The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.


Whether DR.. Newton has over
stepped the line of his church in his
recent discourses on the Bible. is like
ly to be determined by an ecclesiaSti-
cal trial. Still, it would seem that a
body which recognizes Rev. Edmund
Crowley. of Shepherds Fold notorietv.
us a clergyman in good and regular
standing, might tolerate such an
earnest and courageous and sincere
minister as DR.. Newton, in spite of
his Broad Church views of the Scrip
ture.
Daniel Drawbaugh, who claims TO
be the original inventor of the tele-
phone, and who is now 'osecHting "A
suit in Philadelphia to establish his
claim. asserts that as soon as the case
is decided he will introduce a per-
fected instrument through which con-
versatlons may be clearly carried on
between New York and San Fran
cisco. If Daniel can perform Il 1.-THE
OF what he promises, the instruments
now in use are destined for the junk
shop.
Colorado has elected to represent it
IN the United States senate two re-
publicanS who will create a sensation
in Washington should they live long
enough to serve out their terms. Mr..
Bowen is regarded as one of the best
poker-player in the state, despite his
propensity to indulge in deep libations
of the rosy" while Mr.. Tabor is a
silver-king, whose tastes run strongly
in the direction of the spectacular
drama, and whose familiarity with
the United States constitution is on a
par with mules knowledge of trigo-
nometry.
In recent communication to the
department OF sta.e, Hon. \. \. Sar-
gent, minister at Berlin, says: 81
have the honor to report that very
strong feeling of opposition has been
aroused in Berlin and other German
cities, as well as in the manufacturing
districts generally, against the
threatened exclusion of American
pork products. Strong protests are
being sent into the bundersrath, and
committees of merchants and others
have visited the capital to protest
against the measure. Editorials in
leading papers have fully exposed the
Lord Colin Campbell has given his
adhesion to the demand for a royal
commission to inquire into the state
of the Highlands, not because he has
much faith in the alleged grievances
of the crofterS, but because he breads
the growth Of the conviction that the
Highlanders must have recourse to
Hibernian methods of agitation, if
they wish to have the ear of parlia-
ment. When the son of the duke of
ATgyle-One of the foremost cham
pionS of landlordism-uni with
men like Professor Blake in demand
ing royal commission, liberal min
iStrY cannot much longer refuse to
grant so reasonable u request.
Self-confessed conspirators in the
murder case of Lord Frederick CaVen-
dish and Mr.. Burke, are cropping up
almost every other day. The latest,
if we except the O'Donnell craze. near
Rochester, is the statement of an Irish
man named Allen, in London, that he
had been engaged in the Phoenix Park
assassination, and would like to be on
such a Job again. ApropOs of this.
the London Globe says: rs there any
hdi III III dShIlS Cne 1Iisu executive
what mas become OF the cue they
were sdlu 10 hold 10 the real fhenlX
farK lnurdererS a snort Time ago
we were all in high hope that the
Dublin police had ferreted out the cul-
prits, or had obtained information as
to their whereabouts. Are we now
to believe that things are in statu quo?'
London is notorious for its fogs,
anu now SCIENCE mas peCdhen lCSelI 10
an dildlysIS ol Tue PtstlIerous pau
Wnlcn peIIoilcdlly ensnouus Inc Guy
Lauceiiy opilIiols VI PLoI .Ss al men
, NV DEN gIvuH 'hdt INC 10y
DlessInS III ulSS uiSe-dC any ldte Ihat
~ - LoU dii uillLiIIIi5 dIeo eVll, puC Ins
lidtielliG uictlon 70 Cle aggrleEeu
Suns 3 ~ Lon narie Is ieiHoreu ny ~.
hie'1sT e tta ~ a. 90. utng W
,.lo -. - o-i ~ :I.o eICy u'ai iiis
togs 5 -. .s, corTrnLllS as uluc1rEds
Iw0-diiu-a-nail LINES the alhounI OF
cdroonlc dclu orninarlIy present. InaI
lact Is qulte suincienC 10 account lot
persons WIN weak lungs Delng par
TALLY choked; Tor besides the addition
OF aqueous yapor and the solid carbon,
which usually help to form fogs, it
means so much less oxygen in the air.
and SO much greater tax on the vital
lty OF those who are compelled to
breathe it.
New York preachers vie with each
other in progressive thinking. if not
in pulpit sensationalism. One of them
said last SUNDAY that 'old creeds were
were springing up. There were po-
litical, industrial and social cTeeds as
well as religious. Creeds were cradles