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Show DILAPIDATE! SAINTS. H Th. Are lo lie "I'lfkltJ- In Ltme.TTaUr H Mtny of tho talnta who aro tuppot- M eit to adorn the south gabl ot tho M west front of tho famous cathedral at H Peterborough nre In a sad ttate, sand H when restored they nro to be "ptok- H ted," a technical proceat which It 1 H hoped will make them climate proof H In future, taya the London Telegraph, H Their dilapidated state It due to th wetther- Imber edax and the corro- H tlon of the Iron clamp which Ictepi H (heir membera together St. Andrew jD hat cost the center of hit maityr'a H cross, and the damage of thlt part ot H hit paraphernalia It to great thlt It H ran hardly be thoroughly repaired. H One itituo (Identity unknown) haa H been evidently renewed In the lis- H trenth century, while another haa Its) H mask entirely gone through the watt H Ing Influence ot a clamp. Thl doubt H lest It the effigy which In a gile tomt H time igo dropped nearly upon tbe head H ot Canon Micdonnell A fourth hat had Hi caput replaced It It believed erly In the present century but the feature are to grewtome and the hrad to dliproportlonMo and out ot all character char-acter wills (he rett that. It It doubtful whether It will be replaced. All the talntt In their lofty poaltlont aro more or lets emaciated, and will be "solidified" "solidi-fied" by being "pickled," aa In th cat ot the aureoled figure In tho other portion ot the rettored hcade; that li to tiy, by being Immersed for tome time In a lime-water btth. |
