The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-19

water fountains illuminated fountains;
water vcrticals. marine bombshells and
Chinese gold fish in schools.
An interesting and very popular kind
OF fireworks is that classed under the gen
eral head or day shells. These day shells
are imported from Japan and are particu-
larry effective when used at picnics, fairs
ana similar gatherings. They are IN the
form Of shells which are discharged from
mortars and release, when they attain q
high altitude. many curious varieties or
fish. birds. animals and the like. the lat
ter floating about in the air. greatly TO the
amusement OF grown folks and the uproar-
i4us delight =; or juveniles. OF course. All
be with US again this year.
USE OF FIRECRACKER.
How about Shooting crackers" Mr.
Iipp was asked.
We'll, the use OF the common. cheap
frecracker has almost been abandoned" he
replied. and that kind of goods which was
made in China, has been practically re-
placed by goods manufactured in America.
The homemade frecrackers are superior in
every way to the Chinese crackers of few
years ago. They make more noise. when
is the chief desideratum to the youngsters.
but they have a feature that commends
them TO the older folks, and this is the fact
that they do not leave remnants of
smoldering paper lying around after they
have exploded. The modern American fire
cracker goes all To infinitesimal bits when
ii eXplodes. You remember the old-fash-
Toned Chinese cracker that set fire TO so
many stables and dwellings and women 5
light summer dresses. We'll, they are q
thing of the past However. Chinese fire
crackers still imported and used in this
country, but they are crackers or the class
known az Mandarin which In China means
superior You know the mandarins of the
Celestial empire are superior TO the COM
mon people. Well. they have applied the
term mandarin to their better style of fire
crackers. The Mandarin crackers come in
punches containing from forty up TO as
high as 2OcoO crackers in bunch. The
used chiefly by the Chinese of this country
in celebrating their festal days. They are
also employed to some extent by Americans
in making important displays or fireworks.
A PATRIOTIC DESIGN.
Have you noticed in the papers that de-
signs of fireworks have been made which
can whistle Yankee Doodle?' AIR Kipp
was asked.
Il have not noticed an account of such
thing, but it is possible TO make fireworks
that will whistle 4 tune" he answered.
Still that has not been done yet. They
have rockets and bombs now that whistle,
but IL would require a mighty imaginative
fellow TO hear Yankee Doodle or any other
tune in their shrill shriekngs'
"A mighty neat thing has been invented
for the use of the boys that love TO roam
at will about the streets and make loud
noises on the Fourth of July, added Mr.
kipp. "It is known as the torpedo cane
and differs from the blank cartridge cane
of last year in that it employs explosive
pellets instead of blank cartridges. | think
the new canes are infinitely to be preferred
to the old. l strongly opposed to any
thing either cane or pistol, that uses cart
ridges, for they are too apt to get young
people into the habit of carrying more
dangerous weapons The new explosive
canes come at 10 and Is cents apiece and
the pellets can be purchased for and 10
cents the box. so this form of celebrating
is cheap as well effective