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Show Peter an Unlucky Name. The Christian namo of l'oter has never been fnshlonnblo nmong mon-archs. mon-archs. England, for oxample, has never had a monarch baptized as Potor, and In other countries the Peters havo been unlucky. Peter, or Pedro, I emperor of Brazil, abdicated after an uneasy reign, and his son, Pedro II., was driven to Europo by a revolution and died In Paris in 1891. Pedro tho Cruel or Castllo and Leon was slain by bis brother In single combat. com-bat. Peter tho Great of Russia was guilty of of frightful excesses; his grandson, Peter II., reigned only tlirco years and died of smallpox at tho ago of fifteen. Peter III. was dethroned and strangled by conspirators. Pctor I. of Sorvia ha3 already a brutal mas-sacro mas-sacro behind htm. |