Show A queer custom A mediaeval custom prevails in freiberg in breisgau Breis Dreis gau thia is observed on hit the birthday of tho reigning giand grand duko duke ol 01 baden and consists of a foolhardy trip tc the topmost part of tho the tower of the tile min eter ster it is a dangerous enterprise antei prise for th tower tover is feet high and an 1 the tile ascent it made from the exterior of the budding building the steeplejacks in lit their ascent haou hadu leap from front stone to stone often a yard apart and one false step on or the narrow ledge would be death at the topmost pinnacle pin pistol shots announce that the cl climbers imberi have succeeded ilien then an immense gilded itar revolves and arid the descent is begun each man receives as it reward the sum of five marks from th the state estate td inner on tho the occasion of the sixty sixth birth any of tho the crand grand duko duke of baden ehret guies undertook the ascent one of then on arriving at lit a projecting bar of iron up vent went through an nix acrobatic performance this was before an immense crowd of astonished spectator spectators he Ile twisted tw isted and twirled about a as s it if he be were but within a few feet of the earth london news |