The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-06-30

moment when the rocket hal reached
Its highest point SO that the stars or
golden rain may be discharged with
the effectiveness necessary to make
the spectators say "O!"
The stars are little packets made OF
various compositions so as to produce
fire Of different colors when ignited.
But within the last few years makers Of
pyrotechnics in this country hav Ell
ormously improved in their art, and
in no branch Of it have they pro-
crossed so much as in the manufacture
Of rockets. Rockets that liberate para
chutes, each carrying a brilliant star
as 1t floats aloft, are already familiar,
and so likewise are those which throw
out flaming golden clouds that drop
streams of fiery rain. The whistl1ng
rocket ascends to an immense height
and displays Chinese dragons flying
through the air, accompanied by a
loud whistling which a be heard for
miles.
Many people, doubtless, have won
dered how high rockets go in their
ascent skyward. OF course this de-
ponds mainly upon the kind and quail
ity of the firework, but 1t will suffice
to say that 600 feet of vertical extent
is about the limit. To the eye OF the
observer, when the fiery stream shoots
on high in the night, the elevation at
tanned seems fully twice that.
Some High Price Pieces.
The revolving dragon rocket dis
charges fiery dragons. which remain
suspended in the air and swing In cir
cles in the midst Of colored fires. These
fiery dragons, which hiss as they dash
through the air, leaving flaming trails
behind them, are quite new and de-
cidedly impressive. Another kind OF
rocket releases simultaneously seven
balloons, each carrying v~ariegated sig
nal stars. which float about and burn
in charming colors. A dozen OF this
sort cost s144. One a spend a lot OF
money on a few fireworks nowadays.
Gigantic irecrackers are now made
in this country containing a pound OF
more of g%unpowder. They are called
cannon salutes," cos sometimes as
much as $84 a dozen, and are extreme
ly dangerous. There are various new
kinds Of fireworks which have handles
for holding them-such, for example
as the wizard candles" which star
with a stream o. golden spray, followed
by an explosion Of fire balls. thel
change into an eruption of silve'
torrance three times. The "devi
among the tailors" is put on the grount
to fire. 1t opens with an illumination
Of colors, succeeded by a fiery stream
a fountain of exploding stars, an
finally a burst of dragons.
The "whistling Jack" is an illumina
ton in carmine and emeralds, followe'
by an explosion Of fiery meteors an
dragons, whistling and screaming, an
a fusilade to wind up. The dragon
nest is something new and startling
It begins with a discharge of star:
each stan in It's night separating Int
a number of smaller ones. Then fol
lows a shower of colored fires. and, a
a finale, an outburst of kissing fer
dragons.
There are even parlor firework
nowadays, and n of these is tn
SNAKE in the grass" When burning
produces a large bunch Of grass. 70
) can actually see it grow, and present.
a big serpent energies from 1t ar
crawls along the carpet. 1t is rea
istic, amusing and quite safe, II
! grown person superintends the pc
Torrance.