Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-10
AZTEC ASPECTS
pf Journalism, as seen Through Exchan- ges Gathered rom the Mexican
 EruulIfe

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 ican journals appeared, what vas theii
 makeup, their advertising patronage
 and tde guslity and quantity O. mattei they presented their patrons, and any
 other items, the CITIzEs reporter called
 at Fl Frontzrizo office, the ether day
 and through the kindness of c. I. Vel asco, the owner, was gwen e large b1n de of Mexican exchanges. From thes, a great many interesting points wer,
 obtained.
 The civilization Of Mexico is older
 than tha, oi the United States, but hat run so far clogsed vIth grea er wig, q
 It has @ wonderful VI. zlIty, else i. couil
 not have been able e keep its heal
 above water at aL In the last fes
 years 1t has mlde few steps that d
 some things has placed q. ahead of th,
 United States. The --paration o
 church and state is more declded ana
 marked, by far. tuan IJ Is iu tbs c0uu
 try. Like other things human lt ba:
 loom for improvement.
 Journalism Is one 0i tLe great aCen
 cies and modern promoters of cIvIilza- ton, because 20 Is a rapid etbod of tue
 communication Of intelligence 70 tho
 masses. IEere ls no dip.omatic dls.
 pute In Europe, new discovery i1
 Africa or ca astroDle lu A-Ia -lar l. no,
 known within tweuty-f0ur hours by every one In al Ameuca, and ever, item of the iuteii ICeuce fully and fr-rl,
 discussed. The telegraph and the
 printing office are the mra-s by wh cL
 these miracles are acc mph,hed.
 Compared with the iU ualism oi
 other countries that ot Mexico has not
 SO much Uolsr; compared " th
 rbe history Jf its 0Eu past and the present character oI its ma-ses 1t Is sOmethIuE wonderful. Nearly every town in MeXIco of any sIz- has as ueg-
 paper. WLIIe l5 may n0t be daily, printed on a power ?. ess, and fuii oi the latest news right off ihe wires, It Is nevertheless a newspaper. Ig may be set up iu pica, four columns To the pag=, and run off on an olif.shIpG-d hand press. Its latest news may be scIssured fr lm Its exchanges from larger towns .r cities. IJ nay have A clrcIl4rIou of oull two or three hundred. Yet it l. new s- paper. All the lIttie towus Of MtZ'cO have just about sucl a paper. A> an Instance the "El Correo de OccIdeuie, a w-eEI published at Culiacau, a town of ltOJ people, In the State uf SlualJa. CCIa- can Is a very old town. An sXc-IIiIoJ was fitted out rleVe over three hundred years ago Go explore Arz1la. E. Corseo le OCc.lelte ur The Western Cbuue. I- set up ID qIca, uya c14Gmls 70 tLe page A story "t0 be conuLu q, groba ly several years, runs across tue bottom ur each page, on each Ct which there ar. i've broad Cl.Iu-s- The 0.y save buying a dime novel, and affords literary .00i for rHe readers. The bead -s stt Ir poster type. and The editors name 5rst beneath Is nearly as large. He an u5EuCus that he ls fLe "Iel1cIory 2 Te- sp11sabl8 Tue hr-IelIc reformation ll doctors Trail and Jackson Is known IE Mexico, for here I- cue of tlrl- ar,I- c-es on the faction of CJi-- uu the $ omacu. There .s ou- page ot l-s- Ir 'gace-lla, winch must U-ll "I-t.- gas. The ''T5-p -pgIsabi-' ,l, w- his rc- possibility hy carefully creli,i1v eaci item. IL-s Is unlike Jll.-d Stare> .11rIall=I, but ll one po.E- he reseI 9les the latter. He cl ps only from 1l, paper. Eacl item ag-0Ile--. "t1ri8d0 iel E-pei0 l- Nlrva GurE. The editor 1t the New York Mirror wIlI never know -ue 0lLEatl ls which N-xican eiit0r, them, as be probably does, tue news from ail parts ot ine v rli, which le himself m turn clirs from the tele- grams of the great New York dai.Ie- and cJ1GsLses Co suit. For example some start lLg instance occurs Il Tue son. It IS furnished instantly Co the agents ot the Associated Pres In SaL Francesca, and before twenty h0gr- Is known lu every important city ID the globe. It Is then tecred Dg the New Ilrk Mirror IltO Mex.co through the malls, and ID The course 0f some tvo or n-ee weeks Is known In every small own ID MeZic1 through the Int ie pHper- hat catch up the l0rkIc scIu,i l-tlou- md scatter them broadcast. Ihrs ;s ample ot The way news travels al trough Mexico.
 In tLe city Of Mexico there are said Co De two laIlies which publish the teie- 'raphlt news Q Spanish. and they are probably the only tuO that Go som a epub-c of 100000 people. The popu ation of tls c.ty IS 2tl0tl, anu { had one year ago >IX'--tL-e. periodicals. The Cres- majority 1t taos- .re weekly and monthly publications. Some feE a'e feeble Ga.lIes that stta he teleEraus from the two larger oues 0- pE5.lsh others several days old. A. D one published September 3Jjh. the ieErau- we're all dat tue Eth 1f the sme month.
 AivertIs=ments do not particularly rowd the columns of the Mexican ua- ! er. They are respiuE harvest how ! ver from the quack medicine and the l ewing machine firms Ut tle United !. .tates. Nnet-er they are pad lu trade l not known.
 Parsgraphing is yet unknown to the 1 lIt0ual columns uf Mexican paper. ] .1ug editorials occasionally appear On l he first page. Home affairs receive but l tile comment. ID some of them ar l ccasIOnal bitter article against Los | .a-aees appears. There are several | 1clallstic papers published ID the CI.s 1 Mexico, that contain grrat deal | =aIIIg matter setting forth their dem
 ..sH .AA aa@H.ara I'A. sHN- "a A'AH- .-7. az law VIII not work any particular ar1shlp on Mexican editors, b-Cal-e ley can fire their br5a isIles ct "L1- s-6ees' just the same and none C. l-m are ever paid very zrsat auouuts lr elItorlll opinions on various political ! u-sti0us.
 Some Americans have started paper l Mexico. but they have never bee I--s. The Chihuahua News cumaell- o' al subscriptions. whic
 the Oliy way It has f1r --tt,ur ir- lOuey. The ru0 Republic. gu5Li,le- JLe city oi Mexico, part la S1auisf lI English, has been running some ! zve1tee1 years. Its influence for tle luutry has been fIE good. One of lt lIt0rs, 8 1Ir. Clark, & an old tune com anon of il C. Brown. former owner ] the CITIZEN
 Mexican journals gre improving from ! ear to year. Their typ1grap p1lcal s0 sarance k good. Their selec3lun- uf eV- and editorials are better. rhal lhuse information, aud create desi-s pr more patronage and oe able Co bu1 lelr neE.s fresh. IIis Vill compel then } appear daily, like American papers n l '1ns or any sIze.
 A good general description of Mrxi- .u paper Is about as follows. Prrt+1 D far paper with good inpressinu -pe usuaIy small pica. never smaller ! nan long primer; from four Co SIX col nns wide t1 the page: @ story acros- .e bottom; several co umus O laws. le or two columns of editorials: two of .ree columns Of clipped news; very Eel- ! ll any local; few columns Of adver- s seuents.
 knee Brooches.
 From Inc Sacramento Bee.
 The sttempt is beln- made by some utlemen lu tbe fashion ceuters Of tbt sst to revive tbe old custom oi wear e knee brooches It is u gei that 1