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THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. Eeptembt-r 25, 1904. T"n Illustrated Bee. Publlnhed Weekly by The r.eo Puhl'ah'nf Company, Ilee Liulldirg, Omaha, Neb. I'llce, 5o Per Cony l'tr Year. $2.00. Ur.t'Ttil nt 1 lie Omaha l'uKtoni'.e na Second Class Mail Matter. fc'or Advertising Pates Addr-ss Publisher. Communications relating to photographs or articles for publi. atior th'.uld h- ad dressed, ' Editor Tho illusiru'.ed liee, Omaha." Ten and Picture Pointers How Japanese Surgeons Treat War's Victims T AltY NA1N MICK K V will break I the traditional brittle of wino nil i j Nebra ka at the Moran ahipwirds, K, attic, on October and tV peby christen tin- latest addition to tho threat navy of tbe I'nltcd States. Miss Mickey Ih the daughter of the governor, a native of Nebraska. nnd but I'.'t year:; old. Fho makes ti pretensions nt biln'f a soil, ty girl, but Is rHtb'T Inclined to the serious things if life. Hbo la u graduate of the Osceola High school and of Hie musical department of tbe Wealeyan university iit JMncoln. Her time Ih given over to work In connection with the Sunday school of Et. Paul's Methodls-t KjiLscopal church of Lincoln, of which sh? Is a member, huvln united with the church ufter going tei Lin coln to live. She- Is well known In IVncoIn In thlH connection, and has eii.barel her self to the people by b r many acta of kindness and charity. I 'rut of her work lias biv n In connection with the peniten tiary, where she makes frequent visits, taking flowers, boo kit and papers to tho prisoners, and ppenelrg mueli tin e In talk Inn with them. She hfis 1 ecu of much as fdstnneo to the prison officials In thbi way. Arid" from her charity nnd Sunday -l ool labors, she In devoting herself to tin- study of art, and Ih biking n four years' course Under a private tutor. She has d ve'oped surprising skin with pencil and brush, and the walls of the executive, tnanslon at Un coln nr hung with many of her pictures, all of which nltruct attention and el'clt much favorable comment from visitors. She Is athletic in her way. nnd Is devot'd to walking. She Irvartahly walks on her visits to the penitentiary, and makes many long pedestrian trips about the city. Her d-evotlnn of her life to usefulness marks her as a typical Nebraska rrlrl. one emi nently fitted to assume tho re.spansibil ty of rcprnf-cntlng the stwte on fo l-npnrtant an occasion ns the launching of the batlle Bhlp named in Its honor. Hut Air in Baltimore "One of tho new enterprises that will tin carried In l'.altimore's burnt district." said ii lawyer frnm that city "Is the es tablishment ot a hen Una; and refrigerating plant for the supply of tbesu two commodi ties throughout the section. I believe that ninety per rent of the now buildings along Its pipe line will take their bed from this concern. Instead of producing It through Individual boilers. This is popularly known as the 'Hot A!r Company. It roposes to put in meters which will rcg Ister tho amount of condi'tisa t ion s that the cons liner will pay with considerable exactnops for the amount of steam that ho uses, and will thus be on ler the aime motives to bo re ipon able and economical us If lie Were furnishing th.) coal himself. "The iucUlenliil u Ivatitng s of sii'-h a system arc very great. The dan rer from fire will be very much lessen..!, and tlm Insurance cmpaid-s will dni'dless Rive lower rates on the buildings which am eo equipped. The city will invite bids from this company for heating the city hall nn.l court house, and theso will he compared wltti the npproNimate cost pnder ttie M system. One considerable ecoaumy Is In tho curtate of coal. lor this central Jnnt It could all be unleaded dinct frjin th cars or 'unal boats. !t often costs more to carry a ton of coiil a ver Blmrt dis tance behind a horse, than s.-v r al ban. drcd ndb IwldnJ u locomotive, .Mid tlin tranvpc rtatioii of lite fuel one of ttw largo Items In the jitlce of heat. 1rorrs rcr Wondbridwa. I understand. Is Already making; a study ut the Wuxliiugtim public building, with a view to the H.'niilar under taking. I liKdi to seo considerable devel opment of tlits 1.1c .-." WasHnTtOkn Poat. A Uachclor's Reflections The sanio woanan thut only "washes" her hair auspects her friends at dying theirs. When her ambition la to be known ua a "good womHn" eho is a Rcneration be yond Iter teena, A woman can (ruesa out a situntton nine time out of feu where alia would anla U every time rmRtM.mi;. A woman Rets so earnettt atauit convinc ing her friend how smart her hutnnd Is that slve alin.tat tielleves It herself. When a tmy is moody over whether he has been found out fur playing hookey his molher thinks he Is getting religion. Now York Press. UK inecllcaJ dopui tinciit of tbq Japanisu army a producing ru buH.t in ittaiiug tbu wound-4 tiL-arccly ii Kuriuisiog Hum tho hfa'hling spirit of tli Jap- uiie.-u tulub is. All iUM'.-;lital iun of thu liopitil.s luLalcd at Tokio, whetu huiidn els ot wouu k-d Hoidioru are being treated, convince:. J. (Juiuuii Hmith, an American currespondeiit, that ollai' naUons bavu much tu luai a from the mem .'is .ui -bjed by Japane.su Kurtons. Ill a Idler to tho Chicago Chi uiiiclo Mr. Smith d .scribes tbe hospitals and the treatment hs follows: "My experiences have impressed me with tho fact Uia Uio JajMinfc-; army suik:oiis uru dcinonsLi aling tu the satLstaetiun of tne-dicdl men, sent here by vaiiou nations to siudy their nie'.lioils oi dealing with Uu sick ami wounded, that more men recover from wounds when operutions are not per formed than otberwt.su. On the wounucd of tlie uriiilcH of Japan now in the lield thu Kui Beoii.s are making operations in verj- fi w cases; in no ca.su do lb. y operate until tho beeoi.d day, and tl.tn oi.lj as a matter uf cxt'oinu urgency. In the main, the wounds of those shot tu tho fielJ are dressed anUseptieally by ti.e surgeons at tho front, and the dressings uio not removed until such tine: as the eoldleiu are brought to a hospital wheio there are perfect arrangements for tlie treatment of Ilia wounded. Kven then there are few operations. The wounds are bathed with an antiseptic washing, and then, as an Ame-ricau army surgeon, whom I l.iot at the Sekljujl, or lied Cross, hospi tal said: "They left the 1-ord to do the rest, and he is doing It." At both hospitals, the Kcju Byoin, or military, hospital and the Sekljuji, or Itect Cross, hospital I saw how successful was the Japanese luotiiod of treating tlie wounded. The high per centage of recoveries In comparison with tho records of other armies in past cam paigns convinces one that this practice uf deferring operalhjk. as adopted by the Japanese military doctors, ia accomplishing wonderful results. Holii hospitals are sln-gle-aloried buildings with long, narrow wards, windowa and rows of beds on each side; the ventilatlou la excellently arranged, and everything ia spotlessly clean and sweet smelling. There are no bad odors. I'p to the beginning of July over a thou sand sick and wounded have been received at those two hospitals. Of the 1.000 or thereabouts who have been treated, not a roan haa died at either hospital. There were among the wounded at least iifty men who had perforating wounds in the chest going through the pleural cavity, yet not a case of pleurisy resulted. Some pix cases of perforating wounda that passed through tho abdominal cavity and out of the back wore also treated, and though the wounds were received not more than live or six weeks ugo some of the men are silting up in bed; two are walking ' about convales cent nnd complaining of the delay in kt mitting them to return to the front. True, the worst cases are probably not seen in tho hospitals of Toklo. The men nent here, I understand, are selected from the cases brought to the southern depots by the hos pital ships. But still the results secured by the surgeons are remarkable. The wounds I saw were nearly all clear perforations, and unlike some bullet wounds I have seen the orifice uf exit was no target' nor less clear than the oritico of entrance. There waa no suppuration. I saw a bullet taken from one man's Jaw and the Jacket was perfe'et. The luidet had evidently been 8(ent when it struck the soldier and had been tdupiwd on striking the lower bone uf the Jaw. Il differed little In sie from the bullet used by the Japa nese and was a smooth, pointed, compound metal-Jacketed ball. The doctor who ac companied mo offered the bullet to me, but the soldier was emphatic in his objections; be wanted the bullet as a souvenir, and I gave It to him. "There were aome remarkable cases. One oldier with whom I spoke, with the aid of an Interpreter, had been struck by a bullet Just under the left eye, where the orifice wan plainly vb-ihlo, tir.d th bullet had passed through the sphenoid bone and per forated the tUsuo, coming out below the scapula of his right shoulder. His only suffering wus from slight paralysis of his rtf-ht arm, due to the fact that the bullet had broken one of the nerve tissues. Yet, though not more than forty-live days had elajM-ed, the wMier wns able to tell of how he hud been shot at the l.att'e of the Valu, when charging with his co:niad;-s on the KusL'lan position at liohuia Tung. A most remarkable case aeen at tbe mili tary hospital wns that of a man who had received a bullet In the forehead which bud come out of the back of t ha head, both orinees being shown plainly. I la not only lives, but was sit ting tap In bed able to tell of his wound. He give the credit for his recov ery to a tnllBtnnn In the rhnpe of a aaniiaen striug which a geisha had tied aboii t his waist. Another soldier hnl received a bullet under his chin, which had made its way mit by Ihe top of his hr-id, yet he wns recovering. If tho orifices made by the bullets were not so plain It woukl have been dlffl-ult to he'love recovery Impos fciMo. Jt seemingly is. The little fpe t icled doctor pointed out many instances In his text books. Borne of which were printed in aKiigllsh, some in (b rman. I met Major I,, I. Scini ui, late surgeon of the First IVIted Stabs volunteer ctifjl lieetr, at the Sekiju.il ; l a liyoin. H" vhS mm Ii Impressed by the success of the J 'p-unet-e treatment of the- Wounded. "After what I have seen," he told me, as wo left the hospital to ;et I ii to mi r ji n ri k i: h i s, "1 should hi sltate to opirate in a sii.fslo case- at the front. Tbe feature of the Jai anese surgeon's work," lie continued, "is that he leaves the. wounds alone, and there tiro few operations, indued almost luoie at a'L of ciijito, there are p.me few can s, aneurisms urid such thic.gs, w in re tho knife is used, but it is used no moie than Is als ilutely ncci s-tary. The 'Hi st nld' dressing of the Japanese Is very simple. When it is placed on the wound by the surgeon at the front It Is m t touch, d again until a hospital Is reaehel. The wounds arc usually as.-plie; In fact from observations which I made In the Epanlsh-Amcrlcan war, tho Hoer outbreak and the Iloxer rising in China, small csl Iber bullets are usually aseptic and heal promptly. The wounds that are J,iggd find more extensive are cau:e.1 mnsl'y by the dctsi hment of the jacket and tbe Intro duction Into tbe bullet of foreign articles, Bueh as cloth, button, etc., by the literal tmplgnment of the bullet, or ricochet. I have noticed that the wounds of the Japa nese soldiers have very minute orith es, those of exit and entrance being hardly distinguishaule from each other in ap pearance. "From what I have seen jo far, I most heartily Indorse the Japanese system, and feel that the Japanese surgeons will again prove to the medical men of the world that mar.tpu'ation and probing of such wounds on the field, except In the rarest Instances, is surgical malpractice. The principle of leaving the wound alon? is the lest and the 'first all' dres-lng the heel thing that can be used. It i far better to bandage the wound properly and avoid infection than to risk that danger by an operation under such conditions as pre vail in the Meld. The Japanese are ever apt pupils and they are following well the examples ret by Uster and Pasteur, to whom military surgery owes its greatest de'bt. It was those famous doctors who simplified its labors and taught the great lesson of non-lnterferene-e. The soldier who falls on a battlefield from the efTect of a bull pass ing through any hut a vital part of his anatomy and who has a 'lirst aid' band age promptly applied and who U then, transported to the general hospital where the Hoentgeu rays and the pii.idples of asepsis and antisepsis can be utilized has a far greater chance of recovery than when bis wounds are treated on the field. In the war with Spain there were 96.1 per cent of recoveries, while 4.9 per cent dicl as a result of following these conservative meth ods. I believe the Japanese have even bet ter reFults." "To my mind," said Dr. Seaman, "the ration issue to the Japanese soldier has much to do with his immunity from suppu rative conditions following serious Injury. The freedom of the constitution of the Jap anene soldier from lnfiamatory cc.ndi.ion of ure.i Is larg-ly tho result of his diet, that of rie-e, 'isu and a simple vege table. The soldier's ration of rice, I am in formed, is aix 'go,' or ateut thirty-six oun-es dally. A box like a cigar Ikjx for lU) cigars, full of rice is served to each man three times a day, and in addition to that ration, which costs 3 sen (3 farth ings) the men are allowed 6 sen 0Vd.) iu pence time and 7Vi sen (le,ss than two pence) in war time. This money is placed In the hands of the commissary officer for the purchase of extras which are given over and above the rice diet. Biscuits and an occasional ration of meat are now Ferved. In the hotpltals eggs are used largely. It may be that some meat is also used, but I have not noticed It. Often twu eggs are served. In the case of fever pa tient or very sick men only rice water or a little vegetable soup is given. It Is tin doubtcdly thu diet of the Japanese soldier that is tin great secret of the success achieved by tho army surgeons. The sol diers are In j-uperh physical ond'flon, and they ran fnr better stand the sbock of a bullet wound ir an operation than a man who Is fed on an unsuitable diet." "The I'nltod States have much to le-arn," eont'ntied lr. Seaman, In tbe matter of a military ration, especially for lighting in hot climates. The First Volunteer emstnecrs, whom I acoompanlefl to Porto Rico In the wur with Ppaln, were 1,000 men selected from ti.000 applicants, all picked uien. They arrived without a man sick. Iu three months they returned home. They hafi der, and had no hardships whatsoever, yel that regiment weighed collectively bftweer five or six tons less than when It started, thirteen men were dead nnd 150 on stretch--ers nr hospital cots, while tho renialnd.T lookeifwlke the entire American army dlr'l when It returned from Culm a phys'cal wreck. The Nineteenth Infatitry (regnlarsj were enenmned with ns at the same time. They had not been under tire. Their dentil list totaled thirty-two nun, nnd the per centage of sick was twice that of our feirce. "To my inlnd this condition was nololjr due to an Improper diet. Instead of being given n rice diet when the digestion waa Impaired the men were served with 'salt horse,' rich meat, fermenting tomatoes, beans, etc. The mrgrnvatiir-r conditions pro. duceil by this increasing irritation of tho Intestinal track as n remit of the Improper diet soon produced disease that floored tho forces. I and other surgeons begged for rice, but could not got it. I'mle f-'am seemed to think that the same diet which was used among the snows of Alaska was good enough for the heat of the tropics. The result was that the whole army was In n rtale bordering on collapse nt th end of the war, nnd for every man who was killed In the six weeks fourteen died, of disease. "The Japanese ration, however, is of the best," said the American surgon. "Th nonsuppunitlon of the bullet wounds and tho rapid recoveries speak volumes for the fine physical condition and freedom of the systems of the Japanese troops from in flammatory conditions s-.ieh as those re sulting from a rich meat diet. And then, ngain. the Japanese system of treating the wounded Is of the best. The lesson Is belnjf again proved by the surgeoiiF of this coun try that the fate of the wounded rests in the hands of the one who applies the first dressing, and that bullet wounds should not be touched, much less explored by probing or otherwise, before the 'first uld' antiseptic dressing Is applied. "Operative Interference is justifiable on the battlefield only In cases of extremo urgency, where extensive hemorrhage ex. lots, or where the wound Is in tho region of the throat and sufTocathm Is Imminent. As a rule gtinsh.it wounds are bloodies. Primary hemorrhage, unless resulting from the very rare accident of cutting some largo vessel. Is usually absent altogether or can be readily controlled by a compress or 'first aid' bandage. Kven in the c-ise of wounds of the abdomen the law of non interference applies with equal force. In our war with Spain ,W per cent of all cases of abdominal wounds not operated on re covered, while all operated on died. Seem ingly the practice of t!x Japanese In not operating is also having splendid results. That is evident from what wo have seen In these hospitals today." Observations Everybody lovos a lover. thouSh som( only love to laugh at him. Many people have found It dlfnctilt to hHVQ a big time on a little money. In no way does thu i heap person so show cheapness as by cheap curiosity. Kven the romantic girl doesn't necessarily like to hear tbe wind s-iy "Woo." A stunning new wallpaper with Japanese blue and green swallows suggests that a bird on the paper is worth two in the bush. It Is cheering to the girt without beauty and with the necessity of earning money to learn that only plain sisters lire eligible for typewriters. Very many causes that are well worth being interested In and working for lose valuable help because of the ugly qualities of those repiesciiUug them. Kesplte the fact that beauty has not gained the world's biggest prlxes matri monially, professionally r any other way, tli! average woman would choose It nhove ull Use had Fhe the choosing. 1'K-ullarly enoiiuh. the ordinary person cannot understand that the sane bringing up of a child does much more toward his or her d.-sirab'llty as a friend or cltls.cn than all tho frills of education. Philadel phia Record. Heroes The catcher brushed nu Intrusive fly off bis mask. Whereupon the pitcher, mistaking the mo tion for a signal, delivered nn lmhoot with audi a marvelous trajectory that the ball hit the best batsman of the opposing nine e:iuarely on the nose and put him out f business, resulting in winning tlie game by the score of 1 to 0. The crowd In the grandstand went wild. Thj victorious pitcher and catcher were lifted on the shoulders of stalwart men and carried in triumph over the lield. Of such material, beloved, do we muke our heroes. Chicago Tribune. A Painful Experience Are you rtill courting tint handsome widow?" "i'm doing my btst," was the rather dis ciiisciialu answer. "Perhaps you are not rufllciently roman tic, you want to sit In the moonlight and hold hands." "I know It. Rut I can't manage it grnro fully. You see, I was once a candidate for office and had to shake hands with hun dreds of votetti every day. M'hen anybody reaches for my hand now I can't help shy ing. "-Washington Star.