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The Washington times., 1903-10-04

scope of the census did not come until
1850 and 1890. when. instead OF the
census being limited to but five or six
schedules. there were more than 200
general and special schedules.
Growth of the Bureau.
In late years the Census Bureau was a
part Of the official holdings of the In
terror Department. Now it is one of the
group Of bureaus that. by act of Con-
gress, were turned over 10 the tender
mercies OF the Department OF Commerce
and Labor when that new ONCE was or
ganlzed. In the past the bureau. so far
as it's local habitation was concerned,
had somewhat OF a nomadic existence.
For some time its quarters we're In the
building on the southwest corner OF the
Avenue and Thirteenth Street. the build
ing now occupied by the Southern Rail-
road Offices, the Offices Of the superin-
tendents and one or two other officials
az the same time being located in a
private house on Thirteenth above F.
Later the poor old temporary concern
emigrated to a building erected as an
apartment house on the corner OF Third
and G Streets, at least a part of 1t did
while another part was located in the
Inter-Ocean Building, on Ninth Street,
and 1t has had several other locations
from time TO time, until now It has its
substantial workshop in recently
erected barn-like. but substantial, brick
edifce on the corner of Second and B
Streets.
A "Demnition Grind"
One Of the older clerks was asked the
other day II there were any incidents in
his career as Census official outside OF
the usual order. but his reply indicated
that day in and day out the work was.
in the choice vocabulary Of Mr. Man
talini, zone demnition grind 1t is the
driest kind of work for the various d.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

The Boston troop have had the event
of the coming of their English guests
under preparation for more than year
They set out to Guido the Britishers in
the matter of unique and pleasant en-
tertainment. The Boston men prepared
feast in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters
Of the Boston Artillery. Carpets for the
hall We're made specially for the occa-
sion. New tables were made for the
occasion, and everything. including the
table linen. knives, forks, and spoons,
had never been used before. The occa-
sion was one to be remembered even in
Boston Yesterday the Londoners we're
taken down into Rhode Island and given
a clambake.
To Attend Divine Service Today.
Today the company, under the lead of
British resident, viii attend divine
service at Trinity Church. Tomorrow
the company. with it's guests. will hold on
Boston Common its 2ssth field day
parade. to be followed by harbor ex.
cursion- Tomorrow night there will be
reception and banquet in Horticultural
and Symphony Halls.
On Tuesday the company, with its
guests. will leave Boston by the Fall
River Line, arriving In New York on
Wednesday morning. Here they will be
received by the Old Guard. commanded
by Major S. Ellis Briggs. and escorted
to the Waldorf-Astoria. In the evening
they will be entertained by the Old
Guard at a banquet in Sherry's. On
Thursday. under the care of the Old
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
n 7 EARLY every bureau under the
authority or within the confines
of office territory in the differ

n EARLY every bureau under the
M authority or within the confines
of Office territory in the differ
ent departments of the United States
Government has its veterans. The Treas
ury Department fairly swarms with vet
Grams Of both sexes. the bureaus Of the
War ONCE and the Navy Department
are ornamented with a goodly show Of
them. the Postofice Department has its
rolls of old-timers. and the Interior De-
partment is not lacking in its assort-
ment Of gray heads and gray boards
among it's employees. while the Govern
ment Printing once stands parallel with
the others in presenting veteran roll.
The only exception to these is the
Census Bureau. That Office practically
has no veterans. for the very good rea-
son that in Its present status as a per-
manent institution 1t Is not a veteran
itself. II is veritable infant in point
of length of service among the others.
This is not meant to indicate, how
ever. that there are not officials In the
bureau who have not been connected
with the taking of the census many years
ago. The fact is. quartet of highly
esteemed gentlemen are in the Census
Bureau who have been figuring up the
population, the industries, school at
tendance. and social statistics of this
nation generally for at least twenty-five
years or more back of the present day.
These include the present director, S. n.
D. North. who was superintendent Of the
Office some years gone by. but whose
service has not been continuous. Will
lam A. King is another one of the older
officials of the bureau. but can hardly
be described as veteran. This gentle
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
!: BRITISH SOLDIERS COMING TO WASHINGTON

ToR the first time since the war of
1872 a troop Of British soldiers.
under arms. has landed on our
shores, aud is receiving. not shot and
bayonet. but the greatest courtesy at
the hands Of the American people. The
troop consists OF about 200 officers and
members OF the Honorable Artillery
Company of London. They landed in
Boston last week. and since that time
have been Toasted and wined as the
guests of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery of Boston. The oldest mill
tary organization In the world is the
guest of the oldest similar organiza-
ton on American soil. Next Friday the
British troop will come TO Washington
10 be for time the guests of the Capt.
tai City,
This visit Of the London Artillery is a
return visit to that paid to them in
London in 1896 by the artillery of Bos-
ton. In the month OF June OF that year
over a hundred Of the Boston men went
TO Lopdon on the invitation of the Lon
don troop. and were there extended every
courtesy that English hospitality could
suggest. Among other attentions they
were presented to Queen Victoria at one
OF her palaces. and she sat on the por-
tico to review the troop. She condescend-
ed TO receive the colonel, and to allow
him to kiss her hand. The Queen made
a brief speech Of welcome, to which the
colonel responded
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
German-Italian Mesalliance.

A short. round girthed German down
In South Washington Is fretting over
the continued absence of his Italian
wife, unable to explain why she stays
away so long. He told his trouble the
other day in his ponderous German
fashion something like this;
Mine Colt! auf you is a Deutscher,
marry a Deutscher frau. and not Italian
er. Yah, l married an Italian womans,
and she vent away more as two months,
and | don know we're she Is. She vent
TO New York to visit nit her brudder
She can't speak de German, neder can
she write 1t. ! can't speak de Italian,
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

Guard. assisted by the members of the
Newport Artillery, they will visit the
various points of interest in and around
the city, and in the evening they will
attend the Old Guard fair in Madison
Square Garden.
In Washington Friday.
Next Friday the Boston troup and it's
guests Will come to Washington, being
escorted from New York by officers of
the District National Guard. They Will
spend but a short time in the city, and
viii be entertained at the Metropolitan
Club. They will be presented to Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the White House.
The party will leave here for West
Point, where they will be the guests
of the superintendent of the great army
school They will 90 from there to
Niagara. Toronto, and Montreal, arriv-
ing at the last named place October 70.
where they will be received by an es-
cort OF fifty officers. with Lord Donald
at their head, who Will accompany
them TO the Windsor Hotel After
breakfast they will take special train
to Lachine. and special boat Will be
provided to run the rapids. The COM
pany and its guests will leave Montreal
on October 10 for Boston.
On October Il the return banquet TO
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston Will be given by
the Honorable Artillery Company OF
London at the Hotel Somerset. Invita-
tons to this banquet have been sent to
President Roosevelt, the Cabinet men,
bers. Governor Bates of Massachusetts,
Mayor Collins of Boston, and other
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
0 I look Ike man stricken
by one OF Cupid's shafts.

by one of cupid's shafts.
that is, do look like man
fn lover said bachelor friend to a
Times reporter the other day. after the
usual saIutations had been exchanged.
We'll. 1 don't know whether you have
che symptoms or not replied the re-
porter. II do observe a sort OF green
and yellow melancholy tinge of counte-
nance, but ! presume it is due 10 indI-
gestion. Perhaps your breakfast was
not cooked to your taste OF had some
ingredient harmful to your system"
No. old man. I am In love-" said the
smitten bachelor. land this is the way it
came about:
"One day recently 1 was invited by a
woman friend to make a call with her
on another woman living somewhere in
Anacostia- She told me I would prob
ably hear some good singing. Though |
do not know a staccato from crescendo,
] love melody. and so I was glad to
make the call. We found the woman we
called upon sitting in rocking chair
80 ~ ASANh u ANA AOAAN- ~ wac ~
pleasant evening, the place had peaceful
surroundings. and all the circumstances
contributed 20 make susceptible man.
like myself. succumb TO the arts of
Cupid
The young woman proved 10 be an
entertaining hostess, and invited us into
a coy parlor where there was an open
piano. and upon the suggestion OF my
friend she went TO the piano, without
making any apology for her playing or
singing. and filled the room with melody.
She sang The Old Kentucky Home one
OF the sweetest and best CT old-time
songs. and The suwanee River The
Virginia Rosebud and a few more OF the
ditties I used 70 hear when a boy. No
wonder I fell IN love.
After / wen, home that night !
dreamed / went to a performance at
Odd Fellows Hall and listened TO a
performance by the Christy Minstrels.
as had often done I'm my youthful days.
bet there was not one OF the black ar
tiEts I'm my dream--only pretty Jennie,
the singer upon whom we had called"
Now, said the reporter. 'TH tell
you what &c do. Go homo and take an
old-fashioned dose of blue mass and
colocynfh. and, above all. keep away
from Anaccstia. There is a fine insti-
tuition over in that country where all
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

fee, no hat. and not enough cash In ny
pocket to buy another. OF course. had
70 take a car. go home. and fish out my
last years derby, and TO cap the climax
] was late at the Office
THE watchman at the main entrance
when entered looked as II he had met
bereavement, so unusual was II for me
to be late. and all he could do was to
calculate hello
The clerks in my room thought I
must have been sick. and the chief OF
the division quickly demanded an ex-
PLANTATION"
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

dignitaries. Most of the visitors will
sail for England the next day.
The Honorable Artillery Company
Of London has an antiquity equal
TO that of any military body in the
world. 1t dates back to the reign of the
Red King. when the capital was threat
ened by freebooters, and an armed com
pany Of citizens was formed in 1887 TO
protect their lives and property.
This company stormed the Danes in
their castle at Benneet, and under Ed
mund Ironside drove back the forces
of Canute. Its present constitution was
fixed by Henry VIII, and James I grant
ed the parade ground which the corps
still holds in Finsbury. Charles I, who
was a member of the company, spoke Of
IL as "a worthie and commendable in
stitution, skillful in the knowledge and
use of arms and military discipline. from
which, as from a fruitful nursery, all
the trayned bands of our elite of London
and diverse OF the companies OF the
Counties adjoining have been supplyed
with able leaders and officers, whereby
our service hath received much adj
vantage and the kingdome in general a
very great benefit"
It's Unique Position.
In the eighteenth century and for
many years of the nineteenth the Hon
orable Artillery was almost the only
military force that the civil authorities
could command in emergency. and 1t is
now the only military body outside the
! authority of parliament and under the
direct control of the crown. From the
year 1860. with one short interval. the
corps has been commanded by the SOW
ereign OF the heir apparent.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
GOOD STORES OF THE TOWN GATHERED IRON HERE IND THEIR

sorts Of fellows who have imagined
they were in love are kept secluded from
the world. Look out or you VIII be one
of them"
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
It's Unique Position.

is a bonnet for my wife. Were 1 to stop
and talk. the fashion in bonnets might
change before l reached home"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
HONoRS WERE EVEN.
Although the Attorney Ran Some
what of IA Risk in RetnIiating
the Judge.

John r. Eldridge, well known western
New York attorney, recently had occasion
TO argue case before justice of the peace
in one of the small towns near Rochester.
1t happened that Mr.. Eldridge and the
justice belonged to different political parties,
had been opposed to each other in several
contests and were far from being on the best
personal terms Each, to use a slang express
sion, had it in for the other" The justice
scored the first point, says the New York
Herald.
In a field near the court room a donkey
was feeding. just as Mr.. Eldridge was in
the midst of his plea something disturbed
the animal and it broke forth with a resonant
bray.
just a minute Mr.. Eldridge, Just a min
ute" said the justice blandIy. u cannot
hear two at once"
The attorney was hard hit, but he said
nothing and waited his turn. 1t came when
the justice was explaining point of law to
the jury. Again the bray of the donkey re-
sounded through the court room. Mr.. FL
bridge placed his hand at his ear.
Would you mind repeating that. your
honor" he said in his mildest tones. "There
was such an echo that | could not under
stand"
Perhaps the attorney was guilty of con.
tempt of court, but the general opinion in
the court room seemed to be that honors were
about even.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
A POOR OUTLOOK.
DemOcracy's Main Prop knocked
Down by British Statesmen
of the Golden school.

In the light of Mr. Balfour's Sheffield
speech and the coming adoption OF pro-
lection and reciprocity as the economic
policy of Great Britain it is pertinent to
ask what will become of the democratic
party in this country? says the Indian
apolis Journal. From time immemorial
free trade has been the party's battle cry
and England the arsenal from whence to
draw its weapons of warfare 1t has en-
braced and abandoned in turn scores of
opportunist whims and makeshift poll
cies and has run off after numberless
political vagaries, but it has stuck to free
trade with a tenacity that looked almost
like conviction, and has accepted the con-
clusiOns of British statesmen of the Cob
den school much more implicitly than it
has any teaching of the Bible. Free trade
has been the one plank in all its platforms
for more than so years which. when all
the rest were wrecked and shattered, 1t
could climb onto and drift till it landed
somewhere. Although the free-trade
garment was old-fashioned. i'll fitting,
badly worn and withal borrowed, the
democratic party clung to it as if it was
the latest and best thing out and the only
thing fit to wear. 1t was English. you
know. But with free trade discarded in
England. as it will be in time. put off
and thrown aside as an antiquated mis-
fit entirely unsuited to modern times and
conditions. what will become of the dem
Ocratic party? For more than 80 years
it has been marching under the banner
of Richard Golden, yet hear Premier
Balfour in his Sheffield speech: "Mr.
Cobden." he said, did not forsee the de-
velopments of the last half century which
have made free trade an empty name and
a vain farce" Again. he referred to eX-
isting conditions as "a state of things alb
soutely inconsistent with free trade as
Golden understood it." He meant the
modern protective system which has
made Cobdenism barren idealty. Again
he said: There has been a development
of which Golden and his contemporaries
never dreamed" meaning the develop
ment of modern commerce, of which the
democratic party takes no account.
Again Mr.. Balfour said: "Our grand
fathers fought the battle of 1876 in view
of the actual situation. | ask the nation
to-day to follow their example and not
to be misled by musty debates" On the
question of free trade the democratic
party lives in the past and does not want
any better guidance than musty debates
rejecting the views of Golden. Yet here
is a British premier throwing them all
aside and actually using the sacred name
of Golden disrespectfully With Cob
denism repudiated in Great Britain and
free trade disowned in the house of its
friends, what will become of the dem.
ocratic party in this country?
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

O"Do men gather grapes of thorns,
or figs of thistles?" Do they get munich
pal reform from democratic victories?
indianapolis Journal.
EEThe silver democrats continue to
demonstrate with detail and eXactness
that they are much displeased, but they
are not so definite in pointing out a
remedy for the evils that they condemn.
Indianapolis News (Ind.).
give despise the hypocrisy which
outdoes populism," etc, say the demo-
Gratis of Massachusetts. Clearly the
breach is getting wider, and, judging
from the expressions on both Sides Mr.
Bryan is being left in it.-Indianapolis
News Ind).
EJThe latest explosion of wisdom in
the republic is a theory that British
system of retaliatory protection would
drive this country to free trade. These
sGiutillations Of profundity are received
with sophisticated indifference by re-
publican protectionists, who note, with
out surprise, that free traders are walk
ing the fioor.,-!7t Louis GlobeDemocrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
DUN'S WEEKLY BULLETIN.
Some Contraction In Trade and In.
dustry Is Noticeable.

New York, Oct. 17.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
While some contraction in trade
and industry has undoubtedly taken
place, il is not in proportion to the
reduction of 20 per cent. in pig iron
output, or the reaction in prices of
securities, although in normal years
these have usually proved fairly re-
liable barometers. Many branches of
manufacture, however, are working
full forca with large orders still un-
filled, while the latest returns of the
crops are most encouraging. Finance
and labor are the disturbing clements
this year neutralized very largely by
favorable commercial and agricultural
conditions. The net result is Il fairly
we'll maintained volume of trade, off.
set 10y conservatism in carrying out
new undertakings and proposed re,
organization of facilities. Railway
earnings thus far available for Octo-
ber are g. per cent. larger than last
year.
Widely conflicting reports are re-
ceived as to the condition of the iron
and steel industry. Thele is evidence
that the decline in quotations has
been checked, although it is occa-
sionally stated that special terms are
made on important cont acts. \ bet
Ter inquiry is noted in the west, pig
iron being freely taken by open
hearth steel furnaces and makers of
railway supplies, ard IN some favor
ed lines the new orders cover deliv-
cries through all of next year.
y significant event was the an
nouncement that control of the Clair
ton Steel Co. had not passed to the
leading producer. ana these mills
with their modern equipment will
continue to operate independently.
One result of the severe fall in prices
end diminished activity will be gen
eral reduction in wages. some plants
having already announced their in
'ention to make a new scale ON Janu-
arN !.
Failures this week number POS in
the United States, against 200 last
year, and in Canada 2S, compared
with 24 year ago.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
Cheaper Than Staying mt Home.

The man who wishes to locate in the
Southwest this fall has little excuse for
staying at home, so far as railroad rates
are concerned. The Santa Fe announces
very low one-way second-class rates to Cal
lfornla-$33 from Chicago, S25 from Kan.
sas City, $50 from St. Louis, and proper
tlonate reductions from the East generally.
These tickets are on sale every day until
November 30. They are being availed of
by those wishing to settle in the San
Joaquin and other great valleys of Cali.
fornia, likewise Arizona passengers. The
same line also offers a rate OF about half
fare, plus 81, one-way or round trip, to
the Southwest generally, the first and third
Tuesdays of each month; the last semi
monthly excursion filled every available
car. On October 30 special bargain-c -coun-
ter round-trip home-seekers rate is adver-
tised for 500 from Chicago, and Sl5 from
Kansas City to central and eastern Texas
and to Oklahoma also 50 higher to Pecos
Valley, of New Mexico.
The mere sghtseer will be more inter-
ested in the excursions to Los Angeles and
San Francisco that are booked on the
Santa Fe the latter part of October, ac-
count American Bankers Association. The
rate then, out and back, will be $62 80
from Chicago, $50 from Kansas City,
and similarly reduced from other points.
Anyone may go who has the price in his
pocketbook. Special parties will take in
the Grand Canyon of Arizona, on the
way, and will be personally escorted.
Those wishing to try an ocean voyage can
extend their trip by Oceanic line steam
er from San Francisco to Hawaii and en-
JOY weeks outing in the isles of peace.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

''At last after 40 years of hard work,
my highest ambition is about to be re-
alized," said worthy fellow citizen
who began on a capital of brains aud
paeh and Is now counting his wealth
in seven figures. 81 have bought a
house before whose doors nearly every
parade of consequence will pass. can
sit in the window night or day and see
the crowds go by, hear the cheering and
listen to the music of the bands without
having myself squeezed fiat, my toes
trodden upon, my clothes disarranged,
my hat knocked off and all that sort of
thing. Ever since | was old enough to
run away from home to witness a pro-
cession l have envied the possessors of
doors or windows along the line of
march, and at last I'm happy"