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Show OUH FAILINQ CYCS. llllntlneM on tlm !ncrPiiifi-rrprtutlon4 Unit filiuulit llo L'vmI. The latest stutihllus show that blindness blind-ness Is on the Increase hi the United States, hays Dr. Unletting In thu lipoeli. Thla Increase in New Voile btate la ut-trlbutiiblo ut-trlbutiiblo to the failure of carrying out tho lnvv which leipiires inklivlvoit to rc-Hrt rc-Hrt to thu hoards of health till cases of bleiiuoirhiea In no w-born children. In (net, lite law li n dead letter, which lb n great pity, because in tho asylum., for tho blind theio nru uioiu people who have bccouiu blind fiom liuvlnp been neglected when infanta than from tiny other cause. This purulent iiillainuin-tlon iiillainuin-tlon of tho infant's eyes, which Is t-o often neglected by thu poor. Is bad for everybody in thu house, owing to its decidedly infectious character. Children should not be admitted tn hcIiooIs if they huvo any contagious disease of the eye, to detect which te-ipuires te-ipuires expert examination, for it cannot can-not nhvnys be seen; for example, grnn-ulnr grnn-ulnr lids contain nn Infectious secretion. secre-tion. Just ni children hi thu public schools ii ru refpilred to show n eertlll-entu eertlll-entu of vaccluatlou before they can gain adiuibslou, so should chlldicti likewise. Im required to prove that tho . .condition of "iclr eyes is.liothiiehvjis cotnrailes. I have tilteady exaiulneil n whole school, and miiiiu eliildruii have been discharged on my reciimineiida-tlon reciimineiida-tlon mid obliged to itbsent tlienibehcs until cured. Most iursons nro born fnr-slghlcd; some iciiiulu so throughout life; the sight of olhciH beenmes normal, nnd still others becomo near-slglited Auierlcuus ns n class rie nut so nearsighted near-sighted as peolo of older clvllUutlnns Tito (JcinuiiiHtiretliu most ileal -sighted people, piobably bceaiise they study thu most mul with the pomes! light There nru nt best very few nuim.tl eyes; wo nro nil of us generally either noar-sfglited or fiir-t.lghted. Colorblindness Color-blindness Is nt times congenital, in which ense It Is Incurable; but color-bllnduc.it color-bllnduc.it may be inquired later In life, nnd then It yields to treatment. Statistics Sta-tistics show that about I percent, of nil men mo color-blind, but only 'J per cent, of nil women. Too great caie cannot can-not bo exercised In the marine sendee mid In thu railroad service not to employ em-ploy the color blind, for their imiblhty to distinguish green from led causes them to confound tlm danger stgnnl with the safety signal, to the great danger of the ttaviling public |