New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-04
SUNDAY EDITION.
JULY q, 1886.
READY FOX THE FOURTH.
BIG PREPARATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY.


ill-natured person, VINO forge, that they
young themselves, the boys OF NcwYork and Brooklyn
are going 70 have glorious se the Fifth OF July.
Thousands OF little boobies all the city have
pean growing heavier from day to day dGrug the last
month two and It is safe predict that when the
boys chased bed at the midnight hour this great
dav they will be broke" to the uttermost copper.
Every year the Board OF Aldermen decides that the
aspiring penny squib shall not be touched on ami the
noisy frecracger shall not be exploded. but the poles
force is rot large enough by long way 10 enforce
ordinances suppressiDe patriotism and POWDER on
Independence Day. A pretty sure indication OF the
OF racket that will be kicked mp tho nrst
Monday July is afforded by the wholesale dealers IN
fireworks who state that before have they carried
such large and novel stocks and that In former yess
demands Of retailers been pressing
There are to-day several thousand retail depos where
boys can purchase ammunition 10 blow them skyTard
Every candy and toy shop a temporary arsenal. ana
half the small tobacco and grocery stores decorating
their windows with alluring chasers, "douole-headed
Dutchmen," Roman candles and unfer'ized rockets
Already horses prancng and figetty old ladies' are
gathering around their ankles and hor PING
about In of terror because of the fixing and
swapping OF crackers aud every poice court session
day ofjudgnent TO halt score OF juvenile offenders vhs
have beer gnilty previous enthusiasm and not
sufficient feetness OF foot.
The corporation poor this year Aiermaaic trials and
Broadway franchise proceedings have been 80 heavy
Council couldn't afford to pay for old fashioned
Fourth OF July celebration with gorgeous pyrotechn
display at night That sort of thins is thought TO bs
provincial and is left 70 suburban localities ike Harlem
and Brooklyn, where grown-up men not ashamed "a
remember that red fire and Oomts taught them
history and patriotism with incidental surgery. Upn
Harlem, where they are not afraid OF saltIere. they
going have great jubilee. The ir-t gray css
Of dawn will be neralded by the deep tones % the old
bell on Mount Norris for which all good Harlemites
entertain affection to be likened oBy to Phils-
delpnian's rsyerence for ths Liberty Bell. Then ex.
Alderman Wendels pOnderOus cannon will boom and
1000 public school boys will sing the National anthem
while the Star spanglei Banner IL being 20 tbs
breeze. Men have been work drilling great hole
into the hard granite tie summit OF OLD Mount Nor
and d gigantic pole Of Norway pine wall he raised
there for flagstaff At O'clock procession
will form at Lexington-ave. and One hundred and
sxteonth-st aud meander circuitousy through Harlem
The list REGIMENT ami a detachment Of tie 9th viii
head the Procession, a1d Alexander Hamilton Post
which conceived tls idea OF tue cee JrttOn, Will naten.
also Judson Fitzpatrick, General George e. Meade and
Summer Posts aad the Veteran Zjuave Battalion.
Uniformed public school boys, Maennerchors brass bands
ami viii be mKel up and alter l. al over taa
Dec arat.ou Of Independence Will be read. 1900 boys
and girls the viii sing aud German slnsinl
societies will add tleir Of the Fatherlani vHis
speeches will De made ami ex-Alernan Wen lei VIII
fire his guns whenever an interval OF time appears.
Fantastiq INNS aud antiques and h0rriO es,
as the programme calls t.en. viii parade IN the alter
neon, anu all those solid c!.lZsns WHO have - aOou
them Will feast at Brsly's Hall When evening closes
down all Harlem will illuminate anl adjourn ID Morning
SHE PARK, Nnth-ave aud one hundred and tentA-sti
to enjoy the music anu see Captain Pam ot Coney
Island, tOueA OF $500 worth OI lrewOrAs, duu! hcA
Niagara 100 tees long ~ % iee' AlS.' VI. ioal .
ST. cam OF liquid hre over tue walls ~ hosnlnssi.
Park" and divers MsshlngtOns ami revolving >lins ~
pyrOlecAuc haIlequlns Will Win adnllratOn ana l'hs.
drawn-out OAs" Inen Harlem WIZ. 20 10 Del aud
yn going .pnt lp heI enthusiasm into iOr iccos AZ
confederation OF VILLAGES, anu INC houses Sil
be Illuminated IN four quarters lie ro-dA ass y. 10
| four rival Brooklyn displays are lar too ong 10 %
printed. They viii De much lac har'ems ee'eyrA'!olr
| bat lacking concentration. may lack ierVor.
Few realize what tis business Is carried on IN .ss
manufacture AMI sale OF drew To Dcgia Nt. q
estimated 10y frns Ia the trade that the Cuted sites
annually burn up sl,5OO,OOO IN pO"der upon ths
Nations natal day. Tie sums devoted 10 ce9ieniL-Is
and vi centenntiIls ahd semi centen,ia.s AID bt1ss
OK enings ant election ubi atiOns aggregate heaFy q
nucn more during year. IL IL sgrprlslL- how ond
the human animal - OF noise. Americans axe APT %
believe That the burning o. powder AID igAuS o. 'ias
IRE origin 20 aud tue Continental Congress-
prone 10 Imagine that the IRE cracHe L. n sOns
Injected to George Washington Tor Us ro usd1v.
A rKBUN Z reporter was nbGei VII tHi' ls'' 1us
assured nm that CHINA was * ct ~ uro-
wOlAs oeIOre tue Christian era si iAt II pce cDI sse
| America points on pyrotechnIcs. Abroad uaIiiy any
celebration eau take place without hEe"oISs. ne asa
to scoi at the assumption that q" 1GFtn
OF july c0uld support eat fireworks man rie iDs
! said OF the Central ani SOdtA AhrfcsR
FoArth OF July. or day when the present usarpss
knocked oul MS predecessor The eKtleae uncer-
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business lively AMI lT0hiaDe. sometimes Two ceieOri-
tiOns together within MONTH rcvo diloA ma ing
out the south Christmas Ind nIewOiks-o 0sstAeI. -
There four great u .asfactorles N ts ,oIAry ne
Excelsior aud Cnexcelcd doing business la We" YORK
ond having factories pear the city, TIE GarIen Nly
Works Chicago and the last III Boston re- lures
FROM fifteen 10 thirty buildings AMI about ~5OO.Ooo
capital carry the business OF Danda, turing ire
works IL Is progressive Ous ness, IL which inventive
chemists anu Iyrotccnnsts a.. Jnelr time rsekinS
their brains u get ideas aud perfect OIL ones And
yet Sly joan CAinanan still controls TIE Wofd marses
In hre and daylight fireworks, and tne japanese
nave everything their own way IN the coored an.efn
line IL had long Ocen the reporter deSre 70 allow nov
to make set pieces, those reproductions III name OF
generals palaces AID eaoems tnat 50 amaze and delshe
so the elef nanuiacsifer and eontf Ell o. thess
pieces w.lsa ked 10 XlIAn ,-....., -
Il is really tue branch o. the raie said the
snufa cturer. IL only requires hIus1'c io'.y ase
kno gledse OF the quality aud quantity Of coloied hfes
and explosives. Say that committee cans mere And
| re- NESTS ne 10 make a reproduction o. the Cuito ~
Wasuiason or the state House at Albany. Tie aruss
first ORA plan Of the outline upon paper and tAe
carpenters 90 work and set up a framework. Ihea
tins artist stick Of charcoal and traces the out
him u1 with a box OF darts. Darts are IItts rolls OF
chemicals, c0ored IRE, about the SIZE ard shape OF
cigarette. rley stuck into little TIN hodefs and
fastened all along the lines drawn, ABOUT lo1t nehss
apart The frame then looks a. u soiuS OilS n-' -
sticking thousands cigarettes lnJO H. lhe ,Oior ot
tue darts ID varied according tastt and eEeQt feuHe
Isstiv Guick-msch winch nothing TIA ion
fnse made of pow Ter AMI tain PAPER, tho
top OF ,ch dart and fastened. Ten tue Oatne male
ont match and dark night all that ale required
70 the spectators Variation and effect
added by jud cOusg arransDs h0nah candies roc
aInwhee.s flower pots and bombs tor terminating the
ai.pav that the last liTng points Of nre may noe
,Ietract effect. Bat they are all accompaniment
! and not a part o. the piece"
The variety and cc.t Of fireworks THIS year
are something calculated 10 drive the domestic eeohohs.
crazy DISK upon the counters And YES OF ons
of tne great wholesale every imaginable sly
of curly ance that powder and payer VIA 10 IA. r.y-
rockets are remarkable tor their variety AL uea@J.
Rruc.ng Ia wooden boxes containing d"H'D eso
are Onaiuns from one ounce u Tour pouus OF
odsr aud cOrtln- rom lew cents 20 POI uolen.
THINK paying - 50 tor one sreaA Oi nie' ehule
wit a shower Of spsIks and bang! Ihee are str*'
, number o. new THIS some nave 1hc Ou
fashioned single stick. some two SUCKS anu son' san?
MI when ready 10 fire. There parachute rOcAetA
"a sie as "A mans arm which ascend WIN Roar AMI
exno.e uber .tng a parachute sAlch sails awAy
scattering showers liquid IRE ana occasional bombs
y near aud meteor IOcAets which "hlie .scendina
,hrow on streams varegatcd cO'Or-i mrtenrs tcrm
n,tinc with % brilliant shower of gold ram hoinnshr4s
r,ckeT, which explode and scatter SPARKS; tfiplt
b..nr rockets which, having Attained tArlr highsss
unu,lc display % bouquet OF Yarirgat1 cOorrd Stars
ana descending DISCHARGE secon 'nd thiiu s"oNet