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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
I'm SEARCH OF A BOY.

We are in receipt of remarkable communica-
ton from one Mrs. Irene L. Cass, of Winter
peck Chesterfield county Virginia who des-
cribes herself as the owner of TOO acres of land
and house of % rooms. in which she narrates
in detail her unsuccessful efforts to secure
from charitable organizations and children s
homes healthy boys for adoption
Mrs. Cass AYERS that she has personally and
through friends made application to the Asso-
cated Charities. the Chdrens Home Society,
the School at Bon Air, the Methodist Orphan
age and other persons and associations inter-
ested in the placing of homeless children, with
out being able to meet with anything except
insult and rebuff, She heads her eommunica-
ton, In Search of Boy and states that she
is abundantly able and anxious to care for
three of four boys who need homes, and to
treat them az her own. She processes not to
understand the reason for the societies men
toned, if applications are ignored without era
son given
OF course, do not know Mrs Cass, and
feel certain that the organizations referred
10 -can-hare- greater pleasure than to place
homeless children where they will receive
proper treatment and be under Wholesome In
fuences If Mrs. Cass is all she says she is,
if she has searched as industriously as her
word-picture describes her hunt ii is indeed
Il mystery how it happens that she should
have been disappointed. Possibly some tech
ncality necessary to adoption may not have
reen complied with possibly, a receivable
misunderstanding may have interviewed; pos
sibly all parties to this curious difficulty may
be playing blind hands. The matter is men
toned here to give point to the case, to get
Mrs Cass her boys If she deserves them and
TO open the way Of any opportunity that there
may be for the utilization of that empty
house. those, fertile acres, for occupancy by
homeless children.
The spirit that leads the chidless to adopt
is one THAI is manifested only so often as to
make its existence certain. Every organiza-
ton engaged in the high work of finding
homes for the wallis of ahe cities for the
neglected children Of poverty stricken or brutal
parents is on the lookout for those who, being
able to care for young ones. have no young ones
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19

strings to his bow, for the naive proposition
he makes TO the Free Press Is that, for the
privilege OF substituting the paper in the inter
ests OF liquor, he will guarantee to deliver mot
less than one thousand dollars worth of bust
ress"
The matter offered is to include the privi-
Iege of laying arguments against prohibition
before your readers and the writer desires
to know the rate per line for pure reading mat
ter without advertising marks =" | am
willing to pay for editorials against prohibit
zion even If written by yourself"
The above is what is being done in West Vir
gnia which will hold an election on the qucs-
ton of Statewide prohibition on December 9Th.
1t shows the assumption upon which the liquor
fevces procecd-the assumption that every man
is vcnal, because they are venal. 1t is nothing
more than bald offer to subsidize the press.
even 10 the purchase of original editorials if
only the editorials themselves are in the inter
est of whiskey and against prohibition. If the
Virginia Free Press. a small county paper, is
offered 1000 what is the sum total of con-
tempated expenditure in the whole State?
If the liquor interests ready to spend
such al amount in West Virginia, where a
campaign is now certainty, what would they
be willing to spend-what, possibly, they
spending-to defeat the same thing in Virginia
in It's inception?
We call attention to this matter. honestly
made public by Editor Campbell, in order that
the temperance forces in Virginia may know
and understand the desperation, the character
and the intent which characterize the enemy
they fighting. We believe that without ex-
ception the press in Virginia is above the ac-
ceptance of any such bold offer of bargain and
sale of opinion as that rendered the Free Press,
but it must not be forgotten that Mr.. Trevtt
is simply a fool in whom the liquor forces
have been "stung." There are other agents, az
well or better armed with money. who are
wiser, more seductive, more plausible There
more ways than one of rendering bride.
There ways of sugar-coating corruption.
There are methods by which the same result
maybe obtained without the Grass offer to pay
for editorials even if written by yourself"
We have no means of knowing to what extent
this more subtle poison has found its way into
the Virginia press. if, indeed it has been swal-
lowed at all, The West Virginia incident,
however, is valuable at this time, when, If
ever, the Trevitts are most certain to be abroad
in the land
The sources of corruption are oftentimes OBJ
scure but they may always be felt by the
senses of honest men, it be that honest men
harmless as a corrupted agency to influence
public opinion The important thing for peo-
pie and legislators alike to know is whether
the influences that are at presnt being brought
to bear are themselves honest-or whether
they have relation. in one way or the other,
to the tainted springs in which essayist Trevitt
is a lizard newly spawned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
HORSE, FOOT HUNG,
MEETS HIS DEATH
BOY DRIVER UNABLE EITHER TO
ENTRICATE ANIMAL OR
STOP THE TRAIN.

With one of his front feet i'm
prisoned in the track at Brookland
station, on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. IA horse owned by H. r.
Radcliffe. who lives a half milo
northeast of Highland Park. on Satur-
day night mutelp awaited death from
an oncoming train. He could not he
extricated in time to save him and
the imprisoned foot and head were
both cut off.
A young son of Mr.. Rattliffe had
driven to the station to meet his sis
ter, Miss Alice Radcliffe who was
coming in from Richmond. Crossing
the track of the Chesapeake and Ohio.
the horse caught his foot In the
track. The youth tried I'm vain 10
free the animal Failing In that. he
unhitched The horse and had just I'm
ished when the train dashed by, kill
ing the animal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
MISS EVA BOOTH
COMES TONIGHT

Commander Miss Eva Booth, Of the
Salvation Army, who is to make a
visit to the local post of the Saliva
ton ARMY. Will arrive tonight at
125 o'clock and will stop at the JEFF
ferSon Hotel. She will be accompanied
to Richmond by her two secretaries
Colonel Peart. of New York, who il
second in command of the Salvation
Army in this country: Colonel and
Mrs. Holz, of Philadelphia. Major and
Mrs Escot. of Baltimore. and Major
Erickson, a celebrated Salvation Army
singer.
Tuesday at noon in the mayors re-
ceptton room at the City Hall there
Will be public reception for Miss
Booth. and any one desiring to meet
her will have the opportunity.
Tuesday night Commander Booth
will deliver an address at Centenary
Methodist church. She leaves for At
lanta at leo o'clock "Wednesday az,
ternaan. -. ~ W., 49, 'sl4 & =; 4yT',
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
YOUNG ATTORNEY
SHOOTS HIMSELF

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.--ln a fit Of
dependency brought on by domestic
troubles George F. Parsons, a wealthy
young lawyer of this city, shot and
instantly killed himself at the resi-
denee OF his mother today. Just prior
to his suicide he expressed a wish TO
take an automobile ride, and his step
father. Thomas Fl. Smith. had gone
to get out the machine when the young
man stole up to his room on the fourth
floor. and ended his life with shot
from high ealibred Winchester. Pr
sons was a graduate of the New York
Law School
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
HANGS HIMSELF ON
HIS WEDDING DAY
HYSTERiCAL BRIDE CAN GIVE NO
REASON FOR ACTION OF
AFFIANcED.

NEW YORK, Feb. ls--WhiIc his
affianeed bride was making ready her
joyful anticipation of her wedding to-
night. the Brooklyn police were cutting
down the body of John Menserschmidt
her fiance az IL swung from an apple
tree in a vacant Brooklyn lot today.
1t is believed that Menserschn1idt, af-
ter leaving his sweetheart on the eve
OF their wedding Went Immediately
to the scene of his suicide Miss Anna
Speath. his bride to-he who is In n
dangerously hysterieal condition, can
give no reason for his suicide.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19

Elsewhere we publish an editorial from the
Virginia Free Press. in connection with CORES
pondence between it and one c. L. Trevitt. OF
Washington. who describes himself as Liter
airy Agent. Essays and Speeches Prepared for
Congressman, etc"
II would seem that Mr. Trevitt has other
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
Arrested For Assault.

Ben Pritchard. Al years old, a car.
penter, OF $50 Holly avenue. was ar.
rested yesterday by Policemen Napier
and Porter, OF the Second Police sta
ton, on warrant sworn out by JOS
eph Williams. who charged Pritchard
with assaulting him. Prit hard was
released on bail, and shortly after
swore out a warrant against Williams.
charging him also with assault. VIII
liams was arrested by Policeman Jen-
nings.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
QUEER REVENGE
FOR DISCHARGE

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S--After gain
ing entrance to the home OF his for
mer employer on a plea OF business.
Louis Draper. n tailor, dashed to the
fourth floor and flung himself out OF
the window. breaking his neck on an
extension three aoors- hcfow. Draper
had been discharged by the man from
whose house be committed suicide.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19

TO care for. The chief end and aim of these
societies is to bring about an adjustment be-
tween the needs of the homeless child and the
chidess home. In all conscience, every in
stitution of the kind is overrun. In all rea-
son. every such effort finds more material at
hand than it deal with In all humanity
raised by the helpless human being whom
fate has put to face the world without ex-
perience and for that reason, practically With
out hope. Mrs. Cass has only to show the
truth of her assertions, and we will undertake
to guarantee her all the boys that her house
will harbor, her acres feed and Clothe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19

OF all harhingers of spring, the bob-o-link
is earliest and most accurate The tabled
grounding may, this year, take d gamblers
chance on prophecy and win the toss. The
weather may go the grounding one better,
and put his guess in scientific phraseology. But
the bobo-link is of the spring part. At other
times he is voiceless. Except then. he is
tent TO let his modest call be drowned in the
multitude of the voices that need sun and
warmth to prove their courage, But in the
spriug--so soon in the spring that his whistle
his day Of triumph.
We have heard the bob-o-link. Not seen. but
heard him Wednesday, in the Capitol grounds,
an invisible dot upon some lofty spire OF oak,
he gave his whistle to the spring that he felt
in his heart.
OF course, the next day it showed Also.
n laned. Also, it sEeeted. Everything tina.
weather could do weather did. But
where in the heart Of the oak, the bobo-link
sat temporarily mute. waiting his vindicatcn.
For few days. when the life OF wood and
grass and earth is still tlmidly doubling its
senses. the bobo-link will preach his high mote
OF optimism.
Only, when the supernatural has become the
obvious, when every thick-skulled bird of them
all is singing his head off, when the foolish
trees are exposing their buds to frost bite tn
bob-o-link will again become mute as well az
Invisible
The 5obo-link is the prince OF weather
sharks AGyody can warm himself in the
Awn. Il takes master hand at the science or
faith to proclaim the tidings, when ice has be-
come a condition. that spring is coming up
the earth
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19

General Ainsworth, having retired, will now
no doubt proceed to make war in earnest
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19

Why all this talk of money trust? The way
to riches is to get trusted for money.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19

The rolling stock bill goes along its course
as smoothly as log rolling
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
SIZZLING OFF THE WAGON.

IF Colonel Roosevelt had no other reason for
desiring another job, and the only public one he
could accept, we should think it would consist
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
$660,000.00

1t is gratifying that our shareholders
with almost entire unanimity should
have taken their proportion of TIVE
four thousand shares OF stock sold by
us on February 8 for six hundred and
sixty thousand dollars.
We are sorry, however, that we could
not have supplied some of our GUS
toners and friends with stock Hun
dreds OF shares were applied for which
could not be secured. The manage
ment OF the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
American
National Bank.

or Richmond. virginia,
Is appreciative oe the confidence of the
people and deeply sensible OF respon-
sbilities to shareholders and deposit
tors. With capital and nurplu. of
ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOU
SAND DOLLARS and good manage
ment. We know we are giving posi-
tive
SECURITY
Our customers know we are giving
unexcelled
SERVICE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-19
BIDDING FOR EDITORIALS.

Where cNerN prospect pleases,
ALd only man is vile"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-15

Room TO RENT Furnished
and heated. Apply to
Mrs. H. f. Alderman
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-15
EXPLAINS NOISE OF THUNDER
Modern Science Asessts the oevN1 -
Caused BY . oersse -
gxploolono.

There have been a great many dif-
ferent theories about the cause Of
the noise we call thunder. Some
savage nations think it is caused by
the clouds knocking together in .
storm and making a spark, like two
pieces of flint, with a cracking
sound at the same time. Not long
ago, when electricity first began to
be understood, many persons be-
lieved hal the lightning made a
hole in the air as it passed along
and that the rush of air to fill up
this caused the noise, just
as it is caused by the air rushing
back into the in a big can
non.
The more modern theory, based
on some remarkable experiments
with very fluffy cotton that was
made damp, is that the intense heat
of the electrical discharge instantly
turns the surrounding vapor of the
clouds into steam and causes an ex-,
plosion as sudden and fierce as gum.
powder. 1t is the number and d.
versity of these explosions that
makes the cracking sound We hear
when the thunder is close to us,
which would not be the case if the
cause were the air rushing into a
single vacuum, as that would make
only n big bang, just like a cam
non.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-15
Who is Mysterious Mr.. Smith?

Mrs. Sophia Nixson is spend.
ing the week at Wilmot.
Grandma Dutch will make her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Port this winter.
Mrs. A. G.. Smith returned the
last of the week from a months
stay among girlhood friends in
Burlington and other points IN
Wisconsin.
Miss Martha Fem err left Tues
day for Fort Wayne, Ind where
she will enter one of the hospitals
where she will receive instruc.
tons to become a trained curse
Furs of the best quality and
from the Albreicht fur house of
st. Paul at Mrs. Ports. Call
and see them. adv.
Mr. G.. r. Mosiman, of the City
Bakery went to Corona, Wilmot,
Peever and Slsseton Friday and
Saturday of last week on bust.
ness for the bakery.
f. A Carley who returned last
week from southern Alberta.
where he has a farm. says that a
good crop was harvested there
this fall, and that things are ia
prosperous condition.
DR.. w. j. Ferguson of this citv
has been appointed superintend-
enl of the county board of health
Of Grant county, by the state
board. DR.. Sherman Lull, of
Summit has been appointed sup
eriptendent of the Roberts coun-
ty board.
Miss Zilla Brown entertained
a number of her young lady
friends at her home Wednesday
evening.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-15
What do you know about Mys'
FERROUS Mr.. Smith?

The ladies aid of the St Johns
Lutheran church will meet with
Mrs. Thornley, on Thursday after
noon November q.
Mrs. M. G. Red man, of Albee,
was up at Mar vim last week to
visit her sons George and Carl,
who are now the new butchers
there.
Butter! You can always get
it at McCollum & Thirsh. Price
per 10. IS cents.
L. J. Englund of Georgia Twp,
was in town on business the first
Of the week, and his Milbank
friends we're glad to see him.
G. A. Christofferson an attor-
ney of Sioux Falls was here the
first of the week looking after
some court matters.
Dr.. Carlton of Twin Brooks
was IN town Wednesday as a wit
ness ia the Shurno and Strauss
case, with a numuer OF other
Twin Brooks people.
Hosiery Of the Everwear quail
ity, %, 80 and 80 cents at
Mrs. Ports.
II. f Jones, the RevillO bank
er, was greeting his many Mil
bank friends last Tuesday while
up attending to court matters.
Mrs. Fred Ginther, of Norris
town, S. D., was the guest of her
friend Mrs. Arthur Partridge for
a day or two last week. Mrs.
Ginther formerly taught school
in this county n at Corona.
With Mr.. Ginther she was on
her way to the cities.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-15
Mrs. Chas. Bingham went to
Granite Falls last Wednesday TO

Mrs. Chas. Bingham went to
Granite Falls last Wednesday TO
visit.
Mr.. Clifford Bice Of Yankton,
sOn.in-law Of Rev. j. NJ. Tibbetts
has accented a position at the
Electric Light plant and will be-
gin his duties next Monday.
Mrs Paul Jones of Montevid.
60, and a former resident of Mil.
bank, was on the train going east
yesterday morning, on her way
home from an extended visit
with friends at Omaha, Neb.
Harry Stapleman. who has
been right hand man at the cleo.
trio light plant for several years
past, has gone to Mont gomery,
MIMI, where he is to take charge
OF an electric plant at that place.
The young people Of the Meth.
Odlst Sunday school held a very
entertaining and inspiring rally
day service at the church last
Sunday morning at the hour of
the usual church service, which
was greatly appreciated by a
large audience.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lewis were
called to New Castle. Neb last
evening by receiving Intelligence
Of the death Of Mr.. Lewis foster
mother. Miss FlOssie came up
from OrtOnville. where she is at
tending the commercial school.
and will care for the home dur
ing the absence of her parents.
w. {. Kruger last week enjoy
ed a visit from his brother f. A
Kruger, of Portland. Ore. who
with his wife was on his way to
his western home from A visit.lO
Wisconsin and east. They will
also visit with friends at Twin
Brooks and at Madison, Mimi :.
before making the journey west.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-15
0STRlCHES DRIVEN IN FLOCK.
Australian Farmer Had Little Diff
Guilty in Transferring Birds a Con-
siderable Distance.

a recent demonstration has prov,
en- that ostrIches NAV be driven
from place to place as successfully as
sheep, cattle or horses. The expert
ment was made by a New South
Wales ostrich farmer. who desired to
transfer his fine flock of 20 ostriches
from his farm at Temora to an irri-
cation area he had secured under
the state at 1anco-a distance Of IS
miles. The birds had to be driven
a considerable portion Of the dis
lance, to be trucked by train for
the remainder Of the journey. The
result Of the experiment which was
conducted by careful, experienced
droyers, showed that the ostriches
proved easier to handle, if ANYTHING,
than sheep, the method adopted be-
ing to push them from behind. Many
people imagine that an ostrich will
kick if interfcred with. and that
consequently it is dangerous to get
behind one, but though they do
kick, they kick forward, like a cow
They can be pushed from behind
with perfect safety. The birds we're
considerably alarmed by barking
dogs %enroute, and horses were equal
~ frightened of them, but there was
no mishap.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-15
EXCELLENT PLAN,

II see" said Mrs. De Jones, while
Mrs. Van lyle was calling, chat
you have a Chinese chauffeur. Do
you find him satisfactory"
"He's perfectly fine" said Mrs.
Van lyle. "To begin with, his yell
low complexion is such that at the
end Of a long, dusty ride he doesn't
show any spots, and then when | am
out in my limousine l have his pig
tail stuck through a little hole in
the plate glass window and | use it
as a sort of bell rope to tell him
where to stop.'-Harper's Weekly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-15
Miss Grace and Miss Verna
Gold are visiting friends in Mil
bank today.

Miss Grace and Miss Verna
Gold are visiting friends in Mil
bank today.
Walter Herrick, who has been
out working on the Spence Seld-
en- farm has come into town to
work on the railroad.
There will be services in the
Swedish Lutheran church next
Sunday at 1890 in the morning,
and at 7:3O in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Pool, who
live north Of the city were ia
town yesterday morning on their
way to their old home at Omaha,
Neb., and where Mrs. Pool will
receive medical attention.
Mrs. W. W. Downie visited
with friends at Big Stone We'd
nesday returning home yester-
day afternoon.
Miss Ella Roggenbuck, who
has been engaged in a millinery
store at Marshall, MINI return
ed home last week.
O. r. Antelman an Old-time
Miibanker, now of Aberdeen was
in town yesterday representing
his hardware company.
The cement foundation for the
new depot "a finished This week
and the carpenters will soon be
put to work on the structure.
Mrs Chas. Chambers accom-
panied her husband and daugh-
ter to California last week. They
expect to make their home for
the winter at San Diego.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-15
CAUTION.

"Mrs. Wetmore is one OF the most
cautious persons | have ever
known"
eyes. She was telling me the
other day that she never kept a
striking clock in the kitchen becauseI
she feared That if she did so the cook
might acquire thc habit"