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KOUTED WIZ UMBRELLA.

Jack the Hugger' has been causing
something of a reign of terror in Philadel-
phia and vicinity for some weeks past.
but he got a reception in the aristocratic
section Of Germantown the other night
that he will not soon forget when he at
tempted to forcibly embrace pretty Dora
SEWERS, a domestic employed by Mrs.
Lappingham at s642 ATcCaIIum street
Dora is not only pretty. but is also ro-
bust in build and athIeticaliv inclined and
moreover. when. she left the house she
carried an umbrella a protection
against the .'hugger.' whose presence in
the vicinity was known. She met him
and when the smoke IF battle cleared
away Dora was the Tictor.
AS the girl nesred the house on her way
home she discoVred man sku1king be-
hind a tree. She waited for him to ap-
proach and as he attempted to put an
arm around her waist she began to use
the umbrella with an Anna zonfan arm.
The onslaught was too much. The
valiant hugger took to his. heels and ran.
On the girls return to her home Mrs.
Lappingham informed the Germantown
police of her encounter. Tt was found
that this was Only one of a number CT
escapades that have befallen young wo-
n en- who are on the street after dark in
the past week. They have an occurred
in Pelham and the victims in all in
stances have been nestics.-ChiCago
Chronicle
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In the year 1870 I shipped aboard the
English brig Ruby for a voyage from
of Mauritius, off the east coast of Mad
agascar. From London to the island not
a single shark was sighted. Thirty miles
off the island. as the voyage was re-
sumed, a shark judged to be 20 feet
long suddenly appeared on the port
quarter not over Is feet from the side
of the vessel. The dorsal fin on his
back showed above water like palm
leaf fan.
The weather was fine and our cap
tain easy going, and he gave the crew
permission to catch the monster. The
shark appeared about 9 o'clock in the
morning. We waited until in the at
ternoon to let him get good appetite
and then offered him a ten pound piece
of pork on a hook. Time and again the
nose, but he paid not the slightest at
tention to it. We changed to beef, but
he would not touch it. The captain
gave US a chicken from one of the coop5
but after two hours we drew in the
hook.
1t was argued that if the shark
stayed by US during the night we
should hook him next day, but we We're
mistaken in that. Tt was quiet night,
and not for one minute did the monster
leave US. He did not come q foot nearer
nor widen the distance by foot. When
ever the man at the wheel turned his
head there was the luminous BODY Or
the shark on the quarter kee2ing pace
with the brig without seeming to move
fin.
1t was noon the next day before we
tried the shark again. but We had no
better luck. He simply ignored the
bait The men began to whisper about
accident and death. and the captain
brought IN blunderbuss loaded with
slugs and took a fair shot at the fellow
He was only about a foot below the
surface. and the heavy charge struck
him at the base of the do-sal fin and
nearly tore it away The shark made a
sudden rush. but only for a few feet.
The smoke had not yet blown away
when he resumed his old position. His
start was one of surprise instead Of
pain. He had learned caution. however.
and he sank down until he had two feet
of water over him. Some of the men
dropped objects over the bow with a
great sDlashing, but the shark paid no
attention to the noise.
For nine long days and nights he kept
the place where we had first seen him.
and during this time we had two or
three SQUALLS and two days of heavy
weather. So long as a man leaned over
the rail to watch him he kept his
wicked eyes fastened on that man. and
when any one was aloft and laying out
on a ward the brute's Jaws could be
seen working as if he had the taste of
a sailor on his tongue. He might have
followed us to the end of the VOYAGE
but for curious incident.
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On the morning OF the ninth day we
approached a large sword fish sleeping
on the dancing waves. We were with
ing loo feet of him when the ealing
of tie yards or the voices Of the men
disturbed him, and he came tearing
down on the port side and ran right
over the shark and away out of sight
IF the shark was etruclS he was at
least badly fTiehtened for he made off
and we did not set e-tes on him again.
While the American bark Rocket,
from New York to Santos, was lying
becalmed on the equator a shark twen-
ty-four feet long suddenly appeared on
her starboard side amidships and only
a few yards away. He lay head and
tail with the ship and the carpenter
got his length to an inch by measure
ments along the rail The spread Of the
monsters jaws was such that he could
easily have taken flour barrel into his
mouth.
There was no shark hook aboard, but
the captain, being willing to divert the
crew, gave them leave to throw over a
lot of pork which had become unfit for
eating. There were four full barrels of
this pork and it was fed out piece by
piece to that shark till the last pound
was gone It was so stated by officers
and men, and there is no reason to
doubt their veracity-
When the pork was finished a piece of
beef was thrown over the port rail, and
the shark dived under the ship and
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seized it. How much longer he woull

seized it. How much longer he would
have gone on eating no one could say,
as there was no more to give him. He
seemed to be as ravenous for the last
piece as for the first. How one shark
could hold all that meat and another go
eight days without eating thing is yet
another question for discussion.
While off the southeast coast of Java
in the New Bedford wha1er Joshua Lee,
we one day came upon a native craft
floating on her beam ends. She had a
crew of six men aboard, but they were
frightened and helpless. The craft had
no cargo in her and had taken consider
able water through her single hatchway,
which had been left open.
We sent a boat and cut away her
masts and righted her, and then a
strange discovery was made. There
were three feet of water in her hold,
and dashing about in the water was a
shark IA feet long. He had come aboard
with sea, and instead of being left on
deck had gone down the hatehway. The
natives abandoned the wreck for the
whaler. and three weeks later she was
drifted ashore on the SandaIwood IS
land with the shark still alive and rush.
ing about. although he had had nothing
to eat and the water has very foul.
On that same cruise the whaler ran
into the port Of Barring. Java, to make
repairs. Some fishermen had caught a
shark nine feet long in their nets. and
he had been lying on the beach three
hours When L saw him. Some of our
men went to the ship and got a pork
barrel, knocked out both heads and
slipped the shell over the shark and
drove it down to his bulge. He was
then rolled into the water and the tide
foated him out. In a quarter of an
hour he was swimming about and
headed for the open sea.
Sixteen days later, when go miles to
the south. that self same shark came
alongside. There could be no doubt OF
his identity, because he still wore his
wooden Jacket. The barrel had shrunk
to him so tightly that no effort of his
/ could remove it. It must have bother
ed him about keeping under water. but
it did not seem to affect him otherwise.
In the course of a year we heard of
4 him no less than five times. He went
up as far as the strait of Sunda came
back to Barring. ran over to the coast
of Australia. and when last reported
was to the south of the Coco Islands.
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WANTS
AID MISCELLANEOUS Ids.
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1t ~ ~ IS i4
FREE MEssBN GER FOR WANTS

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PULL. AN A. D r CALL BOX OR
call either telephone No. 81 and have
your Want Ads brought to the State jour
nal office by free messenger No charge
to You for messenger service Cost OF
classified ads five cents per line of six
words to the line and every fraction
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wANTED-MALE HELP.


WANTED-Person to call on retail trade
and agents for mfg house. local terri
tory; salary $3.50 paid weekly and ex-
pense money advanced previous expert
ence unnecessary: business successful. in
close self addressed envelope Standard
house. Chicago.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WHEN you want to hire a man or boy.
call up Y. NJ. c. a. telephone 81. We
have list Of men and confidential ref
erences concerning them. Y NJ c. A
Employment Bureau, III E. Eighth st.
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WANTED-A farm hand at Lomax. Call
j. Thomas Lumber Co.. 2l3 w. 9Th st.
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FOR SALE REAL ESTATE.
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FOR SALE fine residences and cottage;
VIII take smaller properties IN exchange
Thomas s. Lyon, Ind phone lit rings
FOR sAIsE-Isot and store room Kansas
ave, $500 cash; balance monthly
z room house, fine location, 1913 TayIor
st. $3.50 cash; balance monthly.
Kansas ave. lot and bldg. North Topeka,
near depot 500 cash. balanee monthly
2 fine lots Western ave, $50 cash; bal
2 fine lots Clay st. near 18th. 500 cash;
east front lot Clay. between sth and
9Th, $50 cash: balance S monthly
Suburban land W. 10th ave, close in;
tracts and terms to suit
WIN buy. sell or loan money on Topeka
property and bank stocks.
F. J. BROWN, Columbian Bldg.
FOR SALE-5 room house. / lot and barn
on Chandler st, Y block from paved ST.
Call 800 Lawrence st.
FOR sALE-By NJ Heery, 32s Monroe St.
houses and lots on easy payments.
FOR SALE-My residence, 400 Topeka
ave thoroughly built a most attractive
interior. conveniently arranged, modern IN
every respect. A. s. johnson, 40 w 10th.
LOST AND FOUND
LosT-At Rock Island depota black wrist
bag containing money anu noSS 5laSsess
IS reward if returned to Owen & Co. $40
Kansas ave.
TAKEN-From Central church cunday
morning. black derby. name J. T. 5ol-
man inside sweat band Leave at ll4l Lin
coin st ard get yours
LOsT-smaH package Of dental burrs: s.
reward for return to National motel
HTGH-BRED STALLION.
JACKDAW, the most successful sire in
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STORAGE

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STORAGE-Office stoves wanted for sea-
SON. we pack. ship, store goods insurance
on everything. Geo. Miller Phones s5S-
MERCHANTS, TRANSFER & STORAGE
Co. packs, ships and stores household
goods. Tel. 1856. Clarence skinner, IL Il.
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and reliable house boy;
also girl for general housework; must be
a good cook: references required. Mrs.
William Green, 92l Quincy St
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Union Pacific.

Missouri Pacific.
Arrive. Leave.
mediation No sS5......... 500 pm ZOO am
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JEwELER AND oPTIcIAN.

-1---------------
F. w. SWEARINGEN. jeweler and grad
uate optician. We guarantee every pair
of glasses to fit and every watch we re-
pair. We carry the largest line OF
watches, clocks, diamonds, cut glass. etc.
in the city. Watch inspector y. p. r. r.
724 Kansas ave
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CLEANING AND DYE1NG.


ROEDIGER & SON, $50 Kansas ave. by
ing, cleaning and repairing oil clothes
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ZOE RENr-mIscELLANEoUs.


FOR RENT-Lot g. block Y, College Hill
addition, acre: also lots 2S4 to 292 inclu-
sive, and 27 to 281 inclusive, Liberty ST.,
Knowles second subdivision. A. S. Ran
kin, "a Veale block
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SPORTING GOOD.


J. c. ELLIOTT rs Kansas ave. general
sporting goods, guns, ammunition, base
ball supplies. fishing tackle, refrigerator
baskets, Sprats dog food and medicines;
phone CTS.
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WANTED-Men to learn barber trade; all
advantages Of steady practice; inatruc-
tons etc, until competent; positions
guaranteed. tools presented; 80 graduates
lars mailed free Moisr Barber college,
St. Louis. Mo.
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DIAMONDS AND IEWELRY

TAKE your money to a place where you
can save 800 on diamonds. watches and
high grade iewelry, a positive fact and no
one can deny it. Mainsprings, SOC; clean
ing sec. All work guaranteed. /. M Blitz,
429 Kansas ave.
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wANrED-FEDrALE HELP.

WANTED-Gir for general housew3rk;
must be good cook Apply Mrs. c. J.
DeVlin 1901 Topeka ave.
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DRUGGISTS.


TOPEKA DRUG CO. 1872 Kansas ave. Tel
743. Prescriptions promptly and accurate
~ filed All kinds soda drinks at fountain
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wATcHm AKER.
JEWELLERS.

JAMES b. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Opti-
clan. Complete stock of watches. dia-
monds. siIverware. etc. Eyes examined
and spectacles properly fitted
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DRESS CUTTING ACADEMY.

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SQUARE inch tailor system for ladies and
children's garments; trial lessons free.
Miss F. M. Brown, SIS Quincy St
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MONEY.


MONEY TO LOAN on live stock. pianos,
organs, typewriters, household goods ana
personal security. i. Biscoe, 523 kan. Ave
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CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.
NJ W NULL. Carpenter and Builder.
Shop 1121s West Eighth st. Phone lob
Job work promptly done. Topeka. Kan.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
EXPRESS DELIVERY.


FOR BAGGAGE and moving call up
phone s9S, Anterior Bros. Office 1o2
East 9Th st.
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FREE D1sPENsARx.

TOPEKA FREE DISPENSARY, south
east corner 18th and Tyler sts.. from 1
to D. m. except Sundays. Conducted by
regular practicing physicians for the
benefit of persons without means VINO
/ need medical attention and treatment. Pa
tients are assured of careful and consfd-
crate treatment. Medicine furnished N
most cases.
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HIGH-BRED STALLION.

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JACKDAW, the most successful sire IN
the Missouri valley and The Shamrock.
the handsoTnest and best bred stallion in
Kansas. are at 326 Jackson st r. l. Les.
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PAVING
RUG FACToRY.

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WANTED-You to let US make your old
carpets into rugs. Call phones II o.
address Mccormick & Peake. 5z7 Jackson,
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FINANCIAL AGENTS.

NJ. SNATTINGER, financial agent, lis w.
9Th st, real estate. bonds and stocks
bought and sold; loans negotiated; notes
discounted
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NcAfee, 2 miles west on 9Th st.
WANTED-A good reliable man to run a
grain elevator capable of unloading, test
ing handling and weighing grain; must
have had experience and be a good judge
of grain. Fair wages; steady employment
to the right man. GOOD references re-
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PATENTS.


J. A. ROSEN, Patent Attorney, AS Kansas
ave, Topeka
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wANTED-Girl for general housework.
405 E. 1st St
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WANTED


WANTED Statesmen 10 sen lubricatins
oils and greases on salary or commission
Excellent side line. The A. e. Harbaagh
Co. Cleveland. \.
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FOR SALE fine residences and cottage;
Will take smaller properties in exchange
Thomas 5. Lyon. Ind. phone HI rings.
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FOR Observation-Disclosures.

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FOR SALE-A limited number OF shares
Mining Co Of Cripple Creek, Colo. Win
take cents a share if sold this week
The company owns the tMikado'' mine.
which lies next to the famous ''Inde-
pendence Here is an opportunity for an
1nvestment-to get in on the ground aoor.
Write at once to Owner, care Journal. for
particulars
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WANTED-An experienced nurse for
young infant Apply Mrs. H. A. Auer-
bach. 1244 Topeka ave.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for fun line
fruit and ornamental trees; pay week.
outfit free; steady work. Lawrence Nj
sery Co. Lawrence, Kan.
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pnxs1CrArs AND SURGEONS.


HENRY w. ROBY, NJ. D.
SURGEON.
$50 KANSAS AVE.
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SOUTHERN
| METHODISTS
WILL BE ASKED To HOLD THEIR
NEXT NATIONAL MEETING IN
CITY OF PARKERSBURG.
REV. DR.. WADE, OF THIS CITY, EAs
BEEN APPOINTED ONE OF COM
MITTEE OF TWO TO ASK
FOR IT.
General Conference Embraces United
States and Several Other cOun-
tries Abroad

ParkerSburg, W. Va, March 5.-The
Southern Methodists of Petersburg and
of West Virginia are going to make a
vigorous effort to secure for Petersburg
the next meeting of the general confer.
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South. The meeting will not be held
till May, 1906, but the committee to Sc.
lect the meeting place win meet in Nash.
vile, Tenn, next May and committee
viii be sent TO Nashville to present the
claims and advantages of Parkersburg.
Louisville. Nashville and Atlanta have
all entered the race and Parkersbu-s will
have active competition for the honor OF
entertaining one of the most distinguish:
cd church bodies in the country.
The general conference is composed of
representative minister's and laymen of
this church in this country and in Brazil,
Mexico, China, Japan and Korea. The
last meeting was held at Dallas, Texas,
in May 1902. More than 300 members of
the conference were present at the ses-
sion, lasting three weeks, and there were
several thousand visitors there during the
same time. Besides the regular dele
gates, representatives were present from
the other Methodist bodies throughout
the world-from England, Canada, etc.
The church has a regular fund set
apart for the expenses of the conference
and the delegates and visitors pay their
expenses. The people of Parkorsburg will
not be asked to entertain any Of them,
for they go regularly to hotels like other
people and pay for their rooms and
meals. Former sessions have been held
at New Orleans. Nashville, Atlanta, Bal-
timore, Louisville, st. Louis, Memphis
and other large cities and place tine size
of Parkersburg is seldom selected, but
it is thought this time that it has a fair
opportunity to secure the location of the
next conference. 1t would mean a great
deal of free advertising all over the eoun-
Try If the conference Is held here. and
even the fact that Parkersburs has en-
tered the race for the conference has
caused it to be widely talked about
among Methodist church men all over
the country.
DR.. Smith Wade and Mr.. IGrin Smith
have been appointed committee by the
Western Virginia conference to ~ scar
before the locating committee and pre-
sent Parkersburg's claims. The boarl of
stewards of St. PauFs church have lso
appointed a committee to work With
them and at least one of this committee
will accompany DR.. Wade and Mr.. Smith
TO Nashville in May to appear before the
locating committee.
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BIG SANDER SUIT
ms TITUTED BY A. C, CATION
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECT
oRs OF THAT PApER-ssooo ASKED FOR.

at next term of court. He failel to put
up and was put in. 1t seldom ever pays
to act -"
The article was called to the attention
of the high officials of the railroad COM
pany, in Baltimore, anil they at once
wired Chief Detective John a. Short at
FairmOnt to investigate the matter, and
informed him that his men ought to be
looked after better than that. He came
here at once and ascertaiaed that the
publication was entirely false. Super
intendent Hustled at Grafton also took
the matter up, and Mr.. Cation was placed
in a very embarrassing position. He al.
leges that the publication is entirely
false and that he has been damaged
The ruth of the matter is Metcalf
was the man arrested on that occasion
and Cation was the officer who arrested
him.
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! General Secretary 7. p. Riddle Of the
Young Mems Christian Association has
prepared a rough blue print of the plans
of the proposed handsome building tie
Association will have erected on the lot
recently purchased of y. h. McCarty for
$4,000.
The plans as drawn by him will likely
be changed some, when submitted 70 the
board Of directors and architects, but as
they are not intended to be final, but
merely to give the people a general idea
of what sort of building is intended,
the blue print serves the purpose well
and evidences the architectural skill of
the drawer.
The building, according to these plans,
viii have front Of so feet on Pike street
and a depth of $50 feet, extending back
to the alley in the rear of the lot.
1t will have FIVE floors AMI basement.
The basement win contain. large swim
ming pool, shower bath, bowling alley,
barber shop, large gymnasium, locker
rooms, Office of the physical director and
engine and boiler rooms.
The ground floor win Lave a large
archcd central entrance. with an s.foot
haIl and a l2-foot yestibule, fronting to-
, ward the elevator mad stat. way. 1t viii
contain spacious dining rocm. lobby,
confectionery and lunch room, kitchen
and store room, fronting on the alley,
and one floor of the gymnasium, which
viii have a padded running track and
be two stories high.
The first floor will be devoted to As
sociation work and contain a large re-
ception room facing the elevator and
stairway, an open office commanding 'riew
Of all the entrances, parior. reading
rooms, library rooms, Office of The gem
cral secretary, Offices of the board Of d.
rectors, rooms for games and anusc-
mcnts. perhaps, although they have not
been assigned and ut the end Of the
hall will be the entrance to the gmua-
SUM, which will have a seating capacity
Of LOO. This win, as already stated,
be two stories and have balcony.
The second floor viii be devoted to Cd
ucatioual work, containing lecture room,
school Offices. six large class rooms and
still other rooms. This arrangement may
be changed.
The third and fourth doors win be
used for dormatory purposes, with fifty
eight rooms, reading room and wait
ing room on each floor and fronting The
elevator
The entire cost of such building as
these plans call for will be in the neigh
horhood OF $4,000. The plans have been
examined carefully by representative
Of the Telegram and appear to be quite
excellent. 4 building arranged in that
way would certainly prove convenient