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... ' collection Philadelphia Museum
|B the Oldest Watch of Which
There Is Record.
the newly organized silverware
I rtment of the Pennsylvania inu
| | t1elui feCU1 ‘ . i>iiiladelphia exhibition there of lias iundent been
i on n
collected by Moyer Fleisher,
u “"^ .in at forty years in gathering
which tell a liorologieal story.
V ’ ;i of this collection was made
T1 ‘L oldest century.
fifteenth for reckoning
■The first instrument
said Mr. Fleisher, “was Die sun
r, theli the candle, followed by Die
r.; dock. These led up to the me
r r with weights and
V ‘' |cft " , contrivances
. Watchmaking is a refinement
jfcloekniaking, which The early was watches taken
Lre t l,e Chinese.
made of bronze, and were either
0 r striking watches. At first
tevrenllv were portable clocks. It is
he Oldest Watch in Existence, Which
iWas Meae of Iron in the Fifteenth
■Century.
pttprobable that the Puritans, with
L prejudice against display, were
(ponn'Me for concealing their
Itches in their pockets.'
Woldest |exhibited watch in existence, which
in this collection, was
Me |»y Peter iie.oWin. it Numni.urg
festtiith, along sibout the date when
kiinibus It was laying ills pi;:as for his
westeni voyage. The watch is
|out 2 1-3 incites in diameter, one
thick, and weighs seven ounces
|iit(!upois. The case is bronze gilt,
(may have been produced by cast
; by press die’ and roller die, and
Jally Ibs, hand-tooled. Tlie dial which is of
sunk in the center, in cav
] loh is a revolving disk with a pointer
indicates the hours engraved up
]l2 If, and repeated on the opposite
making the dial a day and night
licator. Outside the hour numerals
[four circles, marked with minutes,
ten to each circle. The hour indi
|fs makes one revolution In 24 hours,
he double-ended minute hand one
Nation in 15 minutes. The matc
|< of the movement are iron and
I throughout, with the exception of
| brass bushings of the pivot holes,
workmanship is excellent,
teilein. the inventor of this watch,
| Idrtw persecuted from for witchcraft when he
his companions to work
this invention, lie finally was put
bison, where his watch was per
After some time he retired to
[convent 1 of the Carmelites, where
jthes "as allowed to manufacture
on condition Dint he give the
Ms to tlie order. He died in 1540
pweniburg. tlie scene of his perse
®s. where a monument lias been
fed to him.
Usual Effect of Cold.
p 1 most remarkable effect of the
which a member of one of the
fftie |of expeditions noticed was the
touch in the fingers. It was
•complete. “Suppose you want*
P look for a knife in kitbag.” iie
1 foot : ' ou would get it in your hand
know it. and it was the same
J I* everything; 8 P io ked it we handled. and We that saw
up, saw we
p" I'w article; we could not feel
had it.” He added that t
Impossible panto irritated to shave, and because while the
t sore,
ward grew too long it attracted
r te ' 8n d then froze into a block.
L 1 ' thing to do was to keep the
aD( l mustache clipped close.
n
li 1
Ij r; A KISS MODEST.
Ip °uich.” you?”
Hftll -
I Wanted one or two.”
Ple *' on 9 Preserved.
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Ua, ! n Kmer V of Franklin.
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L.apple -
seventy
IT lit ji V i " l '.' Elizabeth :veu to Marstin, her ten
1 Tile hef possession for
a<J‘ ?. r ls with
1 touch ‘ ,s (,ark color
.
younger” apple.
l i:<1 Win Explained - %
Lp a hat heading the
’ ' a “weekly financial
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every
THE COVINGTON NEWS. COVINGTON, QEOKGIA,
Your coal for the Winter will cost
you 38 per cent less
i
iIF YOU BURN IT IN.
! nPHE A United States Government
statistics show that a bushel of
soft coal contains within six per
cent as many heat units as a bushel THE ORIGINAL
of hard coal.
Hard Coal 6% Volatile Gas and Moorefe
82% Coke
Total 88% Heating Power
Soft Coal 38% Volatile Gas and Air Tight
44% Coke
Total 82% Heating Power Heater
The same authority also states
that in the ordinary stoves 38% of
the heat units of soft coal pass up
the chimney in the form of smoke
and gas and are wasted.
MOORE’S AIR TIGHT HEATER WILL SAVE THE 38%
Because it has the MOORE’S ANTI-CARBON FLUED FIRE-POT j
which continually admits air all around the
burning coal, so that all the volatile gas is ignited and converted into heat, thus saving the 38 % of fuel which in
ordinary stoves is wasted. It will burn slack coal just as well as the best grades of lump.
IT HEATS JUST LIKE A FURNACE
Because the air which circulates between the casing and the fire-pot and the heavy egg-shaped dome is heated and
discharged fortable at the top, thus creating a circulation of warm air throughout the rooms and making them com¬
everywhere.
REMEMBER THESE FACTS
1st —Moore’s Air Tight heats by Circu- jars”, « j r- ,-UST
lation. Others only radiate.
2nd—Moore’s Air Tight heats ;he whole WKRl! J»ASBESIOS PURE
house, upstairs and down. mj&r -WICKINO-
3rd—Moore’s Air Tight does not injure JSSfe JOINTS
Kf furniture. It keeps the floor warm, “||gg . __ r . .. X
. ! r
A blessing to all who suffer from ffcflnflj
cold feet. Staves
THE GAS AND SMOKE BURNING IT WILL MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE JL
FIRE-POT m *
BLLS LklTJi A WJRNACB
NORRIS HARDWARE COMPANY, Covington, Ga.
IS qA Name and Brand to Trust
! te ■
*1 THE NAME of Goodrich, branded .
on automobile tires, is itself a cer¬
—\
tification of the very utmost* in tire
satisfaction.
Stamped upon millions of tires, it
has stood and today stands respon¬
sible for their superior quality and
%
service,
8000 Miles for Silvertown Cords,
6000 Miles for Fabric Tires, is an
adjustment basis maintained only
by virtue of persistent high quality
reflected in the big mileage which
Goodrich Tires deliver.
Goodrich Tires
“ Best in the Long Run "
oAdjustment 'Basis: Silvertown Cords, 8000 Miles
Fabric Tires, 6000 Miles
Heard Brothers. P. J. Rogers, Weaver & Pittman, Covington, Ga.
FAD NOW IS TO RE-CRRISTEN
Slavonic Names Lead in Fashion, and
the Ivans and the Sonias Are
Numerous.
If, as Shakespeare says, all the
world’s a stage, and all the men and
women in it are players, then every¬
body is entitled to a stage name.
Choose your own to fit the role you
have assigned yourself, and you are
only exercising your professional priv¬
ilege. For the present, the custom
outs* de the domains of the theater and
literature—is more general among
women than men. But the fashioa
once diffused, there is no telling where
it will end.
Says a writer in the Daily Mail of
London: Time was when we were
content to abide slavishly by the
names bestowed upon us at our chris¬
tening, but today there are signs of
revolt against a handicap such as is
implied by an unsuitable Christian
name.
Modern men and women realize
what a depth of psychological sugges¬
tion abides within a name, and what a
dangerous thing it is to go through
life attached to one that is antipa¬
thetic to one’s nature.
Polly is becoming Patricia, and en¬
deavoring to live up to it. Daisy is
calling herself Diana and hoping that
she looks like it. Human nature pos¬
sesses a curious aptitude for approxi¬
mating to tlie view formed of and for
it, so the re-christening craze achieves
a wonderful mental metamorphosis in
quite a number of instances.
The rose by any other name might
smell as sweet, yet our feelings In re¬
gard to it might modify, were it
known ns stitchwort or mangelwurzel.
Similarly it would be risky to be
known as Martha when we long to be
, Penelope, and silly to suffer as Susan
when we feel like Sophonisba. The
world seems a different place when
we feel ourselves rightly named for it.
There have been fashions in names
that absolutely date their owners. Dor¬
othy and Phyllis proclaim their age
to the world at large just as do tlie
unfortunate creatures named by mis¬
guided parents after battles, jubilees
and Russian dancers. For such the
business of re-christening becomes
sooner or later a positive duty.
The re-christening habit once ac¬
quired, there is no reason why it
should not be repeated at Intervals,
as we age and develop. Just now tlie
fashion is for the Slavonic. There
are Ivans who, in long clothes, were
pure George, and Sonias who in their
cradle were simply Ada. Not long
ago favor was with the French, and
Yvonnes and Margots were every¬
where.
After all, why not seek the appro¬
priate? It may annoy one’s relatives,
who are apt to regard the re-christen¬
ing craze as an affectation amounting
almost to deceit—but everybody’s do¬
ing It.—New York Times.
Desert Made Habitable.
In the southwest corner of France,
between the rivers Adour and Garon¬
ne, are long stretches of pine woods,
green and cool. Where these pines
now stand was a barren waste in the
middle of the eighteenth century. Sun
and wind vied with each other in mak¬
ing the land drier and dustier. Over
the stormy Bay and Biscay came
winds that set up great sand storms
and sometimes buried whole villages.
But at last tilery came along a man
who acknowledged fate only as some¬
thing to be overcome. His name was
Bremontier and he was an inspector
of roads.
He began fencing in the desert. He
built a fence and behind it planted a
handful of broom seeds. Behind the
broom seeds he put seeds of the pine.
The fence protected the broom seeds
and the broom grew. Then tlie broom
in its turn afforded shelter to the del¬
icate pine shoots.
Soon the pines spread and their
tough roots bound the sandy soil to¬
gether. The first step was accom¬
plished. Then canals were made to
drain the w r et parts and carry water
to the dry.—New York Evening Post.
Walnut Stump Worth $250.
A single walnut tree stump, grub¬
bed out on the banks of Clark’s creek,
will net the Settgast brothers, Geary
county farmers, more than $250, ac¬
cording to a Junction City (Kan.) dis¬
patch.
The brothers recently purchased all
of the walnut trees and have been
cutting them down and shipping the
timber to St. Louis and Kansas City
markets, where it commands high
prices.
The big stump weighs more than
nine tons and the portion above
ground measures fifty inches across,
while the portion that w r as under¬
ground was even larger. It is esti¬
mated that the huge chunk of timber
would make gunstocks enough for an
entire regiment
Based on present prices, the tree of
which this stump formed the base
will bring in more than $250.
Wished Water Turned Off.
Billy Hart has lived with his par¬
ents in East Thirty-sixth street for
three years. The other day his father
took him walking down to the Me¬
ridian street bridge over Fall creek.
After watching the water flowing out
from under the bridge for a time Billy
said: “Turn it off, pop; turn it off.”
—Indianapolis News.
Harrowing Detail.
“I hear that the exceedingly youth¬
ful would-be soldier who ran away
to enlist in the navy had a brush with
his mother”
“Yes; it was, so to speak, a hair¬
brush encounter."
