Show ahe SHIPS BELL t I 1 cloudy ident fled with tie whole career of tl e innel t lieutenant john M elscott U S t writes an article for st n W at Is etolil ly tl e bell in which ae edys j Iso thing a ship so closely identified with 1 cr tl hout her whole career aa tho ship a bell officers an 1 crew come and go masts feals engines and boilers income old and are replaced by hot from the day that sl e first glides into the water th E line ship i bell remains always a of her progress all over tha world and finally gong down aitu her to a lonely grive at the bottom of i tl e sea or surviving her is u cherished 1 cr existence ai 1 achiever ments on a man of war tl e bell s usually inscribed with 1 cr and the date of 1 er launching in 1 aa probable that it my borne day a a glorious history tl e bulj is often tho of special care M casting or selection sometimes nt of who kiive luit ship fach a silver coin to lo 10 melted and molded into a bell which shall be tl 0 token of their loo for tl 0 object of their creation and their interest in her future career of ten the people of tl e city or state after w ich a mil of war is may pre pent to her a magnificent bell abely ornamented and inscribed with words of goodwill and good hii 1 ei fauch a bell la etl with ceremony after tl e sl ip goes into coin chips belli in gei er il are made of broi ze hlo er bella tl 0 a edition of sihar in tl cir composition gives tl cm a peculiarly clear and musical couo tl cy are placed in such a tion on tl e upper deck tint aliey may be 1 card froia one en 1 of tl e ship to the cr n 1 are 0 bally near tl e or at tl 0 brei li of 1 0 foie castlo one peculiarity exists in a ship bell winch la ofir en account of her at oi 11 0 toi gue is 1 ung go tl at it can swing only one diorec tiou if it were not so 11 0 bell would bo continually ring UK as the ip roll ed an 1 pitched alio llio direction n ml ich the toi gue can swi ig is n cr ant point it iii tie bell wo ill it every 1 eni loll 1011 of the an I 1 if it were foie iu 1 aft tl e bell boull rn g at ei cry deep j itch in h the toi ue can is way around be tween these two |