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52 DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
TABLES.
OLD.
MONEY.
NEW.
4 farthing make 1 penny.
10 mills make 1 cent.
12 pence 1 shilling.
10 cents “ 1 dime.
20 shillings. " 1 pound.
10 dimes 1 dollar.
LONG AND CLOTH MEASURE .- NEW.
10 millimeters make 1 centimeter.
10 centimeters 1 decimeter.
10 decimeters
1 METER.
10 meters 1 dekameter.
10 dekameters ١,
1 hectometer.
10 hectometers
1 kilometer.
10 kilometers
1 myriameter. .
SQUARE MEASURE .- NEW.
100 square millimeters make 1 square centimeter.
100 square centimeters 66
1 square decimeter.
100 square decimeters
1 square meter or CENTARE.
100 centares
1 ARE.
100 ares
1 hectare.
The denominations less than the Are, including the Meter, are used in specifying the contents of surfaces of small extent ; the terms Centare, Are and Hectare, in expres- sing quantities of land surveyed or measured.
The above table may, however, be continued beyond the Meter, thus:
100 square meters make 1 square dekameter.
100 square dekameters
1 square hectometer.
100 square hectometers
1 square kilometer.
100 square kilometers
1 square myriameter.
CUBIC MEASURE .- NEW.
For Solids.
1000 cubic millimeters
make 1 cubic centimeter.
1000 cubic centimeters
1 cubic decimeter or liter.
1000 cubic decimeters
1 cubic meter or stere.
1000 cubic meters
1 cubic dekameter.
1000 cubic dekameters
1 cubic hectometer.
1000 cubic hectometers
1 cubic kilometer.
1000 cubic kilometers
1 cubic myriameter. 3
For Dry and Liquid Measures.
10 `milliliters
make 1 centiliter.
10 centiliters
1 deciliter.
10 deciliters
1 LITER.
10 liters 1 dekaliter.
10 dekaliters
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1 hectoliter.
10 hectoliters
kiloliter.
10 kiloliters
11
myrialiter.
[]" A LITER, the standard of Measures of Capacity, usually in a cylindrical form, is equivalent to a cubic Decimeter, or the one-thousandth part of a cubic Meter, the contents of which are about one quart.]
The Kiloliter, or STERE, is a cubic Meter, and is used as a unit in measuring firewood and lumber.
10 decisteres make 1 stere. ʻ
10 steres
1 dekastere.
ALL WEIGHTS .- NEW.
10 milligrams
1 decigram.
10 decigrams
1 ORAM.
10 grams
1 dekagram.
10 dekagrams
1 hectogram.
10 hectograms
1 kilogram.
.
10 kilograms
1 myriagram.
10 myriagrams
1 quintal.
10
quintals
1 millier or tonneau.
make 1 centigram. 10 centigrams
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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
TERMS.
ENGLISH.
TERMS.
ENGLISH.
Meter,
Mee-ter.
Stere,
Stare.
Millimeter.
Mill-e-mee-ter.
Are,
Are.
Centimeter,
Sent-e-mee-ter.
Centare,
Sent-are.
Decimeter,
Des-e-mee-ter.
Hectare,
Hect-are.
Dekameter,
Dek-a-mee-ter.
Gram,
Gram,
Hectometer,
Hec-to-mee-ter.
Kilometer,
Kill-o-mee-ter.
Myriameter,
Mir-e-a-mee-ter.
Liter,
Li-ter.
Milliliter,
Mill-e-li-ter.
Hectogram,
Hec-to-gram.
Centiliter,
Sent-e-li-ter.
Kilogram,
Kill-o-gram.
Deciliter,
Des-e-li-ter.
Myriagram,
Mir-e-a-gram.
Dekaliter,
Dek-a-li-ter.
Quintal,
Quin-tal.
Kiloliter,
Kill-o-li-ter.
Tonneau,
Tun-no.
Acts and Resolutions of Congress. PUBLIC- No. 183.
AN ACT to authorize the use of the metric system of weights and measures.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameri- ca in Congress assembled, That from and af- ter the passage of this act, it shall be law- ful throughout the United States of Ameri- ca to employ the weights and measures of the metric system ; and no contract or deal- iug, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection, be- )
canse the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the tables in the schedule hereto annexed, shall be recognized in the construction of contracts, and in all legal proceedings, as establishing, in terms of the weights and measures now in use in the United States, the equivalents of the weights and meas- ures expressed therein in terms of the me- tric system ; and said tables may be lawful- ly used for computing, determining and ex- pressing, in customary weights and meas- ures, the weights and measures of the metric system.
MEASURES OF LENGTH.
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
Myriametre,
10,000 metres,
Kilometre, .
1,000 metres, 100 metres,
6.2137 miles. 0.62137 mile, or 2,280 feet and 10 inches. 328 feet and one inch.
393.7 inches. .
Metre,
1 metre,
39.37 inches.
Decimetre,
1-10th of a metre,
Centimetre,
1-100th of a metre,
Millimetre,
1-1000th of a metre,
0.0394 inch.
MEASURES OF SURFACE.
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
Hectare,
Are,
10,000 square metres, 100 square metres,
1 square metre,
2.471 acres. 119.6 square yards. 1.550 square inches.
Centare. D
Hec-to-li-ter.
Millier,
Mill-i-er.
Myrialiter,
Mir-e-a-li-ter.
Milligram,
Mill-e-gram.
Centigram,
Sent-e-gram.
Decigram,
Des-e-gram.
Dekagram,
Dek-a-gram.
Hectoliter,
.
Hectometre,
Dekametre, 10 metres,
3.937 inches. 0.3937 inch.
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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
MEASURES OF CAPACITY.
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
Names.
No. of liters.
Cubic Measure.
Dry Measure.
Liquid or Wine Measure.
Kilolitre or stere,.
1000 100
1 cubic metre, .
1.308 cubic yard,.
264.17 gallons. 26.417 gallons.
Hectolitre, ..
.1 of a cubic metre,.
2 bus. and 3.35 pecks, .
2.6417 gallons.
Dekalitre, .
10
10 cubic decimetres, .
9.08 quarts, ..
1,0567 quart.
Litre,
1
1 cubic decimetre,
0.908 quart,
0.845 gill.
Decilitre,
0.1
.1 of a cubic decimetre, .
Centilitre,
0.01
10 cubic centimetres, ..
0.6102 cubic inch,.
.
0.061 cubic inch,. ·
0.27 fluid drachm.
Millilitre,
·
0.001
1 cubic centimetre,
6.1022 cubic inches, .
0.338 ffnid ounce.
.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
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INTEREST TABLE.
WEIGHTS.
METRIO DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DE- NOMINATIONS IN USE.
Names.
No. of grams.
Weight of what quantity of water at maximum density.
Avoirdupois weight.
Millier or tonneau,.
1000000
1 cubic metre,
2204.6 pounds.
Quintal,
100000
1 hectolitre,
220.46 pounds.
Myriagram,
10000
10 litres,
22.046 pounds.
Kilogram, or kilo,
1000
1 litre,
2.2046 pounds.
Hectogram,
100
1 decilitre,
3.5274 ounces.
Dekagram,
10
10 cubic centimetres,
0.3527 ounce.
Gram,
1
1 cubic centimetre,
15.432 grains.
Decigram,
1-10
.1 of a cubic centimetre.
0.5432 grain.
Centigram,
1-100
10 cubic millimetres,
0.1543 grain.
Milligram,
1-1000
1 cubic millimetre,
0.0154 grain.
INTEREST TABLE
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At Seven per Cent. in Dollars and Cents, from $1 to $10,000.
AM'NT.
1 day.
7 days.
15 days.
1 mo.
3 mos.
6 mos.
12 mos.
$
$ C.
$ C.
$ C.
$ C.
$ C.
$ C.
$ C.
1
00
00
0034
00%
01%
03%
07
2
00
00
00%
013
03%
07
14
3
00
001%
0034
01%
053
10%
21
4
00
001%
01
02%
07
14
28
5
00
00%
01%
03
08%
17%
35
6
00
00%
0134
0315
10%
21
42
7
00
01
02
04
12%
241%
49
8
00
01
0211
04%
14
28
56
9
00
014
0216
053%
15%
311%
63
20
0038
0234
06
11%
35
70
1 40
30
0016
04
03
17%
52%
1 05
2 10
40
003%
0516
12
23%
70
1 40
2 80
50
01
06%
15
2914
87%
1 75
3 50
100
02
1816
29
58%
1 75
3 50
7 00
200
04
27
58
1 16%
3 50
7 00
14 00
300
06
40%
87%
1 75
5 25
10 50
21 00
400
08
54%
1 17
2 33%
7 00
14 00
28 00
500
10
68
1 46
2 91%
8 75
17 50
35 00
1000
19%
1 36
2 92
5 83%
17 50
35 00
70 00
2000
39
2 72%
5 83
11 66%
35 00
70 00
140 00
3000
58
4 08%
8 75
17 50
52 50
105 00
210 00
4000
78
5 44%
11 67
23 33%
70 00
140 00
280 00
5000
97
6 801%
14 58
29 16%
87 50
175 00°
350 00
10000
1 94
13 61
29 17
58 33
175 00
330 00
700 00
10
011%
03
05%
17%
35
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Discount and Premium.
When a person buys an article for $1,00- 20 per cent off, (or discount,) and sells it again for $1,00, he makes a profit of 25 per cent. on his investment. Thus: He pays 80 cents and sells for $1,00-a gain of 20 cents, or 25 per cent of 80 cents. And for any transaction where the sale or purchase of gold, silver, or currency is concerned, the following rules will apply in all cases.
RULE 1st .- To find premium when dis- count is given : Multiply 100 by rate of discount and divide by 100, less rate of dis- count.
RULE 2d .- To find discount when pre- mium is given. Multiply the rate of interest by 100, and divide by 100, plus the rate of premium.
Suppose A has $140 in currency, which he wishes to exchange for gold, when gold is 27 per cent. premium, how much gold should he receive ? In this case the pre- mium is given, consequently we must find the discount on A's currency and subtract it from the $140, as per rule 2d, showing the discount to be a trifle more than 21 per cent. and that he should receive $110.60 in gold.
5 pr ct. Dis. allows +54 pr ct. Pre. or profit 10"
66 +11
15 “
66 +17% 66
66
66 =
20 44
66 25 66
25 " = 33% 66 66
30 " 66 66 *43 66
40 "
693%
66 66
50“ 100
A dagger (+) denotes the profits to be a fraction more than specified. A (*) denotes profits to be a fraction less than specified.
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Table of Weights of Grain, Seeds, &c.
ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF NEW YORK.
Barley weighs
48 lb. per bushel.
Beans
.62
66
66
Clover Seed
.60
Corn
weighs .. 58
Flax Seed*
.55
Oats
.32
*Flax Seed by cust'm weighs 56 lb. per bush.
Facts on Advertising.
The advertisements in an ordinary num- ber of the London Times exceed 2,500. The annual advertising bills of one London firm are said to amount to $200,000; and three others are mentioned who each annually expend for the purpose $50,000. The ex- pense for advertising the eight editions of the "Encyclopedia Britannia " is said to have been $15,000.
In large cities nothing is more common than to see large business establishments, which seem to have an immense advantage over all competitors, by the wealth, expe- rience, and prestige they have acquired, drop gradually out of public view, and be succeeded by firms of a smaller capital, more energy, and more determined to have the fact that they sell such and such com- modities known from one end of the land to the other. In other words, the establish- ments advertise; the old die of dignity .- The former are ravenous to pass ont of ob- scurity into publicity ; the latter believe that their publicity is so obvious that it cannot be obscured. The first understand that they must thrust themselves upon public attention, or be disregarded; the second, having once obtained public atten- tion, suppose they have arrested it perma- nently; while, in fact, nothing is more char- acteristic of the world than the ease with which it forgets.
Stephen Girard, than whom no shrewder business man ever lived, used to say: I have always considered advertising liber- ally and long to be the great medium of success in business, and the prelude to wealth. And I have made it an invariable rule too, to advertise in the dullest times as well as the busiest ; long experience having taught me that money thus spent is well laid out; as -by keeping my business continually before the public it has secured me many sales that I would otherwise have lost.
Capacity of Cisterns or Wells.
Tabular view of the number of gallons contained in the clear, between the brick work for each ten inches of depth :
Diameter
Gallons.
2 feet equals
19
21%
30
3
41
31%
66
60
4
66
97
5
122
5%
148
6
176
616
66
207
7
240
716
275
8
313
816
353
9
396
916
461
10
489
11
66
592
12
66
705
13
66
827
14
959
15
1101
20
1958
25
3059
60
66
Potatoes
66
60
66
66
Rye
56
Timothy Seed
44
66
Wheat
60
66
66 66
Buckwheat"
48
66
Peas
416
78
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Brilliant Whitewash.
Many have heard of the brilliant stucco whitewash on the east end of the Presi- dent's house at Washington. The follow- ing is a recipe for it ; it is gleaned from the National Intelligencer, with some addi- tional improvements learned by experi- ments : Take half a bushel of nice un- slacked lime, slack it with boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in the steam. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of salt, previously well dissolved in warm wa- ter ; three pounds of ground rice, boiled to a thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot ; half a pound of powdered Spanish whiting, and a pound of clean glue, which has been pre- viously dissolved by soaking it well, and then hanging it over a slow fire, in a small kettle within a large one filled with water. Add five gallons of hot water to the mixture, stir it well, and let it stand a few days cov- ered from the dirt.
It should be put on right hot ; for this purpose it can be kept in a kettle on a portable furnace. It is said that about a pint of this mixture will cover a square yard upon the outside of a house if proper- ly applied. Brushes more or less small may be used according to the neatness of the job required. It answers as well as oil paint for wood, brick or stone, and is cheaper. It retains its brilliancy for many years. There is nothing of the kind that will compare with it, either for inside or outside walls.
Coloring matter may be put in and made of any shade you like. Spanish brown stirred in will make red pink, more or less deep according to the quantity. A delicate tinge of this is very pretty, for inside walls. Finely pulverized common clay, well mixed with Spanish brown, makes a reddish stone color. Yellow-ochre stirred in makes yel- low wash, but chrome goes further, and makes a color generally esteemed prettier. In all these cases the darkness of the shades of course is determined by the quantity of coloring used. It is difficult to make rules, because tastes are different. It would be best to try experiments on a shingle and let it dry. We have been told that green must not be mixed with lime. The lime de- stroys the color, and the color has an effect on the whitewash, which makes it crack and peel. When walls have been badly smoked, and you wish to have them a clean white, it is well to squeeze indigo plenti- fully through a bag into the water you use, before it is stirred in the whole mixture. If a larger quantity than five gallons be wanted, the same proportion should be ob- served.
How to get a Horse out of a Fire.
The great difficulty of getting horses from a stable where surrounding buildings are in a state of conflagation, is well known .- The plan of covering their eyes with a blan- ket will not always succeed.
A gentleman whose horses have been in great peril from such a cause, having tried
in vain to save them, hit upon the expedi- ent of having them harnessed as though go- ing to their usual work, when, to his aston- ishment, they were led from the stable without difficulty.
The Chemical Barometer.
Take a long narrow bottle, such as an old- fashioned Eau-de-Cologne bottle, and put into it two and a half drachms of camphor, and eleven drachms of spirits of wine ; when the camphor is dissolved, which it will readily do by slight agitation, add the following mixture: Take water, nine drachms; nitrate of potash (saltpetre) thirty-eight grains ; and muriate of am- monia (sal ammoniac) thirty-eight grains. Dissolve these salts in the water prior to mixing with the camphorated spirit; then shake the whole well" together. Cork the bottle well, and wax the top, but after- wards make a very small aperture in the cork with a red-hot needle. The bottle may then be hung up, or placed in any stationa- ry position. By observing the different appearances which the materials assume, as the weather changes. it becomes an ex- cellent prognosticator of a coming storm or of a sunny sky.
Leech Barometer.
Take an eight ounce phial, and put in it three gills of water, and place in it a healthy leech, changing the water in summer once a week, and in winter once in a fortnight, and it will most accurately prognosticate the weather. If the weather is to be fine, the leech lies motionless at the bottom of the glass and coiled together in a spiral form ; if rain may be expected, it will creep up to the top of its lodgings and remain there till the weather is settled ; if we are to have wind, it will move through its habi- tation with amazing swiftness, and seldom goes to rest till it begins to blow hard ; if a remarkable storm of thunder and rain is to succeed, it will lodge for some days before almost continually out of the water, and discover great uneasiness in violent throes and convulsive-like motions ; in frost as in clear summer-like weather it lies constantly at the bottom; and in snow as in rainy weather it pitches its dwelling in the very mouth of the phial. The top should be cov- ered over with a piece of muslin.
To MEASURE GRAIN IN A BIN .- Find the number of cubic feet, from which deduct one-fifth. The remainder is the number of bushels-allowing, however, one bushel extra to every 224. Thus in a remainder of 224 there would be 225 bushels. In a re- mainder of 448 there would be 450 bushels, &c.
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VALUABLE RECIPES.
VALUABLE RECIPES.
[The following recipes are vouched for by several who have tried them and proven their virtues. Many of them have been sold singly for more than the price of this book .- PUB.]
HORSES.
RING BONE AND SPAVIN .- 2 oz. each of Spanish flies and Venice turpentine; 1 oz. each of aqua ammonia and euphorbium ; X oz. red precipitate; Koz. corrosive subli- mate; 1}% lbs. lard. When thoroughly pul- verized and mixed, heat carefully so as not to burn, and pour off free from sediment.
For ring-bone, rnb in thoroughly, after removing hair, once in 48 hours. For spav- in, once in 24 hours. Cleanse and press out the matter on each application.
POLL-EVIL .- Gum arablc ×4 oz; common potash X4 oz; extract of belladonna %% dr. Put the gum in just enough water to dis- solve it. Pulverize the potash and mix with the dissolved gum, and then put in the extract of belladonna, and it will be ready for use. Use with a syringe after having cleansed with soap suds, and repeat once in two days till a cure is affected.
SCOURS .- Powdered tormentil root, giv- en in milk, from 3 to 5 times daily till cured.
GREASE-HEEL AND SCRATCHES .- Sweet oil 6 ozs .; borax 2 ozs .; sugar of lead 2 ozs. Wash off with dish water, and, after it is dry, apply the mixture twice a day.
CHOLIC IN HORSES .- To X pt. of warm water add 1 oz. laudanum and 3 ozs. spirits of turpentine, aud repeat the dose in about 34 of an hour, adding X oz. powdered aloes, if not relieved.
Bors .- Three doses. 1st. 2 qts milk and 1 of molasses. 2d. 15 minutes after, 2 qts. warm sage tea. 3d. After the expiration of 30 minutes, sufficient lard to physic .- Never fails.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PILES-PERFECTLY CURED .- Take flour of sulphur 1 oz., rosin 3 ozs., pulverize and mix well together. (Color with carmine or cochineal, if you like.) Dose-What will lie on a five cent piece, night and morning, washing the parts freely in cold water once or twice a day. This is a remedy of great value.
The cure will be materially hastened by taking a table-spoon of sulphur in a half pint of milk, daily, until the cure is affected.
SURE CURE FOR CORNS, WARTS AND CHILBLAINS .- Take of nitric and muriatic acids, blue vitriol and salts of tartar, 1 oz. each. Add the blue vitriol, pulverized, to either of the acids; add the salts of tartar in the same way ; when done foaming, add the other acid, and in a few days it will be ready for use. For chilblains and corns apply it very lightly with a swab, and re- peat in a day or two until cured. For warts, once a week, until they disappear.
HOOF-AIL IN SHEEP .- Mix 2 ozs. each of butter of antimony and muriatic acid with 1 oz. of pulverized white vitriol, and apply once or twice a week to the bottom of the foot.
COMMON RHEUMATISM .- Kerosene oil 2 ozs .; neate-foot oil 1 oz .; oil of organum } oz. Shake when used, and rub and heat in twice daily.
VERY FINE SOAP, QUICKLY AND CHEAP- LY MADE .- Fourteen pounds of bar soap in a half a boiler of hot water ; cut up fine; add three pounds of sal-soda made fine; one ounce of pulverized rosin ; stir it often till all is dissolved ; just as you take it off the fire, put in two table-spoonfuls of spirits of turpentine and one of ammonia ; pour it in a barrel, and fill up with cold soft water ; let it stand three or four days before using. It is an excellent soap for washing clothes, extracting the dirt readily, and not fading colored articles.
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VALUABLE RECIPES.
WATER PROOF FOR LEATHER .- Take lin- seed oil 1 pint, yellow wax and white tur- pentine each 2 ozs. Burgundy pitch 1 oz., melt and color with lampblack.
To KEEP CIDER SWEET .- Put into each barrel, immediately after making, % 1b. ground mustard, 2 oz. salt and 2 oz. pulver- ized chalk. Stir them in a little cider, pour them into the barrel, and shake up well.
AGUE CURE .- Procure 1%% table-spoons of fresh mandrake root juice, (by pounding) and mix with the same quantity of molas- ses, and take in three equal doses, 2 hours a part, the whole to be taken 1 hour before the chill comes on. Take a swallow of some good bitters before meals, for a couple of weeks after the chills are broken, and the cure will be permanent.
CURE FOR SALT RHEUM OR SCURVY .- Take of the pokeweed, any time in sum- mer ; pound it ; press out the juice; strain it into a pewter dish; set it in the sun till it becomes a salve-then put it into an earth- en mug; add to it fresh water and bees' wax sufficient to make an ointment of com- mon consistency ; simmer the whole over a fire till thoroughly mixed. When cold, rub the part affected. The patient will al- most immediately experience its good ef- fects, and the most obstinate cases will be cured in three or four months. Tested .- The juice of the ripe berries may be pre- pared in the same way.
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SUPERIOR PAINT-FOR BRICK HOUSES .-- To lime whitewash, add for a fastener, sul- phate of zinc, and shade with any color you choose, as yellow ochre, Venetian red, etc. It outlasts oil paint.
FELONS .- Stir 1 oz. of Venice turpentine with > tea-spoonful of water, till it looks like candied honey, and apply by spreading upon cloth and wrapping around the finger. If not too long delayed will cure in 6 hours.
A poke root poultice is also said to be a sure remedy.
WATER-PROOF BLACKING AND HARNESS POLISH .- Take two and a half ounces gum shellac and half a pint of alcohol, and set in a warm place until dissolved; then add two and a half ounces Venice turpentine to neutralize the alcohol; add a tablespoon- ful of lampblack. Apply with a fine sponge. It will give a good polish over oil or grease.
MOSQUITOS .-- To get rid of these tormen- tors, take a few hot coals on a shovel, or a chafing dish, and burn upon them some brown sugar in your bed-rooms and parlors, and you effectually banish or destroy every mosquito for the night.
CHEAP OUTSIDE PAINT .- Take two parts (in bulk) of water lime ground fine, one part (in bulk) of white lead ground in oil. Mix them thoroughly, by adding best boiled lin- seed oil, enough to prepare it to pass through a paint mill, after which temper with oil till it can be applied with a common paint brush. Make any color to suit. It will last three times as long as lead paint, and cost not one-fourth as much. IT Is SUPERIOR.
CURE FOR A COUGH .- A strong decoction of the leaves of the pine, sweetened with loaf sugar. Take a wine-glass warm on go- ing to bed, and half an hour before eating three times a day. The above is sold as a cough syrup, and is doing wonderful cures, and it is sold at a great profit to the manu- facturers.
How to Judge a Horse.
A correspondent, contrary to old maxims, undertakes to judge the character of a horse by outward appearances, and offers the fol- lowing suggestions, the result of his close observation and long experience :
If the color be light sorrell, or chestnut, his feet, legs and face white, these are marks of kindness. If he is broad and full between the eyes, he may be depended on as a horse of good sense, and capable of be- ing trained to anything.
As respects such horses, the more kindly you treat them the better you will be treat- ed in return. Nor will a horse of this de- scription stand a whip, if well fed.
If you want a safe horse, avoid one that is dish-faced. He may be so far gentle as not to scare; but he will have too much go- ahead in him to be safe with everybody.
If you want a fool, but a horse of great bottom, get a deep bay, with not a white hair about him. If his face is a little dish- ed, so much the worse. Let no man ride such a horse that is not an adept in riding -they are always tricky and unsafe.
If you want one that will never give out, never buy a large, overgrown one.
A black horse cannot stand heat, nor a white one cold.
If you want a gentle horse, get one with more or less white about the head; the more the better. Many persons suppose the parti-colored horses belonging to the circuses, shows, &c., are selected for their oddity. But the selections thus made are on account of their great docility and gen- tleness.
Measurement of Hay in the Mow or Stack .- It is often desirable, where conveniences for weighing are not at hand, to purchase and sell hay by measure- ment. It is evident that no fixed rule will answer in all cases, as it would require more cubic feet at the top of a mow than at the bottom. The general rule adopted by those who have tested it, is that a cube, each side of which shall measure eight feet, of solid Timothy hay, as taken from mow or bottom of stack will weigh a ton. The rule may be varied for upper part of mow or stack according to pressure.
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