The courier., 1902-06-21
OBSERVATIONS
BY SARAH B. HARRIS
Delphie

maker Wright intimates that he has
clearly stated the theory of the mag
netic ellipse around Lincoln" Never
theless the uninitiated do not as yet un.
derstand what the salt basin north
west Of the city has to do with the
rainfall. To still further explain the
matter to those densely ignorant of the
process OF artificial rainmaking. the
professor says: 'One year ago the
planets of our solar system were In a
position to each other and to the earth
I'm which they had not been for hun
dreds of years. and in which they will
not be again for the same length Of
time These planets, being all relatively
on one side of the sun and approaching
the earth nearly in a line, were every
moment hurting into our atmosphere
their positive magnetic forces. This
condition, under the influences of which
the earth and its atmosphere was be-
ginning to become more intense up to
the time of conjunction in November
and was not dissipated throughout the
winter and is not yet, resulted in a
worldwide drouth, Nebraska and Lin
coin feeling il along with the rest.
From May to the last of November, the
earth's crust, center and atmosphere
were absorbing this avalanche of
etheric magnetic force. At conjunc-
tion the planets commenced to recede
from the earth and as they receded
the positive forces which had been alb
sorbed began to take on a negative
type and began to rush out from the
earth into space. As this has been go- !.
ing on from month to month since the
conjunction, the forces have become
more and more intensely negative and
their outstretching power stronger, the
pressure had to give way. and, as a
consequence, the weakest spots Of the
earth's crust are centers Of volcanic
action and We are now beholding the
operation of this terrific force in the
Caribbean islands and earlier the
earthquakes in Alaska and other por-
tions of the earth. Around Lincoln and
vicinity we know how intensely dry
II has been all winter up TO the time
of the volcanic eruptions. and that all
last summer the conditions were in
tensified SO that the drouth was more
severe in this vicinity
The Rainmaker is evidently a product
Of our public sthool system. At any
rate, his explanation, which he says is
perfectly clear. resembles the exami-
nation papers in English affected by the
pupils in the public schools and the
undergraduates style. More
periods and a more generous use of
commas might clarity a muddy sub.
ject.
II may be because Of Professor
Wright's mysterious English that he
has been unable to convince farmers,
turing a drouth, that he possesses the
Should native of
Thibet station himself on the postoffice
'quare and deliver the most import
INT and enriching secrets in Thibetan.
I is likely that the people would laugh
4 him. There Is something about the
Mysterious that is funny. People laugh
It Ii without knowing why. II the
sainmaker has something useful to
he must first acquire a
literary style that will give dignity to
that he has to say. and at the same
ine serve as a medium for the graphic
Exhibition of a new idea
Planets cannot be relatively on one
ide OF the sun. Most of them may be
n one sice or the other For hun
reds Of years and the same length