SOME INTERESTING FACTS.
Some very interesting particulars regarding the biggest thiugs ou earth havo lately been collected — for instance, the largest suspension bridge ia one between New Yors City aud Brooklyn, which is 5930fb in length, The! loftiest yqle.ano. now aptiye ia, in, P-Qpopatapel, Mexico, b,eing" l^,?34ft ab.ove sea level, with a prater lOQOft deep and three miles iv pircu inference, The longest stretoh of telegraph wire is over the river Kistuah (India), it is 6000 ft loug, and 1200 ft high. The largest ship ever built was tho Great Eastern, which measured 680 ft long, 83ft broad, and 60ft deep, and was 28,627 tons burden. The largest body of fresh water is Lake Superior, whic.h. has an area of 32,000 square mtfes. Tlie ia'rgest library ts the 1 Bibli'o'theque Rationale (Paris),-whichcont'ains'l,4oo,ooovolumes, 80p,000 pamphlets, 175,000 manuscripts, 300,000 maps and charts, and 150,00Q coins and medals,
Acookdiko to the "Taicii Advocato" the potato crop in the Strath Taicri district hus been spoilt by frost. Almost every field— even those iq the most sheltered positions— having
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1977, 4 March 1893, Page 3
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