The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-01-05

The time has come when there
should be an agricultural side to our
system Of common schools. at least
outside Of the large cities.
OF a two-pointed bullet which has
recently been invented the chief mer-
It is alleged to be that it follows a
straighter course than the conical
bullet, because of the changed position
Of the centre of gravity. 1t is not
intended to travel in two directions
at once, as might be supposed.
Some one spoke to Phillips Brooks
Of the beauties of nature. He looked
out OF the window Of the hotel where
they were talking, over roofs and
chimney tops, and exclaimed: "Oh,
no, net nature; but this beautiful view.
Give me this; Tor these chimney tops.
even, stand for life, for humanity. and
that is what attracts me and makes
life worth the living"
The ancients were not only troubled
by germs. but they knew they were
cessfully in this country! 1t was in
ference from a statement somebody
has found in Varro who, in describing
the dangers of marshy places, said:
There breed sort of minute, invis-
ible organisms that travel through the
air and enter the body by way of the
mouth and nostrils. causing severe dis
cases." Varro died % B. C.
Whatever science may do for us. in
the way of electrical treatment, in the
fertilization of the soil, by the direc:
utilization of the nitrogen in the at
mosphere, by new plant discoveries,
and so on, the time is none the less
certainly coming when American agrl-
culture can no longer be carried on
in the prodigal way in which it has
been carried on; when the American
farmer must stop skimming the cream
Of things. and get down to solid. eco
nOmic work; when the farmers boys
must study scientific agriculture as an
engineer studies machinery; and when
every drop of rain that falls from heav-
en-, every handful of humus in the
soil, and every ounce of fertilizing
substance, will have to be jealousy
conserved and skillfully applied.
The evil that We speak lives after
US. The good is oft inferred with our
voices. exclaims the Christian Regis
ter. ExSecretary Longs praise Of
the Pilgrims we have heard before.
though not in his graceful style; but
his catalogue of their sins is new
to most of us. and appears to be the
only part of his notable address at Ply
mouth which has been universally
quoted. 1t is doubtful if the Pilgrim
ever again stands SO high in the pep
ular estimation as he has stood here
tofore. Our luxurious and pleasure
loving age is not too fond of him, and
will be glad enough to believe that he
was, like many other sanctimonious
people, no better than other folk be-
hind the scenes. His ecclesiastical
opponents. too, who affected to admire
his sturdy character, while regretting
his dry and severe doctrine and wor-
ship, will feel encouraged in their at
tack upon his descendants and his
religion.
The eleven days from September 3 to
13 inclusive are memorable for having
once been entirely omitted from the
calendar of the Anglo-Saxon world.
The Gregorian calendar was not adopt
ed by the British Empire until 1851,
long after most other nations Of the
civilized world had conformed with Is.
In that year, 1852, parliament prescrib-
ed that the next year, 1852, should be-
gin on January 1, instead Of on March
Is. as had previously been the rule,
and that in the following September |
these eleven days should be dropoed
from the calendar, the day following |
September being known as Sopten-
Der IA. Stirring times these were. /