Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-26
MORE BACHELORS THAN MAIDS
Unmarried Men Are Moro Numerous
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 Than Are Single Women.
 From the Cincinnati Enquirer: It appears that people generally are greatly mistaken in their notion that there is an enormous surplus of unmar- ried women in this country. The truth Is that no such excess of spinsters ex- ists; in fact, it is quite the other way, the bachelors outnumbering the maid- ens. At the present moment there are in the United States 2,200,000 more un- attached males than females similarly situated, the exact figures being 6.427.- 767 bachelors against 3.224 ,494 spin sters of ages from 20 years up. Thus 1t is obvious that if girls do not find husbands 1t Is not for lack of a plenti- full supply of the article. What Is re- quired, seemingly, is a general migra- tion of spinsters from the north and east to the great and growing west, in parts of which there are ten available mates for every maid. From the last remark, however, 1t must not be infer red that there is actually an excess of unmarried women in the northern and eastern states. Even in those parts of the country there are more bachelors than spinsters 20 years old and upward, notwithstanding the theory to the con- trary so widely accepted. No state in the union has as many maidens as bachelors-not even Massachusetts, where the figures are 219,255 spinsters, against 226,0 ,085 bachelors. Massachu- settS is the banner state for spinsters, the bachelors outnumbe~ing them by only two-tenths of 1 per cent. Next comes Rhode Island, where the excess of bachelors is per cent. The ex- cess of bachelors in the District of Co., lumbia is per cent, in North Carolina per cent, in New Hampshire per cent, in Connecticut 20 per cent, in Maine 37 per cent and in Vermont 54 per cent. Tn Maryland the bachelor surplus is 19 per cent, in New Jersey 1t Is g per cent, in New Yoek it Is 26 per cent and in Virginia 1t Is .4 per cent. All of these arc low percent ages so far as the superiority of bache- lorn in point of numbers Is concerned
 Dogs Battle with . Cactus.
 Otto Kleemann. who lives on Bell mont street, recently acquired beau tiful cactus, which he established in his household, unmindful Of the fact that his dog held the opinion that his master should have no other pets be- fore him. Now he has no cactus and the dejs ted semblance Of dog The little animal espied the plant soon after tso arrival, and issued challenge. Tn default of acceptance, he gave battle. but retired at the first shock to recon sider. The enemy had more teeth than battalion of bull terriers, and all of them we1e newly sharpened. He was no auitter however, and with rising an- ger he renewed the attack. This time his opponent came down, landing on him heavily. and with the touch of barb-wire fence. The two rolled over and over in death embrace, and the cactus was finally vsnquished, torn in to shreds and scattered about the room. But It was a costly victory. The con- queror is punctured In more places than his owner can count. He may live to fight another day, but 1t will not be with a cactus.-Oregonssn
 Canada Cantecn Laws.
 Not one drop of intoxicating liquor h allowed to bs sold at any of the naaa. tary camps o1 Canada