Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — Big Things. [ARTICLE]

Big Things.

Vanderbilt's yacht, the Valiant, is the largest that has ever been builtShe is 808 feet long, thirty-nine feet wide and 16 1-2 feet deep. The largest check ever drawn on a bank was one of $12,278,750. It was drawn by G. W. Young in favor of Thomas A. McEntyre, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The tallest chimney in the world is at Friedburg, Germany. It is 460 feet high and cost in the neighborhood of SBO,OOO. The largest orchard in the world is situated near Santa Barbara, Cal., belonging to Elwood Cooper. It comprises 1,700 acres. The largest electric generator in the world belongs to the Edison Illuminating Company, of this city. It is situated at Nineteenth and Gratiot streets. The largest State building in the United States is the capitol of Texas. It is also seventh in size among the great buildings of the world. It cost $8,500,000. The great Hamburg (Germany) grapevine, which was planted in the year 1751 and is now sixty inches in circumference, is the largest in the world. The largest estate in Russia is the “crown lands.” It belongs exclusively to the czars and is an estate of over 100,000,000 acres. The costliest mansion in Great Britain belongs to Lord or Marquis Bute. He has expended over SB,OOO, - 000 upon it. j, ? The largest aerolite which has fallen since the dawn of history tumbled into the frozen soil of Greenland in 1870. It is now in the 'inuseum at Copenhagen. It weighs 49-000 pounds.