Daily globe., 1882-09-10
GREATEST THINGS ON EARTH.

THE highest range of mountains is the
Himalayas, the mean elevation being es-
timated at from 10000 to I8, 600 feet.
THE loftiest mountain is Mount Ever
est or Guarisanker, of the Himalaya
range, having an elevation of 90, ,OO2 feet
above the sea level.
The largest theater is the new Opera
House in Paris. It covers nearly three
acres OF ground Its cubic mass is A.
267, 900 feet. It cost about 100000, 900
francs
The largest suspension bridge will be
the one nov building between New York
and Brooklyn. The length of the main
span is l 1896 feet inches; the entire
length OF the bridge, $3.50 feet.
The loftiest active volcano is Popocat-
apetl-st smoking mountain -thirty-tive
miles southwest of Pueblo, Mexico. It
is ,784 feet above the sea level, and
has crater three miles in circumference
and / 900 feet deep.
The largest island in the world, which
Is also regarded as continent, is Aus
tralia. 1t is 2, 800 miles In length from
east to west, and measures 1850 miles
from north to south. Its area is 1854
287 square miles.
The longest span of wire in the world
is used for telegraph in India, over the
river Kistnah, between Bezorah and
Sectanagrund It is more than 5000
feet long, and is stretched between two
hills, each of which is 1900 feet high.
The largest ship in the world is the
Great Eastern. She is $50 feet long, 83
feet broad and 60 feet deep, being %, ,927
tons burden, Is, ,9l5 gross and 13, 334 net
register. She was built at Millwali, on
the Thames, and was launched Jan.
81, 1857.
The largest university is Oxford, in
England, IN the city OF the same name,
hffty-ive miles from London. It con-
sists of twenty-one colleges and five
halls. Oxford was seat of learning as
early as the time of Edward the Confess
sor. University College claims to have
been founded by Alfred.
The largest body Of fresh water on the
globe Is Lake Superior-400 miles long,
160 miles wide at its greatest breadth,
and having an area of $4,000 square
miles. Its mean depth is said to be 160,
and it's greatest depth about 200 fathonls.
It's surface is about 635 feet above the
level of the sea.
The most extensive park is Deer Park,
in the enVirons Of Copenhagen, Den
mark. The inclosure contains about
1900 acres, and is divided by small
river. The largest pleasure ground in
this country, and one Of the largest IN
| II D.. d. 1o1
phia, which contains 2,740 acres.
THE biggest 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 a
succession of irregular chambers, some
of which are large, situated 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 tunnel in the world is that
of ST. Gothard. on the line of railroad
between Lucerne and Milan. The sum-
NIT of the tunnel is 900 feet below the
surface at Audermatt, and $500 feet be-
meath the peak of Kasteihorn, of the ST.
Gothard group. The tunnel is 264 feet
wide, and 19 feet 10 inches from the
floor to the crown of the arched roof.
It is 81 miles long-1s miles longer than
the Mt. Gems tunnel.
The biggest trees in the world are the
mammoth trees of California. One of a
grove in Tulare county. according to
measurement made by members Of the
State Geological Survey, was shown to
be 276 feet high, LOG feet in circumfer-
ence at the base, and 76 feet at point
12 feet shove the ground. Some OF the
trees are 376 feet high and Sd feet in
diameter. Some OF the largest trees
that have been felled indicate an age OF
from 1000 to 2,5G0 years.