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Show M Watches Will Do m jjam ara over In Washington, D. d,, anill Uanpen to bo near tllo State, Won;, anill Navy Building, a lttlo bo-1 ttnuo mnnr,, jou will notlco groups of numiUe willli watches in hand, looking ttowtnll id. Ulhck ball on top of the UnillUhu;. nt Uuilla; HUo a great knob on a (flag nulli;. but it's the government tfimio UidlL. IU Ub tfllhi tlmo ball by which nil albBijrattiry olocks In tho,, United StaMBi una' regulated. In thqrUleH, aUmoroatiinx- time, which Is the nno oib tsrilfcumi: time, Is the only tlmo atoanwnn,. This Is oxactly tho sumo Bnr aonttxih' districts of longitude, but taio ttnta- changes at bour Intorvuls, !jjMUnc Win- well known Kastern, Con-tmaU, Con-tmaU, Bflintana, and Pacific tlmo. Da ttla oountry districts sun tlmo Ub wUthlS- used. It is different from !rilHiorattiry tlmo except at the dtf-tlormtt dtf-tlormtt timo- meridians. Thus nt Den-wa;, Den-wa;, wiHiill- is on tho so called Mountain! Moun-tain! rnr EOCth meridian, sun tlmo is tfho aamo as observatory tlmo. Sun ttlnic Un tdlo Hmo tho sun dlnl lndl-mittnr,ranil! lndl-mittnr,ranil! IS different In every local-illjy local-illjy Bjomi oast to west. Sun tlmo Is (fli'iiwflinr simply local tlmo. I 'Bluinu' tnvo systems of tlmo aro aunflmlhir and oventually observatory ttimii will' bo gonornlly used. Thoro lis mortittHon why pooplo In country (lilittnUt'tth should not lmvo tho right ttlmr., Yiiir can got it ovor tho tele-nllrmiu, tele-nllrmiu, imil' you enn keep It with good wuhllim nnd c'ocks. lSliuia, and hours of vnluablb Hmo nwti wjititud by wnltlng for trains, (wwiu tflouBh they aro on schedule tilnic. E Unvo known of men whoso w.itoilitm woro half an hour oft, and mum tfliimforo hail to glvo themselves ttlatt mitnlli leeway In order to mako ojuimiiiftUtn3 with a train or traction war (Qtrun watches will not vary more tflmn aCUsiua seconds In n day, and tho best watches will vary loss than Pto seconds oven under oxtremo conditions. condi-tions. When a watch is tested, its (ixiictnoss "Is noted when tho watch Is placed In various positions vertically, verti-cally, also on its faco nnd on its hack. It must keep good tlmo nt temperatures hanging from 40 to 90 degrees. To thoroughly test a watch takes about flfty-flvo days. How Watches Are Made Tho balanco wheels on modorn watches nro mndo with split rims or a Hlml'nr dovlco to allow for changes In toniporaturo, bo that tho wheol will not expand na It becomes warm. Most watches nro now mado by ma-chlno ma-chlno and finished by hnnd. Machinery Ma-chinery makes tho parts most uniform, uni-form, but wntch mochlnory must ho overhauled at short intervals so ns to correct tho wear of tho cutting edges. Novor go nenr a dynamo with n wntch In your pocket unless you nro suro that It Is mndo of nonmagnotlc material. This applies especially to tho hair spring. Watches having hacks that scrow on nro considered moro nearly dust proof than thoso having hinged backs Hut oven though your wntch Is dust proof, It Is host not to wear It around a threshing machlno or grinding mill. It you do, tho chances nro It will need cleaning vory soon. Novolty watches nro nlways Interesting, Inter-esting, fiomo Trench watches: hnvo nearly nil tho mechanism of a Grand-fathor's Grand-fathor's clock, such as. tho phnsos of tho moon, nnd Indlcntom telling tho day of tho month and oven tho month of tho year. Homo watches lmvo an oscillating wrtpht, so that ns a person walks Urn wntch winds Itsolf automatically. Stopwatch attachments for timing rnces aro moro fnmlllar nnd watches watch-es which by tho pressing of n lovor announco tho tlmo of day and night by n gong Insldo nro now well known, Hut thoso novelties aro In tho end loss satisfactory than accuracy and tho best Judgment In purchasing watches, calls for only a fow things First don't got n fancy caso. An oxcollcnt caso Is simply n plain one with tho Initials or monogram en graved on the back. A fancy dial Is not ns satisfactory as n plain dial with largo, clear flK 1 ures. Arabic flguros, bolng more 9 easily read, nro crowding out tho t 9 old stylo Itoinan numerals. Oold hands, whllo attractive, arq loss satisfactory than steol hands for 1 telling tho tlmo In n dim light. 1 Abovo nil, keep your watch dry, j and don't wind it too tight. Wlilln wntchos mako oxcollont kIHb for I children, ninny parents mnko tho mis- I tako of giving a buy n cheap watch for his first ono. Such a watch sol- dom hoops nccurato tlmo, nnd la worsQ than no gift, hecauso It do-tracts do-tracts from tho boy's confidence In his tlmopleco as well as giving lib" plnuslblo oxcitsoa for tardiness nt school and carolossnos in doing hl work on tlmo. Carlton P. Fisher, In Farm and Flresldo. |
