WORKER AT A DIZZY HEIGHT Man Repair Hesddrsss of Statue freedom on Cspltol Building 300 Feet Abov Ground. Washington. Crowning the Impos Ing dome of the rapltol building Is i statue of freedom IHVk fent tall, wblcl standa nearly 300 fret above th ground. Those who passed the caplto grounds the other day saw a mat crawling through tb uppermost wit dow to what appeared lo be a narrov ledga outatde, followed almost Immedl ately by a second man with a lon acallng Indder In his hand. Aft passing out one Indder he brought for ward another and the two men wen soon scaling the perilous ledge at th foot of the figure. "What's he doing?" demanded man) peopi of tbe capltol police, aa on oi th men reached th feet of lb brom feinals flgu-o. "Chiropodist work,' lbs pollovwan answered, and went on bl way. Boon tha aecond ladder was drawn up and placed alongside tho figure and bound In plac with straps, so that lbs man could reach the head of th sta lu. On man began an eiamlnallon ol tbe enormous headdress of bronas feathers. Inquiry at th office of Capitol Superintendent Su-perintendent Wooda developed that this beaddros contains IS platinum point within conical settings of gold which are designed to protect th cap from lightning. When lighting atrlket on of the point It fuse and bai to be replaced. One each year tha fused points are replaced. After work Ing over tbs headgear for eorne tlmt tb men came down with their laddera and disappeared within tb dome.