The evening times., 1899-06-28

The small boy and his little cannon are
going to have a gala time this Fourth o;
July. The District Commissioners and tie
Chief of Police have given permission,
and Wien these authorities agree on the
point there is bound TO be a great time.
Everything is prepared for a great GEE
bration of the Fourth and the merch nts
who make a business of disposing of fire.
works to the general public are in readi-
ness to give them anything in the shaps
of noise and blue fire from a 3-cent pa *
age of frecrackers to whole collection
of brilliants selling for $1,000.
Almost everybody g making ready for a
big celebration. The various hospit Is
have taken on more nurses and eAua
quantities of lint bandages and soothing
lotions have been ordered. The men with
the frisky horses have made arrange
ments to have their animals sent out OF
the city for the day, and the street car
companies are busy placing extra fas:en-
tngs on the wheels of their cars TO Pc
vent them being torn off by the explosives
which are set on the tracks by m.schi v
Gus youngsters. All the summer ieSot Is
have engaged extra help for the day and
the sale of fireworks has bsen larger tn II
ever before.
Patriotism and hero worship will have
full sway. The father of the family Is
planning a menu for picnic and aIter
lunch a full quota of Dewey chasers, rapid
fire batteries. and Santiago boomers will
be set off to add the din. and al night Ma
Mia showers and Dewey bombs Will b.
lighted to give parting salute to the day.
These fireworks are the newest things
out so the merchants say. The Dewey
chaser is one of the largest ever made and
il is guaranteed to chase anything any
where The rapid fire batteries, especial
ly commend themselves TO the youth of the
city because it is said by persons who
know that they furnish a very good imita-
tion of the noise in the battle of Santiago
Bay, and from a distance they sound as
though an entire regiment armed with
l3-inch guns were attacking the city. San
tiago boomers belong TO the same class ana
have already a wide reputation for noise
producers, and the best thing about them
is that every one of them is guaranteed to
explode.
Then in the noise making class the
American lirecracker has an important
place. There will be more of them sold
this year than ever before, it is believed.
A duty of cents pound prevents the meT-
chants from dealing extensively in the
Chinese product. Inc latter nave nau
great reputation in years gone by. but the
American brand of cracker soon assumed
the lead and it has steadily gained ground
every year. until now ii will be handled al
most exclusively. These firecrackers are
larger and much more noisy than the Chi
nese make. and once lighted. they never
fail to go off, Young America salutes,
and cannon crackers Nos. l, 2, 3, and bid
fair to be the most popular.
For the small children the torpedoes and
toy pistols have been made more attract
i've than usual. Packages of the former
rang in price from l TO 30 cents and the
noise made by them is graded accordingly.
In the manufacture OF bombshels and pis-
tolls rapid strides have been made this
year. A pistol which is almost the exact
counterpart of the army revolver has been
prepared. 1t is beautiful weapon and
sells for so cents. Another pistol has a
miniature steam engine mounted on the
barrel which, when the trigger is pressed.
rushes forward and explodes a cap placed
In the end of the barrel near the sight OF