Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
CURTOSITIES of THE CENSUS.


are developed by the late census. That
regarding births is important, inasmuch
as it rather upsets the theory that the
original or native stock is dying out of
the country. Though the tables are re-
served for the second volume of the re-
port, we are assured that they will show
that the calculations regarding this mat
ter, as generally made, are very erro-
neous.
1t would seem that more children are
born in December, January, February,
March, April and May than in any other
month of the year, the preponderance
being rather in favor of March of all
the months. The tables of illitcracy are
very interesting. OF the persons who
cannot read and write in fifty principal
cities of the Union, New York has 90 900,
of which 5000 are foreign born; Phil
adelphia, $1,000; Brooklyn, 16, ST.
Louis, 10000; Chicago, 10000; Balti-
more, $4,000; Boston, $4,000; Cincin-
matt, 5000; New Orleans, 1000; and
San Francisco, 5000
OF teachers in the public schools, New
York has II l,67S; Pennsylvania. IA, 107 !;
Ohio, II ,45S Illinois, II $50 Missouri,
1896 Indiana, SSH ; Kentucky, 4,727.
These seven States employ something
over half of all the teachers of the pub
lie schools in the United States. OF the
remaining States Massachusetts has
5,l60; Michigan, 5, Ala Iowa, 1892, and
Wisconsin, 1859.
There are 5,S7l newspapers and peri
odicals published in the United States,
issuing in the aggregate 1,5OS, 54S, $50
copies annually. OF these New York
has S35, issuing All, al IA copies year
ly. Pennsylvania stands next, having
$40 papers and issuing 241, ,170. $40.
Illinois comes next, with 505 and issuing
113, 40, 492. Then Ohio, with 335, issu-
ing S,54S,S Indiana, Iowa, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Missouri, and Cali
fornia have each over 200 papers, print
ing from 100000 600 to $1,000, 900 copies
annually. OF these newspapers and mag
azines, 4, 4,295 are wceklies, 9G are publish
ed semi-monthly, 622 monthly, 13 BIZ
weekly, and 40 quarterly-the rest, 574,
being dalies.
In regard to churches we find that we
have y, 459 church organizations, and
$4,000 church cdifices, with property
valued at 1854, 4S3, 5S1. OF the rclig-
ious bodies the Methodists take the lead,
having over 81 900 church edifices and
property valued at 800, ,S54, ,12l. The
next largest denomination in church or
ganization is the Baptist, with about
$4,000 churches and property valued at
$39, 100000. The Presbyterians have
5000 churches and property valued at
$4S, S,000,0 600 The Roman Catholics have
$500 churches and property to the
amount of Sol 100000 The Episcopa-
lians have =, 500 churches and $36, 900, 600
of property. The Congregationalists
$500 churches and s25, 900, 600 of prop
erty. The Lutherans, Unitarians and
Universalists follow, with property val
ued at from $5,000,0O0 to $4,000, 900.
The number of dwellings, in the five
principal cities of the Union are as fol-
lows New York, $4,000; Philadel-
phia, 112,0 900; Brooklyn, $4,000; st.
Louis, $4,000; Chicago, $4,000. The
number of persons inhabiting each
dwelling is: In New York, II. II I; Phil
adelphia, COL; Brooklyn, S.64; st.
Louis, 7.Sl; ; Chicago, $40.
The table of sex shows that the male
population predominates, there being
10, 1913, 565 males, and 10, 064, ,S06 females.
There are more females than males of
the native born, and more males than
females of the foreign born. The fe-
males of the colorcd race also outnum-
Der the males.
In the table of occupations we find
Illinois set down as having i'll round
numbers 100000 farmers and planters,
1000 gardeners and nurserymen, 900
BARRIERS, 1000 boarding house keepers
IAN evident mistake, though such dis
crepancies are explained by the fact that
such persons, in many cases, have other
occupations to which they prefer to be
credited, 1892 clergymen, 44,0O0 ser
wants, $500 hotel and restaurant keep
ers, 63, 600 laborers, 1,500 laundresses,
1853 lawyers, 1000 iverystablc keep
ers, 1880 physicians, %, 900 traders and
dealers, $4,000 clerks, $1,000 railroad
employees, 5000 sailors, l, 400 bakers,
5000 blacksmiths, 5000 shoemakers,
1000 brick and stonemasons, 5000
butchers, $500 wagon makers, $4,000
carpenters, 1,6O0 cigar makers, $500
coopers, $500 wooden mill operators, 535
tanners, 493 distillers, $500 harness
makers, 1000 iron and steel workers,
5000 milliners and dress makers, 1000
miners, 5000 painters, 1000 plastercrs,
600 gas filters, 2, 400 printers, 1900 tail
ors, 1900 timers and 500 wheelwrights.
POSTOFFICE ORTHOGRAPHr
A Postmaster in Bear Valley, Wis,
writes to the department "Dear Sir,
l am lame by Reason of Parallels & Cant
be carried out Dores in Cold weather.
No Justice of the Peace Less than 3