The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-05
Ghost Widow Terrihes-

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Chicago News.
| Ghost Widow Terrifies.
sag darbor is in the throes of
gnost scare. and Capt. Abe SEWERS,
who has sailed the Spanish Main and
skirted the edge of the Sargasso sea.
is leading those who are hunting for
the ghost in the hope Of laying it.
seemingly. it is the ghost of woman;
1t is draped heavily In black and
wears a mask. Many women have seen
1t following them. They are terror
stricken and are afraid to go out OF
doors after O'Clock at night.
Capt SEWERS, who is gallant tar,
boasts his long experience as a sailor
taught him not to be afraid of any
woman nor the ghost of any woman.
bling distance of the ghost, he thinks
something will happen. The Sag Har-
Dor women are praying earnestly the
ghost may fall into his clutches, be-
cause until 1t is caught they cannot
go out to quilting parties, carpet-rag
servings, and other social diversions.
Many Of the young women also COM
plain bitterly that they are deprived
of the excitement Of going to the rail-
road station to see the evening ex-
press train come in.
''The ghost haunts Main street, be-
TWEEN Howard and Glover Streets
Capt. SEWERS explains. THE first thing
a person feels who walks along that
section of the street is a cold, clammy
sensation. That's the atmosphere
the ghost carries around with 1t. When
first felt it I turned around and saw
a tall, masked figure. 1t was in black
from head to foot. I tipped my hat,
stepped toward it, and it disappeared.
Then I recalled that I had forgotten
to put the spade in the smoke-house,
and I started for home. 1t is wonder
full what longing for home a thing
like that gives to a man. I guess I've
seen ten women rushing for home
from that section of Main street in
the past week. They all had seen the
Ghost WidoW."-New York Press.
London Fogs.
A certain undesired supremacy has
| always been granted to London in the
matter of fogs, and the London pea
souper has always been considered
unequaled in its way. But things have
changed a good deal Of late. In the
that at the beginning of this month,
have been overhead fogs, which made
the monday like night, although in
there was little or no disIocation of
traffic. This is said to be owing to
the fact that few hundreds feet up
the air is cold enough to condense the
moisture, whereas in the streets the air
is warm enough to keep the moisture
uncondensed. This variety of fog is
certainly the least Objectionable, for
it enables people to go about their
business without cropping along the
walls in utter darkness, as used to be
the case. Another change that must
be noted is the prevalence of fogs in
Paris, notably in the present month,
when i'll the first week the fog was
much worse on the banks 70 the Seine
than on the banks of the Thames.
Some years ago, when Paris burned
wood, the city had no real fogs, but
now that it has taken to burning coal
it has imported the London partIcu-
lar" And as the Seine at Paris is not
tidal, there is less chance of a breeze
to carry away the fog than there is
even in London.-London Globe.
"Jag'' Was Worth $4,000.
A drunk that ultimately netted it's
owner in the neighborhood of $4,000
was related in Judge Mack's court Sat
urday, as part of the evidence result
ing in the court setting aside the will
of the late Joseph Willis, at the re-
quest of his widow, Mrs. Bertha Willis.
Willis, it was related, while intoxica-
ted, bought a piece of West side real
estate for $4,000 some years ago. When
he became sober he regretted the deal,
thinking some one had taken advan-
tage of his condition. He investigated,
however, and, to make the best of
what he considered a bad bargain,
made sufficient improvements to pay
taxes and a little profit. The proper
ty today is appraised at $4,000. In
setting aside the will Judge Mack
found that the testator was of I'M
sound mind when the instrument was
executed.-Chicago Dispatch to In
dianoplis News.