Rock Island Argus., 1907-06-25
BEAUTY FIREWORKS.
Designs for the Fourth to be Prettier
Than Ever.

Than Ever.
When the Fourth of July comes this
year dodge your friends Go just as
far away from them as YOU can, with
out paying railroad fare. because its
probable that your friends will be load
cd with more noisy things than yOU
ever dreamed of, says the Kansas City |
Star.
If Your cigar goes out don't ask for Il
match. You may get one that will cX-
plodc like Il miniature bomb or that
will crack and Sputter like Il bunch Of
small torpcdoes, or You may get Il box, ,
4 harmless looking match box. haadcd !
YOU which when opened will explode, !
sending a shower of confetti in your
eyes and nose and ears.
The laws against dangerous cXplo-'
sivcs have mndc changes necessary in
Fourth of July fireworks Few Of the
great cannon crackers or the large tor
pedoes with dynamite are to be offered
this year Instead there are things that
! fuse and open into flower pots" Jap
! aneSe swimming fish, made of wax,
! that Will swim in bowl of water and
! then burst: triple girOndolas which
when placed on top of 4 pole revolveI
rapidly. sending ont millions of sparks.
and then rising high i'll the air. still
revolve and illuminate the sky.
| But the pretticSt of al is sparkling
stick. known as the bright light spark
! let's" made III Germany. 1t is perhaps
eight inches long and burns nearly a
| minute. sending ont countless of very
| bright sparks. which explode into stars.
| There is no danger in the sparks. They
| may pop all around your eyes without
| hurting. Along the same line is the
| Japanese acrobat small stick which
is TO he stuck in tn" ground. When
lighted Il series of strange acting. color
ed fire streaks, twisterS. wiggles, all
squirming in the air. dart from it.
The skyrockets and roman candles
this year are more gorgeous than ever,
The peacock plume rockets, for in
stance rise like an Eiffel tower of fire
to Il great height and with an eXplo-
sion form a gorgeous veil Of feathery
piumcs reaching nearly TO the ground,
embelliShed with topaz and emerald
coronets. Beautiful figures are inter
twined in the fight. and the exhibition
ends with a voliey of salutes. These
rockets weigh six or eight pounds and
cost 81 and S1.50 each.
y twelve pound rocket cXplodes high
in the air. releasing balloons, cres
cents of diamonds. Jacobs ladders and
balls of fire, and then bursts into &
sort Of flower pot. These rockets are
the largest made and cost 81 each.
An amusing and pretty display is {
D Japanese aerial bombshcll for use dur
, ing the day. Fired from mOrtarS. they
= ascend high in the air. and when the!
explode small paper figures. such Il:
. rabbits. frogs. mice. elephants an,
= crocodiles. in the form OF balloons ar
: released and float slowly 10 earth
! | These little paper animals will intereS
T children and afford a chase in thei
= capture.
c The city ordinance in Kansas Cit.
, | permits firecrackers not more thai
four inches in length. Within this SiZ
=, comes the Russian bombsky.' tn
little red devil and the "HooliGa1
battery" These are small crackers
but they explode with 4 loud report
The old ''nigger chaserS." fireflies
snake nests, grasshoppcrs, floral mines
pin wheels and flying fish are in til
stores in great numbers.
=, There are more things for iOkin
than ever have been shown said L
f. Schneider of an arms company tn
other morning. The greater part ar
=, made in the United States. There
:, less noise in them than most of thos
used in former years. Fireworks i
general are prettier this year tha
ever One of the best ordinances eve
passed in Kansas City was that pre-
~ hibiting cannon crackers and blan
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