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ROADS AND ROAD-MAKING
Compiled for the Globe-Democrat.
The Irish mile is 2,240 yards.

Portugal has 1900 miles Of road.
Sweden has $4,000 miles of high
way. grs
France has $4,000 miles of high
| way. ~
The modern Roman mile is 1928
yards.
Holland has 1900 miles of public
roads.
In, Germany there are 265,OO0 miles
of road.
The Austrian empire has $1,000
miles of road.
Canada has 5000 miles of roads
and highways. ......
The English statute mile is 1,76O
standard yards.
Norway has but 1880 miles Sf
public highway.
Austria is building roads at the rate
of 100000 miles per year.
In many parts of Europe river and
canal routes are legally regarded as
highways.
The Roman roads, according to
their importance, were from to ~
feet in width.
According to Mulhall, there are in
the United States 260, 100 miles OF
public highway.
Little Denmark is admirably pro-
vided with roads, having 1000 miles
of public highway.
Until the beginning of the nine
teenth century all travel in Ireland
was done on horseback.
Belgium, hardly larger than one OF
our New England states, has 5,EOO
miles of public highway.
In Connecticut the cost of road
building is divided equally between
the state, county and the district.
Traces of road on each side of the
Nile for 1,200 miles north and south
hayeebeen discovered by explorers.
Macadam, the Scotch engineer, who
Invented favorite system of road
making, began his iabors in 1878.
Edward 1. made some attempt TO
repair the great Roman roads, but
bis SUCCESSORS practically abapdoned
/ The effor4.
:. Mogul Emperors extern
Enasoads 1snSrt construct.
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each(except for redemption of gold
certificates, which are not legal ten
der).
6. Subsidiary silver (half dollars,
quarter dollars and dimes) are legal
tender to the amount of SO in any
one transaction.
Z. The total limited legal tender
silver coined is $179,566, 2sS,60.
8. Total silver coined by the Uni
ted States down to July 1, 1896, $685.
464 ,343,1 10. n
FOURTH.
1. The reason a new demand for
free coinage of silver by the United
States has arisen is, that owing to
increased production, caused chiefly
by improved methods of mining and
better facilities for transportation, the
output of silver became so large as to
diminish its value in relation to gold.
3. Down to 1873 silver was more
profitable to export than to coin, and
that year only $293, 600 was offered for
coinage in the United States
8. In 1856 the worlds production of
silver was 31,4O0,OO0 ounces; real ra'
ito of gold 1888 to 1.
4. In 1876 the worlds production
was 67,753, 900 ounces, or more than
double. Ratio of gold, 17.SS.
5. In 1856 the worlds production Of
silver was 93,276,O 900 ounces, trebling
that of 1856. Real ratio of gold 20.7S.
6. In 1895 the worlds production
of silver was 165,0O0,0OO ounces, or
more than five times what it was in
1856 Real ratio of gold 31.56.
Z. That is to say an ounce of gold
is worth today nearly 80 ounces of sill
yer.
8. Yet owners of uncoined silver
want us to accept it for free and I'M
limited coinage at the proportion of 10
ounces of silver to / ounce of gold
FIFTH.
1. The effect would be to flood the
country with silver dollars worth 81
to 90 cents.
2. When the government was foun-
ded the "daddies' believed and inten-
ded that IS ounces of silver void pur-
chase as much as one ounce of gold,
or that 10 ounces of silver would dis
charge debt which one ounce of goh
would discharge.
8. Today one ounce of gold will
purchase as much as thirty-two our
ees Of silver. If we coined silver g
16 toll, therefore, we would be for
ing on ourselves a dollar of a purchs.
hn,nr6ower or deht-paying power
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founded the commercial or true ratio
was believed to be Is to 1.
S. At that ratio silver was admitted
free and unlimited to the mint. Gold
dollar, 2434 grains fine gold; 24Ax15
. equals 371A grains fine silver, the
silver dollar of the daddies."
6. The intent and belief of the dad
dies was was that 371A grains Of
pure silver would buy as much of any
thing as 244 grains of gold would buy
Z. Or that Is ounces of fine sill
yer would pay as much as one of gold.
SECOND.
/. The ratio of Is to 1, as fixed by
law. remained actually correct but a
very short time.
2. Owing to the admission of for
eign coins which were inferior, no
American gold or silver coins circula-
ted. Coinage of silver dollars was
suspended in 1904 and was not res
umed until 1920. Then 1000 were
coined.
5. In 1884 the dollar of our dad
dies" ceased to exist. The weight of
the silver dollar was changed to 4l212
grains. This altered the ratio to
16 to 1,
S;l,a,. fban boooma moro nrOf-
liable to export than to coin.
). Thus we went to a single gold
standard, on which we have been
down to the present time.
G. Dropping the silver dollar legal
" from coinage in 1873 was only max
ing a mere record of what had been
actually true from 1884. Silver de-
clined to be coined during that en-
tire period except in small quantities.
Z. The whole amount of silver
coined from the foundation of the gov
eminent to 1873 was about $S,000,O00,
although its coinage was free and un-
| limited.
l. THIRD.
1. From 1878 to July 1, 1896, under
limited silver coinage, we coined in
full legal tender silver dollars, S429,
$50. 916, at the ratio of 16 to 1.
2. In the eighty-five years prior to
1878 the whole amount of silver coin
ed by the United States under free
silver coinage was 5000, 5S5,921.
8. In the eighteen years from 1878
to 1896 the whole amount of silver
coined under limited silver coinage
was SAT-, 1927. 100.
4. More silver was coined i9 Is
years of limited coinage than during
the IS years Of free ilver coinage.
y 45.An the silver dollars in our saap,
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Only a Rose.

currency, all its dollars being kept up
to a value of hundred cents each by
the existing gold standard.
4. Free coinage of silver would put
us on the silver standard with China,
Japan and other countries in which
labor is practically serfage, and civ
ilizatiOn is scarcely begun.
5. There is not in the world today
a first class nation that opens its
mints to the free and unlimited coin
age of silver. -
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THE SUNDAY LIGHT.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1896.


fare. They sometimes even forecast its
education and career. Does this seem
too early to anticipate while the child is
vet unborn 1t isn't. The child's des-
tiny has already been partly mapped out
by Nature according to the disposition
and habits of the parents. The best plan
a mother can make for the future happi-
ness of her unborn child is to maintain
her own cheerfulness and health while
her child's undeveloped being is still
part of hers. Her health at this critical
period Is of tremendous consequence to
the little ones whole future existence.
Every prospective mother will lind direct
nourishment, comfort and sustaining
strength, in DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. It will maintain her vitality
both bodily and mental; shorten the peri
cd of confinement and make labor easy and
almost painless. It imparts strength and
elasticity to the organs concerned In par
turition, invests the mother with recuper-
alive energy against any after period OF
weakness and depression, and aids in the
secretion of healthy nourishment for the
child. It is the unfailing cure of all fe-
male weaknesses"
Deay DoctOy-Your Favorite Prescription" Is
the best medicine TO take before confnement
that can be found. 1t proved so with me;
newer suffered so little with any of my children
ss did with my last and she Is the healthiest we
have when began your treatment could not
stand on my feet long enough to wash my dishes
without suffering almost death now 90 al my
housework, washing, cooking, sewing. and every
thing for my family
.-.Aoaa "a, MuMSe
Oakley. oyertou Co, Tenn.
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ed in India, connecting an leading
points in the peninsula.
The early inhabitants Of the Nile
Valley had excellent roads, paved
somewhat in the Macadam style OF
the present day.
AS, late as ITO the Journey from
Liverpool to London was DANGEROUS
Jon account "a the bad condition op
the roads.
The common measure Of road dis
lance in France is the kilometer, or
600 meters, a little over three-quar-
tiers Of mile.
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FACTS ABOUT SILVER.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
FIRST.
1. Silver has always been meas
ured by gold.
.. That by which something else
is measured is the standard of value
sThe number of ounces of silver an
ounce of gold would buy has always
been the ratio.
3. Like all other values, the, raas
II silver 70 gold has been controllss
y supply and demand.
When this government wal
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ern 9alf of Scotland--that is the poT-
ton north of the Firth of FOrth-was
in H145.
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Uhe word ''mile" comes. from the
latin ':mile," a thousand. A thous-
&d PAGES of a marching soldier made
fhe Roman mile.
Much attention was paid to paved
roads in Greece, and an excellent sys.
tenn of roads ran from Athens to all
parts Of the peninsula.
After the eonflscation OF monastry
property in spain by the state, much
of the proceeds were deyQted q Us, I
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-13
warlike Movement, Which, n COrre-
spOndent Says, BehoOves Britain
to Investigate at Once.
SPEECH BY THE WAR LORD
WILLIAMS ADDRESS AT
THE SWEARING IN OF RECRUITS,
Prince Bismarck's Russo-German
Treaty pisclosures Due to I" De-
sire for Revenge.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12.-The Bulletin
vices sent by regular correspondent to
the Hong Kong press from Vladivostock
was received by the last China steamer and
was turned over to the Bulletin to-day.
The communication shows that the Car is
massing troops in the Vladivostock district,
concentrated in northern waters. The prin-
cipal details of the situation are contained
in the following paragraph: Although the
Russian government explains that the
massng of troops in the Primorsk and
eastern Siberia is due to exchange of army
divisions it is learned that in all the divi-
sions of Vladivostock there are not less
than 1l2,000 men Of arms, which monster
army is looked on as menace to the peace
of Asia" The correspondent, further COM
menting on the situation, states that
while it is confessed that Russia Is en-
tinuous and wariike preparations are any
thing but reassuring. The frequent pres
ence OF Russia's engineers at Port Arthur
and their operations in Manchuria, with
the tacit consent Of the officials of China,
are highly significant indications Of the re-
point Enthusiastically to the common object
of Russia's warlike anticipations. 1t be-
hooves the British government to thor
oughly investigate this very important
matter"
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FOOD INSPECTION STATIONS.
San Francisco's Original Scheme for
the Protection of Consumers.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12.-San Fran
cisco has something among the cities which
makes her distinctive. She has four food
inspection stations, planned after the fash
ion Of a custom house or the taxing sta
tiors of the old walled towns of continental
Europe. They are really clearing houses,
through which the milk and vegetables Of
the city must come. There are four OF
these stations-one at the ferries, one at
Fourth and Berry streets, one at Central
avenue and Geary street, and the fourth ar
Alabama and Army streets, which was for
mally opened last night. The credit for the
original idea belongs 70 j. Is. Reinstein, at
torney Ior the Board or Heath, and the
carrying out of these plans and the crys-
tallizatioE into practical details has been
done by Milk Inspect Dockery, who
knows how these things should be done TO
be convenient. There was no formai dedi-
cation last night Only the big shed at
Army and Alabama streets biazed with
electricity against its whitewashed interior.
Governor budd dropped in informally,
driven in a four-in-hand and swaddled in
rugs, and the invited guests of the Board
of Health sat down With the board to a
substantial banquet All the gentlemen
the depot. AT midnight the big doors rum
bled back and the first wagon clattered in
for Inspection. After that there was a
steady stream until almost daylight, and
Mr. Reinstein's clever scheme has received
it's first practical exempiihcation. The plan
cost the city just $4,000, and is not in
tended to apply to the markets. but the
consumer who buys directly from the pro-
ducer will know that everything he eats
bears the City Hall mark.
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RACE WAR IN JONES'S STATE,
Attempt by whites to Drive Negroes
Out OF Arkansas.

ELDORADO, Ark, Nov. 12.-The white
and colored laborers employed at Haw-
thorne mills. twelve miles southwest of
here. have been waging a race war since
last Monday. The whites. who are largely
outnumbered by the negroes, declare that
the colored men shall not be permitted to
work in the mills and warned them to
leave. The negroes did not go and a num-
ber of white men whipped a negro. That
night a car and several tents in which the
negroes were sleeping was surrounded by
armed white men and over 100 shots were
fred into the car and tents. How many
negroes were hurt cannot be ascertained,
but 1t is known that a woman was fatally
wounded The shooting is thought 10 have
been more for the purpose OF frightening
the negroes away, as. when II ceased, they
were again warned to leave under pain of
death. Yesterday there was further riot
ing. the nature OF which has not been as
certained. but the sheriff has gone there
with a posse of deputies TO restore order.
The milis are idle to-day. neither whites or
blacks being at work a report reached
here iatc this evening TO the eject that the
wounded woman had died and that serious
trouble was imminent, as the negroes
threatened 10 avenge her death.
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HORSE SHOW INCIDENT
UPSET AND COLLISION THAT ENDED
WITHOUT BROKEN BONES.
Actress Who Wanted to Ride Man
Fashion Again Denied the Privi-
Iege-Lawsuft Threatened.

NEW YORK. Nov. 12.-The fourth day
of the horse show was marked by better
attendance than it's predecessors and two
rather sensational mishaps. During the ex-
ercisng hour Rawlins Lowndes, of Water
bury, Conn, was thrown violently from his
mare Kitty /. He was galloping the ring
when the pair in front of him
stopped suddenly. To avoid col
lision he quickly reined his horse,
which reared, and, losing his bal
ance. fell. Mr.. Lowndes was stunned, but
quickly recovered his sense and was able
to walk from the ring unassisted. His es-
cape was considered very lucky one.
The other accident occurred when the
eight trotters In class twelve appeared.
Charles NJ. Hustled, OF Goshen, N. Y, was
driving Crystabel to a light buggy and the
vehicle upset at turn. Mr.. Hustled was
not hurt, but the mare made bolt across
the ring, dragging the upturned buggy after
her. The combined efforts of six grooms
did not stop her career and she piled into
everybody. She stopped finally. hidden
from view by the crush of humanity about
her. AS no damage was done Mr.. Hustled
continued in the competition.
There was also repetition Of last night S
farce, the actress who was refused admis-
sion with ner morse 10 the ring mdue an
attempt to exhibit herself on him this aft
ernoon in class 76 for saddle horses The
horse was equipped with a mans saddle,
and she, attired In divided skirts, covered
by a long tan-colored box coat, was In
readiness To mount. She was informed by
the ring superintendent that she would not
be allowed to ride under such conditions.
She was highly incensed and declared that
she had been fnsuioed, marching from the
ring on the arm of her husband and man
anger She declared that she would bring
suit to recover the amount of the entrance
fee ($50) which she had paid.
For the lovers Of fine horse flesh there
has never been a better exhibition than this
one. The number Of entries is not SO large
as on other occasions. but this is because
the restrictions concerning eligibility for
entry have been increased. Consequently
the quality of the animals is better. The
splendid exhibition of trotters which has
taken the place formerly held by the hack
ney has added interest to the show. Next
to the trotterS the green hunters are the
most prominent. Their performances are
the most interesting features of the show.
Frequently after rushing at the gates like
cannon balls they stop short at the moment
when they should take of. while their
riders either continue their flight or cling
desperately to the names of their mounts
feature OF the show tonight was the
drill OF a squad of mounted police. The
equipment and general bearing of the po-
licemen were considered in the awards
Among the prominent spectators tonight
was Secretary of the Treasury John G.
Carlisle.
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GERMANY,S WAR LORD.
Speech by the Emperor at the Swear
ing In of Recruits.

LONDON, Nov. ia Berlin dispatch to
the Times says: 1.-The ceremony of swear
ing in the recruits for the garrisons of Ber-
lin Spandau, Charlettenburg and Gross
Lichterfelde this afternoon took place in
front of the Royal Palace. Emperor Will
liam delivered an grafton. in the course of
which he said:
crucifix and the standard to me, your war
lord, and TO the fatherland. Just as the
crown is naught without the altar and the
cruCifix, so the army is nothing without
the Christian religion. You are called as
soldiers in my keeping to serve me in SIN
gle-minded allegiance. Ever remember
that you have received your weapons to
protect the crown and the altar. In view
of the general mistrust now prevailing, it
is especially your duty by obedience al
ways to set a good example. You are en-
tering the army in the year we celebrate
as the centenary of the birth of the great
Emperor William. Never forget what he
accomplished. We are duly bound to MAIN
tain what he created. his eye rests upon
the whole army. God grant that at the
call of heaven we may appear worthily be-
fore him.
The Daily Mails Berlin dispatch says:
The following words, held to indicate his
incident at Carlsruhe occurred in En-
peror Williams speech: Hold your uniform
In honor. The man who insults your coat
insults your king; who assaults the king s
coat assaults your chief war lord The
Brusewitz incident, it will be remembered
ran through the body a workman who
had Inadvertently brushed against him in
a cafe and who refused TO apologize on the
ground that no insult was intended"
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REMARKABLE DOCUMENT.
Mrs. sternaman's Attempt to Clear
Herself of the Charge of Murder.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. PA large
crowd filled Commissioner Fairchild's office
to-day to hear the testimony of Mrs. George
Sternarflan in her own behalf on the charge
OF poisoning her husband. During Mrs.
Sternaman's examination a most remarka-
BILE document was submitted by her to the
court. 1t was written statement signed
by her dead husband, and which, Mrs.
Sternaman declares, was drawn up and
signed three days before her husbands
death. The document is addressed: ITO
All Whom 1t May Concern" and in part
reads as follows:
IL George Fl. Sternaman, having had
very peculiar attacks at times during the
past six months, and of which no one but
my wife and few Of her relatives know
anything about, write this to state that if
l should die while in one of them no per-
son can say that 1t was caused by her
hands in any way that i died.
have never had a doctor, because / always
came out of them all right / hope what
1 have written will convince all that they
may not think that my wife had anything
to do with such an uncommon DEATH
Mrs. Sternaman said that this statement
had been drawn up because she had heard
some talk Of her former husband dying of
poison. The case was not concluded when
the court adjourned
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MURDERER SHOT.
He Had just Been Convicted and Was
AttemptfpE to Escape.

YORKvILLE. 8. c.. Nov. I'm. r.
Reese, a prominent citizen. convicted of
murder, is lying at the point Of death in
the office of DR.. Miles Walker. with bull
let in his head. The trial of NJ. r. Reese.
Daniel Tucky and Mrs. Anderson for the
murder of Charles T. Williams came to an
end tonight. The jury retired at $40
o'clock and returned at with verdict Of
guilty, with a recommendation for mercy
as TO Reese and Tucky and not guilty as
to Mrs. Anderson. Deputy Sheriff Scoggins
started with the prisoners to jail Just
after reaching the sidewalk Reese attempt
ed to run. Neither of the prisoners had
been handcuffed, and Seoggins was in
charge OF both. He followed the fugitive
a few steps but fearing Tucky also might
attempt TO run, he drew his revolver and
told Reese to halt, but the latter continued
to run. When he reached the middle of
the street Scoggins fired. Reese spun
around and fell In the ditch. Investigation
showed that he had been shot in the back
of the head. His wound is serious.
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NEW TRICK DISCOVERED.
Secondhand shoe Dealer Tells Jus.
tice kehOe - Remarkable story.

CHICAGO, Nov. FL. Z. Barnett was
before Justice Kehoe this morning on a
charge of larceny. The complainant was
Nj. Meyerhoff. who sells secondhand shoes
at No. 81 West Madison street. During the
hearing Of evidence new game was ex-
posed.
He gave me the shoes to break in, your
Honor" explained Barnett. II was hungry
and sold them"
What do you mean by breaking in?" in
Qulred the court.
that" exclaimed Barnett In surprise. He
buys new shoes cheap Then he hires men
to put them and walk about the streets.
They return 10 the shop, take them of
and put on another pair. he can get more
for them secondhand than he can for them
new
lis that SO. Meyerhoff?"
II guess Il Is.
The case was continued until Nov Is.
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FRAUD ALLEGED.
Receiver Asked for the American
Wheelmen's Protective Association.

CHICAGO. Nov. ia receiver for the
American Wheelmen's Protective Associa-
ton was asked for in the Circuit Court to-
day by p. II. Barker, stockholder. The
concern is pretty widely known among
wheelmen throughout the country. as soon
after it's inception 1t was indorsed by the
League of American Wheelmen. The as
sociation was Incorporated Nov. %, 1894.
with capital stock of $1,000. and notice
was given that II would be increased to
$4,000, but this has never been paid in.
The bill makes some rather sensational
charges against Edward ID. Sniffen. secre-
tary-treasurer. 1t Is claimed that he issued
to himself 1900 shares Of stock. represent
ing the increase. and $500 shares of over
issues. the par value of So or 500 900 al
togc ther. Sniffen IL is alleged. expended on
his personal account all OF the $50 coo col
lected. except $500 used for the expenses
of the corporation. IL is claimed that the
assets of the concern do not exceed s.. 600
and that Ii is liable for 5000 wheels valued
at $50 each. All the officers are made de-
PENDANTS