The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13
Some Greatest Things.

Some Greatest Things.
From the Ladies' Home Journal.
The greatest distance that shot has
been fired is a few yards over fifteen
miles, which was the range OF Krupp's
well-knOWn monster 1S0-tOn steel gun,
firing a. shot which weighs over a ton and
a quarter.
The greatest cavern in the world is
Mammoth Cave, eighty-fve miles south
west of Louisville, KY. It Is about ten
miles long, though to explore its multi
tude of avenues, chambers, grottOs, gal
leries, dOmes, rivers and cataracts en-
tails $50 miles of travel.
The greatest sea depth known to man
is in the South Atlantic ocean, midway
between the island OF Tristan da Cunha
and the mouth Of the Rio de la Plata, the
bottom being here reached at a depth OF
4O,236 feet, or eight and three-quarter
miles.
The greatest bell in the world is in
an editice before the great temple OF
Buddha, at Toxic. 1t weighs 100000
pounds, and is four times greater than
the great bell OF Moscow, whose circum-
ference at the rim is nearly siXty-eight
feet, and whose height is twenty-One feet.
The greatest suspension bridge in the
world is the Brooklyn bridge, which also
leads the world in the number Of it's daily
passengers. Its length, including APP
proaches, is $3.50 feet, the distance be-
tween the towers $50 feet; the weight Of
the structure Is 6,470 tons; it's cost was
over $15,OOO,OOO. The bridge cars carry
about 45,0OO,O0O people every year.
The greatest structure ever raised by
the hand Of man is the great pyramid Of
Cheops, founded four thousand years ago,
and measuring 746 square feet on the
base and 449 feet high. 1t took twenty
years in construction; 100000 men
worked for three months, and, being
then relieved, were succeeded by an
equally large corps. The massive stones
were brought from Arabia, 700 miles
away. The cost OF the work Is estimated
at $145,O 100000.
The greatest canal in the world is the
Suez, opened on November 16, 1869. It's
length is So miles, it's depth Is twenty-siX
feet, its annual revenue is $4,000, 900, its
cost was $10O,000,000. Its stock is five
times Its par value, and the average
time taken to pass through 1t Is twenty
hours, less eight minutes. The depth of
the canal Is being increased, at a cost of
$4O,OOO,OOO. The worlds longest canal
Is the Imperial canal Of China, with a
length of 1000 miles.
The greatest banquet in history took
place on August 1S, 1889, when the 10000
mayors of France sat at table in the
Palais de pIndustrie in Paris. There
were three relays Of about $4,000 guests
each. To prepare the feast required sew
enty-fiVe chief cooks, 1900 walters, soul
lions, cellarmen and helpers, $4,000
plates, $4,000 glasses, knives, forks and
spoons in proportion, 10000 rolls, and
fish, meat and fowl by the ton. The ban
quet was part of the centenary celebra-
ton of the events of 1889.
The greatest empire of the world is the
British empire, extending over one con-
tinent, 100 peninsulas, 500 promontories,
1000 lakes, 1000 rivers and 10,5O0 is
lands. 1t surpaSses the Assyrian empire
in wealth, the Roman empire in popula-
ton, the Spanish empire in power, and
the Persian empire in area-all of which
empires have passed away. The popula-
tiOn of the empire ,515, ,800--is "a per
cent. of the world; the 11,339,316 square
miles Of imperial territory is q per cent.
Of the land of the world.
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