Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-20

nithy remark: what fool l must
have been TO have squandered so much
blood and treasure in the absurd at
tempt TO make all men tnlhk aiike
when cannot even make lew watches
keep time together
FIRST APPEARANCE IN ENGLAND.
Watches made their first appearance
in England In the early part OF Henry
Wills reign, and we find the merry
monarch paying 10 guineas for one, d
sym equal to about 5000 OF our present
money.
One OF the earliest records we have OF
the use OF the word watch Is in the
royal household book of Edward W., In
which under the date OF 1912, appears
the following: zone alarum or watch OF
iron, the case being likewise iron gilt,
with two plumetts Of led" This goes
far toward proving the application OF
the Saxon word TO this form OF watch,
as an alarum is not likely to permit
sleepiness on the part OF the wearer.
TELLING TINE ~ A SKULL.
A little later in the shape OF watches
shown a good deal Of originality, and
the descriptions Of some presented to
good Queen Bess prove that that the
| Jewellers Of that period were by no
means poor wOrkmen and would compare
very favorably with those OF to-day. l
I give here an illustration OF a watch in
the shape OF skull, and once belonged
TO Mary Queen Of Scots, and this APP
pears TO have at one time been FAVOR
| tie form for watches, and even collins
were chosen as a means OF showing the
end TO which all time. leads.
A small watch, made about 1872 by
Etienne Hubert Of Rouen, was Enclosed
iu dark shagreen case orDamented
with gold stars and central cross
formed of fieur.de-lis. This was about
the size OF 25cest piece, and was be-
oueathed TO Mary Stuart to lady
named Massie the night before her exc
cution. Many of the early watches had
bells on which the hours were struck,
and a thief who stole one OF these from
Louis XI. was detected by its striking.
This so much amused Louis that be not
only torgave the thief but also presented
him with the watch.
LADY ARUNDEL's GIFT TO HER SON.
Sir William Howard, X. b., received
as present from his mother beautl-
full silver watch ornamented with myth
ologlcal subjects. 1t was Of oval form,
and, besides having an alarm and strik.
ing the hours, showed the day OF the
week, the age and phases OF the moon,
the daps and months OF the year, and
the zodiac. On the inner rim was In
scribed From Alethea, countess OF
Arundel, for her deare son, Sir William
Howard, X. b., 1929" This was made
by z. Combret OF Lyons.
MILLIONS FAMOUS WATCH.
The British museum possesses Millions
watch, which shows the hours and days
OF the month, and was given TO the ma
ton by Sir Charles Fellowes.
Sean Toutin, French goldsmith OF
Chateau Suse, discovered Ia 1880 the art
OF painting 10 thick colors, which would
melt with fire and yetretain their luster,
and this enamel, for such II was, be ap-
piled on thin plates OF gold, producing
those beautiful effects for which French
enamelers have since been famous.
Toutin, with generosity rarely equaled,
shared his discovery with his fellow
artists, among whom was Vasequer,
celebrated for bis wonderful painting OF
flowers, and Huard lie Pulsna. noted for
his figures.
A fine specimen is q gold watch on
the face OF which is seen Christ, with
emblems Of passion, and on the back the
crucifIion. This was done late In the
seventeenth century, and IL has pentu-
lum spring, a movement unknown be-
fore 1878. DR.. Hooke, the celebrated
athematician, first invented the spiral
or edulum spring, which was the be-
ginning OF many Improvements In watch
making, and In 1875 Thomas Thomplon
made a watch for Charles III. with a
pendulum spring under the snperinten-
dence OF DR.. Hooke. This well known
matchmaker was so jealous CT his repu-
tation that on one occasion when q gen.
tleman showed him watch on which
Thompion's name fraudulently appear
ed, he took hammer and broke IL TO
pieces. presenting In its place watch
OF his own making, at the same time
saying: "Sir here is watch Of my
making"
INTRODUCTION OF TWO HANDS.
Up to the end OF the seventeenth Gen.
fury watches had only one hand. but In
1876 Daniel Quare. . Quaker and watch
maker OF London, remedisd thls By
adding another hand which subdivided