Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-07-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Honest labor is said to he good
remedy Tor bad luck
Albuquerque Is going to be a city
POGO pronto.
In the accumulation of last words
Pope Leo has f!leady broken the rec
ord
During the last seven years Ger.
many has laid 1915 miles of cable at
a cost of over s7O0O.JOO.
a man who will not help an enter.
prise for the public good - like a
oalky horse-not much good
When Leo celebrated the diamond
,aDilee of his entering the priesthood
he received $50 900 in presents.
Divorce Is a popular institution in
Japan. In 1900 there were G3,773 di.
vorces and 3i5, l5S marriages. In 1897
there were 3G5 207 marriages and
l24.075 divorces.
The Smith family has received a
hard blow. The latest Chicago direct.
DRY shows that the Johnsons are in
The lead with $3.50 nemes, while the
Smiths oaly tally 5,37a.
A grand jury reports that there is
rot a single case of polygamy in
Utah. But the jurymen cannot sup.
pose that they know more about Il
than the womans clubs and the min
sterial associations.
The president of Mexico Is now 70
years old, and he has long ceased to
be ambitious TO remain in office. He
is now serving his sixth term, each OF
four years, and the national liberals
have nominated him for seventh
term, and he will be reelected without
opposition. He accepted denomination
n these words: 1T Is the duty OF ev-
cry citizen to serve his country as
long and at as many posts as his fel.
low citizens desire"
Cleveland will write q few plain
words on the labor question at an
early date for magazine. and just at
this point the ex-president will proba.
bly, try to square himself for little
incident back in 1894.
The enterprising people OF Las
Cruces desire the incorporation of the
town, but the movement has been de-
feated by the mossbacks of that com
munity. II Las Cruces was incorporat.
ed and could build sidewalks and
clean up, it could be made the pref.
test little city in the territory
Sanosin is the name OF a new mix
ture having eucalyptus for its base
which is being used in the treatment
OF consumption. the history OF which
has recently been reported by that
very active consul general, Frank II
Mason OF Berlin. The new remedy ef
fects its curative properties by inhala
ton.
In Lynn, Mass. $4,000 900 pairs o.
shoes were made last year in Brock
| ton, 1000, 600 pairs, and In Haverhill
| ~. 00O, 900 pairs. These three cities
therefore, turned out enough shoes Il
supply one pair for two-thirds of thu
population OF the country.
The Cuban government was ahea'
$3172, 500 on the year ending June 80
this being the excess of receipts owe
expenditures. While the total receipt
from taxation were s17,6l7 200. tn
custom houses turned In ga ,705, 40t
showing that local taxation is low.
| Mrs. Eliza Boardman Burns. VIII
died in Pennsylvania recently at tn
advanced age OF 80, was genera
ly known as the mother OF wome
stenographers. and as such, wi
doubtless long be held in grateful r.
membrance by the yearly increasin
army OK wage-earning women.
Importation of cattle from Mexic
into the United States during tn
month of June, according to figure
compiled by George c. Moser of tn
bureau of animal industry, show IA Il
tai of 1861 head. a gain OF LABS hea
over the same month last year, but
, heavy decrease when compared wit
, the two years preceding that. In jun
1901, a total of 15,045 cattle crosse
the border, while June, 1900, saw Ia
head move north.
The revolution which has take
place in street car traffic Is best ind
| Nottu ny bht iaNt NhaA ioSVt VSss ps
cent of the mileage of street railway
In the country was operated by animi
, power. whereas now only IL per Gel
Is thus operated. or the total sing
track mileage IN the country, 21,91
miles, or 81 per cent, are operated b
/ electric power. and 416 miles, or /
per cent, by other mechanical Traction
| Only 259 miles. or IL per cent, al
operated at present by horse or mul
I power.
| table showing the progress of po
/ ulation in Japan since go A. d.. ind
Gates that there was very little growt
, between 1928, when the nmber of II
habitants In the Mikado's realm wa
26,065,422, and 1886, when they totale
26,9C. 525. After that year there wa
, a steady increase, each succeedin
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