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dresses. viii, hc given. An correspondence
Letter Eox. Owing TO the large number
~ questions received. answers can not al
ways be given promrtly)
What Is meant by tho political tcs,a-
mcnt OF Peter the Great OF RussaT
s. Dewey.
1t Is document tho authenticity of
which Is very much In doubt. 1t has been
confidently asserted by some writer's tina,
1t Is deposited In the archives of the PAL
ace OF Pcterhof. near st. Petersburg. yet
such paper has never been found though
historical students have again and again
searched for 1t. 1t was. in fact, never
mentioned until book was published
entitled Progress OF the Russian Power
from Its Origin to the Beginning of the
Nineteenth Century" That was In 1872
ana Peter the Great had been dead 81
years The book was written by Charles
Louis Lesur of the French foreign office
and is thought to have been inspired by
the Emperor Napoleon. in order to FUR.
nish reasons for his proposed invasion of
Russla. As the alleged will was prac-
tically command of Peter to his descend
ants to conquer Europe, the effect of It's
publication can be imagined Though the
forgery deceived many, no careful his
toriars ever took any stock In II. Twenty
four years aftcrward another E'renchman.
Frederick Gaillardet. asserted that the
original testament had been found In tho
Russian archives by that strange charac-
ter. the Chevalcr Dion, who brough, n
copy of 1t to Paris In 1851. In 1866 Gall
lardet came to New York to live. There
he published another addition of D'Eon's
memoirs. This time ne adnittei many
Congregations and fnlschoods In the first
addition, but still insisted on the gen
u'ncnoss of the testament. A Polish his
torian has asserted that Peter drew up
the plan of the will in 1909. after the bat
tie OF Poltova. But no positive proof of
its existence has ever been discovered or
furnished by the most stanch believers in
Will You kindly inform me through your
paper what compensation the governor.
lieutenant governor and tho members OF
the supreme court of Texas are entitled
tof Also give the names OF the latter.
VII
The governor receives salary of 500
per annum. The lieutenant governor re-
ccives. while acting as president of the
eerate. the same compensation and mile
age which is allowed TO members OF the
senate during the time he administers the
government as governor he receives the
same compensation which the governor
would have received had he been en-
ployed in the duties of his ofiire The
members of the supreme court are Hon
Reuben r. Gaines. chief Justice; Hon
Thomas j. Brown and Hon Leroy G. Den
man, associate Justices; Charles S. Morse.
clerk. The justices Of the supreme cour,
receive $1,000 per annum
Can You tell me how the Mnrecbni No,
rose received its name? TITS
When Neil. brave French general. wac
returning from the scene of his victories
In the war between France and Aus,,in.
he received from n peasant. who wished to-
honor the hero, basket of beautiful pale
yellow roses. one of the stems. which
happened to have roots clinglng TO It. the
general took to florist in Paris, in
whose care II became thriving bush COW
cred with blossoms. Neil then took the
plant ms gift 10 the Empress E,igene
She expressed great admiration for the
exquisite flowers. and on learning the rose
was nameess. said significantly: "Then
I will name II. 1t shall he the Alarechal
Nell and Mt the same moment she be-
slowed on the as'onishcd general the Jew
cled baton that bctokened his promotion to
the office of marshal Of France
Was New York City named after the
Duke of York or after the city OF York?
A1..W.
il was named in honor Of the Duke OF
York. the brother of the king of England
and Scotland. IL 1864 the king. Charles II,
gave the duke all lands and rivers between
the west banks of the Connecticut ana
+, ba 4. of he an
September the town of New Amsterdam
to the dukes deputy governor,
Colonel Nichols, and became New York.
But the dukes title came from the English |
City.
In tho table published In The Post of the |
"a, headed "lncle Sans Position is
at first thought II was showing of the |
per capita circulation in the different
countries. and your correspondent has
the per capita circulation In the coun- |
tries named in the table mentioned
France. 1851; Germany, siS5s; Austria
Hungary 1858; Great Britain. $2oii, Italy. |
$3.50: Spain. $l71i; Russia. &lI; Turkey.
s239; Portugal. s2lo; Holland. s2lsi;
United States. s26,o2.
What is the Iron Gate of Danuhe?"
G.W.R.
II Is dangerous barrier of rocks be
tween Alt-Orsova, in Hungary. and Cad
ova IN servia. IT once formed an cfec'unl
bar to navigation, but modern science
has largely overcome the obstacle.
Please give me clear dehni'on o,
"Chauvinism" Lib
II means an exaggerated patriotism or
devotion 10 any cause Mich
olas Chauvin. n soldier, an Intense admir-
er of the Emperor Napoleon. has his name
in the expression.
Please mention the most famous exam
ples of persons who lived without ioon Tor
n considerable length of time. f'f'b'
DIR. Tanner of New York, 40 days lsT'
Mir Griscom of Chicago 26 days. 1881;
Suoci. In New York. Is days. 1890. Alcxar-
DIRE Jacques. IN London, 80 days. 1881
What was he percentage OF increase IN
n. uopulation of the United St1Lcs curing