The Red Cloud chief., 1881-10-06

CaicTe Nhn afr. At thtN htEN M HlfAt
a%nNiou,ly watching the clock IN the n
ing room or hall tur some happy mo
mcnt 20 arrive. Have they ever tHousht
how singular n ,htng Is the measure.
ment 81 time. or ever wondered ahoat
the hrst inventors Of the artP
Perhaps nonc Of them could tell the
time oi day by the shsdow ~ n tree az
aouse. Vet juss IN that way ~asihe sun
dial inyen,cd.
The first TN record belonged Ia King
Ahaz. who lived abuist az years u e
Hour-glaSses and water clocks or Clop-
sydras. rs ihey arr callrd-werr also
invented about this time. and oi cuursc
YOU know how King Alfred measured
hours. so I will tell YOU of Charlie
magnc's clock. which was the hrs,
strsing clock on record
u was sent to him by a Ming of
Persia. and = thu. described BY an
Abbot who saw IL:
The dial was composed 20 twelve
doors which represented the hours.
each opening nj the hour II represent
Ell. when out cam. the same number ot
little balls. which fell. ms by onr ON \
brass drum. Attwclyc o'clock. twely"
horscmen issued forth. aud. marching
round the dial. shut al the doors
Some OF GU have been Ia ~ Faul's
Caihe iral. In London. and most of you
haze seen pictures of IL Wei. the first
whecl-cloc In England Was act mp IN
this famous cathedral in the year issL
IL Was made by n horologcr called
Hatholumme. who received n loaf of
bread and n bottle Il bccr each day for
keeping IL in order. F~ny-cight years
after this. Il wa. improved by a man
called Walters. aud King Edward ,hs
Third ordered n new dial to be- maize.
with W angel. pointing to the hour.
Of both day and night.
II W the clock Jared for four hun
drei years we scarcely know. but the
clock aud cathedral were destroyed b.
iis I'm 1866. and the present building.
with its magnificent clock. was finished
in i7l0 The clock is remarkable for
the magnitude ot its wheels and the
fnene-. IL it, works II has two dial~
each sixty feet IN circumference. The
hour numerals are n little over two feet
in height The minute hands are eight
and nine feet long. and weigh seventy
FIVE pounds each The hour-haDd' are
tive and six feet long. and weigh forty
four pound. each. The pendulum is
sixteen feet long. AMI its bob weighs
one hundred and eighty pounds IL
needs winding every eight days. and
strikes the hour on a great bell, which
bears the following inscription
-RIca,RD PgIuIrs NAB -. I5i&-
The clapper of ,hi. bell weighs ma
hundred and eighiy-four pounds. aadh
can be heard At = distance Of twenty
two miles. on n clear day.
Once. during William and Aarys
reign. n sold er. called Hatfield Who
was on duty upon Windsor Terrace. tel
asleep. but he managed % escafs pun
ishment b. positively HvsFtn2 that he
had heard the clio X of ~ a siriSs
thirteen at the very time when - VAS
said he Wa slumbering Ihts was
doubted By The court. On Account ~
the great distan e between NiDisSr
and So. Paurs: but. while he was IN
der sentence 81 death. several persoas
swore tina, the clock did strike thirteen
instead a twelve. which evidence bis
Majesty King William socep,ed. and
granted him = pardon. n he Owed to
be one hundred ant two year. "
The bell which Hatfield beard vas
the Great Ton" Of WestminStsr. which
was granted 20 ST. Paul : in i6t-. and
i never used nos except on the death
Of 81 the Royal family. The Bishop
of London or the Lord Mayor
The hours 81 81 PsaTs clock were
struck before 1854 By two figures. which
were called "Paai's jacks" and from
which comes the sxpressOn. "HsJock
o. the Clock" meaning s servant o!
your o. Anybody's time.
The trst clock in Westminster vss
paid for from n Enc imposet upoa The
c~b:sf-Justiee Of the Kinys Esneh- Tor
reducing . poor man fine frUm -. I'd
To S. sd. This clock ssrsek hourly,
and vas intended % remind n. JGdges
of the fate Of their brother. and teach
Irwyers :he difference between Ia I'd
and g. Sd IL wss bull; tSoyesrs aster
s. PHzIs
About the rear 1855. q eloek-toser Of
stone vas erected In the e~osrt~J.ni. op-
posi,s ,he palace. or hal. and the oSd
clock removed there: bot TIE cock aod
Mob. "a 1861. and continued IN . YIN
Gus state for fffy-;hree years. when Is
was removed % the SIDE o. New Palses
Yard. and nov, where this fanoas Old
clock house once stood. isa dial inserted
in the building. relatinxtse story of the
sne imposed upon Chie.-Jassice Henz-
ham
The clock now IN Westminster was
msce IN 1854 I; has four dials each
:~wenfy-fzo feet N diameter. The fz-
ures ~ gitt On . blue surface These
dizis are said % be fhe largest in thu
world ne ~ain1se-hsnd, On aecoaes
Of is great length, velocity. weight aad
the action of the wind upoa Il. requires
Sc ieass twenty tmes more force 20
drive !. than the hour hsnd
4, rars for week has = pendulum
aftsen feet long (shica weighs $50
pounds) and al the wheels are Of east
Eoa- luakes two hours 20 vint. and