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BELLS WITH HISTORIES

The Whitechapci bell foundry was
founded So year: ago To-day il
continues TO turn out all kinds Of
bells for every part Of tho world.
y representative OF Answ"ta WAS
taken over the foundry b. ono OF the
managers and told many interesting
things about bells The foundry start
cd in Essex street. Whitacnapcl, in the
year 1870. and In i73S removed to the
present site at 80 and 80 Whitech1pel
Road. East
1t would FL column. at least. TO
give even list OF the famous bells
cast At tho foundry. but these include
"Big Een." Mt Westminster the largest
bell ever cast in London wcirhIut:
nearly fourteen tons; Great Peter" OF
York Minister. nearly eleven tons. and
Great Tom" OF Lincoln Cathedral.
which. although only about ave and
one-half tons, was heard. when FIRST
erected. no fewer than thirteen miles
distant.
Bow Bells," Chcapside. came from
this foundry. The tenor bell is two
and onc-cighth tons in weight. 1t was
cast in lI3S, replacing tho former bell
OF 1908, and then peal OF ten bells was
first rung on June !. 1892, the birth
day of King George III.
Tho clock bells Of 81. Pauis too.
which arc still in use. wer" made here
and erected in 1909. or these, tho hour
bells weigh five tons.
The largest bell ever shipped from
England IL the great bell OF Montreal
Cathedral. which weighs eleven tons
eleven hundredwc!ght.
Bells OF st. MichncI'S.
A curious story attaches 20 the peal
OF bells made for 81. Michael's. Charles
ton, In the United states. They were
partly rcCast from n former peal mado
in 1864. which twice suffered from the
calanitIcs OF war. First, during the
War Of Independence, when the peal
American merchant redeemed tho bells
was seized at the capture OF Charles
ton and sent to England. wh.nc. an
and returned them TO their church.
Secondly, during the civil war. when.
after being removed to Columbia, s. C..
for safety the bells were involved in
tho burning OF that city. All the metal
.rccuvcra bic WAS subsequently returned
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The Voice of the People
Disappearing SundInI.

10 the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--Speaking of sundia!s calls Ia mer,orv
an oid instrument OF this kind that used to h.
IN possession Of my family. II was !lnnort cd
IRON Scotland certainly carly as 200 by my
great grandfather who q Scotchmau n nd
was placed on Il post in the garden OF his home
Jcrdone Castle In Louisa County vo Hero
~ pointed out the time OF day TO The inhahi-
tahts or this stately manor for many many
wears, but suddenly disappeared and for lon.
PERIOD or time It's whereabouts was unknown
Many years after Its nlysterouT disappear
hnce church in Fredericksburg was yeD.ir
or taken down. and under this building was
found the missing sundial. AS IT had the
name of the original owner Francis Jcrdono
and also the name OF its home county. Louisa
engraved deeply across it's face, it was easily
Identified and promptly returned. ana once more
where 1t remained unmolcstcd until the disso
luton OF the family when ii fell heir tn one
or the daughters and was removed to her home
i'll Orange County.
Here was where ! first saw it, and /, was
then looked on as great curiosity as sun
dihls had quite passed out Of style. Blu: fate
had dccrccd that this ancient time tuarlser
should mako another change and so once moro
1t journcycd back to Louisa County but IN :,
new home, near the courthouse here | renewod
my acquaintance with il, but since then IL has
disappeared again. and whether 1t adorns a
collection OF relies in some foreign land or Ia
gone Into seclusion again IT is impossible 10
80
But wherever il is. unless il has been greatly
name II bears. / r. ITR D0N1.
Providence Forge Va. November o. 1915.
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Aristide BRAND

striking word picture of Aristid,
Hriand. the new French premier. who is
now being called the Lloyd George OF
france Is given in a recent number OF
/. P.'s London Weekly. Tho new
premier and minister for foreign AFFAIR.
~ "a discovery OF VI. Clemcnc.au. and
was the lattcf's proteSc Clemenceau
Is mo strenuous hard hitter the re-
horse!cSs adversary BRAND is all
S"ppicncss and Cancellation. He has an
extraordinary gift of dIsarming oppo-
Sillon. C!emcnccau rcvcls in opposition.
ne is as Keen in throwing hand grcn-
a"eS as any trench fighter. Yet there
Is n quality OF loneliness common to
poth. Neither inspires great friend
ShfpS. Briand's great achievement was
when general strike was threatened
ana had begun with the railways Tho
poStmen joined in. ana for week
france was cut off from the rest Of tho
world 1t was then that Eriand broke
the movement by calling up the railway
men as rcscrVistS. They responded
promptly. and the strike was over He
IS n maker OF phrases. When called
up ~ the Socialists to account for
having settled the strike by military
means stretching his palms toward tho
benches from the parliamentary tri-
hunc. he said with dramatic emphasis
There is no blood on these hands"-a
hloodlcSs achievement that won tho
hearts of his fellow
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to tho foundry. TO form part OF q new
peal OF eight bells.
inc pric. Of IA peal Is. OF course. de-
pendent on the number Of bells. their
SIZE and the market value OF copper
and tin at the time of the transaction,
but anything from f6o0 $4,000 10
sl,5O0 $4,000 can be paid for eight
bells In the former case tho tenor
Del! would weigh about 100 pounds
ana in the latter a couple Of tons
Al tho time AnSwcrS's representative
visited the works tho new peal OF boil,
for tho Church Of Waryracc the
Thames (Which was destroyed by nr.)
was In progress OF manufacture and as
much OF the old metal As possible that
mad been salvaged was incorporated In
the new bells. which bear very appro-
pirate inscriptions In relation 10 ire
Literature Of Its own.
There is 4 literature all Of its own In
regard To bells. Among those which
Mesa's, Mears & Sta!ubank have :.
record OF as having been cas-, on bells
MADE by them may be mentioned the
us" Of the Latin from the psaIma:
Laudat" Domiuum in Sanctis Ejus.
7" Dcum Laulamus.
sumo D!nltttS Servum Tuum Domino in
Pace.
While in the mother tongue one nnd.:
fralse Him Upon the Wcll-tuned Gym
balls.
Praise Him Upon the I.opd cvnb,-
Rejoice With Them That DO Rejoice
and Weep With Them That Weep.
very few lines must suffice.
10 come TO The more mundane fea-
'nrc OF the actual making OF a bell. =
The shape aud curve OF the desired
bci! having been decided anon after
careful calculations. tho next step IS To-
have "templet" made OF that shane
inc tcmplet' is wooden pattern. for
the purpose Of shaping the molds
TWO moIds are required. AN innc-
Cphc ana an outer case. These ar.
HNcd together, with a space between
and the molten metal is run II, rror'
IN" furnace and left 10 cool. The inner
cone Is OF brick and Joan. which give,
mo SNAP" OF the inside. and the not.
OF mo bell depends upon this being
car't u!sy modelled. London Answers.
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News Of Fifty Years Ago
(From Newspaper Files, Nov. 81, 1S65

Fortress Monroe. now chiefly Interesting n,
Ds .he place OF Imprisonment of jefferson
DAVIS is garrisoncd by three compa nies OF Tho
Fifth Regiment of United States regular artii
,sIE' "ilnonsh General Nelson L. Miles Of the
volunteer army, is still in chief command
Tho correspondent of the baltimore ,;,yo,,.
writing from Fortress Monroe saws; MIR Ua .
WIS. since his incarceration here, has twice had
ms mar cut The first time General Miles took
possession OF the hair which was cut from rho
hi'insuishcd gertlcman's head. On the see
nna occasion Mr. Davis gathered up the shorn
locks and carried them his cell Soon an
orderly from General Miles came dashinr m
ana demanded the hair. but Mr.. Davis had al
ready destroyed it,
inc same correspondent also relates tho fol
loving: Mr. Davis is allowed to walk on the
rainparts. and has been for some time mas,
Recently some ladies. who friends of Cen
Graz Miles and arc visiting his family at uuar
,trs' nave teered Mr.. Davis while he was on
ms walks A few days ago he ga W them most
ing themselves on the rampant at point where
ne would necessarily have pass them Mr.
Davis stopped. lighted cigar and then turn
ing around, walked back The ladies must no,
nave liked the fumes Of the cigar smoke Al
any rate. the next morning General Miles is
sued an order that Mr.. Davis was not to DO
allowed any more cigars"
CARRIER & Co. have contracted with all OF
the railroads entering Richmond for tho trans
mission OF passengers and baggage between m.
dcpots and hotels. They have purchased buses
carriages and baggage wagons for the nur
pose. Wv P"'
ihe Tennessee Senate has passed by a small
,, p.e INC hoodthirsty resolutions dema ndinE
- '.o'" vi Mr. Davis and other prominent
Commemorate officials and generals.
Twenty-Five thousand tons of anthracite co,,
oHered at auction in New York yesterday caused
, me price to fall 81 per ton. the selling price
being now sl2 per ton.
heavy snow fell in Philadelphia and New
nork Yesterday None fell in Washington and
richmond was blessed with n beautiful Indian
summer day. ~
George w. Swepson. a wealthy North Caro-
Imam, Imam mas obtained charter for national
hank to be established at Salisbury. ~ C
some Of the many burglars. who have been
opeth.ihS on such a large scale in Richmond
recently must have moved to FrcderjrI, shur,
ihree stores were robbed there night before
last
LONDON papers arc harshly crlticizine Prcs-
dent Johnson for pardoning John Mitchell Thcv
seem To see In it 4 spirit OF antagonsm to
Great Britain.
Malor-Gcneral Frank Gardner. late OF the
k'chmond is now the local editor OF the New
Orleans Crescent
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lust what I mean by going home
to ones mother, in its larger sense.
liz perhaps little difficult to define.
Yet surely, IL must be = very universal
experience. Have we not all at some
time-often following n period of con-
fusion and stress of circumstance
suddenly experienced that deep sense
of finding ourselves where we belonged ?
sense OF rcstfulness, of home coming,
Of general rightncss and wcll-d doing ?
IT is sloughing off Of the noncsscn-
tial and the trivial, and 3 shifting OF
the spirit into deeper and simpler chan
ncls. u pause. when i'm the midst Of all
this mad dance OF time and circum
stance one gets sudden, charging
glimpse OF truth and OF eternity
Atlantic Monthly.
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The Dnrkiiur Thrush

| lcant upon coDDicc gate
When frost was Spcctcr-Gray
And winters drcgS made dcsolate
The weakening eye OF day
The tangled vine stems scored tho .kv
Like strings from broken lvres.
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had sought their household fires.
The lands sharp features seemed TO b.
The century's corpse outlcant.
Ills crypt the cloudy canopy,
Tho wind his death lament.
me ancient pulse of germ and birth
Was shrunkcn hard and dry.
Ana every spirit upon earth
Seemed fcrvorless az l.
Tie bleak twigs overhead
IN iul-hcnrtcd even song
or JOY illimltcd s''
an aged thrush. frail. gaunt and small,
In blast bcruiilcd plume,
iiad chosen thuH TO ning his soul
Upon the growing gloom
SO little cause for caroIings /,
or such ocstatic sound
was written on terrestrial things
Afar or nigh around
That could think there trcmbIcd
through Iut
Ills f"ppy good night air
Some blessed hope, whereof he Knew ~
And l was unaware. 49,,
Thomas Hardy,
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
Calling 1t or,

IN Germany. where war prevails
foiRs hnd they have to trim their sails
TO war-times changed conditions;
Nhen scarcity becomes acute.
Ihcy always find q substitute
They're good Mt transpositions.
instead OF flour made OF wheat.
Potato -four now they eat,
Ana some declare they like IL;
k'a' butter. high and hard to trace,
ihcy seek with ardor TO replace,
And some wise man will strike H.
Newspapers. when their news is dead.
Are cut in strips and used instead
ot cotton to make lining;
They're fine for quilted coverlct;
STUFFED in pillow, you can bet,
They rest the brave, reclining.
Roast acorns ofttimcs masquerade
AS coffee in the cafes made.
Md loyal Germans drink il:
l'ut urged to take bogus smoke,
IheN'll not appreciate the joke
Let no official think il.
fooacco made OF cabbage leaves
No honest smoker Ger deceives--
lie scornS the base pollution:
Nich fragrance from NirGinia's soil
Is what men need to swcetcn toll
There can't be substitution.
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Newcomer Report. to the Gu,d.

Newcomer had become interested in the domes-
TIC aiairs OF the guide OF Capitol Square. lie
h.d suggested that he the guides wiz, it'll
view OF bringing about peace. Guide was
waiting in hiding place when Newcomer
appeared.
saw your wife. as promised" said New
conner she said If you would only follow the
example of some good husbands she knew there
would be no occasion for any further trouble
Then she spoke OF a Mr.. 6"
mat teller? Why. he is dead ONE
Yes, so your wife stated. She said n. was
such thoughtful man: that he had his life
insured and then loafci along the railroads
until ne was hit by engine and was killed
ana mat Mrs ;. Got the life insurance and
me damages from the railroad company be
sides"
HUN Well, after all tho damage she's done
me. don't believe any railroad would nav her
ANYTHING on that line l reckon the war will
go on"
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Tinted I'OIyEnmy.

The old negro had been arrested for
"having more than one wife," the last
woman being the complainant. He
happened to be we'll known locally and
an orderly character.
'lIow many wives have you had?"
demanded the Judge.
six, Yo' Honah," was the reply.
why couldn't you get along with
theme" the judge insisted.
We'll, subj de fust two spilled tho
white folks clothes when dey washed
um, dc thud weren't no cook, de fo'th
was des nacherly lazy, en- de ff-fll
tell you, Judge-the IF. She
''Incompatibility," the court suggest
ed.
NO. Yo' Honah," said tho old negro
slowly. 1T worn't nOthin' lax dat. Yo'
jos couldn't get along wild her unless
yo was somewhar's else.'--Case and
Comment.
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Rome Was Not Built I'm Day

Z DUCATORs are not immune from the
IL human weakness OF inconsistency. They
tell us in one breath of the great progress OF
education in Virginia. and In the next bewail
the fact that we are hopclcssly behind the
times. Ii is difficult to reconcile both of
these statements, and the evidence OF our
senses leads us to believe the former: all
through Virginia splendid schoohouses are
being built.
Nevertheless we cannot wonder that the
educators demand greatly increased appro-
priations. Being idcalists they desire an
ideal educational system. But in this time
OF adjustment to the new tax system the
Legislature may not be able to give them all
they want. Comparisons between educational
appropriations in Wisconsin and Virginia are
not very opposite. Virginia has had great
burden Of debt to bear. with rather slender
resources, and the wonder is that she has
done much as she has in the cause OF
education
Eventually, our school system Will be as
good as any in the country, but we cannot
expect everything TO come at once.
The steel mills OF the country are already
booking orders for the third quarter OF 1916
Tho midsummer iceman Is pauper compared
with steel magnatc
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Why the Horn Went Toot.

OF course, the names arc fictitious, but the
story Is true. out on enc OF the highways lead
Ing into Richmond is Il sign which, as oririnallv
painted read follows:
SPEED LIMIT SIX MILES
AN HOUR.
BLOW YOUR HORN
The smart boy Of ncighbor took brush
ana paint, and. after working the sign for
some time. il read
SPEED LIMIT SIN MILES
BLOW YOUR HORN
AN HOUR.
That is why Jinks stopped and footed until
hciShnor Einks had him arrested, and links
was fined 50 for making nuisance of his
blower
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Lights on All Vehicles nj Mint

\ CTOMOBlLISTS have been so lcctured
a and legislated against that the public
has almost reached the point of thinking
there can be no right on their side As n
matter OF fact some of the present laws and
ordinances are unduly severe on motorists
This is notably true of the provisions con-
corning the carrying of lights at night.
Every automobile IS required TO display at
least one headlight and tail light Recent
legislation forbds, and wisely, the use or
searchlghts within the city limits Yet no
horse-drawn vehicle is required to show n
llght either in front or in the rear Horse
Drawn vehicles are supposed to make enough
noise in passing over the streets to give Dedes-
TRANS sufficient warning, but that noise il
rarely loud enough to put the operator of an
automobile on notice. And if the horse
drawn vehicle happens 10 be standing stil
IN one OF the badly lighted streets an auto
mobilist stands u very good chance of smash
ing 1t and his own car, through no fault
OF his own.
There would seem TO be no valid reason
why Council which IL attacking the quest ion
or traffic regulation with considerable zeal
should not adopt an ordinance recurring all
vehicles using the streets at night to be
lighted adequately
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No Peace Juuhct Tor Stuart

r ONERNOR STUART shows his accus-
NJ toned sound sense Ill ieclilius tho invi-
taton OF Henry Ford - become = member
OF the peace iunket: that IS, 70 steam 10
Europe on Il vessel chartered by the autouo-
bile manufacturer. TO set those boys out of
the trenches by Christmas Day sud have them
back in their homes The Governor OF Nir-
ginia Will not become party 10 any such
naive ahsurdity-and. OF course he IS right.
For Mr.. Ford TO think OF peace, 10 consider
peace terms and 10 endeavor by all we'll
considered means TO turn the thought OF the
nations away from war IS SalUtary and appro-
pirate, although even this has not seemed TO
us particularly promising OF benefcent re-
suit To gather amiable ladies and gentle
men from the four quarters OF America and
send them TO brandish palm leaves in the face
OF warning Europe is well-intended, of course.
but 1t is none the less ridiculous
Governor Stuart has no difficulty in under
standing that he can have place in this
mad enterprise. Ii it should ever become APP
propriate for the United States to intervene
with peace suggestions, the duty and respon-
sibiity will rest with the national admins
tration al Washington. The Governor OF a
State could have official connection with
the tender OF good offices. but the current
European misunderstanding of the American
system of government might we'll lead TO fur
Their and highly embarrassing misconcep-
tons. should group of Governors actually
undertake 10 carry out Mr.. Ford's project
The Ford mission must be unofficial 1t
is conceivable. if Mr.. Ford should induce a
sufficient number of well-known Americans
to join him, that the Foreign Offices OF Lon
don, Paris and Berlin might be induced to
give audiences TO the delegation. but the
diplomats who did the listening would be
moved either to anger or TO mirth ii they
managed TO suppress their resentment and so
confno their attention to the merely humor-
business. they would hear with tongue in
cheek the cali to lay down their arms
1t is gratifying that Governors OF other
Southern States have seen this matter in the
same light as the Governor OF Virginia.
Craig OF North Carolina. and Brewer OF
Mississippi, declined the invitation as soon
as ii was received. Their example will be
followed generally
Mr.. Ford is great manufacturer OF auto
mobiles, but his success in that field seems
to have blinded him 10, those human limita-
tions from which he is not exempt No man
can stop the greatest war the world has ever
known by sending visionary agitators TO
Europe. Peace will come when one party to
the conflict offers terms the other can accept
III no such offer is made, the war must go on
until ii results in the exhaustion OF one or
both OF the alliances. No amount OF indi-
Vldual eXpostuatiOn, however bcnevOlentlv in
Spired, can alter that situation.
students OF Purdue University are pro-
hibted from having nght-shirt parades.
What sort OF system OF education is that
which DrpScrihps what q ctuIan, eb,I, ,,.o,.
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Now that the Methodist Conference and the
BAPTIST Convention have both pronoupceo ror
real prohibition in Virginia." says the NewDort
News Press. there is nothing for tho Joris
ia.ure 10 90 but to give 1t. for these two great
reiiGious bodies represent majority of III,
ltw-abdinS citizens of tho Commonwealth :.
That does make the work Of the Legislature
lighter. for Il fact
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-27

sorS james ana Hy$lcp snd Sir Oliver Lodge
entered the heli, Tho world awaits the en-
animation W SpirituSliSm by scientists with
great Interest, In spite ot the matcrialistic
tendencies ~ Gar sSe. mankind holds pas
SionatCly ~ the hope Ni survival after death.
What chose who have lost faith in dosmatic
religion desire is scientific confirmation OF the
immortality " the ScUi,
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We shall know better What the conference
between King CoNStsU;ine Sud Lord Eitch-
onor amounted ~ when We learn whether in
leaving he took his hat on the hall tree OF
his own accord W whether Queen Sophia sent
her laCkey III with IL
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Our Priceless Roles

IF the Legislature at Its coming session takes
definite action as TO a new State building
for the stray departments now scattered
around Richmond. it would do we'll TO pay
attention to the building plan suggested in
the Educational Conference. A freproof
State Library is really needed and the cree
ton of such building would permit the use
of the present Library and Supreme Court
quarters for Office purposes Al present the
archives of the State. the most valuable
manuscript collection in the country. except
that owned by the United States government,
In no little danger. The New York
archives wero partly destroyed Il few years
ago: 1t would be just as easy for fire 70
wipe out our own papers-relics OF the
Colonial and Revolutionary past-and all the
wealth Of Cathay could not replace the loss.
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A peek through the kcyhole TT Athens war
rants the surmisc that the Grecian bend has
hoo 1ipIt I've .f,l,. sod
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, u do not care for toy and game"
Young Beacon Stre"tcr said;
TO me ii seems perfect shame
10 let them FL ones head
That they must have some use know
At least. must suspect
Perhaps their charm is not below
The childish intellect"
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blind Justice.

Grubbs-Do YOU think every man gets what
he deserves in this world"
Enthusiastically not. Why, there are lots
Of penitentiaries that not more than half
iuil and just think OF the disagreeable men OF
Your acquaintance who are still bachelors
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-27

King Constantine OF Greece pries ev-
cry biscuit open with n fork NOWADAYS
to see If the kaiscr's sister. Sophie, has
slipped spider into it.--Louisville
Courier-Journal.
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Here Is the way it struck the Tidewater
democrat: Thanksgiving dinners and feastinEs
generally. such as have in old Essex OH that
Wy arc such as TO make us wish that every
day could be Thanksgiving Day. were q not
Tor the fact that wo must reckon with our
stomachs and the grocers"