Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-12-10

The Biggest Things. n
The largest theatre ia the world IS
the new Opera House ia P,sris. Il
covers nearly three acres Of ground;
its cubic mass is 4, 28T, 900 feet; it
cost about Toe, OOO, 600 francs. The
largest suspension bridge is the one
between New York city and Brooklyn;
the length OF the main span is / ,595
feet inches; the entire length OF the
bridge IS $3.50 feet. The Hottest act
ivevolcano is Popocatapetl- '.smok-
ing mountain -thirty-five miles
southwest Of Puebla, Mexico, it is
17,74s feet above the sea level and
has q crater three miles in circumfer-
ence and a thousand feet deep. The
longest span Of wire in the world is
used for a telegraph in India over the
river Kistnah. Its more than 5000
feet in length and 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
29,627 tons burden, 1913 gross and
1894 net register.
The greatest fortress, from a strate-
gical point of view. is the famous
stronghold OF Gibraltar. It occupies
a rocky peninsula jutting out into the
sea, about three miles long and three
quarters Of q mile wide. One central
rock rises to g. height OF / ,435 feet
above the sea level. Its northern face
Is almost perpendicular, while it's east
side is full Of tremendous precipices.
On the south it terminates in what is
called Europa Point. The west side
is less steep than the east, and be-
tween it's base and the sea is the mar
row, almost level span on which the
town OF Gibraltar is built. The for
tress is considered lmpregnable to mil
ltary assault. The regular garrison
in time of peace numbers about seven
thousand.
The biggest cavern is the Mammoth
Cave in Edmonson county, Kentucky,
1t is near Green river, about six miles
from Cave City, and twenty eight from
Bowling Green. The cave consists of
succession of Irregular chambers.
some of which are large, situated on
different levels. Some OF these are
traversed by navigabe branches of the
subterranean Echo river. Blind fish
are found in It's waters.
The longest tunnel in the world is
that of the St. Gothard, on the line
ofrailroad between Lucerne and Milan.
The summit of the tunnel is 900 feet
below the surface at Andermatt, and
$500 feet beneath the peak of Kastel-
horn OF the St. Gothard group. The
tunnel is 26 LIZ feet wide and is l8
feet 10 inches from the floor to the
crown OF the arched roof. 1t is nine
IL miles longer than the Mount Cents
Tunnel
The biggest trees in the world are
the mammoth trees of California.
One Of q grove in Tulare county, &C.
cording to measurements made by
members Of the State Geological Sur
vey, was shown to be 276 feet in
height, 1O8 feet in circumference at
base, and 76 feet at point IL feet
above the ground. Some of the trees
are 376 feet high and 81 feet in diam
eter. Some Of the largest that have
been felled Indicate an age OF from
1000 to $500 years.
The largest library is the Bibio-
theque National in Paris, founded bv
Louis XIV. It contains 100000
volumes, 100000 pamphlets, ITS, 600
manuscripts, 100000 maps and
charts, and $50, 900 coins and medals.
The collection OF engrayings exceeds
1,3OO,O contained in some 10000
volumes. The portraits number about
100000.
The largest desert is that of Sahara,
a vast region Of Northern Africa, ex-
tending from the Atlantic Ocean on
the west to the valley OF the Nile on
the east. The length from east to
west is about 5000 miles, it's average
breadth about 900 miles, it's area
about 100000 square miles. Rain
falls in torrents IN the Sahara at in.
tervals OF five, ten and twenty years.
In sumner the heat during the day is
excessive, but the nights are often
cold. In winter the temperature is
sometimes below freezing point. The
greatest pyramid is that of Cheops,
one OF the three pyramids forming the
Memphis Group, situated on plateau
about 1877 feet above the level of the
highest rise in the Nile. Its dinlen-
sions have been reduced by the re-
moval OF it's outer portions to furnish
stone for the city of Cairo. It's ma,
sonry consisted originally OF S9,O28,.
900 cubic feet and still amounts tc
82,111, 900 feet. The present verti
cal height is $50 feet, against 479 feet
originally. The total weight of the
stone is estimated at 6,3l6,OOO tons
The largest bell in the world is thu
great bell OF Moscow, at the foot o
the Kremlin. Its circumference q,
the bottom is nearly So feet and its
height more than FL feet. In it's stout
est part it is % inches thick and it's
weight has been computed to be 443 ;
1922 pounds. It has never been hung
Bad Americans In Japan.
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