BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this

me the undersigned, a

day of, A. D. 18-, before in and for said county, personally appeared

to me personally known to be the identical person who executed the

Form of note is legal, worded in the simplest way, so that the amount and time of payment are mentioned:

$100.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 1881.

Sixty days after date I promise to pay to John Doe, or order, one hundred dollars, for value received, with interest.

RICHARD ROE.

A note to be payable in anything else but money, needs only the article substituted in the above form. " With interest," means at the legal rate, and any other rate must be mentioned, or if no interest is to be paid until after the maturity of the note it should be so stated.

ORDERS.

Orders should be simply worded:

Mr. D. II. WATERS,

ST. LOUIS, MO., January 2, 1881.

Please pay J. Walker twenty-five dollars and charge to account of

J. TURNER.

If it is to be paid in trade it should be so expressed after the word dol

lars.

RECEIPTS.

Receipts should state when received and for what; thus:

$100. ST. Louis, Mo., January 1, 1878. Received of J. W. Hardin one hundred dollars, for services in the harvest feld to date, in full.

Or,

Received of J. W. Hardin fifty dollars, for one week's work of self and team, in hauling stone, in full.

R. W. FIELDS.

If only part is paid it should read, " on account," instead of "in full.”

BILL OF PURCHASE.

It should state each article and price, as follows:

How to find the gross and net weight of a hog, is by the rule that a hog's net weight is one fifth less than his gross weight. For instance, a hog weighing 400 pounds gross, would when dressed weigh 320.

A good rule to find the capacity of a granary or a wagon-bed is multiply by (short method) the number of cubic feet by 6308, and point off one dee imal place the result will be the correct answer in bushels and tenths of bushels.

To find the contents of a corn-crib multiply the number of cubic feet by 54 (short method) or by 44 ordinary method, and point off one decimalthe result will be the answer in bushels. This rule applies when it is first cribbed and before the corn shrinks.

For the contents of a cistern or tank, multiply the square of the mean diameter by the depth (all in feet) and this product by 5681 (short method) and point off one decimal place--the result will be the contents in barrels of 31 gallons each.

To measure boards multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches), divide the product by 12-the result will be the contents in square feet. NOTE. This is the correct measurement for every inch of thickness.

The same in substance is the rule for scantling, joists, plank, sills, etc. Multiply the width, thickness and length together (the width and thickness in inches and the length in feet) and divide the product by 12-the result will be square feet.

To find the number of brick required in a building, multiply the number of cubic feet by 224. The number of cubic feet is found by multiplying the length, height and thickness (in feet) together.

A congressional township is thirty-six sections, each a square mile.

A section of land is 640 acres.

A quarter section, 160 acres, is a half a mile square.

Eighty acres is a half mile long and one quarter of a mile wide.

Forty acres is a quarter of a mile square.

The sections of a congressional township are all numbered from one to thirty-six, commencing at the northeast corner of the township.

One hundred and ninety-six pounds is one barrel of flour.

Two hundred pounds is one barrel of pork.

Fifty six pounds is called a firkin of butter.

A cord of wood is four feet wide, four feet high, and eight feet long.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

The lawful weight of the following articles is the following number of pounds per bushel, and so understood when no special contract is made.

There is a fine and penalty attached for giving false weights.

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MISSOURI GAME LAW.

There has been so many violations of the game law that its publication i one of interest. Many persons violate this law through ignorance, and others willfully. The penalty is here given for all such acts. Every good citizen and lover of hunting is interested in preventing the law from being trampled upon, and those willfully breaking it should be forced to pay the penalty. A synopsis of the law is as follows:

It is unlawful to kill, catch or have in possession any deer between January 15th and September 1st.

Wild turkey between March 1st and September 15th.

Prairie chickens between February 1st and August 15th.

Quail or pheasant between February 1st and October 15th.
Woodcock between January 10th and July 1st.

Turtle doves, meadow larks and plover between February 1st and August 1st.

Wild song birds or insectiverous birds cannot be killed at any time.

It is unlawful to net or trap any quail, prairie chicken, or any of the birds named above.

It is unlawful to have in possession or purchase or sell any of the game or animals named above when the killing is prohibited.

It is unlawful to have in possession or to sell any of the game birds named that do not show shot marks, it being prima facie evidence that they have been trapped or netted contrary to law.

It is unlawful for any railroad, express company, or other carrier, to receive for transportation any of the birds or game mentioned, when the killing of the same is prohibited.

Every person who shall violate any of the above named laws shall be guilty of misdemeanor and punished by a fine not exceeding $20 for each bird or animal killed, netted, trapped or found in his possession.

Any violators of these laws can be prosecuted before any police justice, recorder, or justice of the peace, or other court having jurisdiction to try cases of misdemeanor.

One half of any fines collected will be paid to the informer and the bal ance to the school fund of the county. It is the duty of all constables marshals, market masters and police officers, to arrest all persons violating any of the game laws, and take them before the courts having jurisdiction to hear and try complaints.

California quail cannot be killed before October, 1883.

Messina quail cannot be killed before January 1st, 1886.

Hawks, owls, eagles and crows can be killed at any time, and the destruc tion of these birds and their nests is recommended as they are very destructive to other birds.

NUMBER OF MEN IN THE UNION ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR.