Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-07-03
SCIENTIFIC


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AlshoG<h r2e West has long surpassed
the Essr N nest % the se1tu-= Of civil
zs1 life IL has never ret approached
the latter N the Manufacture Of siren
si6c s-e-works Here China and rsrp
especially J8paz- Ar masters xhon ws
czz scarrslY initiate. mgrh less excel
In ~sPe2Sin< q thz superiority Of h4
-5c~- Isoss YasDmoe q J1uzaeze uer-
chant q shfs cisy. a5I
-Dgr skill IN making d-e-Nur<s =
LargelT due - the tart thai the business
remains IN Tho hazsf< q the sane fzzrilr
Z~saer1rEoa afssr -vu@rzdol IN the
tn1tesl States AMI E1-iz1t th@ sra % a
rtch brewer 90 retired merchant 3D.
r1uuss 1 lawyer 90 a nan of leisure. n
clergyman Or 4 decsor- In Japan it =
different \ b0T = h-0grhs zp - take
pride IN his fathers pcariou ard - b.
come his s~scressOr . the Iatrsr1sGeash-
The largest pyrUsechair establishment
- Japan rs been owned By Que family
foe AZ least two hundred years IL . The
sane with the exrsres Ant artists
who ARE employed IN the business
They train their D 20 b their
assistants. their partners and ESe
sEse their sGccssso$ Tie result.
= always satisfactory from n ps>-
eunEa-y point Of view Every artist
during his career viii invent or discover
something new. which be transmits t.
his s1u ~ an heirIossu- instead OF nat
entIag IL AMI MAXIM IL public Prop
ertY. as Is lone IN America In this
way IN esprit d. corps. something like
the guild spirit of 9TH L0a1aa-tscreated-
which Iaarps - macA 20 the BENEFITS OF
the business as 10 the persons ~ho make
4 livelihood cat OF IT Just A. yOu have
families here ~ho are noted for their
commercial Intellectual or political
a~chleEeG1entS generations after genera
tons 80 IN Japan ws have families who
have been famous for / century or more
a. manufacturers. Inventors o. design
ers OF artistic dre-Nork&
There Is nothing extraordinarily
new but any number Of snail novelties
IN the pyrotschuh. world The eominr
season will see 4 great increase IN &C.
centric and g-Oses4us balloons Next
Fourth Of Iuly It will - 4 simple nat
ter for every patriot 20 send uo n mem
agerIe almost A. l1--e a. Noah1s AK
showing IN the 1ir ali -or-s Of animals
birds AMI fish These balloons srp
made OF a peculiar kind Of paper light
a. Tissue. as SsrOnE A. the heaviest ma
nlllA and = perfectly air tight The
secret Of its strength znd texture =
owned By only a feE n1uufarsurpe To
keep them IN posirIOa they are weighted
with little p5@ceS Of metallic lead in
cry the Same fashion as are Ia
dies riding habits Americans - yes
do not appreciate theSe balloons or how
ID use .hsm- They serd them of
without any regard 20 the weather.
whether calm or windy. wet or dry
They shoHl& be seat of only in calm
dry weather. when they Will remain
overhead in the heavens for hours Any
one cooperating with his friends and
neighbors can have. At 1 trif,in~ cost
n skies 6ltei with humorous or grace
full figures shieh are ROt alone 4 pleas
IRE 20 grown folks but AZ educational
display 30 the little ones
More remarkable and more inxsnious
much than these balloons are What you
call day dre-NOrxS These are really
smoke-xOrk& IN which 4 bomb shot IN
ward explodes IN uid-zir. sending out
lines \ figures in ~vaTi-colored snokes-
Our Japanese artists have worked for two
centuries upon this subject and en- DO
things hat seem almost miraculous 20
Oeeidensals They car produce snakes
eobsehss parallel lines. either vertical
or horizontal waves and zizz1zse cir-
eleS ellipseS balls squares diamonds
and loops A fen have gone 50 far as
% produce figures that can be recognized
IS human OF animal shapes their makers
designed These are exceptions how
ever. and a lot be relied Upon The
policy Ot TIE G0verEzezs s 20 favor
the industry. both By exemption from
taxz-io, IS veil Is By rewards and Other
practical r~eeogniuOas 20 manufacturers
and artists We have no fear OF eompe-
sitiOn. - the ehief element in the work
Is lzbo-. and that Gusts - little II Izran
a. 70 be i~nlpp-cciable- A bright girl
eal be hired fora few cents q dzy with
L. a ! nan At i've dollars wOuki
h required - Ne- York-N- Y S.ar
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