The Newtown bee., 1903-06-26
NEW FIREWORKS AT THE F. E
 BEACH CO.,, BRIDGEPORT.

play OI un1Que OeSlSHS III uIeWOIh ho dS is shown this year. It would seem as | though the most artistic ingenuity had been tested to produce the results that have been attained. A glant c over the fireworks department of K. E Beach'sstore at 962 Main street: Bridge port, revealed some features which will this year make their first public ar- pearance as noise producers. First, there are the genuine Mandar- in fire crackers. Every boy loves fire crackers and the louder noise they make the more attractive to the young- sters do they become. This season the Mandarin are going to take the lead They may be had in all sized packages, from the single punches to the huge boxes containing 5000 crackers. In torpedo wares there are the golden dragon and other huge affairs, some of them as large as an ordinary apple. Closely allied to the torpedo are the Kango clubs. These are shaped like policeman's club, though of smaller size. The clubs are covered with a chemical explosive and loud report is made by striking two clubs together, in a glancing blow. These clubs are good for l. ,OOOexplosions. Then, in the torpedo class, may be mentioned the canes, so arranged that small explo- sive cap, which has the report of 22- calibre blank cartridge, may be insert ed in a niche of the cane and when the of the end of the cane is struck upon the sidewalk or upon any hard subst- ance it explodes the cup.
 Red fire, always popular, is put up in neat manner this year in the form of a lighthouse on the rocks. In rock cts there are vast improvements Some of the most popular this season are the parachute rockets. These come in various sizes, all the way from half pOunderS to eight-pOunderS.
 The palmetto tree is a novelty this year. On it's discharge it sends forth shower of sparks in the form of tree and then bursts in galaxy of colored stars
 There are combination Roman can dies and colored lights that burst like star mines. There are also butterflies, attached to the hand by string, and when exploded these hand some repre- sentatives of gaudy lepidoptera sail into the air, to the delight of all beholders. Another novelty that has been brought out this year, is called sere- no dare rHhov nnobo p,oro ooico tl,op q n army rifle, when they are exploded, and they are so strung together that there is continuous report, made to initiate the attack on Santiago. Some of these are arranged for 50 shots and others for 100 shots. They are attached to long fuse, which is placed on the ground, and when discharged there comes a startling medley of sounds. There is heard the dropping fire of the pickets as they advance, then the sharp rattle of tne gatlings and finally one continuous roar as the big guns get in- to action.
 Among the cheaper novelties for the Fourth may be seen the "Happy Hool- igan.'' It is in the form of huge fire cracker, on which is the picture of famous hobo and these words. "He | went out and got loaded and then ex- ploded." There is loop arrangement that forms a loop of fire when dis. charged.
 l There are great many other odo things this year in fireworks and if you | want to study the oddities visit tt Beach's will initiate you into the mys tery.
 Rev o. w. Barker was in New YOrl City the first of the week.
 MT and Mrs James T. Miner were ir
 New Milford, Monday. They passed
 Sunday in Litchfield.