The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-05
SECRETS DIED
WITH THEY.
Some Inventions That Have Feen
Lost to the World--The Mechan-
icai Dog Waterman and the
Artifici Draughtsman.

| here and there throughout the world
But the most remarkable of these mas
terpieces are in the possession OF
| Henri Martin. of Dresden. where they
| are the admiration of all those who
| happen TO visit Dresden and are able
/ to examine them According to the in
| formation kindly furnished us by Mr..
| Martin the automatons are In good
! condition and work as well rs at the
! time when Jaquet-DroZ exhibited them
! to the sovereigns of France. Spain and
England. though now they must be put
In operation by hand.
One of this wonderful mans clocks
went for very long time without
being rewound. This kind OF perptual
movement was produced by different
metals expanding ard contracting at
the same temperature. Another clock,
without being touched, answered the
question, what time is IT," 1t must
be presumed that the breath Of the
questioner was sufficient by a delicate
combination to put the mechanism In
movement Still another exhibited
the hours, the minutes. and the
seconds, the centre of the dial indlcat-
ing the course of thesun through the
zodiac. and the four seasons and the
different phases of the moon in perfect
accord with its evolution.
AN ARTIFICIAL PERMANENT.
The dial was lighted at the time OF
the full moon and the stars appeared
Il, g,,.
vals. This artificial armament was
covered with clouds If the weather ~ :
unpleasant, or lighted If it was clear.
AS soon as the hour was struck n
chime was heard. 1t played nine did
ferent melodies, TO which an echo re-
sponded. a lady seated in balcony,
holding book in her hand. accom-
panied the music with gesture and
look. from time to time took pinch
of snuff and bowed to those who
opened the glass door of the clock.
When the Ginning was ended q
canary, standing on the hand of n
child, whose gestures expressed adj
miratlon, sang eight different airs. 4
shepherd came in his turn and played
on the flute, and two children danced
around. Suddenly one of the children
threw himself on the floor in order to
make the other lose his balance, and
then turned toward the spectators,
pointing at his companion with his
finger. Near the shepherd a lamb
bleated from time to time and dog
approached his master to caress him
lnd to watch over basket of apples
If any one touched the fruit lie would
bark until the fruit was put back in
Is place.
He presented one of his clocks to
King Ferdinand VI, who was so de-
lighted that he refunded the expenses
Of the journey and paid in addition 500
louis dor. The King assembled his
:ourtlers in order to how them his ac-
quisltlon. Among the automatons was
A clock with a shepherd playing on his
flute and dog guarding basket of
truit.
A FAITHFUL DOG.
"The dog" said Jacquet- Doz. sis as
faithful as he Is well behaved. Let
your Majesty put him to the proof by
touching one of the fruits in the bas-
ket." The King endeavored to take
an apple, but the dog Immediately
threw himself on his hand, barking
so naturally that hound present in
the room responded with all his
strength. The courtiers thought that
sorcery was at work and fled precpate-
~, making the sign of the cross. The
King and the Minister of Marine were
the only ones to remain.
The latter asked the shepherd what
time it was. AS he did not answer
Jaquet-DroZ remarked smilingly that
he probably did not understand Span
lsh and begged his EXcellency to ad-
dress him in French. The question
was repeated in that language and
the shepherd replied Immediately. The
minister was frightened, and he. too,
hurried away. In consequence of this
seance the NCuchatel artist, fearing
that he might be arrested by the In
QUESTION as sorcerer. begged the
King to invite the grand inquisitor TO
be present. Jaquet-DroZ took the clock
apart In his presence, piece by piece,
showing him all the springs and ex-
planning to him the action of the train.
Probably the inqulsitor understood
little or nothing Of the matter; never
theless be announced the fact publicly
that he discovered no magic, and that
the mechanism was moved entirely
by natural means.
WONDERFUL AUTOMATONS.
Three of these automatons, whose
perfection exceeded everything which
had ever been known In this class OF
work, are the young musician, the
draughtsman and the writer. A young
woman, seated at the harpischord ex-
ecuted several pieces of music with
dexterlty, without any person touch
Ing the instrument. The draughtsman,
seated on stool. made drawings with
pencil. sketched them correctly and
then shaded them. From time to time
he raised his hand to examine his
work the better. corrected some de-
feet and blew the dust from the pa
per. Henri Louis. having gone to Yer
sailles. exhibited his automatons to the
King. The draughtsman. to the amaze
meht OF the whole court. sketched the
portrait OF the French King. with a
laurel wreath on his head.
When Jaquet-Droz went over to Eng