The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-08-21
CURIOUS rIMEPIgcEs.

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emy of Sciences ia Paris. The works
we're all visible; the two.teethed wheels
which carried the hands were Of rock
crystal, and the others were metal. All
the screws wero 6xed in crystal, and the
axis turned on rubies. The escapement
was sapphire, the balance wheel Of rock
crystal. and the spring Of gold. 1t kept
excellent time.
A curiosity in the way Of watches was
shown by the director Of the Watchmak.
ers School at Geneva, before the horo.
logical section Of the Society Of Arts, at
a meeting last year. This wonder is
nothing less than . watch with the wheel,
Manufactured ct Paris in the last cent.
ury. The watch was presented to the
National institute in 1890. being then in
deplorable State; but the teacher Of the
repairing section Of the school has, after
many hours Of labor, succeeded in re.es.
t,blishing harmony between the various
organs, so that it is now in going order.
1t would take professional matchmaker
to describe the manner in which the one
wheel is made to perform the whole duty
of keeping time.
A recent number Of the jewelers. Cir
cular describes An ancient musical clock,
now in the possession Of q citizen of
Marietta, Wisconsin. 1t is 235 years old,
keeps good time. The movement is made
Of wood, lead and iron. The weight that
runs the musical part weighs fifty pounds.
1t plays a piece every hour, but it is
rather hoarse at present from old age.
The dial is large, and has the paintings
Of wm. Penn, dsscribins his history. At
the top are Eve musicians dressed in uni
forms. who lAise their instruments to
their lips = they begin 70 play. The
case is made Of maple md mahogany. It
was made in the year l64s. and was
brought to the country in ls47 by party
Of immigrants, being the only timepiece
brought with them"
A paragraph went the rounds of the
some time ago, describing the
novel invention Of q Salt Lake Jeweler
1t is timepiece in the shape Of . steel
wire stretched across show window, on
which stuffed canary hops from left to
right, indicating As it goes the hours Of
the day, by pointing with its beak at .
dial stretched beneath the wire, and hav.
ing the figures from one to twepty.four.
When it reaches the latter figure it
glides across the wire to one again.
There is no mechanism Whatever that
can be seen, it al being inside the bird.
The inventor says be was three years in
studying ii out.
A novel form Of clock has recently
been designed by an English artisan.
The face has the form Of tambourine,
decorated with . wreath of twelve
flowers at equal distances apart. These
mark the hours, and over them glides
two gaily painted butterflies. one larger
than the other. These are the hands, the
larger indicating the minutes, the smaller
hours. The works are concealed behind
tho tam BOURNE. and the motions Of the
butterflies, which are made Of magnetic
metal, are produced by magnets carried
on the arms forming the real hands Of the
clock.
Another clock worthy Of mention, ID
exhibited in . well.known clock makers
window in London. 1t 10 framed and
colorsd photograph Of the houses Of Par.
lament. Westminster, with real dial
let into the tower to represent big
Ben." The dial il very small to match
the photograph; nevertheless IL ID said 10
keep good time.--[N. Y. Observer.
Tho Clerk Of the Circuit Court of Saint
Louis il quoted by the Globe-Democrat
as saying that lawyers arc the greatest
procrsstinators in the world" They wait
until the last moment, and then come
rushing in to do something when they
know they arc too late. They ther
storm around because they arc no allowed
to do something that they know they
have no right to do under tho rules Of thu
court and the laws Of tho State. I BE-
lisvs II the courts were kept open until
midnight, nine months In tho year. you
would find some of thess lawyers rushini
in at II O'Clock 10 Gle paper that should
have been fled two weeks before"