Show I 1 the famous belle bella of the world Ili Iti snot improbable that tubal cain the sixth tu ili desce descent tit from ad pit A an an ni ili brass and iron iran may have known 0 of 0 tile art of 0 making bells I 1 achurch b ells bells originated io in italy being iu r formed by degrees out ot of uio tile cymbals and in small acl j n 4 1 11 et i j 6 u ceremonies of tile the fast iii s a mems ot of honoring lh the gods Althou although mh first introduced lit in the fourth century it was not until tile 4 sixth irth c connorr cut ory that they were suspended in the roofs of churches tho the hours of the day clay were first ordered to be struck by pope sebas to announce to the hie aco time for singing arid praying k pelts ocic were often antt anil consecrated with great pomp the priest anno inting them vinh nith oil washing them with water and making making the si sin sign n of jhc cross lit in the it ame of the trinity iley were named ns as early carly is as the great bell of the lite church at rome being named by pope john XIII in ili honor h of him belf alf I 1 the largest interest v bell in the world is lit in moscow of c bells it was F cast byth order of 1 anne in it is 21 feet tour four indies inches in height 22 feet five fire and a half inches lit in diameter where the clapper strikes its circumference at tho lite bottom is 13 03 63 I 1 its thic 23 I 1 inches and its bof tongue gul couri fourteen teen feet fea long fifty men were required to ring this monster bell 25 pulling X upon each side irk in 1837 tile czar nicholas caused it to be disinterred from its bedaf bed of saud etwas it was lod lodged W etl during the conflagration of 1737 ind and placed it oh 04 tl the e gra granite lite pet pedestal lestAl where it now rests it was as the then consecrated us its a chapel the entrance to the interior beia being 0 through n p large fracture cauich b by y falling timbers ile rs in ilia fire of the rile value dt metal IN i i it is said that at the lite castil casting lof or of this bell nob nobles ls were ivere present from nil it pails of I 1 europe I 1 ll 11 alio vied with each other oilier in ill hie 1116 value of tle lite silver plate goll gold jewelry find and other oilier motive off offerings crin s which they had cat cast into the furnace furna cr there arc large bells in mol hop cow alone 37 being in one toner whoever ever alnis 1139 visited russia tile the sound of tile the great bells which form iya a part 1 of mhd religious vior worship ship and ana are ar u regarded L by ly tin Kus willi such superstitious veneration the bells of china are next nest in wt st to those of Rus It siar in ili the s of pekin is the largest t bil bell in tile the world to ring t it a huge huc beau is swung 7 against its side there arc in pekin seven bells each chit weighing hill pounds pound 3 at nankin hankin is is a hell bell the weight 0 of which is pounds the rile tone lone of these b bells jils however is ilis discor dmit nit and panny like that of tile itic chille chins EQ tt gongs ollas the bell of st paul paulg london weighs I 1 pounds larit of tile cathedral cat fedial of paris and 0 of of Vic vienna lilla pounds notre dame cathedral Cati cabadi adt lias haw a liell bell 0 er anny ili its n eight being beino 2911 pounds while that of 0 ilia house of parliament c lit in ill london weighs pounds when it Is remembered that tile hie lar largest larest est bells in ili our Atner ican cities rarely rn rely weigh moru more than limn three or four chii expounds I 1 pounds sam tome ilic idea t may lie had of tile volume of tone lonc which belongs to the monster belts belli above described the heaviest bull bell ever ja tile in ill the stale s wis was the alarm alarin bell formerly in the city cily hall lit in new york it weighed pounds in ill 1867 it was broken and recast in ui 1 1 L r ire fire bells alie most celebrated bell in m the united states 13 hint known as alic liberty bell lit in Pui ladelpha it t rias nas imported from england in 1752 crack edby aadal aan nl stroke anil and recast id philadelphia ii by isaac Isanc nori Nord is s on ali alic c ath of july 1776 this bell an all pounced hie signing of lite hie declaration t 1011 of I 1 independence ud lie a it II was again cracked while beine rung I 1 honor of henry clays visit to philadel phill find and since then has been on oil exhibition in independence hallit bears the following inscription taken from leviticus chapter lolli vers proclaim liberty throughout 1 I I 1 out 11 hi I 1 0 land linto all the ilia inhabit theace of f I 1 ilic great rum rom of ford 11 a I 1 potin pounds ds bears lite following 0 curious inscription ill its name in n thorinne cautle desono llin bin lioni bom sine frauds fra tide on oil the largest of ilia three tells placed by ednard III be atle sanctuary tire are ibee words kill king 0 1 nile niu inu alious and wei weight lit and three take ino lown and iley uy met tile ind alid more inore you shall lind find inc on oil a bell in durbia diioli ain cathedral is inscribed to call the falki to thurelo in ill time I 1 I 1 binl I 1 III III 1 anil till uben tile he boda la leaves aves the be evil fujil I 1 ito toll 11 un abell a bell at capley lapley in stafford ahe In gand 11 1 I 1 1111 pull to thee 0 lord to call thy ier lr tc 01 1 in ili church bont 0 shire 1 1 I to the clr lie call and till to lo tile gime till nil 1111 11 alie ile 1 following hill kiy 1111 still be ta tell seen oil oi cinc of the bells belli that thai 1 IL s ung in elicia steeples for C clatur tes acs ics gillella deltej tell by dole fill II knell lell wid iader I 1 bidal I 1 tier der I 1 of be hillers everine ever ine song of alic iscel was com coin nion to tile the c burch bells of the kllc age affa C and it may still ho bo found on oil tile great acal minister of and on oil that of ilia church cli near lu bu vurne roco buos ao 11 guru q loi frango 0 atall call tho living r the deahl I 1 break lightning ia in n tho ilia belfry ut old st iMich acla church charleston carolina Carol inq there is a chime of bells willi arith chich there is quite i bit of fit history tola connected and scicli shi bich cli have lind a more inore romantic career than llian many wore more fatt famous ious bells these bells ciglio in number were ivere impelled from froia 1 it in 1761 14 it at a cost of 1 on tile the evacuation of charle charleston tou in 1782 bunjor traille Tr nills of the royal koyal artillery Artil Ar cry took them docu under tinder tile predence pretence pre tence that they were a military perquisite belon the estry ot of the church applied td lo milt gest gen I eslie to 0 blaye them luem restored on the ground that hut they were paid for by anti and private aap properly rap arly airas was secure under tile te tarnia artus of 0 the capitulation no ans aber er ws waa returned sir ga catle ton it at new cw york h however bici bated the wish of tile hie vestry and ordered the be bells alls xo lo be restored meanwhile at ell they had been shipped to england Englan rl the vestry then applied to IQ the lite secretary of war of great britain linta iii but without success rhey v ecret old and beius bcd by a 1 I clr rhinee generously re shipped by him to lo Charles charleston fori in fai 1783 they chimed their hollowed hallowed thenceforward thence forward until unlit when ch charifson Cha being in a st state a te of s siege lage the they y viere mere removed to 0 o columbia south carolina and delio deposited sited lu in ifil the bouse grounds here they vicria acre klestrow ed in the gainin guinin of 0 columbia february 1865 after the war they were al aitt tent sent to england and strange as it may appear recast li by ia lie ia descendants of the litt original founders anil and returned to their old revolutionary home where ancy still mark the footsteps footit cp of I 1 jile bourl and link with every tone lono the present with willi tile ieni lerest of the past harpers cleople jl eople |