The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-19
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Care of Watches.

Care of Watches.
AS even the best watches are somewhat
affected by variations in the temperature
and the density of the air, and conse-
ouently will not always keep perfect
time it follows that those inferior in con-
struction will certainly not do SO; but
whatever the watch may be, good or bad,
the best care is desirable for it. First,
it is wei! to wind it at about the same
time every day, as, if watch almost
runs down, the rate comes a tribe faster
whereas. ii it is wound at the same
time every day the action regulates IT.
self. e., it makes about as many ticks
in one twenty-four hours as it does In
each succeeding twenty-four hours. Ii
one gets into the habit of winding 1t at
night or in the morning this regularity
is not difficult to accomplish.
An upright position is considered best,
and as man generally wears his watch
every day and at night hangs it up i'll
mis- vest or on peg, it runs more evenly
than that of his wife who may not
wear hers for days together and very,
likely keeps it in a fat box when she
is not wearing it. So hanging position
is better for it, though it should not be
against cold marble or cold wall, as
that naturally affects the action OF the
spring. When placed in its position
see that il does not swing, and while
winding hold it still.
Another important thing is not to
omen it where there is much dust, as
that will collect soon enough, with the
best of care. and the grinding effect of
the fine particles of dirt is very percep-
tible on thu delicate works.
To have the watch cleaned, and When
the oil is dr. to have it renewed every
one knows is necessary; but everyone
does not realize how often that ought
IF Inv accident watch is dropped into
water. and no watch maker is at hand,
place it at once in oil or alcohol, which
will entirely prevent the water from in
juring it until IT can De sent TO the
.watchmak IN. !. Examiner.
Eyesight and Spectacles.
The proportion of people who wear
spectacles is constantly increasing. Is
this thing to be lamented2 In other
words. does it indicate a deterioration
of eyesight under modern conditions of
life? Those who may be supposed to
be best qualified answer them with
out hesitation in the negative. More
spectacles are worn, not because poor
vision is more common, but because the
eve has been more intelligently studied.
A recent writer in the Atlantic
Monthly says it is the exception to find
nun No
feet. At an annual meeting of the
British Medical Association, not long
ago. the president of the ophthalmologi-
cal section expressed the hope that IT, e
time will come when a man who goes
about with his eyes naked will be SO
rare that the sight of him will almost
raise blush"
almost every mans sight needs correc.
ton. it will be a sign of advancing
knowledge when almost every man
wears spectacles. OF the advance al
ready made in this direction the Atlantic
Monthly writer says:
The methods of testing the defects OF
vision have, in the last two decades,
been brought to standard OF accuracy
and refinement previously unknown.
Thus many troubles, disabilities and
maladies hitherto suffered in patience, or
treated incorrectly ard in vain, are now
traced to defects of vision, and are
quickly remedied by the use of appropri-
ate glasses, concave, convex. cylindrical
or prismatic.
stress browache, the convergent squlnt
of childhood, so far as they are the re-
suits of faulty refraction, are beginning
to be erased from the catalogue of hui
man woes"
Some specialists go SO far as to main
tain that every child should have his
vision tested by competent oculist. at
is far better" says the Atlantic writer
already quoted, ITO discover visual defects
and to remedy them at the beginning
Of school life than to have the child sent
home after his sight has been seriously
iniured. as dull of vision, or unable to
Get through his studies, and the subject
of periodical bilious headaches'-mat-
tiers nowadays of constant occurrence. -
Youths Companion.
Corncakes.
The following directions for the use OF
corn meal arc taken from Table Talk
and are the same as used by its editor,
Miss johnson, in the electrical kitchen
at Chicago during the Worlds Fair
Thin Corncake. one cup of vel
low cornmeal with one-quarter of cup
of granulated sugar, one cup of flour,
one-half teaspoonful of salt. Beat one
egg light without separating. add to II
one CUP of milk and teaspoonful OF
melted butter. Stir this gradually into
the cornmeal. Beat we'll; add two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder; turn
| into creased shallow tins and bake in
a moderately quick oven for fifteen min
| utes.
Corncake.-Mix with one cup of corn
| meal one-half cup of -four and tea
| spoonful of sugar. Beat one egg light
without separating; add to it one cup OF
| milk and Stir into the cornmeal. Beat
| the mixture well; add two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder: turn into a CREASED
| tin and bake twenty minutes in 6