Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — THE WORK OF SIX YEARS. [ARTICLE]

THE WORK OF SIX YEARS.

A Curious Clock Produced by u Got* nan Artist, A eurious clock has been made by a clockmaker at Warsaw., Germany, named Goldfadon, who has worked at It six years, says an exchange. The clock represents railway station, with waiting rooms for travelers telegraph anil > offices, a very pretty, wellllgl orm, and a flower garden, of which Is a sparkling ar water. Post the rallm the Hues. There are xes, signal lights, and act, everything that be«ty station to the smallof the central tower Is il l- «i shows the time of the place; uni clocks In the side cupolas show the time at New York and Pekin, and on the two outermost towers are a calendar and a barometer. Every quarter of an hour the station begins to show signs of life. First of all the telegraph official begins to work. He dispatches a telegram stating that the line Is clear. The doors open and on the platform appear the station master and his assistant; the clerk Is seen at the window of the ticket office and the pointsmen come out of their boxes and close the barriers. A long line of people forms at the ticket office to buy rickets; porters carry luggage; the bell Is rung and then out of the tunnel comes a train rushing Into the station and after the engine has given a shrill whistle, stopa A workman goes from carriage to carriage and tests the axles with a hammer. Another pumps water Into the boiler of the engine. After the third signal with the bell the engine whistles and the train disappears in the opposite tunnel; the station master and his assistant leave the platform and the doors of tho waitingroom close behind them; the pointsmen return Into their boxes and perfect stillness prevails till In a quarter of an hour, the whole is repeated.