The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-19
sTEEpLE CLIMBERS IDEAS
He Tells Of His Theory as to the ov7r.
coming Of Fear.

coming Of Fear.
Some $50 feet above the sidewalk
of Washington street, on little rope
= hung staging at the top of steel pole,
sits P. F. 0'Neil, of Charlestown,
= says the Boston Transcript. 0'Neil
= is pairter at work on the staff which
y holds tie gigantic weather yane on top
= of the lAmes building. he was work
- ing in the building with other paint
- ers when Superintendent Mckay said
that the weather vane staff on the
SIT. roof would have to be painted, and
al repaired. 81 can do it for you" said
= 0'Neil. When he began to examine
TEthe sfne he found three or four bullet
holes in its steel support. The bullets
ror had gone through one side Of the sup
rof port and fattened against the other.
EW- They were evidently fired from the
No ahsrbor by some marksmen who
s---Eished small target at long range.
."And a very dangerous proceeding,
s..; said O'Neil, when he was on the
, ,n iast1 again, "for bullet has almost
40 "a, velocity when falling from a
Pers oeght as when shot from the gun. I
The s.,member once girl, standing in her
Vile. wn yard, was severely wounded by q
broollysterious bullet No one ever dis
s,vered where it came from, but four
-. cnths later was working on q
VIZ rch steeple not 200 yards from Ter
pehev1se, and around the openings,
shouieere the pigeons go in and out, I
conviund the wood riddled with bullet
burniles."
his d,He has been climbing steeples and
imneys and other high places for
ore than 25 years. r began life as
Ifsailor, going out tom Newfound-
sonsnd on a ship asa boy, drifting to
ter lis country in time to enlist for the
giirlivil war, and ct last taking up with
v,iciis present occupation, in which he
t.icombines the trade of mason-for he
uNhas built the tops of many chimneys
-ofpainter, Of carpenter, of mechanic
Ind worker in metal.
CO. The most natural question to ask
4;n,e il was about fear; did he ever feel
II Church high places. "Ofcourse, feel
erv ont times" he answered. "Fesr is
i their 4on to ell mankind. Not to feel
= comrI mot courage; 10 overcome fesr
h, behaw trus quality Of courage. kss
gomere & Prof. TaE.nix Of Harvard.
AZ KS shortlJtsrssted Ia the matter iFo~
.ahant M 1I;yical standpoint, Wrote 10
1.s.tss " n question. What I tsaA
'a IN 1896 ell you
Ylaav .avest .ls tie nerve force Of man
sabe TWO parts-the impelling force
trici the restraining force-the same
othslling force that causes body Of
pecuits at first to run under fire, and
satrestraining force that causes them
thovercome for various reasons the
, prt natural fear. So, in climbing one
: and suto it is by the natural impell-
4 pectece OF his nervous system afraid
N againd that his legs, his arms, his
bow t will give way and plunge him
|wsaa
A1Shakespesre. who touched on all
hman emotions, touched on this fsi-
NJ Of fear in high plscaS when In
King Lear he pictured EGsasd at The
aiffs Of Dover.
~rhs only way 10 got ever the n~sur-
y zAr b by some restraining fssss
esnzn either within C vikkszk Iss-
lAs1absr saes vhaa Hss ksI Il an
SBasI erdsro& aisft ky tha mM1a be
rshsasA With tas. n1 kssssA b b.
rs sut Of 10 Upsa nay n4I. Or. I
@pnot % up there Thk wsA hh
Afst impsllins tOrss. Bst whoa ths
mate touched him mp with q r0ps'G
and he was ss the top Of tho mast so
quick that thu mate could not follow
him. The pain On hia outer nerves
q, brought him to his senses and made
him exert his FsStraining force So
If you happen to be with anyone who
shows signs Of fear in high place, a
few smart slaps on the face will bring
him to himself. The right medicine
for unconquerable fear in high place
n im INN d.lJo3f pain on the outside
a Ss unann u overcome like any
III, RN "a ! remember that
aur5 oers apN climb felt sensa-
4szs ecupsaN in the back of my
teesOa e lines used to stop
on AsehL to restoring cour.
{. Fraroli9fo do is to remember
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