Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-15
THE BIGGEsr THINGS.
x,,rrestirg Facts Uusefui when You Get
into AN Argument.

.r.t.ranffWE FACTS NN>fAha luu YET
into AN Argument.
q ,rhe LARGEST theater In the world Is the
.ow opera-house in Paris. It covers
nesrly three acres of ground; its cubic
4 rosss is PSI, 900 feet; 1t cost about 1907
& ooo 900 francs. The largest suspension
"A hr,dge Is between New York city aud
" prooklyn; the leugth of the main span Is
a Kos feet inches; the entire length
~ the bridge Is $3.50 feet. The loft.
,est active volcano Is Popocata-
. nsil - ''smoking mountain" - thirty
Z sve miles southwest OF Puebla, Mexico;
Ills Ii, 748 feet above the sea level and
has A crater three miles In circumference
and 1000 feet deep. The longest span OF
wire in the world IL used for II telegraph
IN india ove- the river Kistnah. 1t is
f more than 5000 eet 10 length apd is 1900
q iprt high. The lrgest ship IN the world
4 the Great Eastern she is $50 feet
ione. SO feet broad and go feet deep, be-
inc rs, 1927 tons burden, 1875 gross and
S44 net register.
The greatest fortress, from strategi-
e,l point OF view, Is the famous strong
hold of Gibraltar. II occupies rocky
neninsula iuttiug out Into the sea, about
.ihree miles long and three quarters of
mile wide One central rock rises to
D height OF 1856 feet above the sea level.
It's northern face is almost perpendicular,
& while its east side is full of tremendous
precipices. On the south it terminates In
what is called Europa Point. The west
slde is less steep than the east, and be-
tween It's base and the sea Is the narrow,
%almost level span on which the town OF
Gibraltar is built. The fortress is con-
sidefed impreguable to military assault.
The regular garrison in time of peace
Hhumbers about 1000
W The biggest cavern Is the Mammoth
CaFe in Edmonson county, Kentucky. 1t
= near Green river, about Six miles from
lave City, and twenty.e'gnt from Bowling
C.een. The cave consists OF a success
lon Of irregular chambers, some of
which are large, situated on different
,eyels. Some Of these are traversed by
haygable branches OF the subterranean
4 Eeh0 river. Blind nsa are found in its
RAiers.
The longest tunnel in the world is that
b the St. Goth rd, on the line of railroad
elween Lucerue and Milan. The sum
lnt OF the tunnel is 800 feet below the
surface at Andermait, and 5000 feet be-
heath the peak Of Kastelhosn of the st.
6olhard group. The tunnel is 265 feet
: wide, aud i, Is feet 10 inches from the
DOR TO the crown Of the aiched roof 1t
ls % miles long, / B miles longer than the
Mount Cents tunnel.
WA The biggest trees in the world are the
nammoth trees of California. One of a
grove in Tulare county, according to
measurements made by members of the
+ tti.e geological survey, was shown to be
ie feet in hei sht, los feet In circumfer-
4 pee at base, and seventy-siX feet at
pint twelve feet above ground. Some
.- the trees are $40 feet high aud thirty
Far feet in diameter. Some OF the
tfgest that have been felled indicate an
se Of from 2000 to 25O0 years.
4 The largest library Is the Bibliotheque
alional in Paris, founded by Louis XIV.
W contains 40 700 volumes, 500, 900
8anFhlets, l75. 600 manuscripts, 500 600
4 pais and charts ami loo, 900 coins and
.4edals. The collection of engravlngs
Exceeds 800 900, contained in some
goo volumes. The portraits number
bout loo, 600.
The largest desert IS that of Sahara,
psi region of Northern Africa, extending
ON thS Atlantic ocean on the west to
Pe valley Of the Nile ON the east. The
NF ngth from east o west Is about 5000
Piles, its average breadth about 900 miles,
area about 100000 square miles.
an TAILS In torrents on the Sahara at
f1elyals of FIVE, ten ani twenty years.
s summer the heat during the day is
Rces'ive, but the nights are often cold.
VA winter the temperature is sometimes
III lo~ free ing point. The graatest p T.
~; nj nld Is that OF Cheops, Que Vi the three
glamlds forming the Memphis
QUO, situated on plateau about
feet above the level OF
81 highest rise in the Nile. Its dimen-
9hs have been reduced by the removal
BIZ lhe outer portions To furnish stone for
Guy OF Cairo It's masonry consisted
iglnally Of S9,026 600 cubic feet, and
amounts To 50, III 900 cubic feet,
y present vertical height is 450 feet,
419 feet originally. The total
&Sist oil the stone is estimated at $780,
IONS. The largest bell in the world is
III. great bell of Moscow, at the foot Of
Aremlin. Its circumference at the
is nearly siXty-eight feet, and its
ssat more than twenty-one feet. In Its
ou'est part 1t is tweDty-three inches
cs, aud its weight is computed to be
'''zz pounds. 1t has never been hung.