The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-16

BEWARE Or THE DYNAMOS.
Watches of visitors 10 the Electrical.
Exhibition checked and taken care of.

SNOI IuC uOUl Vi luC ccIdulISuIuGul
is the name George L. Mallon,
Matchmaker" Behind the row of
eonvalescent timepieces hanging in
the window little man with a shock
Of red hair Dent over the narrow work
bench. Several chance passers,
catching glimpse of the pasteboard
sign hanging in the shop. stopped to
read it.
"D-y-n-a-m-o-s that must be a
new name they have got for pick
pockets" said a young fellow, who
spelled the word for his companions.
As the reporter crossed the TIRES
hold the matchmaker looked up from
his work.
How do you do? merely wished
TO inquire about the sign"
"The sign; yes, everybody seems
to think it strange, but ust wait until
the exhibition opens, after the great
electrical machines get in running
order, then you will see the people
coming in here to leave their watches
after the first experience"
"Why, the effect of an atmosphere
surcharged with electricity acting upon
the delicately adjusted steel parts of a
watch"
Sin what way?"
"Those parts become magnetized.
charged with electricity. Simply
standing beside one of those powerful
machines is sufficient to magnetic a
delicately adjusted timepiece. Have
you never seen a magnetized watch,
Here is one | allow to remain so for
the purpose of showing skeptics. Wait
moment until wind it up.
MAGNETIzED WATCHES.
"It's an old Swiss movement that
belonged to young man who work
ed in one of the electric light and
power companies down town. He
came in here about two months ago
to have the watch put in order. He
supposed it merely wanted overhaul
ing and cleaning. 1t had run down,
30 / wound it up and examined the
movement. In minute knew what
was the matter. | said to him: You
work in some place where there is
great deal of electricity, don't your
ooh, yes he answered, 4 work at the
Electric Light and Power company's
place. So told him that the watch
was magnetized. He bought another
one of me and took his in trade"
There, now, ust notice those two
springs see how the coils strike and
CULVER. Every pinion in that watch
is magnetized. Look at that pinion
cap through the magnifer; see how it
trembles. The watch may run ten
hours all right, then stop for two or
three hours and 60 on, or it may stop
q dozen times in an hour. In fact
magnetized watch acts as if it were
bewitched. In fact people have de-
elared to me that their watches were
bewitched. laugh at the notion and
demsgnetize the affected parts. Then
they think l practice the black art"
seriously, though, I expect to do
large business in looking after watches
during the exhibition. You remember
the electrical exhibit In Paris in 1881
and 1882? Well, it was then that
horologists took cognizance of the, to
them, startling fact that watches were
affected by electrical currents. Watch
makers there for time were complete
II, nuzzlod of the arratic actions of the
timepieces brought them for repair.
At length bright young fellow named
La Force discovered the cause and
almost made fortune demagnetizing
watches. He charged high price for
his work, for he kept his knowledge to
himself.
ONE WITH FITS.
"Mappetized watches &? Oh, yes,