Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-09

built by Ivan the Terrible. This tower 10
five stories high and its golden dome rests
in the air 800 feet above the ground. I
climbed to its top this morning and took a
look over the city. .
A vast ocean of green trees and green
houses seemed to move up and down in bill
lowy waves below me, and out of this sea
rose the golden spires of hundreds OF
churches. There were thousands upon
thousands of trees and the roofs of all the
houses were painted green. / could see the
vast dome of the Church of Our Savior near
the river, and the Moscow dragged its slug
gish course like black snake in the form
of the letter S through the city below. Be-
yond the citv 1 could see the smokestacks
of the factories in the suburbs and Just un-
der me was the triangular walled space
known as the Kremlin. This contains about
200 acres 1t is paved with cobb.estones,'
ana its massive wall is entered by five gates.
Each of these gates has a history, and one
is known as the gate of the Redeemer, or
the sacred gate. 1t has famous picture of
the Savior above it, and every one, from the
Gar to the peasant, takes of his hat before
passing through it.
I. Where All the Cars Were Crowned.
In that church there all of the Cars of
Russia have been crowned, and in the
treasury to the left are the thrones of all
the Emperors of the past and the historic
Jewels and the choicest plate now owned by
the Russian Crown. There are 5000, 600, 900
gold and silver and precious stones in that
treasury, and there are basins of gold there
which are as big as a baby's bath tub, and
two card tables of solid silver which are
worth Kings ransom. There are in this
tower two bells of solid silver and the bells
of this tower of Ivan the Great are among
the most wonderful in the world.
Russia is land of bells. Every village
church has its sacred bell, and there are,
more than 1000 bells in this city of Mos
COW. The biggest bell in the world lies at
the foot OF this tower, and, though it is
against the laws, 1 took photograph of it
this morning while the guards were not
looking. posed young Russian upon it
while l snapped my camera, and had an
other photograph taken with myself stand
ing beside it. This bell was cast in the
fourteenth century, but the tower in which
it was hung was burned again and again,
and when it fell about 200 years ago it was
broken into pieces 1t was cast In a larger
size, and it is said that the ladies of Moscow,
in a frenzy of religious enthusiasm, threw
their Jewels into the metal, and this rem
dered it so imperfect that that.when.it was
rung a great piece broke out of its side. 1t
Fell 10 t2e grOunQ curing g. lire WnlcQ Oc-
CURED about 150 years ago, and it has never
been restored 1t now stands on, granite
pedestal, and it is IS. big as q two-story
house.
The Largest Bell in the World.
1t is So feet in circumference, is two feet
thick. and the piece which has been broken
out of its side is taller than a man and you
can walk into the hole where this piece was
and You find yourself in sort of bronze
tent. The piece lies on the ground beside
the pedestal, and though the bell itself is of
dark green, this piece has been SO polished
by the people leaning against it that its
edges are as bright as a brass breastpin.
This bell weighs more than 200 tons, and 1t
would take,400 good horses to pull it if it
could be loaded on wagon. The biggest
bell that strikes is in this tower OF St. IVAN
1t is only half as large in size as the bell at
the foot of the tower, and. it is, I Judge,
about 20 feet high and Is feet in diameter.
You could hardly put it in the average cot
tage parlor, and 1t has tongue which
weighs hundreds upon hundreds of pounds.
1t takes about six men to make this tongue
strike the bell, and tried to push it from