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THE HOME, FARM AXD BUSINESS CYCLOPAEDIA. 



is the S5th verse of the llth chapter of 

 St. Joiin, viz.: " Jesus wept." The 8th, 

 K>th, 21st, and Slat verses of the 107th 

 Psalm are alike. Each verse of the 130th 

 Psalm ends alike. There are no words of 

 more length than six syllables. 



Height of Noted Monuments and 

 Buildings, 



Monument or Building Where Located. Height. 



Pyramid of Clu-ps Egypt 543 feet. 



Antwerp Cathedral Belgium 470 ' 



Strassburg Cathedral . . G ermany 474 " 



St. Martin's Church, ) Bavaria 455 



Landshut j 



Pyramid of Cephrenes.. Egypt 456 



St Peter's Cathedral. .Rome 448 " 



St. Paul's Cathedral. . . London 404 " 



Salisbury Cathedral . . . England 400 " 



Cathedral of Florence.. Italy 384 



Cathedral of Cremona.. Italy 372 " 



Church at Fribourg Germany 370 " 



Cathedral of Seville. . .Spain 360 " 



Cathedral of Milan .... Italy 355 " 



Cathedral of Utrecht . . Holland 356 " 



Pyramid of Sakkarah. . Egypt 356 " 



Cathedral of Munich .. Bavaria 348 " 



Cathedral of StMark, ) -r,, 32 8 " 



Venice J 3 ' 



Apinelli Tower, Bo- ) ltal 314 



logna J 



Capitol at Washington. United States, 300 " 



Trinity Church, New I United gtat 284 



York j 



Column at Delhi India 262 " 



Porcelain Tower, ) China 24g 



Nankin j 



.232 



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A chine of pork :.' 



A neck of mutton 1 - 



A haunch of venison about "> .'iO 



Time Eequired to Boil Various 

 Articles of Food, 



11. M. 



A ham, 20 Ibs. weight, requires 6 30 



A tongue (if dry) alter soaking 4 



A tongue out of pickle 2i to 3 



A neck of mutton 1 



A chicken 20 



A large fowl 45 



A pigeon 



A capon > 



Capacity of Noted Churches & Halls, 



Cathedral of Notre ') p rance 



Dame, Paris J 



Bunker Hill Monu- ) United gtat 2 20 " 



ment, Charlestown j 



Leaning Tower, Pisa . . Italy 202 " 



Washington Monu- ) United gtate 183 



ment, Baltimore . . { 



VendomeColumn, Paris France 153 ' 



Trajan's Column Rome 151 " 



Time Eequired to Eoast Various 

 Articles of Food, 



H, M. 



A small capon, fowl, or chicken requires. . 20 



A large fowl 45 



A capon, full size 35 



A goose 1 



Wild ducks and grouse 15 



Pheasants and turkey poults 20 



A moderate sized turkey, stuffed 1 15 



Partridges 25 



Quail 10 



A hare or rabbit about 1 



Beef, ten pounds 2 30 



Leg of pork, i hour for each pound, and ) 2 



above that allowance j 



Name of Building. Location. Contain 



St. Peter's Cathedral. .Rome 54,000 



Cathedral of Milan. . . .Milan 37,000 



St. Paul's Church Rome 32,000 



St. Paul's Cathedral. . .London 25,000 



Church of St. Petronio. Bologna 24,000 



Cathedral of Florence.. Florence 24,000 



Cathedral of Antwerp.. Antwerp 24,000 



Mosque of St. Sophia. .Constantinople . .23,000 



St. John's Lateran. . . .Rome 22,000 



Cathedral of Notre ) p arig 21,000 



Cathedral of Pisa .... .Pisa 13,000 



Church of St. Stephen. Vienna 12,000 



Church of St. Dominic. Bologna 12,000 



Church of St. Peter.. . .Bologna 11,400 



Cathedral of Vienna. . .Vienna 11,000 



Cathedral of St. Mark . Venice 7,500 



Gilmore's Garden New York 8,433 



Stadt Theatre New York 3,000 



Academy of Music. . . .Philadelphia .... 2,865 



Theatre Carlo Felice . .Genoa 2,500 



Boston Theatre Boston 2,972 



Covent Garden London 2,684 



Academy of Music New York 2,526 



Music Hall Boston 2,585 



Alexander Theatre St. Petersburg... 2,33: 



Opera House Munich 2,307 



San Carlos Theatre. . . .Naples 2,240 



Imperial Theatre St. Petersburg. . . 2,160 



Grand Opera Paris 2,090 



La Scala Milan 2,113 



St. Charles Theatre . . .New Orleans .... 2,178 



Opera House New Orleans .... 2,<>f>2 



Grand Opera House. . .New York 1 .ss:; 



Booth's Theatre New York 1 ,807 



McVicar's Theatre . . . .Chicago 1,790 



Ford's Opera House. . .Baltimore 1,720 



Opera House Berlin 1,636 



Velocity of Sound and Light. 



Sound moves about thirteen miles in a 

 minute. So that if we hear a clap of 

 thunder half a minute after the flash, we 



