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sides), would make choice of him for a 

 conductor, and perhaps destroy life. 



Q. If a person be in A HOUSE during a thun- 

 der storm, what place is SAFEST ? 



A. Any room in the middle story. 

 The middle of the room is best; especially 

 if you place yourself on a mattrass, bed, 

 or hearth-rug. 



Q. Why is the MIDDLE STOKY of a house 

 SAFEST in a thunder-storm ? 



A. Because (even if the fluid struck 

 the house) , its strength would be exhausted 

 before it reached the middle story. 



Q. Why is the MIDDLE of the ROOM more 

 SAFE, than any other part of it, in a thunder-storm ? 



A. Because, if the lightning came 

 into the room at all, it would come down 

 the chimney or walls of the room ; and 

 therefore, the further distant from these, 

 the better. 



Q. Why is a MATTRASS, BED, or HEARTH- 

 RUG a good security against injury from lightning* 



A. Because they are all non-conduc- 

 tors ; and, as lightning always takes in 

 its course the best conductors, it would 

 not select such things as these. 



