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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

AL the while the heart of this remark
able young man was performing its regu-
lar duties. 1t never skipped a beat while
the keen surgical needles were passing
through It's quivering walls. beats
the surgeon assisting would stoop over the
patient and remove the blood that con-
stantly welled up in the wound, but the
steady beat never faltered. Finally the
twelfth stitch was taken and the trapdoor
OF flesh and bone that had been lifted was
closed down. The man was stlll alive.
And Michael Lawless continued to live and
grow better and stronger every day. A
few days ago he was discharged from the
hospital, a sound man so far as the surgi-
cal staff was able to determine.
Bullet in the brain.
Heretofore Il was understood that a man,
might have his brain pierced by a rifle
bullet, his stomach riddled by a gastric
ulcer or lose both limbs close up to the
trunk in a railroad accident and yet live,
but It had been held that the piercing of
the heart meant death, immediate, instan-
taneous. The Greeks. who were the fathers
OF medicine, looked upon the heart as the
seat Of the mind. and looked upon it's in
jury as fatal. The discovery Of the circu-
lanOn by DIR. Harvey only confirmed the
tact that the heart. was the most vital OF
the organs. Experiments have shown that
practically all the brain may be removed
and yet II respiration be kept up IN SONS
artificial manner the heart will 50 steadily
and uncomplainingly about its business OF
supplying the Tissues with blood. Cases
like that OF LRwiess are SO rare that they
are almost unknown IN medical annals.
The surgeon no longer hesitates outside
the portals OF the heart and brain tina.
were Once all but sealed 10 him. In tn
early history OF EunshOt wound all mis-
siles thai had penetrated the skull anC
embedded themselves in the brain wer,
looked upon as certain to cause death in Z
very short TIME On the twelfth day o
September a fisherman named aRObidouX
for years known ~ the King Of Arsena
Is&nd, bacams a party 10 a quarrel will
SONS treEDassers on his domain and sew
eral shots were fired. Two rifle bullet
struck RObidouN. one entering his braiI
pust above the left eve and the other frae
turing but not entering the bone at IN.
apex OF the skull. After the fusillade TN
boat In which he had fallen drifted dow
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

placing the missing pieces Of bone by a
sort OF fibrous tissue, Then it was de-
cided to place the man with the broken
back in a plaster cast and let him return
to his home, as his general physical con-
dition was good.
A few days ago he left the hospital with
his back bound up tightly and supported
by a plaster cast Weighing about fifteen
pounds. He had lain in the same ward for
the three months that have elapsed since
the accident and was glad TO get sway
from the place that the most enthusiastic
Of the surgeons had thought would prove
to be his deathbed. He walke unsup-
ported to a carriage and was driven to the
home that he had not seen for a fourth
of a year. For another three months he
must wear the cast OF plaster day and
night, and then lac will return to the hos
pital to be measured and fitted up with a
permanent steel brace.
William M. Porteous. of st. Louis. re
Gently underwent, in a measure, the same
fortunes Of surgery that cara Morris de-
'scribes so telling in her memoirs He was
spared the twinge Of the moxa, that fiend-
ish idea OF the japanese surgeons that
the American and Europeans seemed 10
think would be helpful in the treatment
OF cases OF splhai dLISellOn. IN the case
OF Porteous, years OF pain had made him
practically insensible to ordinary agonies
A growth forming in and near the spinal
cord was gradually shutting Off all sense
Of touch and power Of movement in his
arm and hand. But, despite the loss OF
touch, there WAS no diminishing OF the
power to feel pain.
In an out-of-town hospital, one OF the
most famous In the world, he submitted
10 an operation. The a Was incised just
above the line Of the shoulder blades low
er end, and the vertebrate were laid bare
Three OF them were found to have beer
affected. and portions Of them were re-
moved, Then the spinal nerve that led
10 the affected arm was found 10 be de-
generating. aud anOther and even more
serious incision was q The greal
nerve that darts out from the side OF th'
spinal column and looks after the doing'
OF the arm was followed from It's point
OF origin across the back, over the shOulde.
and down the arm almost 40 the wrist
IL was cut Al a dozen places. and SINAI
bits Of affected white tissue were takeI
out.
TO the unihitiated the Idea Of q nerve
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

the river for a mile or so before he was
picked up and brought ashore, Thee was
considerable delay in getting him ilto the
hands of the men at the City hospital,
but an operation was finally decided upon
after his arrival there.
A portion Of the splintered skull was
removed and the brain explored for the
neavy calibered bullet. IL was found
deeply embedded i'm the soft tissues Of the
lobe Of the brain. He was an old man and
the shock Of the wound and the period Of
lnattention while he was drifting on the
river had been a great hindrance, but he
Is still making a fight for life. As TO the
probable effect of such an injury on his
mental powers i'm the case Of his recovery
medical men ara unable TO say. The most
Of the really tieklish operations have TO
be done on the spur Of the moments need.
A short while ago two men driving
across one OF the car lines was struck by
a passing car and hurled many feet into
the street. One Of the men sustained a
fearfully crushed skull. When he was de-
iivered at the operating room the prelimi-
nary examination showed that a portion
of the brain had been lacerRted and was
oozing out at a jagged aperture in the
skull wall. This was removed by the sur
geen in charge. the pressure relieved on
the injured tissues and at present the man
Is on the high road to recover
MeRdinE "A Broken Back.
Three months ago Edward Schneider, Of
No. 1926 ST. Ferdinand avenue, was paint
ing a smokestaek. Because Of some defect
In his rigging, the scaffold where he was
working slipped and hurled him to the
ground, forty feet below. When he was
picked up apparently dead and hurried to
the hospital, 1t was found that -four OF the
vertebrate composing tie spinal column
were in a frightfuIly shattered condition.
Not a physician In the institution felt tina
he could even live a week. much less re-
cover Several operations, however, were
decided upon in a sort OF a fOrlOrn hope
OF keeping the man alive.
Three portions OF as many vertebrae
were removed In a splintered condition
during these operations. and the man be.
gan TO steadily get better. When he wa
first brought In be was paralyzed from
the lower dorsal region down. He was un
able 10 move either OF his lower limbs
la the slightest degree. Finally II wa
seen that the processes Of nature were re
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
RECENT SURGICAL NARVELS
Daring Operations on Head, Heart
and Backbone.
TWELVE STITCHES IN HEART
Triuanphs of Modern Skin Approach
C. lnoniain Of Miracies-Three
Famous Cases ia 81.
Louis Hospital.

HON mich chance ror ufe would you
r,e knirselt.if you realized that someone
lad I,4t ,Reust q knife through the lower
pars odyaair heart almost s~evsring az In
N RIirtt rlece, the probabilities are that
YOU wv aud never realize what had hap
p,n'4; byou would ,p7obaRly pitch v
ON lolk face %lfeless. Fasther than that
n ,tuI we're alive For a Few minutes
ar,o.} he Mound YES reeeiyee you would
hardly he Able 70 walk fer a block or 50
unfit SourfAn across a policeman, who
woulh saks charge Of you and hurry you
TO tha 81 LQuisS city hospital. where
tho sbresons BY a really rehnarkabls
operktibh would save your life Refe these
things occurred TO one Michael Lawiess'
OF Wellston. just as they are written ssWn
and one hardly knows which 10 admire
mosk. the couFasa AND constitution. OF
the tVoanded man or the sknl and eDoihess
of Inc men Who stitched : his. severed
beaIA together on .the night Of his injury
and lktpt him alive through the critical
aays that fonoWed-as bparatlon,. q,
surgeon likes 70 plan an operation as
a genefalip plans a campaign. He likes to
bave time enough togo over the patients
history and constitution earefdnN But IN
the case Of Michael LaWless. the man who
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

was brought all the way in from Well
ston to the city hospital with a severed
heart, the matter of haste wars impera-
tive. The most rugged constitution that
humanity can produce must give way IL
much longer delay is had in attending to
a wound OF this sort. As It was, the fact
that the man was alive under the circum-
stances was a marvel in itself.
Stabbed in Heart.
One night in the latter part OF August
.Iawless became involved in a saloon row
In wenston. In some manner, just how
Lawless has never made plain, he was
stabbed in the heart, the blade almost
severing that organ. He staggered out OF
The bafroom and made his way across the
line into st. Louis before being picked up
by a patrolman, He was still entirely con,
setoWs. aid not. seem to be suffering. but
refused TO give the details Of how he
came to bsFInjured or the name OF the
nah who had stabbed him.
He was sent to the. hospital as quickly
as possible and the surgeons in their pre-
Aminsry exR hination found that the heart
had been almost cut in, twain. A hurried
operation was decided upon. The chest
was cut through and a sort OF a trap door
cut out or the breast directly over the
oaTdiao region. Two ribs were cut through
IN the operation and the flap OF bone and
muscle folded hack ON, the chest Their
prs Kirchner. shut and others set &c
work to repair the damage. When the
heart was reached a gaping slash was re.
bvealed across and through the powerful
nusclss that compose the walls OF thii
Vital organ. Twelve stitches were neoes.
sary 10 dose the wound. and the utmost
care q to be taken In the stitching, a.
the heart was relaxing and contracting
regularly AL che while II was necessary
10 lake the stitches in the interval between
6ests. while me muscular walls were re
taxed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
PULLS THE DEADLY PARALLEL
New York Paper POunces ON a
Roosevelt story and Says
Things.

With JOY too deep for words to picture.
the New York World pounces on the Incl
dent of Carl Akeley killing a leopard
bare-handed. related by Theodore Roose-
welt in the second installment Of African
Game Trails" declares the story Is almost
thirty years old, and pulls the deadly
parallel" on the first page. The original
story, bearing a London date and printed
In the World on Noyember Is. 1886, reads:
Prof. d.. @. Elliot. the leader OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

expedition into Africa from the Field CO.
lumbar Museum Of Chicago, sailed for
hcme on the steamship ST. Louis TODAY.
after q s%ojourn in regions unknown TO
Europeans and never before traversed by
a naturalist.
While the explorers caravan Of sixty.
eight men, all armed with snlders and
VIII chesters. and ninety7eight camels. was
journeying through SomaliIand, C. A. AXE
ley head of the tGxldernJst department,
was furiously attacked by a wounded
leopard. He was nearly torn TO pieces.
de bears fourteen wounds on his right arm
and hand as mementos OF the trugEle
lie escaped through remarkable presence
OF mind and GOODNESS in literally sufnocat.
ing The beast by kneeling on it's lungs.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is pleasant
A. 4 4 H. "a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

ever %reuniting after it is once severed
seems ridiculous. Its tissue seems so diff
ferent from those Of the muscles or the
bone cells. But in the course Of time these
white and cleaning tissues will knit to-
getheF. From four to six weeks are re-
quired for this, and In the case of a broken
down and degenerating nerve It may take
many months TO heal so that nerve mes
sages may pass along IT once more.-St,
Louis Republic.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
Cut Glass Sale s,'D,a.,
In Our China Department

In Our China Department
We secured at a big bargain from
one of the largest cut glass manufac-
turers in the country 200 DOZEN
BEAUTIFUL OUT GLASS TUMBLERS
Several different styles for your selec-
tion-Will close them Saturday;
while they last, at 19G
Star Cut Wine Glasses e. .lSG
Japanese Blue Salad Bowls-All sizes
and regular soc and Use values 19G
Earthenware Salt Boxes and Tea and
Coffee Canisters on sale Saturday.
at lOG
White or Decorated China, Saturday
at Half.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
New VeiIings

A beautiful lot Of new Fancy
Spot and Mesh Veilings, regu-
lar SOC values; on sale in one lot
Saturday, at, yard. Csc
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

NEW YORK, oct. 2g.-Charles G. Dick
lnson, president of the Carnegie Triist
company and officer and director in
financial and railroad companies. was
thrown from his sadie horse In Central
park today and seriously injured. II was
said at the hospital that MI. Dickinson
was suffering from conclusion Of the brain
and that his condition was grave.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
-Four Specials
In Our High Grade
Linen Dept.
For Saturdays Selling

For Saturdays Selling
Huck towels, good size, hemmed
ready for use, worth 1Oc, Satur-
day, each, ..............7hC
Hemmed and fringed, cree and
white Turkish bath towels, extra
large size. worth 15c, Saturday,
each, at .lOc
Pure linen, hemstitched table
cloths, size Sx10, German man
ufacture, worth $2.25, Saturday,
each, at $500, $500 .Sl.OO
Barnsley toweling. warranted pure
flax, heavy and absorbant, worth
15c, Saturday, at, yd. ...lOG
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
75c Silk Belts Csc

A brand new line of All Silk
Elastic Belts, with fine new
style buckles, SOC to 75c values,
at ........ Csc
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

When the blood becomes oVAchargsd with uric acid it continually
grows weaker, more aond, and poorer in nOurshing qualities. The nerves,
muscles and joints, instead of receiving their necessary nutdment from the
circulation are gradually hned with the sharp urate impunty with which
ne circulation is loaded, and the pains and aches of Rheumatism are the
I nsT9sa ALI result No smoGnt y rubbing. Or the application Of external med
SSpeotsd nom such treatment Is temporary relief from the pains aud aches.
Q ne M acid hnPudty. SIS. 8 is the proper treatment, because It goes
dow and attacks the disease O. its head, and by hterng out 0veryp particle
o. Ia urahe matter and strengthening and enrchng the blood, cures
eunau IN every form. SB. 3. changes the sour, aoidIburdensd blood
TOT rich, healthy steam,w which quiets the pain-racked nerves, muscles and
joints, codS the teVerlsn mesh, gently removes the cause and drives Rheu-
mattsm from the system s.s.s. reaches inherited cases a we'll Is those
which have been acquired, and good results re always experienced from
its use. Special book o a Rheumatism containing many valuable meees-
lions for Ehsunatte sufferers and any medal advice free 70 ali who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, Ga,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
Are You Fixed for
Stoves?

Not Then don't fail to see
our Special Dandy Oak
heater, 15-in. fire pot, full
nickeled with foot rail
special, at .........$7.9 5
Same as above, but with 49,
in. fire pot, sufficient to
heat 4 large rooms, $9,95
All steel cook stove, 4 hole, special
at $3.50
Gas radiators, up from ..S2.45
25c quality stove pipe, extra heavy
joint, at .,..........,...1OE
Stove zines, up from 9oN
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
Save Money by Buying Toys
in Our Toy Dept. Saturday

$500 Auditorium, ball bearing, velvet
tread Roller Skates ....... .V2.26
500 Foot Balls ...... ESQ.
T5c Tool Chests $50
soc Tool Chests ......,,........s5 $50
soc Tea Sets ...,..!.......'.1. 500
3bc Toy Furniture .15c
S1.76 set of Boxing Gloves $3.50. 500
1925 2O-inch American Girl Kid Body
Doll-inoving eyes, jointed, sewed
wig, bisk head Use
S1.75 1e-inch Rose Bud Columbia
Jointed Doll, sewed wig, cork stuff
fed, movable eyes with lashes S1.25
800 17-ineh Doll, aid body. movable
eyes 'eVS
$1.S5 large Bisk Doll Head, sewed
wig, movable eyes ...,....,.. .7so
soc Medium Bisk Doll Head, sewed
wig, movable eyes ......,..,., 2oo
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
New RuchingS

Six fancy ruches in assorted pat
terms In neat box, on sale Satur-
day. at, per box 25C
Fancy card ruchings, I'd. ..15e
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
New Neckwear

A fine line of new, fancy neck
wear, in boys stocks, scarfs,
jabots, lace collars, ETC., special,
at ......15e 25c and 49G
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

We give your mail
orders the same care
and prompt attention
that you would re-
ceive if shopping in
person. Try us.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
Leading FinancIer I1JureA.

Chamberlain Cough Remedy Is pleasai
to take. Children like It.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

The crisp Pretzels or Ginger Snaps, lb.6c
Fancy Art Cookies, per ID. ......... lOc
Butter, Buttertns and Cheese sale
Fancy Dairy Table Butter, per ID. 25c
Fancy Country Creamery Butter, lb.. use
Good Table Butterine, 2 lbs, ..,.....26c
Fancy Table Butterine, 2 lbs. for....35c
lib. brick equal to Creamery ........25c
See our demonstration of Butterine.
The largest In the city.
Full Cream White or Colored Cheese, zoe
Full Cream Brick or Limberger Cheese,
per pound zoe
Sap Sage Cheese, each ........,.,..15c
Neufchatel Cheese, each .............Sc
The Greatest Market in Omaha
for Fresh Vegetables.
Mondays prices on all fresh Vege-
tables, fruits, groceries, butter, cheese,
crackers, teas, coffees and nuts.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
DraperY DepaHm'f
Specials
Interesting TO An HoUsekeepers

$3.50 ssxony Brussels Net Curtains.
the standard parlor curtain, very
new and elaborate designs special.
pair .... .*a'sa
S4.5O Brusselette curtains. all nice
new patterns, full size; sale price,
pair ...... $3.50
$500 Couch Covers, reversibls, made
from best quality tapestry, fast
%colors, full size; one day only-at,
A. full line of Filet Nets, white or
ecru, As inches wide. reduced to
sell from, yard 500 UP to $3.50
half price.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
FoIdinq Aluminium CUPS Only Sc

This is a large size folding alumni
mum drinking cup, worth 20c. Every
Child should have n for school
24-tooth Lawn Rake for raking
lehves for - 80
7boi Steel Furnace Shovel, Just n
thing 70 put coal IN YOUR furnace
fits Inside the door. ...... 800
Large Japanned Coal Holds, No. AZ,
only ....,.. 'seS
Large Galvanized Coal fHods, No. y,
Only .... 400 .asss- "'SSS
No Is Japanned Coal Holds, only lee
Strong Braced Long or Short Handled
Fire howell ..ANO
special sale on Tools one Day.
26-inch steel Hand saw, worth Sl;VO.
only .a.. ..... 80
Mems Handled Axe, worth $l.OO,
r only go. .,....-'''''.'''' oSS
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

6 lbs. choice Japan Rice zoe
Z lbs. best Rolled Breakfast Oatmeal, csc
6 lbs. best Pearl Tapioca. Sage or Barley
The best white or yellow cornmeal, l5c
24-lb. sack best High Patent Flour Toe
48-lb. sack best High Patent Flour, S1.40
Bromangelon, J~eiiycon or Jello, pkg. 7hc
The best Domestic Macaroni, pkg. sac
The best CornBtarch, pkg.
Tall cans Alaska Salmon .10c
on or Mustard Sardines, can. .......Shc
Peanut Butter, pound ........ =. ...... l5c
Diamond C or diamond H .Mince Meat.
per pkg. sac
2-ib. pkg. best Self Rising Pancake Flour
a. for ........... ........... ...... sac
All kinds Corn Flakes, pkg. ........7hc
quaker Wheat Flakes, pkg ........7hc
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

35c Savory Corn Peppers and two
pounds popcorn free .......... 2 5
Ash Slfters. .......1 oo, 8 and ESQ
Rubber lined Weather strips, for
windows or doors. ........,....% o
Any brand OF Food Choppers made
Mrs. Potts Nickel Plated sad Irons,
b,piece sets ...,...... SOC
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
Read This for Saturday,

In crocersS-HaydenIs the Greatest Market in tn west forG rOCsdOS, Butter
Cheese Crackers, Fresh Vegetables m Fruit ..
Pine california PORT on SHERRY WNE-quGt ace $50 5Ooi.g gall $3.50 %, sso
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

Large assortment of Toe, 15c and ace
Toilet Soaps, at two bars for. $50
Soc extra quality Rubber Gloves $50
$3.50 Syringe and Bottle, complete,
.{seo ~
two and three quart. IT,. $50
$1.2b 3-quart Red Rubber Hot Water
Bottle, while they last, at go. .75o
$2.25 wellington Syringe n Bottle,
guaranteed for five years, at. g.. @1.B9
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30
Extra Specials in Our Busy Drug Department

Large assortment Of csc extra quail
ity Tooth Brushes, Ut.....,.- 49,. $50
Large assortment Of zoe extra quail
ity Tooth Brushes, at. ........1 log
.25c- Or. f.. L.. Graves and Sanitol
. Tooth Powder. at.!.... ....... lao
95c Rubifoam. al. 1sc
S1.5O Oriental Cream, Lt....... Sl-05
2Qc Cream of Roses, at. ...... A. Sc
zoe bottles Of Hydrogen Peroxide, at
three bottles for, .2bo
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-30

Saturday in our Busy Candy Department
CHOCOLATE CREAMS, per lb. 12G
Assorted Chocolates and Bon. BOns, ID. BIG
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-06
.omances Of Progress
By Albert Payson Terhune
SOLON-The Man Who Discovered Democracy.

The populace of Athens had gath
cred to hear crazy man recite a
poem. The poets name was Scion.
The Athenians regarded the violently
insane as inspired of the gods. Solon's
poem melted his fellow-countrymen
to recapture the rich island of Sala-
mis-, which had been wrested from
them in recent war. Believing him
the mouthpiece of the diety, they
obeyed, and the expedition was a sue
cess. Then Scion suddenly became
quite sane again. The people, realiz-
ing how cleverly he had tricked them
into doing their country so great a
service, made him "archon" (ruler) of
the city and state of Athens.
This was what Scion had planned
for. He found himself at once so
popular that he might readily have
declared himself absolute monarch
and have ruled as tyrant. Instead,
he bent his genius to the betterment
of his fellow men. Athens at this
time was in wretched condition. A
few of the wealthiest families held
the reins of power and wrung unjust
taxes from the people. The rich were
daily growing richer and more AFRO
CANT. The poor daily waxed poorer.
Therefore people left the country
by hundreds.
Moreover, the criminal laws, die
tated years before by a judge-ruler
named Draco, were so harsh as to
render life most uncertain. Death
First Friend of soa ~ p
the Plain peo. for nearly every
jIe. u,hn s.o,o -, o.
pie suffered the same fate as he who
murdered whole family. Under all
these conditions agriculture, COM
merce and manufacture were at low
ehb.
His first act of power was to free
every debtor and cancel every debt.
All mortgages were declared void, and
people who had staggered on under a
weight of poverty and oppression
were set on their feet again Lenient,
just criminal laws were framed. This
drastic course set the ruling classes
aghast. That any archon should act
as defender of the poor man was
thing unheard of. But Scion was too
strong with the grateful people at
large to be overthrown; too wary to
be assassinated. So he had his way.
Now that the stress of poverty was
relieved, Scion set to work building
up the state. He made education COM
pulsory and forced every young man
to serve two years in the army re-
serves. He next created political
system that gave every citizen share
in the government. The poorest man