The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-10-20
SOME BIG THINGS.

The best record IN SIX DAYS gO-as
you-please-race is that made by Georg
Hazel, who covered 6OO4 miles in Madi
son Square Garden on March 4th of thi
year.
Jumbo is the largest elephant in tn,
civilized world. He is II feet g inche
in height The measurement Of his ear
when Outspread is 10 feet, and he Cal
reach upward 26 feet with his trunk.
Mr. Jacob G.. Rupp. near Camp Hill
Pa. has a corn stalk that measures /
feet q inches, and is not done growing
vet. He says that a number of stalk!
will measure IA feet and that the whole
field will average from u to Is feet.
The largest body of'fresh water on thC
globe is Lake Superior. 1t is 400 mile:
long, 100 miles wide at its gIeatesi
breadth and has an area of -, 600 square
miles. It's mean depth is said to be 20C
feet and its greatest depth about SOC
fathoms It's surface is 635 feet above
the sea.
Mr.. Joseph Baker, of Lancaster, Pa.
has a tomato that measures II inches in
circumference, 81 inches in diameter,
and weighs "a pounds. -Four tomatoes
very nearly as large as this one have
grown on the same stalk and the united
weight Of the five is 104 pounds. They
are of the Paterson variety.
Fortress Monroe is the largest single
fertilization in the world. 1t has aITea-
dy cost the Government over 50, 900, 600.
The water battery IS considered one of
the finest military works in the world.
The loftiest active volcano is POpOca-
peti Smoking mOunJain), thirJy-fve
miles southwest of Pueblo, Mexico 1t
is II. 7S4 feet above the sea level. has a
crater three miles in circumference and
1000 feet deep.
The longest span of wire is used for a
telegraph in India over the river Kistnah
between BeZOTa and Sectanagrum. 1t
is more than 1900 feet long and is
stretched between TWO hills, each l. POO
feet high.
The largest ship is the Great Eastern.
She is $50 feet long, SO feet broad and 30
feet deep, being p. g27 burden, Is. GIG
gross and 13, 334 net register. She was
launched January 31E1857
The largest tunnel in the world is that
of st. Gothard, on the line of railroad
between Lucerne and MINI. The sum
NIT of the tunnel is $50 feet below the
surface at AndeTmatt. and 6,GOO feet
beneath the peak of Kastelhern, OF the
st. Gothard group. The tunnel is 264
floor to the crown of the arched roof.
1t is o miles long, 1 : miles lOngersthan
the Mt. Cents tunnel.
The most extensive cavern is the Nam
moth Cave, in EdmOnsOn county. Nv.
1t is near Green river, ten miles from
Cave City. ana about twenty-eight miles
from Bowling Green. The cave consists
Of a succession OF irregular chambers.
some of which are large, situated on diff
ferent levels. Some of these are ira
versed by navigabIe branches Of the
subteTTaueaH Echo river. Blind fish are
found in its waters.
The largest trees are the mammoth
trees in California. One of grove in
Tular county, according to measurement
made by members of the State GeOlOgi-
cal Survey, was shown to be 276 feet
high, l66 feet in circumference at base.
and rs feet at a point y feet above the
ground. Some Of the trees are 376 feet
high and 81 feet in diameter. Some of
the largest that have been felIed indicate
al age of from 1000, to ?, 800 years.
The largest inland sea is the Caspian.
lying between Europe and Asia. Its
greatest length is T6O miles, its greatest
breadth 27O miles. and its area 1SO. 600
square miles. Great Salt Lake in Utah.
which may be properly termed an inland
sea. is about 80 miles long. and has
varying breadth of from 50 to 25 miles.
It's surface is 4,2OO feet above the sea,
whereas the surface Of the Caspian is S4
feet below the ocean level
The largest empire in the world is
that of Great Britain. comprising s. j57.-
Cos square miles, more than a sixth part
of the land of the globe, and embracing
under its rule nearly a sixth part of the
population of the world. In territorial
extent the United States ranks third.
containing 3,58O,242 square miles. in
Guiding Alaska; in population it ranks
fourth with its 1000. 600 people. Rus
sia ranks seconds. .352, ,94Oisquare'miIes.
The highest mOnOlith is the obelisk
at Karuak, Egypt. Karnak is on the
east bank of the Nile, near Luxor, and
occupies a part of the site of an ancient
Theb The Obelisk is ascribed to Hat
asu, sister of Pharaoh ThOthmes Ill.
who reigned about 1,6OO b. c. LIS
whole length is Id feet ; its weight 400
tons. It's height, without pedestal, is
fOS feet 10 inches. The height of the
obelisk iu Central PARK. without pedes-
tai, is 6S feet II inches its weight
about 16S tons.
The Chinese wall is the largest wall
in the world 1t was built by the first
emperor OF the Tain dynasty, about 22O
B. c., as a protection against Tartars.
China. and is carried over the highest
hills. through the deepest valleys, across
rivers and every other natural obstacle.
It's length is 1.2jO miles Including
parapeJ OF . feet, thickness at the base
q feet and at .he top Is feet. Towers
or bas,luus occur at interV ais of about
100 yards
The largest library is the Bibliotheque
National IN Paris, founded by Louis X
". It contains !, 400. 600 volumes. 30
O,OOO pamphlets, l75, 900 coins and med
ais. The collection of engravings ex-
ceeds l.30O, 600 contained in some 10
600 volumes The building which con-
tains these treasures is situated on the
Rue Bichelieu Its length is $40 feet.
its breadth l3O feet. The largest libra
~ in New York, in respect of separate
works IS the Astor. About 100, 900 vol
umes are on its shelves
Among the most remarkable natural
echoes is that of Eagles Nest. on the
banks of Killarney, in Ireland, which re-
peats bugle call until it seems to be
sounded from a hundred Instruments
and that on the banks of the Naha, be-
tween Bingen and CJblentz. which re-
peats sound seventeen times. The
most remarkable artificial echo known is
that IN the Castle of SinmOneLte. about
two miles from Milan. Ii is Occasioued
by the existence OF two parallel walls Of
considerable length. II repeats the re-
port of a pistol sixty times.
The largest bell in the world is the
great bell OF Moscow, ut the foot Of the
kremlin. It's circumference at The bot
tom is nearly 5S feet. and its height
more than q feet In its stoutest part
1t Is p inches thick, and its weight has