Show watch tho alio SM smoke ake how often wo hoar hear the remark we shall have rain tile the atmosphere is so heavy the reverse is true when one sees smoke hanging from a chimney with a tendency to sink to the ground it indicates that the atmosphere is light 0 in fact too light to float the smoke when the smoke rises from the chimney it indicates a heavy atmosphere A column of smoke is ia not a bad barometer for a barometer is nothing more than a recorder of the pressure af pf f the atmosphere when the atmosphere is lio light and the smoke emoke settles the on oil tile tho mercury is light and the column falls indicating storm when tho the atmosphere is heavy and the smoke rises tile the pressure is greater and the column rises irises indicating fair weather chicago herald |