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Show ill SPENT 1 PYROTECHNICS Sao People Gladly Gire fejieir Wealth to Cele-W, Cele-W, brate Fourth. f-IS WHAT IS host DESIRED BY ALL K Obtained in Explosives pgnafed as Fireworks; Wight of Small Boy. Schnics cost money: barrels of Bpjgia a prominent Salt Laker to Kn;r Thursday afternoon. The fffcj ills friend had JuBt passed a Bfihlldre" on thc street Tvll v,,ere Kg the Fourth in the usual way firecrackers. Ef, those kids are happy," con-E'e con-E'e Stroller's friend. "2ou re-Kjj, re-Kjj, pleasure you used to get out of those little crackers, and, Xttjet Is the only kind of flre-Kt flre-Kt a boy renlly enjoys. Rockets, K jock pretty as they soar sky-frlng sky-frlng their trail of fire; Roman Kv beautiful as the golden rain Bvou light the fuse and the arl-Ld arl-Ld bolls which are shot from Kind but thore is no noise about Kj Fourth of July without noise, wte continuous explosion of crack -fcFourtli for a boy K tomorrow the kid may be ila bandages from the burns Ki received while celebrating, but ELt he knows he had a pood Km that his cannon crackers Efired under a tin can made more Kn ola the other 'feller's;' hence, MfeVounds and his suffering, he iflflsd will on the next Fourth be IK do the same thing over again. -MLfi'aane Fourth of Julyl' Why, Mfftr will be such a thing so long 'Ktrasc American boy lives, 'alght. of course, the din was Mrnu). It was kepi up by the 'Ku; until the wee sma' hours, hut jKfthe explosions, which aroused 'Sl'the deep sleep Into which you Hi Juet as dawn came, was due IKull boy, who, barefooted and wTehlrt and trousers alone, the rn up by one suspender, who cracker on your stoop and behind tbo corner to see what Hj do when the explosion came. JKve the samo thing many times. JEt do so today If you dared. lEt not talk this way. We were KtouL the cost of fireworks. Wlit It CoBt Country. Ujjopiilj- celebrate the nation's 1 jtslcrday cost the people of tho HBhUS llftcen millions of dollars. tBifum, Is It not? Thousands of lEhirc devoted the year previous nady for today; forty-six Betits have done nothing during Mre months preceding yesterday ftfircworks. The capital invested MUtnts is two million dollars. Two Kjpcrsoiis have been employed, Hfcom were women, and this In Sit the American people might Bdir of noise. SO th(! fireworks arc not Amerl-V: Amerl-V: Over in China during the 365 Trait, yellow men, women and Wlive been making firecrackers, MHhloned. little, red fellows, and Bfcd millions of them have been ByThey are just like they were VK' old men of Salt Lake were pne queer-looking Chinese pic-Ht pic-Ht tlie name mysterious pack-lhey pack-lhey did when we were kids, Imk'-Fpopa Utile better than they .Hv ilmee, because thev get to "?wr' while still fresh. It used IflK they were a year or ao late, iiWty' 01,1 in the country districts I Br, his eyes out because more than jjWcrackors would prove defective. flBj'Mmbs that the boys throw to Vwlth nerve-racking results, are (jtttd In great numbers from the g. Moil of them conic from t Jrtt Japanese have tried to out-Brother out-Brother countries In making flrc-fW flrc-fW they hnven't accomplished L" They have turned out some 1 and have made good bombs, 'Wen'.1 Produced firecrackers to gith the Chlnvs product. K&ny NoveltieB Seen. jBMre irtnny novelties this year in rW" .High-priced artists and do-lJlib. do-lJlib. 5reat originality, have IW& to give something new jn ZMXPtKMks display They have flWr lB nt'r color schemis by the mli0 hive tolled in the labora-HWV"- explosives and powders reproduce the colors In the designs and have the fireworks piece coper around In the heavens Juat aa de-2d de-2d ,bJr. the inventor. ArtlBts have V.o. ?,0?ty of mncy Painting pictures i5fth,SMni)e produced In color, and with splendid detonating effect lJ.'J?,d ?'ou no"" last night those acrobatic acro-batic stars that were sent up In the shape of rockets? Tho sky appeared to ue full of stars doing acrobatic stunts. m.?11 n0ull?.e'? that 'H?"tning flash and thunderbolt.' Well, tTiat came from a I'ainlte bomb, one of tho new conceits of the year. Where did I get all this knowU edge from? Well, I wholesale fireworks, you know. ' "There is another novelty of which we only disposed of a few. because the prico was high. This novelty that gives a nervous person the creeps is tho 'fiery spldor bomb. This is fired high into, the air, and when It bursts It appears to' release re-lease a score of enormous spiders of fire creeping with glowing legs across the skv. These spider bombs cost $9 each. We sold a number here and sent a number to Nevada mining towns, where cost is not counted. Good time and novelty Is what those towns want. How Fireworks Are Put Up. "Fireworks are put up at the factories in assortments for convenience of purchasers pur-chasers who do not know Just how to make a selection to get the best effects. These assortments ranged In price from S3 to SlboO, the latter the most expensive of all put up for sale" Did we dispose of any of the higher-priced lots? Yes. three of them, and they, too, went to Nevada mining camps, where celebrations were held. What did those $1660 assortments contain? Well, we're near our establishment; establish-ment; let us go in and see." This was dpno, and The Stroller's friend handed him a slip which gave tho contents of the 51650 package as follows: High-Priced Assortment. 12 cannon bomb rockets ........ 1 pound 72 colored star rockets ..8 ounce 30 special rockets ...S ounce 12 special rockets i pound 6 parachute floating star rockets..,. , , - pound b prismatic dragon rockets 3 pound 3 cascade rockets ,.3 pound 3 banging chain rockets 4 pound l cornucopia rockets 4 pound i Jeweled streamer rockets 4 pound 4 willow tree rockets 4 pound 4 shooting star rockets 4 pound 4 electric shower rockets 4 pound 1 triple asteroid rockets, parachute.. , . , i pound 4 telescope repeating rockets. .. .ti pound 2 prize cometlc rockets 8 pound 2 peacock plumes rockets S pound 2 diamond chnln rockets S pound 12 Bengal illuminated lights .lpound 18 bags patent bag llro red 5 bags patont bag tire greon 12 caiiB blue fire i pound 12 cans gold fire pound 6 mines of serpents , No. 6 3 mines of colored stars No. 7 2 Feu de Jolo burst mines No, 8 2 electric star mines .....No. 9 6 dragon's nests large fi Jack In the bos ....large G floral fountains of golden spray.. extra G fountains of prismatic spray oxtra 6 floral bombshells No. 3 12 bombshells, rlred from mortar ..99 Inch fi imported Japanese bombshells. .9 inch 13 geysers, or .umbrellas of fire No. 3 6 prismatic whirlwinds extra large 10 batteries of variegated stars largo Illuminated star wheel, gailopade. polka redowa. Chinese brilliant, shield of Iris, cross of Malta, tree of liberty. American eagle, drooping wings, sunburst of Montezuma, Mon-tezuma, Saxon pyramid, dazzling diamond, dia-mond, good-night, combination; bundle of punk for firing, cases. "Will make a beautiful dhiplay. will It not?" continued The Stroller's friend after The Stroller had copied the list. "Yes, thoso Nevada boys know a good thing, and from tho stories which come from there of bonanza ilnds, show that they know how to spend their wealth. Origin of Fireworks. "As to the origin of fireworks, They are not of modern invention. Fireworks were first made in China In very ancient times. The method of manufacture was kept a secret until after the knowledge of gunpowder crept into the Kast, In the thirteenth century. Now chemists aid the mechanic and specialists who arc guided by scientific knowledge produce the beautiful beau-tiful pyrotechnics we have today. No, It would require too much time to go into a tochnlcal description of their manufacture. manufac-ture. It will be sufficient to say that the fuel substances used are sulphur, charcoal, char-coal, shellac, rosin and pitch; the combustion com-bustion supporters are saltpetre (potassium (potas-sium chlorate); for the production of colored col-ored lights and stars different substances are used. Iron filings are frequently Introduced In-troduced Into the inlxf-ure, to cause brilliant bril-liant scintillations Sometimes camphor, gum benzoin and storax are used to give an aromatic odor and waste that of the powder. Yes, This Is tho Fourth. "Bui. say. tills Is the. Fourth, of July and a holiday. Why are we working, for this talk is work, especially for you. We are too old to burn our fingers with crackers. Let's drop In to Mac's and warm our Inside with something. Yes, something that will make the Inner man as warm as this temperature Is- Yes, about two flngors with a sprig of mint. Ah, that fits the spot. Going? Got a grind it out, have you? Well, a newspaper news-paper man has no rights whatever, except to work. Yes. I'll see you again Good-by Good-by " And The Stroller trekked to his den. |