Bismarck tribune., 1879-09-05

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and WOrx q hand press in printing of6hic,
8 . IL he was plft Of the machine, was dis
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Ha I'D III ling ID 1lled
to retreat 70 her r6m af the first ahsh D
= storm, where she stayer until the las
flash had died away. The physieaL eflectl
! of. this are ln0af deflz On
woman knows when q STORM; ID coming
ours before, by q prOstrat10n nfsetrengtl
and spirits, accompanied 'b5 e symptOiat
like cholera. One uf the most dauntles.
young women ], know was sick in bed tol
hours after the "a eatstorm atsSpringf5Id
j Mass, last month. She had received 5
shock of lightning years before, and
never fails to be sick in a thunder storm
since. IFsa
Reason and study Of the laws of light.
ming have done much to lessen the fear. o1
it. It is true we live bet Aeen to maga.
zines Of electricity one in the earth ano
the Other in the air-and a cloud charged
with electricity passing, over a point o.
body in negative condition will discharge
its surplus by the very quickest and most
cOngenial medium, which it finds in the
human body. a tree or a house Indifferent
ly. But it is also true that provide the
ghtning with convenient and easy con-
ductor in the shape of a stout iron rod
higher than any point Of the house, and
reaching we'll into the ground, where cleo
tricity may scatter harmlessly in the
damp earth, 1t will prefer that conduct
ing-rod to anything in it's vicinity, and
people who stay inaoors in a we'll protect
house are safer from lightning than any
bomb proof from bursting shells.
Every accident from this cause ever
knew Of came from careless exposure in
situations known to be unsafe. The first
l noticed after my own accident was that
of missionary's daughter killed while
passing an open window, just as. woman
was on Long Island last summer. while
sitting ather sewing machine. A young
man in Maiden, think. was killed while
sitting out on porch with his char til
ted bacx and his head against the knob
of the door bell making an excellent con-
nectlon with the bell wire. Many men
have been struck while riding into the
barn on load of hay. Many will re-
member the frightful calamity at Scran-
ton, Pa, where q party of women, out
picking berries on one of the nigh hills,
crowded into deserted log hut in sud
den storm, and seven were killed by one
holt. Steep hills with mineral veins
cr piping out are not places for anyone
to live on who wishes to escape Egh:-
ming, and unprotected houses there are
douDly dangerous.
1t is never too soon to go IN the house
when storm is rising. When the clouds
are fully charged with electricity they are
most dangerous, and this fluid obeys a
subtle attraction which acts at great dis
tances and all directions. A woman told
me Of bolt which came down her moth
er's chimney from a rising cloud when
the sun was shining overhead. n. P.
Willis writes of young girl killed while
passing under telegraph wire on the
brow of a hill, while she was hurrying
home before storm. Sunday sad acci-
dent at Morrisiana should warn every
mother that it IS not safe to let children
stay out of doors till the last minute be-
fore the storm falls. People should not
he fool-' ardy by sitting on porches OF by
open windows, whether the storm is hard
or not. Mild sho = ers often carry single
charge which falls with deadly effect. 1t
may or may not be fatal to stay out; it is
safe to be in the house, with the windows
and doors ut. The dry air in a house
is reader conductor of lightning than
the damp air outside, and any draught of
air invites it.
A hot fire in a chimney attracts it, so
to speak, and it is prudent for those who
would be sure Of safety to use kerosene
or GAS stoves in summer, and avoid heat
ing the chimneys of the house. People
are very ignorant or reckless about light
ming. l have seen girl of eighteen cry
ing with fear Of lightning, and running
every other moment to the window to see
if the storm was not abating, unconscious
that she was putting herself in danger.
If every one weuld hurry to shelter as
soor as storm cloud was half way up
the sky, when certain it was coming near
er; if they would shut the doors and win
dows, and keep away from them after
ward, and from bell-wlres, stove-pipes,
mantles, chimney breasts, heaters and
mirrors, with their s1lvered backs, which
carry electricity, and Keep away from
| lightning rods and their vicinity, and
from metal water spouts, with good rods
on their houses, they might dismiss the
fear of lightning from their minds, SO far
as it is thing of reason and not of i'm
preston. 3a b
A good lightning rod IS one that is
thick enough to carry good charge of
electricity, not less than three-fourths of
an inch in diameter, which has a point
above each chamber or pinnacle Of the
roof, joining the main rod by curves, not
angles, and running into the ground down
to permanently soft soil. It should be
held BY glass insulators fixed in blocks Of
wood Held 70 the hn1lse h4 wooden negs