The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-12-07
MINOR TOPICS.

The lowest temperature in the Arcti
Seas recorded by Captain Ross in 1926
was fifty degrees below zero; by Dl
Kane in 1858, seventy degrees; by Dl
Hayes in 1861, sixty-two and one-hal
degrees; by Captain Mares in 1876
seventy-two degrees. A Russian tray
eler named Niverof once registere,
seventy two degrees at Yakoutsk
Siberia.
MANS proper drink, according to the
chronological Monthly, or rather one Of
Its contributors, is no drink at all. Moth.
ing liqtiid Is to be thought of but water
and even that is tabooed except some
little time before or several hours after d
meal. Ifnecessity compels the swallow.
ing of 1t, at these grudgingly allowed
periods, the water must be very pure,
rainwater preferred. Otherwise, all per-
sonsin health must moisten their mouths
with fruit only.
The book of the Emperor of Brazil is
to be called Recollections of Nv Jour
ney," and will be printed in Portuguese
French, English, and German. Wherever
he travelled he took many notes ON man.
ners, customs, and countries, and what
ne has to say will probably have less of
the amateur stamp than has most royal
literature. He was especially kind in
Portugal to various native writer's of
note, and, indeed, shows in every c0,in.
try that he is thoroughly familiar with its
literature.
The wealth of Cardinal Antonelli is
generally teckoned at from fifteen to
twenty millions, without speaking of his
collection of ancient and valuable oh.
jects, which represent at least q million
and half The Cardinal possessed one
of the finest assortments of precious
stones which exist in Europe diamonds
OF all forms and of the purest water, in
comparable emeIalds, pearls, and tor
quoises of unknown size-a veritable
Oriental treasure. Then, unique pieces
OF rock crystal, some fine pictures, the
richest lace, and admirable tissues of the
best periods.
NEW YORK isn't the only place, it ap-
pears, where body found in the water
has to remaiii until the coroner comes.
no matter how long delayed is that
officials coming. England is just as
bad, or worse. A short time since the
body of man was seen floating in the
Humber, near Whitton, by the crew of a
Hull steamer. A,nan was sent in a boat to
secure it, which he did by tying it TO
stake at an isolated spot. A farmer dis
covered it and notified the police, who
declined to act, and the body was thus
exposed for two days and night, until
the coroner and jurors waded knee deep
through mud at low tide to view it. In
'ne aspect of the case the English have
'he advantage. The New York police.
men, who permitted body to remain
TX hours in East River, were never even
The British policeman
ire to be punished.
TIE London 7Ss,es's Berlin corresnon-
lent says that the unprepared state of
he Russian arsenals can be imagined
rom the report in the st. Petersburg
pcctomosti that the 10000, 900 roubles,
shich the Government is now rails
tig, have already been consumed
" military expenses. The Rus
ian Government has concluded
ontracts for supplies of provisions to be {
delivered at Bucharest and Tartscha, in
toumania. A Belgrade telegram says ,,
hat the Servians will claim, in the pro- i
eediDgs for the settlement of the line ,
# demarcation, several hundred villages {
n Turkish territory. These exaggerated c
emands. taken in conjunction with the '
act that Russia recently made represent .
ations in very threatening language q
ohcerning alleged breaches of the arm t
'tice, excite suspicion at Constanti- G
ople, that pretext is being sought to P
ring abouta collision whenever suitable. >
A FARMER living near Eldora, in a
owa, had three large valuable farm =
orses recently destroyed by a monster {,
make. When discovered they were lit
rally crushed into jelly. The farmers il
anne is given as Gabriel Stout, and Il
eighbor of his, S. Carlin, lost fine two.
ear-old colt that was killed by the same n
iake. The whole neighborhood have I
lrned out in search of the monster, but v
il that they have been able to discover t
far is portion of his snakeship's last Q
ears skin, eleven feet in length, which u
supposed to be only about third of T.
IS entire length. Another farmer writes |,
rom the neighborhood of the monsters
'hereabouts that two calves and several d
cad OF young stock are mysteriously Il
Kissing, and the opinion is general that y
hey have been killed and eaten by the . :,
ig snake. There appears to be some h
ruth in the story. The eleven feet por. g
ion of the skin of last year that was l
)und during hunt for the reptile is 6
ow on exhibition at the Court House =
t Eld0ra, and r. III. Mcbride has Or =
anized body of men to prosecute the =
unit until the monster is taken.
Modern Railroad Travel. ..
The London Engineer gives an account I