Deseret Evening News | 1891-08-15 | Page 11 | The Budget and the Tower

Tha llmlarl anil Ilia Toner Those ecctntrla iicoplo uhowaslo tho licit port of their litis In dtscomlu,! utterly useless statistical facts fuund tho Klffil towtr a perfect gudsend, and ct en now they nro not done with It After telling us huve timliy inch itruc-tuns itruc-tuns It woul 1 tnka to roach from I'arli to tlio sun, how man) lialf(HimiIo piled up woul I niuli to the lo what tho lower wool 1 lis worth if Itwtromtdo of gold, and making n host of otlur oiully lahielce computations, thtso waited giiiltms Into brukiu out hi n frerh pluiu. Ono of them has dlscntcrcd that the amount-of the 1'rrncli bmlgct, If pllo.1 up In nna thousand frano notes, woul 1 actually rcuh bouud tlio summit of Iho tower Tin mtlllon franca so piled wotill lis one inttirlii helghti tlicra-foro tlicra-foro nsOOOOO.WK) fnincs-tlio amount of tho budgit woul I reach a height of 330 miters, urllftymuro linn tho l.lllol tottir. Ixmdoii Tiligrnpli