The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-06

barges, ETC., having no other place of
apode, ana persons IN police stations and
lodging houses having no homes.
In places where two or more families
dwell in one dwelling place, like a tene-
ment or apartment house, the best test
for deciding the number of families is
the number of separate tables Each
family usually though not always, has
Its own meals. x
In the case Of boarders at hotels. stu
dents at scheolsEor colleges and inmates
OF institutions, sascertain 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 mater how long they
may may nave az been absent, if they are sup
temporarily at a sailors boarding or lodg-
ing house, if they. acknowledge any other
home within the United States, are not
20 De lhcluGed IN the family of the lodg-
ing or boarding house
Persons engaged ine internal transpor-
tation, canal men, eXpressmen railroad
men, etc, if they habitually return to
their homes in the intervals of their oc-
cupatons, will be reported as of their
families, and not where they may be tenn
porarily staying on June l, 1900.
The transient guests of 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-
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 says:
Column 5. Color or Race-Write "W'
for white; ''B' for black NEGRO or negro
descent); "Ch" for Chinese; "Jp' for
Japanese, and In for Indian, as the
Column 6. sex-Write 'M'' for male
and ''F1' 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 "S' for sin
gle or unmarried persons, M for mar
rted, "Wd'' for widowed oman or Woman1
and I'D" for divorced.
Column TO- Number of Years Married
Enter in this column for all persons re-
ported as married Column 81 the number
of years married Ito present husband or
Wife, as 8, 9, 29, etc; for persons mar
ried during the census year, that is from
June !, 1888 TO May 81, 1900, write 20; -
for all other persons leave the column
blank
Columns Ii and r. Mother of how manv
children and number Of these children
1Vfng-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
E.d woman as l. z b g. g. 70. etc. If she has
the figure showing the number of these
children living on the census day Wheth-
er the children are living in your dis
tr1ct or elsewhere makes no difference.
If the woman has had no children, or if
they are all dead, write 80"
NATIVITY.
Column 13. Place of Birth of Person
The object of this question is to get the
birthplace of every person living in your
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 2te,t the following exceptions:
Write Ireland, = England, Scotland or
Wales. rather than Great Britain. Write
Hungary or Bohemia rather than Austria
for persons born in Hungary or Bohemia,
respectively.
not always safe guide to the birthplace
This is especially true of Germans for
over one-third Of the Austrians and near
~ three-fourths of the Swiss speak Ger
therefore, inquire carefully whether the
birthplace was Germany, Austria or
Switzerland.
Column 19 is to give the occupation.
and on this Mr.. Merriam says:
II a person has two occupations enter
the more important one, that is, the one
If 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 byaraanaging a farm. but
gets more income from his preaching,
describe him as a preacher" and not as
a farmer.
Sometimes you will find a person en-
gagged in one occupation, but claiming a
different one. This will be common in
certain. resorts for invalds Such per-
tions different from those followed at
home. For example, you may find /
clergyman canvasslng for books or a ply
sician herding cattle. In such case SIX
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
Specify each profession in detail. ac-
cording to the fct, as follows: Actor
artist or teacher Of art, clergyman, dent
fst, designer, craftsman. engraVer, civil
engineer or surveyor, mechanical or min
ing engineer, government clerk or official
journalist. lawyer, librarian, musician or
teacher of music, physician surgeon, pro-
fessor Gin college or university, teacher
I'm SCHOOL,, or other pursuits of a pro-
fessional nature.
Distinguish between an actor, theatri-
cal manager. and a Snowman.
Return a government official, in the
service of the national state, county,
city, or town government, by the title of
his office, If that is the occupatio upon
which he depends chiefly for a 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 veterinary surgeon separately
from another surgeon.
Distinguish a journalist, editor, or re-
porter from an author or other literary
person who does not follow Journalism
as a distinct profession.
Return a chemist assayer, metallurgist
or other scientific person by his distinctive
title.
Columns q 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