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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Fissiparious Parties.
Iuternaticnal Magazine.

j rom International Na-aZlfH-
This year for the first time in many
ears, the really noticeable contestants
for this prize are not two, but three;
one Of the TWO great parties which have
additionally been the only ones to be
seriously considered, having itself sud
denly become two parties. as though by
fiss. parish, that physiological process
which high authority defines as follows:
reproducing or multiplying by fission.
or SPONTANEOUS seif-div.sion, a mode of
aseXual generation by division into two
- more parts. each of wiic.l, when COM
pietely separated, becomes { new indi-
vtdua!; II = a usual process among the
prot zOa-s. IrotuPaytes and other low
organisms To the same effect the En-
,sc-0Gvsita Britannica saES: There are
9rgan iSnS which are tssiparous, and
.vt -. CIT n two form TWO fresh indie
l,-n4eGt ,aa.Sns, 50 di!iuSed is the
italtty II t-e orr nal organism" Some
Zach rather eXcrt.ciarInS eXr-' fence hav-
lns been undergone. appareG-.y, by the
republican party OF glorious memory.
We .iiii u now III TWO segments. pretty
completely separated, and each of
watch accordingly 1aHd particularly one
uf theuJ now forms fresh independent
organism. confronting lis twin, ana also
the democratic party. in the stricken
HELD int" Wh ch these three champions
lave Low al been noisily ushered by
- cir blatant heralGs. To fight out the
great triangular duel of which the preSi-
u~ucS y 10 be the prize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
new YORK BANKS.

NEW YORK, November @.-The state
nrent of the actual condition of clearing
house banks and trust companies Tor 'he
week shows that they hold S2-.'SH"'" re-
serve in excess of legal requirements.
This is a decrease Of 81 ii3..E" from IaSt
week.
The statement follows:
Daily average: Loans. $1,.C6.u'N."w. ot-
crease, S1621;.coo. Specie. S31r">2, wv
decrease. S6,114.COo Legal tenders ~
.;1S.NO: increase >o6I 0oo- Net deposiis'
81. 146, 31JN): decrease. S31.WpoO, TT
culation. SIG. i64t0o; increase. s24-po-
Banks cash reserve in vault. S;;;;;'!, 5do"oo
Trust companies cash reserve IN vault.
Stj5. tiOUn. Aggregate cash reserve
S399 900. Excess lawful reserve 50
49, $50, increase SJJl, 1Oo- Trust COM
panics' reserve with clearing house mem
ners carving - per cent cash reserve
-,h.J:;60o"
Actual condition. Loans. sl.TI:;.i l.'Er':
decrease S!:.II. Ep Specie. SS13?4'. ''"'
decrease S;;.a3-aCf4,. Legal tenders, SSH
-.-.t 900: decrease. S..4.:.OtD. Net deposits.
81 80 5E; Usi: decrease. S2t,2ia.Hn. CIR
{. ulation Si6.66S. ctr: increase. Sli4N"'*
Banks cash reserve in vault. Ss'o, l,f'.t".
Trust companies cash reserve in vault.
So. 0o6G Aggregate cash reserve SS'o.-
decrease 81 fi3.9Jn. Trust companies re-
serve with clearing house members carry
ing % per cent cash reserve, SJl,Pi,rp
Summary of stale banks and trust com
uarics in Greater New York, not included
IN clearing house statement: Loans, SIS>,-
.es:.spa: decrease $50. 800 Specie, $6,,-
u4(: $40: decrease SGUj.3Gp, Legal tenders.
~ 1880: deCrcaSe. $-Ii,lth Total de
7 hSitS. St;:a. rs? 1rD: decrease. N,|tl.'s"-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
The Wane of Motherhood.

Ellen Key, in the Atlantic.
When the woman movement began, in
the middle of the last century, and many
expressed fears that "womanliness" would
suffer, such contentious were answered
by saying that that would be prepos-
ferrous as that the warmth of the sun
would give out. 1t was just in order that
the motherliness should be able to pene
trate all the spheres of life that woman
liberal. ON was required.
And now? Now We see a constantly de-
creasing birth rate on account of an in
creaSing Discrimination for motherhood,
and this not alone among the child
drudges in home and industry, not alone
among the lazy creatures of luxury. No,
even women strong of body and worthy
of motherhood choose either celibacy, or
at most one often no child. And not
few women are to be found eager advo-
Gates of childrens upbringing from in
fancy outside of the home Motherhood
has, in other words, for many women
ceased to be the sweet secret dream of
the maiden. the glad hope Of the wife.
the deep regret of the aging woman who
has not had this yearning satisfied.
Motherliness has diminished to such a de-
gree that women use their intelligence in
trying to prove that day-nurseries, kim
dergartens. and schools are not only nee
essary helps in case Of need. but that
they are better than the too devoted and
combining motherliness of the home where
the child is developed into a family-egofst.
not into a social modern human being!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Goethe's Lace Blouse.
correspondence London Mail

Vienna Correspondence London Mail.
The lady visitors to a watering place in
Bohemia recently organized d dressmak-
ing exhibition with sale to follow \
certain princess agreed to open the ex-
hibition.
At the last moment some one noticed
that the most important models. two very
gorgeous lace blouses. were not d splayed
to proper advantage. The caretaker was
called and instructed to beg. borrow or
steal two dressmakers dummies and to
drape the blouses upon them before the
princess arrived.
After the opening ceremony it was
noticed that the exhibits were exciting
great deal more attention than the COM
mittee had counted on. and the princess
insisted on seeing two objects which were
the center of attraction. Her surprise
was very great when she caught sight of
two life size busts of Schiller and Goethe,
both decked out IN lace blouses.
The caretaker, not being able to secure
dummies, had borrowed the figures of the
poets from the reading rooms. and as
they were somewhat fiat chested had
carefully stuffed them with busters to
NIL out the blouses to their fullest extent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
There's Nothing in It.
From the Atlantic

rom the Atlantic
We frequently see in the newspapers a
few weeks before the election, statements
by political correspondents that the pros
poets of this party or the other have i'm
proved or grown less promising during
the week past, or that there is now
perceptible drift toward this candidate
or that. Do readers ever stop to con-
slider what this means, or whether there
can possibly be any foundation for such
statements? Does any one suppose that
there is ever a considerable body of voters
i'm any state who are undecided how
they will vote and who secede in a flock
from their party one week, and return
TO it the next? Or if there We're such
BODY can any one suggest now the
sapient correspondent aScertainS the fact?
1t may not be an uniuStitiable conjecture
that the sole basis of such statements as
we are considering is the state of mind,
optimistic or the reverse, Of the commit
tee chairman or the local politician who
communicates information as to the pOlit-
ical situation to the newspaper inter-
viewer. The chairman may receive a
respondent letter from county manager,
and from it may conclude that the cause
is in q bad way in that part of the state.
OR he may have had a good nights rest
and an excellent breakfast. His mood
will determine the character Of his out
givings. But, In reality, nothing has
happened, or If it has he does not know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
A Ruthless Iconoclast.
From the Boston Transcript.

TIE bOstOu lTduscrIpt.
Iconoclasts have no sense of the fitness
of time. When they make up their minds
to break an image they do not await the
arrival Of a moment when the sensibili-
ties of the idolators Will be least affected
Therefore DR.. Constantine de Horta V
PardO, eminent Spanish archeOlogist, is
only acting after the manner Of his kind
when he sets up the contention that the
discOverer Of America was not a native
Of Genoa. but of Pontevedra, Spain. So
far as we can gather from a summary of
DR.. Hortas plan of campaign to correct
history, he does not challenge the glory
OF Columbus. He admits that Columb bus
discovered America and i'll general deserv-
ed to be considered a great man. but he
mas documents-an army of iconoclaste
with documents is terrible-that he is
satisfied will establish Pontevedra as the
birthplace of the navigator.
1t would be Interesting to follow Dr.
Horta $ argument step by step for to
make out his case he must controyert the
Few details of Columbus career that rest
upon what should be unquestonab BILE au-
thority. Columbus son Ferdinand dis
tinctly said that in Geona CHRISTOPHER CO.
lumbus was born. Surely a son should
be competent authority to prove the
Nrlhpiace or ms rather. Moreover. to the
same Ferdinand the world is Indebted
for the statement of what little other of
the genealogy Of the Columbus family II
has, and Ferdinands words all point to
his ancestors as long settled in Genoa
That Columbus was a GeHoese sea cant,in
we have all been taught, and perhaps
Dr. Horta would not unteach U.s. 1t NAV
be that. as he has convinced himself thai
Columbus was Spaniard by birth, his
next step will be to reverse the historic
formula and represent him as at one tirna
In his career Spaniard in Italian sery-
Ice. The world, however. will cherish the
picture OF Columbus as an Italian in the
spanish service when he immortalized
himself. Nor will it give up the native
of Geona' easily 1t will demand of DR.
HOrta that he produce his documents and
establish their irrefutable AUTHENTICITY he
fore 1t Will be wiling to concede thar
Ferdinand Columbus did not know wnera
Christopher Columbus was born, but ina
DIR. Horta does.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Goat Meat and Mutton.

rom the Portland OregOnian.
Oregon stands we'll up to the top In the
Angora goat industry. We produce the
finest mohair that is clipped in the coun-
try, and some of our choicest animals are
annually sold at the very highest prices
paid for goats in this country. We have
successful breeders and large flocks of
fine animals. but the goat continues to be
used principally as q clearer Of land
This is shown by the fact that the mo-
hair territory Is constantly shifting, ex-
cept in Polk and portions of Marion and
contiguous countries, where the persist
ent goat fanciers continue. to reside and
carry on their bus ness. In other sec
tions the goats keep marching on as the
brush lands are cleared up. the ordinary
farmer not 'bOtherinS with them after
they have eaten off the brush and got
his land in good condition for agricul-
ture.
The reason for this is plain: the goat is
not very profitable animal for his fleece
alone. and there is no sale for goat meat.
In other parts of the world the young
k DIS are sought by epicures and pro-
nounced the finest of eating. The older
anima are bought at prices on a parity
with mutton. But nobody here eats goat
meat under its true name, although some
of IT is sold on the Portland market un-
der the gUiSe of mutton.
If some way could be devised to get
our people to try undisguised goat meat
and also taste the kid meat under it's
true name, there undoubtedly would
spring up d demand for such meats at a
fair price. Then we would see a mighty
boom in the AngOra business, boom that
would soon put us on an equal footing
with the best Angora districts of the
word But it seems Impossible to get
a start, at least an organized start
Every one who tries the meat finds it
equal if not superior to mutton. but there
seems to be something in the name
which makes it obnoxious. 1t is unfor-
tunate that this is true. for it holds
back an industry that would mean a
great deal to Oregon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
The Charm of Memory.
From the Atlantic.


The charm of memory lies. think, in
the quality which 1t gives things, at once
Of intimacy and remOteness. The fasci-
nation to us Of recalling our past selves.
our former surroundings. lies in our
sense that they are absolutely known to
us, yet absolutely out Of our reach. We
can recall places. houses, rooms. until
every detail lives again. We can turn
from one thing to another and. as we
look at each. 10, 1t is there! 1t has a
reality more poignant than the hand
that we touch or the flower that We
smell. Sometimes, it is true, present ex-
periences even as they occur, have
something Of this quality. They do not
need to recede into the past to gain this
glamour. Certain llaces have it: cathe-
drals sometimes. and still lakes. Certain
things foster it: freight, and silence. and
the steady fall of rain Certain moments
give birth to it: The luminous pause be-
tween shutdown and dusk, afternoon with
It's slant of light through deep grass or
across a quiet river. This, 1 fancy. was
what Tennyson was thinking OF when he
called the lotus land. the land wherein it
seemed always afternoon" In that land
these magic moments were prolonged.
and thus it became the land of rem
iniscence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Is the Sun Growing Cold9
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
-

r rom me fuliaueIpnla
Out at Mount Wilson in California the
Carnegie institution is spending immense
sums in erecting towers from which OBJ
TatiOrs may be made as to the force
of the ray > OF the sun. 1t is intended to
discover what is the rate of loss Of heat
by the sun, if it is large enough to be
measured
Now it is certain that the sun cannot
continually give off heat without losing a
great deal. and that In a period of ineSti-
mable length il will grow cold. Formerly
il was believed that this process was
comparatively rapid The discovery of
rad5um has led to the idea that maybe
with safety TO ourselves the sun can issue
heat for Il much longer period than was
supposed. and that there is no reason for
SURPRISING that the earth Will suffer for
millions of years. 1t is to test these
theories that the new experiments are to
be made, but il is certain that they will
have TO extend over many years before
they have any great value.
We know that the universe contains
many dead suns. those which have
given forth all their heat. Some astron-
Omers think they are much more numer-
Gus than the burning ones. 1t is be-
lieved that once a sun is dead 1t will
fly through space until ii comes In con-
tact with some other sun. dead or alive.
and the impact will set them both at q
tremendous heat. create new solar sys-
TENS with attendant planets, and thus the
process may go on throughout eternity.
Our nearest neighbor IS twenty-five tril-
lions of miles away. That may be the
average distance between all of the bill
lion suns of which we have any knowl-
edge. Going through space at the rate OF
twelve miles an hour las does our SUM IL
Will take a long time to cross these
spaces. but it is inevitable that sooner
or later collisions viii take place. \
dozen of these have been noticed in the
last few years our turn may come
some time. but nearly as can be esti-
mated not for thirty million years
The Carnegie Institution will study this
question, but apparently there will be no
danger for at least ten million years
maybe much longer. This Is reassuring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
A Table Bore.

rom Woman : Home Companion
Mr. Brentwood was we'll born, well
educated and successful in affairs. He
had. in the eyes of his family. but one
fault: he had ma sculine sense of humor
of a hornely. almost rural type. at which
his family WINGED uncontrollably. Mrs
brentwood. even from the earliest days
of their marriage, had been wont 10 III
plore her Theodore. when they We're eN-
pectirg company. not to be funny
Certain jokes or mannerisms OF his at
the table were of daily occurrence HARD
Is noticed any more when they were
.lloiie they sprung into startling proNl-
t.ence when there Were guests lie al
vaXS said People come from miles
around To hear us drink soup. He Jovl-
ally inquired if he might borrow the
i,.tter." or if Ellen. the waitress. could
spare him another slice of bread lie
made puns on the vegetables. and ne
rad a habit of looking with sudden sus-
picion at any dish handed to him. no
matter how familiar. and asking dis
sustedly, What is this anyway? Stran-
gers always inspired him particularly to
their entertainment. Certain ancient, IN
herited anecdotes could be endured by his
wife and children, even If with aching
strain. but there was bathtub story
Mr. Brentwood had in his early boy
mood migrated with his parents TO what
was then the edge of the prairiet begin
ming meudaciOuS. You KNOW we never
took baths when / vas BOY. Iiat,
though IL was amusing, nearly went be-
vond the pale of refinement, and an aw-
full toothbrush story which positively
did If people laughed al mis- stories, MIR
brentwood became practically untram-
meled.
Another common table remark by MIR.
Brentwood was that ne never had any
use for potato salad because cold pota-
toes always reminded him of cold feet.
IL was also his habit TO admonish people
q 1xr ~
this from the old saying, Read slowly
and distinctly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02

CRIMINAL COURT NO. 2cJustice
Gould.
United States agt. Joseph A. Stein
metz: conspiracy: nolle pros; attorney
A. s. Worthington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
TRUE OPTIMISTS.
Campaign Managers See Doughnut
Not the Hole.

Everybody else in tn party gets dis
couraged firm time to time says Mr..
Dooley on 1.-The Campaign Managers to-
morrow in The Sunday Star. 'Aven tn
candidate whin he sees himself in tn
glass in tn mornin' befure Shawn must
sometimes wondher if anybody at all
will be foolish. enough to hurry through
breakfast to vote FIR tn likes Nv him. He
goes down to headquarters with kind iv
an idee in his head that he may get off
tn ticket an give his place to a more
snowy candydate.
LAS he enters tn dure he hears a wild
burst Nv cheerin' firm tn back room.
an Sunshine. tn campaign manager,
dashes out grabs him by tn hand an
hollers in his ear: It's all settled. I've
just had a letter firm tn Culture Club
(colored) Nv Red Bank. Moo Jarsey, sayin
that they'll go over in body to We il
yen pay their hall rent fr month. This
makes it unanimous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EiGS-Nearby fresh Virginia 3oa32:
West Virginia and southwest Virginia.
29a30; Tennessee, 29a30.
Butter-Elgin fancy. per 10, 32a33:
western. first, 291.a301s; seconds. 29ac9is
store packed. 20.
CHEESE-New York state factory. new,
PoULTRY-Hens. per h.. 10; roost.
ers. per h.. 8; turkeys. 17a1S: chickens.
10: ducks. per h.. Halls.
DRESSED POULTRY-Hens. choice.
per. h.. 16a17; turkeys. per h., 20; ducks.
16a1S: chickens, 19a2O.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples, new. per bas-
ket 4Oa15: box. 40a75; Dbl. 1.50a4.OO: or
an@es. California. box. 425a47,: lemons.
box. 5.00a60o; grapefruit. per box. 2.50a
800: pineapple. a225: peaches Der
crate. l.G0a2 90; grapes. per Alb. basket
Concord. 1a3; Niagara, 1oa12is: chest
nuts H.. 1aS.
HAY AND STRAW-Hay, western. No.
1. oOO0a2O. 80: No. 2, 15.OOa1SO 90: mixed
hay, 12.O0a16.OO: straw. rye. bale, 6.JOa
100; machine thrash. 9OOa1O.OO; straw.
wheat. per ton. 6.5Oa7.OO: straw. oat, per
ton, 7O0a7.JO.
neutrality-suspicious. new. No; /.
corn. per do... l2kass: vans eastern
shore). per bbl.. 1.O0a1.25: sweet potatoes,
per bbl., 1.25a1.5O; onions, per crate. 1.25a
IS; per sack. 1.2o: Spanish. per crate. pa
q! .3:5; cabbage. per leo lbs. 65aso; egg plant
per doz.. 50a1o: lettuce. per basket. 5oa
75: string beans. per Dbl, 100a2.O0: lima
beans. per Of, soas3: squash. per bbl.
75a1 90: beets. per loo lunches l.Wla2 90:
tomatoes, per crate. 75a200; cucumbers,
per bskt. 75a1OO.
LIVE STOCK-Sheep. per H.. 2a3Iz;
spring lambs. per h.. 6a6la; calves, choic,
per h.. 10a101s: medium. per Id. s1sa9.
WOOL AND HIDES-wool, washed
free OF burrs. per h.. 33a35; wool, un-
washed, per h.. %; hides. dry. per Ib
15a16; salt hides, H.. 13; calfskins. green,
each, 1.25a2.OO.
GRAIN-Wheat. per bu.. S5a1.O2: corn.
shelled. per bu.. 9Caa2: ear. per bbI.. 4.S5
a5.OO: oats old. western. white. No. ,.
per bu., 62aG6; mixed. per bu., 6OaG2: new
No =, per hu.. 43a4o: mixed. 40aSJ; bran.
per ton. 25.O0a2S0o: middling. per ton.
IS OOa3oO0.
SEEDS-Clover. red. 11.5Oa12JO; clover.
alsike. 12.OOa1300: timothy. 2.25a2.50: blue
grass. 1.jOa2. 90; orchard grass. 1.50a1.75.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
Drinking and Hunting.
From the London Chronicle.

Pcel-John Peel of the gray coat
shared one peculiarly with the other
Cumbe rland huntSmen of his day Tn
like his friend. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, he
was an excessive drinker. and il was
said OF him by Il relative that when he
was not hunting he was aye drinking -
No doubt" wrote Sir Wilfrid Lawson
drink played predominant part-if it
were not indeed the predominant part
ner'-in these northern hunts. l have
heard John Peel say when they had killed
a fox: Now this is the first fox we've
killed this season, and Ii munna be a dry
'un'-words of that kind being a prelude
to AN adjournment to the nearest public
house, where the party OF hunters would
remain for an indefinite time. reaching
have heard 1t said-even to days"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
No Fringe.
From the London Chronicle.


There is an underl ocG atic--a femininely
undemocr at:c-ii,tle incident that may
nos be repeated after nearly twenty
years. This was the postscrirt hahituSIy
added to atver: isements for W0raa, strv-
ants of she heater class: NC fringe q"
The fringe was not the fringe of society,
nor the fringe prescribed by Mosaic ritual
for certain sacerdotal ves:ments, ncr the
fringe on garments or curtains. Ii was
the pretty clipping Of hair across the
brows Of woman which has reappeared
this autumn as an almost universal fash
ion for the fashionable. The classes
wished to keep it to themselves The
flower girl seized 1t with characteristic in
dependence and moderate success, and at
the other end of things "a queen in Eng
land has never relinquished ii. mo
fringe" was a very hard saving when a
fringe" meant something dearer than
beauty--the mode
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
The Explosion of a Flower.
rom IIarI-er's Weekly

Sometimes the floral Spathe of "A great
Haim tree will rs open with sound like
II defamation IN i mine Such an event
occurred IL the botanical garden in Al
-.ers recently The spaIhe. nearly three
1eet long, was projected To a great dis
2nce and for some moments the head of
The palm tree was wreathed with golden
dust formed OF the debris OF the flower
me suns heat had roasted the flower to
the color Of rust. The director of the
Garden explained the explosion as being
due TO fermentation in the flower caus-
II by the extraordinary dryness of the
ar "A violent sirocco had just passed
In Algeria ostrich eggs explode in the
same way and from a like cause