Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-07
THE G THINGS.
Interesting Facts Useful When you Get
Into an Argument and Want Ia Pulver-
ire the Other Man.


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The largest theater in the world IS the
Opera House in Paris. II covers nearly
three acres of ground; its cubic mas Is
4.2S1. 900 feet; cost about 100, OuO,OO
francs. The largest suspension bridge Is
the one between New York city and
Brooklyn; the main span Is 1885 feet =
inches: the entire length of the bridge l.
$3.50 feet. The Hottest active volcano l.
Popocatapetl- smoking mountain 81
miles south Of Pueblo. Mexico; it is l.. a.
feet above the sea level. and has a crater
three miles IN circumference and 1000
feet deep. The largest span OF wire IN the
world Is used for a telegraph in India over
the river Kistuah. II Is more than 5000
feet in length and Is 1890 feet high. The
largest ship in the world is the Great East
ern. She Is ESQ feet long. - feet broad
and 80 feet deep. being -, j21 tons burden,
1915 gross and 1884 net register.
The greatest fortress. from q StrateEcal
point ol view. Is doubtless the famous old
stronghold # Gibraltar. II occupies .
rocky peninsula, jutting ont into the sea,
about three miles long and three-quarterS
OF a mile wide. one central rock nseS 10
a height of l ,435 feet above the sea level.
It's northern face j. almost perpendicular.
while its east side i full OF tremulous
precipices. On the south 1t terminates in
what Is called 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 OF which the
town OF Gibraltar Is built. The fortress l.
| considered impregnable 20 military as
aulL. The regular garrison IN time OF
peace numbers about ZOO.
The biggest cavern Is the Mammoth
cave in EdmOnsOn county, Kentucky.
II Is near Green river. about SIX miles
from Cave City, and twenty-eight from
Bowling Green. The cave consists OF a
succession of irregular chambers, some OF
which are large. situated on different lev
els. Some Of these are traverSed by navl-
gable branches of she SubteTranean Echo
river. Blind fish are found il its waters.
The longest tunnel in the world Is that
of the st. Gothard on the line OF railroad
between Lucerne and Milan. The sum
nit OF the tunnel is 9O0. feet below the sur
iace at Andermatt and 5000 feet beneath
the peak Of KastelhOTn OF the st Gothard
group. The tunnel is 2G4 feet wide, n
Is i feet 10 inches from the floor TO the
crown OF the arched root. 1t l. nine n
a half miles long. one and one-elghth miles
longer than the Mount Gents tunnel.
The biggest trees In the world are the
mammoth trees Of California. One OF q
grove in Tulare country, according TO
measurements made by members Of the
State geological survey. was shown 10 be
go feet in height, los feet in circumter-
ence at base and 10 feet at 4 point II feet
above the ground. Some Of the trees are
$40 feet high and "a feet in diameter
Some Of the largest that have been felled
indicate an age Of from 1900 TO $500
years.
The largest library Is the BibhOtheque
National in Paris, founded by Louis NV.
II contains l,4OO, 900 volumes, 800, 900
pamphlets, lT3. ZOO manuscripts, 100000
maps and charts, and 10000 coins and
medals. The collection Of engrayingS ca
ceeds 1900. 600, contained in some 10. Oop
VOLUMES. The portraits number about
loo, 600.
The largest desert is that Of Sahara, a
vast region of Northern Africa, extending
from the Atlantic ocean on the west 10 the
valley OF the Nile on the east. The length
from east 10 west Is about 1900 miles, its
average breadth about 800 miles, its area
about Zoo, 600 square miles Rain falls
in torrents in the Sahara AZ intervals OF
five. ten and twenty years. In summer the
heat during the day is excessive, but the
nights are often cold. In winter the tenn
perature Is sometimes below freezing point.
The greatest pyramid Is that OF Cheops,
one Of the three pyramids forming
the Memphis group, situated on a
plateau about Is feet above the
level of the highest rise in the Nile. Its
dimensions have been reduced by the re-
moval Of the outer portions 10 furnish
stone for the city OF Cairo. It's masonary
consisted originally of s9,G2e,O0 0 cubic
feet and still amounts 10 o.. iii, 900 feet
The present vertical height Is $50 feet,
against 40 feet originally. The total
weightOf the stone is estimated al 2,3l6,-
600 tons. The largest bell in the world Is
great bell Of Moscow at the foot OF the
Kremlin. Its circumference at the bottom
Is nearly g. feet and It's height more b
p feet. In its StouteSt part 1t : Sinches
thick and its weight has been computed to
be 44S, T23 pounds II Sas never been
hung.