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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-14

A Locomobile was the first auto 10
traverse the roads after the young
blizzard which struck Washington the
night before inauguration day. When
the car and occupants reached Balti-
more. after successfully battling with
the elements and prevailing conditions,
they were treated TO a rousing blow
out bv several Of the leading autoists
of the Monumental City.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

fed and which conveys in itself the idea
OF serious disease. For the end In view
typhoid n.y. is considered the best name
The true connection of the so-called
housefly with typhoid fever and the true
scientific evidence regarding its role as a
carrier of that disease have only re-
Gently been worked out. Cell in 1855 fed
flies with pure cultures OF the typhoid
bacillus and examined their contents
microscopical1y and culturally. Inocula-
tions Of animals were also made. prov
ing that the bacilli which passed
through files were virulent
The importance of the typhoid 1y as i
carrier OF the disease I'm army camps as
shown in tho Spanish war and In the
Boer war and in the camps of great
armies of laborers engaged in gigantic
enterprises like tho digging of the Pan
ANA canal is obvious. but even under
city conditions the influence of this fly
In the spread of this disease has beer
greatly underestimated. 1t is not claimed
that under city conditions tho houscfly
becomes by this argument q prime fac
tor In tho transfer OF the disease, but
1t must obviously take a much higher
relative rank among typhoid conveyers
than 1t has heretofore assumed Perhaps
even under city conditions 1t must as
sumo third rank-next to water and milk
Chief of the Bureau OF Entomology
U. S. Dept OF Agriculture
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reau have been moved from the Dooly
block to the Boston building.
WEATHER FOR THE PAST YEAR
January-Ths month was very unus-
ual in that the mean temperature for
the state was about five degrees above
tho normal and the highest ever re-
corded. The precipitation was also un-
usual being 2SS inches which was l5S
inches above the normal The highest
local monthly mean temperature was
1852 degrees at st. George, and the low
est was 102 degrees at Fort Duchesne.
The greatest monthly amount of pre-
cipitation was 1885 inches at Scof1eld,
and the least was 005 inch at Green
River.
February-The temperature of Feb
ruary exhibited no such marked varia-
ton from the normal as did that of
January. Tho mean for the state was
2S.5 degrees which was 0.9 degrees be-
low the normal The highest local
mean temperature was 41.S degrees at
the experiment farm. and the lowest
was 10.9 degrees at Fort Duchcsne
The average precipitation was 2.15
inches, which was 0.99 inch above the
normal The greatest monthly amount
was 1875 inches at Park City, and the
lowest was 0.23 inch at Green River.
The greatest amount in any "a con-
secutive hours was 3.e4 inches at Park
City on the 7th
March.-The mean monthly tempera-
ture for this month was 374 degrees
which was 1.2 degrees below the nor
NAL Tho highest local mean monthly
temperature was sos degrees at st.
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George. and the lowest was 21.2 de-
grees at Scofield. The precipitation
was mostly In the form of moist snow
and averaged for the state 1.16 inches
which was OPS inch below the normal.
The greatest amount in "a hours was
1.24 inches at Huntsville on the 9th.
The greatest monthly amount was 3.53
inches at Henefer, and the least was
nothing at Green River.
Alphabetically cold weather pro-
vailed during this month accompanied
by considerable cloudiness. The tenn
perature for the state as q whole was
All degrees which was 9.5 degrees be-
low normal. The highest monthly
mean at any station was 5S.S degrees
at st, George, and the lowest was 31.9
degrees as Scofleld. Tho average pre-
cipitatlon for the state was 113 inches
which was 022 inch below the normal
The greatest amount at any station
was 7.49 inches at Scofleld. and the
least was nothing at Kelton and Loa-
2,4S inches at Sconeld on the 30th.
May-May was cool, dry. and
windy month. The temperature aver
aged SIG degrees which was 80 de-
grees below the normal. The highest
temperature was go degrees at ST
George. and the lowest 10 degrees at
Loa. The precipitation averaged 1.02
inches which was 03S inches below the
normal The greatest local monthly
amount was 1874 inches at Scofleld and
the least was nothing at several sta
tons. The greatest amount in "a
hours was 136 inches at Ogden on
the 18th
June-This month was unusually
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mounted horizontally. are set Of max
inum and minimum thermometers and
are so exposed in the thermometer shell
ter on the roof OF the Boston building.
ELECTRIC RAIN MEASURE
Figure 8 shows a collection of in
struments The most interesting one is
the recording rain gage, shown In the
center of the cut The upper part Is the
receiver and leads the rain by means of
a funnel into a little tipping bucket
This bucket Is so made tnat when one
one -hundredth of an inch of rain falls
on the ground then the bucket tips, an
electrical contact Is made sending an
electrical impulse to the triple register
above described. BY the means 81 this
instrument the rain fall is measured
electrically. One can then know the
beginning and ending of each rain and
also the rate at which it fell.
To the left of the tipping bucket rain
gage is an ordinary eight-inch gage
which is just as accurate as the one
just described, but 1t does not register
the rain fall, The rain is collected by
the receiver at the top and then led by
means of a funnel into a tube which Is
inside of the gage in actual practise,
but in the cut is shown just left of the
gage This tube Is exactly one-tenth
the area Of the receiver in cross-section,
so that when one inch OF rain falls on
the ground then 1t will rise 10 inches in
the tube. This magnifles tho amount
and furnishes a means by which the
rainfall may be measured to ono one
hundredth of an inch.
The description of these instruments
is necessarily brief, But those of the
public who are interested are cordially
invited to the weather bureau office to
inspect the instruments and the meth
DDS of forecastlng, that they may get a
more minute explanation.
WEATHER IN UTAH.
During the past year important
changes have taken place in the or
ganization OF the weather bureau which
affect the intermountain country con-
siderably.
The Great Basin country has been
made n clImatological district with the
center of the district at Salt Lake City.
All the weather data OF this region Will
be published In one publication, and 1t
is expected that the information con-
tained therein will be of great i'm
portance to all interests In this region.
but principally the farmer, the irriga-
ting and water power engineers.
The offices OF the local weather bu-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
TO CHANGE THE DEADLY
HOUSEFLY'S NAME

The name typhoid fly" is here pro-
posed as a substitute for the namo
"houseny," now In general use. People
have altogether too long considered tho
houseny as a harmless creature. or. at
tho most. simply a nuisance. While
scientific researches have shown that 1t
is most dangerous creature from the
standpoint of disease and while popular
opinion Is rapidly being educated to the
same point. the retention OF the namo
housefly is considered inadvIsable as per-
petuating in some degree tho old Ideas
Strictly speaking. the term typhoid fly"
is open to some objection. as conveying
the erroneous idea that this fly is solely
responsible for the spread of typhoid. but
considering that the creature is danger
Gus from every point of view. and that
1t Is an important element in tho spread
of typhoid, 1t seems advisable to give
1t name which Is almost wholly justl-
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and dry bulb. The maximum thermon1-
eter, of course, registers the highest
temperature, and the minimum Their
mometer registers the lowest tompera-
ture. The wet and dry bulb thermome-
ters are so called because the wet bulb
has a cloth wrapped around It's bulb.
When an observation Is taken, the cloth
is wetted, then both thermometers are
whirled. and as the water evaporates
from the wet bulb thermometer that
instrument cools and its temperature
WEI be lower than the dry bulb. Tho
difference between these two readings
is measure OF the humidity OF the at
mosphere. II you will turn to figure 3,
you VIII see the wet and dry bulb ther-
mometers on a stand to the right OF
tho cut. These thermometers are so
arranged that they may be rapidly
whirled by turning the crank.
RECORDING BAROMETER.
The instrument room of the Salt Lake
weather bureau office is shown partial
ly by figure .. Hanging on the wall in
the background arc two barometers by
which the pressure of the air may be
accurately measured. At the end of
the stand and to the right is the triple
register already described. In the CEN
ter of the stand is a Paragraph This
instrument is really writing barome-
ter; that is, It makes trace following
the varying pressure of the atmosphere
This instrument Is most valuable of
any for the use of private individuals
forecasting the weather. AS the trace
goes down, then warmer weather ac-
companied by rain or snow VIII follow,
but should the trace rise then cool and
fair weather will follow
The two instruments in the fore
ground of figure are sunshine record
ers. The one to tho right is the one used
at Salt Lake City and records the
amount of sunshine electrically. The
one to the right is a Photographic sun
shine recorder, and is used for instruc-
tion purposes only. The two thermome-
ters shown to the left of figure 2. and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

weather bureau instrument stand. To
the right on this stand Is the triple
register. so-called as it has three pens
writing on the drum. The drum is made
TO revolve by a power clock which
turns the drum once around every six
hours or four times 4 day. The pens
which write on this drum are connected
electrically with the following appara-
tus on the roof; The w1ndvane. the
thermometer Cor wind measurer). the
sunshine recorder, and the rain gage.
The apparatus Is so arranged that
every minute of time Il record Is made
on the revolving drum or the direction
of the wind, the sunshine II any. and
also every time hundredth of an inch
of rain falls and 4 mile OF wind passes
Salt Lake City, suitable record is made
on the drum. The pipe In the center of
the tower carries the cable which trans
mits the electrical impulse from the in
struments on the roof to the pens Of the
recording apparatus.
WIND MEASURING DEVICE.
The ancmomcter Cor wind measuring
device) is shown In figure g. 1t sits on
the floor and at the extreme left-hand
end of the figure. The revolving cups
are SO geared up with clockwork that
every time the cups reyolve 500 times a
contact Is made and tie pen makes
suitable record on the revo-ving drum.
described above.
The sunshine recorder is shown in
figure ., and is standing to the right on
a drawer pulled out. This recorder con-
sists of a blacllened bulb which con-
talns an air chamber with mercury at
the bottom Of the air chamber. When
The sun rises the black bulb absorbs
the heat rays the ain expands and
forces the mercury past two contacts,
and as long as the contact is NAM
tanned a sunshine record is made on
the revolving drum, but when the sun
goes under cloud or sets in the west.
then the black bulb cools, the air con-
tracts and the mercury falls away from
the contact and no record is made.
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werE. the temperature averaging for
tho state 662 degrees which was Is
degrees above the normal. The high
est local mean was 79.4 degrees at
Springdale. and tho lowest was go
degrees at Sconeld The average pro-
cipitation for the month was OLA inch
which was 0.3s inch below the normal.
The greatest monthly amount was 0.I9
inch at Government creek. At num-
Dor of stations no rain whatever was
recorded. The greatest 24-hour amount
was 0.65 inch at Emery on the 18th.
July-The mean temperature ayerag-
ed only slightly below the normal. The
highest temperature was los degrees
at Lucin, and the lowest was so degrees
at the same place on the 2Sth. The
precipitation was we'll distributed and
averaged much above the normal.
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away, ronds were gutted and fields
devastated
September-This month was compar-
atively cool and wet The rains which
caused so much damage during the
last few days in August persisteS 20
a few days in September. and during
the last few days in September the frs.
snow of the season was observed on
the mountain peaks
October-Thc temperature during
this month was somewhat higher than
usual, and averaged about 81 degrees.
The precipitation was slightly below
normal. The weather was unusually
mild and pleasant. and very beneficial
to all interests. Sunshine was abundant
and the proportion OF clear days was
large.
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The iaEtrurreat shc,ter in the rorc-
ground of figure is standard one. 1t
Is painted white so that tho rays from
the sun will be reflected and thus the
shelter will not become unduly heated.
that the air may pass through freely.
When thermometers are exposed In a
shelter of this pattern. they arc then
capable of registering only shade tenn
peratures or the real temperatures of tho
air which for meteorological purposes
are most desired
MEASURING HUMIDITY.
This shelter contains four ther1nome-
ters, maximum. q minimum and a wet
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
GLANCE Mt the accompany,

4 GLANCE Mt the accompanying
~ pictures will give a fine idea to
~ the readers of the appliances OF
a weather oureau office.
--rn nrtside view shows the tower OF
xr1cn are exposed the wind vane. al,a-
rnomcter cups, and sunshine recorder.
The wind vane is readily distinguish
able. but the anemometer cup (or de-
v.oo for measuring the Winds velocity
Is somewhat obscured. as is also the
--r,shine recorder, but these will bc eN-
p:aincd later. In the foreground Is
shown the standard shelter in which
the thermometers arc exposed.
In figure is exhibited Il standard
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November-This month bids fair to
be somewhat cooler than usual, with
light precipitation. General snow fur
ries occurred on the 14th through the
state. ALFRED H THTBSSEN,
Section Director and Division Editor.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-27
A NeiseIsss City In ErissIand.

Fancy city of $4,000 inhabitants.
guiltless of street cars and omnibuscs
(the steam tram line from Franeker
halts dlscreetly without the town.
easily encompassed In an hour. for its
singel. its old moat which 1t has not
yet greatly overstepped. is not three
miles In extent: city without great
noise or confusion, save upon market
days. and clean. quiet streets. lined
by low houses with shining windows.
peopled by rosy checked serving wom-
en-. capped with gold and lace. and
demurely dressed grave faced citizens.
Send red sailed boats to its very heart
until masts are jumblcd with electric
light poles and church towers; plant
densely follaged trees beside its quays
and few Iron rallied flower beds in
its open squares; give 1t water CIR
die thronged with hundreds Of boats
crossed by few bridges and many
little hand ferries-and you viii see
Ieeuwarden.- Scrlbner's Magazine.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-27

Mr.. Golf has a humor peculiarly his
own. He looks at the world In n half
amused. half indulgent manner some
times very annoying to his friends.
One day when in town he dropped
into restaurant for lunch. 1t was n
tidy although not pretentious estab-
lishment. After good meal he called
to the waitress and inquired what
kind of pie could be had.
"Applepiemincepiera is!npieblueberry-
Observation-Disclosures W perry
shortcake." the young woman repeated
glibly.
"Will you please say that again. he
asked, leaning trifle forward.
The girl went through the list at
lightning rate. acknowledgements
cake" she concluded. with emphasis.
would you mind doing 1t once
more?" he said.
The waitress looked her disgust and
started In third time. pronounclng
the words In dciiantly clear tone.
'Thank YOU" he remarked when she
had finished. For the life of me |
can't see how you do It. But like to
hear 1t. It's very interesting. very.
Give me apple pie. please. and thank
you very much. Youths Companion.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-27
ANCIENT SURVEYORS.
Their Methods Depicted on the Old
Tombs OF Egypt.

In an address delivered before the
Royal Geographical society Captain
Ii. g. Lyons, director general of the
survey department Of Egypt. told Of
the work of ancient Egyptian survey
ors. AT every period Of ancient
Egyptian history" he said. "the land
was measured and recorded with con
dealt In regularly. and an elaborate
system Of registration was maintain.
ed. No map Of landed property In
ancient Egypt has come down TO US,
but ON the tomb walls we meet with
representations Of land measurers at
work. Their methods Of land meas.
urement are represented on the walls
Of the tomb of one Menna nj Sheik
Add el Qurna. In Thebes. land over.
seer and inspector OF the boundary
stones Of Anon.
I'm the scene depleted are shown
two chainmcn measuring u field of
corn with long cord, on which are
knots or marks at intervals which
seem TO be about four or five cubits
In length Each also carries spare
cord coiled upon his arm. Beside them
walk three officials, who carry writ.
ing materials and who are accompa.
MED by a small boy carrying writing
materials and bag In which are
probably documents and plans refer
ring to the property. An old man and
two boys also accompany the survey
ors, and peasant brings loaf Of
bread and bunch of green corn.
"a similar scene is pictured on the
walls of tomb belonging to GER
tain Amenhotep, also at Sheik Add el
Qurna. Here only one man accom-
panies the chainmen. each of whom.
as usual. carries spare cord. The
figures are larger than in the tomb of
Menna. and. though they are now
much damaged. 1t is possible to see
clearly that the cord terminated in a
rams head"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-27
A MAN OF ACTION.
He Got Out Of His Tight Corner With
Flying Colors.

He was husband who, when he left
home for week or so on business
trip, invariably took with him u photo
of his wife. and In the letters that he
wrote to her he always made a great
point Of this portrait and dwelt upon
the fact that the sight of 1t was the
only thing that kept his spirits up
when he was far away from her.
One day. however, he left the home
and forgot to take the portrait with
him. But he was not going to let II
little thing like that worry him.
Down he sat and penned his Gus
tomary amorous epistle. IN which the
portrait played Its usual part. II was
not until the letter was posted that he
remembered that the portrait had been
left AZ home In conspicuous place
where his wife could not fail to dis
cover 1t.
The fat was indeed In the fire, but
he was man of action and deter.
mined to get out of his tight corner
somehow. He remembered the shop
where Tue pnoto nau Deen taken anu
promptly wired there for another
copy. which he had put into beauti-
full frame especially adapted for trav-
cling.
On his return home his wife handed
out the freezing mixture" to begin
with and then dissolved In unquench-
able tears. When under cross exam
nation she admitted that the cause of
her grief was his cruel deception. he
produced the newly acquired photo
and then asked her. In n hurt voice.
how she could possibly have suspected
him of working or mere tarradiddle
on his little wife-New York Mail.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-27
The Eternal Feminine.

A photographer was called upon not
long ago to make some pictures of an
old lady of seventy years or so, but OF
surprising agility and quickness of per-
ception. The picture man was there
fore somewhat surprised to find that
no words of address could induce the
old lady to speak until after the opera
tion was completed. Then she put her
fingers into her mouth. whence she
withdrew several wads of paper
"You wouldn't have me photographs
ed with my cheeks falling In. would
you:" she asked the photographer. 81
just stuffed some paper In my mouth to
ill t."-Harper's Weekly.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-27
PRESENT TIM ENTS.
incidents In Which Coming Events
Cast Their Shadows Before.

Coming events cast their shadows be-
fore them The writer is led to be-
lieve this because several incidents In
the lives Of his parents corroborate
the theory that presentiments of good
and evil do come to persons una wares.
/ will mention two of them.
In the summer Of 1877 my father
late Mt night was returning TO his farm
from the little town OF Nation. He
had stayed unusually late. When he
reached the farm all was quiet. Re-
moving the harness from his horse. he
proceeded to the carriage house and
hung It In It's place.
He came out and closed the door. As
he did so he heard the harness fall. II
was very dark. He went back into the
house and found the harness still hang
Ing in its place. The same occurrence
took place again. He went back again
and found 1t in its place.
When the third time he heard the
sound Of falling harness he did not
20 back.
Several weeks later his barn burned,
and 1t happened that the same har-
ness was In the barn loft. valuable
set. He attempted to save It, The
staircase burned behind him. and he
was compelled TO jump for his life
from a window. His previous expert
ence came to him wildly. He saved
the harness, but at the risk of his life.
Another vivid incident ] recall was
my mother sitting by the fire with a
sick baby. The nurse was present,
too. and both were wide awake. Her
father appeared to her and advised her
as to the baby's treatment and Other
family matters. He vanished as quick
~ as he had come The next day she
heard of his death.-London Tit-Bits.