll
Pittsburg Dispatch. 9sssSs5,.ssss
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From Their Point sof evisw,. 5szs
First Cow hear there.s an awfully
nice man u wing down the road.
q Second Cow hats nice about him 1.
First Cow he's q Yeketarian! /!
luck.