St. Landry democrat., 1888-10-06

to be 276 feet high, log feet in circun
ference at base and rs feet at poin
/ twelve feet above the ground. Some O
the trees are $50 feet high and IS fee
In diameter. Some OF the largest tha
have been felled indicate an age of from
1000 to $500 years.
line largest inland sea is the Caspian
lying between Europe and Asia. Its
greatest length is 760 miles, it's greatest
breadth 270 miles, and it's area 10000
square miles The Great Salt Lake, ir
otah' which may be properly termed ar
| inland sea, is about 80 miles long, and
| mas a varying breadth of from 20 to e
miles. Its surface is 1920 feet above
the sea, whereas the surface of the
Caspian is 81 feet below the level of the
ocean.
The largest EN- pire in the world is
that OF Great Britain, comprising 1861
goo square miles-more than a sixth
part OF the land of the globe, and EN-.
oraclng under it's rule nearly a sixth
part OF the population of The world. In
territorial extent the United States
ranks third, containing 1851, 24s square
miles, including Alaska. In population
1t ranks fourth, with its 10000, 600 of
people Russia ranks second, having
$3.50, $40 square miles.
The highest monelith is the obelisk
at haruak, in Egypt. Karuak is on the
east bank of the Nile, near Luxe> aid
occupies a part of the site of ancient
Iheoes. The cbelisk is ascribed to
datasu, sister of Pharaoh Thothmas
Ill, who reigned about 1900 8. c. Its
whole length is 80 1eet and it weighs
4oo tens. Its height without pedestal
is l0S feet 10 inches. The height of
the obelisk in Central Park, New York
City, without pedestal, is 50 feet Ii
inches, its weight about 1869 tons.
The largest bell is the great bell of
MOSCOW, at the foot OF the Krennlin,
Its circumference at the bottom =
nearly sixty-eight feet ard It's height a
little more than twenty-one feet. In
its stoutest part it is twenty-three inches
thlck' and its weight he's been com
puted to be 443,772 pounds It has
never been hung, and was probably cast
On the spot where it now stands 4
piece of the bell ia broken off. The
fracture Is SUPPOSED to have been occa-
stoned by water having been thrown
upon it when heated by the building
erected over it being on fire.
The greatest wall in the world is The
Chinese Wall, built by the first Emper-
or of Tain dynasty, about 221 B. c., as
a protection against Tarta.s. 1t ira
verses the northern boundary of China
and is carried over the highest hills,
the deepest valleys, across
rivers and every other natural OBJ
stacle. Its length is 1850 miles. In
Guiding parapet of five feet, the total |
height of the wall is twenty feet; thick |
ness at the base, twenty-five feet, and
at the top fifteen feet: Towers or
bastions occur at Intervals of about one !
hundred yards.
The largest statue in the world is
bartholdi's Statue of Liberty. This
Colossal statue was given by the people
Of the Republic of France to the people
Of the Republic of the United States as
A monument of aessent friendship and as
IA expression of sympathy of France in
the Centennial of American independ-
snce. 1t has been placed upon Bedloe's
Island, in the harbor of New York, and
n the face of the great cities of New
York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and Ho-
ooken. The Government has PROMISED
% maintain it in perpetuity as a light
house and beacon. The statute is one
hundred and fifty feet in height, and
,ost $25o,Oo0.
Among the most remarkable natural
echoes are that of Eagles Nest on the
ranks of Killarney, in Ireland, which
epeats a bugle call until 1t seems to be
ounded FROM d hundred instruments,
md That on the banks of the Naba, be-
ween Bingen and Coblentz, which re-
'eats sound seventeen tiihes.
The most remarkable artificial echo
,nown is that In the castle of Simonetta,
BOUT two miles from Milan. 1t is oc-
asioned by the existence of two paral-
81 walls of considerable length. It re-
eats the report Of a pistol sixty times.
The most remarkable whirlpool is the
1aelstrom off the northwest coast of
'orway and southwest coast of Mos.
enasol, the most southerly OF the La
oden Isles. It was once supposed to be /
nfathomable, but the depth has been
hown not to exceed twenty fathoms.
he whirlpool is navigable under ordi-
airy circumstances, but when the wind /
northwest it often attains great fury :
nd becomes extremely dangerous. I'm {
er strong gales the maelstrom has been {
aown by official statistics to run at the &
ate of twenty-six miles an hour. 8
The largest library is the Biblio- 2
lique National in Paris, founded by I
ouis XIV. It contains 1,4OO,- =,
10 volumes, 100000 pamphlets, i
$4,000 manuscripts, 100000 maps I
nd charts and 10000 coins and
ledals. The collection of engrav- +
lgs exceeds 100000, contained I
some 10000 volumes. The portraits G
lumber about 100000. The building y
hich contains these treasures is stu +
ed on the Rue Richelieu. Its length q
$40 feet; its breadth 100 feet. The J
rgest library in New York in respect I
separate works is khe Aston; about u
%, ZOO volumes are oNits shelves. il
The largest desert is that of Sahara, E
vast region OF Northern Africa, ex-