THE NORFOLK WEEKLY N13WS-JOURNAL : FKTDAY , MARGE 15 1907 ,
FAMOUS MAYO BROTHERS OF
ROCHESTER , MINNESOTA.
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SO REGARDED BY OTHER DOCTORS
FROM TEN TO TWENTY SKILLFUL
OPERATIONS EVERY DAY.
FROM STANPOINT OF PATIENT
Wonderful Success of These Two
Young Surgeons Which Has Given
Them a Place at the Very Head of
Their Profession.
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Last April the writer left St. Mary's
hospital at Hochcstcr , Minn. , thirteen
days after he had been successfully
operated on for gall stones by one
of the two greatest surgeons In the
world , Dr. Charles Mayo , who , to
gcther with his brother William , now
rightfully hear that reputation. That
the Mayos today stand at the very
front of their profession Is conceded
by medical men all over the civilized
world , and It Is said that there Is
never an operation performed by one
of the Mayos that Is not witnessed by
from ten to fifty brother surgeons
from as many states and countries to
study the methods employed by the
Mayos In their wonderfully successful
work. The morning that the writer
was operated upon there were thirty
surgeons to see how It was done , one
of them a studious looking old sur
geon from Germany , two from the
state of Washington , one from Baltl
more , another from New York , and
others from states all over the na
tion. More than that , If a doctor or
any of his family must submit to an
operation he Immediately takes the
train for Rochester and becomes the
patient of one of the Mayos. During
the time we were In Rochester last
spring there were doctors there for
operations from Tacoma , Mississippi
Texas , Iowa , California and two
brothers from Arkansas. These two
brothers are practicing physicians
and surgeons of Little Rock , and one
accompanied the other to Rochester
to be operated on for gall stones. The
day after the patient was considered
out of danger , the brother was
stricken with an acute attack of ap
pendlcltls and It was necessary to
operate Immediately to save his life
The operating surgeon at the head
of a hospital at WInona , Minn. , only
forty or fifty miles distant and a
strong competitor of the Mayos , was
here for the removal of gall stone
trouble , the physician recognizing ,
even In the face of the jealousy which
naturally exists on the part of the
rival Institution , that the Mayos are
the most skillful men In their line In
the world , and came to Rochester for
treatment.
Stand High With Surgeons.
As Illustrating the place these sur
geons hold In the minds of brother
surgeons , there Is a current story In
Rochester ofa southern practitioner
of considerable note who , finding him
self compelled to undergo a serious
abdominal operation , went to New
Orleans to put himself In the handa
of a celebrated specialist. He found
the specialist's office closed on account
of Illness. There was a fine operator
at Memphis. Thither the patient went
only to be confronted with the an
nouncement : "Away for a month. "
Cincinnati was his next stop. The
man ho wanted to see there was in
Europe. He telegraphed to the Mayos
and took a train for Rochester.
"You've come quite a distance , doc
tor , " said the superlnontdent , who
greeted him.
"Yes , but not direct , " replied the
Southerner. "Frankly , I Intended to
go to Dr. M , of New Orleans , but
- failed to find him. "
-s.
"Yes , " said the superintendent , "he's
been hero for ten days , and Is conva
lescent now. "
"Then , " pursued the patient , "I tried
Dr. S. of Memphis , but "
"He'll be able to see you by the time
you're able to see him , " said the smil
ing superintendent. "He's In the
second room down that hall. "
"You haven't got Dr. L of Cin
cinnati , here , have you ? " asked the
other , looking at him suspiciously.
"They told mo he was In Europe. "
"He Is by this time. We shipped
him off last week to recuperate after
\ a gastrotomy operation. "
The evening the writer entered the
hospital the first person ho came In
contact with other than the nurses
was a doctor from Mississippi. The
doctor had been operated on a few
days before for ulcer of the stomach.
For six years ho had been unable to
cat anything but liquid foods and ho
had fallen In weight from over 200
pounds to less than 100. Ho loft the
hospital within two weeks from the
time ho was operated on and went tea
a boarding house near by , where ho
ate ham and cabbage for dinner.
The Mayos are thus shown to have
the fullest confidence of their coworkers -
workers In the mission of saving lives.
Fellowship In Hospital.
There is a certain fellowship among
people who find themselves In a hos
pital , and In a very short time every
patient becomes Interested In the wel
fare of other patients around him and
H much pleased when ono of his newly
nado frlendH IH able to leave Home-
llmoH there Is a death , but this fact
s Htudlouply kept from the patient ,
because of the Inllnence the know-
edge might have on him. The evenIng -
Ing of the day the writer was operated'
> n , the patient In the next room who
hud been operated on for tlio same
trouble died from hemorrhage , hut
the writer was not Informed of this
until after he had left the hospital.
Second Operation.
The writer went to Rochester a year
and a half after he had submitted to
an operation for gall stones by an
other surgeon in another hospital.
After the first operation ho had re
mained In the hospital for more than
live long weeks , the first three of
which he was so weak that ho was
unable to turn over In bed , and finally
when he did come home he was far
from cured and remained
a semi-In
valid for the next year and a half.
When he made up his mind that
another operation was necessary to
save his Jlfo , ho started for Rochester ,
accompanied by Dr. Sailer , to try It
again , leaving hero at ( ! : ; tO and arriv
ing about 8 o'clock that evening.
The following morning. Dr. Suiter
accompanied tlio patient to the general
oral offices of the Mayo Urolliei-H In
the business portion of Rochester , a
town of probably 7,000 or 8,000 pee
ple. This office Is a building as large
as the Mnrqunrdt block , the ground
Hour of which , with the exception of
a small drug store In one corner , Is oc
cupied entirely by the consulting spec
ialists of the Mayo Brothers. Entering
the front door a person sees a long
row of chairs down the whole length
of the building on ono side and for a
considerable portion of the other side.
All these chairs are frequently filled
with people with all the ailments that
flesh Is heir to , each waiting his turn
for examination. Ono side of the
long room has frequent doors to small
officers occupied by the examining
force of the famous surgeons , each an
export In his especial line of work.
The two front rooms are occupied ,
first by the library of the Mayos and
next by the business office , whore the
financial portion of the business is
taken care of. Back of these Is the
registering desk and then the offices
of the specialists.
All Are Alike.
The patient is directed to the regis
tering desk , where he is given a card
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DR WILLIAM MAYO.
directing him to the examiner In whose
department his trouble Is suposed to
come by the person at the office. Then
without going near the financial office
the patient takes his seat In line as
near the door of the doctor as ho can
get and waits his turn. After getting
the preliminaries out of the way , the
patient begins to look around am :
finds himself one of a motely crowi
of sick people with a number of well
ones who are there to look after their
friends unable to care for themselves
There are the lame , the halt and the
blind , the rich and the poor , those
who have como to the door In card
ages , In ambulances and on foot. No
matter what their position outside , no
matter whether their station bo higher
or low In life , just so soon as they
cross the portal of the Mayo Broth
era office they are all on a level , am
each In turn Is given the very besi
attention that Is possible by the Mayo
specialists , and that is the best In the
world. Each sufferer Is taken In his
turn to ono of the small offices , where
the examiner starts In to find out
what the trouble is. If It Is a com
plicated case , then the patient Is sen
to another examiner and another , eacl
making a record of what he finds , am
the whole are submitted to the grea
surgeons when they appear at the of
flees In the afternoon. If the patlen
has succeeded In being examined dur
ing the morning hour he is In lucl
for then ho will bo directed to como
again for final examination by the
Mayos at 2 or 3 o'clock. By this tlmo
all the records of the case have been
brought together from the various speo
lallsts who have made examinations
and are submitted to one of the Mayos
who makes a final examination. By
the time the patient has run the gaunt
let of the various examiners and has
been passed upon by ono of the
Mayos , there Is no doubt In the mint
of the man who Is to perform the
operation as to Just where to cut wltl
the least loss of blood and the smalles
per cent of danger.
If the hosptal | has a vacant room
the patient Is directed to go there a
once , or a tlmo Is fixed when ho may
enter the hospital. Many times It 1
necessary to wait a few days bofor
room can bo made for a new patient ,
unions his Is an emergency case , then
ho 1 always taken oaro of according
to the necessities of the case.
Entering a carriage at the door the
'patient ' Is driven to St Mury'M IIOH-
pltal , about a mlln distant , which is
a magnificent structure of Us kind
land Is a Catholic Institution , conduct-
'ed ' by the Sisters of St. Francis. A
paclous building , HciupuloiiHly clean ,
erfcct In Its appointments , with largo
veil ventilated rooms , IH entered and
10 IH greeted by a mild-mannered sis-
or who takes bin name and other
lomoramU and directs him to hln
oom.
The Difference.
Hero hcgliiH to appear the differ-
renco between the treatment of the
layo HrotherH and that of oilier In-
millions. When ono enters HOIIIO
lospltaln , he has hud the llfo practIc
ily drenched out of him before be ar-
Ivos anil then ho IH given another Ire-
londoiiH dose of salts and put to bed
vltliout Hiipper. At St. Mary's when
he patient for operation enters , the
Inter hands him two small wine ghiHH-
H both filled with liquid , which ho is
llrected to drink. After downing
DR. W. W. MAYO ,
Father of the Famous Suregons.
hem , and by the way they arc not
mpleasant , because the first tastes
a good deal like beer and tlio other ho
mows is beer , If he has been through
ho performance before , he asks when
10 Is to take the salts. The gentle
nirse assures him there are no salts ,
lothlng more to take. This pleases
ilm very much , as ho dreads the re
duction of his strength that he knows
will follow a dose of salts. The first
; lass contained what Is known In the
lospltal as "Mayo cocktail , " being a
mixture of castor oil and beer , not at
all unpleasant to the taste.
lie enters the hospital at about
o'clock in the hftornoon without hnv-
ng paid his hotel bill down town , and
all the preliminaries having been ar
ranged at the hospital ho re-enters the
mck , which has been waiting at the
door , and goes back to town until G
o'clock. From past experience ho be
lieves ho will go to bed hungry that
light , but to his astonishment a nurse
lirings in a nice supper , without meat ,
and ho Is directed to eat. Again he
feels his spirits revive , because he
realizes that again his strength Is be
ing conserved against the morrow
Then , as an experiment , ho asks If he
may have a glass of water. The reply
comes In the form of a large pltchei
of the precious fluid and ho Is told
he may drink all he wants before mid
night.
Sleeps Like a Boy.
Thus encouraged by the mild treat
ment he has received and fortified by
the strength that had been retained
through this treatment , the patient
goes to sleep at a reasonable hour and
sleeps like a boy going out on a picnic
the next morning. When he awakens ,
lie Is of course not allowed to eat or
drink , but he takes a bath which re
freshes him , and he gets along pretty
well until 11 o'clock , when his opera
tlon Is scheduled , which Is tenth on
the program of fourteen for that morn
Ing. Ho walks calmly over to the
electric elevator which lifts him to
the top floor of the building , where the
operating rooms arc located. There
are two of these , In one of which Dr
W. H. Mayo works and the other for
Dr. Charles Mayo. And to correct any
misunderstanding about the work at
this hospital , It Is asserted that except
for a few minor operations which are
performed by Dr. Judd , Dr. Charles
Mayo's assistant , no operation has
ever been performed In St. Mary's hos
pltal except by a Mayo.
The Operating Rooms.
There are two large operating
rooms , with marble floors and marble
walls , big windows giving a nortl
light as well as large sky lights whlcl
give a light from directly overhead
The two rooms are only separated ) > }
a small storage room where assistants
arc constantly at work sterilizing In
struments during the hours of opera
tlon. When both the surgeons are at
home each works In his own room , hu
when either is away , as was the case
when this writer was on the table , the :
the other Mayo alternates his tlmo be
tween the two rooms , the anaesthetic
being given to the next patient In one
room while the surgeon Is taking care
of the last one , In the other. Dr
Charles Mayo performed fourteen op
erations the morning spoken of , com
menclng at 8 In the morning and
working until 1 In the afternoon
From ten to twenty-one operations are
performed every day In the year except
cept Sundays by these two wondorfu
surgeons , more than In any other hos
pltal In the United States , not except
ing the great Johns Hopkins hospital
and the percentage of loss Is the low
est of any In the world.
A Luxurious Jag.
Having been agreeably surprised a
the ease of the treatment ho had re
ceived thus far , the patient mountec
the operating table In good strongtl
'
'and with every confidence that ho
would at leiiHl wake up aguln to the
bcatitlcH of ( bo world
| Wht'ti hovan In position , ho WIH
U'aln imrcealil.v mirprlHod ( but lie WIIH
not Hli-anglcd with el her funtoH , an hint
been bin experience before The an
aesthetic was administered HO Hlmvl )
'and ' easily , a Hulllclcnl quantity of
Ir being allowed to proven ! muoth-
ring , that It was a real pleasure to
alie It. After ho had begun to Inhale
ho aniioHtliotle a beautiful bright light
THt appeared before his eyes , a feei
ng of comfort and satlHfacllon suf-
imod his body and he voted that anther
thor drunk was tlio most glorious In-
oxlcatlon over Invented , llo became
ndlfferont to everything , lost Intel eat
n the toIlM and iilrlfes of his little
! i li. Ill' , and didn't can * a
" ' onnviTMiill'in that wan I iir ,
iii'i 'I on In ! ov > ( OUCH iiro > iud ' m.
le heard Dr. Salmi1 say. "Ho i < cor-
alnly taking It well , " but ho really did
lot think It necessary for the doctor
0 make any comment upon the ac
tons of a person who WIIH having mich
1 good lime , and then-- .
"Mr. lliiHo , " called HOIIIO one In a
tningc voice , "It's all over now.
) on'l jott want lo wake up ? " This
VIIH the nurse. Then the presence of
ho wife and Dr. suitor beciune known
or a few moments , Again the scene
hlfted and I \vn trying to do some
lltllcnlt work In my "Hire and was bo
ng pniNiicd by unwelcome vlnltorH.
Didn t l tell you this was my busy
la > . I demanded , "anil didn't I leave
\ord i bat I wasn't to be bothered ? "
Tin ii thin dream drifted away UH I
( egan to remember , and I wanted tones
no\s whether I wan dead or alive
\fter being told that only an hour and
i half had elapsed since I went up to
ho opt rating room , I fell Into a mi-
.nral sleep. 1 learned afterwardH that
ho operation was considered a difficult
me and that a considerable section of
ny Internal arrangements had been
removed , Including my gall bladder.
The Disagreeable Feature.
When I awakened again I was tor
tured with thirst , such as no ono
UIOWH who has not taken an anaes
thetlc. Thirst Is the only real miff or
ng a person has from an operation ,
ind while ono dreams of western cas
cades of beautiful water Just beyond
ils reach , It Is a suffering that only
asts , \ short tlmo until It Is safe to
Irlnk. Here again tlio Mayo system
comes to the relief of the patient , for
while In other hospitals the patient Is
.ortured with thirst for two or three
DR. CHARLES MAYO.
days , at St. Mary's they commence ad
ministering a little moisture within
twelve hours and at frequent Intervals
after that , so that by the third morn
ing ho Is allowed to drink rather free
ly and eat a little. And every other
drink Is a sip of beer !
It will be remembered that follow
ing the first operation , the patient was
In a hospital five weeks. At St
Mary's , after an operation that was
much more severe and dangerous , the
patient was able to sit up on the tenth
day , to ride about the hospital In a
wheeled chair on the eleventh , to walk
on the twelfth and to leave the hos
pltal for a down town hotel on the
thirteenth.
A Model Institution.
St. Mary's hospital Is a model In
every way. At the head of the Instltu
tion is Sister Joseph , Mother Superior
a most competent and worthy woman
who Is also assistant to Dr. Will Mayo
which position she lias held for elgh
teen years , and Is thoroughly Insplroi
with the work she Is doing for human
Ity. Dr. Judd , Dr. Charles'Mayo's as
slstant , is yet a young man , and lie Is
in training to supplement the work o
the Mayos , as they will soon be obllgc <
to have assistance or turn away man ;
sufferers who como to them for relief
The most careful treatment Is glvei
every patient of the hospital. Two or
three times a day there IH a proces
nlon of the two house physicians , Dr
Judd , Slater Joseph and the two Mayos
to the room of the patient and eacl
one satisfies himself as to his condl
tlon. Besides , the faithful Sisters are
always within call and they are eve
willing to render him every assistance
that will contribute to his comfort
These Sisters are a bravo band of self
sacrificing women who have dedicatee
their lives to the work , and their un
selfishness Is an Inspiration. Fre
quently the friends of a patient wll
send flowers or fruit to a Sister , bu
Instead of using It herself the nrtlcl
Is usually found a few moments late
at the sick bed of a patient who I
there without money or friends.
After a convalescent has been dls
charged from the hospital ho usually I
obliged to report at the down towi
office each day to have his woum
dressed. This Is done by competen
and at the end of three
ho IH ready to lake tin * train
tor homo
Charges Are Ponnonnble.
in the meantime he linn \Mlod Hie
Iliiiinclal olllco of Ibe Mayim lo iiHcer
lain bow much ho IIWCH Ummllj the
bill IH ready for him but If he comes lee
Hoon he IH linked lo wall a few diiyn
MccaiiMo the financial office ban been
looking up one's Hlandlng at homo
while ho IIIIH boon In the Imsplt'il and
the elm rue agaliiHl him hi ianjed ; ; by
I'N ' ahllll ) to | wy While i > ne IIIIIII'H
bill for u certain operation might tie
$ l0 ! ( ) , hlH next door neighbor In l ho
hospital might bo asked lo pay $500 ,
and both have had Identically the name
"M'vlce. In ihlH IH In ( vervthlng eli -
"in M-iyou nre ciimltn < > ni fh > M <
'pie ' 'if belllU fair lo evi ryoili " <
ofdlng to their meaiiH. The clmrcen
t the hospital are very reasonable ,
beaper than at most hospitals
Ten to Twenty Operations n Day.
The MayoH perform from ten lo
wenty operations every inoriilnt ; . and
Is snld that their net Income In more
ban $1.000 a day , after paying the ex
onsen of expert HpoelallHln , maintain
ng down-town offices , and the HUP
HOH ( hey une. which are I he very hen !
nd niOHl expeiiHlvo. And ye ! they
are Illllo for the money and are very
einocrallc In Iholr ( unto * and are cor-
lal and genlnl with every one wllli
vlioni they como In contact , lint the
own of Rochester reall/on the benelll
hey are lo the community In the free
ubllc parks and many oilier public
enelllH Iliat the city has received at
heir hands.
The Mayos are the himloHl men we
uivo ever known. At the hospital
it 7 o'clock in the morning , after a
hort round of VHH ! | | lo their patients ,
boy go to work In the operating rooms
ml usually remain until 1 o'clock.
I'hon they take an hour for lunch and
it 2 o'clock are at tlio olllco ready lo
> ass upon the roporlH of tholr special-
sis and make final examinations of
hose who are ( o be operated upon the
lext day. After this has been done a
tonographor Is called and
a typo-writ-
on Hchodulo in prepared for the work ,
Htlnmtlng bow many operations can
io performed by the length of time
'ach ' will probably take , giving prof-
Tonco to those who are In greatest
iced of attention. One day when wo
were on the convalescent list , tlio
schedule was being made up and not
liilte enough cases had been prepared
0 occupy all the time wanted. An as
sistant came forward and said "Let's
get some of these appendicitis cases
nit of the way. " Appendicitis opera-
Ions only require about seven
minutes at the hands of the Mayos , HO
1 few of them wore thrown In to make
ip the full time , Hut those few re-
elvod Just as careful attention as ( lie
nest difficult case on the program.
The Mayos prldo themselves on the
ow percentage of losses and tlio ml
iiitest detail might mean the llfo or
loath of a patient , so that nothing Is
uglected.
Reference was made to the fact ( hat
> no or tlio other of them Is away a
good deal. They are Indefatigable
ravolers , always searching after some
thing now In their science. They visit
lie operating rooms of other surgeons
ind when they see the execution of an
( lea that Is new to them they very
promptly adopt its good points. So
: hey have developed at Rochester tlio
very best that Is to bo found In the
vorld's hospitals and are acknowledged
as the foremost In their line of work
: oday.
Born In Minnesota.
William J. Mayo was born In Lo
Sure. Minn. , and his brother Charles
was born In Rochester. The former
Is now about forty-five years of age
and the latter two years his Junior ,
The father , W. W. Mayo , also a doctor ,
Is now over eighty years old , and he
makes regular visits to the hospital
every day. He Is a strong admirer of
W. J. Bryan.
Dr. Mayo , sr. , is an Englishman , who
came to this country as a young man
nearly sixty years ago , and became an
army surgeon. Ho was stationed at
various posts In the west , was engaged
In garrison duty and In Indian fight
ing , and later took an Important part
In the settlement of Minnesota. Thus
long ago he established a reputation
of strong local Importance as an ac
compllshed physician and a w.lse man
of affairs. Ho married and settle (
first at LcSueur , Minn. , and later In
Rochester , where he has resided for
about forty-four years. Dr. William
J. Mayo , the eldest son , was horn at
Lo Siiour in 1801 and now Is In his
forty-fifth year. Dr. Charles H. Mayc
was born in Rochester two years later
than his brother.
A Calamity's Aftermath.
In 188P. a tornado swept the valle >
In which Rochester lies and killed or
Injured some eighty people. Tliei
It was that the Mayos came before the
public In the light of heroes. At tha
time the Sisters of St. Francis bad a
convent school at Rochester , am
under the direction of Mayo , the father
thor , they nursed the wounded. Tills
experience , together with recommen
datlons of the father , resulted In the
building of St. Mary's hospital , which
though started in a small way , wltl
Dr. W. W. Mayo as physician li
charge , has grown Into the famous hos
pltal which Is widely known In the
profession today.
Dr. William J. Mayo , the cldes
son , was educated In the public school
of Rochester. Later ho worked as a
drug clerk In the town for three years
after which ho entered the unlvorsltj
of Michigan , from which he graduated
as M. D. In 1883. receiving an honor
ary A. M. from the university In 1900
When 22 years old , and without further
thor collegiate experience or the ad
vantages of foreign travel , ho bcgai
the practice of medicine In nssoclatlo
( Jnn bo cured only by J
n rnmcdy thai , will
rmaovi ) tin ) cumin.
Tlio nflmmr you
iitup It with licndiinbo
| iowdimi or pills Ihn
ijuloluirwlll it return.
( liiiKirnllyJiondiirlin
unmiui from u dlii *
turlx'd iitoiiiiic.h or
irrciil/ir | ; / howolii , mid
rthmml iiivariiihly
Lane's Family j
Medicine
( u tonlo liixntiviO will oiiro bend-
Helm Iti nhort order by r < ' | > iilitthi | ; '
Ihn txiwiilii niul roiiiviorulhi | ; | ; tlio |
titonmrh.
| , ' It IA n great lilood medicine ] , '
| niul ( ho favorite Inxatlvu of old | J
i > niul young.
At dntuMn' | ; , Ufic. and fillc.
> *
Illl bin lalher. 'I Ills WIIH In IH8II.
Ive jearH laler his brolher followed
Hoinewhal Hlmllar course and began
lie practice of medicine also. At that
anio lime (1NSS ( ) St. Mary's hospital
, 'IIH opened wllli ( he father us mir-
eon-ln-chlef , and the two HOIIH , nmdHU
nt HiirgeoiiH : and down lo ( lie present
ay none oilier than the Mayos or
liolr Immediate iiHHoclatoH have ever
erformed a mirglcul operation In that
mlllutjon.
For Hovoral yearn they all followed
n oxteiiHlve general practice , travel-
ng over the Rochester district many
tally mid going through the
nine arduous routine that marks the
ally life of a country doctor. With
he lapse of time and Increasing yearn
ho father gradually retired from prac-
Ice , and now , a vigorous old man of
Iglity-Hoven , boldn the honorary posl-
Ion of consult Ing surgeon to the lion-
dial. Gradually , too , tlio two brothers
ellrod from general practice and for
iovorul yearH have devoted I lionise ! vcn
o Hiirgory exclusively. Their wide
reputation as accomplished surgeons
estn upon unusual abilities , a do-
otion to the welfare- their patients ,
narveloiis capacity for hard work , and
keen appreciation of the Importance
> f perfection , toward which every do-
all of their dally life IH aimed , An
lielr ambitions have broadened with
ncreaslng opportunities they have
come lo gniHp ( lie possibility and to
oall/.o the fact Unit the highest pro-
'oHHlonnl ' achievements may be attain-
> d In the wilderness , as well an In
ho great city.
Apologies to Drs , Mnyo.
This article should have been written
nontlis ago , but when the writer left
.he Rochester hospital lie wan given
o understand that It was against the
WHI ! of the , two surgeons that any
lewspajior publicity bo given to their
work. Much against the writer's In
clination ho has respected this ro-
liiost and would yet were It not for
.he fact that other writers have seen
It to give long descriptions of the
Alayos and what they are doing. But
so long as ( ho Ice has been broken ,
the writer feels that ho would not lie
lolng his duty by others who find It
necessary to secure surgical assistance
If ho did not recall some of the meth
ods of treating the sick by the Mayos
'rom the standpoint of ono who has
been a patient. Hence this Is offered
with apologies to the Drs. Mayo , whoso
modesty Induces them to shun news
paper notoriety.
SULLIVAN SPANKS BOYS.
Ex-Champion of the Prize Ring Puts
an End to Newsboys' Fight.
Watcrhury. Conn. , March 12. John
L , Sullivan stopped In Main street yes
terday to watch two newsboys , "Pick
les" and "Patsy" Sweeney , pummel
each other. Pickles had just landed
a hot one on Sweeney's nose when
Sweeny landed a swift kick on Pickles'
stomach that doubled him up.
"Here , here , " cried John L. , seizing
the combatants by the collars , "what
are you kids lighting about ? "
They poured out tearful explana
tions.
"Both lying. " said Sullivan. 'Tight-
Ing ain't good for you. I'm going to
spank you. "
The crowd cheered. The ex-cham
pion of the i > rlzo ring knelt In the
street and laid the yelling Patsy across
his knee. "I'll begin on yon because
you didn't light fair , " ho said , admin
istering several resounding whacks.
The crowd meanwhile was holding on
to the terrified Pickles.
"Please don't , " he pleaded. "I al
ways bet on you. "
"Another He. " roared Sullivan. "You
weren't on earth when I was cham
pion. Lying's worse than fighting.
I'll give you an extra one for that , "
and he did.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
It Is easier to tell the truth than to
tell a He ; particularly a plasnlble He ,
A "streak of yellow" Is not so bad
If It happens to be a mining prospect
or who discovers It.
There Is one breach of etiquette no
woman ever commits : Failure to express -
press admiration for the baby.
The man who returns home empty-
handed , frequently carries a larger
load than his more provident neigh
bor.
Some people Imagine they are he-
Ing complimentary when they say :
"Well , you look so nice I did not know
you. "