The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-17

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So take my counsel,-there's no fee
/ Whatever charge is yours to bear,
j uSI lpterpoSe the simple plea:
Your Honor, I'm a Millionairei"
Puck.
Economy in the Army.
The inspecting officers of the army
this wear in their examinations into
military conditions at various posts
have been instructed to give careful
consideration to what is described as
the ayoidable waste of property. The
records show a startling extravaganza,
It has been asserted, and it is desired
by those in authority who are respon-
s1ble for economical disbursement of
the army fund to have this excess
kept under better control. The waste
comes about by means of condemna-
ton of public property which has
either shown misuse or has had to be
destroyed because it is rendered I'M
serViceable. One of the inspecting Of
| ficers has reported to the war depart
ment that, after considerable expert
ence, gained in various branches of
the army stationed in all parts of the
country and the philippines and in
Cuba, he is convinced that "the avoid
able waste of property in our services
is considerable" 1t has been observed
by the inspecting officer that there
is little waste where there is good dis
cipline and administration, and cor
respond1ngly greater waste where the
OppOSlI0 cOnulllOnS prevail Among
the remedies suggested as a check is
the elevation of the standard of dis
cipline, which prescription is consid-
cred too indefinite. however. for all
practical purposes.
The recommendation has been
made by one inspecting officer. whose
report has been received by Inspector
General Darlington, that there be pub
lished each year in circular form a
list of companies, troops, and batter
Sae chr aI11a If
erty destroyed for each organization
during the year by survey and tnspec-
ting officers. This would be sort OF
admonitory list, a modified form OF
reprimand, which shows the relative
care exercised by commanding Off
GERS in protecting public property in
trusted to their keeping or issued to
the soldiers under their command. In
this way, it is believed, the attention
of commando officers and inspectors
would be called to cases where waste
in government property is going on,
and commanding officers would be
made to feel that they are under spe-
ciaI surveillance.-Washi Dis
patch to New York Tribune.
Live-Saving Dog a Patient.
With all the care and attention
bestowed upon human beings, San
dow, the pet st. Bernard dog of the
Manhattan Beach life-saving squad,
who has record of seventeen
rescues to his credit, and who. has
won the affection of thousands of
bathers, is being treated In the
Pasteur Institute. SO West Twenty
third street, in the hope of prevent.
ing any i'll results from bite from a
stray mongrel week ago.as = l
Meantime, his owner, Harry ]. PEI
gorsch, one of the life savers. Is so
worried that he has not been able to
look after ambitious swimmers who
go too far beyond the life lines;
Sandow is housed in the New YORK
veterinary hospital, III West Twenty
fifth street but three times day he
is taken to the Pasteur institute,
where DR.. w. L. Wheeler attends
him. The operation is exactly the
same as that undergone by human
beings in similar circumstances
Serum is injected into the dogs back
by means of hypodermic syringe;
but while with man the treatment
is spread over eighteen days at the
rate of one operation day, IN
Shadows case the same amount of
serum will be administered in five or
six days.
the issue will hang in the
balance If after that time no
SYMPTOMS of rabies have developed,
it will be safe to conclude. accord
ing to DR.. Wheeler's experience; that
the disease has been successfully re-
sisted. Dr. Wheeler says that San
dow is an ideal patient, taking the
incubation calmly and with far less
trouble than the average human pc
ing does.
1886 Coney Island avenue, BROOKLYN,
and he and the dog are 1nseparaDIe
companions. A salesman gave san
do VITO him when the dog was only
ago. when Pegorsch was life guard at
baths, at Coney Island.
When the dog was between and
6 months old his master began to
train him to the water, ana soon ne
became an adept life saver. 1t is
known that he has saved at least
seventeen persons from drowning,
and his antics on the beach at Coney
Island won him the acquaintance of
hosts of visitors to that resort
New York Herald.
The Japs and Suicide.
The Japanese system of philosophy
teaches that death is the easiest
means of escaping from the trouples
of life, and, from statistics published
in a French economic journal, 1t Is
seen that suicide is something appal- |
ling, so far as numbers are concerned.
in the Land of the Chrysanthemum
From 1890 to 1897 1000 cases were
recorded: from 1898 to 1902 there |
were 5000. In 1903 the number ex-I
ceeded 5000 and in 1904 it was TO-
OOO Sixty per cent of the victims were
men and 40 per cent women. a COM
parison is made with other countries
From 1887 to 1901 Denmark showed
253 to the million of people; France,
218; Switzerland, 216; Prussia. 1877;
japan, 1874; Austria, 1853; Belg1um'
122: Sweden, 119; Bavaria, rs; Eng
land, so; Norway. 80; Holland, So;
Scotland, Sc; Italy, So, and Ireland,
"a. In the majority of cases in Japan
the age of the victim is 80 and over;