Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-12-26

The Alhug ucrCuc EASTERN railroad
inscription for dorht rounds must
.c closed up this week.
Portugal 10 the most .lliterate coun.
ry IN Europe, ne six;y-eight per cent
d. ner population can neither read nor
grlte.
has been shown that there were
Universities in the Philippines before
ny such institutions were founded in
no United States.
Kindness Is a language that even
Ne dumb brute can understand; like
icnce II Ia golden and touches the
cart OF every animate thing in crea-
On,
Butler. Pa. has 400 cases OF ~.
phoid fever. This looks like stupidity
.omewherc. typhoid fever epidomics
Increase Slow. giving plenty OF time
20 boil the water.
Montana ha. sJlemnly passed a law
diving litigsnts facilities for FIR trials
the courts. Heretofore the only per-
.ous who secured fair trials were
nose who own 0 the judges.
Sci ator Depew says he would like
q see William Randolph Hearst nom
mated by the democratic party. but
'ucs not explain that Q, is because he
NJ be the easiest man 10 beat.
According 20 preliminary govern
ueLt estimates the tetdl corn trop for
his year will be about 2.313.000 900
Ghheis. an average OF 25s bushels an
tcre. against 26.S bushels last year.
The best way 10 put stop to the
lract,ce of some people sending out
or supplies that can he secured just
IS well at home. is TO cut OFF their
evenue. Let them go where they
make purchases and earn q livelihood.
According to the report of Presi.
lent Gompers at the late annual con
yeution OF the American Federation
81 Labor, that organization gained
az 600 members in the last year. The
ederation now has a total member.
ship of 1,465.0Oo.
An exchange solemnly remarks that
me OF the most important and annoy
.ng duties OF public man Is TO keep
lab on all The lies that are started
about him. and furnish vigorous tie
lals, in the meantime remaining ap-
oarently in good humor about II all.
According 10 Secretary Roots re-
port there are 7.0Jv 900 civilized peo.
pie and less than 600 900 wild folks IN
he Philippines. If that's the case
missionary contributions should go
FOR work in New York instead of the
Philippines.
There Is a school in Roston In which
there are children coming from fami.
lies representing every nation in Eu
| rope Forty-six nationalities. speak
ing sixty different languages. are in
,his city OF English Pur tan traditions
nesides III souls that were born al
sea
The steel makers of the Unitei
States plan to send abroad in 1904 not
less than sl25 600. 900 of iron 4hd stee
and the products thereof Al ths
same time they expect to edt 6ff pran
tically all OF tho import trade in iroT
snd steel. This year the imports hav,
aggregated s5l,6l7.3l2, and the OK
ports sos ,642, iG7
The value OF the gold coin anC
tullion In the United States Is estimat
ed at twelve hundred million dollars
rhe gross weight OF the metal woulC
he something more than two thousand
two hundred tons, yet 1t all could b.
lacked in a cube having a side OF
mtle more than eighteen feet.
The annual free seed distribution
by the government Is announced. Thu
year there will be 45,O00,000 packages
Of seeds and plants distributed b!
congressman to their constituents
These so-called free seeds" cost tn
government $4,000, not including
cost of mailing and transportation.
The Scientific American present
some figures showing how a popula
aovel destroys our forests Il Is es
timated that nine novels had tota
sale of l,6O0,0 900 copies. This mean
100000 pounds of paper A manu-
! facturer OF paper says that the ayel
ore spruce tree yields little les
than half a cord of wood, which
equivalent TO 500 pounds of paper. 1
ether words. these nine novels swep
away 1000 trees
Fifty thousand acres OF timber ar
consumed every year in the manuiac
ure of crates and boxes The raj
roads of the country use annually 100
900 900 ties. Seven hundred and fft
Thousand telegraph poles must be n
LEVIED yearly. not to mention the tell
phone poles used ant the telegrap
poles required In the construction q
new lines, making the total annuS
!, consumption for poles and ties 500
p, 0o( acres.
II Is figured that the government
j., has lost = million dollars through tn
operation OF the new oleomargarin
!, aw, and its promoters the dalryme'
have not been benefited correspon,
ingly. During the last fiscal year ther
were manufactured in the Unite
e States 3.is6, 2O3 pounds OF butter sui
stitutes, 5.7i0.407 pounds colored Tx
d butter and 81 .796 pounds uncolo
:. ed OF the ccloTed 3.l22.563 pound
!. were Withdrawn for export aud onl
2,312,49S pounds put upon the dome
Z nc market under the 10 cent tax