The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-07-05
CHE rmOrrat-S 3
THE SEXES NORrn Avn g..
Philadelphia Timen.

In 1850 there were Boon.
people III This country. md
SS2,OOO more males than aq
That was only because more
were born the females t,Ml
longest. or the gentleman.
were men and 2907 were !.
The boys start OUT nearly I0Oos
aud are in the majority n ,
sixteenth year when the "'sl
Il little more humorous.
Is IA numerous age, anyhow,
that first one aud then the o,t n
in the majority, The girls yrod"'
gainining after SO and leay,na
men far behind after 70. ~
ance This longevity of the fanny
in almost every State a lew "O
boys are BON; but not many m m
but always a few. II is aS,o" Gt
ing TO see where The censns ';Sl
thousands and hundreds Of tS ivy
sands Of Boys and girls uui "o'
year old there are, with n orl.
exceptions, always IA few hun5,s
more boys, and only Il few hunJ,'
more.
La only six of The rorIy.Di,,
States and territories are more ".'
born, and in these States thew ~" a.
slightly in excess from eleven J
eighty. These exceptions are A.
iona, Delaware, Florida. L0uisi,n,
Montana and North Carolina. n,
fact that the females are in the nv
joriiy in all the original thirlas.
States but Delaware and Nn,,I
Carolina, especially IN Massaci".
selis and New England, has crp,.
ted the impression that there /,
something in the climate or in M
people That produces more wnms'
than men. This is a popular Lul
agresious error. In MassachuselN
there were in 1880 437 more bOu
IMAM girls under one year OF aas
The males are in the minorllym
almost all OF the Eastern States
because many of the young men
go West. All over the West Them
Is an excess OF men, and those wn|
are not foreigners, have been with
drawn from the States farther paA
In the new States and Territoris
tins is most noticeable. In Idaho
Tor instance, there are twice Al
many males as females, but Is
male infants are on'y a little ne
cess of the females. The WestB
drawing heavily on The manhood
OF the East. From this all The old
have suffered. M~asSacha
setls seems to have lost more than
any. s.
There are parts of Nzrphern Ohm
which are IOrtlOns NG"New Eng.
lind removed. Massachusetts
The loss and OHIO shows the
gam. Another curious fact in that
" lille over The country more boy,
han girls are born, III the cite,
and towns there are more girk
The ages of 5 and II in
elusive there are 1850 more girl,
han boys in New York county, 17O'
more in Kings county, 1925 mon
in The city Of Baltimore, 1913 it
county. Mass. (Boton)
20G9 more in Cook county Whica
go). ILL.,, 213l more in the city o
St. Louis, 1911 more in Philadel
phia county. and 2633 more in thl
Of Orleans. All these cite
except New Orleans are in State
where more boys. than girls ART
In Georgia there are 1871 coun
and in all hut twenty.six o
there are more boys thai
These lwenty.six cOuntie
include The eleven large towns am
Strange that not one Of lh,
cities should be left out. Strange
The excess of girls is about i
proportion 10 population. Savan
nah leads off with 52S more glrl
han boys; Atlanta, 3S5; August'
BOB; Macon, 1874; Columbus, 1871
.arIersville, 122; Rome, so; All
Ems, 80; Albany, 16; Griffin, II
and Amencus, Z. Savannah, thong
she has a somewhat SMALLER Dopu
than Atlanta, Gas a large
excess of girls. Thf @3seems to b
peculiar to old cities. 1t is SO wit
New Orleans and NeV
The excess is greater il
New Orleans than anywhere else
IL This is a popularity of ih
French? The facts present a fac
studying. Are there fewe
men in the cities than in the cour
nv