Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-23
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SOME BIG THINGS.
From the New York SUM-

From the New York SUM-
The biggest steal the Pension
steal.
The biggest man in Boston-John
l.. Sullivan.
The man with the heaviest mind
Henry Ward Beecher.
The greatest philosopher in Wall
street-Uncle Rufus Hatch.
The most truly good man-DeacOn
Richard Smith OF Cincinnati.
The greatest obituary bard is Geo.
Washington Childs, A. NJ, of Phila.
delphia.
The three biggest railroad kings
W. H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould and
Russell Sage.
The biggest fraud-the fraud by
in the White House.
Master Warner of Atlantic. Iowa,
is not yet 4 years old, but he weighs
nearly 400 pounds
The biggest diamond in New York
city is worn by Dock Commissioner
Jacob Vanderpool.
The greatest avy IN the world is
that of England. The most invisible
one is the United States navy.
The most wicked men-S. Romeo
Reed aud Kyd or Kidd. partners OF
the good Deacon Richard Smith.
The highest range of mountains II
the Himalayas, the mean elevation he
ing estimated from $4,000 to 10000
feet.
Kentucky has no great fresh water
lakes, but it has great whisky distill'
cries, aud the natives do not feel the
loes Of fresh water much.
The biggest royal eater since the
death of the Emperor Maximinus IL
Cetywayo. King of the Znlus. He
ate thirteen pounds of steak for Il
dinner.
The greatest cornet player is Levy
He measures fifty-.ix inches around
the chest, and is said to have tire larg.
est lungs of any musician i'll the world
The best record in a six days 60 as
you-please-race 10 that made by Geo
.Razel, who covered 600 l.8 miles in
Madison Square Garden on March
of this year.
Tic fafgest suspension bridge viii
be the one now building between
Brooklyn and this city. The length
OF the main span is 1885 feet 6 inches
The entire length of the bridge il
$3.50 feet.
The Pennsylvania railroads now
locomotive Jumbo has seven-feet driv
ing wheels, aud has drawn a trail
from Philadelphia 10 Jersey City, 8
distance of ninety miles, in eighty
minutes.
Mr.. John Sayer Of Danielsville
Ga, recently killed q large hawk. L
measured 4 feet 10 inches from tip &c
tip of it's wings, and 81 inches from
the tip of the front to the tip of Thu
back claw.
Jumbo is the largest elephant in thu
civilized world. He is II feet 6 inches
in height. The measurement of hi!
ears when Outspread is Is feet, and hi
a reach upwards of 26 feet with hi,
trunk.
Probably the biggest feet are thos,
of a Chicago girl named Lizzie Me t.
They are said 10 measure l69 inches
each. 1t is reported that she ono.
kicked a young man .fracturimg hi
spine.
Fortress Monroe is the largest sin
gle fOrtiication in the world. 1t has
already cost the government owe,
S.. 900. The waIer battery is con
sidered DIE of the finest military
works in the world.
The lOftiest active volcano is Popo
catepetl (smoking mo%untain). thirty.
five miles southwest of Pueblo, Mex.
leo. 1t is 1874 feet above the sc,
level. has a crater three miles in cir.
conference and 1000 :eet deep.
The longest span of wire Is used fol
q telegraph n India over the river
Klsuah, between Bezorah aud Sec
tanagrum. 1t is more than 5000 fee
long, and is stretched between twt
hills. each 1900 feet high.
The largest university is Oxford, il
Oxford, England. 1t cons,sts o
twenty-five colleges and five halls
Oxford WAS the seat Of learning il
the time of Edward the Eonfessor. i
claims TO have been founded by Al.
fred.
The largest ship is the Great Eastern
She is $50 feet long. SO feet broad, ant
60 feet deep, being %, 927 tons burden
1875 gross aud IL 344 net register
She vas built at MillwalI, on tn,
ThamGs, and was launched Jan. 81
1867.
Mr.. Jacob &. Rupp. near Cam
Hill, Pa, has a cora stalk that meas
ures IA feet y inches, and is not don,
growing yet. He says that a number
of stalks will measure IA feet, amt
that the whole field will average from
II TO - feet.
The most extensive park is Deel
Park, in the enVirOus OF Copeubagou
Denmark. The enclosure Contain!
about 1920 acres, and is divided by
small river. The largest pleasur,
ground in this country is Fairmoun
Park. Philadelphia, which contain
2,740 acres.
Orange county, New York. ant
Sussex county, New Jersey. max,
more applejack in II year than an,
other two counties IN the United
States. Last year 12O, 900 gallons wer,
made, aud the government got 800,
600 revenue. This year the cstlipat
is 4 10000 gallons.
The largest body of fresh water OF
the globe Is Lake Superior. 1t is 40
miles long, 160 miles WIDE at it
greatest breadth. and has an area G
$4,000 square miles. Its mean dept
Is said to be 200 feet. n its creates
depth about 900 fathoms. Its surfac
is 635 feet above the sea.
Mi. Joseph Faker of Lancaster, Pa
has q oInat that measures II inche
in circumference, 5! iuches i'll dian
eter, aud weighs 2 4 pounds. Fou
tomatoes very nearly as large as thi
II have grown on the same stall
and the united weight OF the five
10 IA pounds. They are of the Pa
erson variety.
The largest tunnel in the world
that of st. Gothard, Oh the line
railroad between Lucernc and Milal
The summit of the tunnel ia 800 ie,
below the surface at Auderiaatt, al
$500 feet beneath the peak of Haste
horn, of the ST. Gothard group. III
tunnel is 26t feet wide, and 10 feet
inches from the floor to the crown
the arched roof. 1t is 9! miles Ion