The Advocate and news., 1898-05-04
Largest Things.

LarBeSG AhtmSS'
Ladies' Home JOurnal
The largest stOckyards In the world
are in Chicago, Ill. The combined plants
represent an investment OF over SlO,-
100000. The yards contain twenty miles
Of streets. twenty miles OF water trOughs,
flfty miles of feeding troughs, and sew
enty-hVe miles OF water and drainage
troughs. The yards are capable or re-
celying and accommodating daily 10000
cattle, 10000 sheep and 10000 hogs.
The largest flower in the world ls the
Rafiesia Arnold, OF Sumatra. Lite size ie
fully three feet in aameter-about the
size OF q carriage wheel. The five petals
OF this immense flower are oval and
creamy white, growing round a center
filed with countless long, violet-hued
stamons. The flower weighs about tf-
teen pounds and Is capable OF containing
nearly two gallons Of water. The buds
are like gigantic brown cabbage heads.
The largest cathedral in the world Is
st. Peters, at Rome, ON the site where IT
Is said st. Peter was inferred. The total
length OF the interior is 6121S English
feet, transept 4461s feet, diameter Of
cupola 1913 feet, height OF dome from
pavement to top of the cross 448 feet.
1t was begun In 1450 A. D., dedicated
in 1926, but not finished until 1880.
TOrty-three Popes lived and died dur
Ing the process Of building. The cost
ia set down at $70,0OO,OOO.
The largest city of the world Is Lon
don, lying In four counties and having
population Of 4,250,0O0, equaling the
combined populations Of Paris, Berlin,
st, Petersburg and Rome. To walk
through all the streets, avenues, lanes
and alleys Of the city, never traVersing
the same one twice, would require a
ten-mlle walk every day for mine years.
The streets, placed In O. row, would
reach around the world, and leave q
remnant that would reach from London
TO San Francisco.
The largest map in the world Is the
ordnance survey map Of England, con-
tanning over 100000 sheets and costing
81, 100000 a year for twenty years. The
scale varies from ten feet to One-tenth
OF an inch to the mile. The details are
so complete that maps having q scale
OF twenty-five inches show every hedge,
fence, wall, building and even every
isolated tree In the country. The plana
show not only the exact shape OF every
building, but every porch, area, door
step, lamp post, railway and fire plug.
The largest statue in the world Ia
RarthOida's Liberty Enlightening the
World" at the entrance to New York
haFbor, presented by France to America
In 1885. The cost OF the statue was
about $40, 900; its height from the base
to the top Of the torch held high above
tho head Of the goddess is 151 Seet. The
statue, standing on a pedestal eighty
eight feet high, is made OF rspOusse
copper, and is 80 large that forty per
sons can be accommodated In the head
while the torch, reached by spiral
stairway, will hold twelve.
The largest painting in the world, ex-
elusive OF panOramas and CyclOramas
Ia Paradise" by TinterettO, In the
grand salon OF the DOge's Palace al
Venice. The painting Is elghty-fouI
feet wide by thlrty-four feet high. II We
consider the decoration Of walls and
ceilings, Tintoretto's work has been eX
ceeded by Sir James ThOrnhlllS flnC
painting ON the ceiling Of the great hal
at Greenwich hospital, 1l2 feet by fifty
six feet, representing the founders, VIII
liam III. and Queen Mary, surrounded
by the attributes Of national prosperity
The most magnificent tomb in th'
n "a FnR In A Rva