The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-10
Big Things.
hcrsr>rfrL1o 81 REMEMBERED.

The largest theatre in the world
Is the new Opera House In pari. II
eoves nearly three acres Of ground. its
cubic mas is l,2s7 800 feet; it cost about
100 ,0e0,Ooo francs
The largest suspension bridge * the
one bftween New York city and Brook
lfn he length Of the main S"an is .595
.erl inches; the entire length Of the
bridge is $3.50 feet
The loftics; active voic 10 s, Popocat-
aPci smoking N ,unt;tin -iliriV-nve
lniles southwest of l'uebla. Mexico: it *
LIDS feet above the sea lrvel and has a
crater three miles in circumference and II
Thousand feet deep
The longest span of wire in the worid
Is used for teleg aph in India over the
river kistnah II is more than G,01a feet
IN length and i, l,20O feet high
The largest ship in the world IS the
Great Eastern She is $50 feet lon4. -
feet broad and 80 feet deep. being = so
tons burden, ls,9l5 gross and l3.3Il net
register.
The greatest fortress, from n strategy
cal point of view, i the FUNGUS strong
hold of Gibraltar 1t occupies rocky
peninsula jutting out into the sea. about
three miles long and thrce-quarter. of
mile wide. One central rock rises TO
height OF l,435 feet above the sea level.
lis northern face Is almost perpendicular.
while its east side is full of tremendous
prceipices On the south it terminates
in what is called Europa Point. The
Wc>t side is less steep than the east and
between its base and the sea is the mar
row almost level span on which the own
# I.fl,puItur /.
considered impregnable to military as
sault. he 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 mile, from
Cave City, and - from Bowling Green
The cave consists of succession of IT.
regular chambers, somc of which are
large, situated on different levels Some
| of these are traver>cd by navigable
| branches of the Snbterranean Echo river
! Blind fish are found in its waters.
The longest tunnel in the world is that
of the st. Gotlard, ON the line Of railroad
| between Lueerue and Milan. The sum
nit of the tunnel is 800 feet below the
SUFFICE at Andcrmait. and G,Goe feet be
meath the peak of kastclhoru of The 81
Gotlard group. The tunnel is 26l feet
wide, and is Is feet 10 inches from the
/ floor to the crown of the arched roof 1t
| is - miles long, IS miles longer than
i the Mount Gents tunnel.
The biggest trees in the wurl are the
mammoth trees of California. One of IL
! grove in Tularc county. according to
/ measurements made by members of the
/ the State Geological survey, WAS shown
to be 20 feet in height, los feet in cir
conference at base and 7G feet at Il point
! II feet above ground, Some of the trees
! are 31G feet high and "a feet in diameter.
4 SoEle Of the largeS, that have been fcllcd
1 indicate an are of from 1900 to $500
/ years.
! The largest library l., the Bihliothcqnc
National in Paris, founded by Louis NV.
| 1t contains ,io0,Ou0 volumes, 300, 900
pamphlets, 1000 manuscripts, 300, 900
maps and charts and l50,000 coins and
medals ! he collection of cngraviugS
exceeds ,30o,ooai contained in some To-
| 0Do volumes. The portraits number
about 100000.
The largest desert is that of Sahara, a
vast region of northern Africa, extending
from the Atlantic ocean an the west to
the valley of the Nile on the east The
| length from east to west is about 1000
miles. its average breadth about 800 miles,
/ its area about > 1000. 0O0 square miles,
Rain falls in torrents in the Sahara AT
! intervals of five. ten and twenty years.
/ In summer the heat during the day is eX-
cessiye, but the nights are often cold,
/ In winter the temperature is sometimes
below freezing point
The greatest prymi! is that Of Chcops,
one of the three pryiuids forming the