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Show PROFESSOR IN HARD LUCK. Storm' tarly Arrival Spoiled HI Chance for Fame. Wo ran recall no rainmaker from the time of I'lutarrh, or any rain doctor doc-tor of tho Indiana, or any rain aorecrer of the African tribe, who baa played In harder luck than l'rof. Meyer ha Just encounlored In the Adirondack. He arrived a few dny ago with a fine collection of balloon and bomb and got all ready for operation on Tuesday. On the ovenlng of that day he announced that ho ahnuld fcr.d up noma hnlloona wllh powerful bornha wllh lighted fuse attached, and that rain would follow tho explosion almost Immediately. At a matter of fact, rain preceded the etplnalon. Just aa the professor waa about to cut tne rope oi ma ballcon a tremendous thunderstorm came up, advancing wllh torrlltlc apced and deluging the rottlun with mater. Yen see, nature had "got on" to the profeanor'a littlo gaiuo and forestalled him. llul Imaglno tho air of tho professor If he had got hla balloon up about fifteen minute ahead of tho aliowor! No rain doctor that the world hu known wuuld have been "In If with him then. Now York Comuiurrlal Advertiser. |