The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-10-16
WOMEN PREDOMINANT.
InterestInR Figures from the Blt
Book Regardfng the sexes.

InterestIng Figures from the Hue
Book ReEar,ifnE the sexes.
The female sex predominates in Scot
land. The registrar generals latest
blue book (Which, by the by. is only for
1s96) gives the number. according to
the last estimate. Mt 2.14S.657, while the
male population is 2.O06.997. The same
fact distinguishes the chief registration
district, which groups all the princin1I
towns having more than $4,000 inh41|
tants, and. indeed. all the remaiuiHE
four registration districts also. So II
was when the census of 1891 was taken.
and the census of 1881 told similar tale.
As the population has increased during
those 16 years from 3.735.0c0 to A.. $4,000.
the relative predominance of females
has not been materially affected.
The birth statistics of 1895 tell a diff
ferent tale; the male births numbered
64.799 and the female 61.695. aad
strangely enough we find il has been the
same annual story every year-back as
far as the statistics go to 1855. The
numerical superiority of the female SEA
is accordingly brought about by the
greater number of deaths among the
males. The registrar general does not
refer to the subject Ct emigration.
The registrar general devotcs some
pages of his bully-solume TO the quc.--
ton of iliegiti@aey. The number ~
births under this head was equivalent >
T.2s per cent. 1.fc corresponding Irisi
rate. noticed recently. WAS 2-e. lnt.s
principal town Districts Of :'soilaId. i.e.
all towns VIII Il population eSser2ir >
a5.Co0 inhabitants. the reg iatrar gel
eral notices tfa.t '-one il every iifiecl,f
:he children was Lcrn oct II wed,0sk; .
Aberdeen heads this iist
Laaarl Is. fe.atieciy. Tie rlcgt riar-
rying county IA srer.ard. and S,I;heT-
land stands at tbs I.o.tSn o. TIE I.satii-
mOnial role. cal. !. very sE-a.l Eui1.b =.
OF men married under 20. The reg..-
trar general disC ussel the fertility ~
each marriage aad e-alI.f i;ii.s Ii5 h.i-
dren 10 each family. The t.sa t,>-rGte VI
1885, was exceptionally heavy. sCondon.
DestrSsiisn ~ Collectors.
The dsstlnet.ba wrought by eEthusi-
astic and reinc1s eless collectors among
the rarer kinds of birds and Wild f.ca
ers has been the subject of freqCent
comment nf late in almost all parts
of the civilized world. The latest i.ius-
tration comes FROM Switzerland. where
the continued ravages Of the amateur
and commercial botanist have been SO
extensive as 10 provoke a special ediet
from the project of the Haute-Savoie.
1t is wei known that such plants as
the gentian. the edelweiss, the cycla-
men, the arnica montana and the arc
matte genepi are year by year becom-
ing more scarce owing TO the high
prices which are obtained for speci-
mems in the markets of big continental
cities-the edelweiss, so much priced as
souvenir of visit to the Swiss noun
tains. being sold at price sufficiently
high to induce the Alpine peasants to
run great risks in gathering il. Tho
new edict has been issued with afIeI
to stopping this destruction of AIpI11.
plants and flowers within certain liH's'
its and seasons, and there is n general
agreement that ii has not been issued
any too soon.-N. Y. Post.