Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-08
WITH THE EDITORS =

The Mercedes Enterprise mentions a
visit of the state veterinarian to that
ncighborhood for the purpose of inycS-
tlgating Il mysterious disease among
hogs The veterinarian pronounced the
disease to be wire worm" and he de
clared emphatically it was not cholera.
lie recommended change of pasture for
the hogs.
Gradually the administration is mod
The needs Cf the country and IN mcreas-
ing number If observers are becoming
convinced that President Wilson is on
the point Of winning a remarkable fight
Washington Post.
1t is pleasing to note that the cham
Der If Of the United States of
America has endorsed the Owcn-Glass
currency Observation-Disclosures Demo
crat and Chronicle.
Governor FosS tells the voters of
Massachusetts that the new tariff bill
II 4 failure. The voters Of Massachusetts
vi give him thei ridea OF the FoSS ad-
ministration next Tuesday.-Brooklyn
Eag'c.
This prophecy, bearing date October
81. has now become one % The fixed
facts Of history. However, MasSachu-
sets is not the Eagles own country.
x X X
Pegoud. the French aviator who flies
upside down ana who has 50 far lived
to enjoy his distinction. is booked to
come 10 America ana show the yankee
boys how it is done. The fellow who has
paid his admission 10 see the ordinary
airman Killed and has not got the worth
Of his money. might follow up the Pc
o,dd Iatin1S for 4 few day Tempe
Tr c@ram
\ STUPID AND OFFENSIVE J0KE.
The cugcnic marriage, saws a phySi-
clan Of note, is ii Joke. But, as Dr. Felix
Adler has shown III il vigorous lecture
the Joke is Il STUPID and offensive one.
the uackS. Who III the name Of science,
Sacial reform or what not. are proposing
the application Of stock farm methods
to human beings need S0mr INSTRUCTION
in the very elements Ct biology and 50
~ial science.
The talk about cU"cnic marriages in
half baked or. yellow "rcform circles
tacity proceeds on The theory that the
amman animal iS nothing but an ami
NAL 1t dwell ) on physical Vie" and
beauty. forgetting the mind, the heart,
the spirit. To quote Dr. Adler again,
offspring If Il strictly c|ugcnic marriage
may be mentally and morally defective.
Nothing iS more prccioiS. more truly
and profoundly ~rugenic chan then ten
der feeling which 4 young man and 4
Young woman entertain toward each
other. III he oscallcd cuecnic marri-
age The tender feeling is treated as of
H. value whatever.
The scientific cugcniSts are extremely
conservative They advocate few legal
~ extra legal restrictions ON marriage.
They Wou.d prevent thc multiplication
If the criminal and diseased: they would
protect the home III requiring certificate
Of freedom from certain taintS: but they
would not attempt 10 Improve vnc
race ~ stock farm mating. They know
that .nyc and sentiment are natures
fines: c%uecuic safeguards. For the stu
piIiticN and degrading jokes Of their
unlimited 20 lowers they are not f. be
he'd responsible.
An itor who started about twenty
wears ago with vulv fifty-liyc cents il
noW worth 500 00O. Ills accumulation
IF wealth is owing to his |frugality, GOOD
habits. strict attention 10 business, and
the fact that an uncle died and left
him IN99A9. san ratricio County
Press.
We have not the pleasure of knowing
this fortunate person. but We read Of
his success without envy and without
4 qualm q doubt.
IF Bee County had i Alba Haywood
he would develop into a part of south
west Texas +hat would attract people
and within Il short while all c%ntcrpriS
Is now desired would be realities. The
Bee cyirs San Bcnito and 1.-THE Rio
Grandc Va ley. Bccyillc Bee.
IF Mary will but swap her lamb for
one rood ni0rN %hDat. and sell ibp hrutp