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Show THE HOUSE i.UUK 01' ST. Ml' IAS CATUEDRIL, This is a mot Important Item in tho work coi.m-eted with this ma;-ulllcx-ut "truetun-, mys Hie" London Carpenter and JIutliicr, and Is all dobeumlt-r tlio suiM-riiitciidc-nci of tin-clerk of the wurkr, who has a little o 'lieu down in the cryr.t, auJ llr. It. It. irt-on,tlif Drui.'i uistr, u ho can well rememlvr ho- that, wlieu the I)uu of Vc!liliflon was hurled there, the tiotrse-work was multiplied some liuuiltvdfold. for It tisik altogc-tlu r six wettfi to jiul up aud ta"e down the wo-jcleu galleries ercx-ted ou tlialoccsloii. Tliereare continually tunic forty or fifty mu.hau.C3S werkmc-u, and cleaiiersc-aijilujeit within the sacred eslifiet-, for there is always toine-lliltig toine-lliltig to be done 111 renovating, ck anin?, and the lll.e. Iitstofall t!ie!-teri Iiavt to be kej-t white and clean. Though water isfcltiom used, they are Ix-iut; iiice&saullv- swept, fur tvnlrh Mime thirty brooms an neIed, and pome to dozen ail-, to Kiy uoUiirx of huniirtiN of dii'ters. The whole of the Hoot is swept three times r. week and llioruigliH w allied once a mouth. It would take -is men twenty-fiwrlioun to clean the whole breadth of fit. 1'aul'H cut it Is uouu bit li bit Ave leoj.le working at it dy by Usj until it is fluisheil. "miiic of the clean rs go dwn on their Itand? and knees In the traditional ttyle. tutue'i wit broom flrtaiid dry up with another. The windows are cleaned once 'i year, and the w hole vi jm- tiulldiii); from top to bottom is aeo thoroughly tleaused onco in tliestme iieriod, gauirs i.f rcliir le'.nt; riung up in l-ktb nlit away into tLe great domc.w Iilh. tlsey lookjllke dulls itli their bruims and t.ruslies. There i a little piece of ll.wnu,; w hit'h emilo i tlio t-jle attention of one man, foritpo.fitsof itTiJ pieces of oak cleverly inlai 1 without the aid of a ungle jieg o.- nail. The ui'iiiuillenls inut la kept du-led. Half a dozen assistants go the round of them once in three mouth'. Ktcry monument is. lilted, li-lted, including tbu-e upstairs and in the cryjit, where, by the way, the lielloHs u-d for blonlii); the great organ are placed, w orkeil b a gas tiigino of tnree liorxvower. Never J. ujsttr or broom is applied to the ball, which will ImlJ twelve jiermiis aud w eiglis 5S00 hm. tireat currents of air pass through and saetheUbor. Itut it tiktaa lonj: time to dust S"M chairs, to noliiing of great forms representing auother 2M heats. Tlio value of the witktrihain- Hour CUhAt. Il takts one nun andiour to ignite ill the gas jet witliin the Imikling. Tiie gas meter is piacea ouisiue me lnil!jiusf'r,'s',-lJ- AuA.li.er lm.wrtant item in the houseAore I. t.'ie heating of the place and the willing department, for tliereare lOmetlilng ll'ie Jiw sur-plio, sur-plio, ami at least sixty of theu are Heeded every Siindaj. As a rule they are washed once a month by contract. When not in ue thct liam; in immense wardrobes. Tiie j-t-fcs; of catlictlral -uri'Iicc i so jjnat that numerous applications are made for the loan cf them. An ej c, too. lias to be kept on the Moves In t.iB inter months There are, eight of Ihim, burning nearly near-ly a ton of toko a tlay, and tticy are Mtusted under tiie cryiit. 'Hie Lig coko cellar tf the cathedral cathe-dral i.ivteiils a aooij Mock in tin. caW weather, for t'tc rlns never go out, and a stoker watei'cs then) dv and night. At nighttimr, too. a "watchman walk his lonel round-." As soon as the cathedral ioots sro t loted for the day, the Ieairncn:yr.ces that the guardian guard-ian of the night h -t iisiKi9t.and oejmrt- conleuUsl. Nor mut the winJnitJ up of the tloek be ucgltctcd. This work, which i afco a matur of contract, is done dully. It take twenty miuutef, uctany too long when it is riiutruUrs-d tlist the clock-work governs a timepiece w itli two taevs eaihof which is 37ft in cinuinfer-in-f. Tiie minute land in each i Htt. sin. long, and wejjh-. Tollrv; the hour hand oft. 'Jm- long, and weigh -5 libs, l . en the h-Hir liiuri-s art 2ft. S" In. 1-1R-". I'-K- I U"--length of the .a lulum; tiie weight r.ttliebott ni u l,!!Uf. It ljat thirty tliuejt in a miiiute. 'Jinn; S-a S-a little xalJ'!I,l,1R to do wiil. aud that is undirtaken by the Cer-jKiratloii Cer-jKiratloii of Iowlon. Jlut what of f,niiug the (iSiteons the cathedral p'2eou, of whli li tin re are over iVir Some twentr or thirty oi tnein. which Inhabit the soutli tide, are fed bv the Item- 1 1 rgi-r, w hi.-t theothere.which never Join in ilh those led at the etliednl door a. e looked alter by thopubli'-. These pigeons U lheiregp,luthe inns and w itliin the foldn of the stone robea of the statues outside the liuikiing. and so numerous an army ar tiiey that their eggs are often destrr.1 ed. Tney oftcu enter dunug a service. A fe Sundays ago when the big vet doors wtru thrown open, two of them Tew in, and i-uc-rsfully avoide-d bolus tSBgl't until the service .vxs quite flui-iied. A1:A,icaf A'cir. |
