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SEPTEMBER 18, 1903.
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A Boy's Quick Wit.
Ezekiel Willis of Geneseo was
bi ought prominently before the public
last baturday. By his quick wit the
Uitlo iellow saved the life of DevilloJ
banders, a protessional steeplo climb
er, whose home is in Belmont, Alle
gany county, N. Y.
a few weeks ago the spire of the
Episcopal church in Geneseo was
struck by lightning and suftered some
aainage but a few feet from the apex.
Ov account of the inaccessibility of
the damaged portion the trustees of
the church and insurance companies
ere at a loss to estimate the proper
damages sustained whereby a settle
ment could be 'ffeoted by the insur
ance companies.
Saturday afternoon Mr. Sanders ar
med in Geneseo with his parapher
nalia and proceeded at onca to the
task for which he had been engaged.
A large crowd1 had gathered to witness
the hair-raising feat Sanders climbed
into the belfry and from there passed
out onto the ridge of the roof, where
he placed a ladder which reached
some distance up from the base of the
spire. When he had reached to the
top of the ladder, which was steadied
b. several men, ho passed a slender
rcpe around the steeple and around his
bcdy and began to work around the
steeple and upwards. His progress
was slow but steady, and at length he
reached the damaged portion of the
steeple.. Here his progress stopped
and he seemed to bo trying to adjust
his rope. Secpnds grew into minutes
minutes slipped away, and still he
seemed unable to move, and the anx
ious spectators became more and more
apprehensive. Finally from hiB giddy
height he was seen to pause, wave his
hand a3 if in signal and shout some
thing to the men waiting on the roof
sixty feet below. At first hiB words
could not be distinguished, but at
length he made them understand that
the rope had become caugh' In a crev
ic where the thunderbolt had forced
the stones apart, and he was unable to
move forward or back. Hi? shout was
for" help. But the men were non
plussed. JMany schemes were hastily sug
gested, but at once were seen to be
impractical. A generous prize was of
fered to anyone who would ascend, as
Mr. Sanders had done, and car him
a rope-by which he could descend. But
none dared to ma'e the attempt.
At this juncture little -"Ezekiel "Wil-li-'
was seized with a thought and he
was seen to leave the crowd and run
with all his might to his home. In a
few moments the lad returned bearing
with, him a. large kite that his uncle,
James M. Robinson, had made for iiim
but a few days before. Many of the
spectators saw in an instant what the
boy's thought was and wonderingly
asked each other, "Can it be done?"
The boy tested the wind, selected
the spot and. prepared to fly the kite,
while the spectators watched with
breathless anxiety. Slowly the kite
left the ground and rose above the
tiee tops, then above the steeple to
which was clinging the unfortunate
Sar.ders. Then little Ezekiel's manip
ulation brought .he kite string across
the steeple and soon !t was in reach
of the imperiled climber, who hastily
gasped it. A clothesline was fast
ened to the slender kite spring which
v-ns drawn up by Mr. Sanders, and to
that a heavier rope was fatened, and
this, too, was soon drawn tip and
fpRtpnpd to the spire, and bv this Mr.
Snr.ders descended to the roof helow.
From thfre his descent to the ground
was easv. Gepeseo Correspondence
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Name Famine in Denmark.
The Copenhagen correspondent of
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paper an interesting article on the
"name famine" in Denmark. In no
nation, he says, is the choice of the
family name so limited, it very often
happens that four persona unknown
to each other sit down to a game of
ThlBt, and later present themselves,
respectively, as Hansen. He proves
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the compiler and publisher of tho Co
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population of 500,000 in tbo Danish
capital, 42 per cent end their names
with "sen." Some 50,000 aro named
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number of persons. New York Times.
President Roosevelt delivered tho'
address at the opening of the state fair
In Syracupe, N. Y on September 7.
He received a magnificent reception,
'from the citizens of that vicinity.
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