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Show Two Wonderful Clocks. One of tho mdst Vvondcrful clocks ,ln the worjd Is owned Tiy a Frenchman, Louis 'Dcscuttcr, It Is niouutcd on a Louis Seize stand and has four faces. Besides marking the hours. It shows the tjiles at six different parts of tho world, tlio mean tlmo nnd the solar time, the age of tho moon, tho movements move-ments Of tho planets and all eclipses. It Is also a perpetual calendar. It was made by Janvier of Paris In 1789 and took eleven years to manufacture. San Diego, Cal.i has a wonderful clock with twenty dials, which tell the time simultaneously In all parts of tho world, also the days of the week and tho date nnd month. It stands twenty-one twenty-one feet high, and four of Its dials are each four feet In diameter. It Is Inclosed In-closed In ploto glass, so that every nctlon nc-tlon can lc s.-cn, and tho wholo Is Illuminated Illu-minated every night. It Is Jeweled with tourmnllne, topaz, agate and. Jade nnd required fifteen months to build. The niothe power Is a 200 pound weight. Tho cost of tho clock wns $3,- 000. People's Homo Journal. |