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mental verification or exact science. In re- 

 gard to the co-ordination of the sciences the 

 basis is mathematics ; then follow astronomy, 

 physics, chemistry, biology, and sociology. 

 Take the last : The science of society is im- 

 possible without the science of life. The 

 science of life is impossible without chemistry. 

 Chemistry presupposes physics, physics as- 

 tronomy, and astronomy mathematics. 



Executive Civil List. 



Department, Bureau, Office, or Commission. .Number. 



Executive Office 21 



Civil Service Commission 62 



State Department 



Treasury Department 15,163 



War Department 14,967 



Department of Justice 704 



Post Office Department 8,466 



Navy Department 1,252 



Positions registered under Navy Department 



regulations 5,063 



Interior Department 9,713 



Pension Examining Surgeons 4,120 



Department of Agriculture 2,241 



Department of Labor 95 



Commission of Fish and Fisheries 183 



Interstate Commerce Commission 142 



Smithsonian Institution 292 



Library of Congress 39 



Superintendent State, War, and Navy Building. 25 



Total Departmental Service 62,669 



General Statement. 



Departmental Service 62,669 



Post Office Service 104,811 



Government Printing Office 2,852 



Custom House Service 5,103 



Internal Revenue Service 3,282 



Total Executive Civil List, United States . . . 178,717 



The Defective Classes. The Insane. 

 - The total number of insane in the United 

 States on June 1, 1890 (census of the United 

 States), was 106,485 whites, 99,719; ne- 

 groes, 6,535 ; Chinese, Japanese, and civilized 

 Indians, 231. The number of insane males 

 was 53.473, and of insane females 53,012. 

 The total number of insane reported in 1880 

 was 91,959. The number of insane in each 

 100,000 of the population in 1890 was 387.0 

 for the foreign whites, 140.5 for the native 

 whites, and 88.6 for the colored. In 1880 the 

 corresponding figures were 398.8, 161.9, and 

 91.2. 



The proportion of insanity was much greater 

 among the whites than among the negroes, and 

 very much greater among the foreign born than 

 among the native born. 



The number of insane in asylums in 1890 

 was 74,028 whites, 69,729 ; negroes, 4,299. 

 The number of insane in asylums in each 1,000 

 of insane was : whites, 699 ; negroes, 658. 



The number of insane admitted to public 

 institutions from 1881 to 1889, inclusive, was 

 190,458. The number admitted to private in- 

 stitutions in the same period, 13,833. 



Reports from thirty states to the Committee 

 on States of the National Conference of Chari- 



ties and Correction showed 102,000 insane per- 

 sons in 1896. At this rate the whole United 

 States would have 145,000 insane. 



The Feeble Minded. The total number of 

 feeble minded in the United States on June 1, 

 1890, was 95,609 whites, 84,997; negroes, 

 10,574 ; males, 52,962 ; females, 42,647 ; na- 

 tive born whites, 75,910 ; foreign born whites, 

 9,087. 



The Deaf and Dumb The total number of 

 deaf mutes in the United States on June 1, 

 1890, was 40,592 whites, 37,447 ; negroes, 

 3,115; others, 30; males, 22,429; females, 

 18,163; native born whites, 33,278; foreign 

 born whites, 4,169. 



The number of persons so deaf as to be 

 unable to hear loud conversation on June 1, 

 1890, was 121,178, of whom 80,611 were able 

 to speak. The latter were 49,278 males, 31,- 

 338 females, 77,308 whites, 3,308 negroes. 



The Blind The total number of blind in 

 the United States on June 1, 1890, was 50,568 

 whites, 43,351 ; negroes, 7,060 ; others, 

 157; males, 28,080; females, 22,488 ; native 

 born whites, 34,205 ; foreign born whites, 

 9,146. The number of blind in one eye only 

 was 93,988. 



The number of insane persons in England 

 in 1889, according to Mulhall, was 84,345, or 

 2,907 per million population ; in Scotland, 

 11,954, or 2,890 per million. The number 

 of insane in Germany in 1884 was 108,100 ; 

 France, 93,900; Russia, 80,000; Austria, 

 44,500. 



Holidays. The legal holidays in the 

 United States are as follows : 



New Year's Day, January 1. In all states 

 and territories, except Arkansas, Delaware, 

 Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, 

 New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina, and Rhode Island. 



Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, 

 January 8. In Louisiana. 



Lincoln's Birthday, February 12. In Louis- 

 iana. 



Washington's Birthday, February 22. In all 

 states and territories except Alabama, Arkan- 

 sas, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, 

 Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, 

 Oregon, and Tennessee. 



Shrove Tuesday, March 1. In Louisiana, 

 and cities of Mobile, Montgomery, and Selma, 

 Ala. 



Anniversary of Texan Independence, March 

 2. In Texas. 



Firemen's Anniversary, March 4. In Louis- 

 iana. 



Good Friday, April 15. In Florida, Louis- 

 iana, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. 



Memorial Day, April 26. In Georgia. 



