The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
KANSAS c0A1AENT
THE SIMPLE LIFE.

want to say this to the boys who
vii read my story: have never
SMOKED, chewed, drank or played
LOT money in my life"
WIN the eagles of victory perchine
Upon ms banners, Battling Nelson, the
Pusilist VINO recently defeated the ''in-
xiliclpie Joe Cans, thus delivered
HiInseIr IN the course of ap address to
CaIiIornla newspaper men. He added.
not as an incentive to a higher life,
worth quarter of million dollars.
II can De said to his eternal credit
.ha1 ne recommended no rules of diet
Ins' thus putting to shame Chauncey
DepeW and other guides, philosophers
and friends of the rising generation
VINO are always insisting that a man
cant be a reputable member of So
society unless he lives on succcotash
and boiled squash
Nelson Is physical marvel. As a
nghter he lacks many of the Qualifica-
lions or the majority of bruisers who
nave swept to crimson glory. He is
slow and awkward and has but little
more science than hired man; in the
early stages Of fight he invariably
resembles a chopping block, the other
man hitting him wherever it is most
convenient, but his physique is so re-
markable that the blows don't seem to
ln1ure him, and he fights away, tire
less and indomftable, until the antag-
onist Is worn out, and then the Dur
able Dane finishes him at leisure.
Every boy who has blood in his
veins would like to possess such
strength and endurance, and such at
tributes are desirable even where
there is no ambition to become orna-
ments of the prize ring. Therefore the
admonitory words of the Battling
Dane should be pasted in the hat OF
every American boy.
Il have never smoked, chewed,
drank, or played cards for money"
says the Indestructible Dane.-Em-
poria Gazette.
ARMY LACKS SURGEONS.
There are now more than forty va
cancies in the Junior grade of the army
medical corps. and these will be In
creased next January by the operation
of the law reorganizing the army med
ical department by about thirty-fve.
1t is necessary to fill these vacancies
in order to carry out the plans of the
army medical officers for corps reor-
ganiZation. An examination will be
held in about a month at various mill
itary posts throughout the country,
with the expectation that more than
one hundred candidates who are grad
yates of the medical colleges and who
have had the required subsequent
practice will present themselves. Those
who are found qualified after physical
and professional examination will be
ordered to Washington and join the
ten approved candidates who have
passed the examination held in May.
All of these candidates will make UP
a class for a six months course of in
struction at the army medical school,
after which they will be examined and
commissioned as first lieutenants and
assistant surgeons in the regular estab-
lishment under the new arrangement
and increased pay which have proved
SO attractive to candidates. For sew
eral years the army medical depart
ment has suffered through the lack OF
interest manifested by the medical
school graduates who prefer to take
their chances in private practice In
preference to entering the military
establishment on the pay provided and
with the exactions of duty imposed
The improved conditions are expected
to result in more favorable interests iu
the corps, where the chances of pro-
motion have been visibly increased
Leavenworth Times