The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-08
GENERAL NOTES.

IT will seem queer in a republic of tn,
"free and equal" style that the republi,
just established in France is supported
by one prince of the blood royal, foul
dukes, three marquises, thirteen counts
three viscounts and five barOns. But the
republic established in France does not
set out with the declaration that every.
body is "free and equal" az our father,
did, and its possible success lies in that
very fact; for what did we'll here would
not answer there, as 'S2 dreadfully ex
hibited.
A PRETTY little story comes from
France, out of its season to be sure, but
not too late: A little French girl last
Christmas hung up her shoe for gift
from Santa Claus. The parents were
lamentably poor, and could put nothing
in; but into that shoe, suspended out.
side the house, poor starved little spar.
row took refuge. "See," said the de.
lighted demoiselle, "what le petit Noel has
sent me !! l must have been good indeed"
So the sparrow is made much of, and
has nice home.
The LendOn Observer says that Miss
Elizabeth Thompson, author of the
picture, "The Roll CALL" is engaged up
on another painting, of which the subject
will doubtless afford good scope for her
powers, namely, "The Field of Quatre
Bras" This action, it will be remem-
bered, began in field of rye, and it is
said that, with conscientiOusness worthy
of the pre-Raphelites, Miss Thompson
had crop gallOped over in right military
fashion, to enable her to make true
study of trodden corn.
WHAT they think of us in Paris may
be inferred from some advertisements in
the leading local papers. A stationer
heads his advertisements, "TO Americans
and Russians" Another advertisement
in regard to hotel, announces that it is
"patronized by the principal royal
families of Europe and leading Ameri-
can families" Mr.. Hogg-ominous
name Rue Castiglione, says he is an
English and American Chemist" The
"HOtel des Princes cOmmends itself as
"highly recommended for Americans"
Evidently over there, Americans, Rus
slams, and royal families, all belong to the
same category.
In 1918 a glacier 5000 feet long, 600
feet high, descended into the valley of
the river Dranse. Above it lake was
formed which contained 6,000,O00,0 900
gallons of water. The authorities drove
a tunnel through the ice barrier and drew
nearly half of the water safely, but then
the current and thawing had so enlarged
the tunnel that the ice barrier gave away,
and the other half of the water was dis
charged in half an hour. In 1916 a
similar lake was formed by the Vernagt
glazier. When the ice barrier gave away
600,0O0,000 gallons of water was dis
charged in an hour. Inb both cases, there
was an immense destruction of property
and lives.
In addition to the fact that ice is
lighter than water, there is another
curious thing about it which many per-
sons do not perhaps know-namely, its
purity. A lump of ice melted will be-
come distilled water. Water in freezing
turns out of it all that is not water-salt,
air, coloring and matter, and all inn
purities. Frozen sea water makes fresh
water ice. If you freeze basin of in
digo, it will make ice as clear and white
as that made of pure rain water. When
the cold is very sudden, these foreign
matters have no time to escape, either
by rising or sinking, and are thus en-
tangled with the ice, but do not make
any part of it.