The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-29
SALARIES OF KINGS.

They Vary in Amount From $4,000
to SO u Day.
From the New York Herald.
'How much do a king get?" asked
one Of Mark Twain's odd characters,
and the answer was not very satisfao-
tory. If we apply the title king to
each of the chief executives of the
great nations, there is no wonder an
answer was difficult, for the pay of
rulers varies greatly and is governed
by no apparent rule of proportion, I'M
less it is that the pay increases with
the liability to ASA ssination. The ex-
tremes Of salary are illustrated by the
pay Of the czar of Russia and the
president CT Switzerland. The former
gets $4,000 a day, while the latter is
happy and satisfied with s792 each
twenty-four hours. These figures are
based on 365 working days in the year,
for monarchs are supposed to be al
ways working.
Now these executiVes-of Russia and
Switzerland-are at the extremes OF
the rulers pay roll, the first getting
So, 10000 a year and the other $1,000
Between these extremes the other
eleven nations considered are scatter
ed in a haphazard manner, with no
uniform relation between the amount
Of yearly salary and the number OF
persons who must pay it. The en-
peror of Austria, with his S4,3SO,O00
annually, comes under the car OF all
the Russians, while President Mckln-
lev, with his $500 comes next above
the president of little Switzerland. At
ter Russia comes Germany, which pays
Enperor William So, 600; then the
king of Italy, with $780, 900; Shah, OF
Persia, $685. 900; Queen Victoria, ST.
S75, coo: king Of Belgium, S6S2,O0O; king
of Norway and Sweden. $3.50, 600; queen
of the Netherlands, $4,000; king of
Greece, S253 900, and the president OF
France, S239, 600 President Faure re-
ceives but little more regular salary
than President Mckinley, but he has
fixed perauisites that bring his income
from the state to the. amount given.
An idea Of the relative proportion
between these amounts can be gained
If YOU consider one printed line of the
Herald as representing the salary Of
the car, then a period will represent
the stipend Of the president OF swift
zerland, and one-fourth OF the letter
''n" the pay OF Presldeh1 Mohllh icy
Half of a line will be the amount the
ernperor Of Austria receives, and lit
tIe more than a. fifth of a line what
Great Britain pays to Queen Victoria
The amounts of the salaries of these
honored men and women bear very ODD
relations to the number of persons Tor
whose benefit they are supposed to ad-
minister laws of their own or the PEG.
ple's making. Now. each subject or
the car has to annually pay As cents
to his ruler. and stands eighth on the
list: while the Persians. each OF whom
must yearly pay to the shah 30A cents,
head it. Switzerland, with the smallest
population and salary, does not pay
the least per capita, for the United
Of n
ha bitant, is at the bottom of the list,
Switzerland being next above with
500 Of a cent. Turkey, with 20 cents
for each subject, naturally comes be-
low Persia. and Greece, with IL 20
cents. comes next. Then in the de-
scending scale, Austria, with III 20
cents for each subject to pay to the
ruler; Belgium, 10 1-5 cents; Italy.
cents: Norway and Sweden, cents;
them Russia. then Germany, So cents;
France cents; Great Britain, 3-5
cents. and then Switzerland and the
United States.
dinaTv mortals an idea of the amounts
If some of these salaries. Take, for IN
stance. the IS, 766, 600 received annually
NV the car. Put that amount in sill
rau dollars. and psrhaans Il VII G sfli
r,ore of a. meaning It Would mean 274
tens Of silver, and if the dollars were
niled In a single column they would
reach thirteen miles, or, if placed edge
to edge would extend 207 milestone
half of the distance from ST. Peters,
burg to MOSCOW.
put the annual salary Of the presl-
don't of Switzerland into silver dollars;
nIace them edge to edge in a single
line and they would reach over 362
feet while President McKinley's year.
1v nav. treated in the same manner,
would form silver band a little less
than one and one-f1fth miles In length.
Artificial Limbs.
Artificial limbs are usually made of willow
wood on account of Its lightness.