The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-03-02

Census Curiosities.
From the first volume of the Massa-
chusetts census tables of 1875, contain
ing Population and Social Statistics,
recently published, the Springfield Re
publican has gathered the following in
teresting and curious statistics:
The population of Massachusetts,
May l, 1875. was 1851 ,912; of whom
794, 1888 were males, and S57, 500 fe-
males, an excess of 63,416 females.
There has been an excess of women
over men in every census since 1854,
the first ever taken in Massachusetts,.
In 1910 this excess was smallest-being
less than one per cent. But it appears
that this surplus of women is made up
almost wholly of widows, who num-
bered last year in Massachusetts 70 ,527,
while there were only 20.654 widowers.
Of single women there is slight excess
over men-S,97S. The number of mar
ried women, not counting widows, is re-
ported as 800, 515, while the whole num-
Der of families is $1,000, living in
255,51S dwelling houses. The number
of married women who have had chill
dred is 3O9, 500, out of total of 39S, 759.
who are or have been married. The
whole number of births from these
3O9, 500 mothers has been 1, 254, 406, or
little more than four children for each
mother. Adding to these births the
GIG 900 fathers and mothers, and we
have total of 1873, 900 persons, more
than 2OO, 900 larger than the whole pop
ulation of the State. Of the mothers,
100, 81 were native born, and have had
669, 1913 children; 119 200 were foreign
born mothers, and have had 5S5, PIG
children. Each native-born mother has
had an average of 3.52 children; each
foreign-born mother has had an average
of 4.91 children. A very curious table
is that showing the ages of the popula-
ton. The largest number of people are
reported at thirty years of age, viz,
7O,736. The next highest number is at
two years old-39 GOT; the next at forty
SO, 973, and the next at three-36, 678.
Above seventy years old great MAORI
ty are women. Above eighty the num-
Der of surviving women is nearly twice
as great as that of men. while at nine
ty and beyond, the women outnumber
the men more than two to one. OF per-
sons 100 years old and upward there
were thirty-four, of whom only eight
were men.
THE Wool PRoDUcT.-The following
note on the production of wool in the
United States during the last year, and
the stocks now in hand, is from the an
nual circular of James Lynch, of New
York city: "The clip of the United
States is really not SO large as it was last
year, although it seems greater in
pounds gross. The falling off in diff
ferent States east of the Mississippi is
from to 20 per cent. from last year,
while west of the Mississippi the in
crease, as will be noticed. is enormous.
It is now clear that the United States
produces Clothing wool of rather infe-
rior staple in great abundance, while the
growth of long and strong woods, cspe-
cially of the finer kinds, has fallen off
heavily, and is not sufficient for the de-
mands of American manufacturers, nor
is it likely to be for years to come.
Farmers in States where such woods can
be grown find it more profitable to pay
attention to products other than wool !;
hence it is that foreign woods OF superb
or quality and staple must be imported,
whatever the tariff may be, or the best
classes of goods cannot be made in the
United States. Imports of carpet woods
have kept up in quality, while of cloth
ing they have fallen heavily behind.
The stocks of domestic ON hand, in the
principal markets, are about the same in
pounds as they were last year. but are
considerable below in fact, the great
weight of the wool, at present, being
composed of unwashed wasty kinds that
will not yield more than 30 to 40 per
cent of clear WOOL"
DoN'T GET IN People
shouldn't get in panic. Now if those
folks had only retained their presence
of mind and gone quietly out of the
theater, they'd all got out safe" This
is Mr.. Peter Prosy's lecture about the
fire. He has delivered it 500 times to
rs many people since Tuesday morning.
And last night, just as Mr.. Prosy had
got into bed, two bricks came tum-
bl;uU Aowu hia chin nav into tha Orafa