The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-09-09

were rot even uLlformiy closed upoI
q each other ; and, above all, that ther,
/ were large nails used to fasten them
which projected from m the side of tn,
sprie. Having meditated upon thes'
Gil cumstances till his mind was mad,
up, the milk went to the government
and offered to repair tie angel, withou
scaffolding or assistance, on condition
of being well paid for the time expend
ed in the labor The offer was accept
ed !; for it was made in, Russia, aud by
Russian.
On the day fixed for the adventure
Telouchkine. provided with nothing
more than a coil of ropes, ascerded The
spire in the interior to the last window
| He looked down at the concourse o.
people below, and up at the glitrerins
needle" as it is called, tapering fal
above his head. But his hesrt did no
fail him, and stepping OUT bravely up.
on the window. he set about his task
he cut portion of the chord in the
form, of TWO large -stirrups, with a loor
at each end, The upper loops he fast.
encd to two of the projecting mails
above his head, and placed his foot in
the others, Then digging the fingers
of one hand into the interstices of the
sheets of copper, lie raieed up one of
the stirrqps with the other hand SO as
to make it catch nail higher up
The same operation he performed on
behalf of the other leg, and 80 altern
ately. And thus he climbed, nail by
nail, step by step, and stirrup by stir,
rup, until his starting post was undis.
tinguishable from the golden surface,
aud the spire had dwindled in bis en-
brace, till he could clasp it all
round.
So far SO well. But. he now reached
the ball-a globe of between nine and
ten feet in circumference. The angel,
the object of the visit, was above this
ball, and concealed from his view by
the smooth, round and glitteripg ex-
panse. Only fancy the wretch at that
moment, turning up his grave ewes and
graver beard, to an obstacle that seem
ed to defy the daring and ingenuity of
man. But Telouchkine was not dis
mayed. He was prepared for the
difficulty and the means by which he
essayed to surmount it, exhibited the
same prodigious simplicity as the rest
of the feat. +
Suspeuding himself in his stirrups,
he girded the needle with cord, the
ends of which he fastened around his
waist, and, SO supported, he leaned
gradually back, till the soles of his feet
planted against the spire. In this pos,
ition he threw. by strong effort, coil
of cord over the ball and SO coolly and
accurately was the aim taken, that TT
the first trial it fell in the required
direction, and he saw the end hang
down on the opposite side. To draw
himself up in his original position. to
fasten the cord firmly around the globe,
and with the assistance of this auxil-
airy to climb to the summit, were now
an easy part of the task and in a few
minutes more Telcuchkine stood by the
side of the angel and listened to the
shout that burst like sudden thunder
from the concourse below, yet came to
his ear only like a flint and hollow
murnur. The cord, which he had an
opportunity Of fastening properly, en-
abled him to descend with compara-
tive facility and the next day he car
ried up with him ladder of ropes, by
means of which be found it easy to
eff,ct the necessary repairs.