Curious Notes!

The deepest gold mine in the world is at Eureka, Cal., depth, 2,200 feet. The Pearl Lumber company of Wambega, Ont., has a whistle on its saw mili that can be heard forty miles. Green lake, Colorado, is said to be the most elevated body of water in the world, having an altitude of 10,252 feet above sea level. The longest word in the dictionary is palatopharingeolaryngeal. The next longest is transubstantiationalist. Railroad authorities say that the average locomotive travels upwards of 20,000 miles in the course of a year. The largest private house in Great Britain is known as "Wentworth Manor." It is the property of Earl Fitzwilliams. Mexico's largest gold migget was found at Planchas Placers, Sonore, in the spring of 1892. It weighed 14% pounds. Well-borers at Los Angeles, Cal., have discovered a mastodon tooth at a depth of 46 feet beneath the surface. The smallest known bird is a species of West Indian and Central American humming bird that is only an inch in length and weighs 20 grains. . According to Oriental tradition, the tomb of "Noah, the Ark builder," is in the small town of Nakhtchevau, near the foot of Mount Ararat. It is said to ho ;t niche in the wall of an abandoued fortress.