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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
~ ~ On the ~ ~
Cathedral Roof
BY FRANK L. POLLOCK.

IT HE front of the cathedral in a
city on one of the great lakes
rises in square stone tower to a
height of so or 60 feet above the
ridge of the roof. On the street face
of this tower shines a large gilded
cross. 1t is illuminated at night by
nine incandescent electric lamps, and
a great deal of pride is taken by the
parishioners in this decoration.
One night in February, however,
the lamps failed to burn, and the
next morning Willis Carter, a line
man of the Electric Light company,
was sent up the tower ladders to as
certain the reason. Without any
great difficulty he found and repaired
break in the circuit, and then de-
scended again to the open-arched
belfry below. Here he stopped for a
moment and leaned from one of the
large, unglazed windows to enjoy the
view.
He was nearly IS feet above the
city, and he could see far out over
the green lake. A hard east wind
swept through the belfry with a
force that caused the bells to vibrate
with a faint humming as they hung.
The window from which Carter
leaned overlooked the rear of the
cathedral and was not more than
four or five feet above the ridge of
the gently sloping roof. The cold
breeze made his position anything
but comfortable, and he was about to
go down when an unusually sharp
gust whipped the cloth cap from
his head and dropped it on the
roof below, four or five feet out from
the tower and about yard down the
slope.
There seemed to be no particular
difficulty about recovering it, how
ever; Carter was used to clambering
about giddy heights, and he promptly
swung himself out of the window to
the roof below. Rain had fallen dur
ing the night, mixed with little
sleet, and the slate roof was slippery,
although not iced. So he had to sit
down astride the roof and hitch him
self along slowly till he came oppo-
site the spot where the cap lay.
He leaned over to reach it, but it
was little farther than he thought;
probably it had been moved again by
the wind. He leaned farther, over
balanced suddenly, tried to throw
himself backward-and in the space
of a single gasp he found himself on
the fiat of his back and sliding head
foremost down the inclined roof.
The horror OF that moment was in
describable. He expected at every in
slant to go flying over the edge. 1t
seemed to him that he was. moving
with terrible speed, and he had a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

And now that you are through
college, what are you going to do?'
asked friend of the youthful can
didate.
Il shall study medicine was the
grave reply of the young man.
''But isn't that profession already
overcrowded?" asked the friend.
Possibly it is" answered the
knowing youth shut I propose to
study medicine just the same, and
those who are already in the pro-
fession will have to take their
chances. London Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

sickening vision of the sharp-pointed
iron fence that surrounded the ca
thedral, on which he would probably
fall. He tried to grip the smooth,
slated surface of the roof; there was
absolutely nothing to cling to. He
could see only the sky, and he shut
his eyes, expecting momentarily. to
feel the roof fall away from under
meath.
But after what seemed an incalcu-
liable time of agony, the motion
stopped. Carter opened eis eyes
again, and to his establishment per-
ceived that he had slid not more than
three or four yards. Tae slope of
the roof was very gentle-not more
than 40 degrees from the horizon
tal-and it was this fact alone that
had saved him from shooting off to
the brick pavements so feet below.
His head swan from his inverted
position, and his first thing to do
was to shift to a more normal atti-
tude. One has a strange sensation
of helplessness in lying with his
head lower than his heels. But at
the first, faintest movement he made
in this attempt his delicate tenure of
place was disturbed, and again he be-
gan to glide gently down the slippery
states.
In vain he tried to check the fatal
motion that was carrying him nearer
and nearer to the edge. There was
nothing whatever to grasp at; not so
much as a nail-head. Even where a
slate was cracked or broken he could
not work his fingers into the tiny
crevices. But after sliding six or
eight feet he came to a stop again,
and again lay motionless.
This time he was careful to lie abb
uolutely still, hardly daring to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
THE MAGNETIC POLE.
Place Chosen as the Headquarters of
Norwegian Expedition Next
Summer.

Norway will send out an expedition
next summer, under the command of
Prof. Amundsen, for the purpose of re-
locating the north magnetic pole. The
headquarters of the expedition will be
Boothia Felix, the most northern point
of the North American mainland. d.
rectly north of the extreme western
side of Hudson bay. The expedition
expects to be gone three years, says
the New York Sun, and will make as
thorough study as possible of all the
magnetic phenomena observable in the
neighborhood of the magnetic pole.
1t is to the advantage of the enterprise
which Prof. Amundsen will lead that
the Instruments for observing mag
netic phenomena have increased in
number and greatly improved in quail
ity since Ross determined the position
of the north magnetic pole in 1881, just
70 years ago.
Everybody at this day is supposed to
know that the magnetic needle does
not point to the greogra phical pole.
but to center of magnetic influence
that is at least 1000 miles south of it
and, in respect TO New York, far west
of the north pole; nor does it point
steadily in the same direction, but is
subject to daily variations and also, at
present, to a very slow and decreasing
variation toward the west. This con-
slant variation long ago gave rise to
the theory that the magnetic poles of
the earth move along path of greater
or less extent. When Schwatka and
Glider were in King William Land, Just
west of Boothia Felix, in 1879, their
magnetic observa lions seemed to show
that the north magnetic pole had
moved more than two degrees of longi-
tude west of its position as fixed by
Ross in 1881
The long period over which Prof.
Amundsen is TO extend his observa-
tons is likely to enable the party to
determine the present direction and
rate of motion of the variation in po-
sition of the north magnetic pole. In
word, a magnetic survey of the area
containing it is to be made and the
practical result is likely to be to in
crease our knowledge of terrestrial
magnetism and of the laws that gov
ern the movements of the magnetic
needle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
TO SAVE THE MAORI RACE.
Ignorance of the People Responsible
in n Great Measure for Their
Taking on.

Considerable progress is being made
in connection with the movement for
providing a school for Maori girls. His
eXcellency the governor and Lady Ran
furry have, in furtherance of the
scheme, recently had most interest
eminent house, Wellington, reports
the Pail Mall Gazette.
At one end of the room was a group
of Maori chiefs, their dark faces and
grizzled heads forming picturesque
dado round the cleaning amber-col-
ored walls. To some of the chiefs pres
ent their surroundings must have been
strange, though they never lost their
self-possession or dignity, and their
eyes never wandered down the rows of
people in idle curiosity. A few of them
carried meres or clubs. The governor
in short opening speech impressed
on his hearers the necessity of educat-
ing the Maori girls, the future wives
and mothers of the race. Among the
more prominent items of the pro-
<
chiefs. Then Rev. F. Bennett Zone of
the native race), who is devoting h, N
self to this crusade, addressed The
gathering.
In picturesque metaphor he showed
the necessity of aiding the Maoris to-
day, who, if official returns are to be
believed, and no aid comes from their
white brothers, are dying as race.
In speaking about the question of
dress, Mr.. Bennett told a humorous
tale of an old Maori who came into
northern town from a village some
miles away, one hot summers day. He
had little money and wanted to buy
European clothes in the store. He
stood puzzled by the choice of raiment.
At last his gaze fell on yellow oilskin
coat, gay with red flannel Innings. To
this he added a comforter and a SOU
wester, and, thus attired, strutted in
the sunshine outside, his bare legs
showing below the coat. All day he
showed off his finery in the streets,
but in the evening Mr.. Bennett found
HllH SlllluS OulSlue Il nut with nOthlng
but a shawl twisted around his waist.
"Where are your clothes?" asked the
clergyman. "Too hot; no good" said
the old man.
In summer money is fairly plentiful
with the Maoris, and the natives buy
clothes and wear fannels and substan-
tial materials. In winter, when money
is scarce, they are often reduced to
straits, and their clothing is of the
most flimsy nature. This causes great
mortality. The little children especial
ly suffer through the ignorance of
their mothers, and Mr.. Bennett gave
many sad instances where knowledge.
of diet and nursing would have saved
the lives of the babies. In one district
the poor Maori mothers were told flour
was good food for INFANTS Probably
baked flour was meant, but the woman
used it raw, mixed with water, and not
one of the children survived.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
Iron in the Liver of Animals

NJ. Fioresco has communicated to the
academy of sciences at Paris proofs
that there is a fixed relation between
the quantity of iron in the liver of ami
mails and the color of their skin and
hair. Animals of dark hair contain
nearly twice the amount of iron and
pigments in the liver and skin as those
of white hair.-Science.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
A Model Child

Dickie-Pa, were you gooder boy'n
me when you were as little as me?
Pa-Yes, indeed, Dickie. l was al
ways very good boy; but, somehow
or other, l had great many serious
and painful Misunderstanding with
my parents.-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

"The expression: Let it fly" in
common use on La Sale street in re-
lation to kilograms filed for transmits.
sion, will be literally correct, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean, when the Msr-
conf wireless system is introduced.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

MtiS. dULDA UAhEMAN.
days in bed with intense pain and suf-
fering. 1 was under the physicians
care for over year without any relief,
when my attention was called to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound by
several of our Mormon women who
had been cured through it's use.
1 began its systematic use and inn
proved gradually in health, and after
the use of six bottles my health was
completely restored, and for over two
years have had neither ache or pain.
You have a truly wonderful remedy for
women. Very sincerely yours, MRS.
HULDA JAKEMAN, Salt Lake City, Utah. !"
$4,000 forfeit if abOue testimonial is not genuine.
Just as surely as Mrs. jake
man was cured just so surely will
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound cure every woman
suffering from any form of fe-
male ills.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo-
men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
The Proper Thing.

Bess-pm sure I'd make a model
wife.
Nell-If you have faith in your con-
victions why don't you marry an
rtist?-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
The Vulnerable Point.

Percy-I've made Pauline sorry
that she threw me over.
Guy-In what way?
"Why, I'm attentive now to a Cir
five years younger than she is."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
Miles of Potatoes.

Everybody knows that the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, are the largest
seed potato growers in the world, so when
their President, Henry A. Salzer, recently
purchased 2l,000 acres more of ideal potato
land, all wondered what for. Well, it is for
potatoes-miles and miles of potatoes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
The Qualified Critic

Big School Girl-Ain't you got no gram
mar YETI
Little School Girl-Nope, not till next
year.
why, gracious; I've took grammar two
hull years a'readyi"-Detrot Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as cough cure.-J. w. OBrien, 800 Third
Ave, N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 6, 1900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

A woman's fickleness is only exceeded by
her constaney.-Chicago Daily News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color silk,
wool or cotton perfectly at one boiling.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

Why don't you let folks advise you? The,
enjoy it.-Washington Qa.) Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

A great many men have managed to at
tain fame by hanging to the tail gate OF a
crisis.-Washington Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

1t is very annoying that fortune will not
call by appointment-Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
lruggistsrefundm money it fails to cure. 25c
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
MRS. HULDA JAKEMAN

Wife of President Jakeman of
Elders of the Mormon Church,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Recon-.
mends Lydia E. Pinkham'g
Vegetable Compound For Wo-
mans Periodic Pains.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

A" DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Before I
knew of Lydia H. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound l dreaded the
approach of the time for my menstrual
period, as it would mean couple of
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-27
He Has Made NedrIU S5O.OOOOOO
in Fees and Commissions
this Year.

the deal approximated $6,000,000 and
probably more.
In the purchase of the Chicago, In
dianapolis & Louisville Mr.. Morgan's
genius was shown to better advantage
than in any other of his deals. For
this reason: He did not put up cent,
yet made a profit of $4,000 which
according to Wall Street, is a great
financiering feat.
Mr.. Morgan cleared in the Northern
Securities combination $4,500,000 and
nowhere has he earned profit more
legitimately. By his promptness in
coming to the rescue of the financial
world at the time of the Northern Pa
cific panic he saved Wall street from
ruin. Forty leading commission
houses were ready to close their doors
and there was hardly an operator on
the street that was not ruined but for
Mr. Morgan's action.
In the steamship combination Mr..
Morgan made $2,500,000 and in the
United States Realty merger $3,OOO,0OO.
His latest profits are to come from the
great combination of harvesting and
farm manufactures. The amount re-
ceived for financing this merger was
$65, 600, 900 and Mr.. Morgan received
outright for engineering the combina-
ton a fee of $2.000,000 The remain
ing $3,50O,0O0 was made by the purch-
ase of the Milwaukee Harvesting Com
pany's plant. This was bought for
81, 900, and was put into the COM
bination for $5,000,00O.
Thus Mr.. Morgan has received S42,-
100. 900 and the year is not yet over.
1t is known that there are several great
combinations to be launched before the
year is ended if the condition of the
money market warrants 1t. One of
these is the great packing combine,
Then there is the Gould Holding COM
any the Forge Works merger, the
probable union of the United States
Leather company and the Hide and
Leather Company and several others
In one or more of these, and probably
in all Of them, Mr.. Morgan will play
a prominent part.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-27
THE ENORMOUS EARNINGS OF j. PIERP0NT morgan
DOES FLlPFLHPS
DOWN MOUNTAIN
fl Miner Survives After a Tumble
OF Eight Hundred Feet WhiIe
Prospecting in California.

REDDING, Oct 28.-Samuel Utter,
who, with Joseph Billingsly, left Red
ding last week for an oil prospecting
tour through southern Modoc County,
came near losing his life last Friday.
He is now lying in miners cabin on
branch of Pit river, near Adm, suf-
fering from injuries he received in an
S00-foot tumble from a mountain grade
Etter and Billingsly "outftted" in
this city. Their outfit consisted of
two riding Ecises, two pack burrows
and supplies to last all winter AS
they were crawling up narrow grade
o. the nountainside overlooking the
fork of Fit liyei the earth gave way
and Utter, horse, burro and outfit slid
down the mountainside. His horse was
caught in a brush heap nearly half
way down, but Utter, his burro and the
supplies rolled clear to the bottom,
humping against many a big rock and
boulder during the descent.
Billingsly started to the rescue. On
account of the sheer descent of the
mountain he was compelled to go
four miles to get where his partner
lay bleeding on the bed of the creek
below. He expected to find Utter dead.
When he reached the spot where the
outfit landed he found supplies scat
tered in all directions. Utter was badly
injured and the burro was dead. Bill
ingsly succeeded in getting Utter back
f1n = ND
rescuing the horse.
The injured man was made as COM
Portable as possible in miners cabin
and Billingsly rode to the railroad and
took the train to Sacramento, where
Utters folks reside. He returned to
Redding today and started on horse
back for his partners bedside. He
took another load of supplies and soon
as Utter RECEIVERS they will continue
their journey.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-27
Threatened Ti6-up On
G0tham'S New Buildings

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S-A strike of
$4,000 men engaged in the building
trades is threatened by the refusal of
the boss plasterers to grant the de-
mands of the 1900 men now on strike.
1t will come, the labor leaders say, if
the boss plasterers import plasterers
to take the places of the strikers to
finish the jobs.
J. Thompson of the Employing
Plasterers' union says such strike is
possible If contractors force them to
complete their jobs. The bosses today
gave out statement in which they
deny that the question of wages enters
into the struggle. They say that a
wage of $5 for an eight-hour day was
granted on April Is last, on condition
that other difficulties between them and
the union be settled at once by an
agreement, and that upon resum1ng
work the men broke off all negot1a-
tions.
They add that they will welcome ne
gotiations for settlement by arbitra-
tiOn
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-27
The ARTIST CAUGHT
AND WORK IjNDONE
Traced Pictures OF Presidents
Mckinley and Roosevelt On
Capitol Walls

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 2S.-
Shadowy outlines of the features of
the late President Mckinley and of
President Roosevelt, wrought surrep-
titiously into the walls of Statuary
Hall in the national capitol, are to be
obliterated by order of the federal
authorities.
1t was only recently that they were
discovered there among the zigzag,
apparently random, lines drawn by the
painter to give the walls their appear
ance of genuine marble. This remark
able work was done by artist Samuel
Alison, who excels in the presentation
of puzzle pictures, which are so prom
inent a feature of all the walls he has
decorated.
Capitol guides who made the dis
covery were delighted, and g1eefu1ly
made the announcement to the outer
world in the hope that visitors would
be attracted by the news. There were,
but in such numbers as to prove the
undoing of the guides.
Vast crowds thronged the Capitol,
which is undergoing reparirs, and this
hampered the artisans, who made COM
plaint. The shadow pictures are to be
painted oct, for two reasons-one, that
the work was being interfered with:
the other, that the presence of such
counterfeits in the Capi:ol of the Uni
ted States was no. ''dignified."
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-27
DAUGHTER PROCURED 4 lFhThL DRUG
FOR HER INFLICTED MOTHER

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 2S.-Mrs. c.
Owens, 6S years old, died this morning
at the Post Graduate hospital, where
she had been under treatment for the
drug habit Death was due to an
overdose Of laudanum supplied her Sc
cretly by her daughter, Miss Sadie
Owens, who herself had been recently
discharged from the same institution
as cured from the morphine habit.
Soon after being informed of her
mothers death the daughter, crazed
by grief. disappeared from her home.
212O Dearbron street, and has since
been missing.
That neither mother nor daughter
contemplated that the drugs effects
should be fatal is the belief of the hos
pital authorities. 1t is thought that
the mother was unable to resist the
craving for the drug, and besought her
daughter 80 earnestly that the latter
was unable to withstand her plead
ings.
Mrs Owens was admitted to the hos
pital week ago, and, according to her
daughter, had been drug fiend' for
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-27

NEW YORK. Oct 2S.-The year 1902
will be banner year for ]. Pierpont
Morgan It will be one that the finan-
cier will remember with JOY all his
life. for up to today the firm of J. Pier
pont Morgan & Co., has cleared $42,-
10000 in profits from the great COM
binations that he has engineered.
This is outside of the interest from in
vestments, the amount of which no
one knows. Mr.. Morgan is a director
trustee or officer in companies whose
combined capitalization amounts to
81, sos, ,280, ,527.
His greatest profit was made in the
promotion of the United States Steel
Corporation He headed syndicate
that put up $25,000.000 to underwrite
the stocks of the concern. This $685.
100000 was the first installment of
$780, 900, but the remainder was
never called for The members of the
syndicate received interest and profits
on the full 5000, 900, 900, which, with the
next payment, to be made about No
vember IA, will amount to $56, SOC, 900,
or about 200 per cent on the, actual in
vestment.
Mr.. Morgan, it is understood, gets 20
per cent of this sum, which, with the
stock he received and the $1O,0OO,OOO
cash, makes his profits from the steel
corporation about $20,340,000.
His next largest profits were made
in the L. & N DEAL and amounted to
sc. .OOO, ,0OO He bought 100000 shares
of L. C n. stock at $3.50 a share, and
sold it to the Atlantic Coast Line for
$50, getting a profit of $2,000,00O. He
also received $1,000.000 par value of
the new bonds, which are valued at
S147.70. thus making another $1,47O,-
700 profit. For the full 100000 shares
turned over to the underwriters at $50
a share, the value of which was $45,-
OO0, 900. there was received SIC, 600 600
in cash, sS6,O00,000 in Atlantic Coast
Line stock. Figuring the bonds at par
and the stock at $147.7o share. it is
clear that Mr.. Morgan's profit out OF
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-27

the past five years. Extra precau-
tions were taken to prevent her from
getting the poison. The daughter was
permitted to see her mother once day,
but then only in the presence of a
nurse or physician. During these Wis
it's the mother frequently begged her
daughter to bring her laudanum or
take her from the hospital, declaring
that otherwise she would kill herself.
The daughter always appeared to be
greatly affected hy these appels. Sat
urday she procured liberal supply OF
laudanum No one saw the patient
receive the drug from her daughter,
but it is recalled by the superintendent
that Saturday evening, while the
daughter was visiting her mother the
nurse was sumoned from the room for
moment. The daughter left soon
afterward, and early the next morn
ing Mrs. Owens was found lying on
her bed in deep stupor. Attempts
made to revive her failed and she died
without regaining consciousness.
No clew to the daughter can be
found.