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The morning call., 1892-07-25
WONDERS OF A WATCH.
A number OF Interesting Facts Well
Worth Knowing.
Cincinnati Commercial gazette.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
open your watch and look at the little
wheeis, springs and screws, each an indis-
pensable part Of the whole wonderful ma
chine. Notice the busy little balance wheel
as 1t flies to and fro INCREASINGLY, day and
night, year in and year out This wonder
full little machine is the result of hundreds of
years of study and experiment. The watch
carried by the average man Is composed of
9S pieces, and its manufacture embraces
more than 1000 distinct and separate opera
tons. Some of the smallest screws are so
minute that the unaided eye cannot distin-
guish them from steel filings or specks of
dirt. Under powerful maguifying glass a
perfect screw is revealed.
The slit in the head Is 2-IOO0ths of an inch
wide. 1t takes 398. 600 of these screws 10
weigh pound, and pound is worth S15S5.
The halr-spring is strip of the finest steel,
about 80 inches long, 1-100th inch wide and
21-10, 0,000th inch thick. 1t is cniled up in spi-
raj form and hnely tempered. The process OF
temperng these springs was long held as a
secret by the few.fortunate ones possessingit,
and even now 1t is not generally known.
Their manufacture requires great skill and
care. The strip Is gauged to 20-100ths OF an
lnch, out no measuring instrument has as
yet been devised capable OF fine enough
gauging TO determine beforehand by the
size of the strip what the strength of the
nnlshed spring viii be. A % 1000th part of an
inch difference in the thickness of the strip
makes difference In the running OF a watch
OF about six minutes per hour
1he value OF these springs, when finished
and placed In watches. is enormous in pro-
portion to the material from which they are
made. a comparison will give good idea.
A ton Of steel when made up into hair
springs when in watches is worth more than
12R times the value OF the same weight in
pure gold. Hair-spring wire weighs one
twentieth of a grain TO the inch. One mile
OF wire weighs less than half pound.
The balance gives five vibrations every
second, 800 every minute, $4,000 every
hour, 432, coo every day. and 157, $50, 900
every year. At each vibration it rOtates
about one and one-fourth times, which
makes 197, 100, 600 revolutions every year. In
order that we may better understand the
stupendous amount of labor performed by
these tiny works, let US make few com
parlsOns. Take, for Illustration, a lOcOmn-
tive with G-foot driving wheels. Let its
wheels be run until they have given the
same number of revolutions that a watch
does in one year and they Will have COW
cred distance equal to % complete cir
cults of the earth. All this watch does
without other attention than winding once
every 81 lOurS
The morning call., 1892-07-25
COOL NERVE.
The Ruse ofa Young Man Who Had For
gotten His Money.

The Ruse of Young Man Who Had For
gotten His Money.
AS magnificent an exhibition of nerve
as it often falls to the lot OF a newspaper
man to look upon occurred at the Franklin
street station of the Ninth-avenGe elevated
railroad day or two ago a noon.
just as an uptown train got fairly under
way young fellow dashed out upon the
platform without observing The trihing
fOrmality of dropping ticket in the box,
graSped one of the gates of the then rapidly
moving train and began to Chamber aboard.
He barely missed striking against one or
two Of the posts which support the roof of
the station. and would undoubtedly have
been thrown against the iron railing at the
eXertiBg every muscle. pulled him over the
cargate The young man missed mutilation
by about six Inches.
When it was all over with he seemed TO
be the least excited OF the two participants
and cooler than the many witnesses. The
guard was pale aud some of the passengers
who had witnessed the escape were visibly
agitated. The young man, who was fault
leSsly dressed, entered the ear and sat down
near a reporter After he had recovered
his breath he said:
Pretty neat, eh? You see. l had an
engagement at One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street that | had to keep. l changed
my clothes in a hurry and ran down 10 the
station. When | got there l found Id for
gotten to change my money with nv clothes,
and''-and he laughed eontentedy as he
said 1T didn't have a nickel SO /
waited outside until the train started and
then rushed through aud jumped it without
a ticket"
The morning call., 1892-07-25
DRESS-DESIGNERS.
A Profitable Occupation in which Women
Take Ihe Lead.


One Of tue successful dresS-designers of
the city is woman not yet so. She was
telling me some days ago how her work was
done. She supplies a large number IF the
fashion sketches issued with the fashion
sheet of big pattern-house, and she earns
S65 week at her trade. 1T is something" 1"
she began, that only few women and not
half dozen men can do. There are
the ladies' tailOrS, Of course but
they repeat themselves in essentially
tue same designs. Outside of tailor work,
practically all the new dress designs gotten
up in the city are from sketches made by
women. 1t is very seldOm that a man tries
his hand it who does not fail For ME,
often walk the streets till l get my idea. In
an nour on Broadway or Fifth avenue eaten
hint from the draping of a skirt that Sug-
geSts something 10 me,o l see combination
oil cO0rS OF novel, use OF some fabrics that
sets my mind working in new direction
Then go home and make wash drawing
1t may net enbody anything | have seen or
may take hints from % different costumes.
To be ut for use as pattern supplement it
must be original, it must be up with the
times, but not toe far ahead of prevailing
ideas, ana 1t must be practicable; that is, it
must be such that an ordinary dreSsmaker
or a woman with a knack for cutting her
own gowns can reproduce it without too
much trouble. Ii | am sure / am on
the right track and l want to be
certain of turning out something es-
peeially clever, | get the material for
such dress as | am thinking of and get a
girl of good figure 10 try it upon. / stand
her up in the middle OF the floor, and [
stick in pins and pail out pins. and try this
effect and that effect and some other effect
for aybe three hours at time. It's tire
some work. but | always feel repaid if it
ends by being love of gown. Eve dressed
thousand women ! say when l get one
done, You duck Of pretty dear"
Sometimes 1t wont come to suit me and
then lie awake half the night and plan
how / would compel it TO be the confection /
want in the morning. When / get it sketch
ii and color it ana write directions for cut
ting the pattern for it without minutes de-
lay. I've designed some hundreds of
dresses ami I've seen them walking about
on hundreds of women. | always feel bad
if they don't take good care of my dresses,
toe. | want TO run up tn a shah one or a
dusty one and say, :" You poor thing, they
DONE treat you we'll, do they?" do flick
speck OF two off or stroke a breadth SYM
pathetieally if | happen TO sit next to one
of my gowns, miSuSed one. on a streetcar.
The morning call., 1892-07-25

-4'iNN'' Hit9''ah- her practical kn " led -
OF the subject has caused her 10 be always
ready with new SUI. esiions Il "a IDEAS.
Prince and Prime, IS Christian and their
five children live ;bout four miles from
Windsor Castle in a picturesque old house
called Cumberland Lodge. The noticeable
feature OF the bouhoir is the collection of
photographs on the tables, chimneypieee
and walls. Princess Christian fixes 10 col
lect portraits OF her friends with their auto
graphs written across the bottom. Prnmi-
nent among these souvenirs is a very large
portrait of the late Emperor Frederick. in-
scribed, TO my dear siStes Eelena from
her loving rrOiher."
The Princess political sympa HES are
somewhat suggested by the fact that her
two horses are named Jubilee and Union
ist In the borough of Windsor she aud
her daughters have district Of their own,
and they have organized the local nurses
for ever since the time wnen she was
young girl and had nursed her father, the
late Prince COnSOrt. through his fatal ILL.,
ness, Helena has always been an authority
on nursing and will from time TO time
write letter to the Times, pleading for
some amelOrat.On of the hOspital nurses
iot. She Is president of the Royal British
Nurses Association, which owes much to
her assistance and advice. The Princess is
very much IN favor Ct the higher education
Tor women. and the students of the Prime
eSs Helen College and many other schools
look forward TO the presentation of their
prizes by their patToneSS.
The morning call., 1892-07-25

Is with her essentially the case that out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh. Among those who first reeog-
nlZed her rare Diplomatic talents was the
late Thomas Carlyle, with whom she re-
manned a crest favOrite till his death. King
lake, the historian Of the Crimean war, was
another OF her closest Brush allies. Itwas
he VINO SAID that an article written By the re-
douh!able o. h. did more injury 20 lingo
form OF government than 10 British battal-
IONS destroyed b. Russian infantry would
have done.
Nine. Novik0ff spends half toe wear in
London, and during those months makes her
heauGuarters IN hotel off Bond street. In
an unpretentlous suite of rooms she re-
celves the most notable people in literature,
politics and art. Although not in the least
Eood-looklng there Is an extraordinary per
Sonal charm about the Russian siren" as
she was designated once bv an anti. Glad
st0nlan. Ii IS said that she has the finest
collection of personal autographs. With
her son Nine. Novikoff leads very happy
ana Independent existence. She ia much
liked at the Russian court and tue Empress
always pays her special honor
The morning call., 1892-07-25
Death From a Horsefiy's Bite.
Pail NIall Gazette.

The sad death of Mr.. +. j. Woods, Mr..
Balfour's private secretary. from erysipelas
snperyening on the bite of gadfiy, we an
nouneed yesterday. The bite of gadfies is
not usually considered poisonous. and it is
supposed that the one which attacked Mr..
Woods had been on diseased animal The
most common species is Tabanus bovinus.
and they are very troublesome to horses and
cattle In the fields, especially in warm
weather 1t is to these that Thomson refers
In "rhe Seasons:
Light fly his sIumhers IL perchance fight
or angry gadhies fasten on the herd"
Naturalists tell us that only the females
bite, the males being smaller and quite in
offensive
The morning call., 1892-07-25

t,on oil system OF automatic machines on
the penny-ln-the-sl0t principle for the de-
livery OF icecream. This tooth some eiemen
OF daily consumption in this country is not
so commonly used in England, and the abil-
lty to obtain itat all hours at slight cost con-
stItutes nothing short OF luxury to many
classes of Londoners. The novelty of the
machine lies In the combination of the
automatic deliverer with an ice refriger-
ator, which is so effective that when the
machine is full the supply of ices will. each
Ice being contained in separate cardboard
box, keep good for Whole week; that is TO
say, will not melt during that period. 1t is
expected that not only will these machines
be well patronized by the public, but by
hotel and restaurant proprietors and con-
feetioners, who viii be fully alive to the
advantage of having a supply OF good,
wholesome icecream constantly on hand
without any of the risks of damage or spoil
age
The morning call., 1892-07-25
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Washington Evening Star.


He was plainly a veteran. and he looked
with interest several times at man who
held his handkerchief to the side of his
face. After a while he said:
''GOOtheche. misler?"
mo; wounded"
''Where'd it happen ?'
Getty sburg."
GU don't say so. Keeps coming open.
does. ii, car'n?"
Yes. 1t hasn't shown any sign of heal
ing yet"
You don't say sol Bullet, wasn't il,
major?'
No; cut"
That's bad. L tell you, colonel, those
sabers leave mighty nasty place nine times
ont of ten
'NO doubt of IT,"
s.pose We got your pension for that long
ago, didn't you, general?''
mo"
"You ought Ia have a pension. sure"
We'll, replied the man with the hand
kerchef. Il haven't had time to apply for
it yet. You see, l only got this wound
yesterday. when happened to be- in Getrys-
burg on business and had barber shave
me In a hurry
The morning call., 1892-07-25

1888, and it Is just O'Clock. Now. can Won
leli me my age in seconds?" The great
man frowned. bent his head and began to
walk rapidly up and down, twisting his
mustache and clasping and unclasping his
hahds IN his nervous way. After n moment
or so ne returned the answer. which was
somewhere In the billions The gentleman
produced paper with the pro- worked
onI, ana SAID with superior smile: "Weli,
professor, I'll give you credit for great
genius. put you're several thousand out"
i ne professor stretched out his hand for
the paper, aud, running over the caIcnla-
llOh: sald contemDtuuusly: "Humph!
you've left out the la.n vaorS
The morning call., 1892-07-25
a Lightning Calculator.
Boston Traveller.

rroiessor Truman Henry Stafford OF
Williams College Is one of the most remar k
able lightning caIculators now living.
gentleman who had heard of his power,and
wished 10 test IL said 10 him one day: 81
have little problem for you, Professor
SANFORD L was bora August Is, 1882, at 3
The morning call., 1892-07-25

whole time trying TO do
good, and there is scarce
ly a charitable commit
tee in Great Britain of
which she has not at
some time or another
been n member, and a
such she is IF immense
practical use, for her
powers of organ Zatiou
are very great. As presi-
dent Of the Royal School
Of Art NpedIrwork she
has been able TO assist
hundreds Of poor ladies
O. gain a livelihood. and
The morning call., 1892-07-25


Not long ago. at Il wedding dinner. one of
the guests told this story: In Western
town a small number of Jealous people de-
cded to put up a Young Mems Christian
Association building A committee was ap-
pointed, and they sent for a contractor to
undertake the work.
When lie came the first thing he did was
TO inquire in very worldly ana matter-of-
fact sort of way into the financial resources
of the organization. The president replied !:
'Never fear, sir; we are sure of funds !;
the Lord is on cur side"
"'rhat is all very WE'LL" replied the con-
tractor, but / want some one that | can
send the Sheriff after If necessary"
The morning call., 1892-07-25
A NOTABLE WOMAN.
Sketch OF the Personal Characteristics of
Mme. Noyikoff.
Nau XnrA

NINE. Novlkon Is not only the most strik-
ing IemiElne Russian personality in Europe,
out she forms an integral part of modern
EngiiSh society in Europe. and is said to be
the only woman who can influence at the
same time Mr.. Gladstone, Lord Salisbury,
Count lgnatieff. and, to certain measure,
the Czars course of action. 1t would be
difhcult TO state with accuracy what has
given this lady, who signs herself o. K,
this pre-emlnent position. She writes
equally well in English and Russian, aud it
The morning call., 1892-07-25

good deal Of the dew which we see in
the morning covering the leaves of grasses
and other plants comes from the interior of
tho vegetables themselves. The extremely
fine dew. as rule, is atmospheric, but the
larger drops. which we find on the margins
OF leaves, are in general exudations frem
the plant tissues,
The morning call., 1892-07-25
slashed With a Kn.fr.

Timothy Mccarthy, hack-driver, had an
alteration with negro named Edward
Remington early yesterday morning, dur
ing which the colored man sIashed hrs arm
with knife. Pennington was arrested and
held Tor assault with deadly weapon.
The morning call., 1892-07-25
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN.
she Is Noted for Der Good Heart and
Deeds OF Kindness
Nnrr Nr.rl-S -

Princess Christian Of Schleswig- II Holstein
is the Queen Of Great Brltain's third daugh-
te'. and has taken her mothers place on
several functions lately, notably at two
drawing-rooms in London. She spends her
The morning call., 1892-07-25

Icecream Delivering Machine.
An American company has struck the
popular taste in London by the organiza-
The morning call., 1892-07-25
PALACE HOTEL.

THE PALACE HOTEL OCCUPIES AN ENTIRE
i block IN the center OF san Francisco. Ii Is the
model hotel OF the world Fire aud earthQuAk3
proof has niue elevators Every room is larye.
light and airy. The ventilation Is perfect. A bath
and closet adjoin every room. All rooms are easy
of access from broad. light corridors. The central
court, Illuminated by electric light, its Immense
glass roof, broad balconies, carrl rlageway ana tro2
cal plants, features hitherto unknown in Amest
hotels. Guests entertained on either the Amesi-
can CT European plan. The restaurant Is the finest
in ths city Secure rooms In advance by telegraph
ia{ THE PALACE HOTEL
LIST San Francisco Gal.
The morning call., 1892-07-25

excursion for its next event, 10 take place on
Sunday, August 81.
Ignatian Council No. 80, Y. NJ. l., will hold an
excursion reunion and picnic at Camp Taylor on
Admission day, September 8 uext
The Mikados viii give a private picnic at
Onnda Park Oh Sunday, August z.
The morning call., 1892-07-25
Decidedly Inaccessible.
Minneanolis journal

Niles. July 20. 1892.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-05
STATE BANK eNCY.

Henry Wattersop processes to like the
free trade plank of the Democratic plat
form, but he is frank in condemnation of
section g. which reads that 1--WE recon-
mend that the prohibitive 10 per cent. tax
on State bank issues be repealed" Mr..
Watterson remembers how the State bank
currency used to work. Everybody who
did much business had to have bank
note detector, which told them how much
the different bank bills were worth. Banks
failed almost daily, and people had to wait
for the next issue of the detector to know
whether certain of the bills in their posses
sion were worth so cents, 40 cents or
cents on the dollar. Generally they dis
covered that they were not worth any
thing. 1t all depended on how much was
found in the bank after its failure to pay
off it's notes. Frequently bank would
fail in some small town and farmers would
come in from the country to the city near
est to them with few dollars issued by
this bank, to see if they had any money
or not. These "shin plasters" and Peter
Funk currency, as the notes were
called, ruined msny farmer and
many small tradesman. 1t was the
poor people who suffered the most
by this "wild-cst' currency. Farmers
who sold their grain and received hun
dreds of dollars in State bank notes, which
they endeavored to save, learned about q
month or 80 after having received the
money that it was as valueless as counter
felt. The big merchants, of course, suf-
fered as well. 1t cost as high as ten per
cent to make exchange on New York. A
man with $40 State bank note which he
got in Cleveland would go to Detroit and
he would discover that by the time he
reached there it was only worth sS. Then
he would 60 on to Buffalo, and probably
by that time his $40 was only worth s5.
In many cases it was absolutely worth
less
We can't afford to 60 back to that kind
of thing. The national bank system has
given us good, convenient and reliable
money. If any young voter thinks that
| State bank currency is good thing, let
him talk with somebody who has had
| actual experience with it.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-05
GROVER AS A VOTE-GETTER.

GROVER AS A VOTE-GETTER.
In the course of his great speech at the
Chicago convention Bourke Cochran told
his audience that Cleveland was a man of
most extraordinary popularity in the
country on every day in the year except
election day. This was very neat day of
putting truth which there is evidence to
substantiate. The Detroit Tribune has
compiley a table showing the gubernatorial
and the presidential vote of the Democratic
party in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Msssachu-
setts, Michigan. Minnesota, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New York
and North Carolina in 1888. From this
compilation it appears that Mr.. Cleveland
ran behind the ticket of his party con-
siderably more than 100, 900 votes in the
fifteen States named, falling nearly Is, 900
votes behind the ticket in New York, and
nearly one thousand behind it in Mas
eachusetts. In every one of the States
mentioned Mr.. Harrison ran ahead of his
party's gubernatorial ticket.
The mugwumps are fond of saying that
Cleveland is stronger than any other
Democrat because he can get the mug
wump vote. He had it in 1888, but it
didn't seem to do him much good. The
indications are that even if he gets the
total mugwump vote this year it will not
make up for the Democratic vote he will
Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-05


Eyes" said the Roman candle TO the tor
pedo, 81 think will go off somewhere for
the Fourth. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
Country child (who sees no novelty in a
park)-What is all this grass fori City
child-Tnat's to keep off of.-Good News.
The query will now arise as to why FIRE
crackers sound SO much louder when other
peoples children shoot them.-Alton Dem
ocrat.
Without actually departing from the
letter of truth it is astonishing what differ
ent stories two members of the same con
gregation can tell to a jury.-Minneapolis
Tribune.
"Do you know Wid6ikens' widowf'
"Oh yes" az hear she's going to contest
the old mans will" 'I don't wonder at
all. She always did when he was alivel'-
Chicago News.
'I cay, my friend" said traveller in
Maine, ''can you tell me where there is a
haunted housef' eyes, sir" was the re-
ply. "Come with me and you'll fnd any
kind of spirits you wsnt."-Washington
Star.
Mrs. opfat-Bridget, where did You
get that dreadful black eyel Bridget-Me
brother gave it to me, Mum, and what'il
the neighbors say, Mumi Ne with an eye
loike that and no husband,-ScribneT'
Magazine.
First Business Man-Who is that fellow
who has been buttonholing you for the last
half hour! Second Business Man (wearilyl
He is an agent of the Society to Insure
Against Being Hit by a Meteorite.-New
York Weekly.
You cannot make footstools of all your
enemies. If you could, what would you
want with so many footstoolsf-Dallas
News.
When a man gets religion right his
horse soon finds it out.-Ram's Horn.
Algy-Peters, bwing me bottle. Peters
-Deah me, sir; are you going to dwink
champagne in the club befoah 6 o'clock,
sirl Algy-What time is it, Petersi Peters
Quite five minutes to 6, sir. Algy-
Deah me, Peters; 1 almost forgot myself
You are invaluable to the club, Peters
Brooklyn Life.
letters, but he claimed familiarity with
them. "Let mo see," said q visitor" de-
sirous of testing his knowledge. "Whai
is the difference between q B and c.
Waldop ,"Thst ith eathy," he lisped. ga
bee ith an inthect and thee ith full oi
water. ."-Harper's Monthly for July.
A Brooklyn housewife took her cook tc
task the other day for carelessness and for.
getfulness. "Why is it, Maggie" said
she, that you keep on making the sams
mistakes over and over againa Why dc
you not try and remember what tel
youl" "Sure, num-" was the frank reply
81 can't be after aggravatin' me moind
this hot weather."-New York Times.
Dominie-Now, boys, what is the mean
ing of the word "ubiquitousl"
Forty-six tongues are painfully silent.
Dominie-Dear me, what ignorance
"Ubiquitous" means existing everywhere
And now can you give me an instance Of
something that is ubiquitousi
Chorus of forty-six tongues (while forty