Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1912 — Miles, Long and Short. [ARTICLE]

Miles, Long and Short.

Considering the size of Switzerland one might expect a mile to be about as far as one could throw a ball, but the hardy mountaineers think 9,153 yard* the proper thing, even when, as it generally is, it is very much up hill. The Swiss is the longest mile of all, being followed by the Vienna post mile of 8.296 yards. The Flemish mile is 6,869 yards, the Prussian 8,237 yards, and in Denmark they walk 8,244 yards and call it a stroll of a mile. The Arabs generally ride good horses and call 2,143 yards a mile, while the Turks are satisfied with 1,826 yards, and the Italians shorten the distance of a mile to 1,766 yards, just six yards more than the American has in mind when the agent waves his hand and blandly remarks, “About a mile.”