Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1887 — Old Clocks. [ARTICLE]

Old Clocks.

The old bi- ionly thirty hours, \i...• . w: in notion by a weight u-.i .. ito a ea;;iu which passed over a eating spikes' in the groove, v* 11 i* Jd i :1 tju- links of the I -"-i 1 w -! r o drawn up every .1. inti b set km of the lor., p ...i ..... . ; seemed to have assumed au:-. .- n character. Catgut was sv.os.itutau Via ■ chain, and barnas pv-rc in iron' - - - : on which tue c ... tgnt wa-f-p, :v-ff. .. gy atop 1 h of iifit) be in,. <’i!ipioycti, clucks were made to w for eight 3..-S instwdof thirty b* at-- ■ .:i uv. A:..)' . c, - •' i j)t ... ; . 'f 1 - * . . 1* upright clock cases, which were often made of ornamental woods and enriched with hue marquetry. The earlier cases were made of oak and walnut, the mahogany cases being of the following century, when that word was introduced. — The Arab and His House.—The Arabians never beat their horses; they never cut their tails; they treat them gently; they speak to them and seem to hold a discourse; they use them as friends; they never attempt to increase their speed bv the whip, or spur them, but in cases of great necessity. They never fix them to a stake in the fields, but suffer them to pasture at large around their habitations; and they come running the moment they hear the sound of their master’s voice. In consequence of such treatment these aninials become docile and tractable in the highest degree.' They resort at night to their tents, and lie down in the midst of the children, without even hurting-them iu the slightest manner. The little boys and gnds ara ofL-n seen upon the body or reek of the mare, while tile ! id: v dinna inoffensive and *.rfuless, po: muring them to play with and caress th ■ a it! out injury.