The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-01
A WONDERFUL CLOCK.

AmerlCa COMICS 1OfW8rQ With d ClOCl
more wonderful than the Strasburg. N
Newcastle, Pa. was q matchmaker
some years ago. who made q clock sc
small he wore it as shirt-stud, and il
is good time-keepcr, too. Some time
after this achievement Mr.. Theodore
Rohrer made clock eleven feet in height
and five feet wide. which is more intri.
cate than the cathedral clock at Stras.
burg.
On the top is perched an eagle, hold
ing in its besk a pendulum. Beneath
the bird IS a globe encircled by q dial
plate of twenty-four hours, which, in
its revolution of once day. gives the
time at any meridian. At four o'clock
dials-on which the National bird rests
register the time at Washington, San.
Francisco, London and st. Petersburg.
At one o'clock two Roman soldiers,
with shield and sword, announce the
dawn of time aud mans entrance on
the stage Of life; five minutes later a
small door at the top flies open and an
almost life-like bird appears and
shouts: 'F1ight of rime." in doleful
notes; five minutes more. another door
opens and reveals a little babe which
remains five minutes; during intervals
until two O'Clock appear figures repre-
senting the child, youth. manhood, man
in his decline, helpless age and in his
last sleep. Day and night a sentinel
walks to and fro along o gallery pre-
pared for him. and halts and turns as
natural rs life.
At each hour there appears figure
representing the different nations of the
earth-at one o'clock the Russian. two
O'Clock the Prussian; at three an invisi-
bic orchestra mystifies the hearers with
most excellent -enditions of choicest Sc
lection; four o'clock the Austrian ap-
pears. five o'clock an Italian; six
o'clock two doors in the chapel open
and n sexton sounds the chimes. set to
p ny perfect harmony, and several beau
tiful selections are rendered; at seven
a representative of France appears. and
n eight the Spaniard appears; at nine
o'clock the orchestra again plays; at
ten John Bull steps forth; at eleven
Brother Jonathan appears from the rear
Of the clock. flag in hand. and performs
the remarkable feat of climbing q pole
IN the top Of the clock. He fastens the |
stars and stripes there. then descends
anil disappears. During this scene
drums within are beating mcrrily.
At twelve o'clock the largo folding
loors are opened. and sacred scene is
which is far more wonderful
han those mentioned above 1t shows
he Saviour in the presence Of the
Apostles, evidently giving them their
Instructions. As it is His last night on
,arth. He moves about and addresses
ZACH one of the faithful in turn, making
ife-like gestures; after thus having de-
ivered Himself He lies down, surren-
lering Himself to His enemies. The
Apostles then retire from the scene, fol-
owed by the traitor Judas carrying the
rag containing the thirty pieces of sill
'er, with which he strikes five bells ere
lie leaves the scene. The cock on topl
# the CLOCK flaps his wings and crows
hree times During the time Christ is
nstructing His Apostles. Satan appears
pom the scene twice, as if in doubt as
o his actions. This scene closes, when
wo trumpeters appear, and, raising
heir bugles to their lips, proclaim the
lose of night During the twelve hours
he clock plays three musical selections
nd two thousand and twenty-five auto
,atic movements are made. The au-
60 through their movements
very twenty minutes. This mechani-
al wonder occupied seven years in
,aking, its inventor devoting mornings
nd evenings only to work upon it
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