The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-25
.VASTELECTRICFLASH
WORLDS GREATEST DISPLAY To
MARK OPENING OF HUDSON.
FULTON CELEBRATION.
Twenty-six Million Candle-Power to
Provide Illumination Visible for
400 Miles-Municipal Jog Riders
Involves Heavy Expense to
Cfty--Shopplng on
Ocean Liners.

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| New York, July 24.-The greatest IL
Elimination that this world has ever
| known. far exceeding in brilliancy the
light from the burning OF Rome, will
| mark the opening of the Hudson-Ful-
tor celebration next September. No
| less than 2e.26o.000 candle-power of
| electric light will be turned on. and
the resulting flash, 1t Ia, asserted, Will
be visible for distance OF 200 square
miles. In addition to these electric
lights, there will be ITO miles OF bon
fires. extending all the way from New
| York to Troy and innumerable displays
| of fireworks. Scientists have stated
| that IL the civilization on Mars has
| reached the advanced stage generally
attributed to IT. 1t ts not impossible
that the great light may be observed
there. Incandescent bulbs will have the
first place in the scheme OF fllumfna-
tion. IL being planned to use at least
| 100000 OF them. There will also
BE 1000 arc lights and 1000 flare arcs.
while the giants of the whole affair
will be four tremendous searchlights
| OF 100000 candle-power each and
twelve of 10000 candle power each.
| All these lights which will fash into
use at the same moment are to be
| located on the New York side Of the
/
! consideration the illumination on the
Jersey side. Including this. together
with bonfires. 1t IL estimated that
| lot. 900, 900 candle-power Will be q
conservative measure OF the light which
will be turned loose In honor OF the
| man after whom the Hudson River Is
named and the one who invented the
| first steamboat which navigated Its
waters just 100 years ago. Just what
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| may be better understood when 1t Is
known that II candles were actually
used to produce 1t. they would. II
laid end-to-end, stretch more than ia
| 900 miles. or half way around the
world.
An innovation in the furniture line
| in the shape OF q living hat-rack II
Father KnIckerbocker's latest inveA.
tion This remarkable piece of house
| furnishing Is the direct result OF an
auction sale held this week. which
| will undoubtedly go down in the his
4 tory of the city as the strangest on
| record The property sold under the
| hammer in this city consisted OF four
teen elk, and 1t Is the horns of these
4 animals which are expected to serve
i as pegs for hats and overcoats. The
4 whole thing came about as the result
Il OF the annual cleaning up OF Pros
4 poet Park In Brooklyn. when every
thing that is not wanted is sold to
| the higheset bidder. Among the sur
plus accumulation OF the past twelve
months which the park authorities
| didn't want were, in addition to old
/ garden hose, hats, rubber boots and
1 other articles left by visitors, fourteen
elk. For the first time In its history.
4 the residents OF this city had an OPP
portunity to secure living specimens
| of these animals. The results OF the
sale, however. failed to Justify expec-
| tations since the highest price obtained
| for one of these animals was $3.50.
1 Several sold as low as $3.50 each, an
absurd price. considering the value OF
| their heads as TROPHIES and their
hides and flesh for unitarian purposes.
/ The first two elks sold were purchased
| for 81 by a man living in q third-story
| four-room fat, who, when asked what
| he was going to do with the animals.
announced that he would give one to
| his boy to ride and chain the other
/ in the hall for a living hat-rack. No
I'renorts have been secured from him as
vet but 1t Is generally believed that
| the man with an elephant on his hands
had a far easier problem than that
| which confronts the third-story owner
of two well-Srown elk
| The manner In which this country
| spends money on articles which the
average man never considers as con-
| tributing to the COST OF Hvlng' was
strikinRly illustrated this week when
| n was shown by figures from the Gus
| toms once that we annually consume
| az 200 900 worth of canary bird seed.
There are not less than 100000 Gagged
birds in the United States. according