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A REMAZKABLE CLOCK.
Result of Five Years Work of a Black
Forest Mechanic.
A clock which is in many respects
one of the most notable ia the ryorld
has been constructed' says the Jewel
ers' Circular-Weekly, after fire ye-ars
of hard labor by August Noll. a1 Skill
ed mechanic of Villingen, one oF'.6e
old and picturesque cities of the ;er
man Schwarzwald and the former cap
ital of the province of Baar, which;
came into the possession of Baden in
1806. The people of this region are
diligent and talented, and the making
of clvtks has been for 200 years a na
tive industry among them.
Those first made were wooden
clocks with a sort of balance. and
were very simple in construction.
Gradually the work grew in perfee
tion and the penduhun took the place
of the balance; in still later times
came the metallic clocks with main
springs; until now the most elaborate
and artistically designed timepieces
of every kind are sent all over the
world, into the humble dwellings of
the middle classes and the palaces of
the wealthy.
.The -astronomical clock- finished by
August .N6l almost surpasses in in
genuity of construttion, variety of'
mechanism and number of figures not
only the famous clocks of Prague and
Goslar but even the renowned master'
piece of Isaac Habrecht, the wonder'
of- the Strasburg. Cathedral. It is at
present on exhibition in Munich, and;
it is unlikely that it will ever be per
initted to leave that city,
The case, of walnut wood, about
14 feet high, 12 feet wide and 3 feet
deep, is fashioned in the form of a
church of the early Renassiance style,
of harmonious design and pleasing to
the aesthetic sense. The calendar me
chanism. rollers, chimes, striking
works, are arranged to work for 100
years. During a whole century the
clock will show. not only the seconds,
minutes, quarter hours and hours, the.
days, weeks, but also the movable
-festivals of the Christian year. The
different days and seasons are intro
duced by processions of appropriate
figures skillfully carved, accompanied
by music, with bugle solos and watch
men's horns, or with cock crow and
cuckoo calls.
The center is occupied by an artis
tically decorated and illuminated
chapel,. whose doors open every morn
ing at 9 o'clock and bring to view a
congregation of worshippers, in the
Schwarzwald costume, who file past
the altar amid the strains of a cho
ral. Once every hour the figure of
Death appears at the left side wing,
and figures representing the four ages
of man pass by him, at the same time
the twelve Apostles are seen passing
before the figure of Christ in an at-:
titude of iblessing. At the right of the*
portal, above, is an idealized repre
sentation of the four seasons, and be-.
neath, morning and evening, six Ca-.
puchin monks march slowly to the ac
eompanimnent of chimes and the chords
of a choral, from their picturesque
forest hermitage to the church.
The time is marked on the clock:
face in the upper pArt of the central!
space. not by ordinary hands, but by
figures which spring out at the prop
er moment, and two angels strike the
changes on melodious bells. Below,
as if in the ~side aisles of the church
the strong and carefully constructed
mechanism is visib)le in action: at the
foot is an astronomical tellurium, and
at the gables of the side wings two
large faces show the time in Calcutta
and New York, as compared with the
central European time.
The whole structure weighs 5200
pounds and is valued at 50,000 marks.
Most interesting and original, it ex
hibits the great intelligence and in
ventive gifts and the wonderful per
sever-ance of its maker.
Angelo's Verdict.
Once a painter notorious for plagia
risms executed ai historical picture in
which~every figure of importance was
copied from-some other artist, so that
very little remained to himself. It
was shown to Michael Angelo by a
friend, who begged his opinion of it.
''Excellently done,'' said Angelo,,
''only at the day of judgment, when
all bodies will resume their own limbs
again, I do not know what will become
of that historical painting, for there
will be nothing left of it.''
What makes life dreary is want of
~oti've.
MANAGING HUS.ANDS.
Some Eighteenth Century Ideas on
This Interesting Subject.
Most quaint is some of the advice to
women contianed in an old book pub
lished in1737. The vohune describes
itself as "all infallible Guide to the
Fair Sex. containing Rules. Directions
and observations for their conduct and
Behaviour through all ages and cir
cumstances of life; as Virgins. Wives,
or Widows, with Directions how to ob
tain all Useful and Fashionable Ac
complishiments suitable to the Sex.''
If the lady's husband was choleric she
was told how to secure her own way
by dexterously ''yielding everything
till lie begins to coll. and then by slow
d(egrees she may rise and gain upon
tie Mait.' or "when other Remedies
are too weak. a little Flattery may be
admitted, which 1 beino, necessary,
will cease to be criminal.'' With a
covetous husband. pride, ambition,
vanity, anger. kindness or even a dose
of vine may be expected "to open or
enlarge his narrow min.'' "The
wife 's business must be to watch for
critical moments, and not let one of
them slip without making her advan
tage of it." And a wife may be said
" to want skill if by these .means she
is not able to secure herself in good
measure against the inconveniences
this scurvy Quality in' her husband
might bring upon her." All the frail
ties of poor. erring husbands are here
set forth, singly, in plain, unmistak
able language, neatly docketed. each
Nvith..the receipt f6ir cure, appended
thereto.
There are other interesting passages
in the same book. Of spinsters the au
thor says: "An old maid is now
thought such a curse as no poetic
fary can exceed, looked on as the most
calamitous creature in nature. Modes
ty and obedience, though necessary to
all, are yet in a more eminent degree
required here. Tlheir Look. tii*
Speech, their whole Behaviour shoul li
own a humble distrust of themselves."
Concerning amusements this: '"The
reading of Romances seems now to be
thought the peculiar and only becom
ing Study of young Ladies. It must be
confessed their Youth may a little
adapt it to them when they were child
ren., and we wish they were always in
that event as harmless.''
Of another vanity: "Ther is also
:mother great devourer of Time-we
mnean Deessing. Sure 'tis allowable
upon :a soberer account that tho:,e who
design Marriage should give them
selves the advantage of decent Orna
ments and not by the negligent Rude
ness of their Dress bely Nature and
rend~er themselves less amiable than
she has made them. But, all this be
iggranted. 't will byno meansjutf
that excessive Curiosity and Solici
tde, that Expense of Time and money
too, which is more used.'
An Unscarred Veteran.
Some of the veterans tell me that
during the war some soldiers had pre
monitions of impending fate in bat
te-could be seen in the faces and
demeanor-while others felt that they
would escape the casualties of conflict.
Mr. Joe Quattlebaum belonged to the
latter class. He was in service dur
ig the entire war, and in those four
long years was at home only a few
days. He always believed, however,
that the enemy had never made a bul
let that would hurt him, and so it
turned out. He often heard their
music about his ears, and sometimes
hey passed through his hair and clo
thingz, but he always came out of con
lict unseathed. Hie participated in a
great many skirmishes and battles;
and one day at hiome while at leisure,
and thinking of his war experience,
decided to make a record of a part of
that experience. Accordingly he pre
pared a list of the engagements in
which he figured; and the date when
he entered service and thie time when
he came home after the war. The
writer has seen that list anid it is a
long one. His children feeling a just
and honorable pride in the soldierly
achievements of their father, have
framed this memento of chivalrous
daring, and it now hangs in Mr.
Quattlebaum 's home.
We are proud of the loyalty and de
votion and unsurpassed heroism of the
Confederate soldier.
B.
The small steel screws used in
watch-making are worth six times
thir weight in old.
NAPOLEON'S ESCAPES.
Reckless of Danger, the Great Soldier
Was Often Wounded.
In reply to the question in what en-:
gagements.he considered himself to
have been in the greatesr danger of
losing his life Napoleon once said,
"In the commencement of my cam
paigns.-" Indeed, if further proof
were demanded to show that he did
not spare himself at Toulon it is only
necessary to add that during the ten
weeks of its seige Napoleon. in addi
tion to a bayonet wound in his thigh,
had three horses shot under him, while
at the siege of Acre during the expedi
tion to Egypt he lost no fewer thai
four in the same manner.
During the last days of his lif'e.
when captivity. disappoiniment an1d
sickness had well nigh completed their
work. it is said that the agony of his
fatal disease drew from him on many
occasions the pitiful cry of. 'Why
did the cannon balls spare me'
During his long military career Na-,
poleon fought sixty battles. while
Caesar fought but fifty. In the early
part of his career he was utterly reck
less of danger while on the battlefield.
and this spirit of fearlessness contrib-.
uted largely to the love and esteem in:
which he was held by his armies.
There was a curious belief among the
English in Napoleon's time that he
had never been wounded, and indeed
the report was current that he care
fully if not in a cowardly manner re
frained from exposing himself. Noth
ing could be more contrary to the
truth, for he was in reality several
times severely wounded. but as he
wished to impress upon his troops the
belief that good fortune never desert
ed him and that. like Achilles. he was
well nigh invulnerable, he always
made a secret of his many dangers.
He therefore enjoined once for all
upon the part of his immediate staff
the most absolute silence regarding all
circumstances of this nature, for it is
almost impossible to calculate the
confusion and disorder which would
have resul\ted from the slightest re
port or the .:mallest doubt relative to
his existence. Upon the single thread
of this man 's life depended not only
the fate and government of a great
empire, but the whole policy and des
iniy of Europe as well.
SHE HAD HER SAY.
A Girl's Revolt Against an Award
Of Valedictory Honors.
New York Press.
"I think the greatest shoek I ever
experi'nced and the biggest revolt
against my discipline occurred when I
was teaching in a country high
school.'' said the schoolteacher. "It'
was in a school where the valedict'
honor was awarded by popular vote.
of the school, a most unjust method,
by the way. but one to which I1 was
forced to succumb. The girl who re
eived the most votes was by no means:
the best scholar. and the pupil who
ranked highest in scholarship was~
plainly indignant.
"Every boy and girl in the class
was obliged to write and read a grad
ation essay, and it was my task to1
look these essays over and aid in the
rewriting of them. The pupil who'
ranked the highest in the class hand
ed in her essay to me with some defi
ance, and in it I found some refer-'
ence to the valedictory honor being
rightly hers. I cut it out and told her
plainly that nothing of that sort
should go into her paper. She agreed
to leave it out.
"The graduation exercises were
passing off splendidly when it came
her turn to read her essay. She had
a facile way of writing, and I was
proud of her, but when she reached
what I knew was 'the conclusion she
stepped forward a little and proceed
ed to deliver two pages of regulation
valedictory. She bade farewell to the
class, the school and the teachers, and
of course we could not stop her. It
took all the sails out of the chosen
valedictorian, who followed, and after
the exercises there was much wailing
and hot words. We couldn 't do a
thing, as the sinner was now a grad
uate of the school, and we had no
right to punish her, but it took me all
summer to get over the effect of such
a stunning performance.''
A laugh is worth a hundred groans
in any market.
The shepherd 's crook does not make
the crooked sheep.
NATAL AUTOGRAPHS.
Sign Manual of the Child that Does
Not Change In Life.
There is born with everyone of us
and continues unchanged during our
lives an unfailing and ineradicable
mark or marks, which absolutely dis
tinguish each one of us from every
other fellow being. These physical
marks never change from the cradle
to the gTave. This born autograph is
impossible to counterfeit. and there
is no duplicate of it among the teem
ing billows in the world. Look at the
insides of your hands and the soles of
your feet: closely examine the ends of
your fingers. You see circles and
curves and arches and whorls, some
prominent with dee) corrugations.
others minute and delicate. but all a
well defined and closely tr-aced pat
tern. There is your physiologieal
signature.
Run your fingers through your hair
and press finger tips on a piece of
clear glass. You will see all the deli
cate tracing transferred-not two fin
gers alike. Even "the left hand know
eth not what the right hand doeth."
They are distinctly different. Even
twins may be so little different in
size, features and general physical
condition as to be scarcelv distin
guishable, yet their finger autographs
are radically different.
In fact, in all humanity every being
carries with him on.his baby fingers
and his wrinkled hand of decrepit old
age the identical curves, arches and
crieles that were born with him. Noth
ing except dismemberment can oblit
erate or disguise them. Criminals may
burn and sear their hands, but nature.
when she restores the cuticle, invaria
l bringa back the natal autograph.
Both Were Barbarous.
Professor Starr, the famous ethnol
ogist. was in his humorous and whim
sical way accusing women of barbar
ism. says the New York Tribune.
"And she is not only barbarous
she is illogical and inconsistent.'' he
exclaimed.
"I was walking in the country one
day with a young woman. In a grove
we came upon a boy about to shin up
a tree. There was a nest in the tree
and from a certain angle it was pos
sible to see in it three eggs.
" 'You wicked little boy,' said my
companion, 'are you going up there
to) rob that nest ?'.
" 'I am,' the boy replied coolly.
" 'How can von?' she exclaimed.
' Think how the mother will grieve
over the loss of her eggs.'
"'Oh, she won't care,' said the
boy. 'She 's up there in your hat.'
As a man 's brilliant future grows
shorter his unbrilliant past grows
*'mger.
Light from above is for the path
below.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given tha~t we will
mak3 a final settlement on the estate
of Jacob Singley, deceased, on Tues
dlay, the sixth day of March, 1906, at
11 o 'clock, A. M.. in the Probate
Court for Newberry County, South
Carolina, and will immediately there
after apply,for a final discharge as ex
ecutors of said deceased.
Geo. S. Mower.
J. C. Singley,
as surviving Executors of the last
will and testament of Jacob Singley.
deceased.
Newbery, S. C.,.
January 29, 1906.
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