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Q:-Who are the Lets-L. c. w.
A-Sayonc people nhabiting portions Russia partic-
ularly Livonia. Courand, Kovno and viebsk They
closely allied Lhuanians. Total number approximately
100000.
O:-Can you tell me the history of the Obelisk called
Cleopatra's Needle?-R. G.
A:-The Obeisk presented the city of New York
by the Khedve Egypt Lieutenant Commander Gorringe,
IT, s. NJ after three years effort obtained possession of it
and moved present position expense nearly
$lOOO0O 1t was finally swung into position Jan.
D. 1881 The height of this monument, from base p
90 feet inches The of the bae through
its axis is feet, 8% inches The entire weight of the
h 219 ton Since it quarried the orrid
has traversed the entire length Egypt that the
Mediterranean Sea and the width of the Atlantic Oceana
distance of g. 400 milesprovng itself first traveller for
whose age has exceeded hy6ve centuries In the
of its existence has Pharaoh and his host going their
destruction in the Red Sea- shshak marching the Conquest
of usaem Cambyses dsolating and Herodotus Plato
and other Greek students pursuit of Egyptian ore
Alexander the Great his victorious expedition through the
land of Goshen; six and half centuries of Roman sovereignty
and Christian struggle Alexandria; all the long line of Mos
lem rulers since Caiph Omar and leaving altogether its
native land it stands looking the million dwelers in this
metropolis whose site unknown the Eastern world the
time when the Obe had been existence for thousand
years.
O:-What papers magazines published by the Ho
stein Fesan Cattle Association? Can you give the ad
dress of the publications and their prices-R. R.
A:-The Holstein- -Fresian World $1OO year, may be
subscribed for through the prison agency
Q:-What is the so-caled Monroe doctrine3-C.J
A:-The Monroe doctrine announced by President
Monroe in his message congress 1922 simple
of the attitude this toward the South American
republics. Henry Clay had made effort the indie
pendence these republics recognized and 1922 their indie
Pendence acknowledged President Monroe
had recalled John Quincy Adams from the of ST. James
become his of and historians credit
Adams the authorship the message which the doc
stated follows GAS principle, the American
nen, by the free and independent position which they have
assumed and maintained hencefoh be considered
subjects for future colonization by European power
Q:-Was Mother Goose of the nursery rimes real persona
X. Y. z.
Aboriginal Mother Goose is said have lived in Boston
in 18th century, She wife of Iac Goose and her maiden
Elizabeth Foster She made the mes and inges
familiar thousands of children and adults, and rected
and them and her children and grandchildren
Her son-in-aw, Thomas Fleet printer collected mes and
published them in 1719 Moher Goose rmes and jnges.
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