, 1874-09-19

~ tho construction Of State railroads. Th!s II,
cudca tho dohts Of tho nnnexcd Btatos Of 1Iau
over, lIosso, Nnannu, lfolatoin, Hamburg, Trnni
oro @ t. io o fsraa5a po1 sse Eo1 aIS axs ae's b 1
money expanded fpr Dtl,or plrpnsps. +
The pIHusia,. royonno for tho yoar 1875 II.
cl1dfnE tho not receipts from State raiiwnyn
a99ltea a,S ao to o167 5p uoo and to oxpoaattnnre an
spnl!o'l IN constructing nov railways fur tn
Tha pslaries Of a|l tho clergy, Cat]io'le ~ vel
NJ ;lsTo!entant Including the JoTlgt Aahblg, arl
hlan 1oyarnniotlt o1ropdotl last yoar ,nhout GD,
100000 for tho support OF tlp clergy. Thoro art
u gil dermany 1o,aQo PROTESTANT PASTORS, minls
aernE II TN tS ooo f prntesta't Rppuetten
for II, ooo,opQ Of CGthoI'c ighabtants. =
public Gclloola Of Germany, and tho ;lnplnl,or Of
n4oaIs n4eonna e'r1Sa 5 a 1a1Ssop tho agos q ad i
yate primary Kchools Is about 900, QUO, tlllo toAe
who attond tho higher acloo1s, academies, GYM.
astn technical schools, and universities, oxccol
oo0,o10 Tllss there arc
BEyEN MILLIONS OF aC.fpLAuY
atlondlng oil tho EcllpUls ct Germany. Tho
United States Of A1norioa, with MI equal popula-
tton, can scarcely c1l,ibt half that humber and
yet Americans pro much giyon to boasting nbout
tho yastnesa and superiority Of thoir school ayH-
te1 em JAey haa bstsor adopt tho Gcrm9n sy.
in 2,ooo,o00 or 6.ooo,0oo Of youtl, " now now
roaming around tho atroots did did going
into loafcrlsm before they institute cbmpar3sons
mltt H. sl1o public aclooh of Germany. Clli!arcn
the yoar. i1ow many months DO American chill
dron average? Docs It pxceod halr TINT time
Tho youth Of Germany nro being educated; /;
tho youth ar America ,aro-well, tho less
GeGs aat ! our tiS sy.to n'eF y xouuars ns
schools. kept only t!.reo or four n,opths Ii, tlo
year IN tho country -dstdctB. rith moro than
olnc-tiird Of the Children peyor in attendance,
y, nut growing np IN ylco ignorsnco. aud dcprny
Tho compulsory featurs Of their system tiuy
THE BACKBONE or II.
Without 1t, tho very children who mp5t ncod M
education would recoiyo noile, wlilo tho otAors
ssn5on Moa no a1r'oq x1;c o. half tho amount Of III
w! mover DO made, aud universal popular eda-
cation ia impossible in tho Uuited Suites, until
the t'cfnAn system Of compulsory attondaicb
f9r ton faE least ninp) month"; III Tho year il
sa9ia as s as hf9s2 IL rs %or IT, a epMa 81 e ' a9sa Ws
~ IN tho country mud II is onlS thoughtlosu,
nho will oppose Il.
IT,; Yl;e pcoplo of Germany aEo continually reap-
alono iii tue nanse pf sccurity asaipat foreign ,-
torfetoncc, and tho strength they now possess to
repo1 Invasion aud protect their bordora against
lAo feettess tEepcli or tho gcaaplng Auatrians,
thnt M tho advantages Of tho union arc
Iher hotoroEoncous aud confusing systems
Of Weights aud measures 4avo heon replaced by
ono uniform nystem-that Of tho Fronoll having
becn adopted. Instead Of forty arbitrary, ir-
regular conflicting standards, they BOW hayo tho
al'nplo. beautiful Trench decimal System Of
weights and measures throughout all Germany
w1tnin tho bounds of tho Empire.
Dus, II tho!r Weights and measures roro hore-
toforo bad, thoir vnstouB monetary sys-
toms arc worsio mud might bo cailcu
CONFUSION woiIsE cosEousngp.
IL s4lsply lmpoaulblo for traveller ever to get
Through his head tho relative value Ut lilo tlozel,
klutla Of coinage aud bank-notos in circulation
~ Germany. The natiyoB Of each State ,lnGor-
stand their own absurd nyatom Of money;
but there are not mauy Germans win
mn, commencing nt Dresden, and pnss-
ng through Munich, Stuttgart, Carlur,,l,o,
straahurg. cologno Frankfort. Hanover, and
hamburg ST. to nsslil. oompree.la the chauging
loItns, gu!ldcrs, g'tldons. s;roschens, ksonzers,
siti riennlngs, innrca, HtiYors, a,1l Hamburg |
'h1lllngs a 1ni1od up with French flrnca Oh tho
Soatosn ansl Austrian 1orins on tho oastorm
natlo currency. One cannot oyon Judge OF tic |
'aluo Of .1o silver p:ecea by thor size, on ac-
'ouus of the sroat diNoreAcn in tue quantity |
II nllny With Which thoy are ,nixcd.
=. nlk III tHla "Ictcntu monEt0l mixture OF con-
llcli!s coinage, with itB multitude OF ,iaine,,
.W1l.l. He ABOLISHED
n aud aftor the LIST aay Of January, a. y. 1876,
which il on!y fov months hsMcc, und subsLi-
uted by q declMal system, If which THO marc will
q tho unit. Tho value of tho marc is almost
uHrtsr,dolar. 4 2o-marc go|el-pieca IL almost
IDENTICAL il. weight mud sizo with the british
aund stortlng. Calling tile latter cqual
e4.a5 American money The 2o-n'arls pieco il
tortA about s:4.os. Tho shilling ia about 24,l
cuts, mud the mark is & fractiUn less than II
cnta. Il'rco marks equal thaler, which iB
'orth in Prussia about ~ cents. The roasot1
le value OF tl.o mark was not ,nado tho aa1ne rs
10 lt'issh shilling OF tic French franc was tho
casro to ranler it easy to reckon i'll ssiaiors,
rlaalan yalpc3. lilo transition from tho old
lrrcney to Tie now
wIL,. III: MADE EASY
Prussla aud NIL paris OF Germany, because
iory aorinun knows tue value Of u tnalor, and
II tic new earro,.cy, '; ton 'groscl.ouD will
.oscilen, Which will correspond very closely
It'll tho present value Of thoao coins III prussir.
le groeolcn is now worth about 2331 ceats, aud,
I'd tbs pfonning, Of which lQ0 viii
ch. In turn, American travellers viii :
ny have TO keep in mind that tho ulark is al /
oat tuc aaAlu Ia llaftef-{Qlar, or British
|illing. aud TINT 20 marks aro about euual
u lS!f.caglo, or . pound sterling. lpava.l. IL I
'rn'ltts to rotaitt her mint, aud has bocn coin
6 hor portion Of tho Fronch piun&lor Into gold 4
mud ~ mark pieces, no that tho uou gold Coin
'a already mado ita appearance. Noxt wntor i
ont S2U0, 0,000.000 Of heterogeneous silver 3
ina will be withdrawn from circula-, u
~ and tho vaults Of tho banks, anl II
placed by tue now decimal System Of coin c
Q above dlscribed and itu introduction
Il DO great l,nbio blessing, antt will sayo Cor
1T .scllool-childron, IN tic future, all tito
3,1ble and bother to which our great-granl- n
thors md mothers wero subjected in cuiaput-
:, values in pounds, Hhilllngs ponce. aud 6
ttlings. t
Another reform adopted siuco tho oHtabisla-I o
INT of tho Empire Ia tllo formation all.! adop-
II III 4
UNIFORM cn,arIxA1 CODE or LAWS O
I'll Germany. proytous to thu Empire, encf NJ
tho forty btatos ind its own special criminal Il
|e; but those ttiycrso uystoma have boon c,
Gown away, a'll new ono adopted Tor all ! "
r'nany; Tho Saxon code vas Taken US, tic Il
a!H, aud improved upon by adding to Il tho Il
1t proyeloMs found III tho cQtlQH Of tho ntl,ar Il