Clocks In The Earthquake

Tlit! must ourioiis oircutnstanoe connect¦d with yesterday morning's earth([uake was the stoppa;e of all the pendulum ilookl liaugiiiL' ajia'mst eastern walls, showdjx thit tüe rfbratton was north and south. - hanging aguinst othcr walls were ífecteu. 1 11 the jewelry store of Charles Beêl thcrc ia it calendar clock whicli on Saturday night was about flve tamul fast. It was iii}osslble to put the ïainlsback uitlioutdissarratiirin tin; gearlag, and the only wuy n whieh It could ulat'd was to turn the hands forward until they inarkcd the rifht time. As this procesa requlred about minutes, ind was exceedinjjly tedious, Mr. Haas wlicn lic Lefl at '.i oYloek stopped the pendulum, intendins to rtgulatc the clock the following diiy. Thefiirtlxiuake savctl hiui the trouble. W'licu he come, lo his store esterday morning tlie tirac pieciticking away likea pawn broker, and what is still more remarkable, was correct to a MroiuV Solomon was the first man wlio wanted to part tlic liair in the mídale.