The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-05-19

AN aHScuON6 connecteu Win tnlS cnuCC+s
and not known, believe out of Russis,
is too remarkable to be omitted. The
spire which rises
lofty, and light. and small"
and is probably represented in the engray-
ing as fading away almost into point in
the sky, is, in reality, terminated Is
globe of considerable dimensions, on which
an angel stands, supporting large cross.
This angel, less respected by the weather
than perhaps his holy character deserved,
fell into disrepair; and some suspicious
were entertained that he designed revisit~
ing, uninvoked, the surface of the earth.
The affair caused some uneasiness, and
the government at length became greatly
Perplexed. To raise "a scaffolding to sucI
height would cost more money than all
the angels out of heaven were worth; and
in meditating fruitlessIy on these circum-
stances, without being able to resolve how
to act. considelabe time was suffered
to elapse.
Among the crowd Of gazers below who
daily turned their eyes and thoughts to-
wards the angel, was milk called Tel
ouchkine. This man was roofer of
houses "a slater as he would be called IN
countries where states were used, } and his
speculations by degrees assumed more
practical character than The idle wonders
and conjectures of the rest of the crCvd
The spire was entirely covered with sheets
OF gilded copper, and presented 70 the eye
surface as smooth as if ii had been one
mass Of FURNISHED gold, But Telouch-
I Enn rb.,f Ia
not even uniformly closed upon each other;
and, above all, that there were large nails
used to fasten them, which projected fro,a
the side of the spire.
Having meditated upon these circum-
stances till his mind was made up, .te
milk went 10 the government and Offered
to repair the angel, without scaifoldiug
aud without assistance, on condition OF
being reasonably paid for the time expenz
ded in the labor. The offer was accepted
for 1t was made in Russia, and by
Russian.
On the day fixed for the adventure, Ta-.
than a coil of ropes, ascended il,e spire IN
tie interior, 10 the last window Hero
he looked down at the concourse of peo~r
pie below, and up the glittering ''need.e,"
as Ii was called, tapering far above his
head. But his heart did not fail him. AMI
stepping bravely out upon the window, e
set about his task.
He cut a portion of the cord in sha
form of two large siirruDs, with a loop a,
each end. The upper loops he fastened
upon two Of the projecting nails above HIS
head and placed his feet in the others
Then digging the fingers of one hand into
the lnterstice of the sheets of copper, 10
raised up one Of the sirrups with the
other hand SO as to caich nail higher
up. The same operation he performed
Oh behalf of tie other leg, and so on al
ternately. Ard thus he climbed, nail by
nail, step by step, and stirrup by stirrup.
ill his starting point was undistinguished
from the golden surface, and the spire had
dwindled in his embrace till he could
clasp il all round.
So far, SD we'll But he now reached
the ball-a globe of between niue and ten
feet in circumference. The angel, the
object of his visit, was above this ball.
and concealed from mis- view by IFS smooth,
round, and glittering expanse. Only fancy
the wretch at that moment turning up his
grave eyes and graver beard, TO an obsla-
Gle that seemed to defy the daring and in~
trepidity of the man
But Telouchkine was not dismayed -
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.
,,s ~ 1,
giried the needle with a cord, the ends
of which he fastened around his wfisf.
and, so supported, he leaned gradually
back, tall the soles Of his feet were planted
against the spire. In this position he
threw, by a s!Eong effort, coil oE cord
over the ball and so cooly aud accurate,
ly was the aim taken that at the first trial
it fell in the required direction and he saV
/ the end hang down on the opposite side
To draw himself into his original posI
tion, to fasten the cord firmly around Ine
| globe, and with The assistance of this aux<
/ ilary 10 climb to the summit, were now
an easy part o his task; and in fas
minutes more he stood beside the ans.
and listened TO the shout that burst iiSf
sudden thunder from the c0ncourse beleV
yet came to his ear only like faint 2al
| hollow murInur.
The cord, which he had an oPportupi
/ TO fasten properly, enabled hIm TO desce
with comparative facility, and the ne
day he carried up with him ladder
ropes, by The means of which be fouhbSs
easy to effect the necessary repairs. 7as =
CUR1ots TErTu.-T Tho bones 81 s
are filed with air. If & string BE- i
| tightly around the neck Of spari.55sys. = = =
that no airean enter lis lungs and "a ~
be broken, it viii live Respirali5 asssa
take place by means of the broker, s f.