Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-01-28
A CALENDAR WATCH.
The First One Cost 2,6oo.oo--Hade
for Napoleon Bonaparte.

ute. hour, day OF the week, day or
month. and changes of moon, is q
time-piece that until recently could be
owned only by the nobility because
of the high cost. The first one cost
$2,6O0.00 and was made entirely by
hand and consumed over two years
time in construction. About so years
later Swiss concern placed some on
the market which could be sold in
this country for about $500 each.
This watch that has hitherto been
sold at a price which only the we'll
TODD could afford. has just been put
on the market at low price and 1t is
watch which fills long felt want
II watch tells us the hour and the
minute Of the day, why should not
the same machine tell us the day OF
the week, day OF the month. and month
Of the year? A prominent manufac-
turer has realized the usefulness, II
not the actual necessity OF such
time-piece. and by simplifying the
mechanism and arranging to turn
them out in large quantities, has, at
ter several years Of work and the ex-
penditure Of large amount OF money,
succeeded in producing watch thor
oughly reliable in every way. This
watch Is perpetual calendar as we'll
as a time-piece, and what is OF more
interest to the public, is sold at price
but a fraction above that OF an ordin-
airy watch of like grade.
Contrary to the supposition OF the
uninitiated, 1t is not an intricate as
sembly of complicated parts, but Is as
simple as any regular time-plece. On
the dial, in addition to the small Sec
ond dial, 1t has three small dials or
like character, one showing the days
of the week, another the days OF the
month, while a third shows the month
Of the year. By an ingenius attach
ment to one OF the wheels, when the
hour and minute hands show mid
night, the small hands indicating the
days OF the week and the days OF the
month, move forward automatically
one day, thus saving the wearer the
necessity Of changing the calendar at
tachment, and In consequence the
watch needs no care or attention after
being once correctly set except to be
wound regularly. The manufacturers
have been quick to appreciate the
CSl VI q loA So uOhiohu hSh SAA~
article in this country and have ar
ranged to market them through Dell
hart Mnfrs. & Traders, Ltd, a promi-
nent New York House who, as an in
troductory measure will furnish them
direct to the public. An article that
so completely fills the want has sed-
dom been seen, and has hitherto been
utterly disregarded by manufacturers.
1t can consistently be said that for
usefulness and reliability this is one
of the most attractive articles in the
watch line.
An advertisement setting forth the
merits of this watch appears elsewhere
in these columns.
1t was before bicycles became so
popular as they are now that Yam
kee farmer was importuned by
dealer to buy one for twenty-five dol
lars. I'D rather spend the money on
a cow" was the farmers answer.
But what an idiot you would look
riding around town on the back of a
cow perhaps So" replied the far
mer, "but not half such an idloI as d
LOOK trying to milk bicycle"
When Charles Gavan Duffy was a
members of the Melbourne parliament.
he declared that the conduct of the
opposition was worse than Nero's. A
wealthy but ignorant butcher, also
member of parliament. asked with
scorn and sincerity, who Was Nero?"
who was Nero?" replied the delight
ed chief secretary; the honorable
gentleman ought to know. Nero was
a celebrated Roman butcher"
The following statement has been
variously attributed TO Stephen Grel-
let, Sir Rowland Hill, and to Edward
Courtenay and the Earl of Devon.
and is said to have been inscribed
upon the tombstone Of the latter:
Il expect to pass through this world
but once. If, therefore. there be any
kindness | can show or any good
thing I can do to my fellow being, let
me do it now. Let me not defer it
nor neglect it, for I shall not pass
this way again."
A Dentists Advice.
Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 25th.-Mr. Harry
l.. Lewis, Dentist, COT Sumit street,
this city, says: Il certainly advise
| anyone, no matter how severe they