Show Trees Tree as Shelters Shelters' in Thunder Thunder- storms IT T T. the time of year when storms accompanied acM accompanied ac ac- I AT IT M companied by thunder and lightning I are of frequent occurrence ond cause numerous accidents the wayfarer invariably seems to take shelter under trees tree some people however bowey r believe that in so 60 doin doing they thel are running greater risks from the lightning Ja is there any truth In to h this belief I Among the it was believed d that than laurels were never cen r struck by bl lightning Seneca Pliny aud and Plutarch all affirm this thil to bo tho the case At the first peal of of thunder Emperor Tiberius placed u a laurel w wreath i rea h hu his bro brow II on w and aud took refuge in a Ii cellar Ii Fig and damson trees as ns well as 01 th the thi white w vine box and peach trees were also allo popularly credited with Immunity from froni lightning Even day to-day the same quality is la attributed in certain countries s to firs pines beeches boeche birches and to limes limes' Beeches in particular have hue a D. great reputation reputation tion iu in this respect Au old proverb current current current cur cur- rent at Heidelberg l advises tho the traveller overtaken by a thunderstorm to avoid I pines aD auf ancl oaks but to try to find a beech In the State of Tennessee the inhabitants used formerly to take refuge in the beechwoods bud beech woods a at t the sound of thunder I rfd r i r |