davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-03-08
Nekaterim v spominsko kniigo.


Slovenci smo majhen narod, XII
ina istotako poole in nizkotne ST.
move, kot vsak drug narod. Poleg
velikih, ~znacajnih MOI srecavamo
zivljenju dusevne pritlikavce
najnizje %vrste, Xxi kot Iii duh ho-
dijo okoli in ~ogrizejo, okoljejo in
oglodajo vsakega, XII noce sluziti
nJih sebiGnim namenom, ali noGe
pritrditi govorancam, kedar veze-
jo otrobe.
n. pr. Oovek maj isce svoj po-
nos v resnici in ~postenju. Dusevni
pritlikavci bodo pa "a hrbtom ME
GOWN govorili, da je laznjivec in
slepar.
In &c Sc clovek ne laska in khan
ia tenn duSevnim pritlikavcem in
noce p~renaSati njih podlosti in po-
nizanja, bodo pa rekli, da je ne
hvaleznez, hinavec. prodana duSa,
veja, XII Sc zaziblje, kamor pote-
gne veter.
Ako je pa clovek noz, Xxi reze
ma dive strani, navaden SUIT, pre-
drzen slepar, plitek frazar in odo-
bravo della duSevnih pritlikavcev,
jih kuje V nebesa, Jim pole hvalo
glasno, tedaj ga iuSevHe nicle
proglase "a buditelia naroda. ju-
naka, Xxi Sc bori "a svobodo. ne
s~ebicnega, Xxi Sc zrtvuje "a narod
it'd. it'd.
Take duSevne pritlikavce mai
demo pOvsod: med inteligentnimi
in delavci. V vsakem stanu. vsaki
organizaciii in V vsaki politiGni
stranki.
In te duSevne revoke. Xxi 81 do
misljajo. da so duSevni velikani.
je kaj lahko poznati. Kritizirajo
vse cerkev. strokovne in podpor-
ne organizacije. kapitalizem. kle-
rikalizem. socialism in anarhi-
Zem, sploh vse izme. ne dajo pa
"a nobeno stvar centa in le k sebi
drzijo roke kot svetnik ma altar
IN. NaJbolj neGedno pa obirajo IL
ste svoje tovariSe. ki pripadajo k
eniinisti politicni gospodarski ali
cerkveni organizaciji. Pc teh u
drhajo vedno s kolom in to brez-
miselno udrihanje imenujejo kot
"zdravo kritiko."
DuSevni pritlikavci Sc tudi bri-
gallo IA vse. Svoje nosove vtikaio
druzinsko zivljenje drugih, V
gostilni Stejejo, koliko cas- piva je
kdo izpil, kaksne smodke puSi,
kako Sc oblaGi in hodi, vcasih pa
gredo tudi gledat V lonce. kaj
drugod kuhajo "a zajuterk, kosi-
10 ali ~veterjo. DuSevni pritlikavec
SliSi. vidi in ogrize vse. lie bruna
V svojem Ocesu ne vidi. Xxi je ma
vadno tako velik, da ma milo da-
lee strli IL ocesa. Kar pa duSevni
pritlikavec ne vidi in slisi, 81 pa
izmiSli IL muhe naredi konia. IL
miSljeno pravljico prodaja "a eli
sto in COLO resnico. Pri pripovedo-
vanju ali obrekovanju pa sill svo-
10 malenkostno osebico kot vzor
cloveka vedno V ospredje in pow
darja - JAZZ, pa JAZZ. On .je po-
Stcnjak. r~esnicoljub. narodni bu-
ditelj, bojevnik "a svobodo vsi
drugi so pa mic - k veGjem una
zani koristolovci. breznaGainezi.
ljudje brez idealov in falot.je.
DiXil
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-03-08
KAK0 so NASTALE WERE IN
BoGoVI?

Ia interesantna razprava IL pod
peresa slavnega Ingersola Sc do
bi v slovenskem prevodu sedaj "a
samo Is centov! Pisite ma ida
jatelja IVAN KAKERJA, 1922 s.
Latin st., CHICAGO, ILL.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-03-08
ANZICEK.
Milan j.
lDaliel.

~
"Lepa je ta!' govori AMI
eek in ga opleta S palico pc nogah.
"Goljuf 81, aver pa Sc nOrec |!
Ma bozjo pot gre, pa sc tepe! Ko
bi sc vsaj nazajgrede tepell Ia
KRAFT bi bio vseenol Romarji pri-
hajajo zadaj in tie gledajo! KIDD ii
DO pa kaj dial, az
Anzieek govori in hiti Svrkati S
palico.
"Mutast nisi, mutast Ce bi ne
slisal, bi Sc ne razkacil! Ampak I'll
sto bi pref rekel da mas noge po-
habljene! Tolcem in loputam, pa
Sc vrtiS S svojo malho okOli meme,
kakor bi ne Gutill"
BeraG gori V lice, Skrta z zobmi,
Obsoji ma mestu in pricne mahoma
ma yes glas zmerjati.
"Aha!" - vzklikne AnziGek.
-"Ahal Zdaj sva pa skupaj LIE
zmerjaj, pa oprti prazno malho in
10 nesi, odkoder 81 Sc priklatil!"
AnziGek odsepa pc cesti naprej,
beraG umolkne, postoji, stopi hit
reje in dojde Anzicka.
"HoceS %spravo?" - ga vprasa,
kakor bi Sc slo "a kupcijo. AMI
eek gleda stran in Sepa dalje.
"MolGi in pusti, da beracim po
svoje, pa ii dam tretjino tistega,
kar dobiml"
"Polovico!'- izpregovori sko-
Ii zobe AnziGek in gleda stran.
"Polovicol"- pritrdi berac in
ponudi roko.
"Imas kaj denarja2"
''Imaml"
"Zganjarna je "a ovinkom. Tam
hos plaeal, pa Sc zgodi pc tvoji
voljil"
"Placaml" - pritrdi beraG in
skupaJ gresta prot zganjarni.
Pred pragom Sc ozreta ma desno in
levo, magic vstopita V zakajeno
vezo in sedeta ma crnO Rlop "a
Tati. Anzicek obrne desno dian
navzgor kazalec skljuci V koleno
in potrka OBJ MILO.
"He!' - zaklice oblastno, ka-
kor bi bill on plaGnik. Kr6mar pri-
leze Pc lestvi IL podstresja, stopi
pred pivca in govori o susi.
"Tako je!" = pritrdi Anzicek.
"Samo nam ne Skoduje suSa, XII
mic nimamo. Bo re Bog dial! Dive
merici, hi mislil prijatelj. kaj ne
Dive veliki merici - pa tropinovec
mai DO znotraj !"
Krcmar odide in Sc kmalu vrne
s pijaGo, Anzicek izpije V duSku,
levo roko drzi palicino kljuko, de-
sni komolec polozi manic, brado
nasloni med palec in kazalec, diva
KRAFT mlastne z jezikom in gleda
prot sosedu. Tia pie pocasi 2 ne
kasnim spoStovanjem, Sc naslanja
nazaj ma steno in krozi pc vezi S
svojimi rdecimi in Z brezbarvnimi
trepalnicami obrobljenimi ocmi
najprej pc levi stem navzgor, 2
ME preko stropa ma desno steno
In pc njej ma tia in zopet ma levo.
"Zakaj pa 81 ii beraG, kakSne
vrste pa si?' - vpraSa Anzicek.
Ali 81 takega stanu? Start oGe
berac, oGe berac, sin beraG, sina
sin berac, babe pa beracicel -
Kaj pa ii manjka, kako pa 81 po-
habljen?"
Sosed pokuSa zganje in skomiz-
ne z ramama.
"Oha!" - odgovarja AnziceB
namesto MEGA. "Ze vemo: vroce
ii je, ce delaS! - Sc emo merico
bi ga, bi svetovall"
BeraG pogleda kakor bi Sc vzd.
ramil in prikima.
Anzicek naroGi vnoviG zganja
in govori naprej.
"No, vidis! JAZZ pa msem bill We.
dino berac. Hlapec sem bil, vaski
FAINT, pa sem padel z lestve in s.
nogo zlomil. Cd takrat nisem "a
delo. Hemterem! Tako ii recem
da sem kaj drugega dozivel, ka.
kor ii! Tudi dekleta sem incl
Podlipnikovo Tino, tisto XII Sc j.
primozila h krcmarju ma zagorsk
boZji poti i'm Zdai tam pospodinii
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1910-03-08

- Bojkot prot mesu je mrtev,
mesarski trust pa Sc zivi, raste in
debeli.
Bojkot nj druzega dobrega pro-
vzroch, kot da je opozoril javnost
ma delo zloGinskega trusta. Sena-
tor Elkins ia w. Va. je dejal:
"DanaSnjih razmer Sc ne more
p%renaSati, Gene "a zivila so V raz-
merju viSje kot delavske place.
Ako druzina noGe gladovati, mo-
rajo otroci V n~ajneznejSi mladosti
na delo, pOmagati morajo zasluzi-
ii. To je pa pogin civilizacije."
Seveda je senator incl V mislih
kapitalisticno civilizaciio, kar do
kazuje casniSka vest IL st. Louisa (:
"Draginja ie prisilila mnogo Gru-
Yin poslati svoje otroke V tvorni-
co mesto V Solo. Dan IA dnem pri-
hajajo proSnje ma solskega mad
zornika "a spriGevalo vsposobnosti
IA delo, Kot vzrok Sc pa navajo
dragin.ja.
Mislimo. da nj treba bolt brit
kin skuSenj "a narod. da priGne
razmiSljati, odkod prihaja to
gOrje.
"Siromaki in ubozci silno tr-
PHO vsled mraza.'' Tako so dnev-
niki poro6ali Sc komaj pred ted
nom dni.
Kedar zagledaio TAXA porocila
V dnvnikih bell dan, takrat pa mas
skuajo prepricati nekatcri zelot-
je, k so zapravili prece.i zlatega
casa $ s~tudiranjem sv. pisma in
druzih praznih verSkih bajk, da
Je mraz Siba bozja, : katero tepe
Bog siromake, kcr so grcSili 20
per bozje odredbe ali pa katere
Bog ne ljubi.
No, hvala Ia tako pravico, Xxi
kaznuje tiste, Xxi so najmanj gre
Sill. Pa lepa hvala tudi "a tako
ljubezen, Xxi provzroca lie nuke in
trpljenje.
Ali so res siromaki strelovod,
XII ma lovi bozjo jezo. da ne DO
zadela bogatinov? Mar maj siro-
maxi ljubijo tistega, Xxi .iih tepe
in muci IL ljubezni?
Odgovorite farizeji. XII nosite
Boga ma jeziku, V srcu pa poze-
ljivost do uzivanja naracun dru-
zih!
= Trust "a ollie razteza svo.ie
sesalke kot ogromen polip. Ker Sc
mu nj posrecilo pozreti petrolejs-
Ike wire Galiciji, je vsesal V Sc
be wire v Baku, Russia. Zda.j .ie
ma vrsti Grska.
Ideal trusta lastovati vse Ollie
ma svetu cd vira pa do svetilke,
sc %uresnicuje c~imdaljebolj.
Trust ina tudi svoje konkuren-
te ma Angleskem, kjer Sc ie usta-
novil konzorcij kapitalistov, XII la
stuje oljne wire V Mehiki in ma
Japonskem.
Ali koliko casa Sc in kapitalisti
sc bodo %pobratili? Ustanovili bodo
trust, XII BIO lastoval vse ollie ma
] syetu. In liudstyo ma sn;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
MARKING CLEvELAND's GRAVE
Cubical Die Of Tennessee Marble
With Simple Inscription.

PRINCETON, N. j., April with no
mention in the inscription OF the fact
that he was at one time President of
the United States, but reading merely:
Grover Cleveland. Born Caldwell, N. j.,
March 49, 1887, died Princeton, N. J..
June "a, 1905" the first monument to
the memory Of ex-President Grover Cieve-
land was completed yesterday on his
grave in the Princeton cemetery. Be-
side it at the same time was placed a
marble slab three feet high, on the grave
of Ruth Cleveland, which had remained
unmarked since her death, January z.
1904. 1t, too, bears a simple inscription.
The monument on Mr.. Cleveland's grave
is of Tennessee marble and is ten feet
high. 1t consists of a cubical die five
feet high and three feet thick, and a cap
tapers gradually from the die into a
finial-like head. Both stones were erect
ed at the direction of Mrs. Cleveland.
who is at present in Europe with her
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
and 1908, emitting Ohio, where no statis
tics were kept except in the larger cities:
Total average 16.1 1914
Figures Unjust to California.

The people of California and Colorado
complain that their apparent death rate
is an injustice, because so many invalids
go to those states to die, and that a con-
siderable portion of the mortality assigned
to them is represented by strangers who
have acquired elsewhere the disease which
caused their death. 1t is also asserted
that the registrations of death in South
Dakota are not complete, and that the
law is not observed in the small towns
and villages. SO the very low death rate
credited to that state represents an in
difference to law rather than an abnor-
NAL condition of health among the popu-
lation. 1t is observed, as confirmation of
this theory, that South Dakota is the
only state which shows a steady increase
in the death rate since the records were
undertaken, and that is attributed to a
more careful observance Of the law
rather than to a change in health con-
ditions. The reports from Wisconsin are
claimed to be quite as complete as those
from any other state, and if that be true
it is the healthiest section of the Union,
with Indiana and Michigan next.
The statistics have been kept in Mas
sachusetts ever since 1851. and compar-
ison shows that 1908 was the healthiest
year since that time, with the exception
of 1904, when the average death rate was
1853 per Loco, two fractions below
1908. AS rule, the agricultural states
show a lower mortality than the manu-
featuring states and those communities
where there is large foreign population.
The average death rate Of the entire
country, so far as it is represented by
these seventeen states and seventy-four
cities, Is the lowest on record, but 1t Is
not 80 low as that of England and Wales.
which was only 14.7 per 1000 in 1905. or
that of London. which was only 1873 for
the same year, notwithstanding the slums
of the manufacturing centers and the
poverty and privation.
1t Is estimated by the statisticians that
the average for the entire country would
be slightly increased if the southern
states were represented, because of the
large mortality among the colored peo-
pie, but IL might be offset by the low
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
SHOOTS MAN DEAD ON
HEARING BRIDES CHARGE
Barge Captain Chases Tugs Skipper
to His Boat and Shoots Him.
Claims He Was Justified.

NEW YORK. April 1.-Enraged by
story told by his bride of two months.
alvin o. Collins. a barge captain, yester-
day shot and killed John Plant captain
o. the tugboat Robert Robinson, while the
barge and tug We're tied together at an
Astoria pier preparatory TO making the
passage of He'll Gate.
Collins said he and Capt. Plant be-
came friendly, and al Plants suggestion
hs took a tin pail and went to saloon
near the Astoria dock for beer. On re-
turning, Collins and Plant drank the beer
ard parted the best of friends, Plant go
ing to the tug and Collins to his wife's
ca bin.
when Collins arrived at the cabin he
found it bolted. Mrs. Collins opened the
door. She was greatly excited and he saw
there were bruises on her arms and neck.
What's the trouble, girlie?" Collins
asked
Brides Story of Insult.
Then, Collins says, his wife told him
that Plant had climbed into her cabin
tn rough a window and attacked her. Her
screams frightened him away before she
had sustained serious injury. Enraged by
this narrative, Collins went to a cup
board in the cabin for revolver he kept
loaded in case of emergency Collins told
the coroner that with the revolver in his
hand he ran to the door of the cabin and
saw Plant just ready to take short
lump from the deck of the barge to the
tag.
Collins fired and Plant ran nnhurt to-
ward his cabin on the tug. Just before
rea ching the cabin he turned to see what
Collins was doing and received the second
ballet in the breast. killing him.
Henry Kouchman, mate of the tug, wit
messed the shooting. AS Plant fell
Kouchman pulled the whistle cord and
gave three blasts that attracted police
launch B, which happened to be passing.
Collins, his wife and the two witnesses
were taken to the East 126th street sta
ton house.
Claims He Was Justified.
Collins said he did not care for any
warnings about his legal rights, that he
was satisfied he had acted as a man
should and wished to make a full state
ment.
Collins parents were greatly distressed
over their sons act. The father said:
MY son is thirty-nine years old. al
though he looks younger. He never drank
anything in his life except an occasional
glass of beer, and if he killed this man
he had good reasons for 1t. He is pretty
we'll fixed financially, and l have a tidy
little bit myself that can be used, If nee
essary. If he says the shooting was JUS
titled, then ] know it was, and we Will act
along that line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07

muniteS and city merchants are adj
vocatng extension of this system to
the domestic mails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
ALBANIAN REVOLT CHECKED.
Turkish Troops Temporarily Stop
Advance of Clansmen.

PRlSTlNA, Turkey, April THE arriv-
al OF heavy renforcements has ena bled
the Turkish troops to temporarily check
the advance of the ciansmen who have
been threatening Pristina, but il was
only after severe fighting for two DAYS
in the vicinity of the River Lab. durin.
which the losses on both sides were con-
siderable. that the government troops
We're able to bar the victorious march
of the Albanians.
The latter are awaiting reinforcementS
from the clansmen to the southwest
when 1t is expected that lighting will be
resumed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07

b1 WILLIAM r. ttRIl
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
AT SEA,
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD s. s. BERLIN,
March 90, 1910.
Although We are supposed to be the
most civilized and progressive of nations
only eighteen of the states of the Union
keep vital statistcs--that IS, an official
record OF births, deaths and marriages,
which all the countries OF Europe consider
absolutely essential. Only sixteen states
kept such records up to a recent date,
and the list Is now composed of the fol-
lowing: California. Colorado, Connecticut,
Indiana. Maine. Maryland. Massachusetts.
Michigan. New Hampshire New Jersey.
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Dakota Vermont, Washington.
Wisconsin, Ohio.
OF this list. Washington and Wisconsin
were added only as late as 1905 and
Ohio in 1909. while Illinois, Iowa. Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Kansas and other Of the
most progressive states in the union are
still without laws requiring registration
of births and deaths and marriages, and
not one state south of the Potomac and
the Ohio rivers has any way of knowing
how many children are born or how
many people die, or how many couples
are married among its population during
the year.
The District OF Columbia and seventy
four cities in states which do not require
registration make up about forty-fve mil
lions or little over one-haif of the
population of the entire country from
which such returns are received, and
from these it is possible to form an ap-
proximate estimate of the natural in
crease of population and the death rate
In the entire country
The total number of deaths returned
for The year 1903 which Is the largest
for which statistics have been received
from these eighteen states and seventy
four cites. was 691,514. which is an aver
age of l5.4 per 1000 OF the estimated
population. That was year OF remark
ably low mortality throughout the en-
tire country, and was marked by gen.
eral absence of epidemics. For the pre-
ceding year u9OD there were 6s7 034
deaths or $40 less than in 1905
The following table will show the aver
age death rate per 1890 OF population for
tie states named, in the years 1906. 1907
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
HEARING ON PARCELS POST.
House Committee to Consider Sug.
gestions on Domestic Service.
gestions

Advocates of the domestic parcels post
system are to be given opportunity
to present their arguments upon that
subject at series of hearings to be
commenced Monday morning, April %.
at 1870 O'Clock. by the House COM
mittee on post offices and post roads
Under the postal union convention and
numerous special treaties with foreign
countries packages of merchandise
weighing as high as eleven pounds are
transmissible in the foreign mails at a
very low rate of postage. Rural COM
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SO miles an hour for 500 miles and the
most delicate passengers, as well as the
mails, landed al stations en- route without
the slightest injury to either
Upon being told that Congress had
given no authority and no funds to the
department for the purchase of railroad
equipment, he came back with the propo
sition that President Taft appoint him
chairman of the Panama canal commits
sion as part compensation, at least for his
plans. 1t is thought unlikely that the
President will make the purchase
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
NEW TRANSPORTATION IDEA.
Inventor Wants to Be Canal Com
missioner as Conversation.

There is a man in bingham, H.. who
has proposed to the Post Office Depart
ment to revolutionze transportation with
an idea of his own, whereby trains may
hs rushed through space at the rate OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
General Improvement Shown.

1t will be noticed that there has been
general Improvement in the health rate
of all the cities OF the country. which is
attributed to improved sanitary condi-
tons, the enforcement of laws affecting
the public health and particularly those
relating to tenement houses and the sup
preston Of contagious diseases. The
high rate attributed to Denver and San
Francisco are due to the large number of
invalds who go there too late to be
cured.
Nearly forty deaths out of every 100 of
those who died between the ages of
twenty-five and thirty-five, were caused
by tuberculosis, and the largest percent
age of these were among bookkeepers,
clerks, printers, compositors, tailors and
others who follow sedentary employment;
while the proportion for farmers, miners,
quarrymen and others who live outdoors
and do manual labor was comparatively
very low. The largest percentage of
tuberculosis is found among printers and
compOsitors.
Nearly one-ffth Of all the deaths re-
ported were those of infants under one
year of age and over one-fourth were
those Of children less. than five years of
age. During the year 1908, out of a total
of 691 ,574 deaths, 1876. 49, were infants un-
der one year; p, SS3 were between one and
two years, and 1885 under five years
The deaths of 1902 persons. ninety-five
years old and over, were reported; 1882
were between ninety and ninety four, and
14,7S7 were between eighty-five and ninety
years of age.
The statisticians estimate that fully
100000 children under five years OF age
died in the entire United States during
the year 1908. AS explained at the be-
ginning, the figures l have given repre-
sent only one-half of the population of
the country. This emphasizes the import
anee of the closer study of the diseases
of infancy and childhood and the neces-
sity of more thorough registration of
births and deaths throughout the coun-
try.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
George Washington Alumni Dinner

The annual dinner Of the Alumni ,s-
ISOLATION Of the George Washington
University will be held at Rauscher's
this evening Reports are expected
from the Alumni Associations outside
of the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07

every 100 deaths that occur from pre-
mature birth 40 per cent might be pre-
vented; from congenital debility, 40 per
cent; venereal diseases, 10 per cent; diar-
rhea and enteritiS. the most prolific cause
of infant mortality. 60; measles. 40:
acute bronchitis. 80: pneumonia. 30
whooping cough. 40: Group 10; meningitis,
10: laryngitis, 40: diphtheria, 10: scarlet
especially fatal to infants would show
equally large ratios of preventability
He estimates that at least 80 if not 90
per cent of the children under five years
of age who die are sacrifices to the ig-
norance and bad treatment of their par
ents.
In the light of the figures quoted Prof
Fisher says, lit would seem that prac-
teal sanitation has made only a begin
ming in the work of preventing infant
mortality in the United States, and that
the application OF our present scientific
and medical knowledge for the guarding
of young human lives would produce
startling and almost unbelievable re-
suits"
The public health as a function of the
government is only creation of the
middle part of the recent century. Even
in England no systematic efforts were
made until recent years. The infant
mortality of England was higher for the
period from 1895 to 1890 than for the
years 1851 to 1865. No marked reduction
in the general rate occurred until after
the reforms adopted III leN.
If Prof. Fisher is right the lives OF at
least 100000 babies might be saved in
this country every year which are now
sacrificed by the ignorance of their moth
ers and fathers.
Blind Children.
Not long ago, at a meeting OF the su-
perintendents of blind asylums i'll the
United States at the city of New York,
it was asserted that at least % per cent
Of the blind people in this country are
suffering from that aff1iction because of
the neglect of simple medical precautions
at the time of their birth. Their blind
ness is due to the ignorance or careless
ness of the mothers the nurses or the
physicians who attended them. They suf-
fered from the moment they drew breath
from sore eyes," which could have been
cured quickly and almost certainly by a
simple application of a one per cent solu-
ton of nitrate of silver and by washing
out the eyes with a solution of >boric
acid. the fight against this ignorance
and its appalling consequences is the aim
of Society for the Prevention of Blind
ness which has recently been organized
in New York. And doubtless other causes
of Death and permanent affection might
have been prevented If proper attention
had been given.
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rate In the agricultural states of the
northwest and the mountains.
Death Rate of Cities.

The following table shows the death
rate for 1908 and the average for the last
previous five years in the larger cities of
the country-thOse with more than 1O0-
900 population
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RATE GROWS BETTER
Figures Show That Country Is
Becoming Healthier.
IMPROVEMENT IN CITIES
Enforcement of Sanitary Laws As
cribed as the Chief Cause.
MANY PREvENTABLE DEATHS
Prof. Irving Fisher Asserts That
Large Majority of Losses of In
FAINT Life Could Be Averted.
MANY PREvENTABLE DEATHS

BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.