The Dickinson press., 1893-07-29

OF the small boys tirccrackcrs in the
streets of Chicago No such crowd
OF people ever gathered upon the
grounds before since the gates were
opened to the public on May 1. The
ceremonies were very appropriate to
the occasion. The most impressive
scene :nd at the same time the one
winch most stirred the blood of pa
trlot was that furnished by the raising
of Paul Jones old flag 10y the wife of
the grand son of Lieut. Stafford, who
rescued the flag from the sea after it
mad been shot from the staff in the
light between the Srrapis and the Bon
lionllnr. 1t was the first American
1lis to be raised aloft as the emblem of
the United country, and Paul Jones
the old Scotch private. who carried the
war right on in English waters, was
pre-rmincntly the right man to have
first raised this flag. The old flag has
only twelve stars for all that time,
only twelve of the states had Joined
the Union. and Georgia was vet not
one or them The tremendous cheer
ing. the shlvos of artillery, the general
uniulinS of flags and the grand chorus
of two thousand voices which greeted
this great relic Of the past and en-
blrm OF daring presented an incident
to the eye and ear, perhaps the most
impressive that has ever occurred of
the kind in the worlds history. The
grounds presented an appearance which
probably no scene ever before Drc-
scntcd in Its variety of many colorrd
costumes, embracing the many STYLES
of all nations; III thousands of flags
of all nations and in the other gay
bunting and decorations displayed cv-
erywhcrr. The whole celebration must
have given the foreigners here an cx-
ccllcnt idea Of the patriotism and 10y
atty OF the American people in such
Il way as to make the descendants Of
kings and princes Just IL little cnvious
over the fact that republics can retain
the respect Of the people and their
unswerving fralty to such IN eminent
degree OF course, the great spcctac-
ular feature of The day WAS the great
fireworks display in the evening,
which cost the management of the
exposition some S1O.OuO. and which
brought enormous crowds upon the
grounds. 1t was the finest display
Which has ever been seen in Chicago
The works We're shot off upon tlic lake
shore south of the great battlrShip ILL
nois, and opened with the sending up
Of Il balloon carrying streanirrs of fire
representatives Of the American flag.
The appearance Of this beautiful
representation Of the national flag was
received with perfect storm of toots
and whistles from boats ON the lake.
No sooner did the colors of the starry
banner bum away than Il number Of
bombs We're let off from the shore.
These made Il tremendous racket, and
l.,,, L.; I'LL,
another horrible din, but did not fling
Il shower of colorcd stars into the sky.
After twrnty-Onr of these noisy bombs
had sounded the national salute a num-
Der Of rockets We're Shot into the IIrav-
ems. The display of fireworks that fol-
lowed surpassed til" splendid exhibi-
ton given OH dedication night. After
the heavens had been bom,ar,lcd for
several minutes with fierce fire of
shells and rocket, that burst into
thousands Of emcralas turquoise. ru-
bies and showers of gold and silver
HE portrait Of George Washington was
fired Beneath the picture blaZcd the
words in letter.; of culoreG fire: First
in war; first in piece; first i'll the hearts
Of his countrvmen'
A school of lire fish intermiXcd With
sun1ry serpents began to dart about
over the waters, some Of the bigger
and more daring of the snakes swim
ming QUO to the vessels anchored near
est in shore. only to dive suddenly and
disappear beneath the waves This
display of fireworks in the water ended
with a gorgeous fountain that rose out
of the center Of the lake. Three tiers
of shelves dashed golden spray In adj
dition there was Il fourth fountain
that ray-nlynl .tn1 Sl,f,.-n,..I irs 1Iay-
Ing jewels. On every side swarms Of
fire flies sprang into existence right
over the ruins Of me golden fountain
These harmless insects We're scattered
by torrent of pr>matic rain.
The second device showed the red
and yellow royal coat of arms Of Spain,
with the date "1iJ2'' below. Stimuli
taneously the red. white and blue col
ors Of the United States Of arms ap-
peared with the Columbian date 1899"
Fire SproutinE From the Lake.
a novel spectacle was afforded
when, without any warming. Il huge
mass of water was thrown into the air.
as if uphcaved 10y some submarine
earthquake The silver that fell in
showers to the surface was mixed with
glistening particles If golden fire.
Magnetism rockets. aquatic fireworks
and several more pretty set designs
held the constant gaze Of the crowds
for an hour.
The biggest and most attractive ex-
hibitioI of fireworks ever given in Chi
cagO closed in Il tittin. manner with a
Columbian bouquet or rockets. In this
final pie':e Were 2.IO) bursting rockets,
which Tiled the air with Il rainbow of
more than 100000 giittering stars.
To most. however. by far the most
impressive scen'.s Were furnished by
the clDpving. pushing AMI crowding
| OF a mi.lty throng of people number
ing ::>>.JU.stJ souls. one of the gf.ndeSt
spectacles ever Looked upon faced the
speakers stand in f-..rt Of the admin