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Show j Iria MILE IN VAHItTY. tlnre Am ronr UiArcot Uladt la V.ng- 11.) -MyMklns Cocntrlt Alonj. I'"pM.b epru'flnjf connttUliaTo fottr Jlf.'iTint milo-tie lrJnnJl, mllo of i.'JSd f,t ami the (co$;rnprilcnl or 'n-itlc.il mlt of CCs naklnp a illf- .- of nliot't ote-i eventU lictwen he l t'.tii t' i re U tho Scotch mllo jt 6 s,.-, f. t i.i ,1 C'C Irt-li mUo of 0,720 f t, fci:r tnnuuB m!lc, every ono of vhKh Is rtill In uc. Then nlniost cstry county,y ini its own B'.nnclard mile, rays tho St. Loul Olobo-Demo- crat TJie Itomnns linil tlielr mil pn- ui ir. l.OtMi pneen, v.hloU mitit linve niii dbout i IKM feet in length, tinlevn we n-cribc tn t'rosnr'B lcgtunarles great stepping cnpnclti Tho Ocrnaiin mllo of to-day in '-1.018 feet in lonth, mors than four ami a half times mi long nt onr rulle. The Iilch, tlio Panes and tho PrntataDS) enjoy a mllo that is 18,- 440 foct lmp. three ami one-half times the length oi own; nnd tho Hwltn get moro oxerrlse in walking one of tholr ml'.oe than we get in vrall.lng flro mile.i, for their mllo Ir, O.isn yards long, whllo our Is only 1,700 yards. The Italian tullo Is only n few feet longer than ours; the Itoman mile Is shorter, while the Tusonn snd tho TnrUlnh miles are lbv) yards longer. The Kwi'ili ,h tnlle i 7,!M1 jnnjs long. ar.d the Vienna post milo U 8,7Pd yards ir luiigl'd. So. here inn list of twelve 'tifferunt miles, and besides tliii tliere ro other ttieomires of dlntanco, not e-iunting tho Trench hllomelnr, which ii mther less than tivo-thlnlsnf a mile. l'he llrazlllnns liavo n mlllia that Is ne and olio-fourth times as long ns mr mile; the Neapolitan mlgllo is thuut tho nnme len;;tlii thevlapaneso rl, ir mile. Is two nnd ono-hnlf times rs; the Kubslaiit vi-rtt is flro-olghUis i . 1 ig n; oar mile, while the I'cralnn i.i'ii'ard l n fciUh, four nnd a half ileh long, whleh is sid tft liu equal to 'lie pamiang ao fnmlltnr to tho readers f Xenophou'H"AnalaMi." Tho league Hint In fm'.llnr t- renders of French nnd Spanuh banks tsries just ns does the mile. In I'nt-ll It Is three nnd 'our-fJfth mill s Inn?, in Trance it vtns , three miles. In spam it waatsToond two-thirds miles, and once on n time n Knglnnd it vos two and n half miles |