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per cent. The same cities showed an
increase from 1850 to 1890 of 1851, 452.
or 40.6 per cat.
The population of Greater Now
York is greater than that of all Mis-
souri,, the 5th state of the union, in
rank of population. Following the
states down according to rank, one
does not get quite halfway before
reaching 2 whose combined popula-
ton does not equal that of the coun-
try's metropolis. Minnesota and Mis-
sissippi (ranking 10th and goth, re-
spectively) could not together fur
nish enough people to make a town
that would come up to Greater New
York in number of inhabitants.
The 10 cities taking the leading rank
comprise New York, which, with more
than 100000 inhabitants, properly
stands by itself; 2 cities, Chicago and
Philadelphia, each of which has a pop
ulation in excess OF a million; cities.
have a population of half a million
each; cities, Cleveland, Buffalo, San
Francisco, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
which have a population between 3oo,-
oOG and 100000 each; and cities, New
Orleans, Detroit, Milwaukee, Washing
ton, Newark, Jersey City, Louisville
and Minneapolis, which have a popu-
lation of between 200 1000 and 300, 900
each.
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DISTRIBUTION OF CHEF CITIES

Massachusetts, contains more largo
cities than any other state in the
union. Of the 159 largest cities this
old state has 20.
Pennsylvania comes a close second
to Massachusetts,, with IS large cities.
New York state is third, with ~.
The little state of New Jersey 10
fourth in the list with 10 of the large
cities, and Ohio is fifth, having 9.
Illinois comes next in line with z.
Iowa has six large cities within its
borders.
Five states each have of l59 cities
containing a population of $4,000 in
habitants or more. These five states
are Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Con-
necticut and Texas.
The following named states and
territories do not at this time con-
tain any city with a population of
$4,000 or more: Arizona, Idaho, In
dian territory, Mississippi, Nevada.
New Mexico, North Carolina, North Da-
kota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Ver-
mont and Wyoming.
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Over one-quarter Of the entire pop
ulation of the country is found in the
large cities.
The 159 cities having a population
of over $4,000 inha bitants combined
have population of 19,es4,625.
No one state in the entire union
could furnish a population great
enough to people the largest cities.
The population of the 3 largest cit
les combined would exceed that of
the I'd state, Pennsylvania. The pop
ulation of the largest cities would
almost equal the entire population of
the Empire state.
The absolute increase in the popula-
tion of the 15o largest cities from 1890
to 1900 was 4,s39, 136, or 81, 426 less than
the absolute increase from 1880 to 1890,
when it was 1921 ,562. The percentage
of increase from 1890 to 1900 was 32.5
against 49.5 the decade previous.
In 1850 there were but 20 cities which
contained more than 100000 inhab-
itants, but in 1890 this number had in
creased to 2s, and in 1900 to 80. In 1900
there were rs cities of $4,000 inhab-
itants or more as compared with IS
in 1890 and 35 in 1880.
The combined population in 1900 Of
the 10 cities of the frst class is 1885,
500 as against a population in 1890 of
S,S7o, los, representing an increase dur
ing the 10 years of 2,s1e,7O4, or 1928
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Some Notable Changes.

Among the most notable changes in
the rank OF cities which have taken
place since 1880 may be mentioned that
Of Seattle, which has advanced from the
15oth to the 4sth pace; that of Los
Angeles from the 135th to the 36th
place; that of Duluth from the 156th
to the 72d place; that of Kansas City
Kan, from the 153d to the 10th place;
and that OF Portland, Ore, from the
lo6th to the 42d place. Other notable
changes in rank from 1850 to 1900 are
Birmingham, from 154 to 90; Tacoma,
from 1855 to 1903; Spokane, from 1877 to
los; Dallas (before the food), from 1877
TO IS; and Saginaw, from 1876 to SO.
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first appears in the census report in 1870
with population of 3,131; now that
city has 5000.
Indiana has on the average 10 peo-
pie for every one of its 35,910 square
miles of land surface. There are 80
counties in the state, and rs of these
have a larger population now than
in 1890. Indiana's population is more
largely rural than either of the
states which bound it east and west.
1t has but 800 incorporated cities,
towns and villages. Indianapolis is
the oldest of the principal cities of
the state, having in 1910 only 2,6e2
inhabitants. There are other cities
having a population exceeding $4,000.
Iowa has only one out of its 90
counties which has not shown an in
crease in population during the past
10 years. The total land surface of
the state is 55,475 square miles, the
average number of persons to the
square mile being 40. The state has
6S1 incorporated cities, towns and
villages. Six of these are numbered
among those having n population of
over $4,000. Des Moines is now the
largest, though it was the smallest
of the 3 which were reported in
the census of 1850.
Kentucky was admitted to the
union as a state June /, 1892. Two
years before that date a census was
taken of it's people. The population
as then returned was 1857. It's
present population is over 80 times
as large as in 1870. There are 110
counties in the state. all but 10 of
which have more inhabitants now
than a decade ago. The state has
354 incorporated cities, towns and
villages.
The total land surface o. Missouri
is 6s,735 square miles, the average
number of persons to the square
mile being just about As. OF the
states $50 incorporated cities, towns
and villages 81 have a population of
more than 1000, 4 of which exceed
in population $4,000 inhabitants. st.
Louis began with 1O,O49 inhabitants
in 1920. It's present population of
575,23s is over 81 times as large as
when first enumerated. Kansas City
has multiplied it's population over 81
times since 1860, having started with
AIS inhabitants.
Nevada is the one state in the union
of all the states and territories which
has lost in population since 1890. The
decrease has amounted to 3,426.
Population of Greater New York.
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CLASSIFICATION OF STATES

Only one state has over 100000
inha bitants-New York.
PENNSYLVANIA is alone in the class
between 100000 and 100000.
Two states, Illinois and Ohio. have
between 100000 and 100000 inhab-
itants. Illinois took the lead from
Ohio in the census of 1890. In 1880 the
positions were exactly reversed, though
neither state at that time had anywhere
near 100000 people.
Texas and Missouri are the two
states which number between 5000, 900
and 1000, 900. Missouri had better look
cut for her laurels. Texas has during
the past decade leaped to within $4,000
OF as large population. These two
states are showing a remarkably rapid
growth.
There are states which have a fig
ure place in the million column. Mas
sachusetts leads with 2,sO5,346 Then
come in order of their rank Indiana,
Michigan, Iowa. Georgia, Kentucky,
Wisconsin and Tennessee. The close
race of Georgia and Iowais TO be noted.
In the last census they held the same
relative position, but then Iowa had
a lead of 74.J43; now her lead is but
1882.
It. is a peculiar fact that there are
as many states having the figure in
the million column as there were origi-
nal states. The two states that head
the list of these - are North Carolina
and New Jersey, and they are making
close race for precedence. North
Carolina led in the census of 1890 by a
margin of 1904. Now her lead is only
10141.
There are IS states, all the territories
Co and the District of Columbia-25
in all-which have a population of less
than 100000. OF these, and indeed
of all the states. Oregon and New
Hampshire are the nearest to tie, the
former having the lead by less than
1000, the actual difference being l.
95s. The District Of Columbia has a
lead over the state OF Utah of scarce
~ more, 1869 being needed by the lat
ter to make a tie. II is to be noted
that four of the - original states are
within the mum Der having a popula tion
of less than 100000. These states
are Connecticut. Rhode Island, New
Hampshire and Delaware. Vermont,
the first state 10 be admitted after the
organization Of the union, is also in this
list,
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CENSUS ODDS AND ENDS.

Porto Rico has 9j3,2i3 people.
Guam has population Of s,j6l.
Tutuila and adjacent islands have
4,165 inhabitants.
The total population of the United
States is 76,205,320.
The population of the Philippine is
lands is estimated at 100000.
The population of Birmingham, Ala,
has increased from 3,0S6 in 1880 to 49,
AIS in 1900.
1t is estimated that there are $4,000
persons in the service of the United
States stationed abroad.
Greater New York contains four
fifths as many people as composed
the whole republic in 1900.
In round numbers the population of
the United States and its lately ac-
quired territory is S5,000,0o0.
Not counting the national capital,
there are A towns and cities bear
ing the name of Washington.
New York city is growing in pop
ulation at the rate of $4,000 a year,
according to the latest municipal fig
ures.
During the last century a total Of
about 100000 people came from for
eign countries to make their homes
in the United States.
There are three Springfelds in the
list of the 159 largest cities: SPRING
field, Mass, ranks 60 in that number;
Springfield, o., 101; and Springfield,
ILL.,, 116.
According to Gov. Crane, 40 per
cent. of the population of the state
of Massachusetts, is included in a
circle including ten miles in every
direction from the state house.
1t has been estimated by experts that
the population of this country a CEN
fury hence will be at least 300,0O0,0O.
One estimate puts the figure at AL,
009, POO. The first estimate is that of
Robert p. Porter, the director of the
census of 1890; the last is that of the
present census office.
OF Ohio 9 cities having a population
of over 25,000 Cincinnati and Dayton
are the only ones which had an exist
ence as far back as 1910. At that time
the former city had 2,54o inhabitants,
Dayton only 3s3. Cincinnati is now over
1913 times as large as then, and Dayton
about 222 times. Ohio has in all 700 in
corporated cities, towns and villages by
249.
1t is a curious fact that, in state
that now has 1,27O,159 more inhab-
itants than in 1890, over a third of
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the counties should have shown a
material decrease. Yet such is the
case in New York state. Out of 81
counties 90 have shown decreases ag-
gregating something over 10000. Six
of these 22 counties have each had a
loss of over 1000 in population, 8
a loss of over 1000, and others of
less than 1000. One county shows a
decrease of only &C, another of 113,
while third had loss of 100. Mas
sau is a new county and the returns
consequently show neither decrease
or increase. Thirty-eight counties
have shown an increase.
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CLASSIFIED SIZES OF CITIES.
In 1880 but 20 cities contained more
than 100. 900 inhabitants.

In 1880 but 20 cities contained more
than 100000 inhabitants.
OF the cities which contained a pop
ulation of over 100000 in the recent
census. New York heads the list with
3,437,2o2. Minneapolis crowds in with
but ANS more than enough to admit
her to the class.
OF the cities containing between
100000 and 100000 people Providence,
X. l., comes first with 1855 Scran-
ton, Pa, numbers 1O2, o26 inhabitants.
Lowell, Mass, heads the list of cities
having between $4,000 and 100000 with
$4,000 Inhabitants. Portland, Me-,
comes 10th in this class with just So
las. Harrisburg, Pa, has just % more
people than Portland.
Yonkers, N, Y, comes first in the
last list (cities having more than 25,-
900 but less than so ooO), its population
reaching 47,931. Jackson, Mich, is
s1st in this classification and 159th Of
all the large cities of the United States,
having exactly 25, $50 inhabitants.
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DISTRICTS,
ALMOST A TIE.

Auburn, n. Y, comes within one OF
the population of Montgomery, Ala.
Harrisburg, Pa, and Portland, Me.
are not far from a tie in population the
former having but % more inhabitants
than the latter.
Dubuque, Ia, and Quincy, ILL.,, come
within As of each other in the matter of
population. The Iowa town has that
much of lead according to the 1900
census.
Plucky little Johnstown, the Penn
sylvania city which was almost COM
pletely wiped off the face of the earth
a few years ago by a food, lacks only
20 of equaling the venerable town of
Salem, Mass.
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POINTS ABOUT ALASKA.

Alaska has almost doubled it's pop
ulation in the past 10 years.
A curious point about this increase
is that the increase of the northern
district has almost equaled the en-
tire population of the southern dis
trict at the time of the census of
1890; and coincidentally the popula-
ton of the southern district increased
by just about the entire number Of
people who were at that same time
in the northern district.
The following table shows the man
ner in which the two districts have
so curiously come to have about the
same populations:
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The Hawaiian Islands.

The present census shows a popu-
lation in the islands of 154,Oo1, repre-
senting an increase over that report
ed in 1896 of 44,os1, or 41.2 per cent.
During the past 10 years, from 1890
to 1900, or substantially the same in
terval as for the census of the United
States proper, there has been an in
crease of 64.oi1. or I'LL per cent.
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ulation is William
c. Hunt. He was
born at Charles
town, Mass, and
before 20 years of
age showed an
aptitude as a stat
istician, being en-
ployed in 1875 on
n census of the
state of Massa-
chusetts. In 1895
he became a sta
tistical expert in
the United States
department of la
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The record of Mr.. Merriam's life is
that of successful business man. He
was born in New York state in July,
1s4o. Since his graduation from coli
lege he has been engaged in the bank
ing business in st. Paul. He was twice
elected to the state legislature, and
was for one session speaker of the
lower house of that body. His legisla-
tive career opened the way TO the gov
ernotship, to which he was elected for
two consecutive terms.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Texas has IL counties (out Of 243)
which have a population of less than
so. Four other counties have less than
100.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-03-07

Mr.. Frederick H. Wines was a chap
lain in the northern army during tho
civil war, and was afterwards Pres
byterian pastor in Springfield, Ill. He
organized and, in 1888. was presidents
of the National Conference of Char
tiles and Corrections. Mr.. Wines COM
piled the Report on the Defective, De-
pendent and Delinquent Classes" for
the census of 1880, and the Report on
Crime, Pauperism and Benevolenos'.
for that of 1890. .
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Dor, and held that position until APP
pointed chief statistician for popula-
tion for the census of 1900.
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SOME POPULATION
FACTS and FIGURES
Compiled from Returns of the 18th Census,
C..
STATISTICIAN ON POPULATION.

The official un der whose direction have
been compiled the statistics on pop
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THE CENTER OF POPULATION.

4 vi H7w1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-26

A teacher in Chicago fitted up a little
hallway rs a "bcauty corner" for her
pupils. 1t had Il good, though small,
stained glass window, divan covered
with an eastern rug, Braun carbon photo
graphs of few fine paintings and few
other artistic trihes.
The children rcjoiced in it greatly, and
one day She asked them what they would
keep if they could have one thing left of
the corner. The decision was almost
unanimous for the stained glass window.
What next she asked, and they
thought they would like to keep the beau
tiful drapery on the divan. They ex-
pressed the love of color that is instinc-
tive in humanity. y little Italian who
had been almost Interchangeable changed
greatly in a short time and the teacher
asked him how he had become such a
good boy. He pointed to a picture of the
Sistine Madonna, saying, How can a
Teller do bad things when she's lookin
at him? "-Primary Education.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-26
Articles Of Incorporation.

Articles of Incorporation of the
Sweigart Manufacturing Com.
pany. of Frederick County, were
filed in the office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court Monday after.
noon. The capital stock of the
company is $4,000 divided into
1900 shares at so 90 per share.
The incorporatorS are John c..
Motter, Webster W. Sweigart.
Samuel NJ. Birely, Vincent Sc
bold and Horace q. Ruse. The
incorporatorS and George w.
Albaugh are named as the Board
of Directors for the first year.
The corporation is organized for
manufacturing, mechanical, in.
duStrial and chemical business.
The principal business of the
company will be to manufacture
mail boxes for use on rural tree
delivery routes, after a designs
patented by Mr.. Sweigart.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-26
Disintercsted.

Lord Monboddo, an eminent member
Of the Scotch judiciary and one of the
clear cut figures in Boswcll's immortal
Life OF Johnson" was a great beau in
his yotth and in his later years a brill
liant and learned, if whimsical, man.
lie was friend of the Garricks and
one day was their guest at their villa at
Hampton Court when Hannah More was
also visiting there. They were walking
together in the garden when his lordship
aStonished the fair and sprightly Hannah
by a declaration of love and an offer
of his heart and hand Meeting with a
positive refusal, he soon returned to the
house and made a clean breast of it to
Mrs. Garrick.
Il am very sorry for this REFUSAL" he
said in conclusion. 81 should have liked
so much to teach that nice girl Greek"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-26
SLIPS OF THE PEN.
Queer Errors Pcrpetratcd by Au-
thOrs " ho Knew Better.

When Mr. Anthony Trollope pictured
Andy Scott as coming whisting up the
street with cigar in his mouth" he not
only proved that he had never made per-
sonal experiment of the double feat of
smoking a cigar and whStline n tune
but he was unconSciously following in the
steps of still greater writer's who made
their heroes do amazing and impossible
things.
Those who remember their Robinson
CruSoe may recall a most wonderful feat
of this hero of childhood. When he de-
cidcd to abandon the wreck and try to
swim ashore. he took the precaution to
remove all his clothes, and yet by some
strange magic. of which the secret has
been lost, the author makes him, when
in this condition of nature, fill his pock-
cts with biscuits.
The great Shakespeare himself had a
peculiar facility for making the impos-
sible happen in his plays. One of the
most remarkable of these feats occurs in
the fifth act of "Othello," when Desde-
mona, after she has been duly smothered
by the Moor, comes to life again and en-
tiers into conversation quite nationally,
even inyentng a generous falsehood to
crime before she decides 10 die. The i'm
probability of a person recovering con-
sciousncss and speech after being smoth-
cred and of C&ing after performing such
feat scarcely needs pointing out.
Shakespeare, too, had a trick Of intro
ducing the most glazing anachronisms-
so glaring, in fact, that there is more
than a suspicion that they must have
been introduced consciously for some I'M
known reason.
For instance, he makes clock strike
in ancient Rome at a time more than a
thousand years before clocks were in
vented, when such an event would GER
tainly have been the eighth wonder of
the world.
Quite regardless of the evidence of
geography, he transports Bohemia to the
seaside, and he introduces printing
press long before the days of Gutenberg.
He calmly introduces Il billiard table into
Clcopatra's palace and makes cannon
familiar to King John and his barons.
Thackcray was no mean rival to Shake
spcarc in vagarics of this kind, but in
his case they appear to have been the re-
suit of pure carclcsSness and forgctful-
ness. The most fragrant case perhaps is
where after hurying Lady Kew and eff
fectively dismissing her from the story.
he brings her to life again to help him
out with his plot, and in other cases his
capacity for mixing up the names of his
characters is as confusing as it is won
derful.
Emile Xola, in spite of his carefulness,
makes the astonishing statement in one
of his novels ('Lourdcs'D that the deaf
and dumb recovered their hearing and
sight an event which savors very much
of the miraculous.
The moon has innoccntly been the
cause of much laundering on the part of
authors. Wilkic Collins in some mys-
FERROUS fashion made it rise on one i'm
portant occasion in the west. Rider
llassard, in king Solomon's Mines"
coniriycs an eclipse of the new moon for
the benefit of his readers, and Coleridge
ingcniously places a star between the
horns Of the crescent moon as she rises
in the east.-Tit-Bts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-26

Dead sea fruit" actually exists, and
not in metaphor only. A recent traveller
in the Sahara took a photograph in the
desert within few miles of the oasis of
Blskra, and his picture shows group of
dead sea fruit" or "appcs of Sodom,"
AS they are sometimes called The fruit
grows upon the ground on struggling
stalk anl is about the size of an orange.
golden colored, with bright green stripes.
the skin being smooth, like that OF Il
melon, 1t is n strange irony of nature
that the fruit, which is so beautiful to
look at should be deadly poison. 1t is
interesting to note that the camcS which
Craze upon the aromatic shrubs discriini-
nate between them and this fruit of most
tempting appearance.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-26

During sleep the respiration is shallow,
and the expansion of the lungs is INSULT
Gent for active movement 1t is neces-
sary, therefore, to fully expand the lungs
on waking before or as soon as active
movements commence. This is effected
by a yawn, which is deep inspiration
assisted by the wide opening of the
mouth. The depth of the inspiration is
often assisted by raising the arms above
the head and by throwing forward the
chest. and thus yawning and stretching
are only parts of one respiratory effort.
Stretching also aids the return Of the
blood to the muscles. During sleep the
circulation is feeblcr, and the skin seems
to be supplied with blood at the expense
Of the muscles, and on waking the limbs
are stretched to insure their being in
working order and to restore to them
their normal walking blood supply. To-
ward night it is not uncommon for a
similar reduction in the depth of the res
piration ana slowing of the circulation to
take place. and this is corrected by n
similar yawniug and stretching as on
waking.