Show WORLDS WONDERFUL CLOCKS of course everyone has heard at one time or another of the famous clock tower adjoining the houses of parliament no doubt he imagines it to be a very fine structure and as a matter of fact it is regarded as the best specimen in our count country rk but there are many more wonderful clocks in existence today perhaps not in size but certainly in their skillful mechanism the most wonderful clock in the world is exhibited in st petersburg its magnificence may be imagined from the fact of this colossal timepiece having no fewer than ninety five faces it indicates simultaneously the time of day at thirty points on the earths surface besides the movement t ment of the earth around the sun the phases of the moon the signs of the zodiac the passage over the meridian of more than fifty stars of the northern hemisphere and the date according to the gregorian greek and hebrew calendars the works took years to put together after the clock had been sent in detached pieces from switzerland to russia A certain watchmaker constructed a clock whose mechanism re represents presen ts every evely 15 minutes all the activities of a miniature railway station the telegraph operator sends a dispatch the doors of the station open the station master and his assistant appear on the steps and clerks open the windows and distribute the tickets several travelers rush toward the train that comes in at full speed in shorty until the train is gone the usual stir of such stations to is exactly reproduced As the train leaves each automaton I 1 1 returns to its place and for a quarter of achour an hour everything Is peaceful the clocks dimensions are not known bat it is said to haye have had six years labor expended upon it another remarkable clock Is that made by villingen villinger Vil lingen the clockmaker or of the black forest germany germane it show the seconds minutes quarter houis hourly hours days weeks months sef seasons years and leap years to the last secona of the year besides a host of af other astronomical geographical andt ana historical facts there is a celebrated clock tower at berne in switzerland the approach of the hour is announced by the crova ing of a cock at the same time MW be seen at the very top of the tower a man clad in a coat of mail striking taft hours with his sword on a large bett bell As the hours are striking a troupe at ac bears make their appearance awl parade around the tower then make inake their exit long strings of carriage draw up every hour for the occupants to witness this interesting spectacle A gigantic clock made of cycle parta was shown at a recent exhibition hero held in paris the hour figures are cott corn posed of brightly plated cranks AH the smaller wheels revolve by jeanw of gear chains but this was only for attraction the clock kept excellent 1 time and struck hours half and quarter hours the real mechanism being concealed in the base at the time of the coron coronation aaion of the em empress press of russia at moscow in its she was presented with a watch a sy wonderful in every particular as an thy famous strasbourg clock on the bp 61 cosite side of the time keeping part there was an exact counterpart ot of the tha holy sepulcher with a carved image of the roman roma guard the scene being viewed through the glass in the case upon opening the case the imitations stones would roll away from the mouth of the miniature sepulcher the guard kneel the angels appear at opposite sides of the opening and at this time the music would begin to play in soft sweet strains the easter songs so W aeu known to all russians the ws em weighed only seven ounces rhe malker maker of this wonderful piece of is said to have worked upon it almost uninterruptedly for a period of nine years tit bits |