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tain from 8 to 10 fluid ounces ; tea-cups, about 5 fluid onces ; wine-glasses, 

 about 2 fluid ounces; tablespoons, half a fluid ounce ; dessert spoons, 2 

 fluid drams, and teaspoons, 1 fluid dram. 



In spite of the fact that the use of the metric system has been legal- 

 ized in the United States, so deeply is the old English system engrafted 

 upon the customs of our people that there will necessarily be a con- 

 fusion of weights and measures until the use of tbe former is made 

 compulsory. This system is so easy to learn and so easy in practical 

 application that it will certainly supersede the other in use, as it has in 

 the continental countries of Europe. 



