The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11


 New York, Nov. 5.--J. Pisrpont Nor gan has Just broken all records by paying $4,000 in duty on single copy of the Bible which he recently pur- chased in France at the neat figures of S25,000. The volume in question, which was sold at arction. Is the oiigl- nal Cluny Bible, one of the finest works of art in France, 1t being an Illuminated text on parchment. It was tbe work of the Cluny Monks and Is more than 200 years old. King Ed ward wanted 1t, too, as memorial to his mother, the late Queen Victoria, hut as he is only a king with pitt tance of few millions 8 year. he was forced to give way in chagrin to Mir. Morgan, since the latter was not ham, pered by the etiquette which would have ci.Lssd an sEhG.ish subject to withdraw under pain of roya! displeas- Nure Still Englaud's ruler has the sat- isfaction of Knowing thas even if he { couldn't afford it lie inad5 Mr. Morgan pay a record price. sisce nt the figdre named the Bible Is the most expen- sive ever imported to this country Ac- conpanying the Bl1ie $ an illum'na- ted copy of the original order for the arrest of John BuIyan on a charge of heresy. But while S25, 1oo may have looked large tc 9thor bi1is-'. j. is only A drop in the bdGkst 10 Mir. Morgan,
  has spent more than $3,000,O00 for paintings and antiques in the last three months The costliest single purchase was the Portrait of Miss Farren," by Sir Thomas Lawrence for which Mir. Morgan paid $200,000. This painting in 1863 sold flor S444, so that the price paid by New York's financier shows an advance of just about 45,000 per cent.
 
 The first international pushmobile race, a direct growth of the Wander bilt race, has been run and won in record tiIhe-for pushmobiling is the very newest organized sport in New York. even though it be a sport which is limited to those of immature years. A pushmobile is a wheeled vehicle such as boys use to push and coast about the city streets. Generally 1t consists of a board laid or two pairs of wheels. the steering being done by the feet or a piece Of rope attached to the front axle and the power supplied by a one boy pusher who runs behind Until recently the sport has been in a dis organized state, but of late prominent pushmobilists acting together have brought order out of chaos. EIimina- ton trials were run for an interna- tional race which took place last week, with many of the characteris- tics of real auto racing. Rigid rules for the contest were drawn up, under which no contestant was allowed to weigh more than 110 pounds, and no pushmobile less than one quarter of its driver and pusher together. The course was four and one-quarter miles fin length and was covered by the win ner in the record time of twenty-nine minutes and fifty-six seconds a per formance which won a silver cup At times it is stated some of the pushmo- bilists were going at the terrific pace of twelve miles an hour. Bent axles and upsets were frequent, the latter "hairpin turn" One broken bone was reported and minor bruises were pleu- ty. The name of the winning car is withheld, but it is known to have had two roller skate wheels in front and two large baby carriage wheels be- hind.