Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-15
WITH THE EDITORS

feathers seized by government officials
in New York are merely limitations. made
of horse hair principally. Those who
wore them in are the big rich women re-
turning from abroad and they paid the
big prices for their ornaments Aigret-
ties may be expected to go out of fashion
now that there is no sentiment to be de-
fled and TO- that the leaders in society
cannot themselves tell the genuine from
the horse hair-Temp'e Telegram.
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Two years of useful life are lost to
every American under existing educa-
tiOnal conditions due to the increasing
fads and furbelOws adopted by the lat
terday schools and made part of their
compulsory curriculum. according to a
report issued by the United States bu-
reau of education. Now, that may be so,
but when one remembers what a good
time one had at school as compared with
the time one has had since one left school
it is hard to look upon the time as utter
ly lost.-Indianapolis News.
X = X
The conflict between humanity and the
natural law of the survival of the fit
test continues, and it is difficult to see
where it can end. 1t is one of Nitesche'S
indictments against Christianity that
it inspires the preservation of the weak
ling and degenerates, who could perish
with advantage to the race Improve
ments in medicine, as a speaker before
the State Medical Society said, are keep
ing alive persons whose death would in
crease the average human vitality. If
physical development were the greatest
need Of the human race, it might be JUS
tifiab!e to eXterminate the weak mem
bcrS. But the future progress of the race
depends more on the developments of the
soul than upon that Of the body. Phil
adelphia Record.
Fall business is rapidly picking up in
FL Paso. Our business men are making
no complaint of hard times. the scarci-
~ Of money or the dullnesS of trade.
Every branch of trade and commerce in
FL Paso is enjoying its accustomed pros
perity.-El Paso Times.
The word metropolitan as applied
TO the f! Paso Morning Times. November
9, is by no means misapplicd. The PEG
pie Of FL PasO should be proud of the
Times Here's hoping they give it the
support it deserves.
The Grand Sa'ine Sun is here to print
the new does not big for doggerel pottery
especially poetry that casts a slur oil any
person or party.
But let us beware of rash judgments. All
the poetry that criticises our party is
not Overwhelmingly. We have
seen some very crcditab.e Stuff-vcry
crcditab'e stuff indeed-frOm a literary
Standpoint-that roasted our great and
glorious party. At the first glance it
looked mighty like doggerel.
The san Antonio Light has its doubts
about the pardOning of the COnnecti-
cut woman who assisted her lover in
the mur.er of her husband. 1t can see
no reason why the woman should escape
hanging if the man is hung. What is
sauce for the ganier should be sauce for
the goose in this case.
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.AlphOnSe Trinqual an aged inventor
is preparing for a great flood, which he
predicts is to destroy mankind. as was
done in the days Of Noah
: confident is Trinqual that the land
is to be covered with water that he is
builting an ark" At intervals in the
last ten wears Trinqual has been labor
ing OH his craft.
The "ark" is 50 feet long.
Matadors may be succeeded by auto
mobiles az bull fighters. That was
shown today when Peter Brcen. 60 wears
old, a farmer Of IIuntley. was being
gorcl by Il bul l when in one OF his pas
lures. His shouts attracted an automo-
bile party of three men.The men gazcd
al the attack for a moment, then the
driver Of the big touring ear made a
dash into the pasture and after the
bull.
The auto horn was tootel and the bull
was driven away from the helpless far
mer. Three of Breen's ribs were broken
but he will recover.
ton Army. saws that a maidSeryant is
rs good as a bishop Or course, and as
good as gone if YOU forget to make plain