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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-27

like the pale, slender lilies, and that
he loved them for the likeness!
Reaction from her excited feelings
was fast taking place, fatigue and de-
preston of spirits settled upon her.
With a weary smile she said good-by.
AS she stepped into the church vesti-
bule a man came forward to greet her,
"Olivia!" he said, and held out his
hand.
Pale, trembling, %bewildered, she put
her hand in his and looked into his
face.
"Philip!"
"Olivia, 1 came back here just to get
a glimpse of you; I didn't expect that
you would car to see me after all this
time; but something in your face this
morning, while I watched you giving
away your lilies, gave me courage to
wait and speak to you"
you did right" she said, as they
turned together and walked slowly
down the path from the church.
81 have come to ask your forgive
ness"
"My forgiveness, Phil" she ex-
claimed; and the old name sounded
good from her lips. "It is I who should
ask yours, for it was I who did the
wrong, not you. I had shut you out;
l had determined to forget you, and
I had almost succeeded. And all these
days my heart has been hardened
against the good. / have been selfish,
SO selfish. But it is over now; the flow
ers, Phil, my Easter lilies, they made
me see and understand. I have asked
God to forgive me, too?"
He smiled at her without answering,
but she understood.
"We must both forgive" she said.
"And with your forgiving you must
also give"
She looked up.
"Will you give me-yourself?" he
questioned.
There was a glow in her eyes as she
put out her hand to touch his sleeve.
"Yes, Phil,"she said, quietly, Though
L " Y uCeclNc ~. J. suoulu nave Deen
punished more Instead, l am made
happy"
They drove home together in the
wagon, and Olivia laughed over it.
"See," she said, suddenly, as they
passed a spsA1l house at the end Of
the village, 1T is the little cripple to
whom | took some fiowers!"
The boy in the window waved his
hand and laughed to them, and the
blossoms by his side seemed to nod,
too.
"They have done so much good-the
lilies" said Olivia, looking up into her
companions face. eve must have
them every year, Phil, you and H.
Woman's Home Companion.
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A woman and a boy answering the de-
scription were living in that town, but
are now proved not to be the Evanston
runaways.
Hoping against hope and with the
heartbreaking sorrow crushing their
hearts, Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers early last
December inserted an advertisement
in the newspapers calling upon the
missing boy and his aunt to come home
for Christmas and all would be for
given. All day Christmas they watched
for the return of the fugitives, and
during the night a lamp was kept burn
ing brightly in the window of the home
on Human avenue to welcome their
return. The family felt sure that they
would come, but they were doomed
to disappointment
AS a last effort to reach the missing
couple or secure information regard
ing them, Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers have
resorted to the chain letter scheme.
Here is their plea for help:
Dear Frierd-Will you kindly help a
l ~ phOh anu WV
in an effort to find their loved ones by
writing three copies of this letter and send
ing them, over our own signature, to
three friends, making the same request Of
them, ard so on, forming an endless chain.
Miss Florence A. Ely and nephew, Frank
Ely Rogers, disappeared from their home,
713 Hinman avenue, Evanston, H., July
Is, 1901, Nothing has been heard Of them
since.
Miss Ely is 40 years of age, about i've
feet three inches in height, very thin and
weigh from 80 to 100 pounds; face rather
long and very eXpressive; dark brown
hair; large dark brown eyes, with an in
tense expression, are her most noticeable
feature; good music teacher; attractive to
children.
Frank Z. Rogers will he IA years of age
in March. 1902, Height about five feet two
inches; weight aoout 50 pounds: medium
brown hair, gray blue eyes, long, slender
hands, is left handed, writes with either
right or left; draws well, always using left
hand. Only love and a glad welcome await
them both. A large reward will be cheer
fully given for information leading direct
ly to the restoration of either or both.
Printed letters with pictures will be sent
upon request. Send all information to
JAMES {. ROGERS,
T3 Human avenue, Evanston, Ill.
As these letters, by the aid of SYM
pathetic and kind people, go broad
east over the country in ever widening
circle and reach perhaps every nook
and corner of the United States, the
result sought for may be attained and
a mystery cleared up which in some
respects is one of the most pulling
ever coming to the notice of the po-
lice. If Frank Rogers and Miss Ely are
alive, how has it been possible to elude
the shrewdest detectives of the coun-
try? If dead, what has become of their
bodies and why have they not been
discovered? If they have left the coun-
try, where have they secured the
means for so long an absence and so
extended a trip? These are some of
the questions one is led to ask in ON
sidering the case, and which may never
be answered this side the grave.
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REVOLUTIONARY WIDOW.
Tennessee Woman Who Has Lately
Been Brought Into Public Notice
Through Pension.

There is, perhaps, no more interest,
ing pensioner of the United States gov
eminent than Mrs. Nancy Jones, of
J~onesboro, Tenn, widow of Darling
Jones, a soldier of the revolutionary
war. She has recently been brought
to public notice by her effort to have
the pensions granted to the four living
widows of revolutionary soldiers in
creased from SIP a month to $25, says
a Washington report.
Mrs. Jones went herself to Congress-
man Walter B. Brownlow, of Tennes-
see and stated her case so eloquently
that Mr.. Brownlow has promised to in
troduce a bill Immediately providing
for the desired increase.
Darling Jones was 70 years old when
he married his third wife, the present
Mrs. Jones, then a girl of 16. To her
girlish imagination the veteran was a
hero, and his stories of warlike expert
ences were of constant interest to her.
He lived ten years after they were
married. Their son William, is still
living in Jonesboro.
Mrs. Jones lives OF a tiny farm of five
acres in Il three-room cottage built
nearly 40 years ago. She has a garden
and a vegetable plot, and raises chick
ems for sale, by which means she man
ages to exc out her little income.
'My only ambition is to save money
enough to bury me decently and have
a nice tombstone owe my husband and
myself" she says.
Visitors to the section of Tennessee
in which she lives always go to see Mrs.
Jones, and she has many requests for
her autograph. These she is COM
PEELED to refuse, as she cannot write.
Mrs. Jones does not know her age,
but believes that she is about 90. Meth
er does she know the exact age of her
husband when he died.
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WHO is 1T

been Matched out that spring. No
birds of the last season went into the
trap. He marked every bird that was
caught. Once a bird had been caught
and liberated it never returned to the
trap again. The series of experiments
is pointed to as proving that sparrows
have memories.
One of the best cases on record of
the test of dog intelligence is that
mentioned by Allen Pringle. Two
dogs, a small and a large one, both GO
ing in opposite directions, e trying
to a plank owe a stream. They
met in the middle. There was a those.
to-nose conference" for a moment. and
then the big dog spread his legs and
the little one ran under him. This So
luton of the problem was heralded by
scientists as showing absolute reason
ing powers IN the part of the animals.
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with her cold looks until you'1l be glad

with her cold looks until you'll be glad
to go home"
Mrs Saunders was not far wrong"
Mrs. Barr thought, as she was con-
fronted by Olivia, standing tall and
straight in the doorway, a look of in
quiry upon her cold, handsome face.
81 am Mrs. Barr, the minister's
wife," she introduced herself, with an
embarrassed smile. MAY 1 come in
and talk to you a few momentsP"
In silence Olivia led the way to the
sitting-room. 1t was a chilly April day,
but the wood fire blazing upon the
hearth made the room warm and cheer
full. Soft carpets, rich hangings, we'll
filled bookcases and a table piled high
with the latest books and periodicals
spoke of the occupants luxurious
tastes.
Olivia made no effort to break the
silence, and at last Mrs. Barr said:
Ever since 1 came here 1 have been
hoping to meet you, Miss"
II am not a member of any church,;
it has been many years since I was in
a church, and l never intend to go
again."
She spoke decidedly, but without
anger, and Mrs. Barr looked per-
picked.
II am sorry, not alone for ourselves,
though with your abilities you might
do a great deal for us, but 1 am sorry
for you, too, because you are losing
the happiness that comes from doing
and giving"
Olivia gave no sign of interest, and
Mrs. Barr did not have the courage to
pursue such a one-sided conversation.
She looked toward the large bay win
dow filled with blooming plants; con
spicuous among them was a tier of
Easter lilies, a mass of snowy, fragrant
/ bloom.
Consider the lilies" quoted Mrs
Barr, reverently. DO you consider
them?"
II have taken all the care of them
since l put the bulbs into the soil, so
l suppose that l have considered them
more or less every day"
81 do not mean their manner of
growth alone, nor the beautiful raj
ment; have you thought of the pleas
ure that the sight of them would give
to those who never see a flower during
the long, cold winter?"
II suppose you mean that I ought to
send them to the church Tomorrow
said Olivia, contemptuously.
1--WE certainly would like them there,
but you can do good with them by
sending them to other places. You can
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put them into the homes of the poor
and sick, and every lily-bell will ring
out a message of love and %gladness."
There was another long silence; and
finally the discouraged Mrs. Barr rose
and took her leave.
up a book and read a page or two me-
ch%anically; but the only words that
she saw were: Consider the lilies;
consider the lilies" And the air of the
room was heavy with their perfume.
"I've been staying in the house too
closely" she thought. eth go to the
woods and get rid of this mental fuzz."
On her way she passed a little cot
tage; at the window was a crippled
boy caressing the leaves of a sickly
fowerless geranium.
"Consider the lilies; consider the
lilies" The words rang in her ears,
whistled through the leafess branches
and vibrated in the air.
She filled her hands with twigs of
budding willows, partridge vine and
princess pine, and hurried nervously
home. When she opened the door the
l~ily-scented air rushed upon her with
sickening force; she sank into a chair,
and looked at the lilies long and stead
ily until the beautiful waxen bells
changed to ~reproachful faces. Old
memories crowded upon her-of that
quarrel years ago; of Philip Eustis, her
father and old schoolmates. Somehow
she felt that she had not done alto
gether well. The past years seemed
so barren and useless; the future
doomed before her dreary and DESC
late.
She went upstairs, shut the door to
keep out the scent of the lilies, and
again tried to read, but the lilies kept
telling their story. She threw down
her book and sprang angrily to her
feet.
"Considerthe lilies! Consider the Ill
ies!" she cried. 1T seems to me 7
am considering them whether I want
to or not! I'll try repeating the words
a hundred times; they say that is the
way to lay such haunts!"
: Back and forth she walked, repeat
ing the words over and over; but the
charm failed. The perfume Of the
lilies stole into her room, and their
message surged through her brain as
she lay awake through the long night.
She ROSE in the morning unrefreshed
by sleep, but with mind at rest. Aft
err breakfast she said to Jane Sim
mons her old housekeeper "Jane, can
you harness Prince into the open
wagon?"
"Why, yes, of course / kin; but what
are you going t, do with him on n
Snnday?" asked Jane, with the faElil-
iarity born Of 20 years faithful scfv-
ice.
you'll see" was the smiling an
swer. The smile was as rare as the
flushed face and elated name Jane
stared a few moments, then went re-
luctantly to the stable.
"Now help me put these lilies into
the wagon" was Olivia's next com
mand. The lilies were followed by
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palms, ferns and Towering plants IN,
til the wagon was full; then Olivia
drove away, and Jane gazed after her,
%muttering:
"She's either gone clear out of her
senses, or else" Jane paused. "she's
come into them; nov, which is it?"
There was more establishment than
reverence in the faces of the congre-
cation assembled in the old meeting
house that Easter morning. Olivia sit
ting in the Prescott pew! Oliva's lilies
pertaining the air, her flowers making
the dingy room beautiful! What could
have worked the miracle?
Olivia was outwardly calm and atten-
tive; in reality she was thinking of the
little cripple who had that morning
clasped in his arms a pot of herchoicest
lilies; she could see him as he touched
the flowers with his lips, laid his thin
cheeks against them, and Rugged them
in an ecstasy of enjoyment. She
thought, too, of Auntie Cooper, bed
ridden for many years, and of how the
tears had run down the old woman's
cheeks as she clasped the lilies in her
arms. And as she thought of these
things she closed her eyes and muir
INJURED:
81 thank Thee, Lord, not alone for
these lilies, the emblem of His resur-
rection, but also that l, Olivia, have at
10 CT onr,a a,.t ~ thA prpya ~ ca1HSh-
ness, where l have lain buried by pride
and stubbornness."
The sermon was ended and the bene.
diction spoken, yet not n of the con-
gregation moved; they stood, almost
breathlessly watching Olivia until the
minister stepped from the pulpit and
walked toward her pew; then old
friends surged around her, with kind
faces and CHEEKY voices. She met
them with outstretched hand and
friendly smile and led them to the Ill
les.
81 have never before had so many
nor so fine lilies. l want to give them
to you" The hardness and GOODNESS
had left her face; instead there shone
a warmth of tenderness and glow of
kindness.
"You see I have Considered the Ill
ies,'" she said, as she handed a pot of
them to Mrs. Barr.
"Seems as if you an the lilies must
be related, 'Livy, you look so much
alike" said old Mrs. Price, as she
looked first at Olivia and then at the
lilies.
A flash of color swept over Olivia's
face, leaving it deadly pale. Philip
Eustis had once told her that she was
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-27
Mysterious Case of Frank
Rogers and Miss Florence Ely
The Fruit1ess Search Which Has Been Made
For the Missing Couple.

THAT fact is often stranger than
fiction and the mystery in real
life sometimes too deep for ven
the keenest detective of the country
to find a solution thereof is strikingly
illustrated by the Ely-Rogers case, of
Evanston, Ill. Since the disappear
ance of Frank Ely Rogers, a boy of
IA years, from his home last July ac-
~companied by his aunt, Miss Florence
Ely, the police and detectives of Chi
cago and the country have been I'M
firing in their efforts to trace the
couple and return them safely home
to the Borrowing parents of the boy
and the aged mother of Miss Ely. Every
clew has been followed up and every
means employed which might possibly
furnish a solution of the mystery OF
induce the infatuated aunt and her
young nephew to return to the home
where only loving welcome awaits
them.
Miss Ely, up to last July, had been a
music teacher in Evanston. She is a
handsome gentlewoman of more than
usual intelligence, with large, express
i've dark eyes, dark brown hair and
slender form and a delicate physique.
She is 40 years old, and for 20 years
has made her home with her sister,
the wife of Mr.. James c.. Rogers, as did
her mother, who is heartbroken over
the peculiar conduct of her daughter.
The farntl1y l,o, 1J. 1855,
n of the beautiful residence streets
of Evanston, only a short distance
from the campus of the Northwestern
university. Mr.. Rogers is connected
with the mercantile firm of Carson,
Plrie, Scott O. Co., in Chicago, and is
a man of ability and some means.
Fourteen years ago, when Frank was
born, Miss Ely idolized the baby, and
was as devoted to him as if she had
been his mother. 1t was her supreme
delight to cart for and amuse him, and
as he grew into b%oyhood her affection
grew to be an i~nfatuation which led
her to forsake all her social duties
and devote her entire time to her
nephew.
On the morning on which they disap-
peared (July 49, it is known that Frank
left home ostensibly to attend a picnic
in the woods heartfelt town, but that he
walked by a circuitous route to the
station of the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad. There he met his aunt, Miss
Ely, who had left a satchel with the
station agent the day before. This
she secured and placed therein the
contents of a box she carried, and
then threw the box away.
Frank" she called to the boy.
The boy turned quickly, took the
satchel from his aunt's hand, and the
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A DISAPPOINTED R
His Watermelon Proved to He tnripe
and There Was n Terrible
Transformation.

l stood n Saturday afternoon ON
the porch of a Luray (Va.) hotel, and
saw file past "A hundred or more dar-
kies, returning from work, each and
every II of them carrying a water
million under his arm. They had
been paid off, and a convenient farm
wagon loaded with melons happened
to pass as they filed along and the
darkies all bought, relates a writer
in Forest and Stream.
One young buck, after hugging
that melon for several blocks, lust
couldn't stand it no longer aud
without ado sat down upon the curb,
and in the absence of a iackknife he
deftly tapped the melon against the
edge of the curb until it broke asun-
der. Mansfield, in transforming his
Jekyl face into that of Hyde upon
the stage, equaled the lightning
change of countenance exhibited by
that darby. One moment his eyes
bulged, his mouth distorted, his teeth
glistened, and his face fairly glowed
with p~leasurable expectancy, and in
the twinkling of an eye, when Che
parted halves of that unripe and
white-seeded melon fell from his pail
sled hands, his eyes contracted to
mere Sits, showing an angry, snake
like red, his face became Of an ashen
hue-call it pale, II you willard
through his slightly parted lips like
a devil %incarnate, he Kissed out i'm
~precation after imprecation upon the
farmer, showing the fact clearly
that the disappointed one was a past
grand master in the art of profanity.
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REASON IN
Psychological School Established in
France for the Study of
Lower Orders.
Do animals reason?

DO animals reason?
Some scientists say yes; others, no.
This difference among men of learn
ing has given rise to a new branch of
science called psychological zoology,
states the New York World.
In order to settle all doubts on these
subjects a French Society for the
Study of Animal Psychology has be-
gun work at L~ongchamps, near Paris.
They have built an arena in which
various beasts are from time to time
to be submitted to inspection, and
their every action-even to the wink
ing of an eyelid-made note of.
Previous to the formation of the
animal psychology school in France a
number of Investigators had per-
formed various experiments on a line
with those now proposed.
Buchner, the German biologist, fed
pieces of blotting paper to the micro
Ecopic organism, vorticella. The mi
cro-organism held the plotting paper
in it's digestive organ just sufficient
length of time to ascertain that it con-
tanned no nourishment-about Il sec
ond-and then rejected it. It's regu-
lar food, however, it absorbed greed
lily. All this was observed under the
lens Of a microscope magnifying 1900
diameters.
The action of the vorticella was in
%terpreted as indicating that the tiny
creature possessed the power of Sc
lection.
A woman in Paris had a crayfish for
a pet. When she absented herself
from her home for any length of time
and then returned, the crayfish always
manifested it's joy by swimming up
to the side of the aquarium and watch
ing the woman with evident signs of
delight. This fact was scientific G,
dence of memory existing in a very
low order of life.
Spiders have been shown to be I'M
commonly observant, and Baden Pow
ell records the fact that a certain Aus
tralian spider not only closes the door
to it's house, but bolts it on the inside.
Sir John Lubbock placed some wasps
on a board As inches long and 10 inches
wide, this board being covered by a
glass hallway, the far end of which
branched into two passages. Cotton
which had been perfumed was placed
in one of the passages. The wasps
never passed the cotton with the
scent, though a similar piece of cotton,
having no odor, was placedi in the other
passage. This experiment demon
strated that the wasps perceived the
odor and took means to avoid it,.
DR.. Emeir, of Berlin, made a number
of experiments with sparrows. He
set traps on different days, liberatine
the birds after they had been caught
On the first day his trap caught nine
birds; on the second day. seven; on
the third, five; on the fourth. two
After that the traps stood empty I'm.
til new birds came into the neighbor.
hood.
The scientist observed that all the
birds caught were those which hao
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FAMOUS NEW YORK WEDDING.
Called the "DiamOnd Wedding and
Was the Most Sensational Ever
Performed i'm That City,

Perhaps the most sensational cere-
mony of marriage that has ever
been performed in New York was the
one known everywhere in the United
States as the Diamond Wedding
1t was the union of a daughter of
Lieut.. BARTLETT, of the United States
navy, to a Cuban gentleman of great
wealth, Don Estaban Santa Cruz de
Oviedo, says Ladies' Home journal.
AS generous as he was opulent, Owl
edo lavished upon the bride more
than 100000 worth of pearls and
diamonds. The nuptial rites were
solemnized by Archbishop Hughes,
Stedman commemorated the event
in a poem, and moralists pointed to
it as an extraordinary instance of
the evils of ~splendor and luxury that
were corrupting American society.
So great was the curiosity to witness
this wedding that probably for the
first time IN such an occasion cards
of admission were issued to the
church. A squad Of policemen was
required simply to protect the bride
and groom from strangers who
rushed after them. The magnificent
nuptials, it may be remarked, had q
melancholy sequel; the bridegroom
soon died; his widow, under the Span
ish laws, was entitled only to the
right. of dover, and all the gifts
which he had showered upon her
were taken away from her on the
ground that legally they yer heir
looms.
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Several times the couple have been
reported as being in Chicago. Ballin
Winger, of Evanston, declares that he
one day saw Frank Rogers sitting in
a window of lie Grand hotel, Chicago,
but when the police whom he notified
arrived, the boy had gone. At other
hotels and restaurants the couple have
been partially identified, but have al
ways eluded capture. They are be-
lieved to have spent some time at Wau-
kegan, a summer resort. The latest
clew, from Casselton, N. D., appears
mor hopeful than any of the others.
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His Opinion.

She-I know some couples that
quarreled a good deal at first, but got
along pretty well later on.
He-Oh, yesl Some people take
matrimony like rheumatism ~ they
get 50 they don't complain much
PICK.