The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-05
THE WORLDS BELLS.
CAPABLE OF MAKING A CHAIN OF
SOUND AROUND THE GLOBE.


There is chime of bells which, If rung
one after another i'm longitudinal scale,
would reach around the world The bells
hang in different countries and have each
separate history. This, told chronologic.
ally, would give "a record of the world for
the bells reach back to the early Egyptians
and the days of bondage. Taken separate
ly they mark historic epochs.
Our own Liberty bell Is one of the
chime 1t cracked ringing for independ-
ence-that blessed crack that is its proudest
marking-but its sound is still sweetest
music. Before the moment il cracked for
JOY that bell could be heard far and wide,
and its peal easily reached the outskirts of
the young republic of which it was the
proud spokesman.
Spain has "A bell that is its prophet Ii
is its soothsayer oracle and guide This |
bell, the famous Villola, has hung for cen.
turtles in the historic castle, keeping watch |
over the nation.
1t is the most celebrated bell in Europe
though not proud or handsome. Its fame
rests not so much upon its notes, though
these are high pitched, soft and clear, nor
upon its size, for there are other bells in
Spain much larger, but upon its person
atty.
1.-The Bells of the Tower have been
noted for centuries as having q power of
their own ring out, wild bells, " means
that the bells have it within them TO tell
terror And "Chime, We bells" means
they can speak for joy. The bell ringer
does the best he can for them, but it is
true the bells add force of their own.
The Villela is a Spanish bell that for
years has foretold any impending trouble
TO the nation When the father of little
Alphonso died. the Villela began tolling :
in the night and tolled until morning
light. In the ten years Cuban war the :
bell struck awful tones on the nights of
defeats. And when great fires have touch. .
ed the castle and sickness or instruction U
threatened the throne the Villela has lift {
cd up its voice in sudden, loud warning.
Russia has a coronation bell 1t Is the ?
largest in the world and weighs 500. 900 u
pounds. Its sound has never been bound
ed, and 1t is said, like the emperor's voice, y
TO reach TO heaven. 1t hangs in the Krem- 81
I'm Ii Is the emperor's bell and is rung
only in honor of him. At the coronation it d.
pealed forth as the emperor entered the vi
church, ana Its voice announced the con "
cluslon or the ceremony 10 the whole of u
Russia. The coronation bell is rung by a L
bell ringer blessed by the emperor the head
Of the church. The bell ringer does no 9th
or work and is always on duty 20 tell the
important events in the family of the en- 81,
peror. al
He is pensioned. He rings when his GO
majesty goes TO church, and in case of the W
ieath of Russian monarch the Krcmlin 80 80
bell tolls constantly between the death and VI
he time of the funeral. Ca
Since Russia is the home of bells T. is SUI
NVs,1t ftt1 sl..~ l..
argest unrung bell in the world. This
lell now makes u building in the Krp,. Us
H. it was east two centuries ago. but
vas found too heavy TO remove from the u
,it. IL
The Russian monGrchS one after anoth- pr
r, tried to have it lifted. and hundreds of M
ives were sacrificed in the shiftinr mir Of nio
ana. FINALLY fate interviewed A raging uet
re broke out and heated the bell i'm the III
10 quantity OF cold water flowed in 'nd
ROUND IT, and great piece, the size of n , ued
oor' was broken out. The Russian Ei.,y In
hmtdiately ordered it lifted TO a tc,lc..l tho
hu se5 within the krcmlin, where Isl. VI
Ihcumes used rs Il temple Its wall u3e
ieet thick, md it is 20 feet high sho
Inc dearest bells in Franco are tho eve
ngeus, made famous hy Nillct. and Inc
'Is or Notre Dame. Millet'ason still Yes you
tne ltVlc home Oycrlooliiny the ono
lurch where the Angclus bell han-s.i and gen
cry night he gees out 20 hear il toll
me the peasants bow their heads and Woi
Y prayers. The bells Of Notre D,,no INV. .'rI hav
e largest bells Of sweetness in the world
ne of them weighs 30, 900 pounds Tho am
aker who cast il would never disclose
secret of its loud, sweet tone. espe
The japanese have the largest bells bpt corr
crudcst So unskillcd are tbcv that You
any OF them will not ring, and so they
obuterated from the list of bells. The
50 Dclis are mixture of copper and tin 81
IN ~. o hammer one-twentieth the weight the
INC Dell The japanese bells, even if up
50 correctly, have too small hammers Ola,
Jhey are cast 70 sound like tin. and tho | th.
MINER does not strike roundly. One Of mac
'se, the Little Giant. has never boon ran,
lghed. IL is said to weigh comparative. foot,
lltJle, being of some light Japanese met. mvs
pu1 IL Is 80 feet across. 1t Is used Co an is dc
uhce births and deaths in the roval fam are
lts clapper Is small, elongated affair feet
W strikes with "a double sound. and the mta,
lrd. "'ie" III TIn.
ne Dell OF Notre Dame in Montreal is men
largest Dell In America but not the near
80. ms "Itrlputc Is claimed by the from
gest bell of Trinity's chime in New sbon
TX, which Is so surprising i'm it's delica. caus
ana SO penetrating in its purencss that yras
ana poor alike stand all night in ali ,3n
/, -. nor 10 ring In The new year ting
most Indictment weather never kncns
IN away, and so dcmonstratiyc do thrv q.
letimes become az its sound that Trim
5 rector has once or twice forbidden w
chime to ring at midnight IL IS cast s she {
. fat N''' mat
ne countries Of Turkey, Greece. italy o ~ pe
Egypt have not many famous bells one
IS are not i'm good repute there from ~ sl.e
Iact that criminals wear them around 80. -.
neck and lepers are strung with them. S dau,.
the temples the high priests decorate w -
robes with small, jangling bells. and IN ~
Is another reason why bells cannot o o,.e
me common. In Turkey they are con or a
uousiy unpopular and that country IL I I'.'ii
only one that positively forbids the -. go :,
ing I'm OF the now year with bells b'S "
ne llrst New Years chimes were rrng a.. a..
ngland in 1900 and so quickly did tho ." ''e
OF them travel that soon every cori
Oh Europe had chimes. America hls
most chimes of any country i'm tb. Foi
a. ana few cities Of the United states Centr
nave their Ginning bells -Cincinnati sian {
al Ul.ft. .