Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1919 — The Strassburg Clock. [ARTICLE]

The Strassburg Clock.

A correspondent writes that It Is not at every hour that the procession of the twelve apostles makes the round of the famous clock 8f Strasshnrg. says a London paper. Thar takes place only at midday by middle European time. The quarters of each hour are struck by the figures of a child, a voting man. an adult man - , and an old man in their order, while an effigy of Death appears and strikes each full hour. Many marvelous astronomical phenomena are also shown on the clock, which automatically regulates itself at midnight an the last day of each year. It la not generally known, by the way. that a model of this unique timepiece can be seen any dav by Londoners In the Hprniman museum at Forest Hilt?