Nevada national., 1859-03-19


A BE,uul AND Ccmors WArcu.-A
gentleman Of tais city, has ia bis possession
q very yaiual' end ingenious constructed
watch which we thina worthy Of description
lu- watch is oi aald and som what larger
t-. t- culinary sized hunting watch II
.- 4to r.m.fkaily hepyy aud thick. One
80. ur. a' th- gsut, dial-ihe Other expo
PSI, ,a yi,a al,.is apartment Ike a ph.los-
gl.. .alg De- ing 10 il. o. near a. We Gun
renral,r bau . .r,.f Inspection a variety
ai scientific .rs,cameuig stuffed animals. &c,
,.. iu ..e -sse of ,he watch is little open
i0e. '.lu a..-t aay thrust sny ono Of seve-
-tI lt... Tits IF fir-. .uplr which are engaved
.et.il l".s s,.9ns One ot these being put
.9'a .ae "a-e. snHre a touched aud some
m.un.r.e m.cn merry s. 81 bu lag in The IN
tafIyr, aud from door leading into the
study in walks very crave and dgnined
I.it', -.At ran. wiia sort OF diyining rod
in l.s iau4. U.th .li- be- points rp to 4 niche
a. ,Ac Naii wh..c 10 ths sam. i,sslt. ap
pears tablet wish Gle answer 90 the ques.
ton The quest ou E. say Who is best fit
tel to ocommaud. '--Iu tie table app ars-
q. " ;, com loycr.t'u s,l. and SO Oh for
"a rer.n.i %. queries. S-...l The spring be
.alchel without any question being put into
%. et-''he philosopher come. cu, as usual,
ba .a.mal- ..t kuaal ls.or the deception
lN iy -laEus a.s h.-l and retiring in
-esa1y uto the iur,- room How mi
mute aud delicate must Do the machinery
wli.a casa regulate tha movements o' tuis
lH, al.omatoH a'lh such precision. for nev
er once docs DE- i,.l O. return sensible an
-w.r 60 uaae,er qi, '.ou 'aay b. propornd.
yl ta Lm lse watch Is one &c two which
wln made mluy years since in Geneva
iaie one was bought from the maker by a
wealthy rcrayian.vhile on a tour in Europe
vh' carried it with him 10 South America
There it got ont OF order. and was sold for
about quarter OF TO-. cost to 4 traveller who
sent It 10 Switzerland to have it repaired
nat the matrr bad died meaug Lille, and no
one had the requisite skill to pat It to rights
After two years an ingenious watch maker
succeeded ia -ett'ngthe liilipltiau machine
ry in working order, since when it has run
without defect. II was brought 10 Calfor-
MIA about four months ago.-S T. Times
TINS rmuosoruY OF RAry.-To understand
.h4 philosophy Of this beautiful and .ntlime
pheuomeaon,-o often witnessed since the cre.
alton Of The world and essential to the very
existence Of riln,s and animals. few facts
derived from observation and a long train Of
experiments must be remembered. !. Were
the atmosphera every where, at all times. at
an uniform temperature, we should never
have rain u bail or snow. The water alb
sora-lh it 10 evaporation from the sea and
the Garth sggl..e would descend in an i'm
perceptiblc varo. or cease to be absorbed by
the air Thcn !, was once fully saturated. ,.
The absorbing power OF the atmosphere. aud
consequently It's capabliiy to retain bumid-
i,y. is praVartioaally greater in warm than
20 cold air. 2 The afr near The surface Of the
earth is warmer than It IS in the region of the
clouds. Ih higher So ascend from tho
earth, The -4lI. l1 Se Gud the atmosphere.
ilanc. tle perpetual snow en- very high
mountain. ia the hottest climate. Now.
when from co-t.au evaporation the air is
highly saturated with vapor-though it be
ia'i>abIe aai the sky clouI.css-if its TEN.
praiurs j. suddenly reduced by cold car
rents desceadirg from above or rushing
from q higher 20 lower latitude It's capaci-
ty Jre.4in moisture is diminished clouds
are formed. eui th-rgsult is rain Air con.
d.H.es ae ii ca5ls, and liks sponge filled
wi,h water aud compressed pours out th,
water va-h is diminished capacity cannot
hold. How Singular get how simple, tbs
philosophy o. rain, VIA, lut Omniscienc3
could have d.yiei such al admirable ar,
rla-smelt Ter watering The caiu'