Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-10
GREATEST THINGS on EARTH.


THE highest range OF mountains is the
Himalayas, the mean elevation being es-
tlmated at from 10000 20 I9, 0O0 feet.
THE loftiest mountain is Mount Ever
est or Guarisanker, Of the Hinalaya
range, having an elevation OF 90, 002 feet
above the sea level.
THE largest theater is the new Opera
House In Paris. It covers nearly three
acres of ground. It's cubic mass is f.
287, 600 feet. 1t cost about 100000, 900
francs.
The largest suspension bridge viii be
the one now building between New York
and Brooklyn. The length OF the main
span is / ,595 feet 6 inches; the entire
length Of the bridge, $3.50 feet.
THE lofties5 active volcano is Popocat-
apetl-'' smoking mountain "--thirty-fve
miles southwest of Pueblo, Mexico. It
is 1874 feet above the sea level and
has a crater three miles n circumference
and ], 900 feet deep.
THE largest island IN the world, which
is also regarded as q continent, is Aus
tralia. 1t is 9, 500 miles in length from
east to west, and measures 1850 miles
from north to south. It's area is 2, 984,-
287 square miles.
The longest span Of wire in the world
is used for q telegraph IN India, over the
river Kistnah, between Bezorah and
Sectanagrund. Il Is more than G, 900
feet long, and is stretched between two
hills, each Of which is ], 200 feet high.
TIE largest ship in the world is the
Great Eastern. She is $50 feet long, SO
feet broad and SO feet deep, being %. 927
tons burden, 18, 915 gross and 70, 324ne6
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,
4ifty-five 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 Suparior-A00 miles long,
$50 miles wide at its greatest breadth,
and having an area Of $4,000 square
miles. Its mean depth is said to be $50,
and it's greatest depth about 200 fathoms.
Its 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 Enclosure contains about
1900 acres, and is divided by small
river. The largest pleasure ground in
this country, and one Of the largest in
the world, is Paramount Park, Philadel-
! rhia which contains q TN oct.nc
HE biggest cavern is the Mammoth
/ cave, in Edmondson county, Ky. It is
near Green river, six miles from Gave
City, and about twentT-eight miles from
Bowling Green. The cave consists of Il
succession OF irregular chambers, some
OF which are large. situated on different
levels. Some CT these ave trayersed by
navigabie branches Of the 8ubterranean
Echo river. Blind fish are found III its
waters.
TIE 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 $50 Feet below the
surface at A1ldermatt, and 800 feet be-
meath the peak Of Kastelhorn, Of the st.
Gothard group. The tunnel IS 26I feet
wide, and 10 feet 10 inches from the
floor to the crown OF The arched roof.
It is 8! miles long-15 miles longer than
the I'LL. Gents tunnel
THE biggest trees in TIE world are the
mammoth trees OF California. One Of
grove Il Tulare county, according to
measurement made by members Of The
State Geological Survey, was shown 10
be 276 feet high, 105 feet in cirou1afer-
ence at the base, and rs feat at point
L feet above the ground. Some q the
trees are 3T6 feet high and 81 feet III
diameter. Some of the largest trees
that have been fe!Iel indicate an age OF
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