Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-07-20

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heat enough is evolved TO fire the hydro
gen, which burns with flame coloreC
by yolatilized portions OF this metal. a
| follows: Cesium, sky blue; rubidium
ruby; potassium, violet; and sodium
yellow. Lithium will inhame only oil
contact with strong nitric acid, wheI
IL gives of an intensely whit
light. a Broadway fakir has turned
this curious fact to advantage, and hai
I abandoned the cheap, soft gum-drop
the marvellous tooth-paste, the lightning
strop, and the dozen-for-a-pennyti tin col
! lar-buttons to introduce small strips o
sodium to the public under the name o
''Edison's Miraculous Helec'ro-Dynamit
Pipe and Cigar-Lighter Ere, gentle
men! fl 'undered lights fer fiji centsin
Having drawn crowd. he illustrates
"JGs' clip hort ha bit the size hof Ia
pins cad, put hit hin the tobacker-
this way, gentlemen-then spit hon il
son ere yer see hit BUSTS hintC
flame. N yer 'as yer light, raineI
shine
This delightful chemical surprise 81
course succeeds in obstructing the street
near Trinity Church almost as well a.
| does the United States Steam Heating
Company. The curious spectators gaze
and then pass in their nickels and re-
ceive small bottles covered with paper,
in each of which are three fragments OF
sodium the size Of pin-worth al
wholesale rates about one-tenth of q
mill. As sodium oxydizes very rapidly
when exposed 10 the air, and is pre-
served only by being submerged in
naphtha, the purchasers soon find their
Edison lighters worthless, for the fakir
only puts about drop of naphtha in
each bottle. Yesterday smart man
with a waxed mustache and brown mats
under his ears thought it would be very
funny TO buy one of the Edison lighters,
shove it into a cigarette. and then win
ten dollars from friend by betting him
he could light the thing by dipping II
into water. The preiiminaries were
skillfuily and easily made, and the
loaded cigarette was carefully marked
and deposited in the case with others.
The man who was to lose ten dollars
was found picking his teeth in front OF
Delmonico's,' having just had a free
lunch in Nassau street.
"How do, Jim?n said the smart man,
sauntering up. ''Haver cigarette?"-
careless like.
Don't caref do" observed the man
who was to lose. ..Gotter light?n
mo, butter guess there water in
side insinuated the man who was to
win.
Water. Wha' forr' asked the man
who was TO lose, astonished.
ITO light cigarette. of course re-
sponded the man who was to win, art
fullyt
A few questions and answers then
flashed back and forth, until the man
who was 10 win said:
Fletcher ten dollarsn'
Done said the man who was to
lose. The money was produced. pass
ing mutual friend was hailed and APP
pointed stakeholder, and the three en-
tered neighboring saloon TO get the
water with which to light or not to light
the man who was TO win calm and
smiling, the man who was to lose calm
er and staggering, and the stakeholder
lobster-eyed, thinking he had fallen in
with a pair of lunatics.
The water was produced. crowd
gathered. the cigarette was dipped 1t
did not light. The crowd smiled. The
man who was to lose laughed. The
stakeholder started to pass over the
money. The man who was 10 win
checked him. said if was al right, stuck
the cigarette in his mouth and gave it a
vigorous draw.
The crowd never knew what made
him throw back somerset, claw at the
air. choke. gag. whistle. cough. spit and
swear like South Sea Islander who had
inadvertently taken a drink of lava or
HnhnEnn whisky The hnrknnnar. uas