The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
MARVEL OF A CLOCK.
Unique Timepiece Made by Cripple
in Chic.

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was maze in little Ohio town DE a
crippled workman, who spent Iour
years in its construction and whose
only tools we're a scroll saw, jack
knile and file.
Manager Gus R. Schmidt, of the
St. Regis, VINO heard of the clock in
the West, where he inspected it,
said:
The clock is a wonder. 1t is IL
| feet tour inches high, four feet four
! inches wide and twenty-nine inches
deep. One large dial gives the stand
ard time, while directly beneath it is
dial which shows the changes OF
the moon and gives the government
hours in advance. :.
"By watching the clock one sees
handsome pictures Of the ships in the
| United States navy pass behind
glass. The history of Christ is
shown from the nativity to the as
cension by pictures painted by the
maker.
IAN interesting feature of the clock
is a miniature Niagara Falls, with
real water, the color Of which ap-
pears to change. Just below are an
| electric fountain and an arch, which
produce a beautiful effect. Flags ap-
pear on stats in front of the dial and
indicate the kind of weather expect
ed twenty-four hours in advance.
The weather reports are produced by
q thermometer, barometer, n.y.
drometer, a spirit level and a COM
pass arranged on the front OF the
clock.
"The front of the clock is lighted
by fifty small electric lights, thirty
five of which are arranged around
the Niagara Falls and electric arch.
The history of the United States from
the landing of Columbus to the pres
ent time is shown by ninety-six paint
ings attached to a ribbon 108 feet
long, which is moved by electricity.
When the clock strikes the hour the
figures of Uncle Sam and the Cod
dess of Liberty pass out OF an electric
elevator on one side, down a stair
way, around the base Of the minia-
| ture cataract and electric fountain to
the other side, where they ascend an
another stairway and enter anoth-
er elevator. A minute after the
hour strikes fifty lights appear
around the dial, and musical at
tachment is brought into play, send
ing forth delightful airs. At the half
hour the cathedral gong strikes once,
and the musical attachment is start
ed again.
"An Illuminated picture on one,
side of the dial shows Washington
crossing the Delaware with his army.
Three boats are portrayed, with
Washington standing in the first one.
This scene is repeated every hour
and forty minutes. Other illuminat-
ed pictures, which appear periodi-
cally, show the old battleship Maine,
both before and after the explosion
in Havana harbor.
"On the back of the clock is dis
played the Lords Prayer, inlaid with
1912 pieces of wood. Pictures OF
American poets, musicians and the
presidents also appear on the back.
| All of these portraits are In motion
and travel at the rate of twenty-five
feet a minute. Pictures of President
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley are
shown, and at the hour Of their death
light appears on the face of the
clock, while a phonograph announces
the occasion. ..
"The face of the clock contains a
piece of wood from every State and
territory in the Union, including the
island possessions, and it took three
years for the maker of the clock to
collect them.
Call the mechanism for running
the clock is In the base and includes
$40 feet of electric wire and Az
electrical connections. The current
Is obtained from an ordinary electric
light connection"