Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-19

Philadelphia limos
Behind the counter Of an unpretentious
little watch-repairing shop, situated nearly
/ opposite the main entrance TO the Interna-
I tiona! Electrical Exhibition building hangs
| this sign:
! BEWARE or THE DYxAMos.
Watches Of visitors to the Electrical Erhibi.
ton checked and taken care of
/ ~Dy-n-a-m-os, that must be {, new name
they have got for pickpockets," said young
| fellow, who spelled the word for his con-
pariiOns.
A. the reporter crossed the threshold the
matchmaker looked up from his work
How do yon dos | merely wished 10 in
I quire about the Sign
The sign; yes, everybody seems 10 think
1t strange, but just wait until the exhibition
opells, after the great electrical machines get
in running order, then you will see the people
coming in here 70 leave their watches after
the first experience.
"Of what
Why, the effect 81 an atmosphere sur
charged with electricity acting upon the del
icately adjusted siecl parts Of a watch
Ibose parts become magnctize,i charged with
electricity. Simply standing beside one 81
tho-Apowerful machine, Is sufficient to mag
nrtize a delicately adjusted tirleIiece Have
you never seen nagEetized watch Her.
Is one | allow 10 remain ~ Tor the purpose OF
showing skertic, Wait moment until /
sind It MP.
1T, an old Swiss movement tbet belonce,
10 young man who worked in one Of the
electric Ugh. and power companies down
town He came IN here about two months
ago 70 have the watch put in order He sup
posed it merely wanted .overhauling and
cleaning. 1t had run down, ~ wound it up
and examined the move ment. In minute
knew what WIS the matter l said u him:
You work in soIne place where there i "A great
deal 1T electricity, don't you. oh, yes, he
answered, i work AT the Electric Light IL
Power coupany's place So told him tina,
the watch was magnetized He bought an.
other one Of me and ! took his in trade
There, low, just notice those two springs;
see how ihe coils strike and quiver. Every.
pin,0u In that watch l. iuagnetized Look at
that pini"n cap through tie magnifier; see
how II TEMPLES The watch may run ten
hours al right, ,hen stop for two OF three
hours and 10 on, on It snay stop "a dozen times
III an hear In fact niagnetizcd watch ncts
as if il were hewitohed In fact people. have
declared 80 me that their watches were b.,-
witchod laugh al ihe notion and demag-
neti7" the affected parts. Then they think |
practice the hlnck art
You remember tn" electrical e.hibi, in
Paris in 1851 and -. Wen. it was then that
horologisi5 took cuEni1ance Of the To- them
startling fact that witches were affected bv
electrical currents. WntchnIakers there for a
time were completely puzzled at the cratic
actions nt the time pieces brought ihcm for
repair. At length bright young fellow
named La Force discovered the cause. and
almost made fortune dernagnetizins
watches He charged high price for hi.
work, for h. kept bis knowledge TO himself"
"Magnetizcd watches oh, yes, we now and
then have them brough; 30 US for treatment,
said an expert watch repairer in the estab-
li>hmcnt at Seventh and Chestnut streets.
Il had a case Of that kind only short time
ago. a gentleman brought me a valuable
chronomcter balance watch. 1t had fits. as
he expressed it. The watch would stop for
twenty or thirty minutes. then go on ms well
as eyer. then stop again, and so on 1t was
not a very bad case of magnetism: he had
only been in the habit OF visiting
the electric light works On Arch street and
standing by the machine. | dumagnetize,i
MS Nbl'ia III l4'l.iS 10y HSlile INC
English garlic Juice remedy. but 1t is very
slow work Three or four days are usually
required 90 demagnetizc u serious case 1t j,
very common to have watches affected dur
ing n display Of aurora boreals Some very
curious things concerning watches come
under watchmakcr's observation at times.
remember lady who used to bring me her
watch sometimes a. often rs once n week. it
~
while ii hung mp in the shop it ran as steady
rs the state house clock | studied that
watch and one day | came across something
in an English horological magazine that
opeucd my owes II WAS simply little item
saving that sometimes delicltely adjusted
watches We're affected by The temperament
OF their wearsrs.
The whole thing flashed upon me in a mo. /
ment Tho woman'S watch was affected hy I
herself found out that she was of Il highly /
nervou, temperament, hut would 4
at times suffer from attacks OF I
The watch only recorded her !
When she wns vivacinu- 1t I
went fast, when she was in low mood it /
went slow. Very often il is impossible to /
regunt. n watch FOR some men by keeping /
the timeriecc in the shop There is some /
physical popularity ahuHt the man; il may
lac his gait his temperament or mn excess If /
bodily electricity. In those cases | let the /
man wear the watch continually and 'hen
regulate it 10 his peculiaritieS.
Bodily electricity is very marked in GER
tain persons. | knew Young matchmaker
in whom il bcrame so strong that he was
obliged to give up that branch OF the trade,
because it was found that h magne ti2si the
ielcnto hnirsprIngs.'