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45. Authorities differ.

46. Machinery Hall, Chicago, 90,000; St. Peter's, Rome, 54,900; St. Paul's, London, 35,000; Madison Square Garden, New York, 10,000; Spurgeon's Tabernacle, London, 7000.

47. The Great Eastern; measurement 680 ft. long, 83 ft. broad, 60 ft. deep; built at Millwall, on the Thames, and launched January 31, 1857. 48. That of St. Gothard on railroad line between Luzerne and Milan, summit of tunnel 990 ft. below the surface of Andermatt, 6,600 ft. beneath peak of Kastelhorn; tunnel 26 ft. wide, 19 feet from floor to crown of arched roof; 9 miles long; 13 miles longer than the Mt. Cenis tunnel.

49. Great Britain, 8,557,658 sq. miles; Russia ranks second, having 8,352,940 sq. miles, and United States ranks third, having 3,580,242 sq. miles.

50. The obelisk at Karnak, Egypt; length 122 ft., height 108 ft. 10 in., weight 400 tons.

51. Great bell of Moscow at foot of the Kremlin; the circumference at the bottom is nearly 68 ft., 21 ft. high, 23 in. thick, weight 443,772 lbs. Has never been hung, and stands where it was cast.

52. The Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; founded by Louis XIV., contains 1,400,000 vols., 300,000 pamplets, 175,000 manuscripts, 300,000 maps and charts, 150,000 coins and medals; engravings 1,300,000, portraits 100,000. Astor Library, New York, contained January 1, 1893, 245,349 volumes.

53. The Chinese Wall; built about 220 B. C. as protection against Tartars; length 1,250 miles, 25 ft. thick at base, 20 ft. high; towers occur every 190 yards.

54. St. Peter's at Rome; interior 613 ft. long, breadth of nave and aisles 197 ft., height of the nave 152 ft., length transepts 446 ft., diameter of dome 195 ft., diameter of interior 139 ft., to summit of cross 448 ft.

55. University of Oxford, England; consists of 21 colleges and 3 halls. University College claims to have been founded by King Alfred. 56. In Egypt. the Cheops, one of three forming the Memphis Group, on a plateau 137 feet above the highest rise of the Nile.

57. The Suez Canal; it is 100 miles long, and cost $100,000,000. 58. The Erie, between Albany and New York; 350 miles long, and cost $46,018,234.

59. The United States, which had, January 1, 1893, 171,741 miles per United States report

60. Russia. The sum total of the annual net income of the imperifamily is $10,000,000.

61. Syracuse, N. Y.; St. Louis, Mo.; Erie, Pa.; Detroit, Mich waukee, Wis.

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62. The population of the world for 1882 is 1,443,837,500. 63. Two minutes; from Valencia (English terminus of Atlantic cable) to San Francisco, a distance of 14,000 miles.

64. That of Pisa, Italy. Cylindrical in form, 179 ft. high, 50 ft. dia meter, divided into eight stories, each with projecting gallery 7 feet wide; begun 1174; summit reached by 330 steps, leans 13 ft. from perpendicular, 7 bells on top placed to counteract by gravity the leaning of the tow. 65. Wyandotte cave, Jennings township, Indiana, also excels in the size of several of the chambers.

66. In California; many are from 275 to 325 ft. high, and from 25 7 34 ft. in diameter; of the genus of the common redwood, though net v; handsome in shape or foliage.

67. The Victoria Bridge, which spans the St. Lawrence at Montrea. 7,000 ft. long; cost $5,000,000.

68. The Westminster clock on the British House of Parliament, at London. The dials are 221 ft. in diameter; the hour figures are two feet high and six feet apart; the minute-marks are 14 in. apart; the minutɩhand making a sudden move of seven in. every half minute. The minute hand is 16 ft. long; the hour hand 9 feet; weight of both 200 lbs. Th pendulum is 15 ft. long, and weighs 680 lbs. The weights run down a shaft 160 ft deep.

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1. What was the cost of the Civil War of the United States, 1861-5 ?

2. What is meant by the "Associated Press?"

3. What is meant by the "Clearing-House?"

4. What were the Seven Wonders of Antiquity?

5. What were the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages?

6. What are the Seven Wonders of Modern Times?

7. Who were the Seven Wise Men of Greece?

8. What are the sayings of the "Seven Wise Men of Greece," as inscribed in the Delphian temple?

9. Who were the "Seven Champions of Christendom?" 10. In what country are the elections held on Sunday? 11. What is Queen Victoria's surname?

12. To what government is the Holy Land now subject? 13. From what did the term "Uncle Sam " originate?

14. The flag of what country is triangular?

15. What was the guillotine called in Scotland?

16. Who was St. Tammany?

17. What is meant by the Star Route?

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18. What prophecy of Galileo, made in 1632, has come to pass?
19. What is a Joint Committee? And for what purpose appointed?

20. When and where was the last battle fought on the soil of England?

21. What is the salary of the Chief Judge of the U. S. Supreme Court? 22. Is the Chief Justice appointed or elected?

23. What is meant by "horse power?"

24. What place now holds the sacred dust of Columbus?

25. When and by whom was the first marble portrait sculptured by a na

tive American?

26. Explain the motive power of a steam engine?

27. How is paper glazed?

28. What is the meaning of the numbers on spool cotton?

29. When was the order of poet-laureate established, what are the duties

and salary, and who have held the position?

30. How many obelisks are still standing, and where?

31. Why was Chaucer called "The Father of English poets?" 32. Why is the barber's pole painted in stripes of red and white?

33. What is the story of Damon and Pythias?

34. What is the difference between anthracite and bituminous coal. 35. What is the history of Castle Garden? (Battery, N. Y. City.) 36. Who was Baron Munchausen ? 37. Who was the Wandering Jew? 38. Why is Washington's birthday celebrated on the 22d of February, when the family record states that his birthday was Feb. 11th? 39. How do the "Bulls" and "Bears" affect the financial market? 40. How are looking-glasses made?

41. What is meant by vessels going in "ballast?” 42. What are the properties of glucose?

44. Who is Miss Clara Barton?

43. What is oleomargarine?

45. What is the National Association of the Red Cross?

46. Why does a black slate pencil make a white mark?

47. Why is glass broken when hot water is poured into it?

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48. What was the motto on the Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams

49. What religious sect use 354 days in the year?

50. Where is woman suffrage allowed?

51. What ruler was called the "Son of the Sun?"

52. Why cannot a woman throw a ball as well as a man?

53. From what is calomel made?

54. What is the International Date Line?

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55. In what year did Scotland become part of the United Kingdom of 56. Why is it that rain never falls on some parts of the earth?

57. Who laid down the false and misleading principle that nothing is to be believed which is not understood?

58. Of what is gunpowder composed, and how is it manufactured? 59. Of what is dynamite composed, and by what other name is it known? 60. What is the most famous diamond in the world, and its value?

61. What is the annual income of Queen Victoria?

62. What is the oldest republic in the world?

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