Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-16

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"Irs me-"
"Whai are you doingg"
Trying to find the upper end of my
pautaloons.'
"Quick Throw those things awayi
do believe you would deliberately put on
those clothes at such time as this; yet
you know that all authorities agree that
wooden stutfs attract lightning. On, dear,
dear, il isn't sufficient that ones life must
be in peril from natural causes, but you
must do everything you can possibly
think of to augment the danger. Oh,
don't singl What can you be thinking
off,"
NOW where's the harm IN itY"
Mortimer, il l have told you once, |
have told you hundred times, that sing
ing causes vibrations IN the atmosphere
which interrupt the flow OF the electric
fluid, and-Whst on earth are you open.
Ing that door iorr
Goodness gracious, woman, is there
any harm in thatg"
Harm! There's death in 1t. Anybody
that has given this subject any attention
Knows thst 10 create draught is TO in
wife the lightning You haven't half shut
it; shut 1t highland do hurry, or we are
all destroyed. Oh, it is an awful thing to
be shut no with s lunatic at such time
as this. Mortimer. what are you doings"
"Nnthing Just turning on the water.
This room is smotherlng hot and close !
want TO battle my face and hands"
You have certainly parted with the
remuapt OF your mindi Where lightning
strikes any other substance once, 1t strikes
water fifty tunes. Do turn il of. On,
dear, am sure that nothing in tins world
can save US. 1t does seem 10 me tnst--
Mortimer, what was thstY
ut was a DAFT was a picture. Knocked
it down"
Then you are close to the wall! /
never heard OF such impudcnce. Don't
YOU know there's no better conductor Tor
lightning than wallS And you came as
near as anything to swearing, too. On,
how can you be 50 desperately wicked
and your family in such perilH Morti.
mer did you order feather bed, as ask.
cd you to dol" T4 FH#~ BbgAt
No. Forgot it." -ss E..,.s-.
"Forgot 1t! II may cos, you your life
1T you had q feather bed, now, and could
spread it in the middle OF the room and
lie on 1t, you would be perfectly safe.
Come in here--come quick, before you
have chance TO commit any more frantic
indiscretions."
| tried, but the little closet would not
hold US both with the door shut, unless
we should be content to smother gasp.
ed awhile, then forced my way out. My
wife called out:
Mortimer, something must be done
tor your preservation. Give me that
German book that is on the end OF the
mantle-plece, and = candle; but don't
light it; give me match; will light it
in here. The book has some directions
in It,"
l got the book--At the cost OF a vase
and some other brittle things; and the
madam shut herself up. with her candle
| had moments peace; then she called
out:
Mortimer, what was thatf"
"Nothing but the cat"
"The cat Oh, destruction Catch her,
and shu, her up In the wash.stand. Do
be quick, love; cats are full Of electricity.
just know my hair will turn white with
this nights awful perils."
l heard the mufiled sobs again But
for that, should not have moved baud
or foot in such wild enterprise in the
dark. a. .ss
However, | went at my task--over
chairs, and against all sorts of obstruc
tions, all Of them hard ones, too, and most
of them sharp edges-snd at last | got
kitty cOoped up in the commode, at an
expense of over $500 in broken furniture
aud shins. Then these muffl I'D words came
from the closet:
at says the safest thing 10 to stand on q
chair in the middle of the ROOM Morii-
mer; and the legs of the chair must be
insulated with non-Conductors. That is
you must set the legs OF the chair IN tum.
blers. (Fzl!-boom.bsng !-smashD On,
near that! Do hurry, Mortimer, before
you are struck
! managed to find and secure the trm-
blers. got the last four-broke oil the
rest / insulated the chair iegs, and call
ed for other instructions. hs
"Mortimer, il says, 'Wshrend zines Ge-
Writers entierne man Metallic, vie Q, b..
Ringe, Uhren, Schlussel, etc, vonsiCh und
halle SIGH auch NIGHT an solchen Stellen
auf, wo, viele Metale bel einander liegen,
oder NIT andern Korpern verbunden sind,
vie and Herden, Oeten, Elsengittern u
dgl.' What does this mean, Mortimer
Does II mean that you must keep your
metals about you, or keep them array from
your
We'll, | hardly know. 1t sppesrs 10 be
little mixed. All German advice is more
or less mixed However, think that tho
sentence is mostly IN the dstive case with
a little genitIve and scCusstiye sited in,
here ana there, for uck; 50 reckon i
means that you must keep some metal
about you" #.s.s
Yes, ,dat must be It. II stands TO reason
that it ia They are IN the nature ri light
ming rods, you know Put on your fire
mans helmet, Mortimer, that is mostly