The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-10-11
HOW RUN
Their Regularity Depends Largely Upon
the Owners Magnetism.

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the Owners Magnetism.
every man is his W magnet" is
the proposition recently evolved by a
Washington jeweler of many years
experience. +. f. Schmitt has a
shop in Eleventh street. near the
avenue. and there, in a little Old
fashioned bri k house, n of the ar
chitectural relics of the city, he runs
a hospital for disabled tlmepieces of
all sorts, with the wards Of his insti-
tuition full most Of the time. Here,
through the experience OF many
years, he has discovered a mystic
bond betwiXt the watch and its
the Washington Post.
ut is all dependent on the animal
magnetism of the owner, whether or
not his watch will run fast or slow"
sa d the jcweler when explaining his
theory to the Post man. The same
watch will run at different speeds
when carried by different persons, and
no person is likely to put a watch on
and have 1t keep satisfactory time
without returning once or twice TO
the jeweler to have the regulator
touched to get the system OF it keyed
up to the same pitch as that of It's
owner
Nov. l used to have a friend who
had an excellent Swiss watch, while
l mad n of another make. by
mutual consent at one time we eX-
ohannah yltEhnc nnA fhnuph fhnv
had x ne all right before they then
changed their gait ent rely. mine
running five minutes ahead in a
couple Of days and his running five
minutes behind. There was ten
minutes difference in our tempera-
ments. But that IS nothing com
pared 10 the difference between some
people. Sometimes a watch that will
run we'll on n man will not 20 with
another, and there are some people
who can not get a watch that will
ruiz on them at all.
IL remember a good many years
ago l had Il man ON to my place
with an Uld-fashiOned English ever
silver watch to be repaired, l had
some very nice gold watches in stock
at the Til e. and as he looked well off
l tried to sell him one. but he laughed
and said if any Of the gold watches |
had in the st re would run twenty
four hours in his pocket he would
give me twice what l asked for it.
He said he had tried all sorts of gold
watches and had never been abe to
get one that would u VIII lie he had
it. He experimental with his broth
er's watch only Il little while before,
he said, and 1t cost him 50. 30 to have
it demagnetized after he had carried
it in his pocket two days. Most sill
yer watches acted the sa ne way with
him, but the Old English watch he
Vas carrying had il double inside case
to it and worked fairly well.
''Pye never Teen able to ell whether
the average watch will run faster
when it is in its owners possess on or
not. There seems to he no r lie on
the sub. e t, but | can never reg late
Il watch on my swi gbOar there and
then give it to IL customer ana h i've
it keep good time. Then there s Il
variation with Il change IN vital t .
a watch will ordinarily run slower
the longer it is carried after clean
ing. because the oil dries and the
bearings are harder. BIT | have had
customers come TO me ana Sd that
their watches had started up and
gone to gaining several nor rs after
they had Leen clea cd. | just tell
them that | can't account for eX
cept on tie theOr. Of a change in
their own vita II or temper. mcnt.
It's n Of those things that cannot
be explained, but 1t is true nevrrthe-
loSs