Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-24
ODD BEHAVIOR OF LrourSuNo.
Some Reported Proceedings Of the Bsll
Variety.
H,on IN. New yo-k wor,A

some Reported frcccedings OF the Ea1l
Variety.
From the New yo-f world
There was belief among the Etruscan. that
there were three kinds Of hghtning-one inca
palle Of doing any injury, mOre harmful
in its nature and consequently only 10 he issued
with the consent OF quorum Of twelve gods. .
third CARRYING disaster in It's train and for
which a regular decree was required from the
highes; divinities CuriouSy enough modern
scientists have also dccreed that lightning {. Of
three kinds The first comprehends that in
which the discharge manifesis itself in q long.
luminous line bent into angles and
zigzags. This kind IL known
forked lightning. The second differs
from the arst in the range OF surface over which
the fash is diffused and Is called shoe, heht-
ming, and the third class hAs besp made tho
subject Of wide discussion and contention. 10
never assumes the form OF long lines nor Of
sheets Of flame. but appears balls or lumps
of fire. They not momentary apparitions,
but last several seconds and burst with a bright
Hare and a loud report aud occasionally dfr-
charge flashes 81 lightning. A schoolmsste- In
ONO whose school was struck during a rcccnt
storm declared that he n ball % FIRE strike
and roll down the flagstaff Of the school house
and the ball caused a panic among the schol-
airs.
singular story comes from Paris. tailor
who lived on the Rue 81. Jaques eating hts
dinner one day during a thunder storm whom
he heard loud clap and the chimney
board fall out and q globe Of fire ne big .
man had como quietly out ana moved about the
room few feet above the floor. After moving
slowly about the ball went back into the CHM
ney and a moment later there n loud en-
plosion, which completely shattered the chin
ney. great many wears ago the southwest
pinnacle OF an old church In Breog, in Corn
wall. was demolished by a stroke Of lightning
and one stone, weighing 900 pounds. was
hurled upward and in a southerly direction o
distance Of 100 yards. and n second sent IN
northerly direction 100 yards, and third 100
yards TO the east.
In the forest OF Wemoun O tree was once
struck and two pieces torn from lite trunk. The
smaller OF the two pieces was tossed distance
Of twenty feet and the larger. which IL took
eighteen men to move. was tossed twenty feet
In an opposite direction
In 1875 the topmast of the fishing schooner
William and Mary Of Swampsrate. Mass. was
hit by fash and cut into chips, and since that
time three coasting schooners have had tho
same experience. A British ship while crossing
the North Pacific ocean from China was struck
by ball Of globular lightning, which left such
a sulp hurous odor behind il that the crew Was
obliged TO take 10 the rigging to avoid suffoca-
tion- Tins odor was so great after an explosion
occurred recently in Cuba that large company
of lahorers on a tobacco plantation were obliged
to take TO the woods in order to avoid il.
The magnetic effects produced by lightning
are often very singular indeed chest con-
tanning large assortment of knives and cut
lery was recently struck in q carpenter shop in
Chicago and all OF the articles were at once
magnetized- And shoemaker In Swabia had
his tools treated in the same way. 10 his great
annoyance, rs he had to be constantly freeing
his hammer from his avis ana nails. which were
always getting caught as they lay together on
his bench. And some years ago Genoese ship
was wrecked near Agiers In consequence Of the
lightning having played pranks with tho COM
pass and the captain supposing that be was saii-
0g to the north instead OF 20 the south.
Another class Of effects caused by lightning
are cures. Gouty men have been enabled 20
walk freely, epileptic persons have been healed
and rheumatism has been cured by o fash On
the other hand, the effects Of magnetic light
ming are harmless Three hundred persons were
once struck In Charleston prison and COM
pietely robbed Of their muscular strength
There Is still another phenomena produced
by lightning and this is the lightning prnta-
Mr.. Poly, who has treated the subject a
| lightning prints very fully In the pages Of sho
French scientific Journals, mentions twenty.
four cases Of the impression on the bodies a
| men and animals. OF these eight arc Of treeo
or parts Of trees, one Of Q bird and one Of .
COW, two Of horseshoes, one Of . nail, one Of .
| metal comb, four Of crosses. Crosses IN this
connection are very old. for n IVES declared thaa
in the year $50 A d. they were printed on ths
bodies and clothing Of the workman who were
employed in rebuilding the Temple Of Jeru-
salem.
A horseshoe vas found inielitdy marAsd q
the neck Of young girl in Cuba Who VS.
struck dead by lightning near . house upon the
| walls Of which horseshoe was nailed
In 1853 little girl was standing st . wfndDv
| near which stood young maple tree. A fab
of lightning struck either the girl or tres, %
both, and the image Of the tree was found
printed on her body In another caae n bow Wnn
climbing tree TO steal bird'e nest, when b
was struck by lightning and the tree with IL
bird and the nest appeared upon his back