The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-25

Have Never Surrendered.
Never for an instant has tie rssn-rsak-
Ing contingent in Wichita given uS the
belief that precipitation can BE induced
By the discharge OF hydrogen gas inio the
sky. Although the world has quit the the
cry as 4 rank dream. the theorists keep
RICH; OF ~ work
Last Monday morning this cane over
the Eagle telephone.
"Notice those clouds yesterday ard the
way the rain came DOWN
The auditor knew Il was George Mat
thews. he raia-maker. and answered
Yes
Wei. I've been peppering the SKY NTH
hydrogen gas Things are noN Just right
watch things today
An right
watch things all this week III show
what rain IL"
Go ahead
When by o'clock Thursday afternoon
SIX inches Of rain had fallen the memory
OF George Matthew'S prediction over the
telephone came back windy.
Another nan IN Wichita who implicitly
holds 70 the theory OF rain-nakinx Il
Hubert ChndS- The ether day while the
rain was coming down in sheets DIR.
ChiIds said
The present moist conditions viii Iuli
Us into fancied security. but before many
weeks have passed We shall have the old
tine hrazea sky. with hot winds sweep
ing through the dsrk-green corn. curling
up the blades. Until they look ike shoe
strings. ard fairly boiling the sap as Il
rrshes Up to Ill the super-hested vac
uums.
--Rain-making. or rain-Procucing. y rot
looked upon fsvorably By very many peo-
pie. and as usual in such cases. the OBJ
iectors are those who know nothing AID
have thought nothing IN regard 20 the
subject
1T Is but few years ago that Profess
sor Morse asked Congress for an appro-
prfation TO enable him 70 build an expert
mental telegraph lire. When the question
nnaIiy came Up one 81 that sugust hcsiv
rose to his feet ard the occasion and
among other things said: Talk through a
piece OF wire, II we grant this We shall
be asked an appropriation to buiid a lire
that We may converse with tho man n
the moon Long before this corcentra-
ton Of wisdom died the country was fair
ly cobwebe1 with wires &C though some
gigantic spider had been ~ work over
night Scientists tell US that there - more
moisture above the earth than there is IN
all the oceans and rivers on the globe
Now I 10 not know this 20 be true. nor
do I intend 20 trot around with a dirrcr
trying to determine the matter but be-
lieve in its truth. And - believing SKI
ward IS where we should look for our
moisture. Gravity in this case would be
our helper.
The question OF rain-prosrcirE IL =
simple one. Can we convert water into
steam and steam into gas And then
Transporting. can re convert sas into
steam and steam into wst4rs There Is
the question IN verv small nutshell. ANY
Io-year-old schoolboy viii readily answer
in The Affirmative.
Now what Is it that will convert gas
into steam and steam into water, sim
ply the cold principle OF hydrogen gas.
Now. u send no this cold principal or
gas 70 where moisture Is in gaseous
condition clouds viii he the result; and
n keep. this up for some hours ccntinu-
ousiv rain must follow.
There Is all there s 20 it-nothing mir
acuIous.
We VIII suppose. for insta7ee that the
SKY f.. 50 Tar as our vizon goes perfectly
free from clouds n send Up this cold
principle a snail cloud - formed Vow.
the question T.. what has taken place NJ
there This from al directions moisture
has been drawn % form thar ilttie cloud
or center. and by keeping this process 60
snr nature being great ohf~~tor 20 vsc-
uursas. has formed what 7 shall 'caii. fcr
want OF q better tern. storm center. IN
a mall way a cycionic condition ras been
abIished. after which rrir rust resnit.
4 vsry common fdes IL that storm when
approaching has been a storm for days.
when. ss = matter - fart. so birth nay
have been the result q favorable consi-
tons q a few previous hours o. even
minutes
~ sxing ny hard openly from rfxht
20 left 7 have sssrfes fh- af-asrhe~e 81
motion n thss direction ~ ERE conditions
are favorable 50 ;h1f motion Increases f.
.ueeS. = cyclone nav ~ The result
a SNOWFALL started ~ TIE sop a, -
nouufasu. nay - 81 svaianch> On rrsch-
,nr she valley.
''Tyheu - much Interest f. 'stsr r. 'his
question - 70 wireless fc'egrapAv 49,
fvi-x machines. thsn ~s stan -oou sraw
our needed suu1fv - --osVtur~ rom the
s<v ~ viii TIE raiz-nakinK ttsa roatf
not corn= % ussn rnie-s Re prouhrcv ver-
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