spans a gorge 150 feet wide, 100 feet above the bed of the torrent, is so broad and level that a good carriage road might be made over it. It is surpassed in height by a bridge in Virginia, extending over Cedar Creek, height of arch 200 feet.

14. Asia.

15. The largest tested, uncut diamond is the Mattam-Borneo, weight 367 carats, pear shape. Largest untested diamond, the Braganza; crown jewel of Portugal, weight 1,880 carats. Koh-i-noor owned by British; 279 carats, value £2,000,000.

16. In California; discovered by J. A. Sutter (Swiss), 1848.

17. In the United States, the annual yield amounting to about $50,000,000.

18. On the shores of Lake Superior; discovered by following drifts made by pre-historic race. Blocks have been found weighing 80 tons. 19. In the United States and in Europe.

20. On each side of the Mississippi River in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri.

21. In Siberia, and belong to Russia.

22. The United States; it is found in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, California, and several other States.

23. Australia; 2,500 miles from east to west, 1,950 miles north and south, area is 2,984,287 square miles.

24. Niagara; perpendicular descent 158 feet. The Horseshoe fall of Niagara, is 2,000 feet broad.

25. The Yosemite, California. It is broken into three leaps, the entire height is 2,550 feet.

26. Those of the Yellowstone Valley. There are from 5,000 to 10,000 springs, and at least 50 geysers. The largest is the "Castle," a monster geyser which sends a volume of water to a height of 250 feet, time of activity being about an hour.

27. The Giants' Causeway, which projects from the northern coast of Ireland into the North Channel; it is a pier or mole of columnar basalt, and is exposed for 300 yards, presenting an unequal pavement formed of the tops of polygonal columns which fit so compactly, that a blade of a knife can scarcely be inserted between them; the columns are hexagonal, divided into joints of unequal length, the concave hollow of one division being exactly fitted into the convex projection of the other; the largest of the three cause

ways is 30 feet wide. It derives its name from a legend that it was con structed by giants to cross to Scotland.

28. Russia, which has a standing army of 766,000. Their army is raised by annual conscription, which includes all who have completed 21 years and are not physically incapacitated, serve 15 years, 6 in active service, and 9 in the reserve.

29. England, 531 vessels, 81,447 men, annual cost $56,445,000.

30. Parsonstown, Ireland, constructed by Earl Goose (Wm. Parsons). 12 tons spectrum, 6 feet diameter; 54 feet focal length. Constructed 1842. 31. United States. The Union and Central Pacific, consolidated; which is 1866 miles long.

32. Between Valencia, (a small island off the S.W. coast of Ireland) and Heart's Content, New Foundland; distance 2,800 miles.

33. The Eddystone lighthouse, England, built on rocks which are daily submerged by the tide; 9 miles off the Cornish coast.

34. That erected on Minot's Ledge off the town of Cohasset, about 20 miles from Boston. The difficulties in the construction of a lighthouse on this ledge were immense. It is a granite tower having a height of stone work 80 feet.

35. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, which contains 2,740 acres.

36. Deer Park, in the environs of Copenhagen, Denmark; contains about 4,200 acres and is divided by a river.

37. The one built between New York and Brooklyn; 1,595 feet 6 in. between the towers, entire length of bridge 5,989 feet; height above high water tide at centre of arch 135 feet. Height of towers 277.

38. Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Va., which has cost the government over $3,000,000.

39. Gibraltar; owned by British, forms the southern extremity of Spain; highest point 1439 feet above sea; occupies peninsula three miles long and three quarters of a mile wide; in times of peace it is garrisoned by 7,000 men.

40. London. Population, 3,883,092.

41. Hammerfest, in the northern point of Norway.

42. Potosi, Bolivia, South America. 13,330 feet above sea level. 43. Damascus, Turkey, Asia.

44. Calcutta; situated at the mouth of the Ganges; greatest commer cial city of Asia.

45. Authorities differ.

46. The new Opera House, in Paris; covers nearly three acres; cubic mass 4,287,000 ft. Cost about 100,000,000 francs.

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; 14 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 City, contains about 190,000 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 100 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 4463 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 has 95,000 miles of road.

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

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

62. The population of the world for 1882 is 1,443,837,500.

63. Two minutes; from Valencia (English terminus of Atlantic able) to San Francisco, a distance of 14,000 miles.

64. That of Pisa, Italy. Cylindrical in form, 179 ft. high, 50 ft. diameter, 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 tower. 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 to 34 ft. in diameter; of the genus of the common redwood, though not so handsome in shape or foliage.

67. The Victoria Bridge, which spans the St. Lawrence at Montreal. `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 minutehand 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. The 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?

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?