The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-31
Notes and Reflections for sunday.

It's now stated upon the authori
ty of the New York FreemGn'S
JO,0mdI that Chicago is not to have
cardinal after all, and that Arch
bishop Freehan will remain an arch
bishop; further, that when a new
American cardinal is created, the
honor will be given to some older
| city.
Some time ago the fact was made
prominent that The people of this
country spend for kid gloves ten
| times as much as is given for the
conversion of the heather. Now il
comes to light that the bees OF
America raise more money than the
total sum of contributions to foreign
missions. These industrious insects
turn out honey crop which yields
over $3,0O0,000. The amount given
for foreign missions is about $780,
600 year
Toronto keeps Sunday in a more
rigidly quiet way than any other
city of its size OH this continent.
The street cars do not run, the boot
black boys are not on duty, and all
the telegraph offices are closed ex-
cept the central one, where one
man remains all day to attend to
important messages. The cab stands
are deserted, and anybody who
wants a vehicle and team must go
to livery stable. The drug stores
are open at certain hours, and that
only for the sale of medicines. The
liquor shops close at seven on Satur-
day evening, and remain closed
until five on Monday morning. 1t
is said by those who claim to know
that only the front doors are closed,
! and that the thirstys can be admit
ted by the back door and obtain all
the liquor they want.
Prince Bismarck, discovering that
the clerical party did not help him
at all in his tobacco monopoly
scheme in the last reichstag, has re-
vived the Falk ecclesiastical laws of
1873 and 1874, aud from present APP
pearances he intends to antagonize
the people in the old way by bounc-
ing the bishops and priests who do
not obey the severe dictates Of the
Falk enactments. These laws, in
full operation, in connection with
the supplementary legislation, give
the state the right to annul the ap-
pointmeut or election Of an ecclesi-
astic anywhere in the empire, and
the Roman Catholic church of the
right to control its own affairs. Bis
marck may proceed to the enforce
ment of these laws, if he is convinced
that the Center or clerical party can
not help him against the Liberals,
and all of Kurd Won SchloZer's work
at Rome will then prove useless.
In Providence, r. l., there has
been lively discussion among the
Methodist ministers as to ordaining
women to the ministry. Most OF
the brethren were in favor of licen-
sing them TO preach, but were OPP
posed to ordainlng them, SO as to
put them on par with men. One
minister made the objection that q
woman could not, with any degree
of convenience. administer baptism
by immersion. This was looked on
as far.fetched argument, as Metho-
dists do not, except in rare in
stances, baptize by immersion. But
a Baptist brother who happened to
be present took it in a very different
way. He said he saw in it an indi-
cation that the day was coming when
Methodists would abandon the I'M
scriptural method of baptism, by
sprinkling, and adopt the only true
way directed by Jesus Christ,
namely, immersion. This brother
did not, however, prevail on the
Methodists to agree with him.