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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, JAN. 1 1897. t A NEGRO COUNCILOR A 8ENSATION OVER THE ELEC TION IN BOSTON. tano II. Allrn n Member of tho lovern or'a Council 111 Political Itccnnl Haiti to Ho tho llct III I.ntn Op ponent Feel tho Election Keenly, HE political sensa tion of tho year In Massachusetts was 4 fin nlnstf Inn nt a-Xcl 8nao I, A1,cn t0 W 7 y) tho governor's council. It was thought that n re count of tho votes might rob him of tho honor, and per haps It might havo dono so had not tho republican lendqrs watched with Mr. Allen tho rc handllng of tho votes. Out-and-out domocratH charged tho Bryan, Sowall Mid WIlllamB Club with treachery In cutting tho broad-wlstcd John II. Sul livan at tho polls and casting their votes for Mr. Allen: but tho chargo Is not true. Mr. Allen wob nominated by tho republicans of Massachusetts in or der to show their sympathy with tho colored people, and now that they havo elected him they aro glad. It Is report ed, too, that tho governor and all tho other members of the council aro glad, but tho report lacks confidence As soon as tho result of tho election was known friends of Mr. Sullivan asked for n recount. Some- say that Mr. Sullivan waB urged by tho republi cans to request a recount, but tho pro mulgators of this report must be In er ror as Mr. Sullivan wanted tho place, and It waB well known that tho republi cans wanted Mr. Allen. However, the recount of the ballots was opened and was continued four days. As precinct Iter precinct was recounted Mr. Al lan's chances of election began to look dubious, but toward tho end ho com menced to warp up against tho cur rent that had set In against him, and when tho last precinct had been reached ho finished a wlnnor by C2 votcs. Ho lives in the Fourth district, and thero aro fifteen wards in tho district. These figures looked like a good thing to tho friends of Mr. Allen, and tho result of the recount bad hardly been an nounced before a now gig was sprung In tho policy shops. It Is called tho Allen gig, and tho combination is 4-1C-C2. Allen Is tho first negro in nny northern state to bo elected councillor to a governor. Ho was born n slave In Hamptou, Va., Ilfty-two years ago, and In early llfo served In some capa city In tho navy. About twenty-five years ago ho canio to Iloston, having heard somewhere In tho south that It was tho greatest city on earth for tho colored man. Ho opened a dining sa loon, and when not busy watching his silver-plated upooiiB and taking checks for holplngs of pork and beans, ho de voured the contents of Cooper's "Amer ican Politics." When Hen Butler com menced to dally with tho governorship Mr. Allen offered his services. Thoy wcro accepted, and ho did good work. Having cut his political cyo tooth In booming Ilutlor ho Jollied ex-Councilman Charles Hall Into tho belief that he could bo elected to tho city council. Mr. Hall didn't bollevo It, but Mr. Al len's enthusiasm pleased him and ho consented to tako tho nomination. To tho surprise of all Iloston, Hall was ISAAC B. ALLEN, elected. Every year after that saw him hustling for some candldato of his own color, and In several cases these candi dates were successful. At St. Louis ho worked among tho southern negro dele gates nnd helped swing a good many of them to gold. In the caucuses held this fall by tho republicans Mr. Allen was defoated In his ward for tho nomi nation to tho house Without sulking over his defeat ho went in for tho nom ination to tho governor's council, be lieving that no ono clso wanted it. No one else did, excepting tho man on tho other side, and Mr. Sullivan's friends thought ho had such a dead sure thing that no attention was paid to his Inter ests. "D' coon won't cut any ice," said Mr. Sulllvan'R henchmen, and 'it was let go at that. They could not be blamed Much for thinking so. Tho district had Aflayb been democratic, and tho near est tho republicans had ever come to currying It was two years ngo, when tho democratic party of 8,000 was re duced to 2,000 by A. D. Lattlmore, a negro, who had been pulled into poli tics and boomed by Mr. Allen. Last year Sullivan carried tho district by 0,000. Ilundcl. Handel, tho great opera and oratorio writer, lived from 1 085 to 17C9. Be tween 1719 nnd the date of hla death he composed over fifty operas, nearly twenty oratorios, and an ImmenB quantity of music for tho organ, harp sichord and orchestra. WnuU to lleallin Noon, "Say, old man, why Is it that you prefer Florence- to Alice when tho at tractions and their prospects aro prac tically the samo?" "Florence's father is 75 and AIIco'b 66." Detroit Free Press. f i rk uP kth -y - V ?ff DOOKS SUPPRESSED IN BOSTON Itt-Rtrlctlott Which thn t'ulillc Mhrfy Impum-n on tfOO of Thrni. Tho refusal of tho Iloston public library to set up In the court of that Institution n nudo bronzo statuo of Bacchnnto has called attention to tho restrictions placed by tho library on certain books of n certain class, says tho Iloston Post. Many volumes In tho collection properly belong to tho class of suppressed books. In tho catalogues readers often find In this library as In others, that use Is made of stars, soma works having ono star and others two, the first meaning that the book cannot bo taken awny for use at homo except by special permission of n trusteo or the librarian, whilo tho second Indi cates that It cannot bo taken In nny clrcumslnnces. Such books also havo certnln lottern. When tho letter A Is used It Indicates that tho book Is re fused on account of tho cost; tho letter 11 rmjans refusal on acount of Its rar ity; C, owing to tho condition of a gift, and I), because of Its character. Books with the letter D aro now kept In tho special department In tho flno arts rooms nnd nro 200 In number. They "embrace many ancient nnd modern classics, tho creations of tho French and Italian authors both In the original and translations." Mnny of these workB are Illustrated In rather n broad way nnd tho librarian says it would be unjust to rcfuso them to all, as there aro many students and artists who, prompted by tho highest motives, come to study them. Among these works are several of Zola's, Oulda'B, Balzac'B, Boccaccio's and qulto a col lection of medical works. It Is a rule of tho library that any officer In charge may refuse to Issue to a person undci 21 years of ago books of a character not suited for circulation among tho young. Books of this class aro not be ing bought at present for tho library and most of those on hand aro gifts. The Hr-Wj of American Politic. The minor American parties which havo appeared nnd disappeared during our century and over of national lift aro tho following: Anti-Renters, t Now York party which flourished about 1811. They resisted tho collection of back rents on tho Van Rensselaer ma nor near Albany. They had strength enough to defeat Wright, tho regular democratic candldato for governor of Now York. Barn-burners, Now York, 1S4C, secedem from the democratic par ty. They were opposed to slavery ex tension. Bucktalls, Now York, nbout 1S1G; they supported Madison. Con servatives, New York and somo other slates, 1837; pnpor money democrats. Doughfaces, 1S20, northern members of congress who voted In favor of tho Missouri compromise. Hunkers, New York, a faction of tho democrats favor ing tho south, Barnburners being tho other fnctor. Know-Nothings, Now York, 183 1, opposed to naturalization of foreigners unless they had been twen-ty-ono years In tho country. Loco Focos, New York, 1835; a branch of tho democratic party. Liberal Republic ans, 1872; republicans who Joined with tho democrats In support of Greeley for president. Temperance, or Prohibi tion, from 1830 down, In many states; In favor of preventing or restricting tho salo of liquors. Tho total prohibi tion vote nt tho presidential election In 1888 was 249,937. Womnn's Rights, from 18G0 down; thoso who favored granting to women tho right of BUff rnge. Itota llonhcur'a I'd. Rosa Bonheur'B power over animals Is said to bo marvelous. It has been repeatedly ascribed to hypnotism, but whatever rany bo the cause tho fact re mains that Mmo. Bonheur has repeat edly gone Into a cage full of lions nnd tigers nnd the animals hnvo never re sented her Intrusion. On tho contrary, they put up their heads to be scratched and show tho greatest delight. For n long time she kept a Hon that had been refused by tho different cir cus managers on account of his fierce, untamable disposition, but no sooner did Rosa Bonheur tnko him in hand than he developed the greatest affec tion for her. Day by day she painted this magnificent beast, occasionally re warding his patient posing with a caress. When, however, Mme. Bonheur became so absorbed In her work that sho would forget all about him, very gently Indeed would tho king of beasts put up his paw to call her attention to tho fact that his head had not been patted for ever so long. A lioness belonging to Rosa Bonheur died with her head In the artist's lap. In her huge paws sho held the beloved hands of her mistress till death loosen, td her grasp. New York Recorder. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Women comprlso two-thirds of th church morabers of tho United States, but only ono-thlrteenth of tho crimi nals. Counting all classes or reserves Ger many can In twenty-four hours raise an army of four millions of disciplined men. Ono of tho moBt Important duties ot n German soldier Is to tako caro of his feet, so that they will always be in good condition. Somo of the edlblo oysters of Port Lincoln, South Australia, are as big as a dinner plate. Ono of them, fried, 1b enough for n meal. Whllo digging nenr a blasted tree, on his farm, in Beech Grove, Texas, Sampson Gilder found an Iron pot which contained 5,550 in gold. Tho baya bird of India catches big flre-flles and fastens them to the sldo of Ha nest with wet clay. At night tho neat looks llko a streot lamp. Montana produced 21,530,013 pounds of wool this year, and leads all other states as a wool grower. THEATRICAL LETTER. CURRENTSAYINOS AND DOINGS OF STAOE FOLK. Calve to Slug Kcllka--Mr. Dunn Will Not ICrturn to America Mme. NorilUu Will Ho MlMcd Thin HriiHoii Mr. Hccr hohiii Tree' l'onltlon on the Hinge. HE announcements of the opera season thus far do not promlso so mnny new parts for Mme. Calvo as rejoiced her admirers a year ngo. But sho will Ring Sellka for tho first time, nnd pos sibly Chlmcne, In "Lo Cld. Sho will, f course, repeat tho parts In which sho Is already familiar, and In each of which sho is tho Ideal of the present raco of opcra-goorB. A young nctrcss of somo versatility and a fair amount of prcttlncsH Is Virginia Earle. Sho created tho leading rolo In that kaleidoscopic production, the "Lndy Slavey," did a bit of crcdltablo work In tho "Gold Bug," und blossomed out recently In Jupnncso character which scemB to suit her stylo better than anything sho hna yet attempted. Miss Earlo's 1b a talent which appeals moro forcibly to lovers of tho lighter form of stage work than to tho Bcrlous mlndcd devoteo of the dramn. It la sold by thoso who know her, that Miss Earlo harbors an ambition for tho higher forms of histrionics, which am bition It Is to bo hoped sho may soon realize. A Phenomenal Tolce. The famous English singer, Mrs. Bll iington, had a voico which was not only IT 18 THIS THAT TRIES i ?iia:6;y,$n sweet, but so powerful that no orches tra over drowned Its tones. At ono tlmo Mrs. Bllllngton waB rehearsing for a concert to bo given in n largo hall, and In ono ot nor songs sho was to bo ac companied by a trumpet obllgato. Tho trumpeter blew with all his might and main, but his efforts wero met with a call of "Louder! louder!" from tho In satiable conductor. At last tho trum peter laid down hlB Instrument, and, surveying tho conductor with Indigna tion, ho gasped: "Louder nnd louder bo ferry easy to say. but vero Is do vlnd?" Mine. Nordic Will lie Mimed. Mme. Nordlcn will doubtless bo much missed in Now York this season. Much doubt has been cast on tho question of whoso fault It 1b that sho la not a member of tho Metropolitan Opera Houbo company. Tho fact Is that sho Ib not, and for her admirers tho condi tion 1b much moro important than tho reason. She will not even Include Now MME. NORDICA. York In her concert tour. Mme. Nor dlcn'a favorite pet Is n French nondin Whllo visiting Chicago she lost her dog, ana wiien the news was proclaimed tho wljolo city was in an uproar, IvUonor lu0 will No', Come. Mme. Elconora Duso 'jna not kept Aer half promise to come back to Amor Ica and play Shakespeare vIth an En- gllsh-spcaklng company this season. Nobody over had much faith that she would really do it. If alio should sco fit to make such an experiment nt n Inter tlmo It would bo in somo respects tuoro Interesting than anything that uhc has hcrctoforo done in this country Story About Manaflcld. Hero is another new story about Richard Mansfield. A good many years ago ho engaged a private secre tary on tho recommendation of ono of his friends. Ho soon discovered that the young man's knowledge of tho Eng lish Innguagc, to say nothing of other qualifications, waB distinctly rudi mentary. Finally, ono day, after tho cretary had mnde somo terrible blun ders In tho wording of a letter, Mr. Mnnsflcld lost patience. "Really, you know," said ho, "I can't Btnnd this. I hnvo got to havo somo ono who's hnd a decent education." Tho secretary was mortally offended. "Mr. Mnnsflcld," said ho, "my parents spent $2,000 on my education." "My dear fellow," retorted Mr. Mans flold, putting his hand confidingly on tho othcr'B shoulder, "your good par cnts were cheated." New York Kmplro Com puny, Tho Now York Eniplro theater stock company for thia season, beginning January 1, comprises William Fuvcr sham, Viola Allen, J. E. Dodson, J. H. Stoddart, Robert Edeson, Fltz Wil liams, W. J. Ferguson, W. H. Cromp ton, Joseph Humphreys, Jameson Leo Finney, E. Y. Backus, Agnes Miller, Elsie Do Wolfe, Amy Busby, May Rob son, Ida Conquest, Gladys Wallls, Ollvo May, Ellen Gall, and Miss Harwar. Tho plays selected for production are "Un der tho Red Robe," a dramatization of Stanley Wcyman'B novel by Edward Rose; a now play by Henry Guy Carlo ton, a now play by Wilson Barrett and Ellwyn A. Barron, entitled "Tho Wish- THE SOULS OF PLAYGOERS. Ing Cup," n dramatization of Anthony Hope's novel, "A Man of Mark," and a new play by Malcolm Watson. An AiiumlnK Critique. Mndamo Melba Is very popular in America, but she must havn nninvmi herself Immensely In reading tho lu cubrations of ono of her admirers a New England Journalist. This worthy scrlbo thuB delivered himself: "And then camo Molba queen of song, with a voico clear as a silver bell; smooth, easy, resonant, away up In tho highest troblea; precise, each note for itself In runs and trills, sweeping her volume of voico through tho sustained bars of dramatic measures, and floating over lyric Bketchea of melody." A Clood Joke on Wurilc. Tho gossips tell this story on ono of the largest and moat assortlvo cities of Canada: Ono of tho managers booked tragedian Frederick Wardo thero nnd made tho rounds of tho nowspaper officers to Inform tho drama editors of the fact. To ono of tho critics ho said: "Well, Mr. X , I'vo got Fred erick Wnrdo for my first attraction." "Ward?" queried tho editor, "Ward? H'ra yes but whero Is Vokea?" Mr. Ileerbohm Tree. Mrs. Beerbohm Tree has tho honor to head ono of tho three divisions of London actresses. It has been said latoly that thero aro only threo kinds of actresses In London Miss Ellen Terry and thoso who Imitate her, Mra. Kendal and thoso who Imitate her, and Mrs. Tree und thoso who Imltato her. Tho comment does not Bound good humorod, and of couibo It Ib not true. Mrs. Tree will bo seen In this country again In a short tlmo. The Ilmcn Cult. Roburt Buchanan rejoices at the waning popularity of what might bo called tho Ibsen cult. "Trilby frolics barefooted over tho grave of Hedda Gabler, and tho specter of Dumas, tho elder, strikes jackbooted paBt tho urn of our woll-cremnted Mrs. Tanqueray, Serious dramatic art Is as dead as home rule. Wisely enough, the public has decided that the theater Is a place for public amusement, not a differentiated ball of science or debating forum." U ' z POOR INDIAN ANNIE. THEY SAID SHE DID NOT LOVE HER BABY. Ono of tho .Mnny Pathetic Scene Wlt ncNii'tl In llrllevuo llonnltnl, New York Nnd I'nte of the Copper-Colored Children of Mnrnrullio. (Cafl HE Marquand pa vlllon of Bollcvut a. ue hospital has had several d 1 s 1 1 n gulBhed guests In "Little BoyB Blue" nnd "Blue Babies" of late, but the most plcturcsquo baby of all camo there and wont awny last week vllhout attracting tho attention of any save tho pretty head nurse, says tho New York Herald. The little chap, was an Indian baby, tho two-weeks-old, thrco-pound son of n 17-year-old moth er, who is said to bo as near a llttlo "hoathen" as we often find In New York. Sho Ib n Carlli lnriliin n nrnt- ty, brown-sklnnod daughter of a race wnicn is rapidly disappearing from the laco oi tne earth. II n fnthpr? nut that'B "tho old. old atorv " Thn elrl came originally from Maracalbo, where ncr Bisters are being continually Bold by their mothers to liquor dealers for liquor or for beads or silk or bracelets of beaten silver, wherewith to deck lucn Domes as John Boylo O'Reilly laid "gleam In the sunshino like little copper statuettes." From Maracalbo these tiny slaves are taken to Caracas, whore thoy are put Into families and servants when they aro scarcely more than babies themselves. When this girl was but 12 years old she was brought to this country by a family In whose Bcrvlce she had been for years. Annie and her baby were tak en to Bellovue by a beautiful Span ish woman who Uvea In 66th street and Annie was taken away by her when the little tragedy was over. While tho baby lived Annie Blept In the lodging house provided for such forlorn mothers na she, but tho days sho passed by tho baby. "These wo men havo no affection," said a Span ish woman who has seen such women for years, but how little she has known tho dusky llttlo creaturo other wo men may decide. "They nro absolute ly without moral sense, which Is nat ural. They aro slothful and ilrnnmv and maternal love is to them a sealed book." Yet idle curiosity In tho me chanism of n baby, even her own first born, seems hardly n sufficient reason for tho way Annlo pnssed the hours by tho cot whero her sloe-eyed baby, with her own straight black hair and old-Ivory skin, lay snoozing nnd snuf fing after the manner of his kind. Tho nurses would pass and find her on her knees upon tho lloor, bending over tho llttlo fellow, watching the fluttering of hl tiny breast, listening to his quick, light breathing, sometimes rubbing her finger over his delicately curved check and sometimes even daring to open the crumpled pink fists to dwell upon the wonders of tho tiny nails, as perfectly almond-shaped as her own. "You must not sit on tho floor, Annie," they would say, and sho would obediently seat herself upon, tho wicker rocker they gavo her. But Bho would ub quickly forget and they would pass through tho ward again, to find her once more upon her knees, engaged in the same hungry worship. "But sho never took her baby In her arms," argued ono who wns full of theories regarding tho lack of maternal love In such "heathen" as llttlo'Annlc. "Possibly," said the womanly nurse, graciously, "but there's many a moth er who Ib not a 'heathen' who can re member how her own hands trembled and her own knees shook the first time she dared to tako In her arms tho precious little creature beating tho nlr with its father's hands and looking at her with its father's eyes. She can tell you why Annlo knelt by her baby'B bed nnd harly breathed wheu she laid a finger on its cheek. "God's greatest gift to man," she concluded, gravely, "is the fact that mother love Is not a matter of clothes or complexion." To Take Gold from the Mlitourl Hirer. The Holena Herald Is authority for tho Btatomont that n company com posed of Great Falls, Mont., peoplo Is going to try the experiment of washing gravel from the bottom of tho Missouri river botween Townsend nnd Canyon Ferry, with tho view of saving some of the gold known to exist therein. Tho company is styled tho Great Falls Min ing company, and is composed of sev eral well-known mining nnd smelting men, who Just at present do not care to hayo their names made public. They have expended a couplo of thousand dollars or moro building a largo flat boat nnd equipping tho same with some specially designed machinery Invented by a citizen of tho Cntnract City. Tho boat Ib propelled by steam, which will also furnish tho power needed for treat ing tho grnvol and Band from tho river bottom. By a system ot cups or ele vators, running In an endless chain, tho material Is scooped up nnd run over or through sluice-boxes carried upon tho boat. By a special nrangoment of tho latter, in connection with some inge niously devised and specially Invented machinery, it Is hoped that enough ot tho gold can bo saved to mako the uiu dcrtaklng pay. Candy with u Htlng to It, Mrs. Samuel Seaman of Bollmoro, L. I didn't seo that big blue hornet on the chocolato drop. That was tho reason her mouth and tongue swelled so they had to call a doctor. The hor net, It may be added, got in hla lltne bill and flow away. Ex. .BMtV 111 I SUBMARINE SENTINEL. Succesful Test or a New Appuratu lo France. The "submarine sentinel" is the name of a new apparatus which has qulto recently been experimented with by tho French navy. Tho final teats were made In San Juan bay by n special commission, consisting of Capt. Fort, commander of tho French nrmorclad Magenta; Lieut. Scrrcs, tho adjutant of Admiral Gervnls, nnd a number of officers from tho French Mediterranean squadron. The apparatus which was op erated from the torpedo boat Sarrlzln, succeeded In exploding two automatio torpedoes which had previously been placed in the channel of navigation. but without the knowledge of the com mander of tho Sarrlzln. Tho successful result of this official test has been sub mitted to tho French minister of ma rlno and tho adoption of tho submarlno sentinel by the French navy waB strongly recommended by tho commis sion to the higher authorities. In tho report Capt. Fort stated that It waa tho only apparatus so far known offer ing the advantage of being ablo to elenn the bottom of channels of hostllo waters from explosive obstructions' placed therein by the enemy. Details of tho construction of tho now appar atus arc carefully withheld from the public. Seeing a Roio Grow. An Ingenious Frenchman has sug gested a way in which a rose, or other flower, could be caused to appear grow ing nnd unfolding in the nresence" of aj roomful of spectators. He propoBeB to, employ tho klnematoscopo, a maglo lantern so arranged as to produce mov-l Ing figures on a screen by moans oCl a scries of photographs of living ob-. JectK, oach successive photograph hav ing been taken only a small fraction ot a second later than Its Immediate pre decessor. But for tho proposed new ap-, plication of thlB Instrument tho pho-' tographs need not be made bo near to gether, since they are to represent! changes which require several month for their development. Beginning with the first appearance of the bud, several) thousand photographs of a growing rose are to be taken, Just near enough! together so the change of form In flower! Ib almost imperceptible, until It has attained Ub complete bloom, and then has faded and fallen to pieces. These photographs, being passed as trans-f parencics, In rapid succession, through) the klnematoBcope, there would appearl upon the screen the figure ot a rose, vis ibly budding, growing, ononlntr. nnrond- ing Its petals, and flnnlly shrlvelllnr and dying, tho wholo process occupying hut a few minutes. Many other appli cations of this principle to tho repre sentation of growing objects aro oug gested. llarlivr' KIriin, Barber shops put out n polo with red and white stripes around It a3 u sign. But whero did thoy learn to represent their calling by such a symbol? In the old days the harbors wore tho blood-letters. Our ancestors wero great bellovers In this custom, and when they wero not feeling particularly well It was their custom to go to tho near est barber shop and havo somo blood removed from their veins. The oper ation of blood-letting required the uso of a small polo or stick, which tho pa tient held In his hand, nnd two ban dages ono to wrap around tho arm uc foro the cut was mado, ahd tho other to bind the wound nfter the bleeding was over. Two bandages, ready for uso, wero kept wound nrountl a red pole, nnd displayed In the door or window as u sign to the public. After a tlmo In stead of going to tho troublo of winding Btrlps of cloth about tho polo, white stripes wcro painted on tho polo to represent the bandnges, and from that day until this barbers have always used this kind of sign. She llml tho Floor. An nmuslng lnstnnco of prosence of mind occurred nt one of the moetlngs of tho national congrcsB of tho Daugh ters of tho American Revolution in Washington. In a moment of great excitement, when a hundred women, moro or leas, were shrieking "Madam President!" two portly dames who wore unablo to make themselves heard above the hubbub left their seats and rushed down the aisle to claim recognition, each bent on gaining tho eyo of tho chairman. The result waB a collis ion, and the less ponderous or the two went down under a shock that quiet ed tho uproar. Thero wob a moment of b.lenco; tho woman who had kept her feet was too much scared to speak, and lost her chance, for quick as a flash and without attempting to get up, Mrs. called out, "Madam Pres ident I claim tho floor!" It is need less to say that tho lady was Imme. dlately recognized. Pittsburg Post. Up-to-Dato Iloy'a Occupation. The New York pollco havo arrest ed Arthur Reppen, a 15-year-old boy, who mado a business of smashing window panes and then giving tho ad dress of tho houses to glazing firms. ileriey' Deierted Village, Twenty years ngo Hermantown, N. J., wnB a village of sixty houses nnd a big gla8 factsory. Now two families aro living thero. Tho wholo vlllngo was recently sold for $1,G00. Huccei. JenklnB "Had you any luck on your western trip?" Jackson "Great luck! Tho baby cut four teeth whllo I was away." Puck. Population of India. India's population, according to the census of 1895, Is 287,223,431, an in crease over tho previous censuB oi 23. 1 i" - V