MS ET as a ae nave Already been management of the wealth of Philadel to obtain the Bell as one » exhibits for that and it seems that the crack in the d commot ry vy alt na expositi rnia with the city on al erty occasion ng, a definite settlement relic ars to 211 is extend] { the question as to whether the id be permitted to be about due, of the nati sonable travel any more appe and just now, when the anniversary is upon us, is a rea nm of the matter Wilfred Jordan, curator of the Ind Hall Museum, measured the second crack the bell’'s last jcurney and then measured it again after its return He found that it had reased in length to a slight degree No one knows just when this crack occurred, and opinions differ; but compared to the old crack it is of recent origin and is dic tinctly visibie. Mr. Jordan, however, was the first to call attention to a long and almost iuvisible extension of the second crack and finds that it now reaches one-third way around the bell, from the end of the old original fracture, which was chiseled out in 1846 in an attempt to make the bell sound properly Putting an end to the bell’'s pligrimages would in no sense at all be due to a disinclination of the people or councils of Philadelphia to allow the west to view and possess the sacred relic even for a short time Indeed Philadelphia would be only too glad to send It, for since the bell has already helped by its travels to lessen the sec tional feelings between the north and south, so it would help unite the citizens of our republic who live on the Atlantic seaboard with those who live on the Pacific Little do either sections realize how intimately the bell is connected with the consummation of our nation, early political {deals and with the fondest of its impulses in Colonial days. This old bronze relic not only helped to proclaim Inde pendence, but for years before 1776 rang loud to celebrate the hopes of the people and rang low to intone their woes! Upon its sides Is this inscription: “And proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.” Lev. 25, 10. A strange Providence indeed wrote that inscription on its crown many years before its throbbing clangors and melodious eloquence had aught at all to do with liberty! Announcing proclamations of war and treaties of peace; welcoming the arrival and bidding God speed to departing notables; proclaiming some accession of the English royal family to the throne and the secession therefrom of the Ameri can colonies! Its more customary use, however, was to call the members of the assembly of Penn- gylvania together at the morning and afternoon sessions and to announce the opening of the aourts, independence discuss second Despite the fact that the Liberty Bell is of the most treasured of national relies, it is not originally an American product, but a foreign im portaticn; and Imported from England, too, it was first cast according to the order given in th the state October, 1751, by the superintender Ivania-—now Inde of the Brovince of nce Hall as Lester of WI the bell, one where iis of Peunsy iite ( “hapel London, cast and by August, 1752, it arrived in Phila delphia and was erected on trusses in the state house yard © While being tolled and tested early in September of the game year it was cracked by the clapper, though by no unusually powerful stroke Concerning this accident, Isaac Morris wrote, March 10, 1753 “Though the news of our bell cracking is not very agreeable to us, we concluded to send it back by Captain Budden. who had brought it from london last August, but he could not take it on board, npon which two Ingenious workmen under took to cast it here, and | am just now informed they have this day opened the mould and have got a good bell, which, | confess, pleasés me very much, that we should first venture upon and suc ceed In the greatest bell cast, for aught | know, in English America. The mould was finished in a very masterly manner, and the letters, | am told, are better than (on) the old one. When we broke up the metal our judges here generally agreed It was too high and brittle, and cast sev: eral little bells out of it to try the sound and strength, and fixed upon a mixture of an ounce and a half of copper to the pound of the old bell, and in this proportion we now have it.” Herman Pass, from the Island of Malta, and Jacob Stow, a son of Charles Stow, the doorkeep- er of the assembly, were the two Ingenious work: men referred to in the above letter. After the second casting of the bell it was agaln hung and tested in the spring of 17563. More defects were soon found, however The American casters, Pass and Stow, who were not bell founders by trade at all, had put too much copper in the metal so that its sound was impaired. Disappointed with that fallure and alse nettled at the gibes of thelr townsmen concerning it, they asked pérmis- sion to cast the bell a second time. Thomas Les ter, the original maker of it, also offered his services, but the authorities decided to allow Pass and Stow to proceed ‘again, and thus the third and present casting was made, and again the bell was raised; this time in the state house steeple itself. That operation was completed by the end of August of 1763, when the American casters were pald £60 13s 5d. for their labors. Then began its chimes, August 27, 1763, when it called the assembly together, ringing out the old, ringing in the new; sounding its melodies for innumerable public and private avents during more than fourscore of years The first individual for whom it rang was Frank: lin; sent “home to England” to ask redress for the grievances of the colonise in February, 1757. yh new The bell echoed the hopes of the people's hearts and its melodious "Bon Voyage” sounded over the Delaware as he sailed away When the planing and splitting mills were closed and the manufacture of iron and steel prod gcts was prohibited by acts of parliament in Pennsylvania and the king's arrow was aflixed upon pine trees and the trade of the colonies in all parts of the world restrained he bell was again i to assemble the people in the state house vard to protest against such ot iLrages Thus did the bell, long before the Revolution, become the beloved symbol of truth and freedom. reinforcing with pugnacious and violent peals, the ery of determined citizens, in the largest political meeting held up to that time in the state house yard, that none of the ship “Polly's detestable tea.” that had just been brought into the port, should be funneled down their throats with par llament duty mixed with it.” When the port of Boston was closed in May, 1774, and the heart of the country was growing heavier with fts affliction, the bell was once more carefully muffled and tolled in a solemn and pro phetic manner, both to announce the closing of the port and, a little later, to call a meeting Ww relieve suffering In Boston on account of the restriction of its trade As the conflict with bell was rung more and more; matter of course, and then, tole England approached the its use became a on April 25, 1775, Battle of Lexington, it rang wildly to assemble all to the cause of liberty. gress to Its dally sessions, both at Carpenter's hall and Independence hall, and, finally, its crown: ing achievement, the one wild, deflant and joyful ringing that, more than all the previous reverbera tions it made, gave it the sacred name of “The 4th, as Is generally believed), after the Declara: tion of Independence had been adopted. of the Declaration, and never did the old wooden rafters of the state house steeple rock and trem ble with more sympathetic vibration than at this time. When returned to the old state house steeple again one of its first uses was to ring upon the announcement of the surrender of Lord Cornwal lis, in October, 1781, and in the following month to toll in welcoming Washington to the city. A year and a half later it helped to proclaim the treaty of peace with Great Britain, and in Decem- ber, 1799, it was muffled for the first time In many years, though not to mourn for lost liberty or over tyrannical deeds, but to lend its almost hushed music to the funeral solemnities of Wash togton himselt. CURRENCY BILL duced in Both Houses. a Number of Amendments Sug tedFrom Different Sources Had Been Made, the ( sired Turned PROTECTION FOR New Regulations W About Oc PULLED FROM ROOF BY KITE. Boy of 11 Years Falls Six Sto is Killed ries And story te when a gale caught his kite and pulled him to the edge of the roof He did not think of letting go of his kite string until too jate to save himself, and he fell six stories to the ground. being in. stantly killed SNAKE ATE CHINA EGG. from the East river Farmer Wondered Why Reptile Seem. ed Indisposed to Fight Newton, N. J--~While hunting {or East Swartwood Mrs. Jackson Rose found a blacksnake colled in a hen's nest She told her who armed himself with a rake and killed the snake, which ap- peared disconsolate and failed to show fight, snake's throat. He performed a sur ship nm back of the head FOULQUIER, AIR-MAN, KILLED. —_— Frenchman Falls 250 Feet While Test ing a Monoplane. Chalons-Sur-Marne, France -- The French aviator, Maurice L. Foulquier, while testing a monoplane for the first time, fell from a height of 250 feet and was killed. Foulquier had been accustomed to a biplane and the ac cident is attributed to the fact that he fatled to realize that & monoplane required different methods of hand line. Few Do “Why Is that man so mt uch in de mand at public ‘Hie knows thy gatherings? words of "The Star Spangled Banne ' High living never qualines one for the } { FY YOU ARE A, TRIFLE SENSITIVE POUL Lhe 3 J U Chan we ot Ease ss Ju #t Lhe thing Eetween anc Devil Advice t« the Innocent ettpr Tree Important to Mothers in ca ul ) t le of for and see that it en, “ 2A 7 74270 lh r Over 30 Years iren Cry for F letcher’s Castoria ro we are ordi nds, are you giranger forbade us to ider’'s conclusion What ecessarily ersation Anything the reporter, BANISHED Coffee Finally Had to Go. The way some persons cling to cof fee, even after thed now it is doing them harm, is a puzzler. But it is an easy matter to give it up for good, when Postum is properly made and used instead. 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A big eup requires more and some people who like strong things put in a heaping spoonful and temper it with & large supply of cream. Experiment until you know the amount that pleases your palate and have it served that way in the future “There's & Reason” for Postum.
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