Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-10
"SwANs sing before they die" Thl,
have to, if they sing at all.
nov TO TREAT A WATCH.


Having obtained o really serviceable
Irticle you should, in order to produce
satisfactory results, follow out these
ules Wind up your watch every day
1t the same hour. This is generally done
1t the hour we retire TO rest, or, per-
laps, better still, the hour We rise.
Avoid putting watch on a marble slab
'r near anything excessively cold. Tho
sudden transition from heat to cold con-
tracting the metal may sometimes cause
,he handspring to break. Indeed the cold
,oagulates the oil and the wheel-work
md pivots working less freely affect tho
regularity of the timekeeper. When we
Iay our watch aside we ought TO slope It
On watchcase, SO as to keep it in the
same position as it was in the pocket.
In laying aside your watch be sure that
it rests on It's case, as by suspcnding it
free the action OF the balance may
cause oscillation, which may con-
,iderably interfere with its going.
II you would keep your watch clean
You must be quite sure that the case
Cts firmly, and mover put it into any
pocket but one made of leather. Those
pockets which are lined with cloth, cot
ton or calico give, by the constant fric-
ton, n certain quantity of fluff, which
enters most watches, even those the
cases of which shut firmly. II the
watch is not keylcss one, the key
should be small, in order that we may
feel the resistance Of the stop-work !;
then We can stop in time without foro-
ing anything. 1t is also necessary TINT
the square Of tho key should CORES
pond with that of the watch. II it b.
too large, Il may, in short time. cause
the windup square to suffer from undue
wear and tear, the rectifying OF
which is rather expensive. The
hands of an ordinary watch
can DO turned backward without much
risk. 1t is, however, always botter to
move the hands forward TO adjust your
watch. TO the correct time. A skillful
matchmaker one day thus reasoned with
customer who complained OF his watch.
"You complained" said no, "that your
watch gained minute month. WI,
then, you will congratulate yourself
when you have heard mo. You arc
aware that in your watch the balance,
which is the regulator, makes five oscilla-
tons every second, which is 49,, 900
times day; SO that your watch, ex
posed to all the vicissitudes which heat
and cold occasion it, the varying weight
Of tho Dir and tho shaking to which it is
subjected, has not varied more than q
minute month, or two seconds day.
1t has only acquired with each vibration
of the balance variation of the twu
hundred and sixteenth thousandth part
of second. Judge, then, what must
be the extreme perfection Of the mech.
anism OF this watch"
A watch cannot go for an indefinite
period without being repaired and
cleaned. At the expiration of certain
time the oil dries up, dust nc umulates
and wear and tear are inevitable result.
to the whole machinery, the functions
becoming irregular and frequently ceas
ing TO act altogether. A person possess
ing watch Of go0d quality, and desir
GUS OF preserving it as such; should have
it cleaned every two years at least. Blu
care should be taken to confde thh
cleaning or repairing TO careful hands
an incapable workman may do great in
Jury to watch, even of the simples
construction.