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Show ' luBBBBBBBBH HAS KINQ CHARLES' WATCH. .WH Timepiece of Unfortunate , Monarch j i' Owne'd In Philadelphia. HpI Aftor his victory over Charles II.! Ilt'll Oliver Cromwell wroto exultantly to; . )l1JlH England's parliament telling how tho, j f enemy was beaten from hedeo to, i wH hen go till ho was finally driven Into, ' W3) Worcester. Tiero were 7,00p prison- l era nmong tho spoils of that fight. Tho w.Lifl royal 'carriage In which tho king had Hrl been carried was thero, too, nnd In that $til handsome cnrrlago was n royal car- WLifl illllr II riago watch, which alm fell into tho ' ',', J hands of the victorious Cromwell. 4 j After all these jonrs, and through $1 tk many and varying vicissitudes of for- )il j tunc, this royal watch has finally found lil ItH way to Philadelphia, remaining In l tho possession of a loyal subject of . h H tho king of England, I-M ward V it., who H 1 la living In tho Quaker city. This M jH tlmcpcaco of royalty, which still ticks S5 U after a carcor of 2G2 years, was mado ? jfl In 1G40 for King Charles I. by the royal iy M watchmaker of thnt tlmo. 'M U King Charles I. was beheaded twb M M years boforo his son Charles II. was :jjjj H defeated on nnd escaped from tho field M H .of Worcester. ii aLH It Is of tho oldest watchmaking pat- U torn, bolng mado entirely by hnnd, and j M costing In Its day a good round sum of , , M U money. Tho enso Is of solid silver, Sl ornamentod in beautiful pierced fill- jUH grco work, and thero Is an outer caso flssiifl of copper with a bandsomo leather Isiiifl cover, silver studded. Tho royal HiH watch runs thirty-six hours with ono i fll winding. Only ono hand Is used in S designating tho tlmo. Iil Thero Is a silver boll Inclosed within liH tho silver caso, on which tho hours aro , ll struck. Therd Is nlso an alarm at- hbsI tachment. Tho wntch Ib four and one- k pH half Inches In diameter, and ono and filial a half Inches thick. sllH |