Show A wonderful clock cloch tiie THE INGE INGENUITY OFA OF A POOR GERMAN pennsylvania MINED miner Z the philadelphia press contains the tile following description ora ofa wonderful clock wonderfully made from h a correspondent at shamokin Sha pe penn n n karl lC ketter keiter etter a poor german miner of the excelsior colliery which ia is situated within a few miles of this borough has ha exhibited a clock here during the past week of ofa a most remarkable character he had been three years constructing it the first firt two years at intervals of time and the lat last year lie he worked at it day and night scarcely taking time enough to eat ent he became almost a monomaniac on the subject tile tiie clock wius wis in his mind during his waking hours and in his di dreams eams cams at night he occupied alone a small wooden shant shanty where lie worked slept and cooked his food rood whatever sleeping and cooking lie he did lic ilc however vever was but littlee little it is thought lie would have nearly starved but for the kindly kindis interest which his bis neighbors took in him bini and his clock they took him food and encouraged him in his labors the clock which abich was made with no other tools than two common jack 1 knives nives is eight feet high and fo four u r fe neet feet et b oad its IES frame ia is of the gothic style styled of architecture it has sixteen sides and is surmounted ted by a globe on top of which is attached a small golden goiden cross on oa the front of the clock there are four dial plates one shows the da day of the week another shows slaws tile tiie day of the month mouth another sho shows 1 s the minutes and fi actions of or a minute and the tile other the hour of the day these aliese dials are carved in the mos mus must unique manner having emblem ati atlo f figures gutes upon them and around them of almost every imaginable description above tile the dial plates is a semicircular semi circular gallery extend ing around about half tile the width of or the framework frame work of the clock immediately mediate jy in front in the centre of this semicircular semi circular gallery is the carved wooden fl figure figuro uro ure of our saviour at the ends of the gallery on either cither bide there thero is a small door opening into the body of the clock over the door on the tile right hand liand side oc of the clock as you stand facing it is an eagle over ove r the door on the left hand side is a cock twice a day that is at 1205 in the bayaud driy diry and at 1205 ai at night a sweet chime of bells be beins begins ins to play the tile small door on the right hand side opens and the small wooden figure P admirably carved of tido tiro the le twelve apostles appear and walk out slowly and arld gravely in procession peter in th the lead elead advancing along the gallery until they get opposite the figure of or jesus each in turn except judas slowly turns round anti and bows liis his head to the I 1 master taster then recovers his former position tion tiou as peter does this the cock crows they continue to advance to the other side of the gal cipry and enter tho tile small door on or thi thai ert eft As ag jud judas who ho is ls is 13 in the mear rear with his rl night right ht hand shielding relar h his f face ce and his left hand clasp clasping hig the baw bag 11 which is supposed to contain tain tho tile thiro thirty pieces of silver amel ill in fuli fall titue ww W of by we tire ek coc coe eoe fc tile use cecic crows again bya by a sim plear gement ran t this ilg jig procession can bo be made anad to comb out and pas pass around the gallery at any time desired ou on pedestals at the extreme corners of the tile front of the clock are carved wooden statues of moes and elias in the rear obelisks of the egyptians egyptian s sty e upon vh i eh are carved hieroglyphic to represent the iha ancient period of the worlds history the clock will run thirty two hours without winding mr dir retter ketter who is a native of freiburg in baden is very proud of his workmanship he can scarcely bear to be away from it long enough to cat his ills meals he has been heen kofl ered ten thousand dollars for it i I 1 by a peron pen on from new yo yolk but refused it 11 air r ketter heiter ays says s lie has often heard of the celebrated clock in strasburg hut but he never saw it and he lie has no knowledge of how bow it was construct ed neither has lie he everead ever had bad instruction in mechanics of any kind his purpose is to exhibit it for a few months in this country and then theil take it with him to germany |