The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-06
THE HERALD SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 6. 1854

In q varsity OF ways, sometimes swapping
into a. many a. twenty seven pitce',
"It is fact that aimee tho introduction ri
The slsotri0 light hes become ~ general u
large number Of watches, some OF them
very hns ones have become maFnsilkrd.
While la this condition they ora useless 80
tlme-ksspeis This defect u,ei 10 be coz
tidsred incnrable, aud because oi ~ IN us
snds OF watches hsyo been throH away
after much IN lney hAd been spent on th'm
In vain attempts TO persuade them 10 kcsp
rood time. Among the methods Frsoried
TO were washing tho pare IN gsric JUICE
rshnishing aud passing them through the
nrs. But oil these devices were tnlire fsll
urss or emily In part effective. | know OF
q man who had q tins aud valuable move.
msnt which kept exec tent time. Ito trans
fsrred II from u silver csse 10 secondhand
gold one Immediately " Ia I all ito charac'
tsrlstiss Of stssdiness aud reliability and IN
fact did not keep time AZ ali Wien Irpiac"
cd In the silver ease kept good ine
again. The ownsr, q jewelsr, puzzle him
ssli and erpor.msntsd in vain 10 di'cov.r
the cause OF this strange partially on ihe
part OF his watch Tor silver. Al length ne
,.nt il 10 an expert. lilo discovered that
tho lifing-spfing Of the gold case had ba
coma naxnsiizsd. On substituting another
Tor II the watch kept ~ goo time in the
gold case 40 in the silver case.
wrloas matter TO have your watch magnet
ized. The most striking instance In point
10 one which lately came under my notice,
Ceptain w. X. Smith commands The
staumsr Delaware, which Plies between
New York and New London. Before put
ting 10 sea on q recent voyage he was
invitsd TO Inspect an elecric lfhl
closely. Soon after getting on board
the steamer he observed that the eompsis
became strangely affected when he np'
| proached u. Whether he stood on the
| right or the lsit or i'm medately in tfont OF
the compass the needle would iuVArlaoln
point 10 him. The compass Was worse than
| usrless when he came noar it. IL va dan.
ger1us and might wreck tho ship, You can
| imrrirs that this phsnomehon alarmed aud
puEE 81 Captain Smith not niue. AT
lspgfh he recalled his visit TO the dynamo
msuuins, and tha true sJlution OF the &c
csntfic behavior OF the needle hnhed upon
him. His watch had bscomo masneuzed,
When h. removed H. the nssdl- ro.umeo us
consistency 20 the polar star. On his return
10 the city he took The watch TO Mathey
Brothers q MAthey, who d-msgnetiEed u
for him. This frn has Invented some ma
chine the mechanism OF which "a sscret
by which they dcmagneiize maEnetiLsd
watch speedily and .ffectuslly. They gst
watches sent them from all paris II the
world 70 be thus treated.
watches frequently get makhetz'd IN
iron mines or in machine shops, where
thew ar. iucsutiously brought rear swiftly
running beta. | know workman who
used to hang his watch between the parts
Of running bet. He spent 'mell ter
tune on main springs.
at isa well-known fact among horolo'
lists that no watch will keep the same time
with two people. The cause has not Net
been d.foitely ascert aimed, but IL would
ssem that in .ome mysterious way a watch
IL affected by the empMament OF The wear
or. The mere physical difference IN gaii
and movement between different people
ia not sufficient TO account Ter 81 the va
riatons that have been observed.