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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

Having thus explained the power and
the striking apparatus of Il clock, let us
now Inquire how it is that in every
twenty-four hours it comes back to the
same time Of day? The sun varies al
most every day in the year, but a good
clock never.
What regulates q clocks: The pcndu-
lum. How? BY describing q Given
arc OF q circle in q given time. But
some pendulums beat fast and some
Slow That is Ill owing TO the size of
the wheels. Has the strength of the
power anything to do with the velocity
OF tAe escape wheel? Nothing whai.
ever. 10 illustrate: A certa Il sprinr
has an expansive power OF o%ne-,enth7
that is, Wien wound upon Il cylinder it's
L o would lift one pound. Another
spring has an expansive power of onr-
1ilth; or LIT OF one-tifth Of a pound.
Apply each OF these springs to the same
wheels and the same length of pentlu-
lum, which would III the fastest: The
weakest. Why 50? Because the stronu-
er one, through the cscapemcnt wheel.
would force The pendulum ball to do.
scribe the greater arc Of the circle
hence travelling further and hence los.
ing time II distance. And yet there
arc hundreds OF watch and clock
thinkers who do not understand
tins simple proposition in physics,
30 then, to regulate Il clock
you lcngthen or shorten the pendnl
lum,sweep by raising or LOWERING
the ball. Yet, again, there are thousandS
OF clock-tinkers who can not perfvrm
thls simple duty. In the first place tie
lock should be perfectly plumb. This
You yon accomplish by applying the metro
rs promptly and regularly as if saw
tao. If the clock is uneven there VII
De a pronounced difference in 1in,n
Do1"een tlc-tac and tactic. Then wind
'hc clock SO rs to run eight hours. and
sci 1t by some good watch or other rnr.
Inet time. 1t the end OF every honr
Hoslce whether it gains or loses, and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
ABOUT CLOCKS.

OF course, you all know what a clock
is. and some of you s~ix-year-olds can
tell what time it is by one. And yet
many of you ten-year-olds know as
much about clocks as the wisest man in
Congress-which is simply nothing.
Whether it be a spring or weight clock,
they all have the same machinery in
side; that is, the same number of
wheels, though ingenious Yankees have
invented clocks that run with a less
number of wheels than the standard
Meriden or Waterbury clocks. There
used to be a story current when I was q
boy of Moses Latta, of Cincinnati, who
invented the steam fire-engine, how
that he took an eight-day clock to
pieces, cleaned it, put it together again,
had one wheel left, yet it ran as usual,
kept time and struck the hours prompt
ly. But there are few Moses Lattas.
In the first place there is the main
wheel (Which is attached directly to the
power, be it spring OF weight; two
hand, which revolves once around the
face every hour, and M to run the
hour-hand, which goes from one figure
to another each hour; two intermediate
wheels as checks upon the power; one
escape-wheel-that is, the little one
you see through the hole in the center
of the face, and which. as it escapes
the chw-like verge at the upper
end of the pendulum rod, makes
the tao, tic noise YOU hear.
On the striking side. there are
the main-wheel attachment to the
power, the count-wheel, the warn and
~strike-wheel, and the stop-wheel. Did
it V puzzle you how the hammer
should strike the correct hour and then
stop And yet the explanation is simple
enough. Thus: the count-wheel has
s~eventy-eight little notches and twelve
big ones. An arm is attached to the
strike-wheel, which is bent square down
at the outside end. As the strike-whecl
revolves it throws this arm up and lets it
drop down exactly when the notch of
the count-wheel ome under the hook.
Let lis begin at one clock. When the
minute-hand wheel reaches - it starts
the strike-wheel, that wheel throws up
the arm, the wheel moves, the hammer
strikes one, the arm then drops into the
deep notch and remains there until the
minute-wheel describes one more full
revolution. Here is an explanation:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

screw nm or lower tho pendulum.
ball accordingly, giving the set-screw'
only half a turn each time. No
clock repairer can regulate a clock at
fnll spring, because the power is too
IRREGULAR, Clocks are made with long
ncndulums that beat seconds and are
rrsed,as regulators for railways and 9TH
er purposes. The train Is composed OF
a certain number of wheels with q cer-
tain number of teeth so arranged that
the pendulum, in describing an arc, al
lows one tooth to escape each second.
The American watch has eighteen thou
sand beats to the hour, while the old
ENGLISH watch varies from eight thou
sand to ten thousand an hour. You
will see a pendulum-rod in these big
regulators COMPOSED of alternate strips
of brass and steel with a ball of mer-
curry. These are supposed to counter
act the effects of contraction and ex-
pansion, as the weather is hot or cold.
But there is nothing in it. All the con-
traction or expansion a pendulum-rod
will experience would not affect its
time five seconds in twenty-four hours.
When you grow up, children, next to
the old family Bible, with the thumb
marks of the dear old mother on her
familiar page, will come to you in your
dreams that other familiar face OF the
old house clock, and its measured tic.
tao will sound on so sweetly, as Of yore.
MAY the one that lulls you to sleep
now measure out with no sparing hands
the Joys and years of mans allotted
three-score and ten MocIon," in
Chicago Journal.
n" Phocion's' discoveries Of the nature Of
the pendulum overthrow the theories accept
ed by the scientific world since the time OF
Calico, who is said to have discovered the
principal of the equal beat Of pendulum OF
the same length, without reference to tho
lenrth of the sMing.-EDl
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
An Old Story Revived.

Inc B1oaa I,7om, an English paper,
reviews the following story, which has
heen told of many soldiers and nation
altles. 1t says: ''NNho is the hero of
the following true story: A mild but
JEALOUS disciplinarian was brisklv nass-
ing a sentinel, on his way to his official
residence, when he turned upon the
sta'"art guardian and demanded the
reason why he did not challenge him.
IN vain the sentry declared that ho
knew hlm to be the -: he was en-
phatlcally told his du,y was to chal-
Guy every one who approached him,
ana warming with excitement, the ral-
laAG olilcer exclaimed: Challenge all.
challen@e me. sir!' We'll, t}en.' said
me sturdy pupil. lowering his rifle and
bringing 1t to the charge, Il do chal-
lelS" you. Give the countcrsion, sir,
"ho the hasty superior, having in tn.
course OF his practical instruction al
lowed the word to slip his memory, was
ioi'n"llh made a prisoner and driven
'nuo tlle sentry-boS. SO situated. tho
worthy preccptor was soon granted an
.lher opportunity OF estimatnu thc Of
leets OF his teaching. A policeman.
pad demanded why the sentinel
t."1 imprisoned the gentleman. You
1ool'sh fellow, said he, why, it is the
@ But the only reply IRON the
.IeHisif was the voc:ferous demand:
m nne me conntersign" The police
lHal, oeeming his uniform to be = sniff
h Iad authority for passing the sentry,
n n,ui also forgotten to learn the word.
.,u i'e' 100, was ordered into the sem
~; rom which he and his distin-
s"is''eu 1el.ow-rrisoncr were rescued
".en the sentry was relieyed.n
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
Saved from Freezing to Death.

When Bobby Smart was six years old,
he was left to the care of his uncle
James, who lived in the country. His
aunt took him to his future home, apd
at the depot he saw his uncle for the
first time.
Bobby was lonely and sad; his uncle
often treated him with harshness and
even cruelty. The cold winter had come
on early. Bobby was the only boy
about the farm, and he had to work
very hard. His clothing was unfit for
the winter weather, and he often suffered
from the cold.
Among the duties which this poor hoy
had to perform was that OF tending a
flock Of sheep. One afternoon, when
there were signs of a snow-storm, he
was sent to drive the flock to the barn.
He started for the field, but his clothes
were so thin that he was benumbed by
the intense cold. He sat down OH a
large rock to rest himself. He felt
strangely tired and cold. In a little
while he began to feel drowsy. Then
he thought it was so nice and comfort
able that he would stay there awhile.
In a very few moments he was asleep,
and perhaps dreaming.
Suddenly he was aroused by a ire
mendous blow which sent him spinning
from his perch on the rock to the
ground. Looking about him, he saw an
old ram neal by. The creature looked
as though he had been doing mischief,
and Bobby was no longer at a loss to
know where the blow came from; but
he thought the attack was an accident,
.,1 -, =, .l~-+ %,,,a 10 ,,,, -. -. ~
land of Nod.
Again the ram very rudely tumbled
him over into the snow. He was now
wide awake, and provoked at the attack
of the beast. He began to search for a
stick to chastisc his enemy. The ram
understood his intention, for he turned
upon Bobby as ii to t.nish the poor boy.
Bobby was forced to take to his heels,
and run towards home.
The ram chased him, while the rest
OF the flock followed after their leader.
The inmates OF the farmhouse were
surprise to see Bobby rushing towards
the house as fast as his little legs would
allow him. His hair was streaming in
the wind, and he was very much terri
fed. Close upon him was the old ram,
kicking up his heels in his anger. Be-
hin him could be seen a line
OF sheep doing their hest to keep up.
Bobby won the race, however. His
uncle came out in time to turn the flock
INTO the arm. 1t was Il long time be-
fore Bobby would venture near the ram
again.
Bobby knows now that but for the
efforts OF that old ram in knocking him
from his seat on that bitterly cold day,
ne would have been among the angels
IN a very short time. The sleepy feel
ing Which orercame him would have
ended in death.
Bobby declares that the ram knew all
the time what allied him, and that he
outted him from the rock on purpose. !
can not explain it, but do know that
Tod moves in a mysterious way His
wonders to perform.''-Our Little Ones.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
PITH AND POINT.

A woman sees q baby with
out wanting to run to it; a man neve
sees q baby without wanting to run
from it.-N Y. Mail.
There are 25, 900, 900 to so, 200, 600
hats made in this country annually.
This is one of the necessities of the
country where elections are held every
Chicago Journal.
Count Moltke is described as civ
ing inclosed in his e-oti,m." That is
the garment a good many less noted
people wrap closely about them, land
who are not follr-score years old either.
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
I'll can marry any girl that !
please" he said, with a s%elf-satisfed
expression OF countenance. mo doubt"
she responded sarcastically. ..But
what girl do you please?" They no
longer speak as they pass by.-U1ica
Herald.
By six qualities may q fool be
known anger without cauae, speech
without profit, change without motive,
inquiry without an object, putting trust
in a stranger, and wanting capacity to
discriminate between a friend and a
foe.-Boston Globe.
"A gentleman who takes a business
view OF things, when recently asked re-
specting a person of quite a poetic tenn
permanent, replied: 90, he's one OF
those men who have soarines after the
infinite, and divings after the unfathom-
able, but who never pays cash. "-Buf
talo Express.
The New York Commercial Adyer-
hser warns people not to tempt pick
pockets by carrying around with them
large sums of money, and says: "Gen-
tlemcn of wealth-clergymen, editors.
and persons OF their standing could
not find a better way to cheat the
thieves than by observing the severest
simplicity in their personal decoration
and outward belongings.
-''Can YOU tell me what kind O
weather we may expect next month";"
wrote farmer to the editor of his coun
try paper, and the editor replied as fol-
lows: 1T is my belief that the weather
next month will be very like Your sub.
scription bill" The farmer wondered
for an hour what the editor was driving
at, when he happened to think, of the
word unsettled" He sent a postal
o te.-PhIoaelphia Chronicle.
The man who gives a barrel of flour
to a starving family never puts his name
down for a thousand dollars for the rem.
ovation of a popular church in order
that it may appear in the public prints.
And it may also be said that the man
who makes it his business to donate
sums of money to churches and cyclone
sufferers, and puts his name down for
publication and not merely as a guar
antee OF good faith, never sends a bar
rel of flour to q starving family. And
the moral Of this little fact should teach
us that there is a great deal of differ
cnce between genuine and autograph
charity. Chicago Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
Our Young Folks.
TIE BISHOPS VISIT

Tell Won about it? OF course I Will!
tiough 'twould be dreadful to have him
For mamma said I must be quiet and still,
And She put away my whistle ana drum
And made me unharness the parlor chairs,
And packed my cannon and all me rest
On account Of this very distinguished guest
Then every room was turned upside down,
And all the carpets hung out 10 DOW;
For when the Bishop is coming to town
The house must be in order, you know.
So out in the kitchen I made my lair,
And started a game of hide-and-seek:
R,1t Bridget refused to have me there,
For the Bishop was coming-to stay q week,
And she must make cookies and cake and
And fiji every closet and platter and pan,
Till I thought this Bishop, so great and wise,
Must be an awfully hungry man.
Well! at last he came: and do DECLARE,
Dear prandpapa, he looked just like you,
With his gentle voice. ana ms sl'very mar,
And ewes with a smile a-Shining through.
Ana whenever he read or talked or prayed,
understood every single word;
And I wasn't the Gastest bit afraid.
Though l never once spoke or stirred;
Till, all of a sudden. he laughed right out
To see me sit quietly listening SO;
And began to tell us stories about
Some queer little fellows in Mexico.
And all about Egypt and Spain--and then
He UnSn't disturbed by a little noise,
But SAID that the greatest and best of men
Once were rollicking, healthy boys.
And he thinks it is no matter at all
If q little boy runs and jumps and climbs:
And mamma should be willing to let me
crawl
Through the transferable in the hall some
times.
And Bridget, sir, made a great mistake,
In stirring up such a bother, you see,
For the Bishop-he didn't care for cake,
And really liked to play games with me.
But though he's so honored in word and act
(Stoop down., for this is a secret now)-
He couldn't spell Boston! That's a fact!
But whispered to me to tell him how.
Mrs. Emma HuntindtOn Mason, in Wide-AUdke.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

London has 100000 houses and
nearly 1000, 600 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sew
en- people to each house.
With great ceremony the last stone
Wa laid in the harbor of Trieste recent
ly. The work has taken fifteen years
and has cost over 81 1000, 200.
The telephone system of London
includes seventeen stations and 5000
subscribers. There are 10000 tele-
phones in use in the United Kingdom.
An English clergyman has discov-
cred 81 new way of reconciling science
and religion, He says that pre-Adamite
remains are nothing o or less than
tossilized angels.
A fashion lately introduced in Nice
is one that can only be followed by the
very w%ell-to-do. 1t is a parasol made
of flowers. which are woven together
over the ribs. with a silk lining.
The venerable Nj. Gam5etta, father
of the great F~renchman who died one
year ago, has lust been married to a
woman who had long been a servant in
his family, and is forty-five years old.
A farmers daughter in the West
of England received Il hairy poodle dog
from a friend in town. The unsophisti-
Gated damsel wrote back, thanking her
friend for the present, and saying that
she found it very handy, when tied to a
stick. to clean windows with.
Thomas Holloway, the millionaire
manufacturer OF pills, whose immense
warehouse is one of the sights of Lon
don, is dead. He was e%ighty-four years
old. and vas a man Of great liberality.
One of his latest acts of charity was a
Gift of $780, 900 to the hospitals of Lon
don.
Marriage for those who live in the
Siberian mines has peculiar features.
When a prisoner desires to undertake it,
the only thing necessary for him to do
is to send in an application to the over
seer, who forthwith allots him a wife.
Three days OF probation are then al
lowed, and if any incompatibility of
temper seems likely to arise, the appli-
cant may receive twenty-five lashes and
another wife. This process is continued
until he gets a wife TO suit him.
Beethoven, according to the French
version, was the descendant of a poor
family, which for a century had its home
in a small Belgian village. His talent
for music was inherited from his grand
father. who for many years had an ap-
pointment as q chanter at the Collegiate
church of Lova;n. Another story,
which for some time has held its place
in a German encyclopedia, credits
Beethoven with being a natural son of
Frederic William H.. King of Prussia.
Beethoven, on being asked about the
truth of the latter version, declared that
on principle he never answered any
questions about himself. 1t is highly
improbable that he believed the rumor,
for in his latter days he requested a
honesty of his parents and especially
his mothcr.n
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

whats this-what's this?" said
Congressman Bedford, of Colorado, in a
hotel lobby the other morning, as he
drew a bottle Of chair ~restorer'' from
pocket of his coat and an almanac
from the other. And then he pulled
out a dozen other cdd, incongruous
things, like a puzzled stage juggler, until
at lasta light broke over his darkened
face, and he remarked: "Rless that
mischievous boy of mine; he's been at
mis- tricks again; l must go home and
change my coat."-Washangton Star.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
"A powder-horn upon which is on

"A powder-horn upon which is en-
graved the date, Nov. IS, 1850 the
OF Enoch Leonard, Commission
er of Issues and the plan of Fort
Schuyler and the Mohawk River, is now
in possession of E. j. Leonard, of West
Martinsbcag, Lewis County, N. Y,
having Leea handed down from genera
ton to generation. The engraving was
done by the gentleman whose name 1t
bears, and it is a relic Of rare curiosity.
-BuBalo Express.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

"A wild duck happened to get start
ed with the lightning express for New
York at T~arrAtown, and for miles it
was nip and tuck, until finally the bird
with a defiant .''quark!' forged ahead
and left the locomotive putting and
wheeling far behind.-1rou Times.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-02-14
Hams and Breakfast Bacon.
NUMBER %

luJ Hoglrt addressed the senate IN favor
U. tur1'Ii. lie said thd the bill reported
wa. entirely "a tue lime vi absolute sert,r-
b., In the holders OF our currency. IL
sven. ,u assist ruttut ami continue ~,
absolutely safe currency l Was the
business Ut congress TO maintain sucn
with pnctilous schfupulou. rc-
gard los the pubIIc creit
that thr fact thst a bond rs 10 be- paid
according 10 its face yllue, ana it4
terms WJull never be doubted hy any
mth When congress had done that
private spe. ulht,uu would lake ul, tue
mann profit aud luIs that was 10 accrue
/ from It. tuugtcss should have nothing
/ 90 do with such -chemes
las report OF the pruteu4 court ~
/ inquiry WIS transmitted tu the senate
/ tu-day The court finds thnt CARING.
/ ton mad" uu error Ut ia alignment ~ mot
waiting longer az Pandora hlIhnr. hut
the error WAS committed iu the exercise
oi difficult and unusual ularrtuuu.
Tor which he should mot be
I hcid accountable. It's also due to
/ EARRING ton to say that In has general
conduct of the cNpedi lion prior to the
loss ct the ship, he displayed zeal, en-.
crgl and efficiency wi le in command
through the long perltuu- Aud iabu-
riou. retreat IN boats tu place of
safety aud white awarding credit Ia
General lhlvu for The best intention.
concerning the rescue 10 the Creole,
uarN., tuy court I- ul lht opinion that
ia mAn} muunsIt, aud IN 'Olue ut
ihu. vttNt4i moments, hr nllud ia All
adequate COMPREHENSION ut the uece--
-itIr- col tIo 'nsc Hui the mrasurrs
nd mcau- r-soutia. To- meet them.
rht court specifics numerous grave
rrrurs aud uiui-sions III his sctluu.
,mrug tucm the following tlr-r In
informing darlington that Urreb
supplies Wouid be exhausted ia the
tall ui l'.,1, " hen III fact he was pro.
Nlsiuncd tor more than three years
from the SUMMER OF 1881. The effect
OF tins wa, to urge Darlington to uu-
due hn-tr IN order 10 reach Lady
Eraukllu'- rnN second The per
-l-tenl rejection pt the suggestion, to
MIKE iu Iuo uurlhward voyage OF the
relief shIl, a d,p,t OF supplies Ut littleton
,suud luuN Iu mitng to perceive The
necessity iur -r.Hui Ness"l following
4 rhr tiirt until iur ln the season fuulth.
/ the Las Negligent and detective method
| pi lttpu- the i,rutIs OF public business
/ Md conducting tu' r"rrsduudruCe IA
.n, -tuuui ,lnyr IA ...td ,u the 20 called
.uuulm,uuIy INSTRUCTIONS or orders tu
1 ,mIuuuiuu. which lu, court uuyd was In
. I,t tao utI, al ul although
+ nu,u-h,I lu lH, country IA. such
/ and mlLr the basis a. the charge thai
10. had bcru guilty ol disUuedlenco OF
lt.l,r.. The court was ut the opiu-
lunilaI Mother wa inns memorau-
.hru. .tu order mon dit 10 prOuerlI
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-02-14

Bad IA the weather WAS ye-ter lay
morning several delinquents were a..
raigucd IN the recorders council
Tho cases against the Austin street
helligcrvuts were court,
The miserable cripple, who wa locked
M the prccc iiug night uu account Of
bclug drunk aud down. having abused
the charity bestowed upon him 10y
spending the money given him. for wins
rs. WIS delivered "A sound lecture by the
recorder and ordered to leave town.
rhc dollar or two ia dimrs nnd nirhelH
found upon him were returned
on tho Other. cnsr, ono was Tor drunk
ruuo~s iu Winch iiur ut two dollars
wa imIo-vl, and NIX were against mem
hers ut the d,ml-munde. the charge be
ing yugrHucv. \ Tine ~ three dollar
md costa WIS imposed 90 each case, all
1t thr auu.ni picudIug guilty 10 he
Charge Others vail Do, trrd this NOM
iuE
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-02-14

head Of the Days cream % Of the
news yesterday and Tuesday, we pre-
sumo our thriving and enterprising,
though youthful contemporary, has
special vehicle for the
conveyance OF the Gazette In order that
1t can clip its kilograms. We congratu-
late our bright little neighhor upon this
brilliant Journalistic exploit, 1t does credit
TO the excellent ability OF Its manage
ment. II the law proposed by the ual-
weston eNcws In reference to kilograms
was in force what would be the result OF
the DAYS marvellous lcats FOR the past
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-02-14

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