What may properly be called Mr. Carleton’s first literary success was a political satire entitled “Fax,” written during his junior vacation in the summer of 1868, at Aurora, Ill., and delivered before literary clubs during the political campaign of that year. Several thousand copies of it were published and widely circulated. His graduation poem, at Hillsdale, the next summer, was entitled “Rifts in the Clouds;” afterward incorporated in “Farm Legends.” Among his other early poems is one read on Decoration Day, 1870, entitled “Cover Them Over,” which was copied extensively at the time, and has since been recited on many other such occasions. The poems which first brought him into general notice throughout the country and abroad were his “Farm Ballads,” which having first, many of them, appeared in Harpers’ Weekly and other periodicals, were published by Harper & Bros., in 1873. “Farm Legends” followed, in 1875; “Young Folks’ Centennial Rhymes,” in 1876, and “Farm Festivals,” in 1881. In 1878 he visited Europe, spending much time among the peasantry of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and visiting the continent. The same year he removed to Chicago, making that the center of a large lecturing circuit, covering most of the Western States. Wherever he went large audiences received him with cordial welcome and tokens of approbation. In 1880 he removed to Boston, and in 1882 to Brooklyn, N. Y., his present home, near the center of the Eastern lecture circuit. Mr. Carleton contributes to several periodicals, lectures from two to five evenings a week, and is meanwhile preparing another book for the press, which will appear soon. His former volumes have sold to the extent of over 200,000 copies, and the demand is well maintained.

NUMBERS IN VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS.

Parsons, Kan.

Give the different occupations of the American people, and numbers engaged in each.

I. J. Uzzell.

Answer.—It will take too much space to name all the occupations designated in the United States census of 1880; the following are the principal ones:

In Agriculture—
Farmers and planters4,225,945
Agricultural laborers3,323,876
Dairymen and dairywomen8,948
Gardeners, nursery and vine-growers51,482
Stock-drovers3,449
Stock-herders24,098
Stock-raisers16,528
Florists4,550
All others11,617
 Total in agriculture7,670,493
In Manufacturing and Mining—
Blacksmiths172,726
Boot and shoemakers194,079
Butchers76,241
Cabinetmakers50,654
Carpenters and joiners373,143
Carriage and wagon makers49,881
Cigarmakers56,599
Cotton-mill operators169,771
Engineers and firemen79,625
Fishermen and oystermen41,352
Glassworks operators17,934
Gold and silver workers28,405
Harness and saddle-makers39,960
Iron and steel operatives114,539
Leather-curriers, tanners, etc.29,842
Lumbermen and raftsmen30,651
Machinists101,130
Manufacturers44,019
Marble and stone cutters32,842
Masons, brick and stone102,473
Mill operatives, not specified30,836
Millers53,440
Milliners, dressmakers and seamstr’ses285,401
Miners234,228
Painters and varnishers128,556
Paper-mill operatives21,430
Plasterers22,083
Plumbers and gas-fitters19,383
Printers, lithographers, and stereo-typers72,726
Saw and planing mill operatives77,050
Ship carpenters, caulkers, riggers, and smiths17,452
Silk mill operatives18,071
Tailors and tailoresses133,756
Tinners and tinware workers42,818
Tobacco factory operatives20,446
Wheelwrights15,592
Woolen mill operatives88,010
All others in mines and factories754,888
 Total3,837,112
In Trade and Transportation—
Clerks in stores353,444
Draymen, hackmen, and teamsters177,586
Employes of railroads not clerks236,058
Telegraph officials and employes22,809
Sailors60,070
Salesmen and saleswomen72,279
Saloon-keepers and bar-tenders, besides 13,074 restaurant keepers68,461
Traders in cigars and tobacco11,866
Traders in clothing10,073
Traders in coal and wood10,871
Traders in drugs and medicines27,704
Traders in dry goods, fancy goods, etc.45,831
Traders in groceries101,849
Traders in iron, tin, and copper wares15,076
Traders in liquors and wines13,500
Traders in live stock12,596
Traders in lumber11,263
Traders in produce and provisions35,129
Traders in real estate11,253
Traders in sewing machines6,577
Traders and dealers not specified112,842
Undertakers5,113
All others387,006
 Total in trade and transportation1,810,256
In Professional and Personal Services—
Barbers and laundresses44,851
Clergymen64,698
Dentists12,314
Domestic servants1,075,653
Employes of hotels and restaurants77,413
Hostlers31,697
Hotel keepers32,453
Journalists12,308
Laborers not specified1,859,223
Launderers and laundresses121,942
Lawyers64,137
Musicians30,477
Officials of Federal and State governments57,081
Clerks of Federal and State governments16,849
Employes31,401
Physicians and surgeons85,671
Soldiers of U. S. army and navy24,161
Teachers and scientific persons227,710
Other professions2,204,199
 Total in professions and transportation4,074,238

The total number of persons in the United States reported as employed in gainful occupations in 1880 was 17,392,099, out of a total population of 50,155,783, being 34.68 per cent of the population of all ages, and 47.31 per cent of the population over 10 years of age. Of these 14,744,942 were males and 2,647,157 were females. Of the males 825,187 were between 10 and 15 years of age, and of the females, 293,169.