Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-03-25
THE WORLDS BIG THINGS
THE LARGEST BRIDGES, PARKS
AND VOLCANOES.
Figures That Will Open Your Eye.
With Wonder.

TIE largest suspension bridge in thu
world is tue oEc between Brooklyr
and New York. The length of the
main span is 1895 feet inches. Tbs
entire length of the bridge is $3.50
feet. Fortress Monroe is the largest
single fertilization in the world. II
has already cost the American Govern
ment over IS 100000 The water-bat-
terry is considered the finest military
station in the world. The loftiest &C.
tive volcano is Popocatepeu (Smokina
Mountain), thirty-hve miles southwest
of Pueblo, Mexico. 1t Is 17,7S4 feet
above the .ea-level, and has a crater
three miles in circumference and 1000
feet deep. The largest university is
that of Oxford, England. 1t consists
of twenty-five colleges and five halls.
The most extensive park is Deer Park
in the environs of Copenhagen, Den
mark. The enclosure contains 4,20C
acres, and is divided by small river.
/ The largest pleasure-ground in Amer
lea is Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
which contains 8,740 acres.
The largest body of fresh water on
the globe is Lake Superior. 1t is 4Oo
miles long, 16o miles wide at its great.
/ est breadth, and has an area Of $4,000
square miles. 1t. mean depth is said
/ to be 200 feet, and its greatest depth
/ about 900 fathoms. 1t surface is 6S5
feet above the sea. The largest tunnel
in the world Is that Of St. Gothard, on
the line of railroad between Lucerne
and Milan. The summit of the tunnel
is $50 feet beneath the surface al
Audermatt, and 5000 feet beneath the
peak of Kastelhorn, of the St. Gothard
group. The most extensive cavern Is
the Mammoth Cave, in Edmonsou
county, Kentucky. 1t is near Green
River, six miles from Cave City and
twenty-eight miles from Bowling
Green. The largest trees are the man
moth trees of California. One Of q
grove in Tulare county, according &c
Measurement made by members of the
State Geological Survey, was shown &c
be 276 feet high, los feet In oircum'
ference at the base, and 76 feet st 6
point ~ feet above the ground.
Some of the trees are S76 feet high
and "a feet in diameter. Some of the
largest that have been felled indicate
an. age from 2 1000 to $500 years
The largest inland sea Is the Caspian
lying between Europe and Asia. 1t:
greatest length Is 100 miles, It's great
est breadth s70 miles, and its arcs
5000 square miles. The largest EN-
pire in the world is that of Greai
Britain, comprising 1857 ,e5s square
miles (more than a sixth part of The
land Of the glooe), and embracing
under It's rule nearly sixth part o,
the population Of the world. In ter
ritoliaI extent, the United States rank
third, containing s,68o,242 squar'
miles, including Alaska; in popula
ton it ranks fourth, with its 10000,
900 people. Russia ranks second
|, s,S52, $40 square miles.
The highest monolith Is the obeisi
, ct Karnak, Egypt. Karnak is on tn
east side Of the Nile, near Luxor, ant
/ occupies part of the side Of ancien
Thebes. Its whole length ia 122 feet
its weight 400 tons. It's height, with
out pedestal, Is 1so feet 10 inches
The Chinese Wall is the largest wall IL
the world. It was built by the frs
Emperor of the Tain dynasty, abou
, 22O B. c., as protection against Tar
!. tars. Its length is 1880 miles. In
Guiding a parapet of five feet, the tots
height of the wall i. twenty feet
thickness at the base twenty-five feet
| and at the top fifteen feet. The lars
, est library Is the Bibliotheque Nauons
in Paris, founded by Louis XIV. l
contains 100000 volumes, SOC, 90
pamphlets, 175, 900 manuscripts, 800,
900 maps and charts, $4,000 coin
and medals. The collection Of engrav
, ings exceeds 1900, 900, contained Il
, some 10000 volumes. The larges
,, bell in the world is the great bell o
Moscow, at the foot Of the Kremlin
,, Its circumference at the bottom !
nearly sixty-eight feet, and its heigh
, twenty-one feet. Its weight has bee
, computed to be 44S,77 pounds.