Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1893 — Did You Know This? [ARTICLE]

Did You Know This?

A man weighs less when the barometer is high, notwithstanding the fact that the atmospheric pressure on him is more than when the barometer is low. As. the pressure of air on an ordinary-sized man is about fifteen tons, the rise of the mercury from twenty-nine to thirty-one inches adds about one ton to the load he has to carry. “Excuse me, ” says the young business man to the typewriter, “but I’d like to make a suggestion." “What is it?” she asked. “You ought to try your skill as a peacemaker.” “I don’t understand.” “In your letters, I mean. Your nouns and verbs don’t seem to quite agree."—Washington Star.