The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-06-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.


at Tallahassee, Florida, is doing well.
A man on the Peninsula railroad, in
Florida, gathered 10000 good oranges
from one tree last fall.
On the 9th of April the Chinese fiat
peach ripened at the farm of A. Yrires-
ira, on the Escambia, Florida.
There are fifteen tobacco factories in
Winston, North Carolina, the smallest
of which works 200, 600 pounds of to-
bacco annually.
The orange grove of Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe, at Mandarin, on the
st. Johns, Florida, yielded last year
$4,000 to the acre.
From an Isabella grapevine on the
place of Mr.. Quina, near Pensacola,
Florida, leaf was plucked which
measured thirteen inches across.
The Mississippi mills at Wesson have
their looms running eleven hours a
day, and have orders ahead for the full
capacity of the mills for the next three
months.
George Jenkins, of Barbour county,
Alabama, killed a ratt!esnake which
measured seYen feet in length, weighed
forty-two pounds, and had fourteen
rattles.
The mania for stock speculation
struck Congress, and it is estimated
that 81, 100000 worth of different Sc
curities are held by members and Sena-
tors. Congressman Black, it is said,
made large sum by lucky venture.
It seems to be proved beyond all
question that Finly, Tilden's agent at
Washington, wrote the anonymous note
offering Springer bride to vote to
keep Washburne in his seat. The pur-
pose of this note was to supply to Don
nelly and his friends base upon which
to rest an accusation that Springer had
been corruptly solicited to oppose Don
nelly's claims. Springer would thus
be inundated.
The United States has by far the
largest number of miles of railroad In
proportion to its population. Other
countries come in the following order:
Canada, Sweden, Australia, Great Brit
ain, Germany, France, Italy, Russia,
Roumania and Turkey. Almost all the
English colonies are better provided
with railroads-that Is, have more
miles to the population-than the
mother country.
The fire losses in this country during
the past six months have been unpre-
cedentedly large, exceeding So, 600, 900
week. This is largely due to the
drouth that has been prevailing
throughout the East, rendering build
ings, timber and everything else very
combustible. The forest fires alone
which have prevailed of late in New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Virginia, make up a grand total of
$5, 900, 900. Only a very small pro-
portion of the burned property was in
sured.
The fate of the English training ship
Atalants, which has probably gone to
the bottom with all on board, as her
sister ship the Eurydlce did, suggests
the thought that the practice of turn
ing old and worthless tubs into train
ing ships is about as sensible as it would
be to select rickety and dangerous
building for school house. A boy
who wants to learn to be seaman not
only will learn better upon first rate
ship, but he will have superior chance
of not being wasted during the process
of education.
A few weeks ago President and Mrs.
Hayes went to Mount Vernon and
passed the night there, sleeping In the
bed formerly used by George and Mar
tina Washington. A good deal of fun
was had when the fact got out, but the
custodian of the property at Mount
Vernon says that 1t is the usual thing
for presidents to do. Lincoln, Grant,
johnson, Buchanan, Pierce, fillmore
and Tyler, he says, have all slept in
Washington's bed, and be supposes
that other presidents have, but that lie
as far as his memory runs. Some of the
presidents named occupied the bed sew
ersl nights during their term OF Office,
and President Pierce was in the habit
of going to Mount Vernon to pass the
nights very often during the summer.
The Mexis Ledger mildly criticises
the teachings of Revs. Burleson and
Briggs, and says: 1--WE should not
deem the views of these professed
Christians worthy of serious notice,
but that we know they do not repre-
sent their different denominations, and
are, therefore, doing wrong which
ought to be exposed. DR.. Burleson's
last public effort Is to write down our
Governor and all editors who oppose
his she bear doctrine; the first as .
sympathizer with criminals and lager
beer editors and the last as men'whose
chief stock in editorial talent, is in
brass, bust-head whisky and blasphemy.
Could it have been supposed, until re-
Gently, that the famous minister of
the gospel who often boasts that he
has been an educator for thirty years
in Texas. and who has Just so long
aspired 10 be leading member of his
church, would teach such different
doctrines from those inculcsted by the
Bible, and from those q great majority
of his own church are known to es-
pouse. It has long been admitted that
only such religion as men profess, be-
cause of their love of it, is valuable.
Religion that ''she-bears," halters and
scaffolds superinduce Is, to our mind.
q very poor article, and not such as the
great mass of protesting christians adj