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Show LIOHTNIHO'w QUBCn WORK. Hell of IMeearleHy 0H fp lran(4 Oapera In SmelhHrt llnme. On a reent arternoon at about 2 o'clock, while Mia A H. Armstrong o( Smethpon. Pa. waa engaged In ome of her household dull about Ihe sink In the kltrhtn. which It located lo-cated In the north! t coroat of the bow, there naa a terrible flath ot lightning Instantly followed by a report re-port that fairly thook th foundation of the honae, nam MrKenn County Miner There wa a lre running from Ihe corner nf Ihe room about eight fet along the east wall When the flash came thla wlte naa all aflame In an Instant Mrs Armstrong for a moment, mo-ment, waa dated by the ahnrk. but She It evidently a woman possessed ot eon slderalile nerve, aa ahe quickly recor ered and commenced Investigating the damage. She found that the towels and dishcloths hanging on the wire had been burned In two by the Intense heat Afterward the entered the par lor, situated In the northeast corner ot Ihe honae. Here she found what appeared ap-peared to Ixi dutt or amoke arising from the piano Upon Investigation the i that lightning had entered Ihe northeast corner of thla room, about two and one-halt feet from Ihe floor and (truck the corner ot lha piano neit to the wall, tbatterlng the corner and entering the Instrument, traversed Inside along the back, leafing loose Ihe molding and, bursting out of the other corner, struck a small gasplpe on Ihe well It evidently followed that downward Into the cellar. Tho force of the shock waa more severe In this room than In Ihe kitchen, aa It had scattered piaster around the room and tumbled the brtc-a-brnc around In various ways. The bolt ot lightning light-ning at the northwest corner entered Die house about Ave and one-halt feel from the ground, that on the other aide was about six feet ten Inches abate tbo ground The distance between be-tween thn places where Ihe bolt atruck waa about 40 feet. |