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Show In the Heart ol a Thunderstorm. An llnrillah nernnmt ..ho made nn as cent in his balloon was gradually borne bv the wind Into the .try heart of a thunderstorm In Ihe June uuinlir of rrursnn's Mngashie ho Rl.rs a .hid account ac-count of this unusunl expeilence 'Jlut ,re we were reluclanlly eoinpeltetl lo admit thai we wero taught In hi. I weather thero was a wild shrltk In ihe air all around, anil In Its. Ihin n minutes soaee we wore swnllow.il up in a i lutes, nnsliught nt hall, whit h tut anil bruised us, rattling with a fuilois patttr un llie silk nbo.e, and on tint sides of out wicker ear, bringing down, too from tho upper regions from what htlaht. whn shall .a) T an Ice-cold tlown-tlraught, for which wo were hut lll-prepartd Ami then Ihe thunder ,se out Cp to l his moment wo had i little or n premonitory warnings In tne usual growl Ing of nn approaching siorm Imbed he thunder, though appalling enough, pt fid not iho most striking rnturo or tho tfrnnrt phenomena we ttv nttou to experience a fact, In a o with no exiterlenees t.f the iiioh itnli. er.. alroudy quoted Moreover, tho re. 'rbt ration, o Oio Iminb which f now ex lthd a hun-drotl hun-drotl reel below di.d awn) with 1 wonted aulckness This was remarked 1., nil our parti, and deserves furllior tonstdt ration Certain!) to Our seusts the rolling of the thunder was not prolonged it it ngaln this ma) huvo Iteeu merelv that Us fro-ouenc. fro-ouenc. nnd Its nearness drowned iho nf. tor sound "Tor crash now followed crash with the briefest Intermission It wus lllto guns opening nt short range fast ami furious, as lu somo sham llkht which ono may wnlch ut sen The tlatthrs wt . came froiu nil side were In.arlibly .. , ewhat abovo us. as though from batteries on couimaudtnt: hcUhts, and each was fol- i?m'i'ii"pm",r"y "h f '"'r'' closely ro. M, ill Hi V?.K .'t',"' "0oinn boom of heavy ord- tL ' !!& Imi's'k'es. em'b'ra.i.r'cs" ""Kl 'hot" -" Jl' J , H 11..1"." .nn" "Knk would come n fork or i iff. ' ' 't3Hal Shane Shi! I'. Cf "''' "". fU. l ""y "'"er M' ,", il ffii li .'!; "'of Jnlcrvol Iln. 4'1 M '". Hi gertil pilnfully In the eye Then the crash K. 1 ieiH followed, nnd tho black clmVd"e5rup! , l3 , H a shot, as It were, with smukoless now' ' J JJHHI th r answered prompt y by llko dlscharaea .1' t fNI from iipM,slte heights' if vvns nil Bwfld -' If illSHI ilt'o.'? "",' !" wlilcllthp, novelty nf ouf I 1 ri HH born.!1! ,n"im.'i.a..r.l"iUVrSri Kn? " w" A !!l iWlMHI sham II, hi 'after all 'hut Sha, nu"th""Lky - IMHI in lt."rocur.' U"lf"""- -id wo - ij? '1H |