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Show NOT MEANT TO BEUNIFORM. Expert Explains Why Clocks Fall tc Strlko together. A man In New York whoso business Is clock winding, which Includes also the regulating and cleaning of the family timepieces In his charge, ex-lalned ex-lalned ;l:o other day why It is bard 'o have a number of clocks strlko to-nether. to-nether. "You see," he said, "somo clocks are irranged to strike half a minute before be-fore the hour, so::;e a quarter of a 'ilnuto before, others a few seconda if tor, and so on. Now it I regulate them to strlko at the samo Instant they will not ba in agreement in point of actual time, and that Is really a more important consideration. Of rourso, it there aro a great many clocks In the house It Is llkoly that several will happen to strlko togother. For Instance, one house on my route has 20 clocks that 1 look after. Of these, Ave or sis strlko In unison and the othera all within a minute, excepting except-ing on. I have orders to keep 19 of the clocks at exactly tho correct time, but the little joweled timepiece in the bedroom ot tho mistress ot the house is to be kept always three minutes min-utes fast I supposo she has some special reason for that "No, I don't get rioh at my business, but I make a living at it. Tho houso I just spoke of is an especially profit-ablo profit-ablo ono, of course, having so many clocks. They pay me $100 a year for my attendanco thoro, which is given weekly, as It Is to all the places I visit." |