The daily Alaskan., 1911-12-29

taught mankind tlsg iupUan et eel ebratinE his holidays heasel throltc3 bells will obey tbis injunction at tGe midnight moment waieh usar6S tne passing Of lAi into 1912
 Every bel. every chine. every peal come it from brass Cr StecI oT EiasS. sounding in EeaauoIs beauty Ia the silence of uica;. marks the osseFvanye or custom that raoS back ua' less than facsn oeaiGy,e
 Eiae o1i lha old year. ri.- 1 ,he nev. is ne. 3rgIse Co -e '''7. .e win mere mise guo.sgs sv ". F1- ther Ti.c- s l7 se 'ltn b.S strosH.;aae. a tgu,y w piaE identified 1Gta s,E-r u. tac t..t.-g 2 a.i- seryan. es of tja aa.eh.
 From rsao.-=t yu Eitr 'e n'e- ed part iu ref inas worship D.
 the fesSs or Osiris w.s aEg"r "l D. the riuciGg oF tei,~, Arra1 a'aH ".l g Jewish hiEA pr.a,,s nr.iy n.f ed to theiy ves.ucu.s in ,,-" ..H priests og C~bec U.. '-.-
 NaaN~a HI.f. NNsN-"hn camps arG larriscas. and 'e uHst solemn moment in The ritual os tac Catholic church is ore CGtd lg Inc ringing of silver chiEscd bells
 Pauinus, bish0p af NoA. in;roiu cd the bell into the Christian worship in the year 4O0 A. D.
 The first bells were made in Cam psnia. hence the term camPauHc or bell tower.
 The adoption of tte bell into the services or the church soon gave tae chimes the comtorter'S olHce in the minis of the deyout In their Timp.c faith the vorshinerS believed thai con secratcd bells bed the power to pre- vent s-0-ls. To drive away eyiI spirits and to bring repose to the sufferer
 The dirnc1 fo0cru~ucr of the New Year bell is what was known us the passing bell This was ruug ot the death Of believer Tn theory devils troubled the expiring patient.
 Rat the pcals or~a coDsecratcd bell were believed to possess a potency that Che most malignant of devils could not withstand. hence with ev- cry death thc ringing or the holy reils exercised t''e evil spirits and assured the soul a happy passing Into fature untroub'cd peace.
 From this ancient custom developed easily and naturally the habit of ring ing out The old year and ringing 'n the new.
 Centuries have passed. thousand years. and sHU 500 more have been numbered since the first New Yesr was hailed hy the music af tuned brass. but mau stin finds the custom beautiful and comforting. and l@l2 win lle sa'u-ad by more rc0's than any Of It's predecessors.
 The hcn most favored Is made of tin and copper In the reign of Henry E. experts decrged that a bel should have two narts of copper and oEc of tn. When Nr. I.aysri made his famo1s iu veStigatiou of the rH,HS Of Njucyeh he found beautifully toned bells where The rrouori1a was ten nsrts of copper against one of fin. Later experts have decided that four to one Is about tho right proportion Experiments have also been uade with bells of brass, German silver. real silver and gold. Some made of steel were shown to have a bcautifuI tone, but deficient from the fact that it could not be sus- taired. Glass bells Of great thickness give out an exquisite melody, but the material iS ioo brittle to withstand the constant impact of the clapper
 So most of the bells that greet 1912 will be made according to the formula of four parts copper To one part tin. The most famous of the bells that ] have greeted New Year arc now si- l fenced for rll time. One is a rized relic of the worlds greatest antocracy; the other Is worshired Weneuto ot : the stmrrle for liberty that launched i into cztstenoe the worlds mighuest re public.
 The e-oa; hen of Moscow. now lo- gafed in 'le Eremlin. WAS rast in E-s4 It WIS the design Of its makers l that 1t sboad fH the air with a vol ume Of melody that should make it ! world famous. In both height and d. ] ameter this colossus Of bells Is twenty ' one feet lt weighs l9S tons
 But how vain is the planning of mankind is proved by the tragic ca reer Of this monster Of sound. Only ] for three years did it toll forth the be ginning Of the new year. Cast in ] lT34. it remained in Its place dn 173I ! Then E feH during a fire and from it's l great weight sunk deeply into thP earth.
 For exactly one century it was per miued Co remain buried.
 Then ft vaS raised. but the eXca- vators found in its side a gaping hole, where a great piece had been broken out. No more should the bell ring ] But they raised it, placed i, on a solid foundation. and it now forms the : come of small chapel made by ex- ycvatinc the space beneath H Now, l though it may DO longer ring in the new year i' can hc the sanctuary Tor ! the New Year prayers of the Gaithful
 Every New Year eve citizens Of | Philadelphia gather around the shrine . or lsl,a~+v Tn1pr-ert7rnrp hall to hear