The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-03
Science and Cigarettes.

"dler Oh cOntacC-cOmDlnlng with the
oxygen and liberating the hydrogen.
In the case of all but the last metal
named the reaction is so violent that
heat enough is evolved to fire the hydro
gen, which burns with flame colored
by volatlized portions Of the metal, as
follows: C@Sium, sky blue;. rubidium,
ruby; potassium, violet; and sodium,
yellow. Lithium will intame only on
contact with strong nitric acid, when
IL gives off an intensely white
light. A Broadway fakir has turned
this curious fact to advantage, and has
abandoned tho cheap, soft gum-drop,
the marvellous tooth paste, the lightning
strop, and the dozen-for-a-penny tin coz
lar-buttons to introduce small Strips OF
sodium to the public under the name of
'Edison's Miraculous Helec TO Dynamic
Pipe and Cigar-Lighter Ere, gentle
men! fl 'undered lights fer fiji contsr'
Having drawn crowd. he illustrates:
Jus clip horf ha bit the size hof ha
pins cad, put hit hin the tobacker-
this way, gentlemen-thens spit hon it,
son ere yer see hit BUSTS hinto
hame, n yer as yer light rainer
shine"
This delightful chemical surprise Of
course succeeds i'll obstructing the street
near Trinity Church almost as well as
docs the United States Steam Hcatinr
Company. The curious spectators Gaze
and then pass i'll their nicke!s and re-
ceiVe small bottles covered with papcr.
in each Of which are three fragments Of
sodium the size of pin~-worth at
wholesale rates about One-tenth of O.
mill. AS sodium oxyAizes very rnnidly
when exposed to the air, and is pro-
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 a smart man
WITH n WaNed muStache and brown mats
un1er his ears thought it would be very
funny to buy one of the Edison lighters,
shove it into cigarette, and then win
ten d"llars from friend by betting him
nc nc could light the thing b. dipping it
mo water. The prclininaricS were
skillfully and easily made, and the
loa!cd cigarette was carefully marked
and deposited in the case with others.
he man who was to lose ten dollars
was found picking his teeth in front of
Delmonico's, having just had FREQ
lunch in Nassau street.
How do, Jim?' said the smart man,
saunterin1g up. 'Haver cigarette?" =
careless like.
''Dont carcf do," observed the man
who was to lose. ''Gotter light"
mo, butter guess there water in
side," insinuated the man who was to
win.
water! Wha' for?'' asked the man
who was to lose, astonished.
'To light cigarette, Of course" re-
spondcd tue man who was to win, art
fully.
A few questions and answers then
flashed back and forth, until the man
who was to win said:
"Betcher ten dollarSn'
"Done," said the man who was to
lose. The money was produced, pass
ing mutual friend was hailed and ap-
pointed stakeholder, and the three en-
tered neighbOring saloon to get the
water with which to light or not to light
tho man who waj 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 pair Of lunatics.
The water was produced, q 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 to win
checked him, said it was all rirht, stick
the cigarette in his mouth and gave it q
The crowd never knew what made
him throw back somerser, claw at the
dir. choke, gag. whistle, cough, spit and
swear like South Sea Islander who Lad
inadvertently taken drink &c '---
Hoboken whisky. The barkecper was
SO surprised that he set 'em up for the
crowd. The stakeholder passed over
the money and said he had never before
witnessed such gymnastics. The man
who was to lose hi: d'dn't was divided
between anxiety to mike ano her hct
and fear that his friend ) reason was
permanently gone. Nobody knew the
secret O. the mystery but the Times man
and the man who was to win In:a didn't.
They knew that the wrong end Of the
prepared cigarette had gone into the
water.
And didn't light:
The right end hal gone mo the
mouth.
Aud did.-M ! Ty,acS.
ApoStrOphe TO an Indian Maiden.
Thou still and senselcss cob Of
N''~'SN '"AANa NA"HHilhS "OlGl, we nl1l
thee at comfortable distance and trill
to thee Our little song
Who taught thee such untutored grace
OF limb, such cross-eyed footsteps and
such simple trust?
Who taught thee thus to overtake the
angle-worm and nail the locust in his
rapid flight? Who skilled thee in the
chase and showed the how to weave the
gtaudy bead upon the yellow mocca-
sin in wild, fantastic figures of rude.
impossible things?
Idly thou leanest 'gainst the cotton
wood, scratching thy back feminist its
rough yet kindly trunk, while in thy
dark, mysterious eye there turks hidden
Joy, a JOY perchance like his who.
yielding to the buckwheat cakes seduc.
tive power, hath found the hat-rack in
the hall and worked it on his shoulder.
blade
Fair Alfarita child of the dusky
night, we greet thee cross the purple
nils like other poets who have written
If thy grace. Thy ohildlike face hath
won the poet to thy side and (in his
n1nd he tunes his Tyre to thee.
Some day the warrior of the mountain