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Show Safe From Lightning. In an editorial on the havoc of lightning; the Springfield Republican gives the following observation which may he of service to nil: ".If you hear of a death from lightning light-ning out of doorfl, It wilt he found that the chances aro the person was under un-der a treo, If not there, then the llko-Hhood llko-Hhood Is that he w'as by a wlro fence or reaching up to a wlro clothesline or holding a. plow with metal Kinking Into tho damp earth, or In touch with tho large damp bodies of horses or cattle. If In tho hotiso or barn, the victim will usually prove to have been by an open door or wjndow, where pass currents of air. forming an clcc' trlcal conductor nearly ns good sometimes some-times ns one of more substantial charnctor, or by a chimney sinking to tho earth nnd rising above tho building, build-ing, and full of dampness, usually In summer; or near a sweating haymow or load which does much to oplaln why so many barns aro struck." |