The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-24
A Glance at The World.

A Glance at The World.
From the N. Y. Independent.
The man family living to-day on the
earth consists of about l, ,45O, 100000 of
individuals, not less probably more. These
are distributed over the earth's surface, so
that now there is no considerable part where
man is not found.
In Asia, where he was first planted,
there are now approximately about 8OO,-
600, 900, densely crowded; on an average,
12O to the square mile. In Europe, there
are 32O,OOO,OOO, averaging 100 to the
square mile; not so crowded but everywhere
dense, and at points over-populated. In
Africa there are 21O,OO0,O00. In Ameri-
ca, North and South, there are 100000
900, relatively thinly scattered and recent.
In the islands, large and small, probably
100000.
1t is difficult to form an intelligent idea
of such enormous masses; and yet, to re-
alize what the condition is, it is important
we should form some approximate concep-
ton; but even that will require an effort.
One has some idea of his own country, and
generally very vague idea of any others.
In our country, the United States, we have
So, 900, 900. Africa has four times as
many; Asia could replace it sixteen times;
Europe six times A little thought will
impress us with the stupendous magnitude
of the whole. In complexion, the range is
from ruddy fair, or white, to ebon black.
The extremes of white and black are as
five to three; the remaining 7O0,000,0OO
intermediate brown and tawny. OF the
race 500,000,000 are well clothed; that is
wear garments of some kind to cover their
nakedness 700, 100000 are semi-clothed,
covering inferior parts Of the body; 25O,-
100000 are practically naked, of the
race SOC, 100000 live in houses partly fur
nished with the appointments of civiliza-
ton; 7OO,OOO,OOO in huts or caves with NO
furnishings; 25O,OOO,OOO have nothing that
can be called home, are barbarous and
savage. The range is from the topmost
round-the Anglo Saxon civilization, which
is the highest known-down to naked saw
agery. The portion of the race lying be-
low the proper line of human conditions, is
at the very least three-ffths of the whole
or 9OO,OO0,O00.
As to religion, the l 1,450,000,000 are
divided in the order of numerical strength
as follows. 860,OOO,OOO are pagan, COM
prising O0,O00,000 of mo-Buddhists
or Brahmans and Buddhists; 160, 900
of unclassifed pagans; $50, 900, 900 Parsees,
Confucianists, Shintoists, Jains and other
smaller pagan sects; 100000 are Chris
tians, composed of 225,OOO,OOO Roman
Catholic, 75,OOO,OOO of the Greek Church,
110, 1000, COO Protestants; 180, 900 Mo-
hammedans; 100000 Jews. The $780,
100000 of pagans are found chiefly in
Asia and Africa, and comprise 99-100ths
of the population, with scattered millions
in the Americas and islands of the sea.
The 410, 100000 Christians constitute the
body of Europe, and nine-tenths of the
Americans with a few millions in Asia,
Africa and the Islands. The Mohamme-
dams are found chiefly in Asia and Africa
The Jews are scattered in all lands, without
a home or country.
The Greek Christians are mainly in
European Russia, with few millions in
Asia and in the smaller principalities OF
Southeastern Europe extending into Africa,
Western and Southern Europe is divided
between Roman Catholicism and Protest
antism in proportion of three parts Roman
lists to two parts Protestants. The Ro-
manists hold substantially Austria, Italy
Spain and Portugal, with large fraction
of France, a considerable part of Germany,
the larger part of Ireland, and strong fol
lowing in England. The Catholics have
also almost entire South and Central Amer.
lea, with the whole of Mexico, and a pow
erful constituency in the United States and
Canada, in North America. In America
as whole-North, Central and South
there are oyer 60,OOO,00O Roman Catholics
to about 4s,OOO,OOO Protcstants, Pro
testantism has its principal home in Great
Britain, Germany, Switzerland, the Scan
diuavian kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden
and Norway, and in the United States Of
America and the British provinces, and
some of the smaller and larger islands.