Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-04-18
EDITORIAL NoTEs.

Inc average reIOrmer wants 10 re-
rm the other fellow instead OF him.
self
The state OF Pennsylvania has .
surplus OF more than SiO. ooo. 900 In It's
treasury.
The large cities of the United States
are growing twice as fast az the rest
OF the country.
The fixed capital in agriculture In
the United States 10 four times that
in manufactures.
Chicago easily wins the belt for the
greatest number Of divorces. leading
New York two to one.
The Rio Grande valley never looked
better, and there 10 sure to be abund.
ant water Tor irrigation this summer.
The Democrat has nunked on It's
threat to publish tax returns. II finds
that the "reformers" are the worst tax
Dodgers.
Since September I, Tacoma has sent
1929 barrels OF flour to Asia, against
iS4.ois for the corresponding period
last year.
The report Of the commissioner Of
patents for 1902 shows q total Of 49,.
$50 applications for patents. including
designs, were issued.
The post norton inspections OF food
animals by the government in 1902
numbered sos, 1908, 625. ana 81, $50 car.
casses were condemned.
The people of Arizona are opposed
to uniting the two territories into one
state. and will vigorously oppose such
union in the next congress.
From the mouth TO the source Of
the Rhine river 725 castles, formerly
the homes Of warlike chiefs, are to be
found overlooking it's waters.
Seventy-one patents covering appar.
atus for wireless telegraphy. we're is.
sued In the United States last year,
making the total number 100.
Now that the good government
league is disposed OF. the best thing
the people Of this city can do is to
shut OF the political agitators.
In the palm Of the hand there are
some $500 pores to the square inch.
II these pores were united end to end
they would measure nearly Eve miles
The number Of irrigating bitches
and canals In operation in the United
States exceeds 10000 and their com.
bined length 10 not iess than 10000
miles.
Tho agitation about tar assessments
10 resulting In good. There will be
very few tax dodgers left in this coun.
~ when this years assessment 10 com.
pleted.
Out OF 100 deaths In London, forty
take place In winter and twelve 10
summer. Twenty-three acres of
ground are needed to bury London's
dead In one year.
Tho amount Of gold exported from
Australia over and above imports, 10
estimated At e7s.ss0. 200 for the last
nscal year. During the same period
China exported above her imports 80.
OBJ. 500.
The farm hands OF Illinois have or.
ganised q powerful union, and will
demand higher wages. No class Of
laborers work harder. longer hours,
or are so poorly paid as farm hands.
They should win their Hght.
The magnitude Of the Escurial, the |
greet Spanish palace. may be inferred
from the fact that II would take four
days TO 90 through all the rooms and
apartments. the length Of the way be-
Ing reckoned at 100 English miles.
Although the diameter of the earth |
has been roughly known for many
years. II has only been accurately az.
AFTER thirty years labor, and |
1t cost OF $500 600 II is 1895 miles
1t the equator and 1889 from pole to |
pole.
Inside OF the next sixty days there
will be serious trouble In this country |
rom Maine to California and from the |
great lakes to the gulf" said q calam.
ty speak'r In Chicago the other day.
He must have been referring to spring
According to Dun's Review, COM
nercial failures. exclusive Of banking
lefaults and railway insolvencies, dur.
ng the first quarter of the current
'cuf WcIc o,Ivu III uumDcT, anu eos.
'44.433 In amount of liabilities, com.
Jared with 3.41s In the corresponding
months Of 1909, when the defaulted
Indebtedness was s3s.7Sl,758.
The astronomers have figured out
hat the earth and the entire solar sys.
EN- Is flying through space toward
'ega. In the northern skies, at the
ate Of 800 900 900 miles a year. As II
las been travelling at that rate for
'ges II Is safe 10 assume that the col
ision will not take place until after
he next presidential election at least.
More than one-half the Martinique
elief fund raised In New York Is
eady to be returned to the subscrib-
RS. There was neither call nor op-
'ortunity to expend II In Martinique.
iuch OF the portion employed was
Ised at st. Vincent. The regions de-
'astated by Mont Pelee were literally
ifeless. Nobody was left to be re.
leved.
Although the Democrat appealed to
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