The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-22

The ability to keep constantly and
untiringly at the same thing is what
makes genius or bore, according to
the Springfield Qll) Journal.
A million Chinese are starving, and
the government has set aside 100000
900 to begin the reconstruction of
their navy, notes the New York World.
| China will soon be civilized.
The New York Evening Sun de-
clares: 1T is possible that in time
we may reach the happy condition
when every citizen twenty-one years
| of age will be compelled to show
cause why he has not the degree Of
bachelor of arts
Mr.. William Dean Howells con-
| tinues to inform us, observes the At
lanta Constitution, that Genius is
hard work" AS the farmers hope for
an early season, he must have an eye
| to the strenuous spring blowing.
A London professor of an inquiring
| turn of mind, observes the Washing
ION Post, has discovered that wo'
man who dragged her skirt through
the street gathered up 1O,50O,O00 dis
ease germs. And probably every one
| Of them had Latin name foot long
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
thinks the people of the country are
to be congratulated that they are to
have two battle ships as powerful as
any on the planet, if not more power
ful-ships which need not feel appre-
hension Of any enemy on the high
SEAS
The first woman juror in Denver
was "a beautiful young girl with
masses of fluffy golden hair and dane
ing blue eyes," The plaintiff, notes
the CONFECTIONERY in the divorce
case, was man who charged incOm-
patibility of temper. cruelty and de-
sertion and the verdict was, of course,
for the plaintiff.
There is man out in Toledo who
wants to know what is the use of
eating, declares the New York Tri-
bune. Sixty days are a moderate
fast" for him. Sometimes he eats
just for a change, for everybody likes
variety. He lives or air and predicts
the time when all mankind will do sc
Properly heated, air will undoubtedly
accomplish great deal.
In these days Of instantaneous COM
munication by WIRE the Boston Posts
thinks, there is no excuse for ignor-
ance Of the exact position of delayed
trains at any point of their slow pro-
gress, and surely no justification for
Withholding the information fropl per.
sons at the station, chatting at the non.
appearance of expected friends.
when there is so much material
for scarlet fever to prey on as there
is in Chicago" suggests the Chicago
Tribune, 1T is not easy to stamp out
the disease after it has once got
good start. The most energetic eff !
forts may be of little avail, because |
the intelligent cooperation of the !
mass of the community cannot be Sc
cured. Many people cannot or will |
not adopt the precautions they are !
advised to-" |
The code of unwritten law is likely |
to become bulky if present tenden- t
cies are not checked, admOnishes the
Washington Post. If a man may kill /
another for one kind of insult he can
not reasonably be denied the privilege
of numbering for any other Insult.
The scope of unwritten law is there
fore very large, and the horizon of
its operations is far off. Yet there
must be a boundary somewhere IL
the human race is to survive the sud-
gun.
The Springfield Union recommends
that while the Japanese are being lect-
ured on the necessity for commercial
honesty, it is instructive to read that
line of 1915 shoes from America
was lately landed in Australia of which
the Sydney Bulletin says: THE only
scrap of real leather about them was
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