Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-11-21

lonC.drawn.out prosperity for Great
IHitains empire colony. from the rug
gcJ banks of Newfoundland even to
the farthcst stretches of the Portland
Canal. The history of Canadian prog.
ross will. for the period of a quarter
of century. ut least revOlve about
the great transcOntinental railroad that
is opening up the Western reaches.
just as the Union Pacific opened new
nations to add bright stars TO Column
bias diadcn,. The extent of the i'm
migration of the home and fortune
seekers into Western Canada can he
understood better by the statistics Of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad, which
sold last year upward of 2.5OO.OOO
acres of land. ut an average Of about
- an acre. Three years ago Its sales
fell short of 4OO,OOO acres, but the year
following they increased to nearly
l,GOO,OOO acres. which averaged about
$3 an acre. 80 In three years 4.0OO,.
OOO good. rich acres Of the West have
been taken up by individuals, who
doubtless will achieve the success that
came open.llanded to the early settlers
of our Western plains and mountains.
Within five years the gross receipts
of the Canadian Pacific have almost
doubled. n slight cnrnest Of the bust.
ness that Is bound to come when the
doughty pioneers begin to reap their
golden harvests.
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Every little while some woman's life
! Is saved by her corset. Either the
bullet strikes one of the steel ribs and
ganccs off or the deadly blade which
the villain aimed ut her heart Is stop.
ped by the tough fabric of the corset.
and thus the arguments of the doc.
tors go down In ruinous heap. When
n woman's life Is saved by her corset
every lady who wears II corset takes
new courage and draws the strings a
little tighter. II the family doctor
chi,les her because Of the smallness
of her waist she shows him the dis.
patch from Schenectady. or Scranton.
or wherever the fortunate girl with
the corset lived. and he knows that
II IL useless to reason with her. He
effects Of corset wearing. but u yard
Of theory is quickly demolished by an
inch of fact. At last. however, the
doctor is to be furnished with a solid
steel fact to flash In the face Of the
woman who insists that the corset In
Il Iifc.savcr. When Mrs. william Hal.
lidny died ut Buffalo post-mortem
examination was made. ana the doc.
tors found two pieces Of corset steel
IN her flesh. One Of these pieces had
penetrated her heart. 1t IL supposed
that while very tightly laced she must
have bent her body or been struck by
something, 30 that the steel ribs broke
and jamnlcd themselves into her side,
This Ii ono Of the most terrible disas.
ters on record, and the doctors must
not neglect to put II to good use as an
awful warning. There isn't the slight.
est probability that the unfortunate
case Of Mrs. Halliday. OF Buffalo. will
cause any woman to quit wearing cor.
sets. but as long as the doctors must
argue on the subject II In fortunate
that they may ut last back themselves
up with something more than theory.
Science Is working restlessly toward
the prevention and cure Of diseases
and the prOlongatlOn Of life. The grad.
unl reduction Of the death rate Ii one
Of the encouraging incidents OF mod.
ern civilization. The present genera.
ton has seen the yellow fever stamped
out In its Cuban breeding place. and
n sc0urge that used to carry or many
thousands annually In the Southern,
cities Of the United States Is put mt au
end. The bubonic plague. that ut
times In the past claimed Its victims
by the millions. has been hemmcd In
by sanitation, aud 10 longer overruns
and devastates the civilized world.
The death rate from NIL these old
scourges has been enormously decreas.
eli In all the cities OF the land. There
can be 10 question Of the fact and no
doubt that the chief causes lie In the
better standard Of living. In Improved
sanitation and In more rational CON-
prehensiOn OF the conditions Of health.
The lcSsening Of infant mortality Is a
very important feature Of this general
improvement. The Health Department
Of Chicago reports that the death rate
In that city has decreased by 30.2 pea
cent since 1901, while In the same per-
lod the death rate among Infants IN
their tirst year has decreased by 60.l
per cent. This is a wonderful achieve
ment. Such obvious improvements
a. a purer milk supply and the more
successful treatment Of infantile dis
cases are not adequate to account for
II. The 0fiicials are disposed to attach
much importance to the education oi
mothers In domestic hygiene. But this
Ia only another form of the same thing
Mothers have learned and applied the
discoveries Of science. Where IL II al
to end? There Is no reason to doubt
that scientific men will In the next
decade make as great, IL not even
greater advances than have been made
in the last. One discovery opens the
way to many others. And II cures may
be effected In certain diseases. why moi
million, II the remedies and condi
tions bc properly npplied3
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The italian government finds that II
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