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The War Department.

PROVIDES for certain verbal changes in
the provision relating 10 the employment of
temporary clerks in the War Department,
so that the provision as corrected Will read
as follows:
For continuing the employment of such
additional temporary force of clerks. mes
sengers, laborers and other assistants rem
dered necessary because OF Increased work
incident to the war with Spain. as were
transferred to the classified service under
the provisions of section 3 OF the act max
ins appropriations for the legislative, exec
utiye and judicial expenses Of the govern
ment for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1903, and for other purposes. approved April
~. 1902 and such Successors thereof as In
the Judgment Of the Secretary of War may
be proper and necessary TO the prompt, effl-
Client and accurate dispatch of official bust
ness In the War Department and its bu-
ceaus and In whatever grades OF the CLASH
Ned service they may be assigned. to be al
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Could We place before every
man and woman in Washington
the advantages and convenience
Of the "oharge-it" way which has
made the Hecht Stores so famous
We are confident every name
would be upon our books. More
than 100000 accounts have been
opened.
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The Doctors Advice.

NTO the office of q doctor came
tired man, who wished treatment.
- The physician put on his eyeglasses,
looked at the mans tongue. felt his
pulse. sounded his chest and said: Same
old story. r1y friend. Man cannot live
without fresh cir; no use trying.
could make myself q corpse, as you are
doing by degrees. If I sat down in my
office and did not stir
You must have fresh air; you must
take long walks. and brace up by staying
out OF doors. Now, l could make DRUG
store out of you and you would think
was a smart man, but my advice to you
is 10 walk. walk. walk
But, doctor" interrupted the man.
That's right: argue the question.
That's my reward. or course. you know all
about my business. Now. will you take
my advice? Take long walks every day
several times a day. and get your blood
into circulation"
but my business" said the pa
tielt
of course, your business prevents it;
everybody says that. Just change your
business so you will have 10 walk more.
BY the way. what is your business ,"
"I'm a letter carrier" meekly replied
the patient.
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The Nail Habit.

A DISTINGUISHED French physi-
u clan, Dr. Bertilon. has been
making a study of the nail-bit-
ing habit of children for a number OF
years past He published the results OF
this study In a pamphlet. declaring that
the habit is the result of a diseased
nervous system. He has made close
examinations of the pupils in several Of
the Paris academies, and found that the
habit is much more prevalent among
girls than boys. II has been noticed
that the nail biters did not stand we'll
in their studies. and often were OF a low
moral character.
DR.. Bertilon says that it is not will
full habit to be cured by punishment,
but is the indication OF the first stage
of nervous degeneration. The habit
affects the health 10 a great extent
Proper food, plenty OF exercise in the
open air. and a complete rest from all
study will cure the habit. DR.. Bertilon
deplores the application of bitter aloes
on the finger tips as a cure. This prac-
tice. he declares. will simply give the
child stubborn and sulky disposition.
He believes that the parent should coax
and pet the little one rather than en-
ploy such inhuman means of suasion.
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Triumphant SChoolboyS.
. HE London Telegraph" OF recent
date tells this story:

TT HE London Telegraph" of recent
date tells this story:
a few days ago the venerable
King of Denmark received letter pur-
porting to come from four lads, scholars
of a school at FIakkenbjerg. 1t was
short. clear, and sensational, and ran as
follows: ITO King Christian. in Copen-
hagen: We are four boys of the Flax
kenbjerg Seminary. who have been
fogged by a teacher with a steel wire
rope. Unless that is stopped. 1t will
k!ndle a fire" The missive was IN
signed. Usually anonymous letters are
tossed into the waste paper basket. But
in this case the monarch held that an
inquiry ought TO be made, so he sent
the letter TO the minister of Justice
and instructed him to have the matter
thoroughly investigated. Inns was duiy
done. and the facts which came TO light
confirmed the extraordinary allegation
of the unnamed scholars. One of the
masters, overzealous in applying the
rod, had used the unacademical steel
wire rope instead. in the hope of max
ing a deeper impression on his back
ward or Maynard pupils. Once the
on the spot.
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NEW YORK POLICE TRYING
TO INITIATE WASHINGTON
Evolve system of Furnishing Bulletins, Which IS
Still Many Years Behind Method in Vogue Here

ridge Street station. The concluding
words of the article are:
ut is also possible that in some
cases these printed memoranda will be
sent by special messengers from police
headquarters to the various station
houses, instead of by telephone"
All this looks very crude and an
tiquated beside the system for FIVE years
employed in the Washington Police De-
partment Under the plan inaugurated
by Major Sylvester. and which New York
is trying feebly TO initiate. every report
made 10 a stationhouse. of whatever
character, is at once telephoned in to
the central bureau, where it is duly en-
tered in several books. as are also the
reports made to headquarters direct.
From these books is then compiled a
list called the bulletin" which is
printed on slips OF paper OF convenient
size for the patrolman to carry in his
hat. Members of the bicycle squad from
each precinct call at headquarters twice
each day, and these bulletins are sent
TO the various stationhouses and are
| given to the men at each OF the tri-
daily roll calls.
! Every member of the force, therefore,
has with him. in convenient form for
consultation. a printed description OF
every person or thing he is supposed
10 look out for He is also required
10 keep these slips. which, after GER
tain length OF time, are returned and
bound. This rule prevents the care
| less misplacing Of the lookout slips.
II is presumed that New York will
finally adopt the system so long en-
ployed I'm Washington, instead of de-
pending on the inaccuracy and tedium o.
producing lookout slips by hand in tho
various statfonhouses.
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WEATHER BUREAU OF
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
The Oldest Establishment in Extreme East-Span
Saw Value of Meteorological Service

rife storm conditions. Their Importance
to shipping interests cannot be over-<
estimated.
1t was not until April IS, 1884, that
the government OF Spain. by royal de-
cree. Incorporated the observatory asI
an official bureau, and established as a
adjunct to the institution thirteen
auxiliary stations at various points in
the islands. On July 10, 1885. the pres
ent observatory was completed, and the
various instruments and appliances
heretofore acquired were transferred.
Since that time its attaches have made
valuable contributions TO scientific lit
erature. and have invented and improved
useful apparatus. and the observatory
has creditably participated in several
noteworthy expeditions.
Dewey Recognized Bureau.
Upon the American occupation most
cordial relations were at once estab-
lished with those in charge OF the OBJ
servatory, and while, through lack OF
prompt communication with the secon-
Diary stations. due to internal disturb
ances, the data for forecasts was not so
complete, yet the bureau gave efficient
service and continued 10 display weather
( signals. which commendable and public
4 spirited attitude met with prompt rec
ognition from Admiral Dewey, then COM
manding the American naval forces In
| Asiatic waters
The Philippine commission, after con-
ference with the authorities OF the
Weather Bureau at Washington. and I'M
der date OF May %. 1901. published an
act organizing the Philippine weather
bureau. BY this act the bureau is re-
qaired to print and distribute daily re-
ports of weather conditions. together
with its forecasts. and under it those
formerly in charge have been continued
in its direction, and generous appropria-
tions have enabled them 10 increase
their usefulness through the establish
ment and reorganization of stations and
the purchase OF necessary instruments
therefor.
Part l of the report IS devoted TO
tabular statements and comparisons OF
weather conditions with pertinent Te-
marks thereon. -
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conditions. The Reichsanstalt OF Char
Gutenberg. a German institution, which
corresponds to this one, has obtained
from the government an order which
prohibits any trolley car line from be
ing run within five-eighths of a mile of
It's buildings.
Phases of the Work
"A sample of mica was recently sub
mitted to US by a Western mining com
pany to determine whether il could be
used as an insulator This is fair sam
pie of the work we are doing. Again, we
were called upon the other day to settle
dispute between a large electric power
company and a manufacturer of electric
measuring instruments. who had sup
piled it with wattmeters. The company
claimed that these wattmeters were out
! by per cent, an error which would have
meant thousands of dollars. The bureau
made it's decision and it's justice was
admitted by both parties"
A set of Kelvin ampere balances en-
ables this department of the bureau Il
verify alternating current ammeters AND
| D
! tricstatic capacity will be given specia
attention. These, together with direc
current electrical instruments, includ
ing wattmeters, ammeters, and volt
meters. are used under the direction o
DR.. E. B. Rosa, while the absolute meas
urement OF currents is made by DR.. Kar
Guthe AS yet very little magnetic worl
has been done Instruments viii be pro
| yided shortly, however. for determining
the magnetic properties OF materials.
knowledge of which is of so much value
to manufacturers of electric apparatus
and for the verifcation of electric bal
ances. Investigations of the influence o
treatment and chemical composition o.
the magnetic properties of iron AN
steel. undoubtedly of great value 1
manufacturers. will be taken I'D as 500
as possible All this magnetic work, in
GLIDING inductances and capacities, vii
be In charge of DR.. y. E. Dorsey.
Studies IN Photometry-
The Importance for accurate stand
ards for the measurement OF light
recognized by the bureau. Verifcatio
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A Sketch of the Institution, One of the Most
Efficient in the Wor1d-Work Divided Among
Nine Departments Most Delicate lnstru-
ments Tested - - - - - -

OF such standards will be under the d.
reetion OF Dr. Hyde. The latest type OF
comparing apparatus has been Installed
together with several Hefner lamps. De-
spite their defects. these are still recog-
nized here and abroad as the standard.
Experiments are being made with view
to inventing a better primary photome-
trio standard.
Tests of engineering instruments,
especially gas meters, water meters.
pressure gauges, and steam engine in
Gicato-s will be made by the department
under s. Merrill. This Is recognized
as a very important division and Is sure
to be called upon to settle nice qucs
tions between citizens and corporations.
The mechanical plant OF the bureau is
in charge of c. S. Sponsier. 1t is very
complete, despite the small space pro-
vided. Many instruments are made here
in much shorter time, and at less ex-
pense than they could be obtained from
manufacturers. The chemical depart
supervision of Prof. w. A. Noyes.
The New Quarters.
Congress has already authorized the
expenditure of $4,000 for a site; $685.
600 for a building, and $4,000 for equip
ment Further appropriations for equip
ment and personnel will be made as
they are needed.
The site lies in the northwestern sub
urbs OF the city, about three and one
half miles from the Treasury, and just
north OF Cleveland Park. It is $50 feet
above the Potomac. and is the highest
ground in the vicinity. Complete free
dom from the Earring Of traf1c is Sc
cured, and magnetic disturbances due to
the presence OF the one street railway
will be very slight.
Two buildings have been planned. One
| has been erected, and it was the cor
nerstone of the second that Secretary
CorteIyou laid. This is the larger o
| the two, and is to be called the physi
cal building. Besides the fullest pro
vision for all the departments OF thu
bureau. it will contain Offices for ad
ADMINISTRATION. library. and a well-equip
ped chemical laboratory. The mechani
cal laboratory contains the necessar
mechanical plant, instrument shop an
laboratories for the heavier kind OF ex
perimental work. where considerabl
power or heavy machinery are required
These two buildings are to be united ,
spacious tunnel, through which al
ducts. steam. gas. and water pipes an
electrical circuits are TO be carried fror
the mechanical to the physical labora
tory The mechanical laboratory wa
begun last July. and will cost abou
s125, coo, including the heating and ven
tiIating plant. The physical buildin
will cost about 5000. 900, exclusive {
equipment, and including the connectin
tunnel.
feature OF the new building is
commodious lecture room, located o
the fifth floor. This is TO be used
case any lectures are given to scientist
from abroad or to the students of I'll
/ bureau itself.
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In addition to a very complete heat
ing and ventIlating system. in which
each room has a fiue for supplying fresh
air, heated or cooled as tie case may
warrant, and a second fue for carrying
air away from the room. there is TO be
a separate exhaust system with con-
nection to each laboratory room, the
storage rooms and the hoods Of the
chemical laboratories. These exhaust
f1ues open down into the basement.
where they are gathered into one large
duct. which is carried through the tun-
mel to an exhaust fan in the engine
room. This fan will run at a compare
lively high speed, and will insure
positive draft at each inlet 70 the eys-
TEN.
Similar Bureaus in Europe.
Thus equipped, the bureau Will COM
pare favorably with the many similar
institutions abroad, and Americans need
not blush when they pay a visit 70
even the great Reichsanstalt- The
Standards Department OF England, es-
tablished in 1879. is an institution OF ex-
actly similar kind. During the years
/ 1878. IT expended $4,000 IN the
| prosecution of its duties.
The Electrical Standardizing Iabora-|
| tory of England was established In 1897
and is devoted entirely TO N
veriication Of electrical standard
It is situated in Old Palace Yard
Westminster. In 1897 this instituted
expended $500. Kew Observatory was
1 In Oh
vatory but 1t is now used as a bureau
of standards. It IS directed by the
Royal Society Of London During 1897
1t expended $1,000, a sum derived el-
most entirely from fees. The Ma
tionaI Physical Laboratory was estah-
lished in 1899. and is the largest insti-
futon OF its kind in the United King
dom. It is controlled by a committee
OF leading scientists and expended in
1901 $40 600.
Die Normal Aichungs Commission of
Germany. was established in 1858 az
Berlin. and regulates the system of
weights throughout the North German
Confederacy. In 1897 1t expended s3e.-
600 for salaries. equipment. and incl
dental expenses.
Die Reichsanstalt.
The Bureau of Standards par excell-
} ence of German, and of the world. in
fact. is Die Physikaiische-Te chnischs
: Reichsanstalt. This institution was es-
: tablished in 1887 at Charlottenberg as !
national standardizing bureau nd ply
steal laboratory. It is controlled bv
president and an advisory board of sci
! entifc. men. The total appropriation:
! up 10 date OF this institution fsi
buildings, grounds. equipment, and IN
: cidental expenses amount 10 over 81 :
Z oO0. 600. During the year 1897 1t ex-
: pended $4,000.
Austria has the Normal Aichung z,
Commission, which expends about s45,
600 yearly. and Russia supports a Cen
i trail Chamber of Weights and Measures
s at ST. Petersburg During 1897 1t ex
e pended 1880 in salaries. equipment
| and incidental expenses.
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weights and measures for the State gov
ernments of Pennsylvania and Wyo-
ming. 1t is a part of our duty TO fur
nish each State with set of such stand
ards every year"
An Important Work.
DR.. 2. c. Nutting and F. G. Bates are
at the head of the department of optics
They are engaged in applying light
waves to measurements of length. They
too. use the polariscope in the analysis
of sugar. This is one of the most inter
esting and valuable parts of the bu-
reaus work. study of sugar with al
chometers and saccharometers is in it.
self employment for a long lifetime.
The testing OF clinical and othel
forms of mercurial thermometers, plati'
mum resistance thermometers for low
| temperatures, and the various forms o
instruments for measuring high TEN
peratures, known as promoters. is un
] der the able direction of DR.. Yorke Bur
CESS and DIR. c. w. Waidner I'VE ar,
at present comparing the various type
OF promoters to determine their powe
of indicating the temperature of anneal
| ing ovens and of ceramic and blast fur
naces." said DR.. Burgess. "Pyrometer
are the only instruments available 70
measuring very high temperatures be
yond the melting point OF platinum
The method of verification is as follows
We place the pyrometer in a furnac
built so that the interior may be We've
through lenses and prisms. Then tn
brightness of the furnace light and tina
of a standard source of light may b
compared When the two are equal tn
change in the reading of the instrumer
is measure of the temperature. "
luse a thermocouple to great advantage.
Low Temperature Measurement.
eve test, too" said DR.. Waidne
thermometers registering from
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New York may some day be as up-to-
date as washington. The latest reason
to believe this. is the fact that the po-
lice department of that city is begin
Ming 10 adopt some of the methods
which have been in common practice so
long in this city that they have ceased
10 be thought of in any sense as advance
ments.
In the last issue of "The Chief" pub
.Iished in New York, journal devoted
to the interests OF the police and fire
+ departments, there is leading article
on the first page, under a double column
head. announcing the fact that Deputy
Commissioner Davis has under consid-
Grafton an important change in the
manner of informing patrolmen OF the
various precincts OF persons who are
wanted by the police. OF are missing. and
of property that has been lost or stolen.
The article in question goes on TO
describe the method now in vogue in 1.-THE
metropolis" which is the same as OBJ
tanned in the District up TO the be-
ginning of the administration of Major
Sylvester, hve years ago. This plan is for
the captain. or sergeant so acting, when
sending the men out on their beats ut
roll call, 10 read TO them from the blot
ter descriptions OF the persons or prop
erty 90 be looked for. This list is
usually lengthy, the descriptions them
selves long and involved, and only per-
son with phenomenal memory, and then
only after long service, can retain them
IN his mind.
The article then proceeds 10 describe
the plan which Deputy Commissioned
Davis proposes TO inaugurate. II is
planned TO manifold these 'Iookouts'
on a mimeograph, so that copies can be
handed to the patrolmen as they 60
out, that they may have them IN their
pockets for reference. This work OF
.manifoIding, IL is proposed. shall be
done by the clerk, or some one in the
ststionhouse. This plan, It is stated
will be tried exDerimentaIly in the Ed
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laying deep and solid foundation for
scientific discoveries in the future. Prof.
S. W. Stratton. a scientist of attainment
and gentleman of executive ability. is
director of the bureau.
Department of Weights.
The work of the bureau is divided
among nine departments. The first and
one of the most important is the de-
partment of weights and measures. This
is in charge of L. A. Fischer. Its OBJ
ject. like that of the bureau itself. con-
slsts in comparing newly made stand
ards with the accurate ones in its pos
session. and even Of establishing new
and more accurate standards of weight
and measure. It cannot but be evident
that this is the chief aim of the science
of physics. itself. one of the most prac-
teal of all the sciences. If it is of
the utmost importance to know the pow
ers of the forces of nature. it is equally
important to know how TO measure them.
Unless they can be measured they can
not be controlled.
The department of weights and meas
ures veJlfes standards of length. mass.
and capacity for engineers, chemists,
State and city sealers. manufacturers
and merchants by comparing them with
the accurate standards in it's possession.
In addition to this work done for the
public. great attention is given to i'm
provements in comparers. balances. by
drometers, polariscopic apparatus, and
| appliances of the kind.
The demands upon this, as well as
/ every other department in the bureau
are very great, especially in the matter
| OF accuracy. What would have been
considered sufficiently accurate several
years ago no longer satisfies the engi-
neers or manufacturers of today. To
this end the department has adopted the
French international measure of a me
ter. 1887 inches, instead of the English
yard, though the equivalent in feet oil
inches is always given along with the
measurement in meters.
What 1t Is Doing.
AT the present time we are verifying
metal tapes for engineers. contractors
and surveyors said Mr.. Fischer. eve
are testing plug gauges and the pitch o
some minute screws for the Yerkes OBJ
servatory. the accuracy of sixty-thre
barometers for the Navy Department
and one for the Agricultural Depart
ment. the capacity of measures for tn
customs service. the accuracy of bal
arce for an electrical company and ont
for the Supervising Architects Office
We are comparing, too, four-meter ba
for the Mexican government and FIVE
meter one for the Canadian govern
ment. and preparing set of STANDARD