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Show KOREAN BELL HAS HISTORY. CiJId Cruelly Sacrificed to QWe Mellow Mel-low Tone. A quccrly shuped gong, which occu-P?3 occu-P?3 n position Of honor In tho con- t tv of tho city of scout, Korea, Is stl to bo ono of tho lnrgcst In tho w-Kld, and Is called "tho bell with thu wall of a child in its voice." When llia cast tho bell sounded with a htirsh nnd crocked note, nnd tho superstitious super-stitious omperor, fearing an HI omen, consulted with his tnnglclnns. These guntlcmcn held a long confab, nnd Really stated thnt Uio boll would V'2-Si"'i gsg - - 5ZSS cvV'''':-w rV'' .VI It- Mi never sound right until n llvo child was given to It. Tho moss was then melted again and a llvo baby was thrown Into tho molten metal. Tho wall of agony uttered by tho Uttlo tot ns tho bronzo engulfed It seemed to bo repented every tlmo tho bell was tolled, nnd to-day tho Koreans still claim that tho wall of a child can bo heard In tho volco of tho mctnl. |