Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-09-24
WONDERFUL WATCHES.
the INGENIOUS cnRosoMerrRs or
the PAST 400 YEARS.

rs-spisss. TIA, Were wssasrs In de-
sisu aud Observation-Disclosures In the
Esds sf Umbrella Handles aud Lead Fen
siis-rh. rhysisi.as Familiar spiriI"'
For years old Dr.. Allan. the Scottish
physician. WA suspected Of being via.
ard. an opinion which was considered
all but confirmed when. In 1890. he pro
vided himself with silver watch OF the
regulation sire and style. CHANGING TO
stop with neighbor over night and u
being somewhat cold. he laid the watch
near his body and covered IL with the
bed quilts ~ that the chilly weather
would not affect the works Next morn
Ing he arose rather abruptly and left the
house without removing his treasure
from lis cory nest In the he'd.
In Kidding up the room the servant dis.
covered "the internal ohaiiering thing,
and Immediately concluded that IL must
b. the old doctors familiar spirit. con-
illusions which were hardly arrived NJ
before she had ficd wildly from the rcom-
Other servants were called and the whole
array charged the ''chaticring thing" In
the bed. Club. and tongs we're freely
us.-i, hut the case was strong and the
thing siill chartered dehAnily. One Of
the girls. more courageous than the
others. finally agreed that she would
take the tongs and carry the thing 10 the
moat and drown IL, a proceeding fraught
with danger. hut at last decided upon
The othcrs followed At q respectable dis
tance With hos. clubs and shovels. with
which they proposed 20 pounce on the
thing should Il attemps 20 attack the
heroic girl When the old doctor ~
turned for his watch be vas Informed ~
what had becn done. one % the servants
leading the way Ia where the thing had
becn drowned IL was found hanging on
a bush on the hank 81 the moat The
failure o. heat 90 drown the thing 10
death fully convinced the servants that
II was In reality the old wizards spirit,
AMI they could not h. persuaded %
touch u.
This story IL related simply 10 show
NhAi untics watches must have been
even al that late period % the seven
tenth century.
nAHyu ~ rrs WAY.
IN 1900 one ~ the admirers - Ucorgr
~ cau-s-l 90 b. made Tor that monarch a
watch which vas n marvel In its way.
II had a calendar hand which pointed ~
the days - the month and ~ the year.
INSTEAD - making a revolution every
month Ike the calendar watches ~ 10
DAY. IL took the whole S6j days IA gvi
once around. Tho dial plate was only
two niche. In diameter. therefore. the
figures must have been very minute,
Otherwise the COS numerals could not
have been arranged around the tordcr.
Tho annual dial calendar vas bat one
~ a numb,r % extras With which thi'
watch was provided \ movable diamond
I-rfoumcd diurnal revolutions NJ rcgulai
A. did the great orb after which IL VA
mpicle,l. IL struck the hours. the hall
hours and the quarters, while an inside
dial plate rcvolvcl In manner clearly
exhibiting the variations 81 the sea-ons
The English house u commons. fol
lowing a suggestion ~ Sir Isaac Nsston
appointed committee June n. IVA
with power % offer n reward ~ EeO.up
a. any one who would invent an accu
tate time keeper Cor usc at "a In deter
mining longitude. After many years q
labor and study the invention was an
nouncci a. perfected However, the In
,onior. one John Harrison. dill not ~
ccivo the reward for his labor until Sept
rs. i56L
Kcylcs. watches have been known e.
the past 100 years. but not until within
the past twenty-five have they come int
general U.s..
II would take columns 10 enumsrais
all the dainty and wonderful little time
piece. that have bccn made during ths
past l0O years They have been mAds
not larger than pas. and sct IN riug'
for physicians % facilitate the counting
II the pulse. They have becn fixed IN
bracelets. brocchcs. eye glasses, top- OF
umbrella handles and even on the ends
Of lead PENCILS. where they occupy the
same T1-ition AZ the rubber on the aver
age fatsr
In issJ n matchmaker % Dresden en-.
hiblied a watch made entirely u paper.
Tho paper was chemically prepared. and
the maker claimed that IL would L. a
scrviceable ~ N made % the material
ordinarily used.
The same year. at fair held az Wor.
c,stsrshirc. England. the Crowther Bros.
& Ca. exhibited one made entirely 81
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WONDER oY THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
An ingenious prisoner at kariAus, 10
hernia. recently constructed watch.
EIGHT ccntimetert In diameter. with no
other tools ~ material except two nee
die. a spool u thread. newspaper and
.omc rye straw The wheels. posts aud
CO.'S ar. all made ~ the rye straw.
which. IL l. well known, l. quite cuarse
and tough IL runs six hours without
winding and keep. good time. IL Is now
In possession Of the project o. Kariaus,
who considers IL the greatest marvel Of
the Nineteenth century.
The most ingenious. perfect and com
pick watch ever manufactured was sen,
out from the works ~ Paiek. Philippe
& Co. Of Geneva. Switzerland. Ia July.
1871. aud Is now In the possession of
Baron Nicholas IL l. what h known a.
the full sired hunter" On one side
there Is dial Of the regulation kind. en-.
hibiting the hour. minute and second
hands. also an independent chrome
graphic hand which marks the iifths
u seconds The same dial has rrpeat-
Ing mechanism. which strikes the hours
quarters and minutes.
The opposite dial has hands pointing
to the months. weeks and days An
other large central hand on this dial. u
1T at the beginning Of each year. cor.
rcctly points 20 all moon phase and also
acts a. a perpetual calendar I, Is ~
constructed a. to admit Of it, keeping
two different times. cay standard ON one
side and sun time on the other.-John
w. Wright in 81 Louis Republic.