The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-09

er, viii put on - yards Of two-coat hw0rk
in a day.
The Hebrew tradition ascribed the in
Venton Of weights and measures 70 Cain.
those Of Egypt TO Theuth; those Of
Greece 10 Hermes.
In most OF the states IS pounds make a
bushel OF shelied corn; from this the range
is downward 10 81 pounds IN California and
Vermont.
In California a bushel Of buckwheat is
80 pounds, and from this figure the range
Is upward I'm various states 10 IS pounds
In South Carolina
A digit, a Hebrew measure Of length.
was little over nine-tentns OF an inch.
Il was taken from the second joint of the
right 1Orenuger.
Corn on the cob is estimated at S.. 40
and y pounds 10 the bushel. The first
named figure prevails in Indiana, and the
latter in Tennessee.
When cementng your Cistern, remem-
Der that one bushel of cement and TWO
bushels Of sand viii cover three ana one
half square yards one inch thick.
When using medicine choppers, the or
binary glass tube with a rubber. bulb
fitted on, it is well 10 remember that
sixty drops make one teaspOOnful.
In 1886 complete sets of our government
weights and measures were delivered 10
the governor of each state, Tor the use OF
the states respectively.
Brown sugar, according to its degree OF
dampness, VIII weigh from pound TO a
pound and a quarter; when dry, its
A legal bushel of onions is As pounds In
Indiana, and from this figure the range is
upward 10 81 pounds in Arkansas, Geor-
gia, Illinois and other states.
Spoons are of nearly the same size all
over the civilized world, and four table
spoonfuls make what in medical par
lance. is denominated a wineglassful.
The Old prOverb "a pints pound the
world around is confirmed in the case
Of white or graduated sugar; pint OF
which weighs almost exactly l pound.
Farmers who do their own fencing Will
be interested In knowing that 90 feet OF
boards viii build one rod of fence five
boards high, bottom board being 10 inches
wide.
In eastern countries cloth is still meas
ured by using the arm, the length OF the
forearm, with the addition of the breadth
Of the left hand, making the measure
In the mountain regions or THIS country,
where eggs and all other articles are sold
by weight, rather than by measure, ten
medium sized eggs are counted to the
pound.
The authorities on single work esti-
mate that to put on thousand shingles
requires 3l2 to pounds of fourpenny nails
or to 2la pounds of threepenny nails.
From 46 to 80 pounds equal bushel or
corn meal in various states; the lower fig
ure being the legal weight in North Caro-
lima, the latter in Arkansas and others.
In 1928 a brass troy pound, procured by
the American minister in London IN the
previous year, was declined to be the
standard in the United States for that
In most states 30 pounds make a bushel
of oats: in Maine, New Jersey and North
Carolina the standard is 30 pounds. In
South Carolina and Ohio it is said to be
80 pounds.
The authorities on plastering declare
that 100 Yards of wall require 1,400 laths,
four and a half bushels of lime, four-ntths
of a load of sand, pounds of hair ana
pounds of nails.
In the fifteenth century the beer gallon
measure of England was a fourth larger
than the wine gallon; to allow for the
froth.
The present legal yard was instituted in
England in 1858.
should remember that one-fifth more sid
ing and flooring is needed than the num-
Der of square feet of surface to be COW
cred, because Of the lap in the siding.
An amateur who undertakes TO plaster
his own house will be aided by the in
formation that eight bushels Of good
lime, sixteen bushels Of sand and one BUSH
ell of hair will plaster 100 square yards.
In 1917 John Quincy Adams was APP
weights and measures in use in the United
States and reported great discrepancies
In the various states, and even in the
same state.
tains 5S,3722 grains of distilled water, at
its maximum density, and weighed in air
at a temperature of g. degrees Fahren-
heit, and with a barOmetric pressure OF
30 inches.
A popular work on railroadng esti-
mates the ordinary load for ten-ton
freight car as follows: Whisky, GO bar
rels; salt, 20; lime, 20; -four 80; eggs, l5t 10
100; -four 200 sacks; cattle, Is to 70 head;
hogs so to co; sheep, so to 1OO; lumber
(green). 5000 feet; lumber dry, 10000; bar
ley. 300 bushels; wheat, 340; apples, 80;
corn, 400; potatoes, 43O, oats, $50, and bran'
1000.
A modern engineering work states that
a horse can draw, on the worst earthen
road. three times as much as he can
carry on his back; on a good macada-
mixed road nine times as much; on plank
road well laid and in good order twenty
five times as much; on smooth stone
pavebent, thirty-three times as much7 ana
on a steel railroad, firty-four times as
much as he can carry.
When doing your own paving remember
that thirty-six stock bricks laid nat or
fifty-two on edge will cover one square
ward 1t should be remembered, however,
that the bricks of different makers often
vary slightly in dimensions, and even
those by the same manufacturer are
sometimes slightly different, according
to the degree of heat in burning. DuI the
foregoing figures furnish fair average.
One metal rails in the most favorable
condition and smooth from use, horse
can draw one and two-thirds times as
much as on the best asphalt pavement;
three and one-third times as much as on
good Belgian blocks; five times as much
as on ordinary Belgian blocks; seven
times as much as on good cornerstone;
thirteen times as much as on ordinary
cobblestone; twenty times as much as on
an earth road and forty times as much as
on sand.