The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-06

barges, ETC., having no other pIace of
abode, and persons in police stations and
lodging houses having no homes
In places where two or more fapilies
dwell in one dwelling place, like a tene-
ment or apartment house the best test
t6r t6a oeciding = the number Of families is
family usually, though not ALWAYS. has
Its own meals. ~
In the case Of boarders at hotels, stu
dents at scheolSEors colleges and inmates
OF institutions, kasceEtain whether the
person concerning whom the question
may arise, has at the time any other
place OF abode within another district at
which he is likely to be reported. Sea
faring. men. aresto be reported at their
land homes, no sTnaster how long they
may may, nave aa been absent, if they are sup
temporarily at a sailors boarding or Iodg-
Ing house, if they acknowledge anv other
home within the United States are not
to be included in the family of the lodg-
ing or boarding house
Persons engaged ine internal transpor-
tatlon, canal men, eXpressmen, railroad
| their homes in the intervals of their oc-
cupations, will be reported as of their
families, and noe where they may be tenn
porarily staying on June l. 1900
The transient guests of a hotel are not
to be enumerated as of the hotel unless
they are likely otherwise to be omitted
from the enumeration; but the proprietor
and his family, and those boarders, en-
ployes and servants who regularly sleep
there are to be so included.
Several columns of the enumerator's re-
turn are TO be devoted to the personal de-
scription, of which Mr. Merriam saws:
Column 5. Color or Race-Write ''W'
for white; 'B'' for black negro or negro
descenD; "Ch" for Chinese; up for
Japanese and In for Indian, as the
case may be-
Column G. sex-Write M for male
and ''F'' for female. as the case may be.
Column Z. Date Of Birth-Month and
year.
Column g. Age in years.
Column 9.-Whether Single, Married,
Widowed or Divorced-Write So for sim
gle or unmarried persons, M for mar
rted, 'Wd' for widowed oman or WomanI.
and ID" for divorced.
Column 10. Number of Years Married
Enter in this column for all persons re-
ported as married Column 81 the number
of years married (to present husband or
wife), as ., 9, 20, etc; for persons mar
ried during the census year. that is from
June l, 1899, to May 81, 1900, write "O~
for all other persons leave the column
blank.
Columns II and 12. Mother of how many
children and number of these children
livtng-This question applies only to
married, widowed and divorced women
It's object is to get the number of chill
dren each such woman has had and
whether the children are or are not liv-
ing on the census day.
Enter in column II the figures showing
the number of children born to this
woman as l, 2, 8, 8, 10, etc If she has
had none, write % Enter in column u
the figure showing the number of these
children living on the census day Wheth-
er the children are living in your dis
trict or elsewhere makes no difference
If the woman has had no children or If
they are all dead, write 90
NATIVITY
Column 49, Place of Birth of Person
The object Of this question is to get the
birthplace of every person living in vour
district. If in the United States, enter
in column 13 the state or territory.
If outside the United States, enter in
column 13 the country mot city or dis
tricD in which he was born. BY country
Is meant usually region whose people
have direct relation with other countries
Thus, do not write Prussia or Saxony,
note the following exceptions:
Write Ireland, = England, Scotland or
Wales, rather than Great Britain Write
Hungary or Bohemia rather than Austria
=tor persons born III Hungary or Bohemia,
respectively.
Note, also, that the language spoken is
not always a safe guide to the birthplace
This is especially true OF Germans, for
over one-third Of the Austrians and near
ly three-fourths of the Swiss speak Ger
man. In case a family speaks German, !
therefore inquire carefully whether the
birthplace was Germany, Austria or
Switzerland.
Column 10 is to give the occupation,
and on this Mr.. Merriam says:
the more important one, that is, the one |
from which he gets the more money. /
II you cannot learn that, enter the one |
in which he spends the more time. For
example describe a person who gets most |
of his income by,srnanaging a farm. but |
also breaches, as farmer, Z but if he !
describe him as preacher and not as |
farmer.
Sometimes you will find a person en-
gagged in one occupation, but claiming a |
different This will ba in |
certain resorts for invalids. Such per- |
sons often take up for the time occupa-
tions different from those followed at |
home. For example, you may find a 1
clergyman canvasslng for books or ply |
sician herding cattle. In such a case ask t
from which occupation the person gets |
the more money or to which he gives |
more time during the year.
DO not confuse farmer with a farm |
laborer.
Specify each profession in detail, ac-
cording to the fct as follows: Actor,
artist or teacher of art, clergyman. dent |
ist, designer craftsman, engraver civil /
eng engineer or surveyor mechanical or min
ing engineer, government clerk or official |
journalist. lawyer, librarian, musician or |
teacher of music, physician, surgeon. pro-
fessor Qn college or university, teacher |
I'm schoo), or other pursuits of a pro- |
feSSional nature
Distinguish between an actor, a theatri-
cal manager and Snowman.
Return a government official in the |
service of the national, state, county, |
city, or town government, by the title of I
his othce, If that is the occupation upon
which he depends chiefly for livelihood; |
otherwise by his usual trade or profess
sion
Distinguish between a government clerk /
occupying a position under the national. |
state, county, city, or town government |
and clerk in an office, store, manufac-
turing establishment, etc.
Return a veterinary surgeon separately !
from another surgeon.
Distinguish journalist, editor, or re-
porter from an author or other literary
person who does. not follow Journalism |
as a distinct profession.
Return chemist, assayer, metallurgist, !
title.
Columns 21 to "a will tell whether you |
have been to school in the last year |
and whether you can read write and |
speak English. Do you own or rent your |