Show So many people have been killed by lightning of late years that the German Ger-man Government has Instituted an Inquiry In-quiry Into the effect of lightning upon trees The officers of forest stations have been making observations and they arc scattered over an area cf 50000 acres In the district of Llpp Tho forests comprise 70 per cent of beech trees 13 per cent pines 1 percent per-cent oaks and C per cent firs Of 275 trees struck by lightning f > S per cent were oak 21 per cent fir 8 per cent beeches and 7 per cent pine The natural nat-ural inference Is that If a person was In the woods In t thunderstorm he had better avoid oaks and get under the beeches and pines The beech seemo to be almost Immune from lightning stroke There Is an old Idea In England Eng-land that the beech Is never struck by lightning Prof Henry observes that the zone of danger from lightning stroke extends over several feet Jn the United Status in 1S99 562 persons were killed and 820 injured by lightning light-ning The common form of disability from the stroke Is partial paralysis |