Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1895 — TO WEIGH LETTERS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO WEIGH LETTERS.

A Broomstick, a Water Jar, and a Few Marks the Only Requisite. A very good scale for weighing letters may be made by anyone without expense. Get the handle of a worn-out broom and cut off about 15 Inches of it Pour water Into a wide-mouthed jar until It is nearly full, and, having attached a weight to one end of the stick and tacked a square of cardboard to the other, the latter to serve as a platform,

plunge the stick into the water, as shown in the cut. The weight should be heavy enough to keep about three-fourths of the stick under water. Having done all this, get a half-ounce, an ounce and a two-ounce weight (you may borrow them from your druggist), and placing them, one at a time, upon the platform of your scale, carefully mark on the stick the water level in each case.

A HOME-MADE SCALE.