The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-04-28
THE COMIC CNENsUs-HOW IT Is TO
BE TAKEN.

year ago in the lower branch of Con-
gress to pass new law for taking the
Ninth Census. 1t resulted in the ap-
pointment of a special Committee,
which, after much labor during the
recess, reported a new bill last
December, and it passed the House
previous to the holiday recess. Among
other things it was designed to COM
plete the Census in time to apportion
the representation previous to the next
Congressional election. The bill did
not comport with the views of the
Senators, as it gave too much control
to the Representatives, and they ac-
cordingly quietly killed it by letting
it lie untouched. The failure to pass
new law put in force the law of 1850
and under that the present Census is
to be taken.
This law places the Census business
in the Department of the Interior, and
the Secretary appoints Supelintend-
| ing Clerk who takes the matter in
hand, sees that the schedules are pre-
pared and forwarded to the q. S.
Marshals, and the final reports are re-
turned to him for compilation and
publication. Each q. S. Marshal has
charge of the enumeration in his dis
trict, and sometimes includes the entire
State. The first duty of the Marshal
is to subdivide his territory into dis
tricts, each of which must contain moi
to. exceed twenty thousand inhab-
itants. Exceptions to this number are
allowed to be made for large cities.
The Marshal then appoints an assist
ant for each subdivision, who must
be resident of that division. The
duties af the assistants are to person
ally visit each dwelling house and
each family to obtain the informction
desired. He is also required to visit
personally, farms, mills, shops. &C.,
and whatever places concerning which
information is called for under the
schedules. Persons refusing to give
the Assistants the information desired
lay themselves liable to fine of thir-
ty dollars.
The Marshal and his assistants are
allowed the franking privilege while
the work is in progress. Their letters
must be endorsed Official Business
Census" and signed by the deputy or
Marshall sending the same.
The compensation to the Marshal.
where the Inhabitants in his District
are less than a million, one dollar for
each thousand persons. The Assist
ants receive two cents for each person
enumerated, and ten cents per mile
for travel, the distance to be determine
ed by multiplying the square root of
the number of dwelling houses in the
division by the square root of the
number of square miles in said divis-
ion. In addition to this, they are en-
titled to ten cents for each farm fully
returned fifteen cents for each estab-
lishment of productive industry re-
turned two cents for the name of each
deceased person returned, and two
per cent. upon the amount allowed for
enumeration for collecting social sta
tistics. These returns of farms, &C.,
must cover the year Immediately pre-
ceding the first of next June.
Upon the Marshal's certifying that
an Assistant has properly performed
the work, the Secretary of the Interi-
or will pay one half the amount
claimed to be due, and the remainder
viii be withheld until the returns have
been examined and classified at Wash
ington, when if found properly exc
cdted the account will be closed. The
pay of the Marshals is similarly regu-
lated.
The enumeration will commence on
the first of Jnne next aud returns
must be made to the Secretary of the
Interior before the first of November.
A LESSON FOR YOU'VE MEN.-While
skilled workmen in most of the handi-
crafts are getting good wages and
plenty of work, thousand of clerks
and book-keepers have lost their sit
uations. Dull times come, and thew
are showed off, as their places. can
be filled at short notice from the null
titudes who are ever greedy to get
precarious situation behind counter.
The most pitiable object to be found,
when hard times comes, is the man
who knows how to do nothing for
self-support but sell goods fact
which young men who feel "above
learning trade" should remember.
Nor is it much better with employ
ers than employees. A New York
merchant of thirty years. experience, |
says that he can count up only four
houses which have run the gauntlet of |
that thirty years without failure
The notion that there is an easier way
of making living than by the sweat
of the face is a great humbug, and it |
is pity that young men SO often al
low themselves to be fooled by it.
PLATINIzED looking glasses promise
to replace those at present in use.
They are prepared by painting the
surface of the glass with preparation |
of chloride of platinum and oil of |
lavender, borate and protoxide of lead
and then baking the glass in furnaces.
This puts on very thin layer of plat
mum, which makes an excellent and |
cheap looking-glass when put on |
dark background but it may also be
used for windows, and will allow the |
light to come in during the day, but
form mirrors when the outside blinds