, 1880-10-07

oaet AppcAF 10 DC THO Enkttt, hi1vnrni8hcd
facts, or. re Decoher would call 1t, tho trut
!nwarsncss, OF this 1lnncockian piece Of
business. 1t fs possible that good ,nnn,
honest people who flavc been booming f0,
the "snperb hero" will rcyiso aud correc
their opinions Of the man.
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TIE CENSUS OF THE EARTH FOR 1850,
Me ssrs. Deflu. Of Gotlla, and Wagner, oi
GOttlnRc1,, who lave charge OF tho area md
populations OF tho earth. and every two years
furnish lts people with authoritative infor
nation, which has como to be tie universal.
~ acccptet statistical standard Of the world's
progress, have inst published tho sixth issue
OF their valuable biennial. "Dfc BeyU'krrl,ng
per Erde." 1t contains IN alnost bewilttcr.
Ing mass Of statistics from every part OF
the carth's surface, even to tile utternlost
Isles OF the son and "the lands Of tho
anthropophag"
Tho piles, and tables, and columns of
figures lii this work aro anything but dry.
While not as fascinating rs novel, they nro
abundant in Interest, and this year moro
than ordinarily go, because great changes
nave been made In tile areas of countries ;
anu also because their computations 70 10
disprore tho 0ld theory that for every porso,,
who comes into tlle world ole goes out,
which would KEEP the population stationary.
On the otllor hand, tho balancing Of tho
books shows ttl0t the number coming III
| exceeds those Eolur to the land wttro
ccnsuses ure never taken. and TINT tu ninc.
teen months the population Inns lncrenscd
Ia, 1870 The aggregate p,,pu1utto,,s of thu
great divisions of tho earth ara as follows.
Europe, 3i5np, 900: Asia. s24. .7l7 mn. Afr,co.
eo5,G 900; America. U;1o,5Oo. Australia
and Polynesia. 4,o31 200: Tolnr ncrfoI,a ~
600; totnI, 1,4&} t133 800. Thu vast density nf
the population Of AsIa II sl,own In, tho fact
that It excgods tie ponu,atlon Of thu rect nf
tic globe by el3, $50, 800 according tn these
figures, It il always to ba tol,en Into m.
count, however, that no census of China
has been taken for centuries. Mcssrs, 1,chm
and Wagner glyo It's pouu)atlon ut 49t t,ss I'm
which would be almost one-half tha ,,onnlo.
tion of Asia, and atmnst onc-t,,trtt M the mn.
ulntion of thu cartI,. Soma nuthor;tIaa
think this estimate of t1c nno,,latfon ~ t,h,.
liz Is too hiuh. md nthorz tint # ia ,n,,ch Inn
low, Dut rcttuco tle nonutotinn M chinn
onc-halt, and Asia ,s sill sunerior tn tho rcst
Of tho eprtll Ii, popu,af,on.
The population of the l,rlnctna, conntr,os
in Europe Is set down Az follows. Germany.
43o33,s34: Austria. q. .745: Hungary ~,
5oa,7l5: Switzerland. a70, aoa. Nclri,m +.
476,e0s; Netherlands, aosI .sa7. nrnmnr,,
a070. 400. Sweden, A. n, stss. Nnr,yar. : Mn
B53: Great Britain. Y.5}7 ooo. rronre M INK
7ss: Spaln. 1f.na5 Hci1: por'nra,' 4 1ss ri.
1uiy, q, 200, 6ao: Turkey In Eurouc md Asia
fsuhicct IN cbonrn., * tpn nna. n,'"s,' ~
E,ronc nnd As1n ~ IN nm ~ ,r,,a,, n,.sa,n -
III Europo contuinx a5 ;ta', ort f,rocno ;s sot
dawn mt M ,yhtc{, ,1GaS :, II ~.
territory In 'rhcssn1v und ru,rne ,yfIc,, IN
claimed Nv her T'hn tnonn,af,nra ~ tho
Countries in the I3alkan Peninsula hovo hoor
Affected by tfe Har,fu T.rpatv an,l n ,a .,ov,,
dtf,)cn,t. thercforc IN nrr,vo ~ oxnct f,,,,rs.s
Calculating fro,n thu. estt,natoa ~ nott,.o
stattst,c,ars nmi the r,,raa of III, 4 ns,r1,,,
gtaff nnns Mcssra uel,m and ,Vnr,,or ,,,."o
Rouu,anin ot 4 nm. o0o servtn NJ j., a5a KY, an1
atoutcueoro NJ oao ono '-'N
Turning to Asin. tha Turco,uors of Can.
tral Asia are est]nntch nj l. I'M nm othor
countries ara given aa fo,1ow.. ,s,,nara
st:p, 600: Arabia. 5ooo ooo : p.rsia o",, ooo.
AfvhonIstan. 600 oco. no,oocI,aton NJ, noo.
Chfna. M. .oo, 100: ,1nna,,> RI :rm nn.. c,y,on
a75A557: Indfa fEnglish. Fr,.nri, on,l p,,rtu'
kufA4 n0RSGHHtUn31. I'll UEfM2. fha {nrfr.
Chinese Teninsula. :Max, ojn. rnut 1nd,,
Islands. 3.,s13,Ooo. Tho ]rndinr nounlotions
In Africa ara. Isovnt ~ dofl m. T"ntrnI
Soudan, 81. .77oooo. Vast sotou mn, IInn.r
Gulnea, 43goo. 600: North Enuatnr,a1 In.
riona. q. ot,o. oO1. snuti, Ennotnrtnl Ia"rors
% 0oo. .0oo: In,leucn,l.nt Sonth Afr1oe "a
ESQ, ,sso. "' ~
We finally come to Americo IN ,vbtc, o,,r
readers will be ,nost tllrrctfy intarcatr,1 ,rho
vast territory of British Eorth Amnr,cn vii,
Il, area sln,tst az larua ns th, iInitc,t statns
has but 8 syso, 40 Inhabitants. Meyico rcnchoa
q, ,4a5, 900, The census returna of lin 1Jm1toI
statos for 1850 vera mt mt hnnl ~
course. Init nohm on,l woomor os,t,,oto
It ut 4s,soo 900. which viii. wo thIn,
bo found to,, s,nnil. ,tr,,o Enrtro, amos'
lean States foot I'M !. no ac, nnI ,ho Wost
Indies 4.4ta.7o0. Tho Smith tmorf,,,,
Statoa ahow tha fo1,r,,.,,,,. ,,,,,,r,,. r,.t".