The Bossier banner., 1894-04-05

True, we can replace the handspring.
which cannot be said for the human
heart, but there is no telling how soon
surgery will attain that result.
''Then there's the hairspring of the
watch, equivalent to its brain; it is af-
fected by proximity to strong local
lied electric force-for instance, the gen.
orator or dynamo of an electric light
| plant. It becomes magnetized and stops
"a sort of paralysis. The non-magnetio
watches have hairsprings made of a
composition metal, tin, zinc, and other
varieties. The soft iron plate or disk
mentioned before gives protection to
the hairspring as well as the main
| spring by absorbing the magnetism.
A few years since a number of railroad
| companies had these iron disks applied
| to the watches of many of their en-
ployes, but they are by no means dis
| infectant
''The lever of watch also is subject
| to electric influences and when polar
| lied, having a forked end it becomes a
regular horseshoe magnet and first re-
tards, then stops the hairspring-a sort
of spinal meningitis, you see
THE jewels and bearings are it's
| joints and processes and are subject to
| sprains and dislocations as well as in
! f1ammation or too much friction. Any
severe shock may result in sprain or
even dislocation to these joints; the
latter will stop it and probab have
immediate attention, while the sprain
| l,,%
its movement irregular and eventually
cause far greater injury than an actual
breaking of the joints At sea on the
approach of a storm the ships chro-
nometers, of which three are usually
carried, are put to bed, as it is called,
being packed in pillows to prevent in
jury by sudden jar from the ships vio-
lent motion. A few minutes error in
the time Of making observations might
throw vessel many miles out of its
| course.
Then a watch has a kind of rheu-
matism, the oil with which it's joints
are fabricated dries and forms corun-
dunn, which irritates and cuts the pin
ions and bearings, creating friction or
| inflammation.
Dirt to watch, like biliousness to
humanity, is its most frequent dis
agreeable, and least dangerous all
ment. 1t comes from all sorts Of
things, small fbers from the pocket,
fine dust; microscopic matter from many
sources work through into the case
and collectively disturb, retard, and
finally prevent motion altogether. The
system becomes clogged and a thorough
cleaning out is the only corrective. In
both these la ter diseases atmospheric
conditions materially influence the
patients condition, dry, dusty weather
fastening the development and render
ing the attack more acute. Rust or
consumption is as deadly to watch as
to humanity, and after it reaches q
certain stage, as incurabl Once in
the system its effects are never wholly
eradicated, and warm, moist atmos-
phere may at any time induce a return
of the disease.
"Yes, a watch is much like man in
many ways Each needs daily to re.
new its strength, one by eating, the
other by winding, and in both the
time should be regulated and the oper'
alton performed slowly.
with old age the joints become
loose and tremble, lubricat ton is not as
good, friction increases, the system be-
comes clogged, a fine rust produces
gradual decay of the entire mechanism,
the heart or handspring becomes
irregular, the motion uneven, then
spasmodic and occasionally stops tc
rest until at last it becomes so weary
it can go no farther and gives way to
another generation. Perhaps it il
laid away among other relics as an
heirloom, or it may be sold and dis
sected for anatomical purposes Chi