The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-28

Crackers Up to $1,000 For n SOIi-
tnry Set Piece.
There are 50 many new styles in fire
I works this year that the heart OF the
small boy should be as glad as that Of
/ his elder sister at Easter bonnet time
The fireworks man is also happy. Not
only is he looking forward to the gold
en- harvest which the Fourth or July
always brings, but he also has his
business eye fastened upon the presi-
Dental campaign, which is really a
source of greater profit to him than
the patriotic holiday.
On the Fourth of July the small boy is
/ the most prominent customer and he
goes in fer quantity in preference to
quality, spending his money for an
endless variety of cheap things on
which the margin of profit is proper
tiOnately small. But the campaign
boomer. with his large, ante-election
ideas, buys the most expensive kind Of
fireworks He, of course, is spending
other folks money, whereas the small
boy is handing out the coin which is
distinctly his own. This makes all the
difference in the world in the purchase
of everything as well as with fire
works
The particular pride of all well-in-
formed and up-to-date fireworks men
this year are the skyrockets. One Of
the heavy men in the business solemn
ly informed the writer that the i'm
provements this year were on a stu
pendous scale; that the Fourth of July
of 1896 would be a memorable date to
all ages and sexes because of the mag
nifcence of the skyrockets which will
be shot into the heavens.
Picking up a bunch which was la
beled Peacock Plume Rockets" he
became terribly eloquent and gave
vent to this thrilling eulogy: Rising
like an Eiffel tower of fire to an inn
mense height, with a grand explosion
they form gorgeous veil of feathery
plumes, reaching nearly TO the ground.
EN- belliShed with topaz and emerald
comets, INTERVIEWING in their flight,
presenting beautiful figures and COM
binations of colors. ending with sa-
lutes."
In the less fragrant rhetoric of the
clerks these rockets are known as
eight-pound'ars and they sell at whole
sale for $105 per dozen. 1t is quite
certain that a number of small boys
will worry along through the Fourth
without an "Eiffel Tower of fire" etc,
as the cost per tower is very close to
DARLINGS OF HIS HEART
These thoughts evidently did not oc-
. cur to the fireworks man. He went
| bravely along until he came to a pack
: age marked Prize Comet Rockets"
{ These were clearly the darlings of his
: heart. Thrusting his thumbs into his
8 vest pockets he recited the following.
f with such telling effect that it seemed
Y as if he must have sat up nights study
e ing it: These rockets ascend to a
great height, and discharge single
Q star of large size and brilliancy. which
4 changes color several times while
floating slowly away, then suddenly
resolves itself into revolving wheel of
brilliant fire and other beautiful eff
fects, ending with a burst of tinted
meteors."
For the benefit of those who may be
fascinated by the rich word-pi5ture
painted by the fireworks man and
aspire to the ownership of some Of
these cometic rockets, it is stated that
the fatal label in the package bore this
inscription: "Eight-pounders S105 per
Dozen
The new styles in rockets, and most
of them at about the same price. were
referred 90 by the dealer with bewil-
dering rapidity in this wise: "COlored
shooting star rockets release several
showers Of golden scintillations. from
which many shooting stars of all cOlors
of the rainbow are continuously dis
charging in every direction, producing
9 a. novel and beautiful effect
These golden cloud rockets display
bling melted gold, dropping in mid
heavens, throwing a powerful and
grand illumination on surrounding OBJ
jects.
Now we come TO the diamond chain
rockets, which, on reaching their
height, produce links of diamond
chains, changing colors, which con-
tinue descending. and finally disap-
pearing in the distance with bursts of
colored meteors and showers of gold. -
1t must not be supposed, however,
that the invention of new rockets has
consumed all Of the intellectually Of
the fireworks man. On the contrary.
he has delved into many departments
Of pyrotechnics with telling effect, one
of his notable achievements being a
vast Improvement in the matter of
water fireworks. Laying aside the lux
uriant phraseology of the dealer. it
can be plainly stated that these are
made for folk who live at the seashOre
or on the banks of a river or lake.
They were fashioned to suit the mari
time nature of their final surroundings,
and are variCusly entitled Diving
devils. flying fish, floating illumination.
electric flOater. water volcano, sea SER
lie pent. spray fountain and jeweled foun-
sr tain" Diving devils cost SIT per dozen
IT twelve sea serpents can be had for 500.
? while the jeweled fountain is the most
20 expensive in the list. costing $45 per
- dozen.
p An exceedingly rapid way to burn up
= money is to purchase a few of the new
lie style bombshells. They are not known
1 under the name of bombshell now, but
: masquerade. under flattering titles like
V the electric Volcano" the "bOmbette
- fountain" the fiery. contortionsts -
- etc The latter cost $40 each, or $3.50
to per. dozen. and each one is guaranteed
le to represent "a spur fire fountain,
lie which changes to myriads Of fiery con-
" misunderstanding. squirming in mid
IL air. putting themselves into various
20 shapes" etc The bOmbette fountain
ie also costs $40 for each one. while an
"a electric volcano can be had for con-
ne s.derably less.
E. Of the latter the dealer said: att
Of opens with an illumination of red, fol-
er lowed by stream Of scintilating fire
T. and colored stars, and terminates with
a burst of green electric stars of great
l. brilliancy and startling effect The ex-
ira size is of marvellous beauty, emit
p ting large globes of electric fires, scin-
tillating and ejecting thousands of col
, ored sparks looking like so many Jets
= of sparkling water
y Altogether. the man who wants t.
= make strictly up-to-date pyrOfechniC
u display next Saturday evening should
! fortify himself abundantly with the
= coin OF a country He can pay any.
e thing from 2 cents for a bunch OF
y pIebian crackers to $1,000 for an elab
1q crate set piece
is NOT THE SAME. Ell.