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HISEY SPREADS NEW GOSPEL • r^. -^T—• ECCENTBIC IOWAN SEEKING GOVEBNOB’S TOGA. Andrew T. Hisey. of Tama, Making Campaign on “Secular” Govern ment Platform—Tramping State Pushing the Wheelbarrow. Eldora.—Andrew t Townsend Hisey. independent ra.nditfate for governor. J has started, his campaign with a wheelbarrow, a load of tracts and a platform of optimism and inverted so cial and political economics. He is tramping from city to town, pushing ; the wheelbarrow full of campaign lit- ’ erattire and scattering the sunshine of | his philosophy of brotherly love and | weird politics wherever he can draw a crowd. Thus far he has never lacked j audiences. Hisey is the apostle of a new system of political 'economy. Early this sum mer he thought it into a state of per fection, and in its completed form calls i it “Secular Government.” It partakes of exploration and investigation, of evolution and eternal justice. Public ownership is tabooed, competition is prescribed for labor and a kind word is spoken for the trust. One plank of its novel platform touches on indi vidual morals and depicts a meta morphism from vice to virtue. It ad- j vises that each person live on the in- j tercst of money. The new political economy is our- ] lined by Hiscv as follows: “Secular government stands for good ; government; liberal scientific govern-! ment, individual, national, internation- j ai administration and distribution of j justice. “Platform of 'secular government: “1. To rediscover the arts which j are lost, and reveal those which are ! hidden. “2. To complete the unfinished work of ages, right the wrongs of genera- : tions past, correct the mistakes, re trace the errors, and see to it with : great care that the ills which affect the \ race, the foul works and foul plays do not reoccur. “3. To secure individual ownership, preserve competition in labor, com plete the wage-earning system, give to labor its full share of prosperity, bring to trusts, combinations and gi gantic concerns the confidence of an industrious people and intense patri otism to the government. “ 4. To surmount deplorable tend encies. lift up the fallen, strengthen the weak, connect the broken family chain, double the pleasures, deepen widen and lengthen the lives of the; people, and elevate all on the high table land of political science, above , poverty, crime, ignorance and super stition. Change the environments from positive vices to negative vices, from negative vices to positive vir tues. from negative virtues to positive virtues, from postive virtues to great good, great care and great hope, so one’s words, works, thoughts and ac tions may go out into the world t(^do good and always he in the world. “5. Bring to each person in the gen eration each day of their lives the lit tle heritage which has been directed by thoughtful persons for ages and make each person live on the interest of money.” Voicing these principles, Andrew Townsend Hisey pushes his little wheelbarrow over the state of Iowa. With pathetic anxiety to get his prin ciples before the people he works day and night for fear that some misguid A.VDRBW TOWNSEND HISEY. (Iowan Who Is Making Itace lor Gover norship on Novel- Platform.) ed ones may vote for some other can didate before the great light of “sec ular" government has broken athwart their horizon. The requisite number of signatures to have Mr. Hisey’s name placed on the fall ballot have been secured, and the aspirant will be before the public until election day. He has lived in Iowa for more than half a century having been brought to Tama from his birthplace, Brownsville, Pa., in 1855 He was then two years old. Hitherto, when not doing odd jobs for his neigh bors, he has spent his time in study, evolving the new government plan. In Tama, his home, and Tama coun ty, beside the big Musquakie Indian reservation. Mr. Hisev is a noted char acter. and is considered a genius. This is his first plunge into the hroadei field of state activity. CLOCK MADE OF SLATE ; IS PERFECT TIMEKEEPER Unique Work of a Pennsylvania ' Quarry-man—Over 160 Pieces Used in Mechanism. New York.—The tall tower in the | picture is not the city hall in Old \ Amsterdam, the capital of Holland. It j is a representation of a unique clock j entirely of slate, and the man who,! I A STONE CLOCK. made it did not pretend to be an artist or a lineal descendant of Michael An gelo. Mr. Humphrey O. Pritchard, a gift ed quarryman of the little town of Delta, iu Pennsylvania, is the author of the remarkable clock. It is cer tainly an advertisement for Pennsyl vania slate. If a man can make a wonderful piece of mechanism out of slate. Why couldn't he make watches, bicycles, automobiles, overalls, neck ties ami even shirt collars out of the slate? This clock was made of a judi cious selection of the same material It Is said that Mr. Pritchard used lt>4 pieces of state, held together by 23 dozen small screws, in completing his wonderful hit of timekeeping archi tecture. The dock is four feet high and a perfect timekeeper. Railroads should have it. With such a clock big trains ought to climb the Altoona grade and reach the top alaavs exactly on time. Dollar patches are said to kill more people than automobiles, causing busi ness men to miss connections at home. When they are to be at dinner at seven o’clock they often do not ar rive until three and four in the morn ing, and even then are not certain that they are in the right house. This clock has a set of cathedral chimes. So beautiful are their tones that one can imagine himself in old Stras3burg. Cologne or the Notre Dame, in Paris. It took Mr. Pritchard eight months to complete the wonder ful timepiece. While the Iron Is Hot. A man who has done a great deal of literary work has found it a most ex cellent rule to turn aside, if possible, even in the midst of an absorbing task, for the purpose of looking up at the moment any reference that touches his curiosity. At times the curiosity can be satisfied by a moment's read ing; if more is required, it is easy to make a note and return to the matter at leisure; but often it wilf be found a fatal error to put aside a question without jotting down some memoran dum. The time to fix a fact in memory is when that fact is first introduced to the mind and the interest in it is keen est.—St. Nicholas. “I'll bet the Blarney stone is full of germs." “Of course; that's where the kissing bugs come from."—Detroit Free Press. ifn.vri I’fVTniW TMW CUSTOMS HARD TO FORGET Employe Simply Couldn’t Help Jug gling with the Scales When Hogs Were Weighed. '■Even before the days when Mr. Ar mour was able to step to the tele phone every morning and fix the meat prices of the world, it was almost a universal habit of the individual hog buyers to see to it that they stood no chance of loss in purchasing the hog raisers’ products. The method was to juggle with the scales. An honest hog-buyer started up in business and guaranteed the farmers a fair deal. He always weighed the porkers twice to guard against mis takes. Once in weighing a bunch of pigs the second time, he found their weight had increased to the amount or 200 pounds. He was at a loss to account for the condition until an employe confessed that at the first weighing he bad in serted the toe of his boot under the scales and pried it up, tlutp cheating the farmer out of one hog. The buyer was indignant “What did you do a trick like that for?” be asked. “You couldn’t have profited by it, anyhow.” “I know it, John,” said the guilty : man, “but I just couldn’t help It.” It had always been the custom to cheat the farmer and the man couldn't bear to see the old customs passing away.—Kansas City Times. Word from Br’er Williams. “De golden streets er de hereafter ain't any inducement ter me ter go dar,” said Brother Williams. “It’s a i long journey, an’ a risky one, en 1 won’t , feel lak doin’ any mo’ walkin’, w’en I once gits on de inside er de gate. It’s my private opinion dat we’ll even be too tired ter flop our wings en’ fly!’’.—Atlanta Constitution. Imaginary Art. Little Willie—Say, papa, what are freaks of fancy? Pa—The pictures you see on the outside of a dime museum, my son.— .Chicago Dally News. Men Who Figured in Kentucky Feud Which . Resulted in Murder of J* B. Marcum «I<AXKM* I Beattyville, Ky.—The jury in the Hargis-Callahan trial returned a ver dict of nuot guilty in short order after {me of the most desperately fought battles in a Kentucky court for years. Judge James Hargis and Edward Callahan were charged with the murder of J. B. Marcum. Curtis Jett, who was brought here from the Frankfort penitentiary, testi fied that he killed Marcum. The verdict of not guilty is the culmination of a long and bitter fight in courts in an attempt to convict James Hargis and Ed Callahan as chief conspirators in one of the dark est crimes in Kentucky history. James B. Marcum was a mountain Republican lawyer of excellent stand ing. He was engaged three years ago as an attorney in the contest against Hargis and Callahan, respectively Democratic judge and sheriff-elect, to oust them from their offices on an allegation of corrupt election. Much bitterness was aroused and frequent open ruptures occurred. Killed at Jackson. In May, 190.’!. Marcum was shot to death from behind in the Jackson courthouse. Curtis Jett and Tom White ivere convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder. It was charged that they were the tools of Callahan, Hargis and others. Jett, after his conviction, confessed that he shot Marcum and that his act was inspired by Callahan and Hargis. On the witness stand, how ever, he repudiated the confession and said he alone was responsible. The acquittal followed largely on this repudiation. A jury of Clark county citizens re turned a verdict for $8,000 damages a year ago against Hargis on the al legation that he had caused Marcum to be killed. The suit was filed by Mrs. Marcum. Hargis and Callahan are yet to be tried in the Lexington court for the killing of James Cock rell under similar circumstances. Ewing a Star Witness. B. J. Ewing, who was standing in the courthouse door talking with J. R. Marcum when the latter was murdered by Curtis Jett and “Tom" White, was the star witness for the commonwealth at the trial of Hargis and Callahan. Ewing was a deputy sheriff under Callahan and a close and trusted friend of Judge Hargis. He said Judge Hargis was confidential with him and told him of many- of his troubles and ambitions. He said Csrrtafc de-tit* Hargis had r.sked him why he did not kill Marcum one night when the latter had remained at his house all night. "Next time you get a chance take that, fellow on a walk and return without him." Ewing said he under stood Hargis to mean that he wanted him to kill Marcum, but he did not take the hint. He said Hargis, after the murder of Marcum, had asked him to resign as deputy sheriff, so that he could sit on a jury that might try the men accused of his murder. Attorney Young, for the prosecu tion. attempted to make light of Ewing and was rebuked by Judge Dorsey. Ewing said that he had A t3 .liAayis identified Jett and admitted that ha was the first to reveal the name oi the assassin. He was also asked il his hotel had not been burned to the ground shortly after he had made the admissions which resulted in the arrest of Jett, and White said that it had been burned and that he hao been forced to leave Jackson for fear of assassination. Other witnesses who told of parts of the plots to take the life of Mar cum were John T. Noble, who was a clerk in the Hargis store; Hezekiafc Combs, E. L. Noble, N. B. Combs and others. The widow of the murdered man. with the boy whom the fathei had carried to and from his office with his arms around his neck tc ward off the bullets of the assassins who feared killing the child, was in the courtroom. Hargis took a deep interest in the trial, while Callahan, as usual, was listless and gave little attention tc what was going on. Judge Dorsey made several rulings that greatly dis appointed the commonwealth. Curtis Jett, the self-confessed as sassin of Marcum and Cockrill, came here to testify from the Frankfort penitentiary in the charge of prison guards. He was brought here to tell the story of the assassination of Mar cum and of the alleged plots formed bv Hargis and Calalhan to have him murdered. Man Officially Dead Still Lives. For an officially dead man, Henry Pancoast, a local liveryman, manages to enjoy his meals and surroundings fairly well; and his is one of the odd est of records. Pancoast enlisted in the civil war from Atlantic county and was discharged from the Echington hospital, Washington. D. C., on Janu ary 7, 1863. Somehow the dates got mixed, and he was reported as dead by the surgeon, and so the records state to-day. It took him 30 years to prove he was alive enough to get a pension. For 31 years Pancoast has been in the livery business here, and during that time he has never entered a church, never attended a circus, never was in the local opera house or attend ed any amusement whatever, and never went to a Fourth of July cele bration. The only place of entertain ment he has visited was a reunion of his regiment, the Twenty-fifth New ' Jersey volunteers, in Atlantic City, a : year or two ago. He says there Is not another record like his in the state. The old soldier has left his home every morning before the family was up, and returned most of the time after they had retired for the night ; and hardly had a speaking acquaint* anee with his four children, all of whom grew up to fill prominent posi tions in life. Kaiser Plans World’s Fair. Berlin.—The government has decid* ! ed to invite the nations of the world to participate in a great international j exposition to be held here in 1912 . It is proi>osed that the exposition shall surpass all world's fairs, not except ■ ing the marvelous expositions fo# which Paris is famous, or the twe great American fairs at Chicago ant. | St. I*ouis. PRISON TRUCK FARN Jefferson City, Mo.—Warden Matt W, Hall, of the Missouri, penitentiary, is a gardener on quite an extensive scale. This year he has devoted a part of the state farm, located just east of the prison, to "garden truck,’' and is just beginning to realize some of the results that follow careful and intelligent tilling of the soil, in the way of palatable and healthy addi tions to the prison menu, and at a minimum of expense to the state. The farm is in charge of John Bruner, who works several convicts in caring for the place. Just now the “snap bean” crop is in full bearing. The bean patch covers several acres of ground, and the crop on the state farm is unusually prolific. The soil on top of the hill seems to be especially adapted to the bean, and there will be several “messes" for all hands In the warden’s family of 2,800 persons. Some Idea of what it takes to go round in the prison is gained when it is known that it requires 75 bushels of snap beans for one meal. Recently that amount of beans was turned over to the prison kitchen, and it required all of it to give each convict all the beans he could eat. Several hundred pounds of bacon were required to cook them properly and give the right flavor. Radishes were grown in great quan tities earlier in the season, and onions have been served several times from the farm. There is a great quantity of the onions still in the ground. This healthful, if somewhat odorifer ous, vegetable Is eagerly welcomed by the convicts as, in fact, is all the gar den truck. "John,” said Mr. Hall, to Bruner, the man in charge of the farm, “we must have a little slaw for the Fourth of July dinner. How many heads of cab bage can you let Bowen have for that day?” “About 1,400 or 1,500 heads.” was ! the reply. These cabbages will aver age perhaps two pounds to the head, so it will be observed that several thousand ltounds of raw material en ters into the problem of providing the prison population with the one item of a little cold slaw for their holiday dinner. The cabbage patch on the state farm includes 18.000 growing plants, and the crop is flourishing, but big as the patch is a few rounds of "cold slaw” will make heavy inroads on it. There are several acres of potatoes, j a roasting ear patch of two or three acres, but the crowning glory of the big garden is the tomato field, where there are 13.000 or 14.000 flourishing plants growing that give promise of a great yield of this most delightful of all vegetables. Some of the vines are loaded with ' tomatoes that will be ready for use in a few weeks, while others have just reached the blooming stage. It' noth ing happens to injure the vines thero will be an abundance of tills crop, for ( the vines will continue to produce urn til frost kills them. Warden Hall and Mr. Bruner figure that after the season is over they will have unripe tomatoes enough on hand when the frost comes to make several hogsheads of chochow. It is worth a trip.to the state farm to see the gardening on a large scale that Warden Hall has inaugurated His theory is that whatever expense js involved in growing the vegetables for use of the convicts is more than offset by the diminution of the sick list. The land has deteriorated somewhat during the last few years, when it was leased by the state to private in dividuals. and Mr. Hall will by sys# tematic effort seek to build it up and restore it to a high degree of produc tiveness. To this end much of It wil'. be sown in eowpeas this summer, and this will he turned under early in tht fall. Quits Law to Herd Cows. Seattle, Wash.—E. Holden .Tames, a nephew of Henry James, the novelist and of William James, professor ossvchology at Harvard since 1872 has quit fashionable life and his law practice to become a cow herder oi a milk ranch near Seattle. He is i follower of the socialist doctrines oi G. Phelps Stokes. Skeletons of 1776 Unearthed. Philadelphia, Pa.—One hundred and thirty years after the revolution sev eral whitened skeletons were un earthed on the site of the old provost prison in St. James' place, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Workmen digging a foundation for a new building struck their spades against a hard substance, which at first they thought was rock. They dug around the supposed rock and dis closed a skull. In a short while the la borers had uncovered a complete skeleton and portions of several others. It was at first thought that evi dence of a murder had been brought to light, and when the whitened bones and grinning skulls had been removed by the police the workmen continued their labor in awed si lence. Some student of history then dis covered that on the spot had stood the old prison which was used for the confinement of capered American soldiers, and that th*. commander of the prison was the infamous Capt. Cunningham, who, with Tarlton and a number of the Hessian officers, were the object of bitter hatred by the struggling Americans. It is thought that the skeletons un covered are the remains of unfortu nate Americans who had been cap tured and immured in the hateful pro vost prison, and there, in some man ner had met their death. Art Treasures to Be Sold. Vienna.—Prince Klemens, guardian for the minor who is head of the princely family of Metternich-Winne burg, has decided to sell the bulk of the family’s art treasures. Including paintings by Durer, Holbein, Rem brandt, Vandyke, and Rubens, which are estimated to be worth $1,600,000. The agent now Is on the way to New York, hoping to interest wealthy Americans. About 600,000 Italians raise silk worms. “EIFFEL TOWER A NAIL.” Removal of Famous Structure Is De manded on Aesthetic Grounds by Reformers Paris.—“An immense nail disgrace j fuuy transfixing the sky,” is the ef fective description of the Eiffel towei with which a band of aesthetes ha.« started a crusade against the offend ing structure. The aesthetes have consecrated themselves to preserving and increas ing the beauty of Paris and cry loudlj for the destruction of the ridiculout eyesore as their first effort in that di rection. The inventor, Eiffel, has a contract with the city allowing him to exploit the tower until 1910, but he may be bought out cheaply, foi since the novelty has worn off th« thing scarcely brings more than run ning expenses. Its value even as a center of coim merce has fallen off, and the shop* in the air, as the establishments or its second tiers are called, by no ! means do a thriving business. A Many-Sided King LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM MOST VERSATILE OF MONARCHS. How He Turned Laugh on an Archi tect of Note—Is Fond of Hunting and Climbs Alps Each Summer in Search of the Chamois. Brussels, Belgium.—Leopold II., king of the Belgians and sovereign of the Congo Free State, may well claim to be the most versatile of con tinental crowned heads. There was a time when this distinction was popu larly attributed to Emperor William, but the kaiser must now "take a back seat.” The “yankee of monarchs," as the Belgians have affectionately nick named their ruler, is, above all, a modem captain of industry. His dar ing speculations fully entitle him to the sobriquet by which he is familiar ly known to his subjects. His very versatility has a trans-Atlantic flavor, for the laurels he has won in such varied fields of human activity as finance, diplomacy, literature, art and sport appear more in the line of an American millionaire than of a Euro pean monarch. Latterly the king seems to have been intent on proving that he might have acquired repute as an architect had he been of humbler birth. He has succeeded in making Brussels one of the most beautiful architectur ally of continental capitals. What Baron Hausmann did for Paris under the second empire Leo pold II. has planned for Brussels. He has designed some of the most artis tic public buildings recently erected in Brussels, such as the new national bank, the lovely Flemish theater (a gem of its kind) and the new royal palace of Brussels. This place, of the purest classic style, is now nearing completion and promises to be one ; of the most sumptuous and aesthetic I abodes on the continent. The plans for a new town hall in j a Brussels suburb were submitted to him for approval. He carefully exam ined the drawings in every detail as is his wont. To a superficial observer they seemed beyond criticism, from the artistic facade of the most ap- • proved Flemish renaissance style to ; the well-proportioned interior. After inspecting the plans he sent for the | architect. “Monsieur,” he said, “your town .hall promises to be a most artistic building, well worthy to -figure among the architectural masterpieces of Bel gium. but. there is a slight omission in your design and one fi'om which, I fear, the town officials may have cause to suffer, in winter at least. You have forgotten the chimneys in your plans.” The absent-minded architect, think- j ing it too good to keep, tells the story himself. King Leopold'is a keen sportsman and a capital shot. His favorite sport is chamois hunting and notwithstand ing his 71 years he still scales the Alps on his annual summer vacation in search of the chamois with all the agility of a Tyrolese mountain guide. The press has revealed to its read [ ers from time to time that some sov ereigns work harder than their sub jects. Emperor William and Emperor Francis Joseph being notable exam ples of the strenuous life on a throne. King Leopold, who is supposed out side of his realm to be a giddy seeker after pleasure or a persecutor of his Congo subjects, is perhaps the busi est man in Belgium. He has profound contempt for idleness, is never at rest and work like a Trojan At Laeken, his customary resi dence, he gets up at five o'clock in summer, and half an hour later in winter. Immediately after dressing he takes a brisk walk in the palace LEOPOLD II. OP BELGIUM. ("Yankee of Monarchs,” Is a Modern Captain of industry.) gardens. By seven o'clock he is at his desk examining his mail, which is brought from Brussels by auto mobile. He breakfasts at eight o'clock, then goes back to his office and works un til 11, when he takes a ride before luncheon. Early in the afternoon he drives to the Brussels palace, where the audiences begin at one o'clock, and, as a rule, last until three. He returns to I^aeken for five o'clock tiea, and later devotes himself to affaii-s of state. At six o'clock he dines with Prin cess Clementine, his only unmarried daughter. In the evening he resumes work and reads the latest state dis patches for Brussels. His robust health and his energy, remarkable foi a man of his age. he owes to active and regular habits. ■ w’ -w-w-it--w . WiV/ Wed Richest Girl Young German Diplomat. Herr Von Boblen Halbacb, Is Lucky Suitor for Hand of Bertha Krupp. Berlin.—Herr Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach may certainly claim to be the luckiest man in the world since he has won the richest prize in the matrimonial market to be found in the two hemispheres. The announcement j of his engagement to Fraulein Bertha I Krupp, the elder daughter of the can HERR VOX BOH l.EX-HALBACH. (German Diplomat Who Has Won Hand of World's Richest Girl.) non king of Essen, has caused many of the bachelor aristocrats of Germany to turn green with envy. Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach is something of an aristoc-at. himself, as is implied by his mouthful of a name, but noaody ever spotted hire as the man most likely to capture the wealth iest heiress in the world. As a stu dent at Freiburg he was distinguished more by his daredevil escapades than by his devotion to learning, but years ago he finished sowing his crop of ‘ wild oats and settled down, if not ex- j actly to the simple life, to one that gave no cause for gossip. He is now 36 years old, and is councillor of the Prussian legation accredited to the Vatican. It is not a post of much prominence, which will make it all the easier for him to aban don a diplomatic career in which there is no evidence that he would ever have achieved distinction. He will have to give it up to carry out the wish expressed by Herr Krupp be fore his death that his daughter's fu ture husband should in due course un dertake the management of the family business. That is such a colossal busi ness that if he really tackles the job seriously he . will have to work con siderably harder than most men find it necessary to earn a livelihood. Miss Krupp will attain her ma jority next year. Under Herr Krupp's will, the younger daughter is to re ceive her portion in cash when she comes of age, while Bertha inherits the business. That makes her sole proprietress of the vast. Krupp works, which employs 40.000 men. and prac tically mistress, too. of the town of Essen with Its 250.000 inhabitants. The reserve fund of the Essen works, according to a balance sheet recently published, amounts to nearly $100. 000,000. and Miss Krupp's net income from the Essen business last year ex ceeded $3,000,000. With what she receives In addition from supple mentary revenues her total annual in come foots up approximately to $>, 000,000. At a “psychometric lecture” in Lon don something of real value was brought, out. A man always sobPi suddenly became a confirmed drunk ard. There was no apparent reason Then a psychometric exitert was called in. discovered that there was some thing uncanny about the chair in which the fallen man habitually sju, and eventually found that he hue bought it at a sale, and that it hua been the property of a publican who died of drink! The chair was burned accordingly, and the man became a teetotaller again. FOR A COMPANY DINNER Jellied Chicken Very Nice to Serve at ( Sunday Dinner—Recipe for a Summer Drink. Jellied chicken is veiy nice for a company tea or Sunday dinner. Dress, clean and cut up a four-pound fowl. Put it in a kettle with a sliced onion, a stalk of celery, and two or three slices of carrot. Cover with boiling water”and cook until the meat falls from the bones. When half cooked add a tablespoon of salt. Remove the chicken when cooked, and free from skin and bones. Reduce the stock to three-fourths of a cup, season it if needed, strain, and skim off the fat. Decorate the bottom of a buttered mold with slices of hard-boiled eggs, pack In the chicken meat, nicely sea soned, pour on the stock, cover, and place the mold under a heavy weight. Keep in a cool place until Arm. It the weather is warm It is better to add one-half a tablespoonful of gran ulated gelatine to the stock. A delightful summer drink, says 1 the Farmer s Voice, is called ginger ade. Boil together one quart of wa ter and one cup of sugar; add one fourth ounce of white ginger rooi broken in small pieces, and let it boil 29 minutes longer. Remove fron the Are and add one cupful of orange juice and the juice of one lemon Strain and cool. Serve with pow dered ice. Cherry juice may be «se.i in place of orange juice if preferred A Royal Ornithologist. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is an extremely distinguished ornithologist and his knowledge of the science ol birds is equaled by but few in Eu rope. Fine Eyes of Great Fainter. Ziem, the great French colorist, is 85 years of age. but is still able to read without glasses. He has been painting since the age of seven. Temperature Affects Watch. A watch taken to the top of Mont Blanc will gain 36 seconds in 24 hours.