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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-31
To Get 100000 Dollars Before July lst
We offer entire stock sensational reductions
in price, The sale begins tomorrow morning at $50

During the thirty years that have been engaged
the Dry Goods business Topeka there has been
advertisement published, to knowledge, that
much to the entire buying public of this portion of the state
of Kansas tributary Topeka the from The Big
Store that occupies the two of the Journal today
This not special sale in the that few items have
been selected from departments and special made
those few items offered But this is most unusual sale
that the merchandise all of departments
ed for selection at the lowest that goods of similar
high quality have been previously sold proitaby
be sold for anywhere.
There will be only few exceptions to this general rule
such Phoenix hosiery Warner Thompson W. b. Memo and
Modart Corsets Cogaes and Hunuts Pamers Meba DER
Kiss toilet goods Cranes pound and ngerso Watches
which contract goods Therefore here
fdeny expecting to find what want and when found that
it will be priced less than could reasonably expect
that sell hundred thousand dollars
of merchandise by July And it's also that
sometimes it necessary through ordeas achieve
ideals.
We realize that would be impossible accomplish this
the time specified had not in the Big Store great stock
of goods for customers and willing sacrifice
legitimate profits the comparative prices mentioned in this
paper indicate.
Our charge customers who have favored with their
always been highly and would not
willingly anything inconvenience them, but during this
desire their cooperation and help out the
that establishing for the month of June
suspension of charge accounts and goods approval
rebates and discounts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-31
Black Silks

27-in. $1.0O taffeta, yd. .75.,
27-in. $1.25 taffeta, yd. ............9S c
27-in. 1928 Habutai, yd. $50
36-in. $1.50 Peau de Sole, yd. ...... $l.l9
36-in. $3.50 Duchesse Satin, yd. ....... $1.lo
36-in. $3.50 Corded Taffeta, yd. 81. 9S
36-in. $3.50 Satin Duchesse, yd. ....... 81 $50
36-in. $3.50 Taffeta, yd. SLID
4O-in. 1.50 Taffeta, yd.. ........... $1.19
36-in. $1.OO Taffeta, yd.. Use
36-in. $1.5O Taffeta, yd. $1.19
36-in. $1.25 Taffeta, yd ...............9 $50
4O-in. $3.50 Charmeuse yd. ......... $1.19
40-inch $3.50 Meteor, yd. $1.1O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-31
Finer Black Silks

4O-in S.. 90 Flaked Faille, yd. ........ 81. 9s
54-in $50 Coating Satin, yd ......... So. g.
54-in. $500 Heavy Coat Satin, yd 80. 49, C
4O.in $500 Crepe Zibeline, yd. SO. O(
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07
ELECTRICITY IN RAIN DROPS
German Scientist Has Measured the
Charge-Describes Results of His
investigation.

Rain drops are almost always
charged with electricity. The charge
is often positive, rarely negative.
Many observers have measured the
charge approximately and made it
from 100000, O00,0 00,000,01 to 0.000.-
600 900, 0OO,O01 amperes per square
centimetre. Prof f. Herath of Kiel
describes in the Revue Electrique the
experiments by which he has meas
ured them.
He received the rain on a fine me-
tallic cloth 25 metres square insulat-
ed and attached to galvanometer in
a cellar The galvanometer registered
photographically. Among the facts he
proves are these:
Rains with a constantly positive
charge are much more frequent than
those that change to a negative. The
massage from a positive to negative
charge corresponds to momentary
cessation of the shower. The quanti-
ty of positive electricity brought by
the rain is fifteen times greater than
that of the negative. The positive
currents in steady rainfall are about
1000, 600 900, 000,000.1 amperes per
square centimetre: the negative cur
rents never exceed 100000, 000, 000s-
OO1 amperes per square centimetre
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07

opinion of it. If | set my loot uoWh
against it and they still argued Tor IL,
to make my refusal sure to be neeueu
/ locked them in their rooms. There
were ladders at their windows early
the next morning, showing how the
poor fellows had to get to their early
morning work by way of the WINDOW
disliking to waken me from my sleep
to open the door," Another remarked
with grim humor: That's the plan
pursued with my daughters, when we
were neighbors. There were ladders
against our windows, too. Those girls
danced till broad daylight. / looked
out just in time to see your sons help-
ing them up the ladders" boy ana
girl romance" sighed number one, ex-
cusingly, bit embarrassed. Il often
think of my love affair."" cut in an
other dear old lady. "a young parson
was my first sweetheart. He courted
me for nearly year. The day was
set for the wedding. l was to meet
him at the church. He forgot to say
which one. AS there were four
churches in our town | was mystified.
I went first to one, then to another.
Oh. even now I recall that day with
an awful shudder At every church
door found a girl alone arrayed in
bridal robes. My lover had courted
them all; his promises were like
glass, easily broken. He had actually
made arrangements to marry each one
on the same date. To make long
story short, our parson ran away. The
last we heard of him he was preaching
goodness In Utah"
"In my days." said another of the
group, with a twinkle in the blue eyes
behind her spectacles, II lived in
little village. Every man in the town
declared he was a teetotaler. But on
Saturday nights, without fail, they all
tramped miles to a town meetin';
they did not return until late Monday
morning, and my, how their breaths
did smell of cloves and cardamom
seeds. l actually believe they would
have drunk the wells dry, If they
could. A man opened out shop
there, selling nothing but TASKS,
bottles sind jugs. He got to be the
richest man in town. am inclined to
laugh when l look back to those days
and think what fools we sweethearts
and wives were."
Still another grandma, who had kept
abreast of the times, with marcelled
hair, gown of latest cut and high
heeled slippers, assured the group
that the world was just as naughty
when they were young as 1t is now
The boys and girls cheated great
deal to exact pleasure from dull sur
roundings. But the young folks of to-
day are open and above board. They
say: eyes, we tangoed to our hearts
content, into the wee, sma' hours
What's life and youth to the young
if they can't enjoy it? We coquette,
and say things we don't mean. The
boys just laugh and take it in good
part. If fellow jilts one of us for
another girl we don't spoil our eyes
crying about it. We do just what the
farmer did whose COW kicked over and
smashed a bucket which was full of
milk-he just looked for another
bucket. We look for another beau
It's the same old world, no naughtier
now than ever"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07
Public Benefactors Who Made Dis
coveries in Their Kitchens Are
Unknown to Fame.

Among the sublime sum of human
ignorance may be mentioned the gen
eral indifference to our domestic he
roes, the men who have made or
married our famous dishes. Keen to
honor with trumpet and song the man
who dares greatly with sword and PTS
tol, yet are we forgetful of the worthy
who first discovered, say, the Irish
stew, says a writer in the Seattle
Post Intelligencer.
Surely nation is forgetful of its
great when this name is unknown
and unhonored by worldwide festivi-
ties. And what of him who first
braved the onion and detected its Gu
linary qualities? His memory has per-
ished. Would it not be beautiful
thing if we could mediate with CRATE
full regard upon the man who ate the
first oyster? We are inclined to harp
too much upon the spectacular and
are prone to slight the great ones
whose self-sacrifice has made possible
our domestic supper joys. When man
first mixed his mulligan did not the
whole tribe nut on sackcloth and ashes
and wait with dismal foreboding for
news of his demise by explosion or
expansion or deadly poisoning or
something?
Things that are simple joys to us
must have been historic landmarks to
the age of their inventors. Why is
nothing done to keep green the mem
ory Of the doughty zinc-stomached
stalwarts? There should be fitting
chronicle, thus revealing to us of later
days exactly what moved them to
their ungrateful tasks; why, presum-
ing them to be happy men, they should
have felt called to place their life in
jeopardy for the cause of the cpl
curean?
Possibly it is something that comes
to a chosen few, spirits otherwise cast
down and SCARED with losing battles;
perhaps the stew came to its originator
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07
TO MEMORY DEAR.

Forget? Aye all but this-I love you.
The world outside is dark and dreary.
Beyond o heart of mine, 1 will not go.
Beyond your love, dear heart, 1 cannot
go.
When two who have loved fondly
begin to disagree, and after many a
falling out agree to go their separate
ways, each imagines that the heart
will not suffer.
There never was a greater mistake.
Memory will not be shifted. Other
would-be sweethearts may seize the
opportunity to come eagerly forward
and sue for the girls favor, but some
how not one of them fills the lonely
void in her heart.
Ii is quite the same with man. If
his heart has gone out to one girl
none other can have like attraction
for him. He is pleasant to all, but is
careful to avoid anything like senti
ment, thus giving the other girl rea-
son to believe that he is in the matri-
monial market.
1t is claimed that time heals all
grlefs. This is undoubtedly true; yet,
try as we may, we cannot forget the
old love which made the dull, old
world heaven on earth while it lasted.
Destiny may turn our steps into other
paths; we may find consolation with
nther hearts. But in our lonely mo
ments memory harks back to the lost
past.
What woman. in such idle moments.
has not wondered what became of the
lover who was once all in all to her;
If he found it easy to forget her. or
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07

In this story Mr.. Palmer, the
noted war correspondent, has paint
ed war as he has seen 1t on many
battIefields, and between many ma
tions. His Intimate knowledge OF
armies and ornaments has enabled
him to produce graphic picture OF
the greatest of all wars, and his
knowledge Of conditions has led
him to prophesy an end OF armed
conflicts. No man Is better quail
fled to write the story of the final
world war than MIR. Palmer, and
he has handled his subject with a
master hand.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07

if it was with him as it was with her
though lost to sight, to memory
dear" 1t is not enough to cherish a
beautiful memory; better that than
bitter feelings.
On the other hand, there Is no use
in brooding over the happiness which
might have been. The realities of life
are never what we have pictured they
would be. How many woman, had she
welded her first love, might not have
been so happy with him as with the
man who eventually wooed and won
her when her heart was ripper and
she knew better how to appreciate
good mans love. There are many
people who fancy because man re-
mains a bachelor late in life that he
is grieving over some old love affair.
The fact is he gives the old love but
passing thought. When a sweet
heart is lost to a man by his marriage
to another, he philocophically con-
cludes that it's useless to cry over
split milk. If he thinks of her at all,
while her memory is still sweet to
him, he concludes that their parting
must have been for the best Once
in a while we hear of old loves patch
ing up their differences in after years.
which shows that there are some
hearts, after all, which cling to faded
romances. Love once disrupted Is
never quite the same. The rock which
they stumbled against in earlier life
must always be carefully avoided.
Young girls often become acquainted
with young men and proceed to fall in
love with them without encourage
ment. He takes his leave never to
cross her path again. The girls dis
appointment is great. For years she
continues to hold memory dear. when
she should not waste even a passing
thought upon him. The past is past.
If the old love is ashes, SO let it rest.
Wise are the women who transfer
their affections from one who is not
thinking of them to the man who is
present. Memory is poor food to feed
a lonely heart.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07

lashes forming line with her brow
now, and her eyes had the still flame
of wonder that they had when she
was looking all around a thing and
through it to find what it meant.
Some day you will be chief of staff,
the head of Gray army!" she suddenly
exclaimed.
Westerling started as If he had been
surprised in secret. Then he flushed
slightly.
"Why?" he asked with forced care
lessness. Your reasons? They're more
interesting than your prophecy"
Because you have the will to be, d
she said without emphasis, in the i'm.
personal revelations of thought. you
want power. You have ambition"
He looked the picture of it, with his
square jaw, his well-moulded head set
close to the shoulders on a sturdy
neck, his even teeth showing as his
lips parted in an unconscious smile.
Marta, Marta! She isis so ex-
plosive," Mrs. Galland remarked apollo.
getically to the colonel.
II asked for her reasons. l brought
1t on myself-and it is not bad com
pliment," he replied. Indeed, he had
never received one so thrilling.
His smile, smile we'll pleased with
itself, remained as Mrs. Galland began
to talk of other things, and it's linger.
ing satisfaction disappeared only with
Marta's cry at sight of the speck in
the sky over the Brown range. She
was out on the lawn before the others
had risen from their seats.
"An aeroplane! Hurry!" she called
How fast the speck grew!
Naturally, the business of war
watching for every invention that
might serve it's ends, was the first
i patron of flight. Captain Arthur Ian.
stron, pupil of a pioneer aviator, had
been warned by him and by the chief
of staff of the Browns, who was look
ing on, to keep in circle close to the
ground. But he was doing so well
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07

that he thought he would try rising a
little higher. The SUBMITS of the range
shot under him, unfolding variegated
rug of landscape. He dipped the planes
slightly, intending to follow the ranges
descent and again they answered to
his desire. The tower lOomed before
him as suddenly as if it had been shot
up out of the earth. He must turn,
and quickly, to avoid disaster; he must
turn, or he would be across the white
posts in the enemy's country.
"Oh!" groaned Marta and Mrs. Gal
land together.
In an agony of suspense they saw
the fragile creation of cloth and bam-
boo and metal, which had seemed as
secure as an albatross riding on the
lap of a steady wind, dip far over,
careen back in the other direction, and
then the whirring noise that had grown
with it's fight ceased. 1t was no longer
thing of winged life, defying the law
of gravity, but thing dead, falling un-
der the burden of living weight.
1.-THE engine has stopped" exclaimed
Westerling, any trace of emotion In
his observant imperturbability that of
satisfaction that the machine was the
eneny's. He was thinking Of the ex-
hibition, not of the man in the ma
chine.
Marta was thinking of the man who
was about to die. She rushed down the
-errace steps wildly, as if her going
and her agonized prayer could avert
the inevitable. The plane, descending.
SKINNED the garden wall and passed
out of sight. She heard a thud, a crack
ling of braces, a ripping of cloth, but
no cry.
Westerling had started after her, ex-
claiming, This is a case for first aid!
while Mrs. Galland, taking the steps
as fast as she could, brought up the
rear. Through the gateway in the gar
den wall could be seen the shoulders
of a young officer, a streak of red
coursing down his cneek, rising from
the wreck. An inarticulate sob of re-
lief broke from Marta's throat, fol-
lowed by quick gasps of breath. Cap
tain Arthur Lanstron was looking into
the startled eyes of a young girl that
seemed to reflect his own emotions of
the moment after having shared those
he had in the air.
II flew! ! flew clear over the range,
at any rate!" he said. And I'm alive.
/ managed to hold her so she missed
the wall and made an easy bump"
He got one foot free of the wreck
and that leg was all right. She shared
his elation. Then he found that the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07
Its Industries Changed.

Valenciennes is no longer a lace
making town, engineering, iron and
steel foundries and coal mining hav-
ing taken it's place, and the last table OF
occupations at Valenciennes showed
that only Sc people in the town were
employed on textiles of any kind. Its
neighbor, st. Quentin, has saken It's
place. Where real Valenciennes is
made / do not know, for st. quentin
claims only to make imitation valen'
ciennes.-Boston Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07
Fatal Lack Of Cooperation.

| would not live in some farm COM
munities. know one settled with
people head over ears in debt, and
each one is so jealous when his neigh
Dor makes cent it is a wonder the
poison engendered in his system does
not prove fatal They simply will not
help each other out. and as result.
the entire settlement is retrograding.
M. S.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07

stron had qulckened. "But war will,
as ever, be won by the bayonet that
takes and holds position. We shall
have no miracle victories. no"
There he broke off. He did not &C.
company Mrs. Galland and Marta back
to the house, but made his adieus at
the garden-gate.
I'm sure that I shall never marry a
soldier!" Marta burst out as she and
her mother were ascending the steps.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07
Worthy, But Denied Honor

in a vision during the night watches.
and he arose and mixed up everything
he could find and took it, thinking he
would commit suicide, and instead it
made him fat and happy. But at best
we can only speculate, for of records
there is none.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07

holding up their
hands in pious
horror. A group
of them, over their
knitting the other
day, snapped ex-
periences. S a / d
one: young peo-
pie are different
from what t b e y
were. in my day.
My sons--and |
had a bakers doz-
en- of them--never
grew so old but
that I ruled them.
If they wanted to
go to a dance or
a transforming
show they had to
first find out my
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07
whare Some Reformers Err.

A reformer usually has big ideas
Frequently he insists on proceeding
on a wholesale basis instead OF rum
ming a small but active business res
ulating his own faults
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07
LauraJeanLibbeu'S
Talks on
Heart Topics
1914. by the Mcclure Newspaper Synd
a NAUGHTY WORLD.

Beauty is but vain and doubtful good;
A shining gloss that fadeth suddenly;
A flower that fades when first 1t gins to
bud;
A brittle glass that's broken presently,
A doubtful good. a gloss. a glass. a
flower
Lost, faded, dead within the hour
What naughty world this is get
ting to be-" cry our grandmammas,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07

Forget? Aye all but this-I love you.
The world outside is dark and dreary.
Beyond o heart of mine. I will not go.
Beyond your love, dear heart. I cannot
go.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-07
is GETTING A PROPOSAL A
kNACK?

Love thee? Thou canst not ask Of me
So freely as 1 fain would give;
'Tis woman's great necessity
To love so long as she shall live;
Therefore, if thou dost lovely prove,
/ cannot chnosa but give thee love!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-12
PRAISES WILDlNo

SAN FRANCISCO. May r.
Maurice Mclaughlin. former Amer
lean tennis champion. expressed re.
greet today at the death OF Anthony
+. Wilding OF New Zealand, former
tennis champion OF Great Britain,
who was killed fighting the Turks
In the Dardanelles. Wildlng defeat
ed Mclaughlin for the worlds ten
mis- championship In 1913.
The death Of Wildlng In a tire
mendous blow 10 the tennis game. %
said Mclaughlin. II cannot say
anything about his ability as play.
or all the world knows that lie
was the greatest player ever deyel.
oped. and one OF the finest sports.
men that ever handled a racquet
There was never a faircr athlete.
and from what ! have read OF his
last battle. II II easy to see that he
went TO his death as gallantlv AS he
went into important matches. al.
ways just 10 his opponent. playing
the game on the level and fighting
TO the last"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-12
MOTHERS GIVEN
LESSON IN CARE
OF LITTLE ONES

A live model-Teddy Williams.
5-month-old youngster from the
Theodore home-was used at the
Tuesday session OF the mothers
training school. Bon Msrche. to
demonstrate the proper care of in.
fants. There was a big attendance
OF mothers. Many came equipped
with pencil and pad. jotting down
the pointers given thruout the az.
ternoon.
Teddy proved an excellent sub
ject. voicing objections to only one
demonstration-the pouring of
boracic acid into his eyes to make
them cleaner and brighter. That
was going bit too far Teddy pro.
tested In angry baby talk.
Mrs. Grace Harrington and Mrs.
Edith Hickey were the demonstra.
tors OF the day. A lecture was given
by DR. Arthur Martin.
Similar lectures and demonstra.
tons will be held weekly. The
course is free and the public Is in
vited.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-12
FOOTBALL SEASON
WILL START OCT. z

The high school football schedule
for the 1915 season was adopted
yesterday by representatives OF the
six high schools OF the city and will
be submitted TO the principals for
their approval
According 10 the schedule as II
now stands. the season will open
Oct with a clash between Broad.
way and West Seattle aud will
close Nov 20 with a game between
Franklin and Lincoln. The date OF
the Broadway Franklin game has
not been determined upon definite.
~ as yet. depending on the date
OF the oregonWashington contest.
The schedule follows:
October 2-Broadvay vs.. West
Seattle
October s-Ballard Va. Lincoln.
October Franklin VS.. Queen
Anne.
October i5-oueen Anne VS..
West Seattle.
October l6-Broadwsy VS.. Bal.
lard.
October 22--Franklin vs.. West
Seattle.
October 23-Broadway VS.. Lin.
coin
October 29-Ballard vs.. Franklin.
October 30-Queen Anne vs.. Lin.
coin.
November 6-Franklin vs. Broad.
way Tor dates pending).
November Queen Anne VS..
ballard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-12
I'm THE WORLD OF SPORTS
leafs PUT
LOTT OUT OF
IT in FIRST

VICTORIA. May ls.-The Vie.
toria Maple Leafs made two Seat.
tie twirlers. LotE. the St Louis
phenom. and 'Eastloy. look like the
rankcst Kind OF tall grass talent
yesterday afternoon. and won hit.
as.you-please game from the Giants,
~ %
Victoria fans figured their team
had rough shedding ahead when the
much.toutcd Lott went on the hill.
but he lasted quick lie was
touched up FOR three runs In third
OF the first inning and Raymond
jerked him and put ERHtley to work.
Eastlcy stopped tho blood letting
unit, the third and In the sixth Il
looked as II the Giants really had
look In AT winning a game. when
Cadman poled out homer with
two men on Hope for Seattle was
short lived. In the seventh tho Vie.
torla men landed on Eastlcy Rs
often and as hard rs they wanted
to. seven runs resulting from the
smear OF nine hits
McKenry. the Victoria pitcher.
VAS touched up freely. Jack Smith
making three safe drives. but the
work OF the Giants with the
bludgeon was not productive OF
runs.
Yesterdays defeat put the Giants
In the league basement without a
rival
The score