The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-10

Tor the next lew years is SOluS " ue
war on graft, declares the Minneapolis
Tribune.
What mortifies the father OF the
tenth child is to think how gay he
felt at the time Of the first, reflects
the New York Press.
Talking about the canals in Mars,
remarks the Richmond Times Dis
patch, wonder what the Mars folks
think Of our Panama Canal?
Some Of the king grafters of the life
insurance graft swear they will never
resign. They ought never to be per-
mitted to resign, thinks the Atlantic
Constitution.
1t is melancholy reflection on the
age that it is impossible nowadays to
| get men and women who will talk seri-
| ously of politics and literature, says
the Ladies' Pictorial They will only
come where they can be amused by
| professional singers-m where
they are sure Of a good supper, and
where they are not expected to stay
long.
We find intellect working not so
much in literature as in the domain of
science, which has brought forth dur
ing the last few years many strange
and wonderful discoveries, AYERS the
Academy. If we have not had the
poems of Keats or a Shelley, we
have had wireless telegraphy, radium
X-rays, and a number of kindred dis
coveries.
National prosperity is reflected in
the big gains made in postal receipts
and in the rapid expansion now &C.
curing in the postal service, the New
York Tribune points out. Advance fig
ures from the Postmaster Generals
report for 19O4-'O5 indicate that in
spite Of the recent vast extension of
the rural free delivery system the
postoffice departments earning capa-
city is steadily increasing.
1t is realized nowadays that the edu
cational idea must be twofold, says
the London Spectator. Pure culture
and applied culture, science and the
humanities, the training of the mind
for its own sake, and the acquisition
of the knowledge most useful in the
different walks Of life. The old heresy
that all study was academic, and that
the only knowledge useful in business
was that acquired empirically. has, we
hope, gone for good. We know now
that trained intelligence is the first
essential to any success and that the
most industrious worker by rule OF
thumb will be beaten by one who
knows the principles Of his trade and
can apply them intelligently. A
knowledge of the scientific foundations
Of any industry, Of its economic con-
litions, and Of the methods Of similar
industries elsewhere is generally en-
dowment for any man of business.
The best chemical and mechanical tai
ent must go into the breweries and the
engineering shops and the factories If
these are to compete with foreign en-
terprise, and to secure this talent there
must be educational institutions which |
make its production their special busi-
ness.
1t is a great service which the Presi-
dent has rendered to his country,
avows the Providence Journal.
Signs and tokens multiply of a better
understanding between the South and |
the North. Not the least result &C
complished by the war with Spain was ,
the quickened recognition that we are
one nation despite many divergent in
terests. But the personal touch sup
piled by the Presidents tour bids fair
to be the alembic in which all the jarr- |
every other man of strong will and
vivid feeling, Mr.. Roosevelt has made
mistakes and provoked criticism. But