Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1892 — CHEAP LETTER SCALE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHEAP LETTER SCALE.

Obtained. A Very effective letter scale can bo made cheaply from the most primitive materials. A, piece about twelve Inches long Is cut from a broomstick, and to one end of it Is nailed with a tack a plcco of cardboard. A small weight, a stone, or a piece of metal is attached to the other end. Then a glass with a wide mouth. Is procured, a preserving glass, for Instance, filled with water, and the weight adjusted In such a way that about eight inches of tho stick is submerged by the water. Then mark the place on the stick directly above the water-mark, and lay upon the pasteboard tray an ounce weight, again marking the

place to which the stick sinks In tho water. This can be repeated, if desired, to two, three, or more ounces. If tb« ounce mark is not passed, the letter is below the rate weight, If it is passed it is over, and extra postage must bo allowed. This simple letter scale has one advantage over others, in that it never varies; it will never show a lesser weight, as is frequently the case with other letter scales.

THE SCALE.