The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-11-06
WORLDS EXPOSITION.
The President JnSiied by Formal Depu-
talon 10 Namo the Day, and Conduct
nIu,v


talon 10 Name the Day, and Conduct
the Opening Ceremonies.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 2J.-iCorrespond-
ence. This generally reposeiul and
oi.en almost somnolent city now stands
on tiptoe with excitement. Not, as fire.
uucntlv happens in quite literal sense
! ON tne ilushiug of It's cutters by tor
rent rains aud sudden overflow OF its
s,icet3 ill it looks ike Venice; no.
because the cotton crop promises TO
reach 6,0t J,CGJ bales. and the conseC uenl
big. u.IHu Ni' ~ pleasant; not because
4... .ra. 30 ~ road are being laid
alur. i,r .ust nd Brilliant sv.ee,s,
h.t ir"H|.. ...g dry cOmeoh on apace--
.,..a. .. .u '.r III iiJs public led
.,.. .us aHNr D On looking forward
n.,U g. pH' eyes that penetrate The
.'- $50, BOO the opening OF The
" ur.t sr. r.r.. Y, about which every
uI. .hnrHai- I'm INV civilized language
has ncaru I..'.-J ma extraordinary de-
Jiijs.
on Monday, October 81, a deputatjon,
wnich cons sted OF .hree of The most dis
tiua ais 81 cniZens New Orleans can
boast, .ook their departure for Wash
lag on, at the hest Of the board Of man
agemeut. 30 convey TO Pres dent Arthur
me formal Invitation thai ne should
conduct in person the inaugural cere-
monies OF the grahd International ailaif.
YES! In December New Orleans will
say
MERRY CHRISTMAS
to all the world and everybody else with
u | VIE juh,ance of that radiant rejuve-
nescence by which, since lbe war, and
especially IN the last five years, the
south has a3tonisbed The world. | take
it for granted that all your readers are
familiar by This time with lhe mon
strous size Of The buildings and their
creates. commercial artery in the world
-Uhe muddy, moody, magnificent Mis-
sissiDpi.
So.lie facts, bowcve", touching the o.
Of ubeSc grounds, and the
svrikiuy light in whicu they will APP
pear, have htther,o been Kept in the
background, but now their embelish-
nent mas become matter of special at
tenlio n, and the setting out groves of
o apar, banana, lemon. mesquite, mag
uey, evc., with topical and semi-tropI-
cal plaDts attracts daily hundreds of
cl.iods visitors, who watch The laying
out of the winding walks and the rails
ing OF The flower mounds from under
TIE SHADY SHELTER
OF the grand. guardian live oaks, whose
great re, close foliage and long, grace
y
bolize That combination OF The massive
and the delicate which worlds OK
position should abundantly possess.
Fountains and miniature lakes, all
things, in fact, that can delight the eye,
have been provided, and when we re-
fleet how many electric lamps at night
will +, fleet their ilattering light over The
ever-moving scene, fancy beSiCs 10 Oidf
her wings and rest.
Ia M. f.. nj I.Dly pIl1N nll
afler the wife of President Diaz, of Mex
leo, 100 feet of fountain stand pipe arise,
throwing out three lessening circles OF
lets at intervals oftwenty-tiVe feet. On
The top OF a spire rising fifteen feet above
;his COLUMN
AN ELGCrRIC LAMP
Of 100000 candle power will sprinkle its |
'adjance over the fallingjets OF the ioun-
ain and across the waters OF the lake. |
IN front OF five of the principal en-
frances 5000 candle-Dower Leavitt-
Mueller electric liaht is placed and in
i've different sections of the grounds,
overs lbs feet high, are each lighted by
en- standard arc lights of the Jenny sys-
EN-. Fifty additional Jenny standard
nc lamps are ranged around the
;lounds and steamboat land
ngs on the river front.
The systems represented in this
,rand display of electric lighting are the
Gibson, Leavitt- Mueller, Brush, Jenny,
thompson and Houston, aggregating
OCo incandescent and 100 standard arc
amps, which requires 1900 horsepower
f engines for the electric'' htins alone,
n 200 hor e-pOwer II "a Tor the service
han The great Coriiss engine, which
furnished tue entire power for the Cen
enpial building, ana which is now at
'ullman, 400 horsepower. This cleo
rical combination
SAYING UNTO THE NIGHT
Let there be light" and browning the
plendid scene with mimic day, will
Onstitute the finest exhibition of the
ontrasts of the different systems of ,
ghting that the world has ever seen.