Evening star., 1900-03-24
PROBABLY RAIN.
Weather Indications for Tonight and
Sunday.

Weather Indications for Tonight and
Sunday.
Forecast till pm. Sunday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland
cloudy, probably rain tonight and Sunday
fresh northeasterly winds.
For Virginia, cloudy, probably rain to-
night and Sunday; colder tonight in west
ern portion; fresh winds, mostly northeast
erly.
Weather conditions and general forecast
Unsettled barometric conditions prevail
generally throughout the country, except
from the upper Mississippi valley eastward.
The disturbance in the southwest has fail
ed to develop any considerable intensity
1t has, however. caused a continuance of
the rains In the gulf states and their ex-
tension through the south Atlantic states.
There were also showers in the lower Mis-
souri, valley.
Temperatures have fallen to &c degrees
from the Ohio valley northeastward
through New England and have risen con-
sideraby in the northwest.
There is a secondary disturbance this
morning in the Caroinas, which may pos
sfbly develop to the northward; If so, rain
may be expected tonight or Sunday in the
middle Atlantic states, and rain or snow in
southern New England Rain will also con-
tinue generally in the gulf and south At
lantic states, followed Sunday by fair in
the west gulf states In the Ohio valley
er may be expected
Temperature changes will not be marked.
On the New England and middle Allan
tic coast winds will be fresh and mostly
north to east, and variable on the south
Atlantic coast.
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Montgomery. 1.6S; Mo-
bile. 1.36; Edmonton. LOO; Palestine, 1.26.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-March %. p.m 6s; s
IN, Sc; IL midnight, A. March "a, 4 a. M,
"A; am, ~; T. noon, 46; . pm. so.
Maximum 6S, at pm, March %; mini
mum. 40, at am, March "a.
BarometerAMarch %. 4 r. m, 1898; sp.m.,
29.95; L midnight, 5000. March "a, am,
30.04; am, zoos; noon, 30.1O; pm, 81. o.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
8 am: Receiving reservoir-Temperatur
Al; condition at north connection, 2; condi-
ton at south connection. 3. Distributing
reservolr-Temperature ~; condition at in
fluent gate house, 8; e1fuent gate house, Ii.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 8 am and s:51 pm.
nigh tide, lis am and ! 81 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 9:07 am. and 9:52
pm; high tide. 2:22 am. and pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises 5:57 am; sun sets, GIG
pm.
Moon rises 2:14 pr, tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 5:56 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 6:55 pm: ex-
tinguishing begun at 5:03 am. The lighting
is begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at $40 pm; extin-
guished at Sis am.
The North Pole!fn the Scriptures.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
1t may interest You and your readers to
know that the only reference in all Scrip
ture, so far as we know, to the north pole
is in Job, 26:7, where it is written-"He
stretcheth out the north over the empty
place and hangeth the earth upon nothing. t"
This is suggested by your editorial in
last evenings paper, entitled 1.-The North
Pole Found at Last" The fact that "the
word of COG" speaks of the north pole as
the empty place" would seem to persons
of Christian faith to sufficiently indicate
that the north pole is indeed an empty
place." and that all endeavors to find the
long-sought-after north pole'' are both
vain and foolish This is a subject to which
the writer, like many others. has given
much thought and he has especially sought
to find something, somewhere, in all Scrip
ture, to give one such an authoritative
inkling as to give US definite knowledge re-
specting the self-same north pole. and our
search results, as We have above quoted
from JOB 2o;7, wherein we repeat We find
1t described as the empty placer
Inc above brief quotation of interesting
plDiicai statement respecting the north pole
VIII probably give many of your readers
and profitable meditation ~
Rev. SILLIMAN BLAGDEE.