Telegram-herald., 1890-10-06

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Ny thanks ara due - The printsr fer
estyzAcs sheets. prozlgtly r=csiyet e
httis brochure entitled The Literary
eits u tns Census. ths receipt. CT
recipe. rather, u which Is hsrsoY graEe-
f1ly ackne - EDGED
Il . httls Volume q is-s thsn eco
pagss. EeatIy priuted b. ghs soyern-
Isent, ! think = s soins to be rapid
seller aud a great oo0n. It - eonpilsd
from answers en Gie a the Census ca
Feaa rlaialy regar8ing the inserrogsto-
ries Issued by consent and c0unlsance Of
g0gernment relating % incuInDranees on
property and ether private matters The
pabllcaEion u the book reysals for he
hEsg tlme the true reason for these COM
pglsory answers Acting upon the Aint
already gwen by thnfty pablishSrs and
syndIcates, who write O. eminent people
occasionally asking them how they
earned tae4r hTsl l4Oaey and whether
they have IL yet. aud II 80. whether they
would be Wiling 20 loan some Of IL, etc,
the burean has is drawers now full "
statistics. As one might say. and with no
cost at AL Is going % Issue this book as
soon as have looked II over carefully
aud done some eEPurgating. Mr. Wan
amalzer says be viii cheerfuliy put IL on
his bargain counter II viii 80 through
u tc2rstnily and sec that Il Is pure.
Ny esteemed contemporary. the editor
Of The Congressional Record. has gone
through IL. but IN a slightly cursory
manner. think. and quite number OF
impuro thoughts have escaped his eagle
eye-th0ughts which of course might DO
permitted IN a deliberative body, but
not Ia tho mzlls Those who have hap
pensl % be Ia the postal car on n hot
day when an impure thought was in
transit viii agree with the writer that IL
ought 10 De stopped. especially during
the crowded seasons, when the mails are
already overtaxed with their burden OF
lottery business.
IL coald have my way I would have
appointed by the president a large com
mittss of mind readers, To have general
supervision OF the L nited States, and the
moment any person WAS detected hav-
ing an impure thought the committee
the ear with club and take him before
the cRdi. The time Is surely coming
when the now lawless think retort Of
the great thinking world viii have 20 be-
come subservient % the laws OF the land
This viii be general at that time. Peo-
pie who have surrepttiously thought
damn for centuries viii be brought up
and exposed. It viii astonish good
many, think. IL will create a complete
panic No one bat the disnifed and
non-eommittal idiot will be safe. But |
fear that am DEPRESSING.
The book above referred 10 embodies
some odd information regarding indebt-
edness, and sheds light at times incident
ally on some points not embodied in the
census regulations and not contemplated
by the act authorizing the taking Of the
census VIII give a few Of these re-
plies bearing on the mortgaged condi-
tion Of property and the reasons there
for, carefully eliminating names and
residences.
One man who writes very poor
hand says: II have mortgaged my place
for 5000 to q neighbor of mine in order
10 give my daughter good schooling and
accomplish her 20 IS she could DO well.
She learnt 70 eat pie with fork and
play The Maiden's Prayer on tho
piano. and theG. married what's called
an erOnaut. lie made an ascension las.
spring, and they didn't find him till last
Fourth Of July, when brother Of his n
made an ascension at the same place. and
when he come down he discovered my
Fon-in-law in a tree. Ile reckOnized
him before he seen him. he said. The
widow and children are stopping at
home now along with me aud mother.
/ VIII hft the mortgage ss soon as can
II you viii keep this 70 yOu'self. lt
--l1ed Martha n good deal when this