The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-03-20
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mlla sad rmnHtrtuG u Rs
reporter wDfnIli You ma} provide
o. mliIng lhrnly With hrmpHpos,
hut ihp, arc ofWllr W0 Il thc watch.
man hnIur asleep neglect ip give Tho
alarm when tho Urt hnclk eut lhm
lho bcst ~ 1ll prpwuliuu. Is lho 'oloe.
lHc vnichman rIurb and Register
NnlOhmpn urr uu b.lier than other
mnriuA they ui.l crow wrnN bnd
slcrri. and Soma ui them would rather
dulr nll night In nn armchair in somh
snug corner than march their appointed
rounds Hut tho electric clock aud
register is an invention that serves M
the most potent stimulus 10 the watch.
man Ia make him go his rounds II Is
$50 arranged a. to serve for any desired
mmher Of stations, md controlling
from one to ten Walchmpn If necessary.
N each station the WJichupn inserts 4
koy and gives one lull turn This
makes lbs untulmg record ON q blank
which {, locked inside the clock In tho
office, and which !, so placed thai no
whlchmm, however ingenious or ,lN
can lamprr with IT, The record whom
taken oul IN the morning shows exactly
what stations the Wutrhmnn visited in
the night and the time Of his visits
"Are There no other conlrNnncrs,
portable and more SIMPLE, that answer
thepurpo.c"'
There are other contrivnncns, rrr-
mlnly but nouc -n reliable a. lhr clrc-
tric clock Forin.tanco, there is a con-
trNancr which q Warhmnn carries
about with him This contain. paper
dInl ON which record is 10 be- made dur.
ing the night hy the use uf koy fave
tened nj each station 10 be- visited This
is delivered to the walchmnn when he
goc. on duty. The blank paper dial IA
locked inside o' H. But suppl, ing him.
SELF with a lot Of false station keys tho
wntchman can punch ol the holes hr
plca.cs aud deliver the dclcCtor to the
proper official in the morning correctly
marked | tell you II is q good deal ui
trouble for n waichman to walk about
all night Ihcrearc some people, even
night wnlchmcn, who think the night
was made for sleep and rest One ucl
who had been employed In a large hotc
where the portable dctcclnr had been II
use, astonishcd his employer, by resign
ing shortly after they procured an clcc
trlcal llr admitted that the new clocl
kept him going al night and disturbed
his rest Under the old arrnngcmcn
hc had Slumbrrcd aud lDungod {,
his heart content The superintendent
Of large factory recently rugged q pc
domcter to night walchman. The maj
faithfully went hs rounds, and In III,
morning the machine rcgisterc,
nearly fifteen miles. IN n large factor
In Connecticut whore thc portable detcc
tor is IN use, one Of the officials took
notion onenight 10 walk quietly through
and see what wns going ON. To hi
surprise h. found the watchmnn lyinl
IN a hnli-druukcn condition IN the IN
ginrroom. He thought. 0f course. lhn
In the morning the dial would be- pre-
scented in ycry imperfect condition
but be- was very much nslonishcd to lln
II brought to the office with all III
markings duly made. lie said nothing
bni took observations the nrNi night
and noted a similnr state of affairs, th
marking, being apparently correct i
the morning The waichman was sim
monrd 10 the office aud ordered to give a
account Of him-elfnnd bis dctcctor. IN
explanation was sn rambling aud Inc,
hcrcnt that The man was nt once di'
missed. The factory folks were myst
fed and rarkcd their brains 10 hiscoyr
how drunken man. who spent most Z
hi, nights IN an cnginc-room. could pre-
duer such records IN the morning Aitt
many DAYS they learned that The deceit
iul fellow had procured number ,
blank paper dials and al.o key to III
lock which shut them In. he woul
pick them IN the evening before gOin
on duty. then open the concern. lak
ont the blank which hal been supple
him and Zip the fraudulent onr Ia il
place. N T. -uad amt EIprea.