Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-07-12

made sure that ~ WOULD not leave the 1
town by purchasing IL and selecting q
chapel in the. cathedral for its re.
ception. The Basil emisssaries were
much enraged. and demanded that
the inventor make q duplicate Of
his wonderful machine. He agreed
70 the proposition, but she Strasburg au. /
thorities would not permit the master
artist 70 construct another clock on the
same principle. The inventor declared
he would not ask the leave of any one u
exercise them. This aroused the ire OF
the presiding magistrate. who ordered
that the clockmaker have his eyes put
out. He asked TO be allowed the privi.
lege OF adding some final improvements
to his work before his light was shut
out forever, and the request was granted
Long and tendeFly he gazed upon
bis browning work until the revengeful
magistrate gave the surgeons orders 4
pierce the inventors oyeEalls Nerycd
TO madness, and knowing that his tim,
had leone. the gray haired artist snatched
a spring from the clock The works be-
gan ~ whiz, the weights fell rafting e
the floor, while the bell pounded oui
hundreds Of hours In the course Of few
minutes, breathing out It's final sound II
a tone OF despair The inventor, whom
the surgeons had blinded while th,
clock was wrecking itself, stood cree
and cried out at this top OF his voice
Rejoice, proud citizens, In my work
the clock is destroyed. and my royeng,
is complete"
The clock, according to the authority
last above cited, was client for nearly
two and half centuries. when il was
fully restored by young Partisan arti
san in 1882.
From the above accounts IL is safe t.
conclude that there is really wonder
full astronomical clock in the Strasburp
cathedral, but Ii would be out OF tho
question "a decide with any degree OF
certainty by whom or when made, and
what its past and present condition. II
IN sad commentary on the unreliabili'
~ Of history that the story OF such a
wonderful inventor and his work should
have become u mere legend in the short
space OF three centuries.
IL Is a well-known fact that the great
emperor. Charles ", was a skiliful
watch and clock maker, as we'll as 1
diplomat and ruler. After his abdica
ton, Charles retired 10 tho monster,
7 of ST just aud occupied his entire time
in studying the mechanical arts, being
+ delighted beyond measure at his success
AS an artisan. in what was then, as now
/ the most skilled OF the handicrafts
Il That he was head and shoulders abov,
tho common bred tradesmen may be in
ferred from the fact that at that earl,
date, when the art Of watch and cloci
making was in It's infancy, he construct
I'D a striking clock small enough 10 IL
worn as an car pendant. and which fo
perfectness has never been equaled
This wonder is still preserved among
other mOnastic relics at ST. just and il
viewed by hundreds OF ambitious young
clock makers, who wish 10 become per
feet in their art, each year. 1t is les
than three-fourths Of an inch tall ana
only half that wide, yet IL has forty-tw
distinct pieces. including wheels. screw
and springs, 10 say nothing Of the nine
teen pieces OF which the case and alarm
are formed. Charles kept his clocks ar
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shelves and his watches on plush Gov
cred table in the center OF the room, al
except his marvellous pendant clock
which he continually wore in his ex
royal ear.
Before its destruction by the Frenci
soldiers in 1898, the Heidelberg clocl
occupied prominent place In the dom
of the Town Hall. As the hamme
struck each hour the figure OF an ol,
man, almost lifc-size, opened the doc
and walked out in full view Of th
streets below. removed his hat, bowe,
and returned 10 his niche. As he close.
the door cock tapped his wings an
erowed; Father Time made some hIint
strokes with his scythe while som
soldiers dressed as French and German
fought ON platform below. At midnigh
and noon the chimes played nationa
airs, and once each twenty-foar hours tn
life of man was illustrated with figure
depicting the seven ages. The astrG
nomical charts and diagrams were sal,
10 have been even more intricate ant
complicated than those OF the Strasbur
clock. The French soldiers dohatc'
the matter long and earnestly befor
destroying such a marvel, until the
saw the French soldiers in the automai
ical fight on the clocks platform over
come by the German troops, afto
which they willingly ruined both clocl
and hall.
Early In the present century Lon
don clockmaker of great wealth cause,
marvellous plece OF clock work to b
contributed and given as . present To tn
Emperor Of China The body Of tn
clock was a chariot, 10 which was al
tached. In imitation OF Cupids outfit
two tiny dawes Behind figure Of Mcr
curry seemed 10 be aiding the dove
horses In the task OF pulling the lady
the umbrella and humming bird. whicl
went to finish up the euriously designes
affair. The lady stood in the front .
the chariot. covered with the umbrella
which rested ON two tiny columns o
gold, holding in one hand the face o
the clock. aud two ribbons attached I.
the heads of her birds with the Other
The humming bird, which swung b.
meath the clock face, acted as u pendu
ium and continually moved from RI b
10 left in seeming perpetual ecstacy
The umbrella above. although 10 all al
pearanees not At all connected With "a
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the hour, half hour and quarter hour
hammer struck upon The birds Ia
front were fixed upon spiral springs
which kept them moving ali the while.
conveying sort Of Jerking motion 70 IN.