The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-11
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bent for labor or profession. Adopt it
early and pursue il steadily, never look
ing back % the turning iurr0w, bur fore
ward 10 the ground that ever remains ID
be broken. Means and ways are album
dant 10 every mans success, III viii and
actions are rightly adapted 20 them Our
rich men and our great men have carved
their paths 20 fortune by this internal
principle principle that cannot iaIl go
reward him who resOlutcly pursue il
To sigh or repiuc over the lack ot inner
itance Is unmanlv. Every man should
strive 10 be creator instead Of iuhcritor.
/ He should be conscious of the power iu
him, and fight his own battles with hIs
own lance. He should feel that DO Is
better 90 earn a crust than OBJ inherit
Golfers Of gold. When once this spir.t of
self-reliance is learned, every man win
discover within himself the elements and
capacities of wealth. lie will be- rich,
inestimably rich. in seli.rcsource4. aud
can lift his head proudly % meet the
noblest among them.
The STRAsBoURG CL0Ck This CURE
Gus piece Of mechanism is very clearly
described in the following extract from
Mr.. Curtis Guilds volume Of travel cu-
/ titled cover the Ocean.
The great Astronomical clock here is %
curious and wonderful piece of mechau-
/ ism. Fancy a structure twenty-five or
thirty feet in height and twelve or fifteen
broad ut the base, having on either side
two Others nearly of equal height, one
being the masonic flight Of winding stairs,
surmounted by FIVE small emblematical
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pillar, its panollings enriched with
! figures.
Placed directly in front Of the base OF
the clock Is a celestial globe, which by
means Of the clock-work, shows the pre-
cession of the equinoxos, solar and lunar
equations for calculating gcoccnuic ns-
cension and declination of the sun and
moon at true times and places. Then iu
the base itself is an ouery after the
Copernician system, by which the mean
tropical revolution of each Of the planets.
visible to the naked eye, Is shown. Then
comes an ecclesiastical calendar, q sort
Of perpetual almanac, indicating holy
feast and fast days; above, and about ten
feet from the floor and just beneath Che
clock-dial, is an opening with a platform
in front, upon which come forth figures
representing each day of the week, eos
Apollo on Tuesday, Diana on Monday
&c. Thus a figure in q chariot represent
ing the day, appeared at the entrance in
the morning, il had reached the centre
in full view by noon, and drove gradu-
ally out of sight ut the close of day. On
either side Of the clock-dinl sat two Gu
pids, the size Of a three ycar-old child,
one holding q bell and hammer, with
which il strikes the hours and quarters,
and the other an hour-glass, which d.
reverses each hour. Above is another
dial, with the signs Of the zodiac above
that figure of the moon, showing iis
different phases, also put in motion by
the clOck-w0rk; and still above this, two
sets of automaton figures, which appear
only at twelve o'clock, nt which timo
there is always "A crowd gathered 90 wit
ness their performance.
We viewed this wonderful piece OF
mechanism for an hour and witnessed
the following movements; AZ quarter
past eleven the Cupid near the dial
struck one; then from one Of the upper
compartments ran forth the figure OF "a
little child with a wand and as hc passed
he struck one on n bell, and ran away
Childhood, the first quartcr). Round
whirl the wheels Of time, and tho second
quarter chimes; but this time IL b. Youth
that passes, and taps the bell with hI8
shepard's staff twined with flowers
Again, we reach the third quarter, and
Manhood strides forth, the mailed war
ror, and smitcs the son0rous bell ere he
leaves the scene, three sounding blows
with his trenchant weapon-third quar-
ter. Once more the hands tromble on
the point az noon; the fourth quarter is
here, and Old Age a feeble, bent figure,
hobbies out, pauscs YEARLY at tho bell
raises a crutch, taps four strokes, and
totters away out Of sight-'last scene OF
all +" when, as finale, the skeleton Of
Death, before whom all the four have
passed, slowly raises his baton, which the
spectator now discovers 30 be human
bone and solemnly strike the hour of
twelve upon the bell. While he b. en-
gagged in this act, q set Of figures above
him, representing the twelve APOSTLE
pass in procession before the Savior, who
blesses each as they pause before him i'm
tmn, and chanticlccr, the size Of life,
pearched upon the pinnacleer, of ono Of
the side structures, lifts up his voice iu
three rOusing crows, with outstrctchcd
neck and tapping wings while the Cupid
on one side Of the dial reverses the hour
glass for the sand to flow back, and The
other also strikes the hour with Dis bell
and hammer.