The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-17
EDUCATION.

1t appears that during the decade, in
the United States, 6, 500, 466 persons at
tended school, 6,361, 422 natives, and
235, GA foreign born, and about 23O.O0O
more males than females. OF these
1S0,372 were colored persons, 40 Chi
nese, and 1,214 Indians. The total in
crease of attendants over the census of
1860 is 903, 5l2, but there is a slight de-
crease in the number of foreign-born at
tendants. The number of schools of all
classes in the United States is al ,629;
teachers, 221 90, and according to the
school returns) scholars. 7,209, 93S,
which, it will be observed, is an adj
vance on the result otherwise obtained
The income of the schools is $95, 402,-
100.
LITERATURE.
The Superintendent confesses that his
statistics of libraries are very incom-
plete In 1860 there were returned d.
73O Libraries, containing 13,316,379 vol
umes. OF these S, 149 were returned as
private libraries. The present census
reports 1913, 1853 libraries, containing A.
$50 1S4 volumes, of which 107, G73 are
private libraries. The total number of
all classes of newspapers and periodicals
published in the United States in 1870
was 5,S71, with circulation of 20, S42,-
457, and an annual issue of sos, 548, $50
copies. These figures show gratifying
increase over the censuses of 1860 and
1859. OF the total number of newspa-
pers and periodicals i'll the United States,
574 We're daily, with circulation of
2,601, 547; 10Y tri-weekly; 115 semi-week-
ly; 4,205 weekly, with circulation of
1854, 643; semi-monthly, 90; monthly,
622, with a circulation OF $3.50, S43; BIZ
monthly, 10; quarterly, 40. OF adver-
Using periodicals there were 70. The
agricultural and horticultural journals
numbered 93; the organs of benevolent
and secart societies numbered 81; COM
mercial and financial papers numbered
142; illustrated, literary, and miscellane-
Gus, SOB; devoted to nationality, 20;
political, 1888; religious, 407 sporting,
8; technical and professional, 207.
CHURCHES AND SECTS.
According to the ninth census, there
are in the United States u, 459 church
organizations, 63,0S2 church editices,
q, 665,062 sittings, and 1914, 4S3, 5S1
property. This shows notable increase
over the census OF 1861.
SEX.
There were in the United States. June
l, 1870, 10, 1913, $50 males and 10, 064, SOC
females. OF native Americans, how
ever, the females were the most numer-
Gus by some 10000, the great predomi-
nance OF males being among the foreign
born. The females are also much the
more numerous among the negroes, mu-
lattoes and Indians. The military
strength Of the United States, so far as
age is concerned, is 1904 S7, that be-
ing the number of males between the
ages of Is and 45. The voting strength
of the country is 9, 439, 206, but at June
i, 1870, the male citizens numbered only
S,425, 941. In Massachusetts the num-
Der of males Mt that time was 7O3. 779.
and that of females, 1884, The mill
tary strength was 298, 767, and the num-
Der of citizens, 49,, 40.
OCCUPATION.
The table Of occupations embraces
gainful and reputable occupations only.
1t liz observed that while the aggregate
number of persons III the United States
above the age of 10 is 26, 2SS, 945. only
IL, 800, 923 are accounted for in the table
of occupations. An examination of the
several classes into which this aggregate
is divided, shows that the omissions are
mainly among females and children be-
low the age of Is years. The adult
males are quite fully accounted for. Of
10, 400, 100 between the ages of Is and 50
inclusive, 8, 1876, 734 are assigned gainful
occupations; while of 9S9, SIC above the
age of GO, 63i, S37 are accounted for. TO
account for the rest, those pursuing
studious, idle, and vicious occupations,
those permanently disabled by sickness,
and those who have retired from bust
ness, must be taken into consideration.
To account for the larger discrepancies
IN the list of females pursuing some
definita ncc11nntinn q nnrnhor Of rnnanno