New Hurricane Signal

The new hurricane signal which wil] be displayed at all the woather stations ou and after Jan. 1, will consist of two red flags with black centers shown one above the other and will l,0 lised to announce the expectedapproach of tropical hurricanes, and also of those extremely and dangerous stonns which occasionally move across the lakes and the northern Atlantic coast. The flags will be the same as the one uow used for the distinctive storm signáis, the pennants being omitted. No distinctive night hurricane signal will be displayed, but when this signal is ordered during the day and is not lowered or changed before dark the night storm signal will be displayed. Whenever orders are received at any weather bureau station, every effort will be made by the officials and employés of the service to give the warnings the widest possible distribution, and all vessels will be notified it is dangerous to leave port. The secretary of the navy has ordered all naval oflïcers to assist the weather bureau in gi ing warnings by displaying the signáis, and the seeretary of the treasuryhas directed the officers of the customs, the life-saving, the revenue cutter and the lighthouse services to cooperate in the matter. - Democrat.