The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-03-29

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kilometer Il 1900 meters and is equal
to $3.50 feet Of iive.eighths Of a mile
us It possibleT
Certainly II Is possible. You may
learn after awhile that there Is some
thing new under the sun besides new
hats"
"And is one meter, the base OF the
metric system and IT'S unit. 1887 inches
in length, or 1897 inches longer than a
yard?' she innocently asked
"w-whatf he exclaimed as he turn.
ed on her
Cone declmetor Is one-tenth Of a me
ter, isn't ltT
woman, what are you trying to get
atY'
And one centimeter IS one.hun-
dredth OF q meter and IS about two
flfths Of an inch in lengthT
chill struck Mr.. Bowser PLUMP
center m the heart. ana he began to
turn red and pale.
"And as I remember IT, continued
Mrs Bowser, zone milllmeter Is one.
thousandth OF a meter, or approximate
" one twenty-hfth OF an inch, and It's
use corresponds to that OF the one
thirty .secondth Of an inch 10 the Eng
lish duodccimal measure. II am
wrong, please correct me-"
Woman. what Iodgepodge Is thlsr
shouted Mr.. Bowser in tones Of thun-
der, but at the same time with n fear
in his soul.
"Why, we are talking about the met
ric system, you know. OF course
know very little about It, and as you
know all f,want to ask you II It is true
that one hectnre has sides 100 meters
IN length, or about 1913 feet, and is
equal In area to 2.47 acres"
Mr.. Rowser didn't reply. In fact, he
was swallowing at his Adams apple
so hard that he couldn't reply. Mrs.
Bowser pitIed him, and yet she went
on:
"Of course you are better posted
than am, as you are not around look
Ing for seventy-hve cent necktles at
% cents, but / believe that one met
-rlc ton equals 100 Kilograms, or 2,2Oi
pounds, and Is, almost equivalent to
the English long ton-2,240 pounds
and is practically 10 per cent more
than the short ton, which Is S,OeO
pounds"
"Is-is this q put up JOB on mep
be managed to ask rs she finished.
Il don't know what you mean, dear
! simply told you that ! thought ] had
seen the metric system mentioned in
the papers. am not sure, but think
TINT ono kllogam is 1000 grams and Is
equivalent to two and one-flfth pounds.
This weight and the half kilogram are
the metric weights In common use The
half kllo Is about one and three-fifths
ounces heavier than the ayoirdupols
pound
"Oh, you do, do your
yves, and that one gram Is little
more than fifteen grains and Is equal
In weight Of a cubic cenflmeter Of
water. 1t Is the unit OF metric weight"
eco on. woman--go onF' he hoarseiy
whispered
zone centlgram is one-hundredth Of
gram and little more than onc-sev-
enth Of grain It Is much used 10
weighing drugs. The mllllgram. which
Is about one sixty.hfth Of grain, Is
employed in minute calculations"
Anything more, madamT
"Why, believe that one liter Is equal
In volume to one cubic declmeter Of
water, weighs one klogram and Is
equivalent to one and one-tenth quarts.
One hectollter is 100 Iiters and cor
responds TO the small barrel"
Mrs. Bowser had gone right through
the system, thing be couldn't have
done to save his life, and Mr. B0wser
was 10 a box He felt the humiliation
and loss Of prestige. but be couldn't
make up his MUD whether to kin the
cat or set the house afire. In this
emergency be put on his hat and over
coat and banged the door after him
'Will you be back soon7" called Mrs,
Bowser after him. but he made no re-
ply.
She sat up for him until midnight, and
at that hour q policeman brought him
home and said to her as she answered
the bell
"Madam. do you know this mani \
found him sitting In snowdrift aud
talking about Kilograms, kilos and cen
timeters. but the grocers boy says be
thinks It IS Mr.. Bowser."
II was and he was taken IN and put
to bed according to the newer and bet.
ter system NJ. QUAD.
Bofwcen Friends.
Ethyl-But Jack is little too fond
Of wine. Is he mott