Prof. Harrington's Scheme

Washington coiu'espondsence New York Herald: One oí the íirst discoveries made by SesTetary Rusk after !;■ tooh charge ol th" weather ol thle country was discrimination against liis friemls the farmers. He found that whili' city people were getting niivcinnifiit forrfasis regularly La their morning newspapers and liy meanH ol flags in the big railroivd st;itlons, thelr country couslns obtained no informal ion mi til ilic weather had como a mi Roñe. Haring eoneidered these phases ol fche sitoation, the secretary sent foiProfeseor Harrington, cliicf oí the weath r burean, añil tola iiim to figure out a scheme to Rive the country as innen and as valuable information as the city receives. Professor Harrlngton began v.-ork at, once and tliinks he lias solved the problem. So appareatly does Secretary Rusk, tor au official eircular lias ust been issued announcing that the bureau wlBhes to íind in every town and vlllage a responsible person ivlio wül undertake to display weather flags. Wlii'ii these persons are employed the torecnsts will be telegraphcd to them, and the people will know ulial kind of weather to ex] t. BXPLANATION OF THE PLAG SIGKALS. The flags are bo be made of tin, and their size, shape, and color, with the code 4 signáis, will i ■ as follows: When it is not displayed the lndications are that the temperatura will remain rtatlon&ry, or that the change iu temperatura will not vary more tli.ni 4 degrees from the temperatura oí the ;uue hour of the preceding day irom Staren to Octobei-, inclusive and not more thau (! degrees for the rema in ing; months of the year. This slgnal will not lm displayed mile.ss it is expected that the temperature will füll to 42 degrees, or lower, nul will bf ordered displayed at least twenty-four hours in advance o! the cold wave. Wiu-n No. 5 is displayed, No. J s alwaya omltted. W'hcn displayed oo polea 1 slguala ili be arranged to read down; wh 'il dlsplayed on horizontal supports ;i smaii streamer wiïï lo atbached bo Indícate the polnt from Whilch the siunuls are to Ik; read. INTERPKKTATION OF DISPLAYS. No. 1, ;il Ir weftther, statlonaxy temperature. Nu. l'. alone. Rain oï enow, stalary temperature. No. ".. alomé. Local rain, statlonary tempera iurc: Ño. 1 wíth No. 1 aliove it. Fair wea I li r. wanner. No. 1 wíth No. -4 below it. Pair weather, colder. No. l' wiih No. 4 aboye it. Wairmer weather, rain or snow. No. 2 with No. I below it. Coldor rain or snow. No. :! wlth No. 4 aboye il. Warmer weal hjer, local rains. No. 3 with Xo. 4 lelov it. Colder weatln r, local raine. N'n. 1 willi No. " above it. Falr weather, -'.d wave. No. 'i witli No. 5 above it. Wel weather, cuM wave. Pro.'exsor Harrlngton i 1 1 .:1o mak ■ arrangements to ii.-i - the flags displayed on the railroad ears. The starting pointe of the traína on all the r.-iüroads will le supplied eyery monplng with tbe forecaat, and one man on each train wlll be assignedto ilK' duty of dispiayini; the flags. When the public has made ttsell ramlláar with the code every person cnn nsccrtnln the forecast by looking at any passenger train. The professor bas also [nyented a plan to havo locomotivos and faeto-i i ii-s whistli' ihi' foi-ccasis ior the inforniation of farmers wlio Uv too far away to see tli" flans. oiifi-at!on will 1h glven in eny town and village where there is a stcain wlustli', that at i certain liiiix every day the whist V will sound the sienal to indícate the probable weather tor the ensuing twenty-four liours. Factories will receive the forecast by telegraph, and locomotive englneera will receive it at their atartíníx ]ioint. The warning signal to attract attcntion wlll be wha.t is called the long blat, lastiog o seconda. After tiiis si'íiial has been sounded, blasta of trom four to six eeconda' dnration wi'.l refer to the weather: short blaets f three Beconds each will refer to the temperature, those of the ireather to 1k sounded first, like this: Blasts. [ndicationa. One long - Fair weather. Two tong - Bain ov snow. Three knï - - Looal ralns. One short - - Lower temperature. Two short - - Higher 1 'mperatnre. ] ton e ahorl - - CoW wave. In th Ontty ('lab n.i Monda-y eveninff. Miss Fannie Louise (winnev wiil give : tree piano recital, nssist.'d by Mrs. W. F. EdwardB, soprano. Mr. E. X. Bilbie, violinist, and Miss licrtlia D. Hl 1. accompanist. The recital will 1)" given ia the audience room of the Unltarlan church and a ííood nttendance is solicitad. A magnificent chance to heaj the best of select: ons froni classic and popular mimbers.