Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-11-11

A vigorous campaign is under way.
pushed by Mr.. Merriam. the new direc.
tor of the census, to Impress upon un-
organized workers In general. and farm.
ors and producers In particular, the
value Of keeping books. lie declares
that "if everybody would keep an &C.
cuiate account Of income ana expendl-
lures the work Of gathering census sta.
tlstics would be lessencd more than
one.half. and their value more than
doubled. II the 22,OOO newspapers In
the United States would take up the
subject OF bookkeeping among the
farmers now, while the census IL pend
Ing. and advocate making record Of
the acreage, quantity and value of all
crops and products. I think the result.
Ing benefit would be immea asurable."
The Minnesota statesman Is right, even
IL his direct object Is to make the work
Of the employees of the census depart.
ment easier and more efficient. Busl.
ness methods, besides their use us af-
forling protection to the farmer from
the schemes Of the buncO man. cannot
become too prevalent among the tlllers
Of the soil. They pay" In many more
senses than one.
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The Victoria cross IL the red badge of
desperate valOr. To win It man must
not merely do his duty, must not mere
~ risk his life. but must throw away
| 1,t In IN In mn 1aV n
marvellous. incredible decree In his ia
vOr will give It back to him again.
Therefore we refuse to believe that u
young American woman has agreed to
give herself to q young Engllshman on
condition that he brings back the Vie.
toria cross from South Africa. The
man who would take n woman on such
u condition would brand himself fool.
For he could ask no clearer proof that
she didn't much care whether he lived
or died. but rather preferred that he
should be p, where he could bother her
no more. The lady who on Impulse
threw her g.ove into the den Of lions
and challenged her knight to recover II
shines as a humane. loving soul beside
woman who would say to man: Go
, aud try to get yourself killed, and II
fortune is unkind to me and spares you
why I'll marry yOu."
Since 1870. when Massachusetts es
, tablIshed In Boston the first American
, school for the blind. similar institutions
, have been founded by thlrty-hve Othel
nsvnf Tn nj
; $500 pupils. There are also hfty-fOul
\ state schools for the deaf, with NOR,
!. thnn 10000 pupils. But not until re
Gently has public attention been called
: to the immense damage inflicted on hu
!. man interests by the vastly greater
). number Of persons whose eyeslght Ol
. hearing is merely defective. a new law
Of Connecticut requires that the eyes O
: all children attending the public schools
!, shall he examined; aud many teacher
!, have noted that defective vision IL quit
, common, and that 1t Ia serious hin
, drance to the pupils progress. 1t In
:. also been reported that dullnessOf hear
!, Ing ID associated with many cases o
backward scholarship. In Europe III
examination showed that "Out OF elgt
ty.twO flremen and engine-drivers. Onl.
three possessed perfectly normal hear
;, Ing" A medical journal suggests tina
where employees must he guided b.
y sound signals, dullness OF hearing ma'
be quite as serious matter rs color
bllndnes must te In reading color sig
/. nails. The increasing use Of spectacles
h among both children and adults, In
II been made cause Of alarm; but VIII
o would infer an increase OF the rainfall
IL from the multiplication of umbrellas
Il Yet many cases of defective vision ART
t and always have been, due to avOida
& ble causes. In what ways do we abus
y our eyes?" asks the New York Times
.. in what ways do we not abuse them
Is Is Its suggestive reply.
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=. During the last score Of years W
N have nearly rebuilt our cities, and a
" our building has presumably been don
,e under improved methods. looking to tn
10 reduction of the lire danger to min
10 mum. During the same period we hav
\. In every way strengthened our tire d'
n. partments aud spent millions In chen
" lcal and other Gre-eXtingulshing appa
"a atus. Nevertheless. the underwater
In announce that during the first min
~ months OF 1900 the tire loses In th
@. country and Canada exceeded those {
10 the corresponding period OF last yea
Is by more than $1O,O0O.OO0 and eXceede
IN those OF the first nine months Of l8t
NJ by more than $10,OOO.OOO. What dot
" 1t mean? What remedy Is possible
re These are questions that the tire unde
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