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TENNESSEE. 



preparing to become teachers' institute in- 

 structors on this topic. 



A Standard for the Enforcement of Tem- 

 perance Laws, the result of conferences with 

 experienced educators, has been formulated and 

 signed by State and city superintendents of 

 public instruction intrusted with the enforce- 

 ment of these laws. This standard in circular 

 form, widely circulated, constitutes the needed 

 official opinion as to how this topic should be 

 taught. A general oversight of this study as 

 pursued in the schools is yearly reported, with 

 results, by the State, county, and local super- 

 intendents, to the National Superintendent. 

 These reports show that where the approved 

 text-books, adapted toj,he various grades, and 

 the methods of teaching as set forth in the 

 standard of enforcement, are in use, an intelli- 

 gent sentiment in favor of obeying the gen- 

 eral laws of hygiene, especially with reference 

 to alcoholic drinks and other narcotics, results. 

 But where the imperfect books, chiefly technical 

 anatomy and physiology, with little or no 

 hygiene, are in use, less satisfactory results are 

 reported. The returns of 1891 show a universal 

 movement toward the approved books and 

 methods of teaching. 



TENNESSEE, a Southern State, admitted to 

 the Union June 1, 1796 ; area, 42,050 square 

 miles. The population, according to each de- 

 cennial census since admission, was 105,602 in 

 1800; 261.727 in 1810; 422,771 in 1820; 681,904 

 in 1830; 829,210 in 1840; 1,002,717 in 1850; 1,- 

 109,801 in 1860; 1,258,520 in 1870; 1,542,359 in 

 1880 ; and 1,767,518 in 1890. Capital, Nashville. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, John P. 

 Buchanan, Democrat ; Secretary of State, Charles 

 A. Miller: Treasurer and Insurance Commis- 

 sioner, M. F. House ; Comptroller, J. W. Allen ; 

 Attorney-General, G. W. Pickle ; Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, Frank M. Smith, suc- 

 ceeded by W. R. Garrett ; Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture, Statistics, and Mines, B. M. Hord, 

 succeeded by D. G. Godwin ; Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, Peter Turney ; Associate Jus- 

 tices, W. C. Caldwell, B. L. Snodgrass, H. H. 

 Lurton, and Benjamin J. Lea. 



Population by Races. The following table 

 shows the white and colored population of the 

 State in 1880 and 1890, as reported by the Fed- 

 eral census : 



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- There were also in the State, in 1890, 

 Chinese, 10 Japanese, and 173 Indians. 



Finances. For the two years ending Dec. 

 20. 1890, the total receipts of 'the State treasury, 

 including a cash balance of $221,702.06 at the 

 beginning of the period, were $3,957,000.06 ; the 



