The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16

/. CNillS Use FiToulCkerS To
Dive on Evil Spirits.

-..----Fs in Thsir Raligion-Peeps
-..-. the Great Z Factories Where the
-~.as are Tade-Seoret of Pin
-.sel and Torpedo.
he Futs1urg Dispatch.
---- ur fireworks in China was
'-. ....9 ous one, ana, in fact, fire
even today play not neon
.... ur. in the celebration of at
lhe chief holidays in the
- .l.udar This occurs ON the
-..s.... The twelfth month, which is
.... d.. -lIai.'' aud in the calendar the
l.. s.uru as that on which ''the
.....- crescent out
r..as in of this day, intimately asso-
..,..s....a irccrackers, is curious, for the
L... b 1--we that every house is inhab-
.igr kind spirits, which preside over
..t.f.Hu45 of the family, and are an
uy evil spirits which equally
H.. p. work their will upon the inhab-
s-..nr tne house. AT midnight of tho
.....-fnud day of Hal" the good
a5.- a. household gods, depart on
r, ...urg 10 heaven in order to report
M -..bahavior Of the family, And as
.,aa- .ruJrts have to be made at one
fos.u 5n.y are absent for whole week
fr4flra. return until New Years Day.
FIGHTING sPOOKs WITH FIRE.
T5e evil spirits are thus left in charge
,ft.. Iagsa. ANA during that time they
g.,Ia have the opportunity of working
CONSIDERABLE amount of harm on the
uH. deprived of its protective genii
mi .o tne people INDUCED in d sort of
,r...- "a. .lsse cleaning in order to drive
m. these unWelcCme guests. Noise
IA fr. are evidently the two most OBJ
.tfonab.c things to these spirits, for it
1 hg line and of these that the Inhabitants
ri-e TO drive them from the house
.nn,. srmbals, drums, are beaten with
4 lheu.atc. fires and candles are lighted to
mp. tnasurits away, while iirecrackers,
h..l unite Roth desiderata, are let off in
ard .l,,0u which would delight the soul
rr juvenile citizen on the Fourth,
18th. houses are literally festoOned with
wIr6 is, which keep up an incessant
bmgfrr So serious, however, is this OBJ
smante that only the grown-up of the
Emfy sl Ike part in this exercising of the
lemon. the children being excluded from
.nv participation in it, as they are ex-
l.udca from all feLlglouS ceremonies.
THE COLOR IS A FACTOR.
The i8aa of noise in frightening away
ba..semons is naturally derived from a
Drsr human notion, for primitive man
las doubtless scared by the emission of
gne loud mj unexpected sound of an I'M
r0sical nature. and applying the result
.i- observation ON himself to the trent
rrl Of his enemy. he observed tho same
,nm1meu2 and consequently reasoned
lat aIl his enemies would be similarly
aer.c8 bv similar proceedings, Thus
8i,c came to- baused as a means of fright
away the spirits of evil which dwell
the aoasaEoIds
But IL not only bv its noise or its
retgst Inc Chinese firecraclxer is sig
ihmrt: it also derives a power from its
Dior 1t must have struck everybody
bgt th, naper. in which the little naner
earased, nay ever, the label ON the
,Trr-s idea 10 +bo colo, IF ba1,7,i t ~ a,.
rci In is. therefore the emblem of +bn
.rfns of thot which is GOOD and VIM
roro potent weanon could beused AGAINST
O. mi ,.it Of M than that which L. 9Vacte
antaronistic and opDosed2
""l "HIl1 10 IIiE CHIN A9E MOURNING
How red came to be regarded as the
io.or of luck and the bringer OF haDpi-
lcss ur THESE people is not difficult to IN
lcrstuHl. naturally people early be-
ame aware of the color Of the blood and
Ipon atwofit its intimate connection with
Pie support Of life, although they knew
lotniuE Of the intricate physiological
processes which it supports. The body
lead. deprived of its blood became white,
lnd white Isl as it has ALWAYS been, the
color of Chinese mourning.
This curious employment of red paper
pay be- observed at every Chinese house,
oeifou' looks at the door-posts he win
b. sure to see pasted on them a scrap of
VI .'l l-!"Iheu WIN ChIlleSe cllalac-
vi. eraaad bring Good fortune fo the in
labtaals.
r,..-
FINE 'HACh ERs ON BIG OCCASIONS.
From tdis celebration of a RELIGIOUS fes-
.ral TO that Of national one. made all
pos. religious bv the fact that IT, does
lmog TO qualities nearly eodlike. is but a
siWt sIeu and therefore the use of fire
hackers by the Chinese on important oc-
saso1s is readily Understandable. al
.m4ga with us the original stage in the
of the idea never existed or
Aas been lost i'm ANTIQUITY.
The fireworks industry is to-day a de-
fdo..v Important one, and gives employ
nIt to hundreds of families. while it
pay be safely said in spite of the croak-
Pcs heard in some quarters that it is at
I5ll5d with comparatively little danger
hna ta. less than many seemingly less
l"ado@ trades. Practically gunuowder
loras the basis of all sorts Of fireworks.
lRQl is mixed with some chlorine or
4fe in order to generate a great deal of
4Sy9ln and so burn rapidlv. Themethod
! making fireworks is practically the