The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-02

prevails in the United States. where the
silver dollar is full legal tender; also in
Argentine. Bulgaria, Japan, Belgium,
France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, the
Netherlands. Roumania, Servia, Spain.
Tunis and Turkey. Free silver means
free coinage of silver That is, Senator
Stewart under free coinage could take
bullion from his Nevada mines 10 the
mint and have it coined into dollars, pay
ing only the cost of coming. and receiv-
ing the silver back as dollars. The only
countries whose minis are open to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver are
japan, Mexico. Colombia, Bolivia, Ecua-
dor and Peru. The gold standard is
used by Austria Hungary, Brazil Cuba,
Egypt, Finland, Germany. Great Britain.
Haiti, Persia, Portugal Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden. Mexico uses the sin
gle silver standard. Her dollar Is heav-
Ter than ours. but cannot be exchanged
for gold, while ours can; consequently
our silver dollar is worth two Mexican
dollars. England coins subsidiary silver.
which is not fun legal tender. We may
define the terms named above by saying
that the United States has bi-metallism,
Mexico free coinage. England the gold
standard.
"a ration is the established daily allow
ance OF food for one person. AS now fixed
its components are as follows: Twelve
ounces OF pork or bacon or canned beef
fresh or corned), or ono pound and four
ounces of fresh beef, or twenty-five
ounces OF salt beef; eighteen ounces OF
soft bread or flour. or sixteen ounces Of
hard bread or one pound and four ounces
of corn meal; and to every 100 ratfons
fifteen pounds OF beans or peas, or ten
pounds OF rice or hominy; ten pounds of
green coffee or eight OF roasted Tor roast
ed and ground coffee, or two pounds OF
tea: fifteen pounds of sugar; four quarts
OF vinegar; four pounds OF soap; four
pounds OF salt: four ounces OF pepper:
one pound and eight ounces Of 1dmantine
or star candles. and TO troops In the field.
when necessary. four pounds OF yeast
powder TO 100 rations OF -four" Section
1853 provides that no candles viii be fur
nished at stations where oil is used
T. w. S.LThe sap in a tree or other
plant goes from the roots 70 the leaves
whore II undergoes chemical changes
from contact with the air. II ia then dis
tributed 70 adj parts OF the pant In the
spring the sap ascsndS from the roots
20 the branches and leaves, and In the
fall II 1s withdrawn 20 the roots. The
leaves turn the sap into celiulose, and
the process is called assimilation" The
sap goes up IN crude state and descenfs
as celIulose. The roots absorb the raw
material from the soil and the leaves de-
compose TIE carpoflC dcll IN the SAP and
give out oxygen.
Subscriber, Rivers Inlet.--No work IL
being done on the Nicaragua canal
United States commission Is in Nicaragua
examining tho route and the work al
ready done. IL IS almost certain that the
new congress win give financial assist
ance 10 the canal. for the Republican
party is unanimously in favor OF gov
eminent aid 10 the enterprise. The boz
reau OF American republics. Washington
City, win give you information about
the country. You would better not go
there expecting TO get work on the canal.
Earle r. Jennsr. seattie-Yes. running
IN a volunteer hose team against another
volunteer hose team for a cash Y,r1za
would deprive an athlete OF his amateur
standing.
4 E. r. MISUNDERSTANDING
regarding provisions for privates In
the United States army are contained in
section 1851 OF the army regulations. IA
follows:
T. Frankfurt. seaftle.-No. Il is no. m
lawful 20 spear black fssss in Lake Union
during t1s eQaa sessoa. which u now q.