Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-07-08

moment when the rocket has 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 ooTapos.aoaS sc GO &c produce
fire Of different colors when ignited.
But within the last few years makers OF
pyrotechnics in this country have en-
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 q 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 whistling
rocket ascends to an immense height
and displays Chinese dragons flying
through the air, accompanied by a
loud whistling which can be heard for
miles.
Many people, doubtless, have won
dered how high rockets go In their
ascent skyward. or course this de-
ponds mainly upon the kind and quail
ity Of the frework, but 1t will suffice
to say hat 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 sever
balloons, each carrying variegated sig
ma stars. which float about and burn
in charming colors. A dozen Of this
sort cost S144. One can spend a lot OF
one on a few fireworks nowadays.
Gigantic arecrackers are now made
in this country containing a pound or
more Of gunpowder. They are called
cannon salutes," cost 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,
with a stream Of golden spray, followed
by a. explosion of fire balls, then
change into an eruption of silver
snakes. Each candle repeats the per-
Torrance three times. The devil
among the tailors" is put on the ground
to fire. 1t opens with an illumination
Of colors, succeeded by a fiery stream,
a fountain or exploding stars, and
finally a burst of dragons.
The "whistling Jack" is an illumina-
ton In carmine and emeralds, followed
by an explosion Of fiery meteors and
dragons, whistling and screaming, and
a fusilade to wind up. The dragons
nest" is something new and startling.
It begins with a discharge of stars,
each star in its flight separating into
g number of smaller ones, Then fol-
lows a shower OF colored fires, and, as
a finale, an outburst Of kissing fiery
dragons.
There are ever parior fireworks
nowadays, and n of these is the
Snake In the grass" When burning II
produces a large bunch of grass. You
can actually see 1t grow, and presently
a big serpent energies from 1t and
crawls along the carpet. 1t IL real
isttc. amusing and quite safe, II a
grown person superintends the per-
Torrance