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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
LEGAL NOTICES

Trustees' Sale By virtue of authority vested in us as trustees of the estate of the Cleve- land Mercantile company we will offer for sale al public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash at 2 D. m., Tuesday, February 20, 1912, at the store room of said Cleveland Mercantile com pany at indianola, Miss. the stock of merchandise belonging to the said Cleveland estate. The merchandise and inventory can be seen at any time.
 O. w. YATES,
 c. L. BETZ,
 Trustees. Address all communications to G. w.. Yates, trustee. Indianola, Miss 2-l4-7t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
The Dream Season.

The winter time which grips the land
With icycles agleam
And shadows thick on every hand
Is but an ugly dream.
For after days when people feast
A merry season through
We know few bad dreams, at least
AS penalties are due.
So, even while the wind we hear
And feel its bitter chill
And shadows through the snowdrifts leer
Across the lonely hill,
We half awaken now and then
To glimpse the kindly sun
And wish, the while we doze again,
This winter dream were done!
The spell which every year Is flung
About us, chill and drear.
When once again some bird has sung,
Will swiftly disappear.
Well waken to a world of bliss
Where smiles and blossoms rule
When springtime greets us with a kiss
And murmurs April Fool!''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
Honors for Mr.. Bryce.

1t is reported that peerage for Ambas-
sador Bryce, who is soon to retire from
duty as the British representative at
this capital, will be announced tomorrow
at London. Mr.. Bryce's American adj
mirers will be pleased If this should prove
true, even though no dignity can be given
him and no title conferred that will add
to his prestige here or increase the ad-
miration and even affection in which he
is held in this country. 1t is to be hoped
that If Mr.. Bryce Is raised to the peerage
his new title will not obscure the name
that has become so familiar in this
country. In some other cases men who
have become well known here have
virtually lost identity through honors ac-
corded to them by the English monarch.
Americans will always like to remember
by the name which he now bears the
kindly. brilliant. fair-minded, able Eng
lishman who first wrote an exhaustive
analysis of the American Constitution
and then came here as Britains ambas-
sador.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
there are no little daily kinks to


straighten.
up the years work. it will be well If one
can find the balance on the right side OF
the ledger. find greater strength, find
more patience, find more charity, more
tolerance, more stability of purpose. One
need not necessarily be an egotist thus to
search for virtues that have been ac-
quired. The most modest person can be
honest with himself at least once year,
and the most conceited as we'll. No one
will ever deliberately deceive himself In
such a moral stock taking as this. To do
so would be like the player OF patience
who cheats in order to win the game.
There will be few who cannot come
out of such self-communion with some
sense of gain and accomplishment. But
this is no time for self-pity or for self
excuse. There Is no good excuse for bad
performances of any character. We
make our own daily lives ourselves. 9th
ers may annoy us and impose upon us
and throw burdens upon us, but after all
it is the spirit in which we meet these
conditions that tells In the final reckon
ing. There is no difference between
duty shirked and task grudgingly per-
formed And on the eve of New Year,
look out to the time to come with cheer
and confidence. and resolve, above all
other resolutions, to do in the next
twelve months what must be done and
can be done to the best of ability and in
the happiest and most eager spirit. Then
indeed will 1913 be better even than the
year that is just closing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
Casting Up the Years Account.

This is the day to reckon up the year
to come, to calculate the profits and
losses. to take account of stock and find
out what the twelve months have brought
for good or i'll, for sorrow or for joy, for
retrogression or advance. This annual
balancing of the books is not to be avoid
ed We may try to slide around the duty.
but somehow ii must be faced. There is
something compulsory about the date that
gives us peculiar powers of retrospection
and enables us to see things as they are.
What have we done this year that has
helped any one or that has brought our
selves upward on a higher plane of living?
IT is not so much what We intend to do
in the year to come. not much what
high resolves burn within now as We
face the morrow. 1t is what We have ac-
tually done during the year that now
draws to close that counts. One per-
Torrance is worth a hundred promises
That is an achievement, the promises are
possibilities.
Life is full of opportunities for doing
good, for helping others, for inspiring
those with whom We are thrown in asso-
citation. The best progress made in the
course of the year Is not that which Is
measured by an increase of bank account
and enlargement of the scale of living, the
acquisition of better clothes or a better
house or more luxuries. Those are ma
terial achievements that may in the net
reckoning prove Instantaneous. Far
more important are the personal con-
quests. the moral improvements that are
made from New Year day to New Year
day. Every day presents problems for
solution He leads q dull and monoto noils
life indeed who finds between suns no
psychological nut to crack. There are
few whose lines run SO smoothly that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
Why New York Attracts Money.
rom the New York Herald

< u.
What attracts money to New York in
seasons of general dullness is the fact
that local banks pay interest on deposits
by the out-of-tOwn institutions. Idle
money accumulates here in excess: I'M
wholesome speculation and manipula-
ton of stocks is thereby fostered, and
when the crops are to be moved or BUSH
ness revives and the country banks re-
call their money from the New York
banks the latter must take it away from
spectators who are using it to carry"
stocks. Thereupon enforced liquidation
by the borrowers, depression in Wall
street and sometimes panic. The evil
of this accumulation of idle money and
it's sudden withdrawal has been de-
nounced by committees Of the clear
ing house after every panic in the last
fifty years, accompanied with a recon-
mendation to stop the payment Of in
terest on the deposits of out-of-town
banks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
A Year Of Big Events.

Momentous events have occurred during
the past twelve months and the world
stands changed from what it was a year
ago. China has become republic and
the movement toward democratic govern
ment in that traditional seat of auto
cratic power has resulted in firm estab-
lishment of popular rule. The Manchu
dynasty has passed from the scene Of
authority and China is gradually becom-
ing a definitely organized political factor.
In this country a political revolution was
effected, but without strife. and in ac-
cordance with the laws of the land.
The democratic party, after sixteen years
of absence from executive power, was
given a new warrant for conducting the
federal administration, owing to a d.
vision between two factions of the repub-
lican party, SO long intrenched. In south
eastern Europe a war has been fought
in astonishingly short time between Tur-
key and an alliance of Balkan-Grecian
powers. with swift conquest of the
Turk to the point of causing him to plead
for peace on terms which promise to
close the Moslem power in Europe.
war between Turkey and Italy which had
been long extended was brought to a
close without material effect upon the
general conditions in Europe or Africa.
Political disturbances continued to occur
throughout the year in Mexico. but with
no effect upon the established authority.
and the year closes with that government
under warning by the United States to
maintain a higher standard Of protection
for the American citizens. In Central and
South America conditions have been nor
NAL and In Cuba a political crisis, was
happily passed without danger. The
American Congress has accomplished def
mite results In the direction of solving
some Of the problems Of civic organiza
ton. establishing a parcel post. organic
ing a bureau for the study of child
problems. enacting laws for the benefit
Of labor and setting up a scale of tolls
for the new Panama canal. soon to be
completed and opened to the commerce Of
the world. The most disastrous Of sea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
The Parcel Post.

Tomorrow morning it will be possible to
send parcels through the post up to eleven
pounds in weight and combined length
and girth of seventy-two inches. The rate
at which these parcels will be carried by
the Post Office Department is so low that
it is expected that for all but larger ar
ticles the mails will be used in prefer
ence to the express service. For a few
cents small package can be sent across
the continent, whereas it would cost a
dollar or more under the express company
system of charges. For as rule about a
quarter Of the prevailing express rates the
post will carry packages in all directions
and probably with as great a degree of
safety. For an additional fee of 10 cents
the government will register and give a
special guarantee of security with the
limit Of $50 in liability in case of loss or
damage. For an extra fee of 10 cents
special delivery is insured. Thus with
these additional fees combined the par
eel post will be quite as speedy and
quite as safe as the express service and
at less cost. Probably the great bulk of
the parcel post traffic will be unregis-
tered and will be delivered by the ordi-
nary means. and thus the net saving to
the public in costs will be tremendous
1t has taken many years to reach this
point of postal development, so successful
has been the opposition of the express
companies to any extension Of the postal
system. Public opinion, however, has
finally accomplished the result, and now
the country is given the benefit of gov
eminent carriage OF small parcels after
the manner of the European systems.
which have proved Of Unreasonable ben
eft to the people.
The effect Of this innovation upon busi-
ness is a matter of surmise. 1t is, of
course, to be expected that with the par
eel post available at low rates for the
carriage of all sorts of commodities it will
be utilized in commercial lines for the
delivery of goods ordered by mail. 1t
has been suggested that this will have
tendency to decrease the cost of living in
certain lines by enabling buyers to seek
the cheapest market. This should stimu-
late competition in local business and
have a tendency to bring prices down.
Indeed. it has been suggested that the
parcel post holds the possibilities of a
virtual business revolution. The devel-
opment of the public use Of this new
facility will be the subject of the most
attentive scrutiny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
The Philippines.

When Mr.. Wilson was asked at Staun-
ton Sunday for something specific on
the subject of independence for the Phil
tppines. he replied that he had no gen.
eral plan. 1T Isl subject that requires
careful thought" 1t is. And there are
other subjects requiring the same thing
at his and his party's hands.
AS is widely recognized. a political
campaign is a sort of jamboree. Every
body makes as much noise as possible.
Everybody appeals for votes in the way
ne thinks best calculated to secure them.
Local sentiment is coddled. This thing
is promised here. That thing is promised
there A third thing Is promised yonder.
Then comes the morning after: and
that Is a trying time for the winners.
The losers have but to poultice their
bruises. and try to forget it." Their
promises. no matter how wild, are for
gotten, or, if remembered, afford only
cause for amusement. The poor fellows
are down. and never mind about them.
But the winners are held to account.
and even for the widest of their utter
ances. The windiest of windjammers
has fixed certain responsibility on his
party, and here and there is a demand
that his promises be redeemed
Mr.. Wilson wants little thinking time
on the subject of the Philippines. 1t was
easy while the campaign lasted for demo-
cratic spellbinders to lash the republicans
for taking over the islands, and attrib-
ute the action to mercenary motives; to
discourse about liberty, and to say that
what was good for US in the shape OF
government was good for the Filipinos.
That sort of talk tickled the ear wher-
ever uttered. though II made no impress
sion comparable to that made by talk
about tariff and trusts
Still. there is curiosity about where
Mr.. Wilson stands. and what he will ask
Congress to do about our little brown
brothers. When he takes pen in hand as
President he must state not only a gen.
eral plan as to the islands, but details
supporting it. If he differs with Mr..
Taft and others familiar from close study
as to the preparedness Of the Filipinos
for self-government he must give his
reasons and IL he wants the United
States after surrendering control to stand
by and guarantee the new government
from outside interference he must ex-
plain how the thing may be done.
The public must be patient with Mr..
Wilson. For a couple of months he will
have New Jersey matters on hand. and
be unable to give more than a passing
thought to the great task that awaits
him here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

tragedies occurred In 1912 in the sinking
Of the great ship Titanic on her first
voyage after striking a berg Of ice In
midsea, over 1000 persons being lost In
this appalling catastrophe, which cast a
gloom throughout the world. This was
by far the most significant event Of the
year, and the prayer OF civilization is
that it VIII never be approached in mag
nitude and costliness, but that 1t Will
stimulate invention and caution ana
carefulness of sea management to rem
der safe the lives of those who venture
upon the ocean. Truly a momentous and
important year is just closing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
Solid Prosperity.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

Despite the fact that this is the dubious
period after national election in which
change of administrations has been or
dained by the people; notwithstanding the
further fact that the chief policy of the
new administration is a revision of the
tariff downward, prosperity persists. Ac-
cording to all the rules of the wiseacres,
the business Of the United States ought
now to be in a doubtful state; according
to the predictions Of the pessimistic and
timid, this should be a time of alarm, or,
at least, of deep foreboding. and espe-
cially in those trades and industries which
are affected by changed fiscal policies
this should be the appropriate season
the period between the decision at the
polls and the actual beginning of legis-
lative changes-for that sort of caution
which means a slackening of effort, qui-
etude, even doubt and fear. But the
mills are humming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
A Transparent Fraud.

81 am afraid your husband spends too
much time discussing politics.
mo, he doesn't replied the woman
with a comforter tied over her hat. I
wouldn't mind # he was actually takin
an interest. But he's one of these men
that make a pretense of discussin' as
an excuse for 1oafin.''
One of the gloomy things Of life is to
contrast the facial expression Of the man
who writes please Remit on your bill
with that of the man who genially per-
suaded you to give him the order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

The old-time fear that the Long bridge
would be swept away by a spring freshet
has long since been permanently allayed.
But the customary fear that the pension
office will not be available for the in
augural ball still looms up on schedule
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Resentment.

$50 you wouldn't take that place thu
was offered youo" asked the butler.
Certainly not" answered the maid
THE people insisted on knowing a
about why / am leaving my present EN-
ployers. l couldn't think of encouraging
such gossipy curiosity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

OIn order to avoid delays on account Of
personal absence. letters to THE STAR should
not be addressed TO any individual connected
with the Office, but simply to THE STAR. or to
the Editorial or business Department. according
TO tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
An Ear for Music.

What is that tune your daughter is
playing?"
(Which daughter?" asked Mrs Cum
rox. IF it is the older girl It's Lszt's
Hungarian Rhapsody and If it's the
younger one it's Exercise Twenty-seven"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
1918.
m the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
Stock gambling is to be ended in New
York frenzed finance is to be given its
quietus, grasping trusts are to be abol-
ished and the reign of wealth Is to be-
come a myth. In short, 1913, instead OF
being unlucky, is to bring in near-mil-
lennium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

Castro says the Statue of Liberty should
be removed from New York harbor unless
he is admitted to this country. Like a
born agitator. Cipriano is trying to start
a crusade before he lands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
Revenue Cutters.

From the Boston Herald.
The revenue cutters have fairly earned
a truer name. While not the greyhounds
of the sea, they are at least the St. Ber-
nardS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

4 President-elect's speeches are some
times even more important in popular es-
TEEN than the platform Of the nominating
convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

William Jennings Bryan still wears the
smile of a man who is at peace with the
world, regardless of how some Of the
other people may feel toward him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
The Voice of History.

From the Chicago Journal.
There was once a populist party which
was second and even first, in many coun-
ties and states Where is that party
now?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

any Happy New Year greetings to the
parcel post branch Of the postal service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

There are no doubt many F1llplho
bosses who in their own primitive way
feel that a declaration Of independence
for the islands would do no harm TO
their particular ambitions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

Serving a subpoena on William Rookie
Teller gives a man a chance to assume
DISCUSSES enough to make him feel like
a fiction hero.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

The heroic speech There is glory
enough to go round" does not always
apply when complimentary appoint
ments are under consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

No extra session is expected to get
through with all the legislation that is
enthusiastically mapped out for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

The conference which represent
merely a social visit without polltica
Significance" is almost impossible al
this stage of the proceedings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

A suffrage parade March will leave
no doubt of the ability of the women
to maintain themselves in advance OF
the regular politicians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
Art and Commerce.

oh, art with it's ecstatic thrill
In picture, song or sonnet,
We seldom recognize 1t, till
1t gets a price tag on it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

PAYABLE in advance-by mall. postage prepaid:
Daily. Sunday included one month"; 60 cents.
Daily Sunday excepted. month, 20 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

Some of the preparations for New Year
eve indicate that a number Of resolu-
tons made January /. 1912, have become
obsolete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
Out-of-Date.

From the Cleveland Leader.
What has become of the old-fa shioned
Turk who asked no better fate than to
enter paradise by the route of death in
battle?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
edition. Is delivered by carriers within the city
at ~ cents per month: daily only, d cents per
month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Orders
may be sent by mall telephone Main 24+0.
Collection is made by carrier at the end of each
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

Financial experience begins early. For
every small boy with tin savings bank
there is larger boy who wants to show
him how to shake the coppers out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

Col Roosevelt is courteously restraining
any inclination he may feel to start rival
epigrams into action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

Judge Anderson is more or less dis
posed to handle dynamiters with care.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
The Dynamiters.

From the Boston Transcript.
That Indianapolis verdict will doubtless
cause slump in dynamite shipments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
The Evening Star Newspaper Company.

Business Office. 18th ST. and Pennsylvania Avenue.
New York Office: Tribune Building
Chicago Office: First National Bank Building.
European Office: Regent ST.. London. England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
Make EN- Strong.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
First call for New Year resolutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31

Entered second class mail matter at the post
Office at Washington u. G.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
INTERCOLLEGIATES
ATTRACT ATHLETES

PHILADELPHIA. May 27.-Franklin
Field will be the center OF attraction
for all amateur track and field ath-
leic enthusiasts Friday and Saturday
OF this week, when the intercollegiate
championships will be held. These
sports have been held annually since
1876. Last years meet was considered
10 be the greatest college meet ever
held in this or any other country. AS
the coming games promise to be OF even
higher class. some remarkable per-
forinances should be seen.
AS usual the greatest rivalry is being
shown for the possession of the team
cup. Cornell last years winner. is the
faNortte again. and Coach Moakley and
the Cornell men are anxious to win the
cup this season, because but one more
victory Is necessary to make this trophy
their permanent possession.
Though Cornell is the favorite, mainly
due to the pre-eminent worth of their
remarkable distance runners, Harvard,
Pennsylvania, and Michigan promise 10
give them very close contest with the
possibility of Dartmouth or Yale COM
ing in also.
In addition to Marshall. Pennsylvani
has Brown. Aldrdge, and Mercer for
the sprints. Brown and Aldridge showed
very good form in their last dual games,
the former being credited with ten sec.
onds. Mercers ability in the long
sprints he showed on two occasions this
year and he will be the favorite in that
event. The other men who will figure
in the hundred yards seem to be Thom-
as and Harland, of Dartmouth; Barlow,
OF Yale; Olson. of Dartmouth: Robert
son. of Syracuse; Bond, of Michigan
Burns, of Brown; Adams. of Harvard
and Bennett. of Cornell. All of these
mon have done l-5 seconds for the
100. and % 1-5 or % 2-5 seconds for the
30 yards
The 40 yards seem to be in the hand.