The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-06-30
We Will BURN
TWO MILLIONS
Uncle Sam Intends to Create a
Racket and Wont Begrudge
Small Change.
ROCKETS HARD TO MAKE
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Novelties Are Constantly Being intro
duced d. How F~irecrackers n
Rockets Are Made on tho
Fireworks Farm"
ROCKETS HARD TO MAKE

Chicago Tribune: 1t is reckoned that
81. 900, 600 worth of fireworks will be
transformed into flame and smoke on
the coming anniversary, and that an
| other million will undergo explosive
combustion in the shape OF hrecracK-
| ers. OF torpedoes, something III o0O
million will be set off. largely by niue
girls whose prudent parents justly re-
gard his kind Of miniature bomp as
| least Objectionable. 1t must be salo,
| however. that some torpedoes, Whlch
are as big as onions and contain dyna-
| mite, are exceedingly dangerous ano az
all hazards to be avoided.
There Is a new kind OF nrecracAei
| called the mandarin" which comes IN
huge packs Of 10000 to $4,000 all con-
neeted nv q single fuse. Perhaps you
can Imagine the racket made by such a
bunch when it gees off. or course
! these crackers come from China. we
manufacture great quantities Oh iafse
| sized ones in this country, but all Oh
the small crackers are imported from
the Flowery kingdom, and the makers
get only 80 cents for a box OF ior.y
packs. That means nearly z.,ooV nfo
crackers for the sum mentloneo Vi
eighty for a cent.
PHILADELPHIA Spends Most.
philadelphia uses more fireworks thar
,ny other city. New York comes next,
then Chicago and next ST. LOUIS. 1ne
greatest factory of rockets n pyro-
fechnic c~ontriyances is on staten Isl
and. and one section OF Its plaht 40
given UP to the manufacture u ~,
nedoes. The first step IN making IN
mon tOrpedoes is to daup lalse sn en
~ naner with ''gobs" of a paste comi-
" pp ~ an explosive mixture. The
paner is then cut into small rounu
pisces which are rolled up, with a caL
IVA some fine gravel in each. Usuaiis
thara are several t~hicknesses or Tissue
naner used. and the making Oh tHs
100 extensive grades Of torpedoes IN
,1n1vas PROCESSES comparatively elap'
ri. nlant on Staten island is KNOW
as the "FIreworks Farm. " CoIeis :
square mile, inclosed by a hish o ant
fence to keep out all lhtruoels' go
scattered about the plaSe aoore,
lao buildings of corrugated iron. ii9o.e
n,i+h cement. If one of he bullulhs'
h,arvs IN there is no danger Oh inVuis
,s w. the others in a general olsastet
Tha raally dangerous part OF the WIZ
hauayer is done in small VOGUE
n,ctnres. each occupied by only on
So ans a machine. No great amour
af ~annnowder is kept on hand at an
Hn,e 60 hat whatever peril thefe ="
he is minimiZed.
How Pyrotechnics Are Mace.
u, nrocesses used in the manuia
- fireworks are much more slnlpl
than most people suppose. " 30
Ia the three that are chief ana III
nnrtant are a fine quality OF sliaM
oard an explosive compound Ncon sa,
no Of gunpowder, saltpeter anu saa y
noaD. and tissue paper. "
hoard is used for MAKING tns ~ CON
poaa. which are filled with the con
caseas and finally covered with the ~
poo naner In the construction OIL u
sue pa "set pieces" hundreds OF sue
s,has are put together, being laiieu
Sana and connected by a conlihuot
60. Each Fourth of July delaah.
- 10 dasiens in set pieces, II some
theu This year cost as high as sooe;
The beginning of a SET Piece 80
drawing, which is HANDED ose, ~
carpenter &C -.
WOW Thus is produced the frame
Mnahioh tbe tubes containing the e,
v,nsiue compounds are fastened. v.
pioo,s chemicals are employed 10 q
aiefarent colorsS to the fre, anu .is
IN IN ,nnstlv salts of metals-copper L
o. h.rii,m for green, sodium ior Se
. 49, calcium for red, n sttontiu.ii !
: nrimson The rest is only d :
ef ni,nsting the little parcels Of firess.u
an2us eonnecting them suitably by fuse
Rockets Are Hard to Make
Rockets require a5s m ssT o shill i Kin ths
manuiae The pasteboard case mu
:. h hee W q Certain diameter in proportit
. De &c length, and the packing mas
be be Pc performed with alsen ut@ o3 the care co,
insure the pt +he scattering of its sta.
a triv whasn Of at the precise moment sna d q,
+ e or In the cylindrical part is tne e. :,
: s ploslve eompouRsa r sanieal G sop is set e1
rocket ~ contains the stars or wha
s ara1e e aao is to make the display dannd 1t
neeess be- burned through just at II
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