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Show DID STUNTS ON A STSEPLE. Remarkably Daring Feats of a Professional Pro-fessional Climber. William Itamsauer, "Steeple Jack," entertained the crowds which thronged the downtown streets during the noon hour yesterday by doing a disrobing and an acrobatic stunt on tho top of tho flagpoloof the Traction Uulldlng. After ho had climbed to the top of tho stent Iron llngstaff, 377 feet above the strc;t, he calmly seated himself on the ball nnd proceeded to tako off his outor clothing until ho stood revealed re-vealed In n suit of tights ho wears. Then for tho amusement of tho ixpu-lace ixpu-lace ho performed feats of daring for nearly an hour. With tho Stars and Stripes fluttering beneath him he stood on his head on tho polished surface) of mo brass ball, -10 feet above the root of tho Traction Uulldlng and 377 feet above the peoplo. to whom from tho street below ho looked like a mcro speck outlined agalmt tho heavens. Cincinnati Enquirer. |