New-York tribune., 1890-08-30
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.


having the damage repaired friend Of the writer
has Just had little experience with such an accident
lie carrying his watch In the breast pocket OF MS
flannel shirt, and one day, when running out III ,o
country the watch, rather heavy one, new OUT ue-
tached itself from the chain and fell apparently not
very heavily upon the grass. The owner picken IL
up congratulatng himself that no damage had been
done; but In a few minutes he found the watch was
not running, and he was unable TO nduce II 10 90 oc
| than emit few feeble ticks. The handspring ap-
pcared TO be ell right and did the harsprlng but the
watch wouldn't run In due course It was carried TO
the wachmaker who looked grave as soon as he
peered at the works :" am afraid we have serious
ad seT weh af e declared that pivot
Of the balance-shaft had been broken ana thty ~
shaft. he explained Is that upon which the baanse t
wheel revoves. and It Is necessary to adjust ~ %,h
the utmost ncety in order 70 insure the accu''e ru
ming OF the watch.
at will cost you 3d." said the matchmaker ain
a cheap watch we could set in pivot and solder
H. but In fine watch like this the only thing Is 10
make new shaft outright. No. we cannot SEND 10 the
| company which made the watch for duplicate, Tor
the balanceshaft In each watch has 10 be specially
adjusted TO IT, If you had broken cog, say III one
Of the Wheels we could easily have sent for another
wheel but the balance shaft Is the most vital part OF
a watch and the greatest has to be taken with
it, In the finest Jurgensen watches we charge T5O
making balance shaft and in other foreign aGi IN a
Of these from yours, and in fact different IN eacn acc o.
denfs Of lfo his a hndI I Yes we DO We had eight
week not long ago The breahng Of the pivot usually
results from fall of the watch lonr watch s'ra'h
on the edge. doubtless If it had fallen fiat this par
| tcular accident would not have happened
| The matchmaker was in a alkative mood, and he
went on ~ There one very singular case recently
A man brought in his watch which was found TO he
| broken in the way l have described, ana we maze
| him new balanccshaft for S15. In just fortnight
| he came back again and had to have another shait
rba fupp hiDDa abo
mlshap was caused under precisely the same circum
stances as the first. The man was in the habit OF
| hanging his waistcoat, with his watch in IT, on the
head of his bed, so that he could reacn tne ' wao
was. on both these occasions he took out his watch
when not more than hafawake, and when ne went @
GIoPped Pps it OSGH on the oor ~ felt sorry him q
6t Then as ne ioa aen ~ ron naPns in his face
There is another thing should like to say about
carrying a good watch like yours In the pocket OF
your shirt. 1t is really tempting of Providence to
do so. We have had a considerable number Of ac-
cdcnts from this cause during the summer and l
suppose there will be more of them with the spread
Of the negllge- shrt idea. But that is not the place
too liable to fall out and, besides, in moving about
running mp aud down stairs, etc. the watch gets
| deal more than 1t would get In the walstcOat or
| trousers pocket
| IL don't believe It pays 10 own good watch,' said
man on railway train to his companion, who had
been boastlng how his watch had been 4" got down so
hnc' that 1t had three months with only vara-
ton Of seven seconds. "I'll tell you what my plan
is7 he continued: - go TO OF the big drygoods
stores uptown, where can buy neatlooldng watch.
stemwindcr and setter, for 81 90. II is fairly good
tmcpiece-gOOd enough for an ordinary man. at al
evcnts-and it is guaranteed for three years OF course
/ don't spend a cent in repairs. IT, after the guar
antee expires. gets hopecssy out Of order or fails
to keep good timc easily afford to toss it away
! \
city like NewY0rk doesn't need watch much. any
way. unless he lives ont II town. IN which case the
problem Of existence for him is to catch certain boats
or trains or both There are so many public clock. lock.
and many ways Of learning 'he time 10 going about
town. that the average citizen has little need for
tmepiece Of his own'
Trees are an endles. source Of lizit TO some
people, who however are not able TO derive much
satisfaction from many of the specimens TO be seen
in city thoroughfares. says lover of trees who Is
an expert In landscape art: "The trees in the
streets the older part Of the city fast disap
pearng, the cxigcnces Of business, Sidewalks new
pavcments. gas. etc. being mainly responsible for
their decadcnce Those which have died or arr
dying | suppose can hardly expect 10 see re-
placed But many OF the uptown streets and in
the outlying portions of the city trees can be planted
under reasunably favorable conditions. Ihh deSlr
able feature Of street adornment ought really TO be
regulated by some ntelligcat pubic antnorty; Cert'h
trees despite the vicsSitUdes they are called on 10
live through in city streets. thrive we'll provided
they are properly planted in the beginning and re-
ceve little Intelligent from time 70 time. The
family OF mapies the sugar sy Samor,, Norway. and
silver-leaf. are all hardy and tractabe trees ana
CAROLINE poplar the horse chestnut locust. etc. fur
nsh an abundant field for selection. Young nnr
seiy raised trees needed. with compact. fhrous
roots. straight ,tems fr, frIn, iniury. and natural
heads not deformed by the reebu'cher.
There should be GOOD sized pit. TO begin with
and plenty Of rich soil should bee provided 20 cover
the roots, Avoid the use Of fresh manure or other
fertilizers near the y0nng rDDctS The tree should
be carefully boxed. and AZ the point where 1t i
likely t. come In contact with the top Of the box IL
should be Ao4ud around lightly with piece OF old
hose or canvas or leather. great many trees
are irr,trleyaby dcformed by the lack Of this pre-
canton, the wind swayine them against the box aud
wearing away the bark and even thg r01 w991; May
tcnlary in the latter city. have outrOwn their en-
viroumcnt They have exhausted the nutrition in
c%rbns %G n.y. and nagsne. with little light and almost no
moisture, they are literally starving 20 dtl '
am sometimes called on to prescribe Tor such trees.
In general recommend the cutngout Of sp2cs
around the trunk renewing the soil stimulating with
reward is promised to whoever makes TWO blades OF
grass grow In the space Of one. believe thnt ne
mau who plants tree and keeps II IN g1od conul-
ton Is entitled to quite as much connlendatlon."
The friends Of the Louisiana Lottery Company In
Congress are expected reveal themselves by speaking
AGAINST the constltutonaty OF The pending Anti-Lo
rry bill II l. delicate business they are engaged
n It is almost certain political death to be IN any
way publicly associated with that concern More than
one prominent has been retired 10 private life ana
professionally ruined by the connection former
member from Now York, and lawyer OF great promise
M one time whose miserable death was announced no
long ago was q frightful example Of ruin wrought
solely by the Louisiana Lottery Company. lie was
Young brilliant with handsome Income f"m MS
practice popular In Tammsny Hall and elsewhere aud
Tammany offered him u nomination TO Congress. ile
had half made up his mind 10 decline IL and stick TO
his profession. when lie approached by man who
was then leading representative of the Louisiana Lot
terry Company and who intimatcd that ii the question
NJ Tamnlany's assessment was in the way of accept
ance the company would take care OF that The bait
was not enough, but when $4,000 was offered hln 10
run he accepted took the money, paid the assessment
and was elected by heavy majority. shortly auer
his election asked 10 certify for publication as
nm advertisement that his ticket No. - had drawn
thc prize III 825,000' Ho had never heard OF any
such ticket drawing but the records OF the drawing
verr shown 10 HIN, aud he could not deny that the
q him TA donV