,
being 200 feet high to the bottom of the arch.

The largest circulation of paper money is that of the United States,
being 700 millions, while Russia has 670 millions.

The largest insurance company in the world is the Mutual Life of New
York City, having cash assets of $108,000,000.

The largest empire in the world is that of Great Britain, being
8,557,658 square miles, and more than a sixth part of the globe.

The first electrical signal ever transmitted between Europe and America
passed over the Field submarine cable on Aug. 5, 1858.

The longest tunnel in the world is St. Gothard, on the line of the
railroad between Luzerne and Milan, being nine and one-half miles in
length.

The loftiest active volcano is Popocatapetl. It is 17,784 feet high,
and has a crater three miles in circumference and 1,000 feet deep.

Burnt brick was known to have been used in building the Tower of Babel.
They were introduced into England by the Romans.

The most remarkable echo known is that in the castle of Simonetta, two
miles from Milan. It repeats the echo of a pistol sixty times.

The largest volcano in the world is Etna. Its base is 90 miles in
circumference; its cone 11,000 feet high. Its first eruption occurred
474 B.C.

The largest tree in the world, as yet discovered, is in Tulare County,
California. It is 275 feet high and 106 feet in circumference at its
base.

The largest desert is Sahara, in Northern Africa. Its length is 3,000
miles and breadth 900 miles; having an area of 2,000,000 square miles.

The largest suspension bridge is in Brooklyn. The length of the main
span is 1,595 feet 6 inches. The entire length of the bridge is 5,989
feet.

The first deaf and dumb asylum was founded in England by Thomas
Braidwood, 1760; and the first in the United States was at Hartford,
1817.

The largest diamond in the world is the Braganza, being a part of the
Portuguese jewels. It weighs 1,880 carats. It was found in Brazil in
1741.

The grade of titles in Great Britain stands in the following order from
the highest: A Prince, Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron, Baronet,
Knight.

The largest number of cattle ever received in one year was that of
Chicago in the year 1884, being 1,874,984 beeves, 30,223 calves,
5,640,625 hogs, 749,917 sheep and 15,625 horses. It required 9,000
trains of 31 cars each, which, if coupled together, would reach 2,146
miles.

The "Valley of Death," in the island of Java, is simply the