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Show A QUEER RAIN THEORY. ' I'rrnplratlon (rum tlie NoIiIIkm (llrrn nt it (aa0 of btintrem Aftr lUlllo. A moat oxtraortllnary theory has recently re-cently been propounded, ya tlie Boston Bos-ton (! lobe, to bhow tho renson why ralu usuully falls after a auvoro battle lias been fought The uneieuU n-.ed to altributo the phenomenon ultie generosity of some dlotywhjuas kind eunugli to make tlio attempts to wush nuny tho traces of iiiud'k degradation us soon ot-jKis-slblo, nod Inlttr on, when cam foil came to be used as a menus of destroying life, tho detonations of thoe mschlnos vv ere said to oauso the wonderful downpour down-pour of rata But noro prosaic, up to data people ol to-day put it down to perspiration. And tilth Is how thoy go to prove It: One soldier will, in tlio courso ot twelve hours' fighting, glvo all Blx gallons of water. Ilo drink inuoli. Thirst for gore, glory, and wator go together ou uteh oeouslons, mid tho "''. mount of inolslmo given off by oun ..ntn Is snld to be aufllelont to cover twolvo square foot threo-quar-tom of an lnob deep. Now, of course, all UiU pn.pIratlou ' ovaporntuc nnd goes up Intu tlio ut- I ' motphoro. Tho utinosphore, betom'uig unduly charged with mni'-ture, offers lUulf on tho llgliti,t provoontlon to tlip formation of clouds, and in uluo J oases out of ten rain fulls iminodlutely coudunsutlon sets in. |