Evening star., 1886-10-16
TINE BIG6EgT THINGS.
Interesting FAets Useful When Yea
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From the Philadelphia Times
The largest theater In the world IN the new
| Opera House In Paris. 1t covers nearly three
acres Of ground; its cubic mass Il 4,2e7, 900
feet; 1t cost about LOG, ,000, 900 francs. The
largest suspension bridge is the one between
New York city and Brooklyn; the length Of the
main span IL 1.595 feet inches; the entire
| length Of the bridge is &, $50 feet The lof.iest
active volcano II Popocatapetl-s'snaoking
ountain"-thirty.nve miles southwest OF
Puebla, Mexico; 1t Is Il, ,74S feet above the sea
| level and has crater three miles in circum-
| ference and . thousand feet deep. The longest
span OF wire In the world is used TOR telegraph
In India over the river Kistnah. It is more than
5000 feet in length and is 200 feet high. The
largestship In the world is the Great Eastern.
deep @ ,ses Sseaa nae So
and h. ,344 net register.
The greatest fortress. from strategical point
II occupies rocky peninsula juttipg out into
the sea, about three miles long and three-quar-
ters OF mile wide. One central rock rises to q
height OF ,435 feet above the sea level. Its
northern face is almost perpendicular, while
| its east side Is full of tremendous precipices.
Europa Point The west side is less steep than
the east, and between its base and the sea Is
tne narrow. almost level span on which the
aidered impregnable to military assault. The
regular garrison In time Of peace numbers
bVOoS S6v0n Lh00S8nQ.
The biggest cavern is the Mammoth Cave in
Edmonson county. Kentucky. It is near Green
river, about 6 miles from Cave City. and %
so%e Of which hi
are large, situated on different levels. Some OF
tnese are tfAversed by navigable branches OF
Ines tns ssu,nterranean Echo river. Blind fish are
The longest tunnel In the world is that of the
81: Gothard, on the line Of railroad between Lu-
cerne ana Milan. The mmit of the tunnel is
0OO feet below the surface at Andermatt and
$500 feet beneath the peak OF KasteIhoru Of the
and is is ieet 10 inches from the fi1or 70 The;
crown of the arched roof It is Ga miles lorlg,
Ia miles longer than the Mount Cenis tunnel
moth trees OF California. One of q grove In
auaSre county, according to measurements
feet In circumference at base and 76 feel 1T a
point y feet above ground. Some OF the trees
are 376 ieet high and "a feet in diameter. some
Of the largest tnat have been felled Indicate an
age OF from 1000 to $500 years.
The largest library ~ the BibliotheQue Ma
:sia: 900 % Soia@es sooooo Ss x pamphisss M sHa
IIo,O0O manuscripts, 3OO,OOO maps and charts
~ and 1000 coins ana medals; The collection
sS, some 1v,VoO volumes. The portraits number
The largest desert is that of Sahara, q vast re-
gion Of northern Africa, extendine from the
AAtiantic ocean on the west to the valley OF the
Nile on the east. The length from east to west
NS0~As OsOOO uAeSs JtS average breadth about
oO0 miles, It's area about 2,OUO.O 900 square
miles. hain falls in torrents liz the sahara at
intervals Of five, ten and twenty years. In
put the nights are often cold. In winter the
temperature Is sometimes below freezing point.
the three pyramids forming the Memphis group,
situated On u plateau about 1877 feet above the
levei Of the highest rise in the Nile. Its di-
mehsi0ns have been reduced by the removal Of
Inc outer portions TO furnish stone for the city
o. o cairo: It's masonry consisted originally OF
SS,0@SOOO cubic feet, and still amounts 10
oz,i1A ,oOO feet The present vertical height Is
400 ieet against 479 feet originally. The total
weiyht OF the stone is estimated at 6, 6,3I8, 900
IONS. Inc largest bell iE the world is the great
beil OF Moscow, at the foot Of the Kremiin. It's
circumference at the bottom is nearly SO feet
anu Its height more than 81 feet In its stout
never been hung.