MISCELLANEOUS FACTS AND FIGURES. 



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Grocer's Table. 



12 things make 1 dozen. 



12 dozen make 1 gross. 



12 gross make 1 great gross. 



20 things make 1 score. 



196 pounds of flour make 1 barrel. 



200 pounds of beef or pork make 1 barrel. 



135 pounds of potatoes or apples make.. 1 barrel. 



280 pounds of salt make 1 barrel. 



400 pounds of molasses make I barrel. 



200 pounds of sugar make 1 barrel. 



240 pounds of lime make 1 barrel. 



100 pounds of fish make 1 quintal. 



100 pounds of nails make 1 keg. 



50 pounds of soap make 1 box. 



20 pounds of raisins make 1 box. 



2 pounds of cigars make 1 box. 



20 pounds of soda make 1 box. 



40 pounds of cheese make 1 box. 



25 pounds of tobacco make 1 box. 



62 pounds of tea make I box. 



60 pounds of salera tus make 1 box. 



25 pounds of chocolate make 1 box. 



56 pounds of butter make 1 firkin. 



6 pounds of spices make lean. 



1100 pounds of rice make 1 tierce. 



2150.42 cubic inches make 1 bushel. 



231 cubic inches make 1 gallon. 



Noted National Nicknames. Pupils 

 in United States history and the general reader, 

 who is at times puzzled to know who is meant, 

 will take interest in the following list : 



The Father of his Country Washington 



Old Man Eloquent J. Q. Adams 



The Sage of Monticello Jefferson 



Old Hickory Jackson 



Young Hickory Polk 



Great Pacifier Clay 



Mad Anthony Wayne 



Old Rough and Ready Taylor 



Expounder of the Constitution Webster 



Unconditional Surrender Grant U. S. Grant 



Poor Richard Franklin 



Political Meteor Randolph 



Little Mac McClellan 



Stonewall T. J. Jackson 



Honest Abe Lincoln 



Rock of Chickamauga Thomas 



Old Put Putnam 



Old Tecumseh Sherman 



Light Horse Harry Henry Lee 



Uncle Robert R. E. Lee 



Fighting Joe Hooker 



Bayard of the South Marion 



The Little Magician Van Buren 



Father of the Constitution James Madison 



The Superb Hancock 



The Rail Splitter Lincoln 



Great American Commoner Tha d . Stevens 



Old Ossawatomie John Brown 



Old Public Functionary James Buchanan 



Carolina Game Cock Sumter 



Teacher President Garfield 



Father of Greenbacks Samuel P. Chase 



Little Giant S. A. Douglas 



Colossus of American Independence John Adams 



Sage of Chappaqua Greeley 



Prince of American Letters W.Irving 



Mill Boy of the Slashes f Clay 



Pathfinder of the Rockies Fremont 



Cincinnatus of the West Washington 



Great Indian Apostle Eliot 



Motoax King Phillip 



Corner Stones. The custom of laying 

 the corner stone of a public building with cer- 

 emonies was practiced by the ancients. We 

 are told that at the laying of the corner stone 

 when the capitol of Rome was rebuilt a pro- 

 cession of vestal virgins, robed in white, sur- 

 rounded the stone and consecrated it with liba- i 

 tions of living water. A prayer to the gods 



followed, and then the magistrates, priests, sen- 

 ators, and knights laid hold of the ropes and 

 moved the mighty stone to its proper position. 

 In a hollow cut in the stone were placed ingots 

 of gold, silver, and other metals which had not 

 been melted in any furnace. With the Jews 

 the corner stone was considered an emblem of 

 power, and they also performed ceremonies at 

 its laying. In mediaeval times the rite was 

 taken up by the Order of Free Masons, and 

 has by them been brought down to modern 

 days. The Masonic ceremony cf laying a cor- 

 ner stone is symbolical. The form of the stone, 

 a square on the surface and a perfect cube ; its 

 place, at the northeast corner of the structure ; 

 the testing it with a square, level, and plumb, 

 and the pouring of libations of corn, wine, and 

 oil over it, all have their hidden meaning. 

 The custom of laying the corner stone with 

 ceremonies is usually observed at the com- 

 mencement of any public building, when coins 

 of the current year, newspapers, and important 

 documents are placed within the stone to serve 

 as valuable historical relics when the building 

 shall be destroyed. 



Chillon, Castle of, is a celebrated castle 

 and fortress of Switzerland, in the canton of 

 Vaud, six miles southeast of Vevay. It is sit- 

 uated at the east end of the Lake of Geneva, on 

 an isolated rock, almost entirely surrounded by 

 deep water, and is connected with the shore by 

 a wooden bridge. The castle is said to have 

 been built by Amadeus IV., of Savoy, in 1238, 

 and it long served as a state prison. It is built 

 of white stone, but though large is not of very 

 imposing appearance, as its foundations only, 

 rise a few feet above the water. The lake 

 here is 800 feet deep. Over one of the en- 

 trances to the castle the Bernese inscribed, in 

 1643, in the German language, the words, 

 " The Lord God save those who come in and 

 go out." In the gloomy dungeons are still to 

 be seen the stone pillars, with strong iron rings 

 attached, to which the unhappy prisoners were 

 fettered. Chillon is famous as the prison of 

 Bonnivard, the prior of St. Victor, who, hav- 

 ing by his efforts to free the Genevese rendered 

 himself obnoxious to the Duke of Savoy, was 

 carried off by emissaries of that potentate, and 

 confined here for six years, at the end of which 

 time the castle was forced to surrender to the 

 Bernese and Genevese, when Bonnivard se- 

 cured his liberty. Since 1738 the castle has 

 been employed as a magazine for military 

 stores. Chillon has been immortalized by 

 Byron's poem, "Prisoner of Chillon," refer- 

 ring to the Bonnivard mentioned above. 



Pilgrim Fathers and Mothers. The 

 names of .the passengers who came over to 

 America in the Mayflower on her first trip, in 



