The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1888-07-28

hoiokol, which, according TO the in.
scripuon. was cast i'm 1888, was In the
earth lo3 years, and was raised BY the
Emperor Nicholas in 1886. 1t seems
never to have been actually hung or
rung, having cracked in;the casting.
IL Ia used as chapel. 1t weighs abou,
100000 pounds, its height 10 feet 2
inches, circumference 60 feet 9 inches,
while the weight of the broken piece.
which forms the door to the chanel.
weighs eleven tons. The second Mos.
COW bell, the largest in the world in
actually. use, weighs 1928 tons. The bell
at Marking weighs twenty-five tons, al
olnutz seventeen tons, Notre Dame
seventeen tons, and Big Ben, of the
Westminster clock tower, thirteen or
fourteen tons. Two young noblemen
We're leaving the Parliament building
Just few minutes before twelve
o'clock. The conversation turned on
the length of time il took Ben" to
strike twelve. One Of the gentlemen
offered to bet ten guineas TO one that he
could run from Westminster to Black
friar's bridge (about half mile) while
ben" was performing. The bet was
taken. The performer stripped for his
task, and. as the first stroke broke the
stiffness of the midnight air, he sped
away on his errand. The scion of
nobility won the race and the stakes
by two strokes.
DIR. Reeves Lusk described, in 1850,
st. Patrick's bell, preserved at Belfast,
called Croc an Eadhachta Phatraic-
1.-The Bell of St. Patrick's Will" Ii is
six inches high, five broad, deep, and
adorned with gems and gold and silver
filagree work. 1t is inscribed 1901 and
llO5, but is probably alluded to in
Ulster annals in 5j2.
In the little sanctum at Westminster
Edward III. placed the bells for st.
Stephens chapel, around the largest of
which was cast:
King Edward made NEE thirtye thousand
weight and three;
Take me down and wey NEE,
And more you shall fynd NEE"
The great bell at Peking, which
weighs fifty-three tons, is suspended in
n tower in the rear OF the Great Bell
Temple, at Ta-Cung-tz. II is made Of
the purest metal. II is oblong in form,
eighteen feet high and fifteen in diane
ter and weighs $4,000 pounds. The
entire surface, within and without, con-
tains 1000 square feet, on which an in
scription said TO have been taken from
the Chinese classics-chietiy prayers for
Internationally executed all over the
bell, rendering it choice work OF art.
Its pure tones would be greatly i'm
proved were it struck properly. A huge
wooden clapper, the same as for those
beautiful bells in Japan, is used and
struck from the outside. 1t can be
heard for miles, but is never allowed TO
peal forth except on occasions of drouth
or great private or public distress. 1t
is an idol, and the Chinese believe that
the rain god presides over it. The
priests and attendants believe that
when it is struck the attention OF the
god is called, and fearful food may be
the result. When urged by a party OF
travellers TO ring the bell all entreaties
avail nothing, not even the almighty
Mexican dollar. As an excuse the
priests attempted to force on the tray
elers' credulity that not long before
lawless set of young Americans were
there, and, defying their remonstrance,
struck the bell themselves, and that
the first peal shook the whole
heavens and brought down such a
torrent Of rain that everybody fed
in utter CONSERVATION at the result
A curious legend is related of this
wondrous bell to the following eff
feet: The Emperor sent royal edict
that n bell, perfect in tone, should be
cast in honor of the gods. Several at
tempts were made but failed to reach
the standard of perfection, when he be-
came enraged and threatened the life of
the designer, who implored that he
might be granted one more effort. His
only and beautiful daughter, knowing
the imminent peril of her fathers life,
and witnessing from day ~ day his ag-
ony. besought the gods 20 learn the
cause OF his defeat, and was told that
the blood of fair maiden must mingle
With the ore, and then it would be per-
feet. She treasured this as Il secret in
her own heart, but encouraged her IA
Their in final effort, and watched with
him until the metal glowed in the fur
mace like a molten mirror. Suddenly,
seeing her own fair face reflected there
in. she plunged beneath the surface, and
the father, who had been transfxed by
the lovlcness of his daughters face, saw
now only her life-blood diirused amid
the ore. which, it is said, miraculously
flowed into the mold.-Sdn Francisco
alta Californian.
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