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Show A Rlvwl of the Famous Strmbnrf Cioob. The most wonderful clock is on exhibition exhi-bition in the parochial school building connected with St. Paul's lierman Lu-therau Lu-therau church in Janesville. Wis. The timepiece is divided into four parts geographical, astronomical, mo-sica! mo-sica! and numerical. A little bell strikes every minute. The first quarter hour represents childhood; the second, youth, the third, middle age, and the fourth, old age. As the clock strikes the hours a corresponding nnmber of apostles make their appearance, from one to twelve. Above them stands Jesus blessing them The twelve signs of the zodiac are represented. rep-resented. At 6 and 12 o'clock a sexton rings a bell, an old man kneels in prayer the cock crowB and the organ is played ! There are four dials on each side of the clock, showing the years on one side and the leap years on the other. At midnight heathen gods make their appearance, and scenes in the life of Jesus are represented at noondny. The four seasons are represented by appropriate appro-priate figures, as are the moon's phases The clock was built by Mr. Martin, a millwright. of Schwarzwald, Baden, and is said to exceed in ingenuity any other clock ever exhibited in the United States. Jeweler's Weekly. |
