The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-07
Some Big Things.

The highest range of mountains is the
Himalayas, the mean elevation being esti-
mated from 10000 to $4,000 feet.
The greatest cornet player is Levy. He
measures ffty-six inches around the chest,
and is said to have the largest lungs of any
musician in the world.
The biggest royal eater since the death
of the Emperor Maximinus is Cetywayo,
King of the Zulus. He ate thirteen
pounds of steak for dinner.
Within radius of eight miles of San
ford, Fla, there are 1892 orange groves
containing 165, ,235 trees The State pro-
duces over $4,000, 900 oranges.
The best record in six days go-as-you-
please race is that made by George Hazael,
who covered 6OO5 miles in Madison Square
Garden, New York, on March 4, 1882.
The Pennsylvania Railroad s new locomo-
tive Jumbo has seven feet driving wheels,
and has drawn train from Philadelphia
to Jersey City, distance of ninety miles,
in eighty minutes.
The largest diamond cutting house is in
Amsterdam, where they employ 400 men.
The famous Kohinoor diamond was cut
there. The cutters make from 81 to $12,
and even $14 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
q H. b,;Jrro 10 K 900 foot
Fortress Monroe is the largest single
fortifcation in the world. 1t has already
cost the Government over $4,000, 900.
The water battery is considered one of the
finest military works in the world.
Jumbo is the largest elephant in the
civilized world He is IL feet inches in
height. The measurement Of his ears
when outspread is Is feet, and he can
reach upward 26 feet with his trunk.
The loftiest active volcano is Popocate-
petl (smoking mountain), 35 miles south
west of Pueblo, Mexico. tits 1874 feet
above the sea level, has 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 Bezorah 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 Ok
ford, England. 1t consists of twenty-five
colleges and five halls. Oxford was the
seat of learning in the time of Edward the
Confessor. It claims to have been found
ed by Alfred. bs
The largest ship is the Great Eastern.
She is $50 feet long, 83 feet broad, and so
feet deep, being q, ,927 tons burden, IS ,915
gross and IL, ,344 net register. She was built
at Millwall, on the Thames, and was launch
ed JAN 81, 1857.
The most extensive park is Deer Park,
in the environs of Copenhagen, Denmark.
The enclosure contains about 200 acres,
and is divided by small river. The largest
pleasure ground in this country is Fairmount
Park, Philadelphia, which contains 2,74O
acres. 3ahp -oago as
The big bridge across the Kinzua chasm
on the Erie extension, fifteen miles south
of Bradford, Pa, was completed Septem-
Der 1st, and trains will soon be running
over it. The bridge is a symmetrical iron
structure, and is the highest in the world,
the centre span being 301 feet in height,
and the length Of the structure is 2,060
feet.
The largest trees are the mammoth trees
in California. One Of a grove in Tulare
county, according to measurement made
by members of the State Geological Sur
vey, was shown to be 276 feet high, LOG
| feet in circumference at base, and rs feet