THE COURIER. y V- y $25, GOO -IN- h CASH PREfaUlWS Are being offered by I HI EH FOR INE1SICIKICKESM THE POPULKTIOH OF THE UNITED STATES To be reported by the United States Census Bureau for 1900. Tlio first census of tlio United States was taken in 1810. Sinco then every succeeding ten years. The result of each census has been as follows : Year. Population. 1810 7,39 881 1820 9.63322 1830 124)66.020 1M0 17.069.453 1850 23,191,876 Hero you have tlio figures of a basis of calcu lation. The problem now is: What will bo tlio vopulation of the United States, excluding recent acquisitions, but the total of states, ter ritories and tlio District of Columbia! To the first nearest correct guess re ceived 13,000.00 To the second 1,500.00 Tothothird 75000 To the fourth 50000 To tlio fifth 150.00 Tothesixth 200.00 To the seventh U0.00 To tho next ten, each 1100, amounting to 1.000 00 To the next fifty, J50 eath, amounting to 2,500.00 To the next one hundred, each S5. amounting to 2,500.00 To the next five hundred, each $10, amounting to 5,0004)0 To the next one thousand five hundred and thirty, each $5, amounting to... 7,650.00 Total number of amounting to... premiums, 2,197, $25 000 -Readers of- The Courier Can avail themselves of this offer by payment to us of a year's subscription for THIS COURIER and tho WEEKLY , 1JNQU1RER, CostlxiK f- only IjjU.WO. 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I happened one night in my travels To stray into Butterfly Vale, Where my wandering eyes beheld butterflies- With wings that were wide as sails. things that have made that raonwealth. ,It in a cnrirFthincr something about-ou'rowrrstate before nfost popular executive and makes an rHtruinff nn thn iwinaa nt Rimoua nr ifWl nreaidins! officer. In season and Alexander tho Great. out she plans and labors for tbe greatest ' v ' possible good of "mothers and the honor Uyti fa luch hotaa 0j gnn&cu, The following information; taken frost and glory of motherhood, i trust in ai Their days were successions of joy the National Association ' Notes is of many Nebraska women maybe able to j v j th butterflies had much interest: attend the congreee at Des Moines. Wai mijag coflectiona of boysv "Four million women in the United States earn their own bread. Female The latest suggestion for a solution of There were boys of all sizes and ago" When I said Pinned up on their walls. 'Twas a terrible sight to tee boys in that plight, I was answered : "Oh, well, they are dead. Wc catch them alive, and kill them With ether, a very nice way; Tear. Population. 1800 31443.341 1870 38.558,371 1880 50,155.783 1890 !,82,250 teachers and proressoni number one- the problem of domestic service comes quartet of a million. Thore are 34.510 ' from Australia. The club women of music teachers, and' 10,000 artists and that country advise calling domestic teachers of art. There are 1,143 women servant by a more dignified name clergymen. Journalists number 888. household employes. They further pro There are 2.775 author Thr r nose two shifts of employes-one to thirty-nine chemists, assayera and work from G A. M. to 2 P. M., the other j ock at this fellow, his hair is so yellow, metallurgists, two hundred and eight rom 2 P. M. to 9 P. M., thus arranging And his eyes such a beautiful gray. women lawyers and ' two hundred and that each may have the afternoons and seventy-nine lecturera. The state of evenings of alternate weeks. In answer Georgia haa a woman mail carrier who to the objection that such an arrange travelBa forty mile route throe times raentvwould greatly increase household a week. At the Y". W. C A. building; expentwj,tthese women claim that this in Philarlninhiu . vn.,nnnm.n ... new irilaa would make domestic service in charge of the elevator. In N sw York ttaetfve that servants could readily Ad now let me show you the latest, City a blacksmith shop is mana ged by be obtained at half the present wages. A specimen reauy select, three young womm. An entire Wock of But the wages of house servants in Ne- A bsy with a head that a carroty red, houses in New York was papered by a braska have never been exorbitant and And a face that is funnily specked. young woman, who takes the contract tnere are iew iair uiiuuw -uuiiu -uU for such work from bidders. About would willingly see them cut in half. The three hundred girls are employed in the laborer is worthy of his hire, and there harness trade in New York. In the- city very little chance to provide against a ofNew Orleans one of the finest onies- raalny day from the munificent income tras is composed of women."' fAhree dollars a week. Mrs. Emmons The secretary of sericulture of K rasas Mne of Chicago is trying the Austra- iMjiMan in her own nome. " Then there that droll little darky, As black as the clay at our feet, He sets off that blonde that is pinned just beyond, In a way most artistic and neat. reports about thrae thousand five haa dred women in chat Btate as far mete, all owning the land on which they work. Again the club women of Georgia have Bet an example which it would be kind for each city and tuwa in everv .Atday One Dollar Club Magazine 1.50 "We eanaot decide where to place hjm ; Those spots bar him cut of each class ; We think him a treasure to study at leisure, And analyze under a glass." I seemed to grow cold as I Usteaed To the words that these butterflies spoke ; With fear overcome, I was speechless and dumb, And then, with a start I awoke. -Ela Wheeler Wilcox, A shrewd Jasiness man was being Arivaa ia.a crowded thoroughfare when state to follow, namely, the organization &ia horses took fright and ran away. He of a Bird Lovers' clnb. Mrs. Julius dirnd to kirn coachman.- THE MB M1LL1NEY OPH. Brown, president of th. Atlanta feder ation, sayp: "The Bird1 Lovers is a club wbich has but one officer, a president no dues, no meetings. "We repudiate as ornaments tbe hideous bird mummies: in use on hats. She who wears thenu wears suggestions of death, pain, de struction to crops by insects, loss of joy and aong in the woods, and, moreover,, stamps herself as being not highly civil ized in taste. . I hope some woman may' read this who has that in her nature that responds to this call. Let her send me her name to add to Atlanta's on--hundred and forty bird lovers. Donot forget the law of imitation and remem ber somebody might follow your exam ple and your published name prove a-missionary." "Can you atop them?" "No," replia the.man. "Then," replied the other, "run them into something cheap." Youth's Com panion. "What's the difference between the (states of Massachusetts aad Kentucky?" "Give it up, colonel." " Massachusetts produces boots aad taaoee,and Kentucky produces abeota Laad booze. Washington Star. The real IKatker If my daughter marries you II wish her to live in the style to which she is-aceaetomed. The Suitor That's all right, sir; your j, more discriminating, they pick out Paris Hats and Bonnefs. The chic bonnets and hats at Famous are beinir bought by the leaders of Lincoln society very rapidly. The price of a bonnet or hat is int its .style or distinction. Mr. Ackerman is eUiDg millinery of the sort that makes a rfitty woman look prettier and a stylish woman more stylish, for very .small (Prices. At The Famous they study effects and .they offer customers atyles which axe becoming. There are styles for tbe .thin Jong" face, othnra for broad faces, and intetnjediate styles for mediums. The young ladies in charge do not waste the jtime of customers showing them hats they cannot wear, Ihonie shalLbejmr- Town Topics. Mrs. Marion C. Lawton, widow of the" late General Lawton, and her children, . have gone to her mother's home in Kentucky.' It was General Lawton'' wish that she and the children should make their home with her mother in case of his death. She will return fcv Washington in about a month, when the-' Hewett-43iett said he was just dy iing for a smoke. o t gwa him a cigar. . Jowttt Thea wfca-t'did he say ? IBowett He said be wished he had "dial. Town Topiss. and display the various styles suitable to each individual. In this way no time is lost and the customer does not get discouraged or impatient. Ever one is welcome, those who buy as well as those who only want to look about. He How stupid the magazine is. I ' TtO THE DEAF. A rich lady, eared wonder why it never prints anything of her Deafness and Noises in the Head oew. . , . .. . - - "" " " Tr:i.imfa At!flrial Ear Drums. She But it does. There are two cos- xuna contnouied lor ner and the child- - ' "" "."" ; - ... .. ren. which now amounts to nearly f 100 W WO to this institute so that metics and a new corset this month.- 000, will be turned over to her by the ' PeoP18 UDabl to P1000 "B,riBr committee having it in charge. Tne- ' Drums may have them free. Addresa 1 7S80 Eighth Avenue, New York. Town Topics. young son of General Lawton has been promised-an appointment to West Point, it. he desires to follow bus father's profes sion, t Much interest and 'entbusias western club women should aooui mis spring's convention mf iK from 'center "ie Kock Island playing, cards .1 i i . . -no- tinnrllast I ier i. E pack-; are 4i.- slickest you ever unnu.eu. uD MDi . . . . m ,n ,. will be sent by mail on receipt m. j own xupito. . a in Ramm. n. iukillvj wmw dtaft to r 5 ceaiB or Bam8 m BtamP8 wU1 nacks. xney wm ue ueui j Mrs. Bundy Do you know that wheo Mra. Lundy comes to my house I never can find anything to talkabout- Mrf. Gruudy Great heavens 1 Don't vou know any one that 9he knows ? mothers' congrees, Which 'wiU b'e held aecure PackB' ney wm u seu inDesMointw. The f rapid Growth exore ja-wduee. prepaid. Addrees, .k: .: u - 'nt, i ts. . 7 Ti KHBASTIA. U. XT. A., to the bean stalk which grWwayto Chica ,o, RkIc Wand 4 Pacific Ry, the skies inorienignt: 'it'lk aWelt - .vT...lL f-iKit.fA 4 ikjA'm:.L. f .UUID u luocuiuouuv otimwnmr nts Mrs. -Alice' McEelIanmnA k. -,r -TOo B. -- - - ti . "-"" & aar- zj and still another nas been deposited ing me inreyears or taa-saf nrn - elsewhere. Lawyers maypubusn legal xotices in '.'The Courier" with security this or&ranizatinn ' Ihn'miaik..' . ..Jw"B3ln o 7-; l--.Miinf qJ mOtntiL ers' clubs has increased fros ttmrthmn-i ,W iaaeveral persona for district SoagerB in thta state to represent SSpSm and surrounding coun- Wllinc to pay yearly WpO, PT- Mklv Desirable empiujmuu TIME IS MONEY. When you are traveling, due con sideration snould be given to the amount of time spent in making your journey. The Union Pacific is the best line and makes the fastest time by many hours to Salt Lake City, Portland and Cali fornia points. For time tables, folders, illustrated books, pamphlets descriptive of the ter- vi ,mb than omn WW&.J. : ... - .. . ,.i - ii I sthe files are intact and are pre- dozen to about three huaatr Zn7" I withi wBMt,frtftS ntory traversed, call at uuyumce. xv 'pnrved from vear to vear with ereat enty-five. Mrs. Birne -, excha oajstt. -"a -- ,. ooq o st. - owjsso.-. n;,.j 41,-. ou -e - -, a a. Park. SM congress. To. this && WOfk s Jj nauHding, Chicago. Gen. Agent care. I 4 ,i