Some Big Things.
Some very interesting particulars regarding the biggest things on earth liavo lately been collected for instance—the largest suspension bridge is one between New York City and Brooklyn, which is s,9Roffc, in length. The loftiest volcano now active is Propocotapel, Mexico, being 17,784 ft above sea level, with a orator I,oooft deep, and 3 miles in circumference. The longest stretch o{ telegraph wire is over the River Kistnnh (India), it is ti,oooft long, and 1,200 ft high. The largest ship eyer built was the Great Eastern, which measured 680 feet long, and 83 broad, and 00 deep, and was 28,627 tons bqrdon. The largest body of fresh water is Lake Superior, which has an area of 32,000 square miles. The largest library is Nationale [Paris,] which contains 1,400,000 volumns, 300,000 pamphlets, 175,000 manuscripts, 300,000 maps and charts, and 150,000 coins and mqdals. There's a, collection for you, ye " oallectors ! The greatest therepeutical agent is Clements Tonic, which contains every constituent, in chemical combination, of which the human body is formed. It repaii'3 the waste and loss occasioned by consump - Hon of every description. Being a food and not a physic, its action is quite distinct from other so-called tonics It is not an incompatible mixture of ferric salts and astrinsreut yegetable bitters, it does not destroy, but presorves tho teeth and (by its properties as a chemic-il food) bone, muscle, and nerve tissue. In cases :>f antemia poorness or of bloorf. beneficial results follow the first dose, as independent of its effects as a blood restorative it increases and insures proper digestion and assimilation. In Ions? standing cases of liver complaint witli kidney sympathy Clements Tonic has been usyd with greater success than any other known medicine. Besearches into its action liaye discovered that its efficacy is due to its stimulating and nerve invigorating properties, and to the tact that wherever there is not advanced organic disease, quite beyond the power of medicine, a faithful use of this remedy has always restored ita normal condition. In nerve complaints, nervous headaches, fitful, tobacco, and such similar troubles, ClEmemt's Tonic must ' Drove ft apeciiio, o,s it is the only | effectual aijtidoto to * hess compl.iir.ts. W«j must, however, warn our readers jt jg r absolutely essential that the article be obtained, t\9 Qjving to genu.. in itf manufacture, the expense en*. tiry iuid suit some dealers are too apt „ Jin inferior for tho sake 01 u.l fev.* pence extra profit. We are sorry to have to chronicle this fact but must do it in the interests of the public, who aro he principle sufferers by such frauds
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3748, 28 February 1891, Page 2
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436Some Big Things. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3748, 28 February 1891, Page 2
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