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Show BELLS OF OLD HOLLAND. H Ancient Chimes That Have Delighted M the Dutch for Centuries, ' M From Uio earliest times tho pcoplo M of tho Netherlands havo ko greatly M loved their bells nntl clilmos that tho 1 architecture! of tliclr hclfrlcs and H steeples shows marked traces, of It. ; H Most of tlieso aro of open-u'urk do- H sign, so that tho bells might ho heard H In tho widest circumference, writes M Tho Hagtio coricsjiondent of tho ChK H caco Dally News, lleautlfiil example H of this style can bo seen In the cathe- M (I ral towera of Utrecht and Delft. Sev- H oral of tlio smaller towns possess even H liner specimens, cither In their church H spires or hi tho belfries of watch tow- H era. l.llto tho well-known belfiy of H Momilkcudam, theso towors generally M stood in tho principal squares. Tlio M bells were tolled In case of danger, to H alarm the burglicis, or to call them H toretlier for Important communlcar M tlons. Such n tower Is that cf Bruges, M of which Ixmgfellow clngs: H In the mnrl.et plaro of lirtmes H Sin'uln the l-clfry, old und brown, H Tlir o diH.iuyed nnd thrlro rebullded, H Still It uatoliCH o'er tho tisn. H In Ilulland thcio Is ocaj-egji: a.placo M of lmportanco that does not hnvo ono M or more towers with chimes. The H tunes of these aro changed onco or H twice a year, generally on Now Year's H day. Tills Is so at The Hague aud H Uticcht. Somo places, however, aro 1 not content with this and havo tho M tunes changed oftencr. It is on rec- M ord that In ono town, which had a flue M carillon cast by tho famous Hemony M in 1C77, it was decreed that tho tunes H should bo changed overy fortnight or H at least once a month, so fond wero B tho burghers of their bells. M In n time when clocks wero by no 1 means general tho church bells wero H tho timekeepers for tho biirghcrs. The H heavier bell struck tho hours and tho H lighter bell tho half hours. It these H wero chlmc3 they playod a tuno at M noon nnd another at midnight, whllo 1 beforo tho stroke of tho hour or ill- ' 1 vision of tho hour a part of tho tuno B would bo played. HBa The hiMcrtiitlonH on tho bells aio' HBa generally In lhymo nnd mado to read HJ as If tlio hell Itself U tclllug Its name' HJ aud the history of Its making. Hoi-' Bf land still possesses many of those BHi anrlent botlu, notably lu the provlnco BHJ or Frloslaud. Tho earliest authentl- IBf catcd hell Is that of Krommenlc, cast BBj In loDfi by Hodolphus do Montlgny. Bf Most hells now In cxlstcuco were, M however, cast In tlio fifteenth, sir- Bv teenth or seventeenth centuries. 'HBfl Tlio reformation brought a change, BVJ In tho naming of bells. Tho Catholic VJ saints wero forsaken, and only Dibit- BJ ral or woildly uames wero nllowcd, BBJ r,-lUo tho Inscription also breathed ' B o'.i.cr vlowg, as can bo seen by coni-J HBI paring the bells cast In tho seven- BBJ teenth century with those of earlier BBJ date. Those on tho older bells have. BBJ a purely icllgious significance, while, BBJ tho later ones refer to worldly sub-, 'flVJ jects, as, for Instance, tho famous boll BBa at Ilr.m, which recounts In Its la- BBJ scrlptlon how It burst in 1GGG "bo- BJ causo It had too loudly poaled out lta BH Joy at tho victory of the Dutch fleet BJ over tho Kugllah." M |