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New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

the utmost difficulty in obtaining access
TO the high caste houses. Indeed ,ne
questions of caste are so subtle ana 80
intrinsic as To be almost beyond the
comprehension of white people.
In spite of the deficiencies and mac
curacies resulting from these causes IL
is the Indian portion of the census Vi
the British Empire which attracts the
greatest amount Of attention on the
part Of scientists in all parts OF the
world IL is no mere numbering Oh
heads. but the particulars OF the caste
religion. profession, language, sex, age
and mental and bodily ailments OF every
person throughout the length ana
breadth OF India. from the Viceroy down
to the meanest pariah or outcast. Inc
first census of the entire BRITISH hHi-
pire. taken forty years ago, showed d
total population Of about 23o,oo'V~.
The census of ten years ago showed close
unon 400 Geo. 900. and all sorts OF specu-
lations are being made as to the sun
bigger figures which are likely 10 DO
obtained at the census on April next
If those owing allegiance to klng
George Y.
II is to the United States that may
me said 10 belong the credit OF reVl'-
inc ,he census of old Roman days Inc
Constitution of 1877 included pro
vision for n census 10 he taken every
ten wears. The enumeration was rem
dared necessary by the fact that the pop
rlation Of tho several states constituted
the basis OF representation in Congress
and while il is true that the nat!ohdl
csrsus was incorporated in the Constitu-
t.on from political rather than from
economic or philosophic considerations
40, i, must be confessed that this ma
tion deserves the glowing euloglum OF
MORGAN de Jonnes. when he declared
that the United states presents
rhenomenon without a parallel IN MS
,orv-that of a people who Instituted the
,,atistics OF their country on the very
dav when they founded their govern
,nont and who regulated by the same
,-s,r,ment the census Of inhabitants
their civil and political rights ana the
destlnies of the nation"
EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

Winthrop Ames at The New Theatres
anniversary dinner in New York, said
with laugh:
AT The New Theatre we try TO be
cosmopolitan In setting a London scene,
for example. we wouldn't make the dome
of ST. Paul's visible across the river from
the terrace OF the Savoy
That sort of thing happens. you know.
i'm New York 1t rather shows us up.
II is rather amusing-like the French
Of the consuls wife.
II was lunching once in a town in
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
Too Much Learning Caused Her Trouble

the Midi with the consul and his good
lady. Mrs. Consul all through the hiea'
had a good deal Of difficulty in making
herself understood by her French walt
ing maid. When the dessert was brought
on Sine turned to the maid and said' In
an angry aside
mot these couteaux, Bring me the
couteaux with the ivory handles.
Then she turned 10 us ana ADDED
humping her fist on the table wh'ie
the maid stood mystified:
Darn the languagai Wish ia never
learnt it."
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
WORK HARDEST IN INDIA.

The returns of the impending census
" the British Empire viii show with
Considerable amount of exactitude the
numbers Of British subjects who were at
given spot on a given night The lapor
ehtailed is arduous enough in the case OF
he United Kingdom. but it is immeas-
Uraoly more difficult I'm countries such az
ihdia where the enumerators arc con-
Hon,ed by all sorts Of obstacles, IN con-
hseiion with questions Of caste, while IN
Many districts the natives are so
harmed bv the curiosity shown by the
government in the matter that they De-
ehe themselves 70 their mountain iast-
nesses and % their jungles, actually
gong 10 the length Of killing all their
uoss' lest the barking Of the animals
should betray their whereabouts TO the
census man
Ihe first so-called imperial census
ust is 10 say. the census OF the whole
british Empire-took place in 1871. ana
u'e work was accomplished in one night
namely, that Of April 3. OF course, only
N's actual enumeration was completed
VI mat night for naturally the filing OF
s'e returns, the entering OF the letter on
N'e books, the compilation Of the figures
slo the statistical divisions and sub
eNislons take a much longer time, and,
!.uging from the experience of the past,
1N complete report OF the census taken
VI sunday night, April > 10 3. Will not be
'oy Tor presentation 10 Parliament
Suli well on in 1915
"ich' IN spite Of It's peculiar name, is
e''aI department of the government,
N'Sided over by a S2J,0OO year Cab
'' minister, in the person of the
'1sht Hon. John Burns a former me-
.'aHlc, that has control Of the census,
p which presents the final reports on
S subject 10 Parliament. The eXecu-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
CONCERNING HIS NEXT JOB.

After safely returning from Pittsours,
uhicb only those who cannot tell lie
can do these days, Washington waited
atound TO see what might be doing next.
and presently he entered the Revolution
as commander in chief of the Conti-
mental army. IL was hard shedding for
George at times in this Revolution busi-
ness. and frequently the music his tat
tered soldiers marched 10 was ragtime.
hut he stuck il out and succeeded after
a strenuous career OF nearly eight years
in pulling the proposition through with.
ont a scratch on his skin and bringing
along with him the American Eagle. the
stars and Stripes. the Declaration OF In
denendence and the Fourth OF July, all
IN good shape and condition. and better
right this minute than they ever were.
Hooray for George. II he had never
done anything more than this he would
no entitled 10 the thanks OF Congress
and OF the entire community. Even II
the little hatchet story had been differ
ent u would not have cut any ice with
the ueople in their esteem for q. W.
After the Revolution had been brought
70 such successful finish Washington
was elected President Of the new Repub-
lie on his war record. and did so well on
the lob that he was reelected. He was
NO third-termcr. and when he had wound
mn his second term with credit TO HIM
self and no malefactors OF great wealth
wishing him everlasting oblivion. he re-
tired 10 his farm at Mount Vernon. on
the banks of the wide and winding Po-
tomac within trolley distance OF tho
city which had been named in his honor
and was to become the capital OF tho
country. owing 10 the fact that neither
New York nor Philadelphia was fitted To
be the proper home for congressman.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
MANY OFFICIALS HELPED.

The labor of enumeration is consider
ably facilitated by the fac: that the
superintendents Of all prisons, work
houses and public institutions of one
kind and another are required to make
the returns of the people subject to their
control, The War Department furnishes
all particulars concerning the army.
The Admiralty does the same thing in
the case Of the navy. while the work of
enumerating the merchant seamen,
whether in port or at sea, is performed
jointly by the Customs Department and
by the registrar Of merchant seamen.
The enumeration of British subjects
residen. in foreign countries is accom-
plished through the agency OF the Secre-
tary Of State for Foreign Affairs. while
the Secretaries for India and the Colonies
are required to furnish TO the Local Gov
ernment Board in London the census re-
turns for all the oversee dependencies Of
Great Britain.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
Inside Tales
of Washington
Not in History
LIFE NEWLY OUTLINED
Many Fibs, Herein Corrected
Have Bccn Told About
the Fiblcss President.

~ FORGE WASHINGTON was born
in the year of grace 11:s2 II you
do not know the month and IN"
day YOU will not learn from this Drier
biography. because this is intended Tor
persons sufficiently familiar with the
well known history OF their own country
not 10 REQUIRE a guidebook. What? NO.
II wasn't the Fourth of July. II wasn't
Christmas. either. Was 1t Wash'ng-
TONS Birthday? Aw, get along with
YOU. This is no guessing contest.
There was something peculiar about
Washingtons family relations which or
dlnary historians have overlooked. GONE
how. 1t is this: George was the Father
of his Country. including virginia, the
state IN which he was born. Virginia
was the Mother Of Presidents, including
Washington. who was the first OF her
children He was. therefore. the father
Of his mother. and-well, here Is where
this biographer gets OFF. II the gentle
reader wants the answer he can stay on
and wait till ne comes to it.
! You have all heard Of George. his little
hatchet and MS fathers famous cherry
/ tree. If you have not-and you ought TO
/ be ashamed of Yourself If you haven't
don't say you have until you find out
what the point Of the story is. because II
will he a dead giveaway on that sort OF
| carclessnoss. Anyway If the historian
who started it going had not done what
the story said little George told his papa
he could not do 1t never would have APP
poared in his unveracious history.
J The historians name was Weems. and
he was a clergyman. Make note at
this point OF how different this grown-up
clergyman was from the truthful little
! hoy he wrote about. However, let us be
| charitable. Mayoe DR.. Weems outgrew
| a habit Of his childhood. Some men do
this. but not Washington. He was
greater than his blographer For further
, details Of the little hatchet story consult
school readers and the Sunday school
books. 1t is a sweet and simple tale and
is well worth reading, because 1t Is so
unlike those of any Of your modern boys
under similar circumstances.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Born February p. 1882; diea December "a, t7os

the English and native government ON
cials. But a considerable proportion Oh
the enumerators are private citizens
natives. Of course-who are compelled TO
undertake the work under a penalty OF
30 rupees in the case Of refusal
There are, however. very few refusals
Indeed, the average native is so ready
and eager to undertake the task that he
actually supplies his own pcn and writ
ing materials, with the exception Of the
ink which is generally supplied by the
government. This is in part due to his
delight 90 be able to pose as d govern
mert official, vested with authority, and
partly 20 his satisfaction Of the Oppor-
tunity TO crafty his curiosity concern
ing the affairs Of his neighbors. while
the filling out Of schedules and the copy
ing Of returns seem to furnish the ordi-
nary Hindu with much the same seda-
tive entertainment as knitting, embroid-
cry. and the game OF patience in the
case of elderly ladies.
The least relia bic returns. as far as
the Indian census is concerned. will as
usual be those dealing with the( Hill
tribes; for the enumerators, espe-
cial,y when they happen TO be Pengalee
Babocs, show quite as much reluctance
TO count the fierce nomadic Hill
tribes as the latter do 10 be counted.
and the result is that the enumerators
appointed for this portion OF the census
have habit of sitting at the foot Of the
mountain passes and Of evolving highly
instructive data concerning the tribes
above out Of their own peculiarly vivid
and essentially Oriental imagination
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
Of Men VIII Take Cen
.,. Figures of a Quarter of
u,,uan Race on This Date,
nd Parliament VIII
Get Returns Four
Years Later.

,o,l bv the brentwood Company
EITHER Christians nor Jews be-
n ueve any longer that the num-
Y h,r,ng of the people constitutes
"a no one dreams Of imagining
:. sH' King George is calling down the
ihs' r,,.ire upon his head by direct
VIA" ,;s ,apacity Of sovereign that on
hs !" .h, Of Sunday, April ,, next d
tie ~ sbau be taken Of the population
'oua, -. entire British Empire which Just
o. ''' apo-that is to say, in 1871
isn 80 80 70 q6,294, ,152. We are in
anO. aa NV the Old Testament that David
fOil.I fO'.r.ted "a grievous SIM in order
pe'ps "tbe captain of his host TO
ms Israel and judah, and to count
nan'+ r sebting men of the tribes. from
TIE peersheba. and according to the
pan y Mt this early attempt at census
hos ,,oe visited by Jehovah with
'''.nS .n.rce which in less than three days
80. i,,,.s of seventy thousand Of the Israel
ite host. -, ,soo chat census
wss sin remained impressed
''A.,,s | minds Of Jews and Of Christians.
o. 80 norvjnced were the latter Of this
rrhen the compilers of the King
1'a' edition Of the Church Of Eng
Jam 'sl,'r pible came to the first three verses
'," -. second chapter Of the Gospel OF
II. in which it was mentioned
~ a. decree went out from Cesar
'A- ..,,s that all the Roman Empire
A 1',s he numbered" the compilers sub
So, .bo word taxed" for counted.
ros II until the recent revision OF
.'v' w. s.-intures. that the real translation
-. ancient and most authoritative
Of the Gospel of st. Luke was
..a,.a ,, and the word counted re-
., +, lien of taxed" greatly to the
- % Sir Aleernon West and other
s-.bodox old officials of the Treasury
-..o~+,,er- in Whitehall. who consid-
- ,oxinr people much preferable to
-. numbering them. Indeed, Sir
,,rernons protests were a constant
.orrca Of entertainment TO his chief'
,ho late william Ewart Gladstone de-
To- tho latters notorious lack Of any
sense Of humor.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
BLANKS DISTRIBUTED EARLY.

The local registrars of births and
deaths appoint the enumerators. and
each enumerator leaves about q week
ahead of the census date schedules pre-
pared for the purpose by the Local Gov
ernment Board with every occupier of a
house or of any portion Of a house.
Each onumeraIor is supposed to cover
in this way an average of two hundred
houses, or three hundred families-that
is TO say, where towns and. cities are
concerned. while with regard to the rural
districts the territory is divided in such
fashion as to give the enumerator
about fifteen miles of walking or driving
on the census day. On the Sunday fol-
lowing the latter the enumerator Will
call at the various houses where he left
the schedules a fortnight previously and
will collect them. If the householder has
failed 10 fill them out, either through
neglect or ignorance. ii will be the duty
of the enumerator to fill the paper out
according to the information obtained
from the householder.
Having collected all the schedules
within his district, the enumerator is
compelled TO copy the contents thereof
into his enumeration book, which he then
presents. along with the schedules, to the
local registrar. For this work. which
entails about four days of arduous labor.
he receives an average pay Of about SO
all told, and it will be readily understood
that under the circumstances the emu
morators are, as admitted during the
course of a recent Parliamentary in
quiry, "a rather poor lot" and possessed /
Of neither the reliability nor the efficacy
requisite for a satisfactory fulflment of /
their task
Virtually the enumerators are the only |
census officials who are paid for the /
work, for the superintendent registrars !
and the local registrars of births and /
deaths are permanent officials, subject to |
the registrar generals department, and
when they are appointed it is thoroughly
understood that the decennial census
work is comprised in their duties. In
Ireland a good deal of the enumerator's
work is performed without extra pay by
the officers and men Of the Royal Irish
COnstabulary and of the Dublin police
force. and the returns are made to the
Registrar General for the Kingdom of
Ireland who deals directly with the
Local Government Board in London.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
TIE FIRST BRITISH CENSUS.

g nronouncCd. in fact, was tne pISJu-
i,cs IN scriptural grounds, that no cen
,,s was taken Of the United Kingdom
vn,l ,he beginning Of the nineteenth
century, unless. indeed, we go back 10
i've ssvs when Emperor Caesar Augustus
,rSsrad = census Of the whole Roman
Empire. which included the larger part
NJ Great Britain. a census which caused
Iosepb ard Mary his wife to go up
from the city Of Nazareth, in order u
ls counted in their native town OF Beth-
lethem. where Mary gave birth 10 OIilS''
IN 1753 an act authorizing a census
WAS passed with the utmost difficulty Oy
hs Vouse Of Commons, but was
p-omptly defeated by the LORDS as
likely. in view Of Scriptural history 10
result in some public misfortune or III
an epidemical distemper." Nor was IL
until near half a century later-nameiy'
IN 1Ss1-that both houses Of Parliament
on the proposal. not Of the government
but Of a private member. enacted law
QeCTeeluE q Gems U.s. il PNNN 49, -
desire TO possess means Of Judging tne
relation between an increasing popula-
ton and the native means Of its sub
sistence. The census thus authorized
took place i'm 1901. and ever since then
census has been taken at the close OF
each decade. every census containing re-
quests for more detailed Information
than that which had gone before
While the worl, Of numbering close 10
one-quarter Of the entire human race Is
Onerous enough in all conscience l's
magnitude becomes infinitely greater
when it has 10 be accomplished |lthn
NE space Of twenty-four hours. But me
British government for the last hundred
years has been Of the opinion that CEN
sas in order 20 be accurate must be
taken simultaneously, since any emu
meration extending over a tract Of time
even were IT. bIt two DAYS, must neces-
sarily be more or less inaccurate ana
destitute of the means Of correcting IT'S
oTr mistakes
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
CASTE QUESTIONS ARISE

The question Of caste is another
source Of much trouble 10 the census
Authorities In India. For an enumera-
tor who happens TO be a native Of high
longing thereto when he entertains any
doubt as to the validity of their proten-
sions in the matter. and while the high
caste Hindu will consider himself TO be
man Of low caste for the purpose of OBJ
tanning the information demanded BY
the schedule. the enumerator who hap
pens to be of inferior caste experiences
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
A DISTINCT LIBERTY TAKEN.

Another historian, name unknown, but
believed to have been a vaudeville ar
fist or a newspaper humorist. has said
that the first time Washington ever rode
in A carriage was when he took a hack
at the cherry tree. This would have
been quite as true had the jokesmitn
said a raxicab; and everybody knows
there were no taxicabs in those days.
WHY so truthful person as Washing
ton was known 10 have been should be
the origin OF so much and such glaring
rrtruth is one Of those psychological
mysteries that you can't break into with
jimmy.
In his youth George Washington was
land surveyor all over Virginia. but
he did not know the value OF starting
boom town. such as later MADE tne
South famous and feathered the nests OF
promoters. so when he had chance TO
ioin the army he went at ii quick. AT
this time he was not yet old enough I'd
vote for President Of the United states,
hut as he was not i'm it for political pur-
noses he didn't care much about that.
7
He was under General Braddock ana
went with him out TO Pittsburg 10 ffghr
the French and Indians.
The French are no longer in evidence
around Pittsburg, but they have Few
Indians there yet. and the way they
spend money is noisy sight to see-
However. they come naturally by their
desire to paint things red. During tho
hattie I'm which Braddock had IL put all
over him. an Indian chief shot soma
dozen or fifteen times at our hero with
intent to kill. but the young man bore
charmed life. so the Indian said, and
he threw his gun into the OHIO RiVer
and went fishing. He thought he might
catch something, even If he couldn't
shoot much. This story illustrates that
2 man with charmed life needn't ever
he afraid OF the Indians who run auto
mobiles. Nevertheless, It will be wise
70 remember that everybody isn't
washington.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
King George V to Count His
People on Night of April 2

tive OF the Local Government Board. in
SO far as the census work of Great
Britain is concerned, is the registrar gen
eral, who has under his immediate or
ders some six hundred superintendent
registrars. about three thousand reg
istrars and about forty thousand emu
merat tors.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-01-05
AMERICAN CITIES SPEND
FORTUNES IN ADVERTISING.
Every Section of Nation Represented
In Self Boosting Movement.

Spokane, Wash. laid out more than
100000 last year holding herself up to
the public gaze. Memphis expects to
spend $4,000 this year for the same
purpose and st. Paul $4,000. Chica-
go. with a booster club of 5000 hus-
tiers, pays an advertising manager a
salary of $4,000 a year and does not
consider that she really needs much
boosting either
The advertising bills of the city Of
New York during the last six years ag-
gregated a trihe under S5.0O0.O00. Den
yer, Des Moines, Detroit Kansas City,
Mo-: st. Louis. Toledo, Minneapolis,
Montgomery. Ala; Buffalo, Oklahoma
City. Topeka and Wichita, Kan: In
dianapolis, New Orleans. Rochester,
Cleveland-one might fill page with
a list of the cities that are boosting
and booming themselves systematical-
Iy and resolutely and laying out their
good hard coin to do it.
The Greater Georgia association.
with a membership of nearly 10000. is
at work raising 100000 to be used in
exploiting the state and expects TO es-
tablish permanent advertising head
quarters in many cities throughout the
country.
Mississippi is getting busy with a
somewhat similar plan. Eighty Ne
braska newspapers have pledged them
selves to methodicaIly exploit their
commonwealth and to raise $4,000
within the coming year with which to
do the work The Northern Pacific
Railroad company has just put force
of thirty writers and publicity men to
work ON a campaign of advertising for
Oregon.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-01-05
HICKORY SUPPLY GOING.
Valuable American Wood Rapidly Be-
coming Extinct.


The supply of hickory. the best
American fuel wood and the most diff
cult to replace in case of a shortage
of American hard woods. is approach
ing exhaustion. says a bulletin of the
department of agriculture.
1t shows that virgin hickory, the
chief source of supply, is disappearing
rapidly and that there are no foreign
sources which can be drawn upon
when the home supplies are exhausted.
Prices, it is pointed out, are bound to
advance because of the high technical
value of hickory and the fast dimin-
ishing supply.
The bulletin says that hickory has a
number of important special uses for
which no satisfactory substitute is
known. that fully 40 per cent of the
merchantable hickory cut each year
is wasted. that the total amount of
hickory consumed annually is probably
not less than 4JO,OOO.OOO feet. that the
vehicle industry takes about Go per
cent of the total cut, that there are
now about 100,OOO,0OO acres of land on
which hickory is growing naturally
and that hickory users should coop
crate to prevent shortage.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-01-05
Found Gold In Bunches.

Early settlers in South Australia
were told by the blacks that up coun-
try there was a cave full Of gold. but
they did not attach much credence TO
the report. A half caste recently ar
rived in Adelaide with the news that
some 400 miles north of Fowler's bay
he came upon a series of caves, one
of which had pendants of gold like
lunches of grapes"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-01-05

Switzerland is the automobile really
popular
The official reason for its exclusion
from the Grisons is that the mountain
roads there are too narrow and dam
gerous. but now that the cantonal
council has opened the first automO-
bile road from TardisbrUck to Chur,
a storm Of popular Indignation has bro
ken out.
An agitation is in progress to collect
5000 anti-auto signatures, by means of
which the council can be compelled to
rescind the permission. and newspaper
articles exhort the people not to permit
the restful stiffness of the Grisons'
clear atmosphere to be disturbed or
polluted by auto honking and malodor-
Gus vapOrS.