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Show THE FOREST'S MONARCH NO MORE. A (jiuut IltMlwood T:'h lterulues . WurM'. Fair Kxttdilt. What is said to have been the "biggf st tree in California" was saeriiiced recent, ly to the desire to make a novel exhibit at the World's fair in Chicago. Thia monarch of the redwood spoch'3 towered 812 feet toward the sky, and the distance from the ground to the first limb was 172 feet. It flourished in the forests of 1 Tulare county, thirty miles from tha mi 'i Uf ill now tiir section wilIj ioo7i. I nearest railway, and over C,H)0 feet i aim vo the level of the sea. The storms and sunshine of fJ.000 years have been ! Jiecessary to perfect its magnificent irvowth, lnt, it took ten woodsmen less j than a month to bring the (riant crash' ing to the ground. I Fi-orn the trunk ihey sawed a seefbm : suitable for their purpose and hauled it to tiie cars over a road which wan cleared by much blasting of rocks and the cutting down of 400 ordinary sized trees. When placed on view the section will bo simply a shellthe, interior lieing hollowed out so as to accommodate 100 visitors at a time. Thc exhibit will bf ! lighted by electricity, |