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Show TH RAIN N"AK:.R3 IN TEXAS. J Oot Of till rlrtlltt-r.laWrr tin'- tip 111 ft i lllklln.tli Mil 1 1 jlAtftt HT. Y'a. 1'am), Texn. Sept. 1. Thn pov-ernmeiit pov-ernmeiit l ain inakers han evervtloni; in reaoine.ss lor thn ;rrand tet tod:iy. Ynstordav afturuoon John T. lCllis of the expedition w ent up in a lm lloon t ft o miles to measure , hnmidi'v of the atmosphere. When ut one lniln aj nuiiilier of explosives wer het oil on j the j;rouiid. I'lm Walloon fell ill the mountains thirluen in.les lnoo the city, and neither the Imtioon nor il occupants occu-pants havo Ih'hu heard from. Since the heavy ev plosion in the a I ternoeti heavy, dark clouds have atticred above Moniit I-'rankliii, from which point thn lu:u-hardmeut lu:u-hardmeut took pines. Thn work of tint iovernmert rain makers commenced this morning. The conditions nro tnoro favotahle tod 'y than yesterday. The experiments today to-day are witnessed by an immense crowd. |