Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-30
The Emperor He'll at Berlin.

hO DOiiAo VI liz
London Telegraph writes: The grea
' bell (Kaiser GIocke, or Emperor Bell
has been cast for the third time. It
final preparation and cooking must
have been a tremendous busin. s.. A
huge gulf was first dug IN the ealth,
wherein the stuffing upon which .ht
, inside of the bel was to be moulded
was soidiy built of particular So. ! oi
masonry. The size OF this brick aud
mortar receptacle may be estimated
by the circumstance that fourteen full
| grown men can stand com ,ure;ihIY
under the bell. When the stuffing was
finished ana hardened, clay De.i vas
constructed Ov IT, of the exact dI.
mensions to be- x ven 10 the m~tai bell;
the coats of arms and fiorid ,rla IL e.
| tations of various descr pt:snis " re
modelled upon this clay by the resp c.
tive artists, and the Inscriptions IiN+'ti
upon It i'll letters made OF wX Il s
false bell was then besmeareI with
! grease, aud the mantle was aga II
superirnposed upon 1t, of clay Wei
| wOrded mp with calves hair 10 bind It
] we'll tUEeth r. As soon ~ the III u
/ tie was completed 1t Was lifted
| OFT. the false bell removed, and tho
mantle replaced il exactly lis former
position with the most minute cHie
aud precision, ii hole being lei: IN j4c
apex through which to p8ue TIE bod
ing metal into the vacuum between
stuf1iog' and mantle The tuiuace
wherein the French guns OF which the
bell IL made were cooked CONSUMED
300 cWt. of coal, and burned fu,Jou,ty
for twelve hours, melting down aud
artlstlcaiIy stewlng 10 less than tUen-
ty-two captured cannon, some Of which
were field pieces of the Lo.ns NV.
period and were taken from the French
Royal forces during their campaign ia
til PaiatInate. When the tiuld nlt.t..i
!. suiting from tin. gtand brew ii ur-
f;i!ers wsIs 'Gurneu oI, IEtO thu mould,
Of the casting. it flowed + eel, ana iu-
ces essantly for tweutY-Dipe uIuutes ere
the form was iutl to the 5riin, auh
took three weeks to coo Dlaenluar- /
s,ssed OF its MANTLE TIE dimensions /!
of the bell are as follows: II feet II |
height, l feet III diameter. % let in !
circumference; its weight j. - t,I~, |
and its clapper weighs Is cEt -
Alt the other bells of Cologne
Cathedral put together do not wejg" rs
much rs this monster, to rug which
thirty men Will he required. lie
a -abesque, above which stnltd =.
Peter, wuIlst beneath IL j. ii u t.:s-,t
the tscutcnepu ut ths. Gem .n r~..,u.
The inscription la wo! ae1 ill tie Latin
tongue, as are IA coupl-, nf diS,tcu2. n1
the opposite side, Ia, h may H. traue-
lated, 1 announce tr the propic with
my voice a heavenly nnee4oga, .-ou.e
are aroused by it aud cljisre ia esgeriy.
Thou who opens st tEe h;sl,z of The
temple. moved thcleto by my v,.ce.
open DIT the same tirI-, thou h-Av- rly
porter. the g,;tes q. Il a,en!! 4 G,r-
man inscription runs, tran@late2, as
follows: My name i IL Emperor
Bail: celebrate til" Enperor'a ho4or;
[ stand o. Il holy watch-towor, and
pray 10" the German tzEI I5iro-tl.:t
God may grant il petce aud >s,n.i >.
Tue kalseF-G!ocs1a viii be husg < a. In
the old belfry, under the prescott peal,
until the cathedral shai be haisbed.
aud all the i've bells COMPOSING t.:e
complete peal viii be lttiuIte.y sns
pended at an elevation Of 200 ie.,t
above the cal hedrai square