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Show Till! l.tMIMMtkS I.UIMI. Those who are familiar with the highways and byways, tho Ilia and oula of Ijondon aud we have hundreds, hun-dreds, pcrha a thousands ot them close bj remember and erlmi retain something of an Interest In the old clock In Ht. Tsui's cathedral lhat haa doneduty through ao many generations. genera-tions. It la now to ba taken down and replaced by one of more modern construction. con-struction. This Is pronounced a piece of vandalism generally, aud by aome but Utile less than desecration, and la most earnestly protested against. We learn that the clock, which was put up by Langly llradley in 1709, la In eplendld condition and might, to all appearances, go on for another two csnlurlea without falling t bear accurate record ol tho tasting time. It la a grand old clock, remarkablo for tho magnitude of lla wbiela and the llneneeaol Its wolk. It cost $1000 to build. Itstwodlal plates aroBlfiet In clrcumfereuce, and the hour numerals numer-als are 2 feet and -1 Inches In height. The mtuuto liauda are 0 feet 8 Inches long and weigh 75 xiundseacli, and Ihe hour hands are S feet 0 Inches long and weigh 41 pounds each. The pendulum pen-dulum Is 10 feet long. It Is an eight-day eight-day clock, striking the hour on the great bell, which la suspended about forty feet from the floor. The head of the hammer weighs 145 pounds and the clapper 180 pounds. The Iconoclatm of progress has ono thing, and perhspa only one, to commend com-mend II It It Impartial and strikes here and there alike with tho uncertainty uncer-tainty In one respect nud absolute certainly In another of llghtnltig. Landmarks which aro aacred In aome eyea are nuisances In others, and generally tho htter control tho situation. situa-tion. It took a protest amounting alaioat to an uprising to savo our Kaglo Gate, and It did not altogether escape Iho liaud of the leveler as It was; but still we have II and that is something to be glad of. |