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Show DIRDS AND ELECTRIC WIRES. Seem to Know the Danger That Lurks In Electricity. A letter which reaches us from Naples will ho read with Interest, Tho writer, In vlsltlt'g tho great electric works thorp, scorna to hao been Btruck 'chiefly with what was told him by tho engineer In chnrgo with regard to the habits of tho birds In tho neighborhood. Never by any chance, he says, do they ever scttlo on tho wires that conduct the electric force to tho city, but always wait till tho current Is Interrupted beforo alighting. "Wo always switch oft tho current," said tho electrician, "from noon till 1 p. m. every day. A few moments after noon tho wires aro crowded with birds, but a few minutes min-utes before 1 o'clock thoy all fly away and novcr attempt to sit on tho wires. If by any .chance wo aro obliged to keep the current after midday, tho birds aro thero ready tc tottlc, but on approaching tho wires fly nwny again. It seems l.int thoy know when a wlro is conveying electricity. elec-tricity. Even tho files bocm to know. You will nocr bco a fly scttlo on n wlro carrying a current." Loudon News. |