The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03
rI8FwORKS FOR THE FOURTH.
...rp1ctN FLAG PIECES AT EIGHT
DOLLARS EACH.

,,orLs-Dny specialization the
,,riouS CoIOrs Are Made.
>-u York. June SO.-War time in any
..-,- ia a harvest for the manufacturer
s-.uorks. In China, the home of the
.-.-seker, there are designers who go
.-.-, one country to another stopping at
,-.-s that are engaged in warfare. Last
lar the trouble in India, and the year
..-s the war in Greece, took certain
......za experts out of their own land TO
.t.to Of the warning country, but with poor
,-.osy reward, for there was little call for
rocket work in either land.
.r.e American Fourth Of July is the
---srsst event the maker of firecrackers
foaQ.s II is celebrated months before on
~. banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang; and be-
comes a household word along the
,t5rves Of Picking and Marking.
America is the most patriotic country in
+5a world and it spends the most upon
,r~-vorks. The amount spent by an
American public on Fourth of July, in fire,
noise and smoke, would keep any other
nation under the sun in fireworks a
twelve month.
Fourth of July only. 1t demands them on
all national holidays and pays literally
for them.
When the Spanish war broke out yes
months before the first gun was fired, the
makers of firecrackers began to get ready.
They resolved that, if the war eventuated,
they would be unable 10 supply one-half
Of the demand placed upon them. And
their surmise proved true. The chances
are that there is not a frecracker, nor
t5rpedo left to-day in any factory in the
land.
Rockets gave out a month ago and Ro-
man candles have been as scarce as rice
flowers in December, since May. These
are now going up in noise and fire, or are
living upon the shelves of the enterprsing
dealer waiting for the dawn of the Fourth.
Uncle Sam has purchased a stock of
handsome pieces to be used Fourth of July
along his shores and in front of his state
bindings and many private but patriotic
citizens are supplied with the wherewithal
for noise and patriotism.
More new pieces were designed this year
than ever before Some were foreign and
some OF domestic make. But all have
patriotic intent. Perhaps the most inter-
esupg are the war pieces, such as the
American Flag Rocket" This inoffen-
siye affair is about twenty inches long
and three inches in diameter. The cham
Der where the powder that propels it Is
stored is made of the strongest hardware
paper glued together in layers until it is
a quarter of an inch thick. Inside this
circular clay is packed by hydraulic pres
sure.
In a hole bored in the center of the clay
the powder is placed, and when the rocket
Is set off It is lifted more than thous-
and feet into the air, leaving a trail OF
fire behind that looks like the tail of
comet. At the top of the rocket stick IS
a small cOne-shaped chamber that holds
the real wonders of the rocket. When at
lis highest elevation this chamber explodes
ana an American flag twenty-five feet long
and ten feet wide, made of colored fire,
hangs suspended from brilliantly illum-
mated parachute. This cost Uncle Sam
or his city executives IS purchased, indi-
Ydually.
The National Rocket" has been espe-
cially made for this year. 1t is a six
FOUNDER and il goes Kissing into the air
TO a hight of 1900 feet. and when at that
elevation bursts and fills the heavens with
brilliant shower of colored fire that floats
slowly earthward, giving the effect of a
meteoric shower. The colors used in the
manufacture of this rocket are red, white
and blue.
An entirely new thing is the 'Howitzer,"
q small firecracker but little larger than
those in common use by small boys but
which bellows like a howitzer. The How
tier is one of the chief features of the
national Chinese celebrations. There is
no beauty in 1t; 1t is simply noisy, and
that to a degree which has a tendency
10 provoke bad language
These firecrakers are strung on a string
in numbers from 1000 to 10000 and when
rfqn - L.
out on the ground and one end of the
string is fired. A confederation of sounds
follows that faithfully represents a red
not naval engagement. A mans patriot
Ism must run high, to enable him to thor
oughly enjoy this ear-splitting importa-
ton from the Orient. Fortunately, the
"IloWitzer" is placed beyond the reach Of
the average youngster. The price is $25
a pack
pictorial piece is the bombshell rocket
Which throws out a bomb which explodes
at distance from the rocket, and throws
"a brilliant shower Of red, white and blue
meteOrs.
Not only are the manufacturers engaged
m making fireworks for land display, but
they also make what they term water
fireworks These are intended to make d
display on the surface of the water. They
are isnlted by slow fuse, and when
thrown into the water they burn, after a
or aul motion. The varieties are known as
HHps' dolphins, witches. devils, snakes
Noieanoes, fountains and batteries
spanish Jugglery'' is the name of a new
piece which can be used on the water. 1t
Is puut on the plan Of an old flower pot
aud Is TO be used principally in lawn ex-
motions. 1t starts out by pouring out q
Neyser or fire and winds up with an ex-
poison that sends g number of flying pig
cons INTO the air 200 feet The gyratons Of
We pigeons and the beauties of the circle
vi hre which with they surround them
selves is remarkable
IN tue same class is the Devil Among
we l3hors," which is a fountain Of beau
thui lights; Jack In the Box" that pours
to'ih d glory of colors, and the "Colored
51ocissons, which go kissing and squirm-
N5 over tho ground like pack Of enrag-
sei pents. These are floated out to sea
upon board or raft.
ne day shell is used in daylight exhi-
o'lohs' and is probably the most ingenious
ooH'rNance Of it's kind that ever came
u'foSS the water for IL is Of Chipesa ori-