Show i Three Stcries of lightning i i Denver llepubllcan I A party of commercial run lounged In the easy clialra In thc rotunda ef the fliown Palace hotel last evnlng As I was going to remalk said the I cologne man I was traveling In Texas a fw yearm ago and spent a < Iy or two nt a place whcro a sung of men i weic building a new rnllioud There were at least 200 of them On this particular par-ticular day n thumlrntoln came un i still a holt of lightning struck amoM In the center of the men 1 dozen or more of them were atunrud by the I blow nnd knocked down On man who was standing very near where the bolt struck had his clothes bum d n little He was nil right In u few minutes and went about his work About quitting lime he put ills hand In his poeket to look at his watch nnd much to his surprise found his pocket empty and the bottom torn out He went back to where he tell when the lightning struck and found a rough chunk of siller all that remained of his wateh The heat from the lightning hud evidently melted melt-ed It and It burned Its way through the pocket and fell to the ground If that story wont convince you en the spot 1 have one that tilt said the porkptcklns man of Kunl City Before I go further Jet in Plate that this story Is I on ectu1 I fact anll no tooling in Arizona lat summer Mr 11 J Allen wife ef the financial ngnt if the United Verde min Vag rented In a room with another woman mewing thllndcretorm was rnlng olltlde hen sudden Il clap ef thunder came And a flah y light I hleh blinded the women sowing After ther had recovered recov-ered from the shock Mrs Allen round that n bolt had come down the chimney chim-ney end ns It flew across the room It brushed against her back hair and melted all the hairpins that had held It up a few moments before A further I lIon rOPIIId the fact that the hol I < had truck the earlier of a bed In the adjoining room Phattering thc Wood Strange an it I mail tfm 1Ire Allen H heir was not even pinged i The other members of the party moved uneasily In their chairs expect Ing the Chicago man Turning to h1h companions he sold I While in Georgia n year ago last spring a darkey was tr c lear lightning and lives to tell the tale He was rid r hli jlcbli nriveida ing home across a roitoirlleld durine a thunderstorm when a bolt of lightning struck him between the shoulders It ran down him back burned a hole In the saddle killing the mule under him He fell off the mule and walked homo in the rain moanlng l the loss of his mutt ef Clothem blob hall been badly I torn by the lIhtnln Upon his or rival home when he Went to change his clothes IIIA 111fe mad the discover hat the IIghtnln hd made a whit tripe down his black back TO corrie cor-rie that mark to this day |