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Show A Hail Eliminator RURAL Franco is exulting over the invention of a "hail destroyer,", by Comte de Beauchamp. The Comte, who is a distinguished dis-tinguished physician, some time ago made the discovery that hail cannot form in air denuded of electricity, and went to work to try to turn tho discovery to a practical use. In the fruit growing region of France, it Is estimated that $40,000,000 worth of fruit is annually destroyed bv hail. Last year tho Comte perfected his invention, in an instrument something like a lightning conductor, which has the effect of draining tho atmosphere of electricity, and made tests In some of the orchards and gardens near Paris. It worked like a charm; the districts were perfectly per-fectly protected, while surrounding districts wore ravaged by hall storms. Tho Doctor calls his instruments "Electric Dams," and they cost about $1,000. Now, tho municipality r of Paris is going to attach those dams to her three highest stations. The Eiffel tower, the Sacre Coeur and the Pantheon, forming a great protective triangle, and the gardeners and fruitgrowers fruit-growers all around Paris are busy pubting up tho "dams." They do not, of course, stop storms, but tho moisture falls in rain instead of hail. Tho question was asked Job: "Hast thou seen the treasures of tho Hail? 'Which. I have reserved against the time of trouble? itiHHUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i "Against tho day of battle and war?" And Comte Beauchamp might answer: "Nofbut I have kicked the stuffing out of it and mate the fruits and gardens immune from it." ' If his invention is the success it is claimed to be, it not only will protect the fruits and flowers, but it will protect men and animals from lightning, which now levies heavy assessments assess-ments every year upon the human race, and , proves anew that man is on the certain way to have dominion over the earth and all nature's elements. |