Telegram-herald., 1888-09-15

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zlayss tie 1esa sies.s.sa selag ssta-
mated a. i, GO fest
fAe isft ezt snoEaE4ie y SosnS Everest.
o. oll&Fissa 4sr % tbe bszslaya rang~.
having a. elgFatio1 - - 80 fees sDess
t4s go .sssF
TIE izFgest pleasure grozns n tss
talssa St4,s &1a oas II tas L<Esesf "a tbs
~oria = fsaEoazs p4rh- n ll2axl pAi@.
s1ien ecntsils q l4s --res
FL Ee izIs@ss ths.tsF L tie ns~ 0psrs
house IL PARIS Il esssrs really Ihres
arr~s of groaut la euoss s.ass. I. -.
O0o feet L cost IS 20 60 tFaaes
TIE nost extensive para is Desr PARK
IA tas easiroas # OoP~ansg.~. Ia L~n
msrk Ihs i1c-osurs o0alztas 1ce
ares. snd Is digiced Oy a sEa~a rsEer-
ghs l4xresa clty Ia tas wossa 10 Lsn<sa
rs pogsL-@tloa Bzmasrs Z 1Sl so sssis
Sez fora With population u !. so coo.
comes ffth IA the hst Of great citie<
The largest cavern is AaIpmoth cave.
Ia Edmuads couegy. Ky Il i near Green
river 81 niles from Cave City ard about
twenty eight miles from Bssilas oreea-
Tie lsrsest iniaRs s-A is ,he Csspssn.
lTiBz bstw ean Europe ana Asa Ia great
est l@ngta Is 80 miles. iss EFe4isst sro-<ith
s70 milss Aad ia area $4,000 square
niles.
The largest island IN the worid-whieh
- aiso regarded As ooBttDoDt-ts Ans.
trahs Il - z 500 miles IN length frem
east % west and measap~s $50 miles
from a0rta 20 south. Its area Is 2. se+. PSI
square ailes-
The loftiest active volcano Is Popocat-
ep~tl smoking nsontstnl thirty i've
miles southwest Of Pue0ls. Mexico. IL
- Il. Ts4 feet above the sea level. sod has
a crater three miles IN circumference and
100 feet deep.
The biggest trees in the world are the
mammoth trees OF California One Of a
grove IN fulare county was saown 20 be-
2T8 feet high l06 feet in circumference
a. base and 76 feet At a point 12 feet
above the ground.
The longest tunnel in the world is that
Of ~ Gothsrd on the lire of railroad be-
tween Lucsrne and Milan. The tunnel Is
pa feet wide and 20 feet 10 inches from
the s0or 70 the crown Of the srohod roof.
IL is Q. miles long.
Of Great Britain. comprising 1867. .6oS
square miles-more than = sixth part Of
the land Of the globe and embracing un-
der it's rule nearly a sixth part Of the pop
ulation OF the world.
The largest span Of wire in the world
is used for telegraph in India over the
river kistuah between Besorah and Sec
tsuagrum. It is more than 5000 feet
II. l..
each of which is 200 feet high.
The largest ship in the world is the
Great Eastern She il $50 feet long. 81
feet broad and 60 feet deep ksing q, 927
tons builders. 1s,0l5 gross and IL. 844 net
register She was buiit at Millwall on
the Thames, and was launched Jan. 81,
1857.
The largest bell Is the great bell Of Mos
cow at the foot OF the Kromlip. It's cir
conference AZ the bottom is nearly IS fee,
and its height q little more than 81 feet
In its stoutest part it is % inches thick
and its weight has been computed to be
44S. 772 pounds
The largest body of fresh water on the
globe is Lake Superior-4o0 miles long
$50 miles wide at It's greatest breadth and
having an area of 81. 900 square miles II,
mean depth is said to be 30 and It's great
est depth 200 fathoms. Its surface /.
about 885 feet above the level Of the sea
The largest university Is Oxford. II
England. in the city Of the same name
fifty-fve miles from London. IL consists
OF twenty one colleges and FIVE halis
Oxford was a seat Of learning as early a.
the time Of Edward the Confcssor. Uni
versity college claims 10 have beer
founded by Alfred.
The highest tower IN the world will b.
the hafel tower when completed. IL,
height il % De nominally | 900 feet-act
uslly about $50 feet. The commission
controlling the finances of the exposition
have voted the subvention Of I, ,f25, ,0o'
francs asked by the inventor The tows
has been actually commenced.
The largest library is the Bibiiothiqu,
National in Paris. founded by Louis XIV
10 contains 400 900 volumes. 80c. oO'
pamphlets, 175. 900 manuscripts. 300 o0'
maps and charts and i60 0ch cnins snC
medals. The collection Of engravings ak
ceeds I 800. 600. contained in some f0. 0ol
volumes. The portraits number abou
1e0, 900.
The l-rgest desert is that OF Sahara
vast region of Northern Africa. extending
from the Atlantic OCEAN on tho west 4
tho valley Of the Eue on tho ssst tn
length from east to vest is sbout 3 %
miles. its average breadth about 80 miles
its area 1000 900 square miles. Rair
falls in torrents in ths sshsrs 1T interval
Of ave. ten and twenty years.