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' J V W fftn .-TrVM1 mvrvitaiyyH -rJ r ," -r r -FT iff" r,VrS ? f ,nTT The Commoner ' 16 iVOLUME 3, NUMBER 43, s , . n4'-. 4. extension and improvemont of tho 1 all way By stoma of tho country havo 'heon tho backbono of the Industrial ', prosperity which has led to tho infla tion of securities in Wall street to ( hundreds of millions of dollars beyond J 4 mi I1...n -. m.mI -r VtnifA moir vaiuo, xuu ruiiwuy Hmumo u got through; they bavo anticipated business for many years. It 1b a crime to deceive tho country any longer with false hopes of returning indus trial prosperity. "Tho only door of relief must bo J cut right through tho tariff. By that 'door alono wo can reach tho markets 'necessary to support our overgrown industries. Before this time next year ,the country will havo suffered enough to put it in a thinking condition. Dark 'days are at hand for the 'standpat ters,' for tho real situation can no longer bo concealed." Population Paradox, The general tendency of the col ored population throughout the whole country, north and south, is from tho rural into tho city districts from farms to the city and should the mortality in the city be greater than it is in the country districts tho col ored population', like tho Indian pop ulation in other days, would diminish to tho point of oxtinction. In 56 of the cities of tho country, 50 recently reported In tho census office show an excess of deaths among CLUB LIST. Anvonrnf tho lollowinp will lu Font with TTTE COMMONFK, hoth one venr, or Ihp elnh prlrp. rorlortlonlB rony he Font todlferent nddrePFPs HdeMrocl. Your IrJcnriB rony wish to loin with you In sending for n oorohlnntlon. All Funserip tlonBnre nr onoyenr, niul J' now, hoin with tho current number unless othcnie directed. Pres ent FUhserlhers need not wnlt until their sub Ferlptloiis expire. Henewnls received now will he entered forn lull venr Irom expiration dnte. Subscriptions lor Liternry Dlpest nnd Public Opinion must bo new. Renewals tor these two not accepted. Foreign postnpeextrn. AGRICULTURAL. nccr. Price Hpncuiturnl Epltomlst, mo fio lirecdor'snnj'f'ttp, wk 2.00 Campbell's Foil Culture mo 100 Fnrm nnd Home, Poml-mo $ ,f0 Fnrm, Field nnd Fireside, wk 1.00 Fnrm, Ftock nnd Homo, Homl-mo.. . .r0 Farmer's "Wile, mo r0 Home nnd Fnrm, seml-ino r0 Irrlratlon Are.mo 1.00 Knnsns Farmer, wk 1.00 Missouri Vollev Fnriner.mo 50 Orange Judd Farmer, wk 1.00 Poultry Topics, mo '25 Practical Farmer, wk 1.00 Prairie Farmer, wk 1.00 Reliable Poultry Journal, mo 60 Western Swine Breeder, mo 50 NEWSPAPERS. Rcr. Price Atlanta Constitution, wk 1.00 Cincinnati Fnqulrcr, wk 1.00 Indianapolis Pentlnel.wk 50 Kanas City World Daily 8.00 Kansas City World, da.'exe. Sun... 1.50 Nebraska Independent, wk 1.00 Rocky Mountain News-Times, wk. . 1.00 Pcattle Times, wk , 1,00 Thrlce-'n-Weck N. Y. World 1.00 Waclnerund AnzelRer.Funday.... 1.50 VVorld-IIcrald,twlcc-a-weok 81,00 MAQAZ1NES. Rcr. ' rr,Pe Cosmopolitan, mo 1.00 Good Housekeeping, mo 1.00 ITonsehold-Ledper mo i.oo Ponrson's Magazine, mo...., l.ro Pllprlm, mo si.00 Review 01 Reviews, mo 2.50 Fuccess, mo, 1,00 Twentieth Century Jlome, mo 1.00 Woman's Homo Companion, mo... 1.00 MISCELLANEOUS. Price T.lternrv Dlcrest. fnew wk SJt.OO Publlc,Oplnlon, mow) wk 8.00 The: Public, wk 2.00 Club Prlco 51.20 2-2f) 1.85 1.00 1.85 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.85 1.00 1.00 1.10 1.00 1.85 1.00 1.00 1.00 Club Prlco 81.85 3.85 1.00 8.00 2.00 1.85 1,00 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 the negroes. In Now Orleana, for In stance, there wero, last year, 1,700 births among tho negroes and 3,300 deaths; In St. Louis, COO births and 1,200 deaths; in Chicago, 400 births and 700 deaths; and so on through tho largo cities, tho exceptions being chiefly in tho southwest and In South ern California. Notwithstanding this, tho colored population of the United States, which gets no augmentation whatever from immigration, continues steadily to in crease, and in a ratio very little less than of the white population, added to enormously by new-comers from other lands. This paradox is explained by the fact that tho birth rate among colored people is very much larger In the country districts of the south than Is the death rate. There is constantly a largo and natural increase In the col ored population in the rural and semi rural districts. In percentage it is not high, but in totals it is considerable. Colored people who flock to the large cities do not go there in childhood, but when at or near adult years. Col ored girls from 1G to 20 seeking do mestic service go to tho large cities, and boys seeking tho attractions of large cities or towns in preference to life on tho farm or plantation con stitute the chief element of addition to the colored population of towns and cities. Any person who is possessed of the idea that 'the colored population of the United State? is dying out need's only to consult the census figures to see his mistake There were 6,580, 000 colored people in this country by the census of 1880; there were 7.R00, 000 by the census of 1590, and 8,850, 000 by the census of 1900. There is -n6 diminution of colored population in the United States, or in any part of it, despite the figures tho big cities show. New York. Sun. Club Price '51.85 1.85 1.45 1.50 1.85 2.R5 1.65 1.35. 1.45 Club Prlco 58.00 8.00 2.25 Windle'eGatllncrGun. mo 1.00 1.85 Note Clubbing Combinations or premium oilers In which thoThrlce-a-Weck World, World- xjeriuu, ur iviuiniw jiy miiiu, ur rurm, .-iooi nl Home appears, ore not open to residents of -the reapectivo cities In which the papers named sire published. An English-Firm's Pension Fund, - It seems to be the universal opin ion in this country at any rate, that in bright, up-to-date advertising methods, the United States leads the world. There are some advertising dodges, however, in England, which in ingenuity and in results qui to come up to any that we have evolved. A letter from that country recontly re ceived shows that a poor widow is re ceiving a weekly pension of 10 shil lings from a tea company, located at Louth, England. The only thing the woman did to earn the pension was to buy a half pound of tea every week for one year previous to the time o" her husband's death, from the firm; which has agents all over the country. Tho. pension will last as long as the woman lives and the company has deposited many thousand pounds with tho government as a guarantee fund, in order that even if the firm failed the promise to pay the pensions would still hold good. Of course, the woman might have gone on buying tea for years and years, her husband living to enJoyUt with her, but it -was only necessary that she should have been a buyer one year prior to his death. This is a case whore the firm, beside reaping a SPECIAL CLUBBING RATES. To accommodato thoso of our readers who" wish to tako ono or moro other periodica with Th Commoner wo make special clubbing rates with a number of daily, wecklv and monthly publications. Our list includes nowBpapors, agricultural papers, and map ozincs of a general character, each boing of first-rato standing in its own field, and well worth its regular subscription price. Wo handle many thousands of theso subscriptions every year, involving a laren amount of labor and expense, and bringing absolutely no profit, simply in pursuance of tho paper's general policy of giving its subscribers as much as pos9iblo for their money CliASS A Rogular Prico FarmandHome semi-mo ? .50 Farmer's Wife mo 60 Farm, Slock and Home semi-mo 50 Homcand Farm ecmi-mo 60 Indianapolis Sentinel wk 60 Kansa Farmer wk 1.00 Missouri Valley Farmer.... mo 60 Poultry Topics mo ' ..25 Prairie Farmer wk 1.00 Reliable Poultry Journal... mo 50 Western Sioine Breeder.... mo 60 Class B Regular Prlco Atlanta Constitution wk si 00 Campbell's Soil Culture mo 100 Cincinnati Enquirer wk 1 00 Cosmopolitan mo 1 co Good Houscltecptng 7710 100 Farm.Field and Fireside... wk 1 00 Irrigation Age mo 1 00 Ncbraslta Independent wk l 00 Pilgrim..... mo 1.00 Practical Farmer wk 1 00 ScattleTimcs wk 1 00 Thricc-a-wcek World 1 00 World-Herald twiee-a-week l 00 Windlc's Qatling Gun mo 1.00 AnyONE in ClossA with The Commoner . si 00 AnyTWO in Class A with Tho Commonor 135 Any THREE in Class A with Tho Commoner ' ico Any ONE in Class 13 with Tho Commoner j AnyTWO in Class B with Tho Commoner ' 1 85 Any THREE in Class li with Tho Commoner 255 Any ONE in Class A and ONE in Class B with Tho Commoner '. si 00 AnyTWO in Class A and ONE In ClassB with Tho Commonor ; 1 85 Any ONE in Class A and. TWO In Class B with Tho Commoner 2.10 i)a(4t see The Commoner Coiulen VOLUME II. NOW READY. JReproducmg from the second year of The Com moner the editorials which discuss questions of a . permanent nature. 480 PAGES. A COMPIETIS rNDEX. A POLITICAL REFER ENCE BOOK. Publisher's price : Cloth bound, $1.50; Paper cover, 50c. OUR PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS : THE COMMONER, one year , THE COMMONER CONDENSED, .cloth bound J THE COMMONER, one year ) THE COMMONER CONDENSED, paper cover )'" By Mail POSTAGE PREPAID. A few Copies of Volume I. left. Cloth hound same price. Both $1.50 Both $1.25 Address orders to The Commoner, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.. large benefit for itself hy the unique advertising method, may foel that it is doing a charitable act as well, for the 10 shillings a week is all that stands between its recipient and pov erty, .and it is probable that this is only one of many similar cases which have been placed on the unique pension fund The firm advertises extensively in the newspapers and magazines its pension offer, and its patronage is large and steadily growing. Brooklyn Eagle. A Mosquito Plant. The department of agriculture is in vestigating tho virtues of tho oci mumvirides, a plant from northern Nigeria, and exports say that if all that is assorted is proved, ocimuni- virides will soon be the rage as decor ations for entertainments aad din ners during the summer season at tho Seashore. It is conceded it is not as beautiful as bride roses or orchids, but it will remove mosquitoes, it is said, and in this fact its popularity is ex pected to lie. Place a pot of ocimumvirides on the dining room table or the veranda of a summer cottage and tho mosqunoeS will leave and not return, it is said, so long as the plant is around. Mosquitoes object to tho odor the plant exudes. This resembles thym ian and eucalyptus. Tho department, before giving its unqualified indorse ment to the ornamental mosquito px terminator, is first going to find out if the insects will cultivate a liWn of it. -New York Herald. f- Vu'V f. t.