The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-04-01
HOW CID AEE YOU!
And Twenty-Five other Questions
You Must Answer.

TIE BAz1o i in daily receipt o; in
qu'ri in regard TO tie taking OF the
L Il cen u; and it sizes the Oppor,u
nifty to give in concerned sh. pc and
III one article all tie pa' ticG'ars ne
G a'y Il know in such connection
THIS will he tive eleventh census, and
the enume atprs will start out on
their iuquisitive errauds on June =.
Ii an enumeration Is To work in
a city of more than 10000
inhabi ants, he must finish his ca vass
in Two weeks. If lie has d country
SUBDIVISION, he will not be called up
on for return until the end of The
month. he st of questions dra su
mp for him is gwen below. With This
he must co to each family, if possible
get answers from each member cf il
TO I'll IN questions which fiji the case.
The first list sent out for the u.e Of,he
enumeratOrs contemplate the sscur-
ing OF info nation on these genes al
points: Name, age, sex, race, place
OF hii tn anu &c idence. citizenship, o.
cup. OH, edu, auOn, health and fami-
" It's These are ali questions more
or less of $, cial statistics, such as have
ieen asked in almost every census,
snd ais sers t. them ought to be cas-
! ii, oht inahle. Less success may he
expected with the last few questions,
which are pOlitcO. economical In char
ac.er.
,hey Try 10 draw out some insor-
, rnat OH on subject b:set with diff
Gu es-the relative proportion of
owners and lessees of house, and farms,
end tie amount of membranes on
iarn aud homes occupied by their
owners. There seemed to be wide
spread demaud, however, for such in
io. mat!on Oh these questions as could
br got through The census taker, and
Congress at this session amended the
census law 20 as to require
The collection of sta'is-
Tics about homes ard farms. Most
of the pr spec i've victims of the ill.,
lqujsiiive gatherer Of facts who will be
Lei loose Oh June 2, will doubtless be
ipter sled to know just what an or
deal they will have to 60 through.
Here i. the list of questions
]. Give Christian name 10 full and
initial Of middle name, surname.
| 2. Whether a soldier, sailor or marine
dnring the civil war (Cnited States oil
Copfederaie) or widow OF such person.
3 Relationship TO head II f,Dily
4. Wheeler white or black, mulatio
qradroou, ocioroon, Chinese, japanese OIL
indian
D Sex.
8. Age at nearest birthday. III under
year give age In months.
Z. Whether single, married, widowed
or divorced.
s. Whether marrieu during the census
year (Juue l, 1889. to May 81, 1901
8. Mother of how m my children. anc
uualber of these children living.
10 Place OF birth.
Ii. Place of birth of father.
u. Place OF birth of mother.
Is. Number If years in the United
States.
il. Whether naiurslized.
ID. Whether naturalization papers hav,
been taken out
l6 Profession, trade or occupa ion.
| IL. Gonth> unemployed duriog the cen
sus wear June l. 1883, to May 81, 1890.
/. Is. Attendance al school N months
during the census year June l, to May 81
4 lS9O).
Is. Able to read.
, 20. Able to write.
Il. Able to speak English. III moi, th,
Ianguag- or dialect spoken
%. Whether suffering from acute o.
chronic disease, with name of disease anC
length of time afflicted.
. Is Whether def ctive In mind, sighr
hear z or speech, or whether crippled
msim.d or deformed, with name of defscl
"a. Whether prisoner, convict, home
les, child, or pauper.
% aud 26 Is the home YOU live il
hired or is il owned by the head or som,
member Of the family
"a. Ii owed by head or member of th
faulty, 10 the home free from mortgag
incumbrance?
2S. III the head of the family is fal
mer. is the farm which he cultivstes hire
, or is il owned by him or by g member Q
his family?
%. Ii owned by head or member of fam
lily, is the farm free FROM mortgage il
cumbrance
5 80. If the home or farm is owned
: head or member of family. and mortgageC
e give the postofice address of owner.
Let US be thankful that any poor suie
er can buy with % cent q bottle of Sslv,
. ton Oil.
Vennor's predictions, though in the mai
, pretty accurate, are not infallible-. B,