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ID fAA@Afs ~ - A<#ff
OF n. J. stull. No. 2a7 Jefferson ave.
nue., and VIM - { Moe1s tBerGhou
HoteD. Monroe avenue, for permission
20 erect electric signs
Referred To Comm,ltee on streets.
BY ALI. VERNON.
o. orneH Bros, 80 - Lafayette
IL d Baldwin Hotel Co. IS CRAM
r,!~. Danhury la; store, as
street, llarr} Nrit1maii, j.
". % aNeuny. aHd = oht 81
Noo avenue, foi permission 70
refer to Committee on Streets.
"a AID. BURTON
OF III th RULER, for reduction OF
sldeN -eNsllCnt.
committee on streets
g. .ul. FOR permission 20 pay
IN raj city taxes.
A. TO Committee on Taxes
By AID. ESSENTIAL
or James Il. Ulrich ct al, tor cree.
ton OF an arm staff light on Goodwin
avenue. near Holbrook avenue.
Referred to public Lighting Com
BY AID. sKRzyCKI
OF Chas p. Rohlman for permission
20 erect electric sign In front or 40
Referred to Committee on Streets.
Ely AID. OsTROWSKI
OF Anthony Tiernik, for permission
20 construct covered Greaway as per
attached sketch
Referred 10 Committee on streets.
BY AID. link.
OF Elizabeth {. Norton ct al, for
the construction OF a lsteral sewer IN
tho alley In the block bounded bN
Eighteenth street. WildemCre avenue.
aogarth avenue and Manchester ave-
Referred to Department OF Public
OF Gates Art Co, FOR permission g
erect electric sign IN front OF NO. 'I
Gratiot avenue
Referred to Committee on Streets.
BY AID CARNEY.
or Ike Cohn, for permission 20 erect
show case in front of ga DIN avenue.
Referred TO Committee on Streets.
By AID. KoRTE.
or Robt. Greenfield. for permission
90 erect electric sign In front or $50
Referred to Committee on Streets.
OF A $. Walsh Ct al. for the placing
Of light at corner OF kercheval ave-
nue. and ST. Jean avenue.
Referred TO Public Lighting COM
mission.
BY AID. TREVOR.
OF Frank Il. Whipple. attorney
for William Beauregard. for cancclla'
tion OF sidewalk tax.
Referred to Committee on Streets.
Bl THE Oilkk.
OF Frances H. Brown. TO turn on wa
ter at No. l97 Leverette street.
Referred 10 Board OF Water Commits
sioners.
OF shadbolt & Chase. for permission 20
hang oil cloth sign In front OF No. II
Grand River Avenue East
Referred 10 CoInmittee on Streets.
or @. J.. Beecher for refund OF gen
eral city taxes.
Referred 10 Committee on Taxes
or W. ". Hatch & Sons Co. to pay
beth Hughes
Referred 20 Committee on Claims and
OF John Redlln. TO revoke liquor deal
ers' license issued 10 him for No SIS
Referred TO Committee on Liquor Reg
ulation.
OF Gray Estate Company FOR the con-
struction OF a lateral sewer in the alley
In the block bounded by Russell street.
HoIbrook and Greeley avenues
or NJ. A. Moore, FOR the construction
OF a lateral sewer 81. the alley IN The
block bounded BY Ninewood. Roosevelt.
Milford and -AIciiraW avenues.
OF NJ A. Moore. for the construction
OF a lateral sewer tn the alley n the
block bounded by Ninewood ana Roosc-
welt avenues and Moore Place and Brown
Place.
Referred to Department OF Public
OF Ellen Poole. for damages For per
Referred TO Committee on Claims and
OF Charley Jue. FOR permission 20
erect sign in front OF No. 20 Champaign
street.
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From the Department Of Public Works

To the Honorable the Common Council;
Gentlcmen--There Is deficit OF
Sl0G31 ia the appropriation for repay
ing Maple street. beouindre TO ST. Au-
bin. ana / would recommend that said
amount be transferred from the sur
plus remaining IN the 1903 General
Road Fund
Respectfully submitted
j r. HAAREE,
Commissioner
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Ernm Board Of Assessors.

To tho Uonora bic the Common tounci';
Gentl,uen-N herewith transmit 10
com. Honorable Body, Assessment tuHs
numbered 2sOi 10 245t. both inclusive.
Tor constructing cement side Wolrs ~
front Of and adjoining the lots ana
psrrols of land described therein,
rho usual notice required 10y law
ba. been given to the parties ia inter
est. as viii appear by the anneNed no 40
tfr. md afidavit OF publication. W."
nave therefore. signed the same, anu
,croft IN 20 your Honorable BODY.
VERY respectfully,
,rTtr, R1NUp GF ASSESSORS.
By JOHN G. NAGEi4
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from Roard Of AssessOrs.

To the Honorable the Common Councils
Gentlemen We herewith transmit
60 your honorable body AssrsSment
Rolls Nos. iOf1. l04S lO49, for grad
ing and paving Alley No. lNs, being the
alley Ia block buundrd3by Adelaide.
Division. RtVard and Russell streets,
from the east line or Rtvard street 70
the west line Of Russell street, Alley
No. l"f. being the alley In block
bounded by John Il. and Brush streets
Hancock and Warren avenues, from
the east curb line 81 John X. street 10
the west curb line or Brush street,
Alley No. 49,. being the alley Nrst
north 90 and parallel 10 Champaign
street. from the east line OF Shipherd
avenue Ely TO w Tine OF north ana
south alley also the second alley
north 81 Champaign street from the
east line ~ Shpherd avenue 10 the
west curb live OF Van Dyke avenue,
also the alley arst west " ana parallel
60 Van Dyke avenue. from the north
,urh line OF thamploin street. northFt-
iy 20 south line OF second east and
west aliry north ~ Champaign street
Tn" usual notice required 10y law
has been given 90 the parties In inter
est. as Will appear by the annexed
notices and atlda>lts 90 publication.
NJ person has appeared To object 10
eIhl Rolls or 10 ask any correction
thereof W" have. therefore. signed
tn, same. ana report them 10 YOUR
Very respectfuuy.
THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
b. JOHN e.. NNGEL
President
Accepted aud leave being granted
~, following resolution was offered
Resolved. rbat Assessment Rolls
Sos 1897. 1u1N and 1912. tor grading
and paving Alley No lNS. heing the al
les iu block bounded hy Adelaide.
Division EiNurd and Russell streets
from the east l.nc 90 RiVdrd street TO
the west line OF Russell street. Alley
80 Ie4 being tile alley in block
bounded bv John u. ana Brush streets.
Hancock ana WarrCu avenues. from
the east curb line OF John r. street
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Respectfully submitted.
PHILIP BREITMEECT
The following Is the communication
To the Mayor and Common Council 0

mayor.
The following Is the communication:
the City OF Detroit:
Gentlemen-The Playground Com
mittee OF the Detroit Federation Of
Woi aCn's Clubs respectfully petitions
that the land at the rear OF the Clara
Bath House on Erskine ST. be set
aside as a Public Playground and
Recreation Center. and that early in
the coming year, or as soon therea fter
az may be practicable. you equip.
a1f-the- year-round Municipal Play
ground for youth and adult.
This Committee deploreE the fact
that Detroit II 80 greatly in need OF
playground opportunities, that her
citizens recognizing the enormous
value OF supervised play. yet make no
provislon for play facilities that 40
little heed II given TO the plea OF Juve-
nile Court. Probation and Truant OF
wears have advocated &c the best pre-
venfive agency for Juvenile crime the
eupervised playground.
This Committee, representing sew
nral thousand women deeply interest
a In the welfare OF the young
earnestly ontrcat that on the site men
floned now an unused and neglected
rffv property. you establish Detroit
0ret Municipal Playground.
CLARA Il. ARTHUR,
Chairman of Committee.
NETTTE g. CARoN,
MARY r. NSEABOLD,
Recording Secretary.
Feferred 10 Committee on Ways and
Means and TO Department OF Public
W||XM1
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From the Department OF Public Works

To the Honorable the Common Councii e
Gentlemen The Department OF run
lie Works respectfully reports that the
paving Of Coplin avenue. under the
contract confirmed the SUth day OF -Nu-
gust. 1910. IL fully completed from me
north line 81 Jefferson avenue 20 tn"
south curb line OF kercheval avenue.
The pavement is OF cedar on con-
crete and has been examined 10y INC
Department OF Public Works, ana
found 10 ne In accordance with ~"
contract and specifications for the
same.
There Is due the contractors for paw
INK said street, as follows.
For intersections. etc. .........-.. $40 -
For cost Of advertising. blanks
and Inspectors salary $1,000, 90
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rPnM TIE SANE.

To the Honorable the Common 'ouhcl'
rrptleu,op June 7th your hon
oraol. body adopted a resolution va
eating the northerly 1907 feet OF IN"
easttriv 81 feet OF part OF Kirby ave-
tyIf,T rho conditions of said vacation
were 10 be complied with, was extend
81 FOR 50 DAYS from september l4th
beg 10 report TO toJr honorable "oHs
tIat The CIV Eng.nCer has reported
ths s-tnl OF SIS - as duo tho city under
said r. solution and that the city Treas
urer has reported % tits ofnce thHt
said sum. together with al taxes, ooih
general and special amounting 70
F-s-S9 for the waving OF Kirby avenue.
Sq>.g5 FOR sidewalks. and S2l..i FOR city
taNes fef-IgIG- have been paid and his
r,,tiUts therefor issued.
Respectfully.
DAVID r. HEfNEMAN.
Controller
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c COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Mayor.

To the Honorable the Common Couroil:
Gentlemen-T hereby nominate and
respectfully ask your honorable body
10 confirm Mr. Alanson A. Moore 10
succeed himself as a member OF the
Building Commission for fire term eN-
piring November 18th 1914.
Respectfully submitted.
PHILIP BREITMEYER.
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Laid on table under nm, z. he rules.

To the Honorable the Common Council.
Gentlemen herewith submit %
your honorable body a communication
received from the Playground Commit
tee OF the Detroit Federation Of Wo-
mems Clubs asking that the land at
the rear OF the Clara Bath House. bs
set aside and occupied as playground
i feel that II Is time that the city
took more interest In the playground
matter. and this suggestion seems TO
be entirely practical. I trust that your
honorable body will make such dis
position OF the communication as Will
insure the matter being taken up az
the proper time
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From Board poor Commissioners.

To the Honora6 the Common Council:
Goutlrmcn- Board OF Poor Com
missiouerS beg I've 20 submit the fol-
lowing as their mort FOR the month
Of october 1910:
VERY specially.
HARRY tPRENZLAUER
q ~
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To the Honorable the Common Council
Conference.-The following approved
claims are respectfully submitted
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From Clerk OF the Reeorde, cour
To the Honorable the Commonounet,.
Gentlemen respec fully bor, -, -.
your honorable body that a ia dvY,
impaneled in tho Recorders Or
(COntinued on Pags Ssvea
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DAVID ID. HEINEMAN.
From the Controller.

Accepted and referred 10 tile COM
mittee on Ways and Means.
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From The Department Of Public Works

To the honorable the Common Council.
Geutlemen-.Thc Department ~ pub
lie Works rcspectfullv reports that the
paving Of Agnes avenue. under con-
tract confirmed the 3Oth day OF Aug
uSt. 1910. ie fully completed from the
east curb line OF Parker avenue TO the
west line ~ Seminole.
The pavement is of cedar on concrete
and has been examined hy tho DEPART
uent Of Public Works. and found TO be
In accordance with the contract and
specihcations FOR The same
There ~ due thc contractors for nav
ing said street as follows.
For intersections. Ctc.......... S23j p
For cost or advertising, blanks
and Inspectors salary. ....... 10 90
Total amount ...-........... S2fJ %
RcspeCfully, etc.
j y HAAEER
Comm lFsiOuer
Accented. and by unanimous consent
Aid GoesCheI offered thc following
Whereas. u appears from q commu-
nication from the Department or Pub
lie Works that the paving as per con-
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Ernm the controIIer.

|TT| FFUFU VIC OUIEtIVEEUEs
r. enc Honorable the Common Council:
tItnfielnen--The following reports
tfnrlIay. Nov. IL. 1910. are respectful
~ nubmitfod:
XIV Trnasurer's Disburse-
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Referred to Committee onVays snn
Means
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Respect IA s,,.,..,.N
DAVID r iElNEN ~,
Controller
Referred 20 Committee on claims and
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Petitions Presented.
nv Am. OWEN.

BY AID. OWLN.
OF n. ]. stull. No. 2g7 Jefferson ave.
nue. and Mm - & Moe1s tBerghou
Hotel). Monroe avenue, for permission
20 erect electric signs
Referred To Commtttee on streets.
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From the civ treasurer.

Placed on ole
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irHr ...tf.. t..--.-+.
i26--C Il. Huston. hay ...st
les-Mich. state Tel. 20. sur
t2S-PcGlHsuiar Electric l3gAt
co, current ..s.rtt-.--
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GAhbANE FUND.
f19--John Beyster. lumber .
12O-Rothm e. Dawson. sup
piles .....
111-West Side Hospital a.
Exchange. services ......
122-F w. Sepull. repairs.
123-H. Scherer & %. sup
plies $4,000.
I3t--Jas. l.. Kelly a Co. re-
pairs .sss's.s.s.ssssss
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ferred to manila cards, by the punching Of
holes in them to correspond with the different
items In the schedules. An electrical machine
controlled by a clerk can punch holes In 5000
cards a day. Three hundred Of these were
used and 10000, 900 cards were ordered.
After the punching the cards are handled
into an electric tabulating machine with a
"pin-box" attachment which permits the re-
Nquired pins to pass through, the variously
placed holes in the cards, In this establishing
an electric circuit resulting In the tabulation
of the items on counters which register their
results in printing on spoiled paper somewhat
like a stock ticker" There are 100 Of these
machines. After certain comparisons to prove
accuracy, the schedules are permanently. pre-
served In a great iron safe in the census bu-
reau. AS the card does not contain the name
of the persons for whom 1t stands, all personal
identity is eliminated from the cards. All dan
ger Of misuse Of such information disappears.
Severe penalties are provided in case any en-
ployee d~iscloses census information to outsid-
ers. The next step is the making of the maps
and tables to accompany the analyses, and
then, finally, the issue Of the printed bulletins
and reports. Before July 1, 1912, the work
must be over and the thirteenth census gone
to join its scientific ancestors. ".
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"No Openings Nowheres"

She is fortunate in having girl chums who
draw roses from their friends now and then.
The other afternoon one Of her rosy friends
pinned a Bright red one on her and she sal
lied forth into the street to make other wom-
en- ~envious. She had not gone far when she
felt a tug at the shoulder and turned to see a
strange woman.
"Where'd you git that rose?" asked the
stranger generously.
"A friend Of mine gave 1t to me-" was
the answer produced with some chill.
"A friend of yours? In a store?"
mo, not in a store"
We'll, hain't there no openings no.
wheres?"
mot that l know Of"
"Humph! Just my luck. I'm just crazy
for a rose, and when l saw you I just knowed
there was a fall opening somewhere"
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In the British museum, in London, on exhi-
bition, is the Portland vase, the masterpiece
of ancient glasswork. A chance discovery led
to the rescue of this magnificent urn from the
grave, where it had lain for hundreds OF yeas,
hidden and unknown. The vase was found
early in the seventeenth century by some la
borers, who, digging on a hillock in the neigh
borhood Of Rome, broke into a small vault.
On further examination it revealed a suite
Of three sepulchral chambers. In the largest
room they found a finely sculptured sarcopha-
gus, which contained the beautiful vase. 1t
was full of ashes, but It bore no inscription as
to the remains 1t held. nor has the mystery
ever been solved which shrouds its origin.
The vase was deposited In the Barberini pal
ace, where it remained until ITO, when the rep
resentative Of the Barberini family, a Roman
princess, was forced to part with 1t to pay her
gambling debts. The vase changed hands
twice, then it was disposed Of to the duchess of
Portland, but with such secrecy that her own
family was not aware of the transaction until
after her death.
Al the sale of the duchess Of Portlands COL
lection it was purchased by her son, the third
duke of Portland, for the sum Of $5,145, and 1t
was deposited in the museum by his successor.
The vase was w%antonly smashed In pieces by
a drunken visitor, but the fragments were,
however, joined together, but the bottom, with
its mysterious figure in Phrygian cap. was not
replaced.
The material of this vase was long almost
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HUMoR IN THESE vERDIcTs
Quaint Ideas and Expressions Re-
corded as Having Been Rendered
by Coroner's Jurles. 5

Referring to a verdict recently
given by a coroner's jury that death
was caused by the medical evidence.
the British Medical Journal says.
This verdict may be added to those
cited in the report Of the select COM
mittee on death c%ertifcation, where
DR.. Ogle is quoted as saying: One
verdict came before me a. little time.
ago which was this: "A man died
from stone in the kidney, which stone
he swallowed when laying on a gravel
path In a state of drunkenness" That
was given as a verdict. l thought
some joke had been played, and I
wrote down about it, and found It was
an absolute fact. Another n L.
like this. Child three months old,
found dead, but no evidence whether
born alive."'" These novel judg.
ments recall that an upstate newspa-
per not long ago spoke Of taking q
murdered mans "post-mortem" state
ment. i,
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his mortgage Indebtedness is decreasing fast;
his taxation is small as compared with the
urbanite's burden, and he has taken to auto
mobile riding on a large scale.
Census taking every ten years is a tremen-
dous task. It is the greatest single operation
undertaken by Uncle Sam, with the exception
Of the Panama canal work and the assembling
OF an army in time of war. The American CEN
sus is the largest, coEliest and most accurate
Of any taken by the civilized nations. Its
methods are the most modern and its equip
ment the most complete. The census bureau
force comprises, first, Director E. Dana Durand
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$4,000. If that Is all the expense, 1t Is
cheap. The late Gen. Francis A. Walker, !
who was a census authority greater than
any other, living or dead, once wrote that
Nthe people Of the United States can well
afford to pay for the very best census
they can get" He penned this remark
In connection with a frank confession Of
his own shortsightedness in underesti-
mating the cost Of the tenth census.
It's the old story: When you are Ill
get the best doctor you can afford.
The comparative cneapness with which
the thirteenth census has been taken was
largely due to Director E. Dana Durand's eco
nomical methods, to the introduction of semi-au-
tomato electrical card-punching, tabulating
and sorting machines, and to the inheritance
OF wisdom from the experience gained by the
permanent census bureau. During the term Of
the latter the methods Of inquiry, tabulation and
compilation have been greatly improved, both
In accuracy and in economy. Millions will be
saved.
Mr.. Durand Is responsible for many Of the
new methods to increase statistical accuracy
at every step of the census taking and to de-
crease the per capita cost Of the enumeration.
The card-punching, tabulating, and sorting ma
ehinery Is the invention Of a census mechani-
cal expert and the patent rights belong to Uncle
Sam. The machines are novel in plan and. de-
sign, are Of greater speed and efficiency than
those they superseded, and can be built and
operated at a large saving Of money as com.
pared with previous expenditures for this pur-
pose.
Other money-saving features are the elimi.
nation Of the vital-statistics inquiry from the
work Of the decennial census, as it belongs to
the permanent branch of the United States
census; the reduction in the number of SEIZED.
ules, the piece-price method Of paying for ma
chine work, the omission of the hand, house
hold and neighborhood industries from the
manufactures branch Of the census, and the
reduction Of the size and number of copies of
the final report.
Congress limited the thirteenth census to
four general subjects-population, agriculture,
manufactures, and mines and quarries. The d.
rector Is authorized to determine the form and
subdivision of inquiries. The inquiry as to
population relates to the date April Is, 1910;
that as to agriculture concerns the farm opera
tons during 1909 and calls for an inventory Of
farm equipment April Is, 1910; that relative to
manufactures and ~quarries is for 1909.
The enumeration carried only the popula-
ton and agriculture schedules April Is, 1910.
Special agents were sent out with the sched-
ules for the manufactures, mines and quarries
data. There were fully $4,000 enumerators, Of
whom about 5000 carried both the population
and agriculture schedules, as it Is estimated
that there are now fully 1000, 900 separate
farms In America, with farmers numbering
we'll up into a score Of millions. In 1910 there
were many more billions Of dollars Of fixed
capital invested in agriculture than there were
in manufactures, strange as it may seem. And
the farmer is getting better off all the time;
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to the shower pipe with their noses
in order to call the attention of the
stablemen to their desire for a show
er bath. One evening the stablemen
were in somewhat of a hurry and tried
to get the mules out of the water with
out the shower. One animal, more de-
termined than the rest, refused to be
driven out, and the water was turned
on to oblige that particular mule. This
saved time, as the mule is a pretty
difficult object even for a dozen men
to handle. especially in the water."-
Washington Post.
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the mine entrance to the bath tub.
You would think they had been out on
pasture for six months, from the speed
they show as they gallop down to the
stable entrance. They Chamber over
each other in their efforts to get into
the water.
I'll venture to say that a horse
would make a break for the stable
and the stall to get the second meal Of
the day, ii worked as hard as one of
those mules, and would pass by the
bath. But not so with those mules.
Hungry as they must be, they rush
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into the bath. Some Of the animals
are so reluctant to leave the water
that the stablemen have to drive them
out. One old mule that has drawn a
car for years, absolutely declines to
leave the pool inside Of ten minutes.
directly over the bath runs a per-
forated pipe. When the stablemen
think the mules have been in the wa
ter long enough, the water is run
through this pipe. and the four-legged
bathers get a fine shower bath. One
Of the foremcn recently told me that
some of the animals will actually point
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IS the appointment ClerK; ueUIse JonnHs !"
the disbursing officer, and G. W. spicer is the
mechanical expert. In addition to these are
the chiefs Of the divisions under the chief sta
~tistician.
There are about $50 permanent clerks and
5000 temporary clerks, etc. The supervisors
numbered $50 and they employed and directed
the $1,000 enumerators. About 1000 chler
special agents and assistant special agents.
The supervisors also employed 1000 clerks, 800
special agents and 1000 interpreters to assist
them in the direction Of the enumerators.
The data relating to population is trans
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Thickness.

All measures of reformation are ef'
fective in exact proportion to their
Thickness: partial decay may be cut
away and cleansed; incipient error
corrected; but there is a point al
which corruption can no more be
stayed, nor wandering recalled. 1t
has been the manner of modem phi.
%lanthropy to remain passive until that
precise period. and to leave the sick
to perish, and the foolish to stray.
while it spent itself in frantic exer
lions to raise the dead, and reform
the dust.-Ruskin.