Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
THE GERMAN CENSUS.


Same Of the Information Obtained in the
Domain of Kaiser William.
@ The German year book gives the fig
sasl,res Of even the income tax. An in
como Of $3.50 or less is not taxed, and
mn to ~ the tax is nominal. For in
SsSSco)ne Cor $3.50 the owner must swear
Sas to the truth of the figures he gives.
tic exact rental Of each dwelling is
NDbtained, and the average rentals for
indifferent conditions are published. The
NshoWing for the year 1850 makes the
average rental for a single room without
"a stove-oran ''unhcata bic" room, as the
#expression used is--a sum that corre-
$MspOnds in our money TO $50 per year. 1T
makes the rental for single room with
"a stove in tor a single 'heatable"
Y room $50; for living apartments, con
sisting OF two "heatable" rooms, $50 per
annum; for apartments consisting OF
three such rooms, $50; for four heat
able" rooms, 500, etc.
The figures throwing light upon the
amount Of reading done by the different
classes Of citizens is very detailed. In
ward libraries. of which there are TWEEN
ty-fve altogether. These are owned
and managed by the city. The drain
upon these libraries during a single sea-
son is sought to be shown more useful
ly by a classification OF the readers
Twelve hundred officials of the city
civil service are reported 70 nave taken
out altogether 10000 volumes, or %
apiece Nine hundred and eleven
teachers are stated to have used in the
same period Of time 5000 books; 5000
pupils Of the schools, $4,000 volumes;
1900 business men, 900 volumes; B.
r,,rI--
men of the lower class, u.s. 600 volumes;
rs soldiers, 999 volumes, and $500 wom-
en-, 81 goo volumes. The official library
OF the mayor Of Berlin had recently
4 -. 0OO volumes; the library Of the sta
Il tistical bureau had at the same time s.
4 600 books; the royal library, 100000
d books, of which POO 600 were taken out
in the year; the University library
loaned in the same time 5000 books;
the library of the geological society, 3D.
II COO; that Of the technical high school !,
5000; that of the agricultural school,
Fl 3O,000 that of the patent office 10000;
j that If the imperial statistics bureau,
10000, and shat of the Frussian statistics
& bureau, 49, 900.
L The figures given in regard to mar
II riage are interesting. In Germany a
compulsory civil marriage law is in
force. The only question before the
! parties to u marriage IN Berlin Is
whether after the civil marriage, they
| shall seek the blessing of the church
Aupon their union, The year book shows
- that in 1856 s per cent. more married
2ouples sought this blessing than in the
ASSeceding year. SiXty-0ne per cent. of
4N hose married couples not classed as
II OtlAOlicS were married Il second time
Il ith ~ religious service. During the
-, < lao, Ill Il
! the NNhOle population are shown to
4 ave yeen baptized. The ordinary
i hurch laatistics, curiously appeared as
oloWs III Churches in Berlin, iortytiVe !;
hapelI Chiefly r. meeting places Of
sects), A@enty-9ae; total chuTch-seating
JaYaciTy, SO,Q10; clergymen, 127 The
popul4tEa~of the city is about 800 600,
II 'rherc 1s9a special report of accessions
stdJ1 assertions of the evangelical body
in Berlin. In 1887, 2S5 persons We're
converted to Evangelicalism, and ia
persons left the body. Six of these lat
ter went over to Judaism, and los to
other religious denominations.
The police methods in Berlin greatly
aid in the preparation of an accurate
census. No room can be rented at Il
hotel or boarding house, and no apart
mont or house can be legally leased I'M
til the landlord has sent TO the police
the name and purpose of the neWcom-
er, and the length OF time for which he
Will probably make the city his home
The same method is in vogue in other
German cities. The experience of one
of the professors of the University of
Pennsylvania last summer is significant
as to the Effectiveness of these methods.
Wishing to communicate with an
American lady who was abroad, and, as
he thought, in Leipsic, he wrote to the
police of that city. The answer de-
clared that no person Of that name was
in the city. A similar letter was sent to
the police headquarters of Dresden,
and a similar answer was received.
Whom, later, however, the professor
wrote TO the police Of Berlin, the reply
announced that Mrs. -- was living at
--- Street, on the ---~ floor,