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Show rut: li u ttituii. HUH IMAM. JllllmUIlM CAM I II A SIIUUhllOiTlil ACLiailSK), A Chryenne rorriiondent of the Luely MMnlali) ,ea a klvw Hie f illnw lug account of r rank Meluourue'a llrst ixirlmeiiti The llrst iiwrlmeiit nude by Frank Mtlbourne, the raln-maker, lu thin vklnlty haa i roved siHacerul. Mel bourne canto lulu a weik ago at the Invitation of a iiuinla-rof Clujimi" illlseus, who aubscrlbed fundi lu defray de-fray the exja-nsea of a nrlea of rain-ro.luclng rain-ro.luclng ixperluienls In Iho arid MBloua of Wyoming. He agreed to iroducu rain within three daya of a ilmoeet lyclllteiisheranr fur.'elt any claim to coni'Usalloii. Hiturday eviu-tog eviu-tog la-l Melbourne commenced work. Heeslablllhed hlmseir III the lull of a l.arn lii thii suburbs of Ihe city and hsslieen there ever sluce, leit when letvlng It fur Ills meals. The only aparaUii or chemicals ho took Into his lelruat wire rontalmd In four ordinary grliaiatks. The windows uf IhoUru weio cnrtfully shaded Willi blankets, and thocrovlna lu the floor of the barn loft covered u roveut uny eye netrailug Iho mysery if Iho rJlii-iuaklug lalairatory. All day Hun-day Hun-day and Monday the barn w as w atchod l.y the curious, but nu ouu venturi d lu lutiudiii.oiilhu pUaiy of the rain king, asliwaisaldlm hat a big revolver re-volver In disc urso Intnidirs. Monday a lurlous phiiionieiiou was tvllnensiJ In Iho t volution of Hie iloudn. the morning opened clear and I right, I ut towards noon clouds rolled In from all portions of the horl in. hen near the ralit miker'a barn they siemed tu Income stitlonaty and change I from cumulotis to cumuloclrro slralujor rain ilouds. Thousands of lieolle witched them with Interest !xi-irlli( a ralnrull, but lrlk winds sprung up and seiaratod Hum Into fragments of sen I and the day clm.ed aa clear an I blight as when It began. This morning rtignal rtirvlre Oilleer Itavtnsorall said that an auroachlug rnlixtomi from the northern urt of Montana lit I la-ruilltirlnl lonnia'l. rly and northerly direction and lhat the Indlcailona were for dry weather. "If It rains to la," he said, "It will ho Milbourne's nln anl not Iho Lord's." J hla niornliiB liquid ill ar, but by no.ui tho clouds iimiiiKuced to roll to-wrtl to-wrtl tho clly. Melliouriie had until this eeulug to bring the ralu and there una mudi exclti intut oir tho outcome. Iletswiro madnof twu tu line that he would fall, and loutlder ablolilonet was put up. Mllbuurue's brother, who Is with him, had money tonievt oeryollir. Kroiu noon thire rt cine I to lean unending struggle lu Ihviloiids. Minis of them irowdtd 111 Irom Uicliorls.il n I nreiilly attract-id attract-id toward the ralu doctur'a ulul of vantage overlooking the clly. Ilusluess wasnlmoat suspended and thousands ufis-oile woionn Ihe stalls watching Ihe ilouds. At 2 41 o'clock there was a heavy tul of tliun Jl r and a vivid llanh of llghttilug, an I lu a few momenta the ralu came down lu torrents. tor-rents. It continued twiuly mliiulea and Hu u tho clouds broke und the sun came out bright an I warm. Mel-bourne Mel-bourne tent i lit word that In nil hour there would ho more ralu. Hall an hour latirraln comminutl falllnK ngaln, and fell iiiuoAslngly for niurly ou hour. The entire ; recl llo-Hon llo-Hon lo 1 uVlork Ihla oenlng was tjluMofun Inch. The signal ofllcir nporletltho humidity of Ihe almos-I almos-I hero at ii till mluults I fore the rain and hi when the rain lomnuiiced tu fall, a most singular neutimi nun 1 he cnilimlllie III rhargeof Hie lX rlnu lite h ivo not ha I a formal meellug this e eu lug, lut Individually Ihey exirisa Ihiniselvisnsiallillod with tho rtsull, aud are hi tanr nf laiylng Melbourne Ihe money coualileratlou agmd uiun. 1 x.tlovernorllixlerot thocoinmltleo faor. ritalnlug Melbourne fir further i xteriments, at dllleront anisoiia of the year, the ttsts to bo made uudir tho iinltou of sclsntUls und ixikHs. Melbourne l said working In his den loulght. and says ho will gUu jleulj of ralu tomorrow. ... , A milling of tlocommlttio having Hm ralu m iklug expi ihuoiit lu i hargs waa hell at u late hour I might, and theinuiiey Melhourna was to retelvo for cuu.luk" a rainfall wai awarded Ului. |