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Show XN OCEAN WATER-SPOUT I The g,n ri I un leratandlng of si-lernpout si-lernpout is that It Is a whirlwind de-"wolo de-"wolo ir m rloud overhanging a l "Hy ot water the wind sucking up ' JTMer irl ,lr ,wIuk It to the Mouu, tram MM h u f i is as ery heay "Oftipoiir f r Mil spouts arc of nth nature but they are ocraslonillr j ot quite a dirfirenl charm ter The, pouts sometimes occur when no w liter iirept that In the clouds Is near In nth Instances a funnelshapcd mass ot Titer or vapor descends toward tho earth from the under side of tho cloud This column of water or vapor Is supposed sup-posed to be hollow and It whirls around with almost lightning rapidity, The lower end of the column or funnel fun-nel does not drop clear to the surface ot the earth but dea ends toward It om: ok n m nn iwnomi-na oiti . ri:i:.s on tub si:a within a distance of from ten to fifty feet. In surh Instances the water ot tho spout Is of course supplied by the cloud but In case ot waterspouts over n largo body of water It seems quite ' likely that at least In tho early stages ot the fortnstloa tho water from the jH cloud descends until It meets the water. H ot the sea After the union ot the two jHf tho water ot tho sea probably ascends, H taking the water from tho cloud back; W with It- OH It Is said that many teamen bcllovo wJU that waterspouts may bo precipitated nM and completely destroyed by a well- (jsm directed shot from a cannon It Is oven, mH rotated that upon n number of occa- jcff slons this teat has been accomplished wm The theory Is that the concussion ot ICM the air from n heavy gunshot Is so EM great that It overcomes entirely tho KtjJ loree of the whirlwind and dissipates MM It to such an extent that the gyrating 9H condition qu.in disappears. The best HjC method ot bringing about this result M Is to lire an explosive shell dlroelly at the water (olumii If a shell with a tlmo fuse can be thrown so much tho better especially It an expert In cutting cut-ting fuse of right length fur isttmatcd distances la nt hand on board the boat. A shell exploding near a spot Is guaranteed guar-anteed In kill It so desd that It will never rite again Conn the ocean numbers of waterspouts will sometimes rise within a comparatively short distance dis-tance of each other, and when tho spouts are of great site, ns they sonio-tlmea sonio-tlmea are. ships In their path aro In actual danger Tho aame theory In regard to tho destruction de-struction of waterspouts by firing shells nt them Is held by many In regard re-gard to the annihilation ot cyclones The project of using guns on theso devastating de-vastating and death dealing storms has been aerloutl) considered In a number' ot towns In the west nnd northwest, which have been visited by disastrous! c) clones Tho scheme which has bum broached contemplated tho placing oij n cannon or shell throwing gun upon some eminence In the town nnd providing pro-viding It with n sort of llfesivlng squad of volunteera from among tho citizens Upon the approach ot a storm, this squad or a part of It, would man the gun and bo ready to hurl a shell at any gyrntlng cloud of dangorous np-pcaranco np-pcaranco na soon as It should corns, within gunshot of tho town Although, this project haa been discussed a number num-ber of times It has not yet been put. Into execution |