The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-11-27
The Biggest Things.

1t covers nearly three acres Of
ground; its cubic mass is 4, 2S7000
feet; cost about 100000, 10 francs.
The largest suspension bridge Is
the one between New York and
Brooklyne the main span is
$3.50 feet. The loftiest active
volcano Popoeatapetl smoking
mountain thirty-five miles
southwest of Pueblo, Mexico; it
is l6,7 feet ebava tn f1Act tiezel
and has crater three miles in
circumference and 1000 feet deep.
The longest span Of wire in the
world for a telegraph is in India
over the river Kistllh. Ii is more
than 5000 feet in length aud Is
1900 feet high. The largest ship
in the world is the Great Eastern
She is $50 feet long, So feet broad
and 60 feet deep, being 2s,627 tons
burden, 1898 gross and 1924
net register.
The greatest fortress, from u
strategieal point of view, is doubt
less the famous old stronghold of
Gibraltar. 1t occupies rocky
peninsula, cutting out into the sea,
about three miles long and three
quarters of mile wide. One
central rock rises to a height o.
1875 feet above the sea level, Its
northern face is almostperpendieu-
lar, while its east side is full of
tremulous preeipices. On the
south it terminates in what is call
ed Europa point. The west side
is less steep than the east, and be-
tween its base and the sea is the
narrow almost level span on which
the town of Gibraltar is built The
fortress is considered impregnable
to military assault, The REGULAR
garrison in times of peace numbers
about 1919.
The biggest cavern is the Nam
81 9th cave in Z Bnansaq-e1 county.
Kentucky. 1t is near Green river,
about six miles from Cave City,
and twenty-eight from Bowlin
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 navigablebranch-
es of the subterranean Echo ri} er.
Blind fish are found in its wa
ters.
The longest tunnel in the world
is that Of the St. Gothard on the
line Of railroad between Lucerne
and Milan. The summit of the
tunnel is 300 feet below the surface
Andermatt and 5000 beneath the
peak of Kastelhorn of the st.
Gothard group. The tunnel is rs!
feet wide and is IS feet 10 inches
from the floor to the crown Of the
arched roof. 1t is nine and a half
miles long, one and one-eight
miles longer than the Mount Gents
tunnel
The biggest trees in the world
are the mammoth trees of Califor-
MIA, One of grove in Tulare
county, according to measure
ments made by members Of the
State geological survey, was shown
to be 276 feet hight, l03 feet in
circumference at base, and 76 feet
at point II feet above the ground.
Some of the trees are 376 feet high
and "a feet in diameter Some of
the largest that have beeu felled
indicate an age OF from 1000 to g.
500 years.
The largest library is the Bib
liotheque National in Paris, found
ed by Louis XIV. Itcontaines L.
100000 volumes, 100000 pamph-
lets, $4,000 manuscripts, 100000
maps and charts, and 100000 coins
and medals. The collection of en-
cravings exceeds l, 100000, contain
ed in some 10000 volumnes. The
portraits number about 100000.
The largest desert is that of
| Sahara, a vast region of Northern
Africa, extending from the Allan
tic ocean on the east. The length
from east to the west is about 300C
miles, its area about 100000
! squrae miles. Rain falls in tor
rents in the Sahara at interval.
Of FIVE, ten and twenty years. In
summer the heat during the day is