The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-21

who has dissected O Roman candle knows
% the contrary. After this operation on
end Of tho case Is closed. An expert work
man can make from fifteen hundred
70 three Thousand . day Ct these, %
cording to size. After rolling the cases IN
placed On shelves and sent to thedrying room
% b thoroushly dried. IN this sam depart
ment Il . machine for trimming Of the
rough ends 50 that the possibility Of any &C
c3dent happening from unnecessary friction
T. lesseued. These cases beside being used
for dlling have also various other purposes,
such as mailing, etc. While the Romau
candle Is progressing thus far on the Jour.
ney let rs peep in At the laboratory door,
where chemicals are being mixed. The
performance u the principal part Of ire.
works depends much on the composition
being very fnc and wcll mixed; therefore
great care is taken in this par: Of the word
and particularly for the composition Of sky
rockets and also in all fixed works from
which the Ere r.ays regularly. The chem
1cal mixtures are then distributed to the
workmen, wkO in TURF ~ them TO The
moulding room, where, with little manipula-
tion, they are paced in moulds and made into
"stars" or ''oails''a they are moro common
lytermed. These arc ali cOlorcd. for the pale
white lights have given place Of late years
% those Of beautiful tints. The color Of tho
stars seen in this department would deceive
o a to that which they display when fired.
The green produce . blue light and the blue
turn 70 green. White is made from red
stars, red from gray, and SO o. until every
color Of the rainbow Is c~atalogued.
II 10 at this point where We meet the case
again ready for the reception Of the chem
icals thus prepared. This - called tho
charging department Before the work
man 10 . frame capable Of holding twelve
cases upright which he places In position,
having 6rst ascertained thai the insides are
entirely free BY passing . rod through
them. This prccaution il necessary b.
cause any obstruction would cause the piece
70 miss fire. On ono side Of him, in sep
arate compartments, arc ciay, competition,
powder and stars Of various colors, and On
the other . mallet Of Considerable weight
and several hammers Of dikerent lengths,
the longest being about tho same sise as the
case he 10 to al Taking in bis has : sn In
stEument consisting Of twelve sue-A scoops,
connected in . limo Ind exactly the same
distance apart ~ are the cases o. tho frame,
he fills them with clay and skillfullv
empties them into these cases. Tho same
II done with the powder, the composition
(Which is used a . wad) and the stars. All
these he then packs down BY msans Of tho
longest ramrod- Repeating the Same proc
ess again and again, except the clay b
omitted, he uses . shorter rod cash tune
until the case is fully charged, and pours In
at the end more clay, as this material guar
antecs safe handling and packing and pro-
tectS the explosives inside. The fuse il
thou Sucorfo6 md lacf1v thn o,,taSHo >oIoroN
paper is wrapped around for identifying
the Roman candle thus made. Tho whole
operation described here also applies to
rockets.
Fire-crackcrs come from China, where
postime, as the Germans do toys. They
are imported in boxes similar to tea chests,
the hieroglyphics On them representing ad-
vertisemcnts of different irr1s,- and thoy
arc used as ballast for the ships that bring
them ovcr. An idea may be obtained Of the
utter impossib,lity of competition when M
Is informed that it costs but two cents to
make q pack of firc-crackers there. The
Chinese werc acquainted. n We al know,
with the uses Of gun-powder long before its
introduction into Europe in tho thirteenth
century, and the peasants havebeen for 20
MAN. generations adept in the art Of max
ing 6re<rackers that it has become, We
might say, second nature. OF course, in
the fireworks, where Q thorough UNDER
standing Of the mysteries Of chemical
action and artistic skill arc required, those
manufactured in Brooklyn are . fair
sample Of the higher excclleneeof American
But when neither Of these
qualities i requisite WI r entirely out of
the field.
Balloons Of various sizes and shapes ara
also made here. Passing through this de-
partment q p~redOmiuance Of the fair sex
among the hands is noticeable. which is &C
counted Tor by their su1erior defines,
quickness, and accuracy in eating and
FASTING. The devices in Iss Ter balloons
are very amusing, sEien grotesque,
representing figures Of almost every
animal, from the elephant to the frog,
and also several fishes. some gigantic
in size. It looks ludicreus to sec o hugo
whale II q mammoth pig rise N the air and
gracefully Goat away. but tho most strik-
in& Of all seen in this department arc the.
imported japanese bomb-ahells. What
makes them still moro, wonderful Is theie
insignificant appearance before being fred
appearing to DC about the size Of o base
ball, hut much lighter in weight. Whea
thrown from the mortar, however, to q CON
siderable height, they suddenly burst, and,
amid o shower of falling stars, q large,
beautiful figure. uade Of japanese paeer,
sails far away. The effect is brilliant and
unique. Another interesting thing Of this
kind is bOmtsshen upon which thu ON
pony prides Itself. 1t consists OF shells
made Of differed: sizes, so Is to fit q in
side the other and to contain colored stars.
As the whole AFFAIR fies upward, q after
another Of these shells bursts and produces
Q long train Of variegatcd stars, which, in
turn, shoot Of and burst until the entire
heavens Is illuminated.
Besides those already mentioned, there
arc many other forms Of fireworks, such
q Catharinc wheels. touFb;lious, gif2n-
dolcs. pastiles and Q variety Of the rotating
end ascending kind that produce tho Dast
pleasing sosnic e5eets>