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Show new Kirae, A wClanllOe Inveuiien et laterssi to eniMll tiujs. WahIIinutun, May a. If tke buys Of tbe oouutry Uke edvautage uf their opportunities they will souu be flyiug kilea which will be lar ahead of those ued by Ilia youngsters of a geuerailoo ago. Hi nee last Ootober H. A. Totter, of the wealhur bureau has beeu expert meullug with cellular kites of dill. rent sties. The object of the tuvesilgelluu Is loseouro a kilo which can be soul up luto lha upper oucreuls of air lor al tfrBit two miles, the Idea being to suspend sus-pend llieir self registering nieleorolog- i Pal Innruiueiits so as tn determlue atoveaJI th cause nf rain storms. The weather bureau kunws that II rains now and then, hut hs nat tha mmoiret Idea wby Ihe phenomenon lakia plane excftpt In tha general wsy fts auresd by all ackntlets by tha con '(mention of particles of vapor. Mr. I' t. or t ok up what Is known aa the llargreave rslluiar kiln wblch are nrdluary-lji.klng bni-ahated efTalrs made on the theory nf one lane piared above another. After a few I rials he hit on an Important modification by the means of which the cuuniruc lou was simplified greatly and the streuitth and lightness Increased. The weather bureau oxpt-rts already have sent up kites to au elevation f something over 4 o'H) ft at and ihey are ooiiOdent of being able t ritach Ihe two miles limit after further eii. menle. In the nteauwhile the surges. , tltu bsa bvu niede to Tr f, Mo.ire, ; chief ol tho Weather bursan, that the mall boys of the cuuiiy aa wel as those of a Isrger growth Were entitled to the bene lit of tbe luvsstigsllous of tlie wss l ber bureau shsri. The bureau, therefore, haa prepared au lllualralsd pampnlet showing ei aclly the ooiistiuctlon of the diamond celled kite aud giving minute details as lo Ihe process of Its manufacture. Already there bavo come numerous appllcillona te ihe buresu lor nopl of the Illustrated psmpnlel, and the ofllc lals vxprct that when the small Ix ya of lite country Irani of what science has done f jr ll.eni aud how they may lm-prevo lm-prevo the lummer hi urs maulpulatlu a poweriul kite which I tu besucoeaa. fully mauatted with streug bempeii ord only, or piano wlr, tne guvrrn nivnt printing presses will ba kept busy tu tupply tue dem sud. |