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In Biblical and other old measurements, the term span is sometimes used, which is a length of nine inches.
The sacred cubit of the' Jews was 24.024 inches in length.
The common cubit of the Jews was 21.704 inches in length.
A pace is equal to a yard or 36 inches.
A fathom is equal to 6 feet.
A league is three miles, but its length is variable, for it is strictly speaking a nautical term, and should be three geographical miles, equal to 3.45 statute miles, but when used on land, three statute miles are said to be a league.
In cloth measure an aune is equal to 1} yards, or 45 inches.
An Amsterdam ell is equal to 26.796 inches.
A Trieste ell is equal to 25.284 inches.
A Brabant ell is equal to 27.116 inches.
HOW TO KEEP ACCOUNTS.
Every farmer and mechanic, whether he does much or little business, should keep a record of his transactions in a clear and systematic man- ner. For the benefit of those who have not had the opportunity of ac- quiring a primary knowledge of the principles of book-keeping, we here present a simple form of keeping accounts which is easily comprehended, and well adapted to record the business transactions of farmers, mechanics and laborers.
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
1875.
A. H. JACKSON.
Dr. Cr.
Jan. 10 To 7 bushels Wheat
at $1.25
$8 75
17 By shoeing span of Horses
$2 50
Feb. 4 To 14 bushels Oats
at $ .45
6 30
4 To 5 lbs. Butter
at
.25
1|25
March 8 By new Harrow
18.00
S By sharpening 2 Plows
40
66 13 By new Double-Tree
2 25
27 To Cow and Calf
48 00
April 9 To half ton of Hay
9 By Cash
25 00
May
6 By repairing Corn-Planter
4 75
66
24 To one Sow with Pigs
17 50
July
4 By Cash, to balance account
35 15
$88 05
$88 05
1875.
CASSA MASON.
Dr. Cr
March 21 By 3 days' labor
at $1.25
$3 75
21 To 2 Shoats
at 3.00
$6 00
23 To 18 bushels Corn
at
.45
8 10
May 1 By 1 month's Labor
25 00
1 To Cash
10 00
June
19 By 8 days' Mowing
at $1.50
12 00
66
26 To 50 Ibs. Flour
2 75
July
29 By 9 days' Harvesting
at 2.00
18 00
Aug. 12 By 6 days' Labor
at
1.50
9 00
66
12 To Cash
20 00
Sept.
1 To Cash to balance account
18 20
$67 75
$67.75
INTEREST TABLE.
A SIMPLE RULE FOR ACCURATELY COMPUTING INTEREST AT ANY GIVEN PER CENT. FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.
Multiply the principal (amount of money at interest) by the time reduced to days; then divide this product by the quotient obtained by dividing 360 (the number of days in the interest year) by the per cent. of interest, and the quotient thus obtained will be the required interest.
ILLUSTRATION. Solution.
Require the interest of $462.50 for one month and eighteen days at 6 per cent. All interest month is 30 days; one month and eighteen days equal 48 days. $462.50 multi- plied by .48 gives $222.0000; 360 divided by 6 (the per cent. of interest) gives 60, and $222.0000 divided by 60 will give you the exact interest, which is $3.70. If the rate of
$462.50
.48
interest in the above example were 12 per cent., we would divide the $222.0000 by 30 6)360 185000 (because 360 divided by 12 gives 30); if 4 per cent., we would divide by 90; if 8 per cent., by 45: and in like manner for any other per cent. 60 / $222.0000($3.70 180
1 6360)
420 420
00
MISCELLANEOUS TABLE.
12 units, or things, 1 Dozen. | 196 pounds, 1 Barrel of Flour. 24 sheets of paper, 1 Quire.
12 dozen, 1 Gross.
200 pounds, 1 Barrel of Pork. 56 pounds, 1 Firkin of Butter. |
20 quires paper 1 Ream. 4 ft. wide, 4 f -. high, and 8 ft. long, 1 Cord Wood.
1
1
1
1
,
1
I
1
I
1
.
6 25
I
I
.
I
10 To 27 lbs. Meat,
at $ .10
2 70
370000
20 things, 1 Score.
1
271
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
NAMES OF THE STATES OF THE UNION, AND THEIR SIGNIFICATIONS.
Virginia .- The oldest of the States, was so called in honor of Queen Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen," in whose reign Sir Walter Raleigh made his first attempt to colonize that region.
Florida .- Ponce de Leon landed on the coast of Florida on Easter Sunday, and called the country in commemoration of the day, which was the Pasqua Florida of the Spaniards, or " Feast of Flowers."
. Louisiana was called after Louis the Fourteenth, who at one time owned that section of the country.
Alabama was so named by the Indians, and signifies " Here we Rest."
Mississippi is likewise an Indian name, meaning " Long River."
Arkansas, from Kansas, the Indian word for "smoky water." Its prefix was really arc, the French word for " bow."
The Carolinas were originally one tract, and were called "Carolana," after Charles the Ninth of France.
Georgia owes its name to George the Second of England, who first · established a colony there in 1732.
Tennessee is the Indian name for the "River of the Bend," i. e., the Mississippi which forms its western boundary.
Kentucky is the Indian name for " at the head of the river."
Ohio means " beautiful ; " Iowa, " drowsy ones ; " Minnesota, " cloudy water," and Wisconsin, " wild-rushing channel."
Illinois is derived from the Indian word illini, men, and the French suffix ois, together signifying " tribe of men."
Michigan was called by the name given the lake, fish-weir, which was so styled from its fancied resemblance to a fish trap.
Missouri is from the Indian word " muddy," which more properly 1
applies to the river that flows through it.
Oregon owes its Indian name also to its principal river.
Cortes named California.
Massachusetts is the Indian for " The country around the great hills."
Connecticut, from the Indian Quon-ch-ta-Cut, signifying "Long River."
Maryland, after Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles the First, of England.
New York was named by the Duke of York.
Pennsylvania means " Penn's woods," and was so called after William Penn, its orignal owner.
272
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
Delaware after Lord De La Ware.
New Jersey, so called in honor of Sir George Carteret, who was Governor of the Island of Jersey, in the British Channel.
Maine was called after the province of Maine in France, in compli- ment of Queen Henrietta of England, who owned that province.
Vermont, from the French word Vert Mont, signifying Green Mountain.
New Hampshire, from Hampshire county in England. It was formerly called Laconia.
The little State of Rhode Island owes its name to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean, which domain it is said to greatly resemble.
Texas is the American word for the Mexican name by which all that section of the country was called before it was ceded to the United States.
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Total Population.
Alabama.
996, 992
Arkansas.
484,471
California
560,247
Connecticut
537,454
Delaware.
125,015
Florida ..
187,748
Brooklyn, N. Y.
396,099
Georgia
St. Louis, Mo.
310,864
Illinois.
2,539,891
Chicago, Ill ..
298,977
Indiana.
1,680,637
Baltimore, Md.
267.354
lowa.
1,191,792
Boston, Mass ..
250,526
Kansas.
364,399
Cincinnati, Ohio
216,239
Kentucky.
1,321,011
New Orleans, La.
Louisiana
726,915
Maine.
626,915
Maryland.
780,894
Washington, D. C.
109,199
Massachusetts
1,457,351
Newark. N. J ..
105,059
Michigan
Louisville, Ky.
100,753
Minnesota.
Cleveland, Ohio.
92,829
Mississippi.
Pittsburg, Pa ....
86,076
Missouri ..
1,721,295
82,546
Nebraska.
122,993
Detroit, Mich ..
79,577
Nevada
42,491
Milwaukee, Wis.
71,440
New Hampshire.
318,300
69,422
New Jersey
906.096
68,904
North Carolina
1,071,361
Allegheny, Pa ...
53,180
Ohio ..
2,665.260
Richmond, Va.
51.038
Oregon ..
90,923
New Haven, Conn ...
50,840 48,956 48,244 46,465
Tennessee .
1,258,520
Texas .
818,579
Vermont.
330,551
Virginia ...
1,225,163
West Virginia.
442,014
Wisconsin ..
1,054,670
Total States.
38,113,253
Arizona ..
9,658
Colorada.
39,864
Dakota
14,181
District of Columbia.
131.700
Idaho
14,999
Montana
20,595
New Mexico.
91,874
Utah
86,786
Washington
23,955
Wyoming.
9,118
Charlestown, Mass.
28,323
Savannah, Ga ..
28,235
Total Territories.
442,730
Lynn. Mass.
28.233
26,766
Total United States
38,555,983
POPULATION OF FIFTY PRINCIPAL CITIES.
CITIES.
Aggregate Population.
New York, N. Y
942,292
Philadelphia, Pa.
674,022
San Francisco, Cal.
191,418 149,473 117,714
1,184,059 439,706 827,922
Albany, N. Y ...
New York
4,382.759
Rochester, N. Y.
62,386
Pennsylvania.
3,521,791
Charleston, S. C.
Rhode Island
217,353
Indianapolis, Ind.
South Carolina.
705,606
Troy, N. Y ..
Syracuse, N. Y.
Worcester, Mass.
Lowell. Mass ..
Memphis, Tenn.
Cambridge, Mass.
Hartford, Conn
Scranton, Pa.
Reading, Pa ...
33,579
Kansas City, Mo.
Mobile, Ala.
Toledo, Ohio
Portland, Me.
31,413 31,274
Wilmington, Del.
30,841
Dayton, Oliio.
30,473
Lawrence, Mass.
28,921
Utica, N. Y ..
28,804
Paterson, N. J.
39,634 37,180 35,092 33,930
32,260 32,034 31,584
Columbus, Ohio.
43,051 41,105 40,928 40,226
1.184,109
Buffalo, N. Y.
Jersey City, N. J
Providence, R. I.
Fall River, Mass.
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Area in square Miles.
POPULATION.
Miles R. R. 1872.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Area in square Miles.
1870.
1875.
1872.
States.
States.
Alabama
50,722
996,992
1,671
Pennsylvania.
46,000
3,521,791
5,113
Arkansas.
52,198
484,471
25
Rhode Island ..
1,306
217,353
258,239
136
California.
188.981
560,247
1,013
South Carolina.
29,385
705,606
925,145
1.201
Connecticut.
4.674
537,454
820
Tennessee.
45,600
1,258,520
1,520
Delaware.
2,120
125,015
227
Texas.
237,504
818,579
865
Florida ..
59,268
187,748
466
Vermont
10,212
330,551
675
Georgia ..
58,000 1,184,109
2,108
Virginia ..
40,904
1,225,163
1,490
Illinois
55,410 2,539,891
5,904
West Virginia
23,000
442,014
485
Wisconsin
53,924
1,054,670
1,236,789
1,725
Iowa ...
55,045 1,191.792
1,350,544
3.160
Kansas.
81,318
364,399
528,349
Total States.
1,950,171 38,113,253
59,587
Louisiana
41,346
726,915
857,039
539
Territories.
Maine ..
31,776
626,915
871
Arizona
113,916
9,658
Maryland
11,184
780,894
820
Colorado ..
104,500
39,864
392
Massachusetts.
7,800 1,457,351
1,651,912
Dakota
147,490
14,181
Michigan*
56,451
1,184,059
1,334,031
Dist. of Columbia.
60
131,700
Minnesota
83,531
439,706
598,429
1,612
Idaho ..
90,932
14,999
Mississippi.
47,156
827,922
990
Montana ..
143,776
20,595
New Mexico
121,201
91,874
375
New Hampshire.
9,280
318,300
790
Wyoming .
93,107
9,118
498
New Jersey.
8.320
906,096 1,026,502
1,265
Total Territories.
965,032
442,730
1,265
Ohio
39,964 2,665,260
3,740
Oregon
95,244
90,923
159
Aggregate of U. S .. 2,915,203 38,555,983
00,852
* Last Census of Michigan taken in 1874.
* Included in the Railroad Mileage of Maryland.
PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD;
POPULATION AND AREA.
COUNTRIES.
Population.
Date of Census.
Area in Square Miles.
Inhabitants to Square Mile.
CAPITALS.
Population.
China
446,500.000
1871
3,741,846
119.3
Pekin.
1,648,800
British Empire ..
226,817,108
1871
4,677,432
48.6
London ...
3,251,800
Russia ..
81,925,400
1871
8,003,778
10.2
St. Petersburg
667,000
United States with Alaska.
38,925,600
1870
2,603,884
7.78
Washington
109,199
France .
36,469,800
1866
204,091
178.7
Paris.
1,825,300
Austria and Hungary.
35,904,400
1869
240,348
149.4
Vienna
833,900
Japan. .
34,785,300
1871
149,399
232.8
Yeddo.
1,554,900
31,817,100
1871
121,315
262.3
London
3,251,800
29,906,092
1871
160,207
187.
Berlin
825,400
Italy
27,439,921
1871
118,847
230.9
Rome.
244,484 +
Spain
16,642,000
1867
195,775
85.
Madrid .
332,000
Brazil.
10,000.000
..
3,253,029
3.07
Rio Janeiro.
420,000
Turkey
16,463,000
672,621
24.4
Constantinople
1,075,000
Mexico.
9,173,000
1869
761,526
Mexico
210,300
Sweden and Norway.
5,921,500
1870
292,871
20.
Stockholm.
136,900
Persia ..
5,000,000
1870
635,964
Teheran
120,000
Belgium.
5,021,300
1869
11,373
441.5
Brussels
314,100
Bavaria.
4,861,400
1871
29,292
165.9
Munich.
169,500
Portugal.
3,995,200
1868
34,494
115.8
Lisbon.
224,063
Holland
3,688,300
1870
12,680
290.9
Hague ..
90,100
New Grenada.
3,000,000
1870
357,157
8.4
Bogota.
45,000
Chili ..
2,000,000
1869
132,616
Santiago.
115,400
Switzerland.
2,669,100
1870
15,992
166.9
Berne.
36,000
Peru .
2,500,000
1871
497,321
Chuquisaca ..
25,000
Argentine Republic.
1,812,000
1869
871,848
Buenos Ayres.
177.800
Denmark
1,784,700
1870
14.753
120.9
Venezuela.
1,500,000
368,238
Caraccas
47,000
Baden ..
1,461,400
1871
5,912
247.
Greece ..
1,457,900
1870
19,353
75.3
Guatemala
1,180,000
1871
40,879
28.9
Guatemala
40,000
Ecuador ..
1,300,000
1871
63,787
15.6
Hesse
823,138
2,969
277.
Liberia
718,000
1871
9,576
74.9
San Salvador
600,000
1871
7,335
81.8
Sal Salvador
15,000
Hayti ..
572,000
10,205
56.
Port au Prince.
20,000
Nicaragua.
350,000
1871
58.171
6.
Managua.
10,000
Uruguay.
300,000
1871
66,722
6.5
Monte Video.
44,500
Honduras
350,000
1871
47,092
7.4
Comayagua
San Domingo.
136,000
17,827
7.6
San Domingo.
20,000
Costa Rica
165,000
1870
21,505
7.7
San Jose ...
2,000
Hawaii.
62,950
7.633
80.
Honolulu
7,633
1,760
Kentucky
37,600
1,321,011
1,123
Missouri.
65,350
2,580
Nebraska
75,995
246,280
828
Utah
80,056
86,786
Nevada.
112,090
52,540
593
Washington.
69,944
23,955
New York.
47,000 4,382,759 4,705,208 4,470
North Carolina ..
50,704 1,071,361
1,190
Wurtemburg
1,818,500
1871
7,533
241.4
Stuttgart
91,600
Copenhagen.
162,042
4.2
Carlsruhe
36,600
Athens.
Quito
70,000
Paraguay.
Asuncion.
48,000
1,000,000
218,928
5.9
Darmstadt
30,000
Monrovia
3,000
Bolivia.
2,000,000
4.
160,100
471,838
5.3
Lima ..
2.1
Great Britain and Ireland German Empire .
1,721,295 123,993 42,491
1,606
2,235
Indiana.
33,809 1,680,637
3,529
POPULATION.
Miles
R. R.
1870.
1875.
12,000
43,400
..
7.8
15.1
STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE OF IOWA (CENSUS OF 1875.)
No. of
No. of
No. of
Acres
Acres
Acres
Spring Wheat.
Winter Wheat.
Indian Corn.
Oats.
Value of
COUNTIES.
of Im-
under
Products
Unin-
proved
proved
Culti-
No. of
No. of
Bushels
No. of
No. of
Bushels
No. of
No. of
No. of
No. of
of Farm
Land.
Acres.
Harv't'd
Bushels
in
Land.
vation
in 1874.
Acres.
Harv't'd
Acres.
Harv't'd
Acres.
Bushels
Harv't'd
Dollars.
Appanoose.
161059
161083
156821
125188
9606
10838
64871
2385243
387346
$1611937
Alamakee ..
134767
109388
77789
1049
61880
937639
181
1964
24325
905920
13756
12776
442829
Audubon.
21146
15986
6876
1415769
23819
89235
17947
281376
10
97
9225
394655
788
33233
184153
Adams
65459
43735
54352
7
174
25174
969777
3951
141293
Adair
83182
55680
66265
Buena Vista .
37034
27010
27550
435014
15514
162737
3500
30860
1402428
4455
159739
695318
33118
1343666
7888
228231
2791
67069
.828171
207828
Benton ..
297518
53911
239408
99406
7
280
83244
3328921
15490
445070
2664995
Boone
156987
108642
32505
429257
11
84
1595752
149498
71810
124877
46151
38685
1270878
10401
404620
Butler
58908
57907
700
Bremer
47001
104810
20
421719
1018453
145967
48878
779167
644795
28754
1026641
13827
1209785
1144620
Black Hawk
213025
150881
181256
14259
518571
89361
1108024
56592
1939590
16804
538196
1898424
Buchanan
19056
71418
157240
64291
812342
48831
1811250
17431
556209
2615949
Clay.
37059
39919
33375
8797
180120
4436
Cherokee
28974
17481
123343
54638
110864
45412
92785
31693
153159
98766
401507
9459
315215
Cass ..
45304
40123
676209
1901062
3545
40582
9079
115595
176281
35019
Crawford
58058
1284899
283414
15262
21000
324894
17957
648658
2902
99158
483357
Cedar
248869
41417
166485
40467
640544
26
295
78224
2845921
20243
675837
2606149
Cerro Gordo.
52980
212291
309895
48648
28199
415463
21030
9512
265443
7199
228097
Clayton
299855
173622
591617
151908
86883
1305125
1247
37948
1471263
20024
Clinton
57337
68683
12
3061338
669895
702059
2081793
23704
Chickasaw
96504
94772
74104
1010345
428
89297
40162
643519
3
63
16821
514279
11744
446300
3049019
894656
Carroll
58065
309744
26756
3
50487
39159
340161
98694
78803
217090
20
16014
550041
3238
107577
451365
Clarke
26996
17968
7
26618
55
39066
1580260
12337
367643
Calhoun.
351120
2993
Davis
11040
109631
150
10656
7054987
10
73182
150938
116003
131597
5378
30993
5379
56405
62127
2115569
13643
345707
221613
Decatur.
115751
87172
95275
1763140
1608090
Dubuque.
187831
98561
146244
8211
77169
12239
344551
49240
817
50484
10555
84
1702391
97618
634135
8688
1720
67118
102924
2307938
25115
58165
117310
9242
643322
1024541
1636132
Des Moines.
143665
472029
10615
113396
1690535
20577
287392
632113
1772992
Delaware
62305
161357
60401
Dickinson
15770
29850
71728
56150
1693314
11961
5701
25822
5
50
Dallas
3183
44455
2403
37282
45334
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1665518
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32387
13629
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281821
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288685
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17368
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57035
2143791
11570
293590
1455319
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12627850 8410435
9354905
3690711
42669731
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759277
4700176 136284542 982994
29144352.$131536747
ABSTRACT OF IOWA STATE LAWS.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES.
Upon negotiable bills, and notes payable in this State, grace shall be allowed according to the law merchant. All the above mentioned paper falling due on Sunday, New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, Christmas, or any day appointed or recommended by the President of the United States or the Governor of the State, as a day of fast or thanksgiving, shall be deemed as due on the day pre- vious. No defense can be made against a negotiable instrument (assigned before due) in the hands of the assignee without notice, except fraud was used in obtaining the same. To hold an indorser, due diligence must be used by suit against the maker or his representative. Notes payable to person named or to order, in order to absolutely transfer title, must be indorsed by the payee. Notes payable to bearer may be transferred by delivery, and when so payable, every indorser thereon is held as a guarantor of payment, unless otherwise expressed.
In computing interest or discount on negotiable instruments, a month shall be considered a calendar month or twelfth of a year, and for less than a month, a day shall be figured a thirtieth part of a month. Notes only bear interest when so expressed; but after due, they draw the legal interest, even if not stated.
INTEREST.
The legal rate of interest is six per cent. Parties may agree, in writing, on a rate not exceeding ten per cent. If a rate of interest greater than ten per cent. is contracted for, it works a forfeiture of ten per cent. to the school fund, and only the principal sum can be recovered.
DESCENT.
The personal property of the deceased (except (1) that necessary for pay- ment of debts and expenses of administration ; (2) property set apart to widow, as exempt from execution ; (3) allowance by court, if necessary, of twelve months' support to widow, and to children under fifteen years of age), including life insurance, descends as does real estate.
One-third in value (absolutely) of all estates in real property, possessed by husband at any time during marriage, which have not been sold on execution or other judicial sale, and to which the wife has made no relinquishment of her right, shall be set apart as her property, in fee simple, if she survive him.
276
ABSTRACT OF IOWA STATE LAWS.
The same share shall be set apart to the surviving husband of a deceased wife.
The widow's share cannot be affected by any will of her husband's, unless she consents, in writing thereto, within six months after notice to her of pro- visions of the will.
The provisions of the statutes of descent apply alike to surviving husband or surviving wife.
Subject to the above, the remaining estate of which the decedent died siezed, shall in absence of other arrangements by will, descend
First. To his or her children and their descendants in equal parts; the descendants of the deceased child or grandchild taking the share of their deceased parents in equal shares among them.
Second. Where there is no child, nor descendant of such child, and no widow or surviving husband, then to the parents of the deceased in equal parts ; the surviving parent, if either be dead, taking the whole; and if there is no parent living, then to the brothers and sisters of the intestate and their descend- ants.
Third. When there is a widow or surviving husband, and no child or chil- dren, or descendants of the same, then one-half of the estate shall descend to such widow or surviving husband, absolutely ; and the other half of the estate shall descend as in other cases where there is no widow or surviving husband, or child or children, or descendants of the same.
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