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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 1022 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAINT CLAIR  , a See also:borough of Schuylkill See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on See also:Mill See also:Creek, 3 M . N. of See also:Pottsville, and about 40 M. by See also:rail N.N.W. of See also:Reading . Pop . (191o) 6455 . See also:Saint Clair is served by the Pennsylvania and the See also:Philadelphia & Reading See also:railways . It is engaged chiefly in the See also:mining (very largely See also:surface-stripping) and See also:shipping of See also:anthracite See also:coal, and in the manufacture of miners' supplies . Saint Clair was settled in 1825 and was incorporated as a borough in 185o . ST CLAIR, a See also:lake and See also:river of See also:North See also:America, forming See also:part of the boundary between the See also:state of See also:Michigan, U.S.A., and the See also:province of See also:Ontario, See also:Canada . The lake is 29 M. See also:long and 20 broad . It contains numerous islands, receives from the See also:Canadian See also:side several See also:rivers, the largest of which is the See also:Thames, and is drained into Lake See also:Erie by the See also:Detroit river . At its See also:foot are the cities of Detroit (Michigan) and See also:Windsor (Ontario) . On the north it receives the St Clair river, the outlet of Lake See also:Huron, The shores of both lake and river are See also:flat, and their See also:waters shallow; but, owing to the enormous See also:traffic which passes through, they have been in See also:great part canalized, and can accommodate the largest steamers .

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CLAUDE, a See also:town of eastern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Jura, 42 M . S.S.E. of Lons-le-Saunier by rail . Pop . (Igoe) 9558 . The town is beautifully situated 1300 ft. above See also:sea-level at the western See also:base of Mont See also:Bayard, among the heights of the eastern Jura at the confluence of the See also:Bienne and the Tacon . The latter river is crossed by a See also:fine suspension See also:bridge . The See also:cathedral of St See also:Pierre, once the See also:abbey-See also:church, a See also:building of the 14th to the 18th centuries, contains fine 15th-See also:century stalls and a See also:reredos of the See also:Renaissance See also:period . The town is the seat of a See also:bishop, See also:suffragan of See also:Lyons, and of a sub-See also:prefect . St Claude has been noted since the See also:close of the See also:middle ages for its See also:fancy articles in See also:horn, See also:tortoise-See also:shell, hardwood, See also:ivory, &c., and there are manufactures of briar-See also:root pipes . See also:Diamond-cutting and See also:lapidary See also:work and the manufacture of See also:measures are also prosperous See also:industries . The town derives its name from that of an See also:archbishop of See also:Besancon who died in the 7th century in the monastery founded here in the 5th century . This monastery subsequently acquired almost See also:independent See also:sovereignty in the locality, and held its retainers in a state of See also:serfdom till the Revolution .

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Voltaire pleaded the cause of the See also:serfs, though unsuccessfully, before the See also:parlement of Besancon, and in memory of his services a statue was erected to him in 1887 . St Claude was constituted a bishopric in 1762 . The abbey-buildings and most of the town were destroyed by See also:fire in 1799 . ST See also:CLOUD, a town of See also:northern France, in the department of See also:Seine-et-See also:Oise, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Seine, 2 M . W. of the fortifications of See also:Paris by road . Pop . (1906) 7316 . Picturesquely built on a See also:hill-slope, St Cloud overlooks the river, the Bois de See also:Boulogne and Paris; and, lying amid the foliage of its magnificent See also:park and numerous See also:villa gardens, it is one of the favourite resorts of the Parisians . The See also:palace of St Cloud, which had been a summer See also:residence for See also:Napoleon I., See also:Louis XVIII., See also:Charles X., Louis Philippe and Napoleon III., was burned by the Prussians in r87o along with part of the See also:village . In spite of the damage inflicted on the park at the same period its magnificent avenues and ornamental See also:water still make it one of the pleasantest spots in the neighbourhood of Paris . Every See also:year in See also:September, at the See also:time of the See also:pilgrimage of St Cloud, a See also:fair lasting four See also:weeks is held in the park . Within its precincts are situated the See also:national Sevres See also:porcelain manufactory and the See also:Breteuil See also:pavilion, the seat of the See also:international See also:commission on the See also:metre .

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modern church in the See also:style of the 12th century with an elegant See also:stone See also:spire; and here, too, is established the higher training See also:college for male teachers for the provincial training colleges of See also:primary instruction . Clodoald or Cloud, See also:grandson of See also:Clovis, adopted the monastic See also:life and left his name to the spot where his See also:tomb was discovered I019 after the See also:lapse of 1200 years, in a See also:crypt near the See also:present church . He had granted the domain to the bishops of Paris, who possessed it as a See also:fief till the 18th century . At St Cloud See also:Henry III. and the See also:king of See also:Navarre (Henry IV.) established their See also:camp during the See also:League for the See also:siege of Paris; and there the former was assassinated by Jacques See also:Clement . The See also:castle was at that time a See also:plain See also:country See also:house belonging to Pierre de Gondi, See also:arch-bishop of Paris; in 1658 it was acquired by the See also:duke of See also:Orleans, who was the originator of the palace which perished in 187o . See also:Peter the Great of See also:Russia was received there in 1717 by the See also:regent, whose grandson sold the palace to See also:Marie Antoinette . It was at St Cloud that See also:Bonaparte executed the coup d'etat of 18th See also:Brumaire (1799); after he became See also:emperor the palace was his favourite residence, and there he celebrated his See also:marriage with Marie See also:Louise . In 1815 it was the See also:scene of the See also:signing of the See also:capitulation of Paris; and in 183o from St Cloud Charles X. issued the orders which brought about his fall . Napoleon III. was there when he received the senatusconsult which restored the See also:empire in his favour (1st See also:December 1852) . Seized by the Prussians at the beginning of the investment of Paris See also:ill 187o, St Cloud was sacked during the siege . ST CLOUD, a See also:city in Stearns, See also:Benton and Sherburne counties, See also:Minnesota, U.S.A., and the county-seat of Stearns county, about 65 m . N.W. of Minneapolis, on both See also:banks of the See also:Mississippi river, and about 970 ft. above sea-level .

Pop . (1900) 8663, of whom 1907 were See also:

foreign-See also:born; (1910 U.S. See also:census) ro,600 . It is served by the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railways . It is the seat of one of the State Normal See also:Schools (1869), and of the Minnesota State Reformatory (1887) . In the city are a See also:Carnegie library, a Federal building, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic cathedral, St See also:Raphael's See also:Hospital (Roman Catholic), St See also:Clotilda's See also:Academy of See also:Music and two business colleges . The Mississippi has a considerable fall here, and provides valuable water-See also:power . Among the manufactures are See also:flour, barrels, bricks, and foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products--the Great Northern maintains extensive See also:car and repair shops here . In 1905 the value of the city's factory product was $1,994,476, an increase of 27.8% since 190o . There are large See also:lumber yards, and excellent See also:grey and red granites (St Cloud is called " the See also:Granite City ") from neighbouring quarries are exported . The city lies in a large See also:grain-growing and stock-raising See also:district . St Cloud was settled in 1852, platted in 1854, incorporated as a village in 1868, and chartered as a city in 1889 . Until reached by the Great Northern railway, St Cloud was the See also:Hudson's See also:Bay See also:Company's See also:terminus for the unloading of furs from the wooden ox-carts (" Red river " carts) .

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SANTA CRUZ, the largest See also:island in the Danish See also:West Indies . It lies 65 m . S.E. of Puerto Rico, in 17° 40' N. and 64° 14' W., is 22 M. long, varies in breadth from 1 m. to 6 m., and has an See also:area of 84 sq. m . Pop . (1901) 18,590 . Parallel with the western See also:coast is a range of hills, culminating in See also:Mount See also:Eagle (1164 ft.) . The narrower western part is also hilly, but on the S. See also:shore there are marshy tracts with lagoons of brackish water . See also:Sugar is the See also:staple product, and near Christiansted there is a central factory conducted by the See also:government . The planters are mostly See also:English, and their See also:language predominates . The capital, Christianstad (locally known as " Bassin "), is situated at the See also:head of an inlet on the N. coast, but its See also:harbour is to a large extent choked with mud . It is a picturesque town, and the seat of the Danish See also:governor during See also:half the year . The only other town, Frederickstad, stands on an open roadstead on the W. coast .

It is locally known as " West End," and part of the town, wrecked by the blacks in 1878, lies in ruins . The See also:

climate is healthy, the mean See also:annual temperature being 74° F. and the See also:average rainfall 45.7 in. per annum . St Croix was discovered in 1493 by See also:Columbus, and was owned in turn by the Dutch, See also:British and See also:Spanish . In 1851 it was taken by France, and two years later was given to the Knights of See also:Malta by Louis XIV . In 1733 it was See also:purchased by See also:Denmark . See also:Slavery was abolished in 1848 after a violent insurrection which had broken out among the slaves . See See also:Sir H . H . See also:Johnston, The See also:Negro in the New See also:World (r9To) . SAINT-CYRAN, a See also:French See also:Benedictine abbey in the province of See also:Berry, now comprised in the department of the Loiret . From 1620 to 1643 it was held by the famous Jansenist reformer, DuVergier (q.v.), who is consequently often spoken of by French writers as the See also:Abbe de Saint-Cyran . ST CYR-L'$See also:COLE, a town of northern France in the department of Seine-et-Oise, 3 M .

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Versailles at the end of the old park of Louis XIV . Pop . (1906) 2696 . Its importance is due to the famous military school (ecole speciale militaire) in which See also:officers for the See also:cavalry and See also:infantry are trained . It was established in 1808 in the See also:convent which Madame de See also:Maintenon founded for the See also:education of See also:noble See also:young ladies in poor circumstances . See also:Racine's See also:Esther and Athalie were first acted here, having been written expressly for the pupils . Madame de Maintenon's tomb is still preserved in the See also:chapel . The convent was suppressed at the Revolution, and the gardens are now partly transformed into See also:parade-grounds . ST DAVIDS (Tyddewi), a cathedral town of See also:Pembrokeshire, See also:Wales, situated near the sea to the S.E. of St See also:David's Head, the most See also:westerly promontory of See also:South Wales . Pop . (1901) 1710 . St Davids is Io m. distant from the station of Letterston on the Great Western railway, and about 16 m. from See also:Fishguard to the N.E., and 16 m. from See also:Haverfordwest to the E .

The little town, locally known as " the city," stands in a lofty position See also:

east of the Cathedral Close, and consists of five streets, which converge on an open space called the See also:Cross Keys, formerly used as a See also:market-See also:place and distinguished by its High Cross, a single See also:shaft erect on a square base of six steps, restored in 1873 . From the cross a See also:lane leads westward to the See also:Tower See also:Gate, flanked by two See also:ancient towers in a ruinous See also:condition . From this point is obtained a superb view of the close with the cathedral and ruined palace in the valley of the Alun below, to which the rocky outline of Carn Llidi forms an imposing background . The cathedral church of SS . See also:Andrew and David, in spite of centuries of neglect and ill-advised alterations, remains the largest and most interesting See also:pile of ecclesiastical buildings in the Principality . It is largely built of a beautiful See also:purple-hued See also:sandstone, which is quarried locally . Its proportions are: length (exclusive of the Trinity and See also:Lady chapels), 2543 ft.; breadth of See also:nave and aisles, 513 ft.; breadth of transepts including tower, 116 ft.; and height of central tower, 116 ft . In spite of the antiquity of its See also:foundation, the earliest and See also:main portion of the existing fabric was erected under Bishop Peter de Leia (1176-1198) in the transitional See also:Norman-English style . See also:Bisi:op David See also:Martyn (129o-1328) built the Lady Chapel; Bishop Henry de See also:Gower (1328-1347), one of the greatest of ecclesiastical builders in Wales, made many additions in the Decorated style, including the stone See also:rood-See also:screen and See also:southern See also:porch; and Bishop See also:Edward See also:Vaughan (15o9-1522) erected the Trinity Chapel between the See also:choir and Lady Chapel . Under the last-named See also:prelate the magnificence of St Davids reached its height, but owing to the changes during the See also:Reformation and the unscrupulous rapacity of Bishop See also:William See also:Barlow (1536-1548) the fabric suffered severely; nor was it spared later during the See also:Civil See also:Wars, when the Lady Chapel, the aisles of the See also:presbytery, and even the transepts were unroofed and partially dismantled . In 1793 the cathedral was repaired by See also:Thomas See also:Nash, who rebuilt the western front in a debased Perpendicular style . The work of much-needed restoration was carried out throughout the latter half of the 19th century, especially between 1862 and 1869, when Sir See also:Gilbert See also:Scott strengthened the building at a cost of over £43,000 .

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In 1873 Nash's incongruous work was replaced by a new See also:

facade intended to harmonize with the See also:original See also:design of Bishop de Leia, and at the be-ginning of the 20th century the Lady Chapel and Bishop Vaughan's chapel were restored in memory of Bishop See also:Basil See also:Jones (d . 1897) and of Deans See also:Allen and See also:Phillips . The interior of the nave, separated by six wide bays from the aisles, is singularly imposing with its See also:triforium and See also:clerestory windows . It possesses an elaborate roof of Irish See also:oak, the See also:gift of Treasurer See also:Owen See also:Pole (c . 1500) . The nave is divided from the choir by Bishop Gower's fine stone screen, whilst the choir itself contains the richly carved stalls erected by Bishop Tully (1460-1481), the episcopal See also:throne, and an elegant oaken screen that serves to See also:separate choir and presbytery . The painted roof (freely restored) exhibits the coats-of-arms of Bishops Tully and See also:Richard See also:Martin, Treasurer Owen Pole and other benefactors . The eastern See also:wall of the choir has been greatly altered by the addition of modern Venetian See also:mosaic designs in the original See also:lower triplet of See also:lights, and by the insertion of See also:lancet windows in place of a large Perpendicular window of the 15th century . Bishop Vaughan's chapel contains fine Tudor See also:fan vaulting, and the Lady Chapel See also:good decorated See also:sedilia . The cathedral, before the Reformation, was remarkably See also:rich in sculptured tombs and monuments, but manyof these have perished and all the See also:brasses have disappeared . In the presbytery stands prominent the See also:altar tomb with modern brasses inserted of See also:Edmund Tudor,