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    diCLE JERRY OH WEATHER
He and an Aid Devise a System of
Signals. ,
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tloa of thi Bjritmn.
"Uncle Jerry Busk la doing tome
hard work toward educating the public
in the ways of the weather .bureau
since that department came under his
eontrol," said a signal service officer
lg a press representative. ‘“The
weather signals are far from being un
derstood by a majority of the people,
even in the cities, and much less in the
eountry. If there is any one class
more than another which the secretary
wishes to interest in the signals it is
the farmers and out-of-towji people.”
And so it is. One of the first discov
eries made by Jerry after he took the
weather of the country under his wing
was the discrimination against his
friends, the farmers. He found that
while the city people were get
ting forecasts regularly in the
papers and by means of display sig
nals. their country cousins obtained no
information until the weather was
with the bygones. Uncle Jerry did not
like this unfairness in the distribution
•f tips on the weather. He had been
in New York, and never had to order a
cab, a street car, or an elevated traina
day ahead of the day when it was
going to rain. He had been a farmer
also and know the extreme difficulty
of deciding in the morning whether it
rsoi
would be safe to
put the mower on
-he “m e d d e r
patch”or wiser to
set the boys oiling
harness under the
died. Moreover
some farmers in
.Nebraska and
some more on
Lomr Island had
Tiist, resolved (hat he would make a
first-rate candidate for president
After thoroughly considering these
phases of the situation the secretary
sent for Professor Harrington, chief of
the weather bureau, and gave him or
ders to figure out some means by which
the country people would be placed on
an even footing with the city folks.
Professor Har
rington began
work at once and
thinks he ha
solved the pro
blem. So appar
ently does Unclt
Jerry, for an offi
cial circular was
sent out recently
announcing1 the new code of weathe.
signals and asking for a responsible
person in every town to display the
weather flags.
Explanation of the Flag Signal).
The flags as originally designed
were to be made of tin and this mater
ial is used in many places. The mus
lin flag, though,
is in use at most
display stat ions
for the reason
that it is more
easily handled.
Again from a dis
tance they are
more easily seen
as the flapping caused by the wind is
more apt to attract , attention, espe
cially if viewed from the points to and
from which the wind is blowing. The
size, shape and color of the flags, with
the code of signals is as follows:
No. 1.—White flag, 5x6 feet, will indi
cate clear or fair weather.
No. 2.—Ulue flag, 5x6 feet, will indi
cate rain or snow.
No. 3.—White and blue flag, 5x6 feet,
will indicate that local rains or show
ers will occur and that rainfall will
jiot be general.
No. 4—Black triangular flag, four feet
at the base and six feet long, always
rciers to tlie tem
perature. When
placed above flag's
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 it
will indicate
warmer weather.
When placed be
low the numbers
it will indicate
cooler weather.
•ynen it is not displayed the indica-,
tions arc that the temperature will re-1
main stationary, or that the change in I
temperature will not vary more than
four degrees from the temperature of
the same hour of the preceding day
from March to October, inclusive, and
not more than sis degrees for the re
maining months of the year.
No. 5.—White flag, five by six feet,
with black Rquare in center, will indi
I
cate Liu* approacn
>f a sudden aud
decided fall in the
temperature. This
signal will not be
lisplajed unless
it is expected that
the temperature
will fall to 42 de
grees or lower,
and will be or
hen “‘“P‘ay6a at least twenty-lour
w"rs ln advance of the cold wave.
Hen No. 5 is displayed No. 4 is al
ways omitted.
v.Cn Splayed on poles the signals
w. He aiTanged to read downward,
a .6n "■‘splayed on horizontal supports
.1 streamer will be attached to
B.,lcate tho point from which the sig
nals are to he read.
Interpretation of Display*.
„ -•'■e.i.wni 01 uispiays.
temperkta'r”6' Falr weath*r> actionary
‘•“Peratur”*- Bal“ °r •“°W’ *tatlonarr
Local rain, stationary tem
•armer Wlt** * above it. Fair weather,
*°Wer ’W'1*1 * Mow it. Fair weather,
’ No, 4 above it Warmer
[« rain or snow.
• With Mo. 4 below it Colder
> rain or snow.
Warmer
Colder
** 8, with No, 4 above it,
weather, local rains.
No. 8, with No. 4 below it.
weather, local raina.
co?d°wav"“h N°- 6 *bOT“11 Fa,r weath”.
o0K*> Na 6 “• Wet weather.
Professor Harrington U making ar
rangements to have the flags displayed
on railroad cars. The starting points
of the trains on all the railroads will
be supplied every morning with the
forecast, and one man on each train
will be assigned the duty of displaying
the flags When the public has made
itself familiar with the code, every per*
son can ascertain the forecast by look
ing at any passing train.
Th« Whlatu Signals.
The professor has also invented a
plan to have the locomtlves and facto
ries whistle the forecasts for the In
formation of farmers who are too far
away to distinguish the flag signals
and do not feel like putting 98 or #10
into a telescope or field glass to make
the observations. Notification will be
given in every town and village where
there is a steam whistle that at a cer
tain hour every day the whistle will
sound the signal to indicate the proba
ble weather for the ensuing twenty
four hours.
The warning signal to attract atten
tion will be what is called a long blast
lasting twenty seconda After this sig
nal has been sounded, blasts of from
four to six seconds’ duration will refer
to the weather; short blasts of three
seconds each will refer to the temper
ture those for the weather to be
sounded first, like this:
Blasts. Indications.
One long.Fair weather
Two long.....Bain or snow
Three long.Local rains
One short.Lower temperature
Two short.Higher temperature
Three short.Cold wave
Then there is a combination of thes
which tell the weather as accurately
as the flag signals.
Recipes,
' Celery soup makes a nice beginning
for a Thanksgiving dinner, instead of
oyster soup and oysters escalloped,
either with bread crumbs or crackers,
may take the place of the regulation
chicken pie.
Celeby Soup.—Boll two heads of
celery very soft and after pressing
through a sieve or fine colander Add
them to a quart of stock or beef broth
.freed from grease. Boil together a
few minutes, then add a teacupful of
cream and a pint of milk and a large
spoonful of butter rubbed smooth with
as much flour. Season to taste with
salt and pepper and bring to boil. It
is also very nice with rice. In three
pints of milk boil a cup of rice until it
will pass through a sieve. Urate the
good part of two or three heads of cel
ery; add this to the strained rice and
milk, put with it a quart Of white stock
and let boil until the celery is thor
oughly tender; season with salt and a
very little cayenne and serve.
Escalloped Oysters.—Two quarts
of oysters, half a cupful of butter,
half a cupful of cream or.milk, four
teaspoonfuls of salt, half a teaspoonful
of pepper, two quarts of stale bread
crumbs. Butter a deep pudding dish;
put a layer of crumbs, then a layer of
oysters, and small dots of butter here
and there. Continue these alternate
layers until the dish is full. Season
and moisten with milk or cream, or
equal parts of oyster liquor, milk and
water. The last layer should be of*
crumbs and butter. Bake forty-five
minutes or an hour. Watch carefully,
though, and take it sooner from the
oven if there seems any danger of the
oysters becoming shriveled and tough.
The oven should be hot. ,
Braised Turkey.—The French es
teem a braised turkey very high y. It
is stuffed with a bread dressing or a
chicken forcemeat, mixed with minced
sweetbreads and mushrooms, but these
may be omitted if too expensive. The
breast is thickly larded with square
shreds of salt pork. Then place in a
large saucepan, breast up, with sliced
soup vegetables and parsley, cover with
water or broth and cook slowly, closely
covered on top of the stove or in the
oven, until tender. Skim the fat from
the gravy, thicken it and serve with
the bird.
Boast Duck.—Wipe inside and out
with a damp towel. Make a stuffing
of one cupful of bread crumbs, one tea
spoonful of powdered sage, one table
spoonful of butter, and teaspoonful of
salt and half a teaspoonful of pep
per; mix well and fill the body of the
duck with it. Put in baking-pan,
cover the breast with thin slices of
fat bacon, add half a teacupful of
boiling water, with a teaspoonful of
salt, and bake an hour and a quarter,
basting every ten minutes. Serve with
onion sauce.
Cold Slaw.—Toone'quart of finely
shaved cabbage and the yolk of one
egg, beaten, a tea spoonfull of sugar,
two of melted butter, half a teacupful
of cream, one teacupful of vinegar,
a tablespoonful of mustard, a tea
spoonful of flour, with salt and pepper.
Put the dressing on tho fire and boil;
when thick, pour over the cabbage;
let cool, garnish with rings of hard
boiled eggs.
Sweet Potato Caramel—Wash four
large potatoes and boil until they are
tender; peel, cut in lengthwise slices
half an inch thick, lay on a shallow
baking dish,dredge with flour, sprinkle
with two tablespoonfuls of sugar, half
j a teaspoonful of cinnamon and a little
salt; cut a spoonful of butter in bite
i over them and pour a cupful of Lot
milk or water over all. Set in a hot
j oven for fifteen minutes.
Plain Flum Pudding.—This is not
the standard plum pudding recipe of
the Western Farmer household but it
is so simple that perhaps some may
like to try it as a change: One cup
chopped snet, one cnp raisins or cur
rants, one cnp of chopped apples (dried
or green), one cup sugar, one cup sour
milk, one small teaspoon of soda, two
cups of flour. Steam one and one-half
hours and eat with sauce.
Potato Chondrites—Take three cap
fuls of mashed baked sweet pots toe*,
| and while beating with a fork add
slowly a tablespoonful of melted but
ter. a teaspoonful of lemon juice, salt
and pepper, and a gill of cream. Mold
into croquettes, dip in egg and bread
1 crumbs, and fry in hot drippings
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