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Show Nation Prepares to Divulge Family Secrets for Census AX overwhelming desire to know the first name, age, previous condition condi-tion of servitude, and financial standing of all his nieces and nephews takes hold of Uncle Sam every ten years, and to save himself from being called a prying old busybody-he busybody-he dignifies the occasion by calling It the decennial census of the United States. He started this habit of asking personal per-sonal questions 130 years ago, and January Janu-ary I will be the fourteenth occasion for the sending .orth .if an armv of uues-j uues-j tion ask.-rs. A pamphlet sent out from the United States department of commerce com-merce prepares the country for "the coming com-ing of the census enumerator.'' Among the questions asked will be' What was the age at the last birthdaV Xo one will be oxouf-f from answering this question, no mutter how painful it seems, although some d-gree of comfort may be had iroin th- fact that an assurance as-surance of stride.-! confidence is given. Where -..ere .'-Ml i .j , r; i a.rj. if -.vlt.t-e were yunr father and mother born, vjll be the second sweeping interregat ion. lilts is a matter of '.mnortance. and if one is not sure wiielh -r ins father was born in China or on the "ltoad to .Man- (Inlay," he hail better look it up in the family Bible. The nropot-iiicn of the mortgage on the oH tar,i will also be sone inlo. If th.' villain has obtained tln iaier.s In the third act. the enumerator mu.-t be told whether il will take Si or the ';:anu ! or the oldest daughter to persuade him ! to g:ve them uu. ! Item six in the pamphlet reads. "Ka.-li person will he asked his occupation and I Whether he is an employer, or einplove.-or einplove.-or is working on his own account "' it does not say what form of punishment! should be meted out to one who would ; work on h;.s own account. (Jivat thought should be Riven to answ.-ring this un.-s-tion convene. If one's father I." occupied occu-pied as a spy in a po eminent mint ..ne must be careful not to conwv thu idea, that he Is in business for himself. Among- the important questions asked or larniers. one requires the s. ttinK forth or the number of cows, horses she, i eh J'liHiif and other domestic animals " Tin- enumerator will oarre ld,-n t i f i.-a -tlons cards, in order that the housen,.ld-ers housen,.ld-ers may not mistak., ilhl, ,,. ,.,., collector and lam.-e lo discus tlm iamilv attairs freely wll h him. uU case-. " the pamphlet rends, -'where p.-i-sons ,',rC su-mrious of impostors these identification identifica-tion cards should bo demanded ' |