Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-11-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The American labOrer receives hlgh- er wages and lives better than his fel- low workman in any other part of the world.
 New York relief committees had better be prepared to afford relief to 1 a large number of indigent Tram many braves" this winter.
 With Hill coming to the front in New York and German in Maryland, there promises to be new rendition of the Kilkenny feline episode in '94.
 "A man is never a prophet in his own country" This applies to the democratic editors. Nobody but misguided Tagaf or Samarite believes them.
 Sir Thomas Lipton is said to have secured an option on over lOO,OOO acres of the richest farming land in Georgia, on which he intends to raise garden truck for the supply of his European stores. The latter are said to number 5000, and he finds it diff cult at present to supply them with vegetables and similar products.
 It is predicted that the presidents message will be so short that it will not be a penance to read it; that he will refer to the reports of the cabi- net ministers instead of summarizing them. If this be true he will save himself and the public much time, labor and obscuration. By all means let us have the change. It is better to live policy than to declare one.
 The guessing contest inaugurated by the Kansas City Auditorium asso- citation in reference to the total vote which would be polled at the recent election in Ohio, brought out over l. 100000 guesses. The capital prize, for the guess nearest the total vote, is S15,000, and other prizes are offered amounting to several thousand dol lars more. The latest information in dicates that the vote was from S25,- 600 to S5O,OOO.
 Plans are being made to establish at Norfolk, Va, or Newport News one of the largest ship building plants in the United States, with capital oi S5,OOO,OO0 to start with. The news has just leaked out that Rockefeller Gould, Senator Stephen B. Elkins the Seaboard Air Line railroad, which road runs from Washington to Florida have just purchased 1000 acres ol land for terminal and other facilitie: at Norfolk, Va.
 The theory that women have nc head for finance gets jared quite ire quently these days. Miss Lillian Norton of Texas has just been ar pointed superintendent of the sys!en of finance in the postoffice depart ment, a position of great responsibil ity and carrying a salary of S2,25O the largest drawn by woman unde that department. Miss Norton hai been a clerk in the division since 1SS' and has often acted temporarily at it head. Her appointment is only tenn porary-the politicians would no allow such a jucy plum to go to ; woman permanently-but it is al honor to her and testimonial to tn, business ability of woman in general I-Ex.
 The Cerillos Register says that Sal Pedro, New Mexico, has a woman fo mine superintendent. Los Angele has woman who is superintendent } of a street car line. The Traction 
 line in that city is owned by mal , named Hook and his maiden sister The former attends to the manage ment of the company's financia . affairs, while Miss Hook superintend the operation of the line. She hire . and discharges all employees, an' looks after the service rendered t passengers. It is a fact often com
 mented on by patrons of the Lo
 Angeles street railway, that the em
 ployes of the traction are speciall
 noted for their fine appearance an,
 the neat and tidy manner of thei
 dress as well as the courteous an'
 obliging manners towards the patron
 of the road. Any one not meetin
 these requirements cannot hold a DC
 sition on the line from the lady super
 ihtendent.
 An Albuquerqe preacher took oC
 casion the other day to congratulat
 the people of that town on its greatl
 improved moral condition during tn
 past twenty years. He said he ha
 been informed that in 1881 it was nc
 safe for ladies to appear the street
 after dark. The talk had the effeC
 of raising the bristles on the Albu querque Citizens back, which says
 ''This city was better town in 1SS
 in many respects than it is tOda!
 The builders of the young city wer
 full of hope, and public enterprise
 were pushed with a vim. No lad was ever insulted on the streets ( this city at any time, and no lynchin has ever taken place within the corpC ; rate limits of Albuquerque. o Christmas eve, 1881, the churcht held better Christmas services tha
 they will hold in 1901. It is a con mon practice for old age to slandC youth. and this is always done in r' ferring to the early history Of wester tOxvnSv