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Show f BELLS OF OLD HOLLAIeD. Ancient Chimes That Have Delighted the Dutch for Centuries. From the earliest time the people A the Netherlands have so greatly kiied their bells and chime that tho architecture of their belfrle and ste. pies hows marked traces of IL Host of these nro of open woik design de-sign so that the bolls might bo heard kj the widest circumference, write The llsgue corroiondent of the Chi sago Dslly News lleuutlful example of this style can bo seen In the cathedral cathe-dral towers of Utrecht and Delft. Sev rl of the smaller towns possess even finer specimen, either In their church tfilr.a or In the belfries of watch tow ere Like the well known belfry ot Monnlkindam these tower generally stood In the principal square Tho belli were tolled In case of danger, to alarm the burghers, or to call them togi tber for linrtnnt communion, thins Mm h a tower Is that of ltrugos, 4 hlch Umgfellow sing' In Hi, mirk, i H f llrunrn Htmiiti Mr tMlfrv nM nnd tirown, Thrl.. ! ir,nl slut tlirlee rrbulMni, Him n ii ii' or the town In Holland there I scarcely a plnco of Imiiortam e that doe not have one or more tners with chimes. Tho luiu-s of these are rhnnged onco or twice a war generally on New Year' da) Tlil" l o at Thn llaguo nnd I'trecht Some places, however, nro not eon'i nt with this and hava tho tunes changed oflener It la on roc ord that In one town, which had a fine carillon cast dv tho famous (lemony In I r, 7 7 , It was decreed that tho tunes should be changed every fortnight or at least once a month, so fond wcro the burghers of their hells, In a time when clocks wcro by no mosns genual tho church hells were tho timekeepers for tho burgher. Tho heavier hell struck the hour nnd tho lighter hell the half hours. If theso were chimes they played a tuno at noon and another at midnight, whllo before the stroke of tho hour or dl kUinn .if the hour a nart of thn tune would be played The Inscriptions on tho bells aro generslly In rhyme nnd made to read as II the bell Itself Is telling Its namo ami the hlstor) of Its tanking. Hoi land still tiosscsscs many of these ancient bells notably In tho province ol ttlealnnd Tho earliest nuthcntl cited hell I that of Krommenlc, cast In 19'" h) Itodnlphu do Montlgny Most bells now In existence wero hswever. enst In the fifteenth, six teenth or seventeenth centuries The reformation brought a change la the mining of hells Tho Catholic alms were forsaken nnd only lllbll cl or worhll) nnme wcro allowed while tho Inscription also breathed other vtows, as can bo seen by com larlM tho bells cast In, tho seven teeiila century with those of enrllct dite. Those on tho older bells havu a purely religious significance, while tVmVitcr one refer to worldly sub 7oU,ns, for Instance, tho famous bell at Him, which recounts In It In Mrlpdon how It hurst In 1GCG "bo cause. It had too loudl) lienled out III Joy ti tho victory of the Dutch licet over 'tho Kngllsh " |