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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-14

zone drink is all we had"
This is the statement made by
Charles McNatt as he sat in jail after
stabbing a fellowman last Thursday
night
One drink! But it made him unrea-
sonable and fred his brain with hatred
for a companion when the latter did
not comply with an unnecessary re-
quest.
One drink But it made Charles
McNatt a murderer in his heart and al
most a murderer in fact
one drink! But it has opened the
penftentary doors before the drinker,
and it may send him to prison for
years.
one drink But It has brought dis
grace and remorse to him who swal-
lowed the poison.
One drink. But it sent an innocent
man down almost to the gates of
death
One drink But It has imposed on
society the necessity of prosecuting
MeNatt for his rash act. which viii
entail a heavy cost in dollars and cents
on the community.
A rather costly drink. was it not
The few cents paid by McNatt to the
criminal who sold it to him does not
represent its price. In the cost must
be reckoned the anguish. the suffer
ing of friends, the murderous intent,
the physical pain of the victim, the
cost Of prosecution and defense; and,
IL the drinker is convicted, the years
to be spent behind prison bars, and
the expense to the state of his punish
ment.
Pretty high price for one drink.
isn't it?
When Charles McNatt took that
drink Thursday evening he had no
idea of attempting to stab fellow
workman. There was then no murder
IN his heart He was doubtless a
man of average good intentions. But
the drink changed him.
How many stories of crimes and
accidents in the newspapers close with
the words. HE had been drinking
How many. many drinks have such a
fearful price attached to theml What
would Charles McNatt not give today
had he not taken that one drink!
The drinker never knows before
hand which drink has the terrible
cost mark on. Had McNatt known he
would never have taken that drink on
Thursday. It's a pretty good idea not
to run the risk of any of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-14

ing their way from the country about
Trinidad, Quincy and Ephrata toward
the Cascade mountains, where they are
to be ranged during the summer. Last
year more than 10000 sheep were
grazed in the mountains Of Chelan
county.
o. E. Loving, a local sheepman.
states that $4,000 head will cross at
Orondo within the next few days. A
large number are vending their way
over the mountains from E1lensburg
on the way to the Icicle mountains.
owing to the fact that more of the
Washington forest reserve has been
thrown open for grazing purposes than
ever before a greater number Of sheep
are expected in this section this sum
mer-Spokane Spokesman Review.
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A TransatIanfic Telephone.

While It might never pay 70 lay a
telephone cable across the Atlantic, It
would undoubtedly pay, and pay well,
to lay a cable which, while being eff
fective for telephone service, would
also give much better results than are
now attainable in biography. The diff
ficulty is, at present, not an electrical
one, but a simple question of construc-
ton. The cable has to be sunk in two
miles or more of water. It must, there
fore, be able to bear a pressure equal
to two miles of water, every thirty-four
feet of which is equal to one atmos-
phere, or fifteen pounds to the square
inch: this amounts to some two tons
to the square inch at the bottom of the
Atlantic. and it is a difficult problem
to devise coils that Will stand that en-
ormous pressure. But this is simply a
mechanical difficulty, not an electrical
one. The electrical part Of the matter
is complete and perfect. Messrs- Sic
mems and Halske are hard at work or
the mechanical problem; they are al
present experimenting with tele-
phone cable under Lake Constance
with a stretch Of some fifteen or twen-
ty miles, and a very considerable depth
of water. If they succeed, the nex'
step will be a series of telephone ca
bles between England and the CONT
nent, where there IS nowhere any
great depth of sea.-Charles Johnston
in Harper's Weekly.
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oUAKER REFLECrIoNs.

IFrona the Philadelphia Record.I
Never hit a man when he has got
you down.
The matchmaker is often disguised
as a chaperone.
The restaurant cheese is always in
apple pie order.
Dead men tell no tales, but the writ
ers of obituaries do.
Porous plasters ought to be benef-
cial At any rate, they are hole-some.
The only people who are never dis
appointed are those who expect moth
ing
Wigg-s'Do you read any newspaper
hction?" Wagg-"Only the weather
indications"
A fellow doesn't always know
whether a girl is smiling on him or
giving him the laugh.
An Atlantic City correspondent says
that never before have there been so
many tall young men at that resort.
That probably comes from having
their legs pulled so often.
81 tell you,'' remarked the Wise Guy.
cts the man who gets the upper hand
that WINS yes" agreed the Simple
Mug, even though he may have to
deal it to himself from the bottom Of
the deck
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A TRANSFER OF CREDIT.

According to Mr. Trickett it appears
that Governor Hoch is not entitled to
any honor for closing the joints in Kan
sas City, Kan, but that the credit for
Trickett's appointment for that purpose
belongs to Attorney General Coleman
Accordingly the state Journal desires
to withdraw the commentator 1t gave
Governor Hoch for having a hand in
the Kansas City movement. and give
whatever credit there may be for Mr.
Trickett's appointment to the attorney
general. This paper desires to COM
mend Mr.. Coleman whenever 1t can
consistently do so.
Mr.. Trickett alleges. If he has been
correctly quoted. that Governor Hoch
was opposed to his appointment and
desired to retain Assistant Attorney
General McCamish, who wasn't accom-
plishing anything; that Mr.. Coleman
dismissed Mechanism and appointed
Trickett over the governors objection.
It is difficult to believe, as is intima
ted, that Governor Hoch is opposed to
the strict enforcement Of the prohibi-
tory law, even if an election is pending
in which such an action would cost him
the joint vote. At least the State Jour
nal desires to give him the benefit Of
ment But if the governor really de-
sires that the law shall be enforced he
viii doubtless take immediate meas
ures to see that it is done in Wichita.
Leavenworth, Junction City, and all
other places where it is openly and
VIGOROUSLY violated. He has already
served three-fourths Of his term and
nothing has been done about law-en-
forcement in any of these towns It
was stated some time ago that the
mayor of Wichita. who headed the
sedgwick county delegation to the Re-
publican state convention, aided in
suppressing the opposition to Hoch in
the Sedgwiek delegation in order that
the governor would not take the same
steps al Wichita that he did at Kansas
City towards Mayor Rose. The state
is now waiting to see If events cor
roborate this story.
It is certainly UP to Governor Hoch
to find Trickett in each Of these other
law abiding cities or else instruct At
torney General Coleman to do SO.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.


LF'rom the Atchison Globe
About the biggest statement any one
can make is Satisfaction guaranteed"
The world is terribly crowded with
humorists. Don't try to acquire fame
in that way
Ever notice that some people can't
give compliment without mixing it
with quinine?
The most complete book Of etiquette
could not cover the rudeness Of some
people.
If you take three drinks a day, peo-
pie viii say you take dozen Bad
conduct is always exaggerated.
When children tear a flower garden
to pieces, a mother explains with pride
that her children do love flowers So.
Looking backward. 1t seems that a
man has wasted q terribly big pile OF
money in having little bit of a good
time
Have you noticed that you no longer
see great big ears? How long Is 1t
since you saw pair that suggested a
barn door2
The peaches have such an unusual
amount of fuzz on this year that eating
them is more than ever like kissing
suffragist.
Some people think they are all right
if they don't steal But there are
many other things you must do, If you
want to stand well with your neigh
bors.
The interest the women folks show
toward a mans clothes shows itself
oftener in a suggestion that he have
his old suit cleaned, than that he get
a new one.
A number of years ago a father felt
privileged TO open and read the letters
now he doesn't dare to If she is over
eight
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Tondon's Tosf Gorilla.

Poor Martha! She has passed from
the tribulations Of an uncongenial
world to hang by the tail, we trust, IN
some Paradise of apes. For Martha
was the last of the gorillas that the
zoo has vainly tried to foster Arriv-
ing moribund, she was spared no DEL
icacy or attention that could fan Mt
full spark of vitality into a steady
fame. Night and day they watched
and tended her. But either the shock
of the voyage had been too much for
her or the poor soul beat so hard
against the bars of captivity that the
small heart was broken. At least she
has followed Venus and Chloe and
Miss Crowther, and the zoo must now
search for some more fortunate sue
cessor Martha IS indeed tragic loss
for gorillas are as scarce, as they are
dificult to keep healthy in captivity
They are attractive beasts, despite
their reputation. and we look forward
to the success at Regents Park, which
we are sure. is only postponed by this
series of disasters.-St. James Gazette.
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BOOKS. But Marta was quick to read
the signs, and soon realized that all
was not well with the young professor
That he should fall in love had been
trouble enough, but to be refused by a
chit of a girl with no more brains than
a butterhy-that was not to be borne,
and Marta's anger rose the longer she
thought Of it. But when, after art
fully questioning the professor, she
round that he had not asked Miss
Betty Gainsboro to marry hinZthen
there ragged in Marta's heart a battle
between the desire for her own SUI
premacy and the desire for Travers'
happiness. The latter conquered.
see" she remarked TO Travers as
she entered his study bright and early
buster in hand, ST see that Miss Gains
borO's cousin. who's been visiting there
has gone. He's going to marry girl
out west and Miss Gainsboro's to be
bridesmaid John read 1t in the paper
this morning I'm sorry to distur b
you, professor, but you know this IS
cleaning day. I won't be longZsup-
pose you go out in the orchard and
wait till I'm through - for Marta had
seen the flicker of a white dress be-
tween the trees Travers, absent
nindedly clutching a paper knife. went
out into the orchard in a happy daze,
and came face to face with Betty
Gainsboro.
Looking for specimens?" she de-
manded. catch OF laughter in her
tone.
NO" said Travers, ''for I've found
a perfect one at last=a rose Of all the
roses that 1 mean to cherish forever,
if you will let me, Betty"
IF you don't mind the thorns," she
whispered
And Marta, watching them from the
study window. surreptitiously wiped
her eyes. st do believe I'm glad of it
after ALL she said huskily, though I
know he'll never get his meals on
time
Copyright. 1906. by Ruby Doug
las)
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NIalne Treasure Trove.

The announcement that several bar
rels of bottled beer and ale had been
dumped into the river near the
Brewer bridge by a frightened driver
early Tuesday morning to avoid the
liquor deputies was the cause for
the assembling Of a large multitude
on the middle span of the bridge
shortly after daylight, who looked
down with hungry eyes and moist
lips at what was hidden beneath the
turbulent flood
Desperate ones laid aside their
clothing and began to dive to see what
they could find. and before the day
was over two barrels Of bottled ale
had been recovered and gingerly
split among the gang They are
still ct 1t. and If anything remains in
the bottom of the river it will not be
for want Of arduous and enthusiastic
endeavor on the part of several in be-
half of thrift and recovery.-Bangor
News.
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JANA WKER .JOTS

Among the new Agricultural fea-
lures" added to the Anthony fair is a
balloon ascension.
A Salina man trots out some plums
59z inches in circumference and dares
anyone to beat them.
A casual perusal of the Ottawa Re-
public indicates that it does not entire
ly approve ne course of its esteemed
contemporary" the Herald.
The man who invented the self binder
used to live a Junction City. His name
is Frank P. Mcclure, and his home is
now at Pierre, S. D. The first model of
the machine was made by Ward G. His
ted in 1877. Years afterwards Mr. His
ted presented it to the State Historical
society.
Art. and science. and literature, and
philosophy are good things in their
places. but Ottawa thinks it will help
some in approaching them if the taber-
nacle seats are padded before the next
Chautauqua assembly IS held.
A few days ago somebody on the
Kansas City Star. penned up in an
office overlooking a busy street, and
with an electric fan keeping him cool,
ground out an editorial on The Fascina-
these reveries from the Mcpherson Opin-
ion: IT'S the things we are not doing
in this world that look so pleasant. We
remember some twenty years ago very
distinctly the fascination Of the har-
vest We arose in the morning a t about
4:3O and with slight intermissions for
eating and drinking put in the whole
time till about nine o'clock in the even
ing pitching the golden grain. We would
drive along by some large tree and OBJ
serve the beautiful grass growing in the
shade and we thought that If we had
the opportunity we would lie down in
that grass and sleep for months This
was when we were harvesting wheat from
Monday until Saturday night But
things looked different Sunday morning
We coulL.ft sleep on account of flies,
ST and heat so we arose early. saddled
OF horse, rode around all day and
didn't set to bed till along about two
o'clock Monday morning. We never even
thought once of lying in the green grass
under the shade of that tree. It's the
things in this world that we are not
permitted to do that seem to have the
hall of grandeur cast about them"
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the chicago News.I

lETOm the CHlcdSO NSWS-l
A very young man likes to be mista-
ken for q cynic.
Some men hurry through life as If
widows were chasing them
Most women expect to draw blanks in
the matrimonial lottery.
Many a mans good fortune IS due to
the will power of a deceased relative.
Nothing is gained by abusing those
whose opinions differ from your own.
Is it a coincidence that the worldly
parson revolves around the collection
plate?
If a boy doesn't earn more than he
gets he will never amount to much as
a man.
Babies and pianos cause a lot Of trou-
BILE because people refuse to let them
alone
And 1t takes two fools with but a sin
gle thought to generate full-sized case
of mutual jealousy.
After a self-made man has finished
the job he should make a few friends
to be used in case of emergency.
There are times when we like 10 meet
enthusiastic men-and there are other
times when We are just as anxious to
get away from them
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burdens of government as do most
private citizens. Many farmers pay
only a sixth or a seventh of the actual
value Of their farms. and many men
with money or mortgages in the bank
escape taxation altogether.
The trouble with railroad taxation is
that the railroads wish to pay taxes
only on the actual cost of the road, but
when it comes to charging freight rates
they include in the value of the road
the excessively watered stock added to
the heavily bonded debt.
In other words, when it comes to
fixing rates the railroad demands, over
and above its operating expenses, in
terest on its bonded debt, and also a
dividend on its stock But when it
comes to paying taxes it wishes to pay
only on what the road cost. As many
railroads are capitalized and bonded
for six or eight times their cost, this is
not fair
The Kansas taxation system ought to
be reformed by compelling all prop
erty to be listed at its actual value.
The actual value OF a railroad could be
ascertained by simply figuring the total
market value Of the stock, and fgur-
ing what per cent OF the road belongs
in Kansas. The aprortioning Of the
values to the various lines and
branches would. however. be a big
task. This could be obviated by hav-
Ing the railroads pay their taxes d.
rectly to the state. The railroad taxes
in Kansas would be just about enough
to run the state government, thereby
obviating the necessity of counties pay
ing a state tax.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

''The Eagles" says the Beloit Ga
zette, ARE IN trouble down at Abilene.
The Sheriff took ten cases of beer out
of their headquarters one day last
week That" said Bill Doolittle.
when he read the item. isn't trou-
BILE; it's a calamity
X
Yesterday was Friday the Thir-
teenth. What stroke of good fortune
did you have2
Probably it viii take" just as well
even if the new state officers are not
inaugurated in the auditorium next
winter.
x
An ice trust in summer is bad
enough. but an ice trust in summer
that resolves itself into a coal trust in
winter is sort of rubbing it in, to state
the case mildly
You really cannot blame Oyster Bay
for feeling pretty big these days.
y
Ex-Queen Lii says she Is going to
be loyal to the United States. How
glad Uncle Sam viii be to hear this.
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RAILROAD AssEss1rENT.


One Of the questions submitted to
legislative candidates by Mr.. W. r.
Stubs and his associates indicates
that there will be move in the coming
legislature to do away with the state
board Of railroad assessors and to
place the duty of assessing the rail-
roads on the township assessors.
Now it is possible that the township
assessors would, as a rule, assess the
railroads as satisfactorily as it is done
under the present system. But the
reverse might be true. The State
Journal realizes that the work Of not
only the present board of railway asses
sors but OF former boards has perhaps
been open to criticism but it doubts the
wisdom of placing the duty of assessing
the railroads on the township trustees.
Some trustees would stick" the
railroads by making their taxes ex-
tremely heavy. Others would be in
huenced by passes or other considera-
lions to give the railroads the best of
It. Even those trustees who desired to
be absolutely honest and fair would
not have the time nor opportunity to
fully study the subject of railroad tax
alton.
1t is a notorious fact that our pres
ent system of assessment and taxation
IS about as iniquitous as it could well
be. No two assessors have the same
standard OF values. and to place the
railroads under the township assessors
would not help matters any as condi-
lions are at present.
AS a matter of fact railroads come
as near paying their just share Of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-14
THE CONGRESSMAN Ar HOME.

Now doth the able congressman,
Relieved from statesman. cares,
Seek simpler ways
And restfu1 days
Among his home-brewed airs.
He sits in Sundays in his pew,
He passes round the plate;
Nor does this act.
By law or fact
Connect the church and state.
He mingles freely with the folks.
Nor ever lets them think
How great he is:
And sometimes It's
His way to buy a drink
Full oft he holds the plodding p1oW
And drives the mule with care;
He moWs and reaps,
And always keeps
His fences in repair.
New York World.
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HOME NEWS WHILE Away.

Subscribers OF the State SouFnal
AWAY during the SIMMER may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address at t. rate OF ten cents
q week or thirty cents month Thy
ana1l only. Address changed as often
as desired. While out Of town the
State journal VIII be to you Ike q
daily letter from home.
Advance payment IS requested on
these shsrt tllne subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expense
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KANSAS cOMMENT
IN KANSAS

Only the traveller can know how rap
idly the state of Kansas is growing.
Villages suddenly appear where former
" there was solitude, the villages be-
come cities of the third class, and these
soon develop Into the second and first
class. We now have nine cities of the
first class in the state. The trees are
growing everywhere, and Kansas IS be-
coming richer every year in beautiful
homes and lovely apes.-W estern
School Journal
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1t doesn't take much to scare the
packers into being good now. The
Kansas State Board Of Health brought
them to time with no effort at all. The
board intmated that it wasn't nice to
use preservatives on meat products
and when they are used the labels
ought to say so. And Immediately
the packers said they would quit US
ing any personalities. six months ago
the state Board Of Health might have
made all sorts of orders to the packers
ard the packers would only have wig
rled their thumbs and fingers at the
board and told it not to get funny.
we are certainly living under changed
conditions, as Governor Hoch said to
q. =. Stubs
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President Roosevelt has an account
at the Riggs National bank in Wash
ington- The bookkeepers have no end
OF trouble keeping the presidents bal
ance straight, because so many people
who get checks from the president fail
TO cash them, preferring to preserve the
checks as souvenirs So many persons
are willing to pay from 81 to SO for an
uncashed check signed by the president
that hundreds Of dollars are saved the
president every ear.-Horton CONNER
cial.
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Noting that the friends Of Mayor
Rose in Kansas City proposed to pay
that thousand-dollar fine for him. a
Kansas editor remarks that it is bet
ter to invest this thousand dollars that
way than to spend 1t for a thousand
dollars worth of booze. It would be
dihicult. however. to convince that
kind of people that they would not
get more fun out OF the other invest
ment
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How much longer is this garbage
nuisance problem to continue2 It has
been running for a serial now for
years. Very likely, if the truth was
known, the founders of the town had
trouble the first day over the garbage
auction
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Another Of the funny things Of the
present campaign is the way that some
people who abused the State Journal
two years ago for not supporting the
Republican candidates for railroad
commissioners. are fighting the pres
ent Republican candidates for those
Offices The present nominees could
not possibly be any more pro-railroad
than were those Of two years ago.
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Mr.. Bryan is IN favor of admitting
all who so desire to the Democratic
earty and have no questions asked.
&ut when 1t comes to running the par
~ maehinery-well It would be best
TO hire those who have shown expert
ence and who know the machine, he
4F4u1re
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.I

If he wasn't married a man could
have a lot of fun being rich
A farmer Is a very busy man TO have
to cuss the weather so much.
A woman calls q hat sweet when 1t
has a lot of mangled birds on it.
It's really remarkable how popular
you can make a thing simply by preach
ing against il.
A horse doesn't know much not to run
away when the fellow behind with his
girl has only one arm TO hold hirns