The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-27
Some Big Things.

inhcs' OUT IL mas great whisky distiller-
ries, and the natives do not feel the loss
OF fresh water much.
The biggest royal eater since the
death OF the Emperor Maximinus is Co
tewayo, King of the Zulus He ate thir-
teen pounds of steak for dinner.
The greatest cornet-player is Levy.
lie measures iifty-six inches around the
chest, ard is said to have the largest
lungs of any musician in the world.
The best record in six-days go-as-
you-please race is that made by George
Hazael, who covered 600A miles in Mad
ison Square Garden on March of this
year.
The largest diamond-cutting house
is in Amsterdam, where they employ
400 men. The famous Kohinoor dia-
mond was cut there. The cutters
make from So to Sl2, and even S14
day.
The largest suspension bridge will be
the one now building between Brooklyn
and New York. The length of the main
span is 1896 feet inches. The entire
length of the bridge is $3.50 feet.
The Pennsylvania Railroads new To-
connective Jumbo has 7-foot driving
wheels, and has drawn train from
Philadelphia to Jersey City, distance
of 80 miles, in 80 minutes.
Mr.. John Sayer, of Danielsville. Ca,
recently killed large hawk. 1t meas
ured four feet ten inches from tip to
tip of its wings, and 81 inches from the
tip of the front to the tip of the back
claw.
Jumbo is the largest elephant in the
civilized world. He is IL feet inches
in height. The measurement of his
ears when outspread is 10 feet, and he
can reach upward twenty-six feet with
his trunk.
Fortress Monroe is the largest single
fertilization in the world. 1t has al
ready cost the Government over $4,000,
600. The water battery is considered
one of the finest military works.in the
world.
The Hottest active volcano is Popoca-
tapetl Smoking mountain), thirty-fve
miles southwest of Pueblo, Mexico. 1t
is 1874 feet above the sea level, and
has crater three miles in circumference
and 1000 feet deep.
The longest span of wire is used for q
telegraph in India over the River Kist-
nah, betweenBezorah and Sectanagrum.
1t is more than 5000 feet long, and is
stretched between two hills, each 1900
feet high.
The largest university is Oxford, in
Oxford, England. 1t consists of twenty
five colleges and five halls. Oxford was
the seat of learning in the time of Ed
ward the Confessor. 1t claims to have
been founded by Alfred.
The largest ship is the Great Eastern.
She is $50 feet long, SO feet broad, and
60 feet deep, being 22,927 tons burden,
1875 gross, and 1884 net register
She was built at Millwall, on the
Thames, and was launched January 81,
1857.
Mr.. Jacob G. Rupp, near Camp Hill,
Pa, has cornstalk that measures IA
feet u inches, and is not done growing
yet. He says that o number of stalks
will measure fourteen feet, and the
whole field will average from twelve to
thirteen feet.
The most extensive park is Deer
Park, in the environs of Copenhagen,
Denmark. The inclosure contains
about 1900 acres, and is divided by a
small river. The largest pleasure
ground in this country is Fairmont
Park, Philadelphia, which contains 2, 74O
acres.
Orange county, New York, and Sus-
sex county, New Jersey, make more
appleiack in one year than any other
two counties in thei United States
Last year 100000 gallons were made.
and the Government got 800, 600 reve-
nue.. This year the estimate is 10000
gallons.
The largest body of fresh water on the
plobe is Lake Superior. 1t is 400 miles
long, 100 miles wide at its greatest
breadth, and has an area OF $4,000
square miles. Its mean depth is said to
be 200 feet, and its greatest depth about
900 fathoms. Its surface is $50 feet
above the sea.
The largest tunnel in the world is
that of st. Gothard, on the line of the
railroad between Lucerne and Milan
The summit of the tunnel is 900 feet
below the surface at Audermatt, and 6, =
600 feet beneath the peak Of Kastelhorn,
of the st. Gothard group. The tunnel
is 26A feet wide, and 10 feet 10 inches
from the floor to the crown of the arch
ed roof 1t is 81 miles long, 7-6 mile
mile longer than the Mt. Gems Tun-
mel.
The most extensive cavern is the
Mammoth Cave, in Edmondson county,
KY. It is near Green river, six miles
from Cave City, and about twenty-eight
miles from Bowling Green. The cave
consists of q succession of irregular
chambers, some of which are large, sit
uated on different levels. Some of these
are traversed by navigable branches OF
the subterranean Echo river Blind fish
are found in its waters.
The largest trees are the mammoth
trees in California. One of grove in
Tulare county, according to measure
ment made by members of the State
Geological Survey, was shown to be 276
feet high, 106 feet in circumference al
base, and 76 feet at a point twelve feet