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Things to Know and Do 169 No. S, means local rain or snow; with 3 above it means with higher temperature; and with 3 below it means lower temperature. A red flag with a black centre indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected. Colder. Fair RmlBorSliMr. Warmer Fair CoM Wave. We&thei Wumer Weather, (ollowid by Weatner " lUinorSnow Stom and Hurricane Warnings Storm Warnings— A red flag with a black centre indicates a itom of marked violence. The pennants displayed with flags indicate direction of wind — red, easterly; white, westerly; pennant above flag indicates wind from northerly quadrants; below, from souta- eriy quadrants. , . j By night a red light indicates easterly winds, white light below red, westerly wioda. Two red flags wiih black centres indicate approach oi tropical ouriicail*. No night hurricane signals are displayed. ^gnals on the Railway Most of us are familiar with some of the rignals given by brakemen, conductors, or engineers, but not so many of us have sat right down to inspect the code, as officially fixed. A con- ductor on the Canadian Pacific Railway allowed me to copy it out from his "Trainman's Book," 1909, and since then I have been told that this is the code in universal use, so I give it in full. It consists of color signals, hand and lantern signals, toots and cord-pulls. It will add a new interest to the journey, at least