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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
NOTES AND COMMENT.

To offset the temptations of the sa
looms the city council of Gothenburg.
Sweden, is adopting systematic eff
forts to provide the working classes
with enrolling and refining amuse.
ments. 1t will begin with more and
better music, where all can hear il.
evening visits to museums, municipal
Fairgrounds for children and the
opening of many new branches of the
public library.
DR.. L. Bremen, of the St. Vincent in.
stitute for the insane, st. Louis. Mo.
in referring to how one Incorporate
habit leads to another, says: There
is an alarming increase of juvenile
smokers, and, basing my assertion on
the experience gained in private prac-
tice and at the St. Vincent's institute.
l will broadly state that the boy who
smokes at seven will drink whisky at
IA, take morphine at 25, and wind up
with cocaine and the rest of the mar
cotics at 30 and later on"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
A DISAPPOINTED, DARBY.
His Watermelon Proved to BE Unripe
and There Was IA Terrible
Transformation

l stood one Saturday afternoon on
the porch of a Luray (Va.) hotel, and
saw file past hundred or more dar-
kies, returning from work, each and
every one of them carrying 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, 'iust
couldn't stand it no longer" and
without ado sat down upon the curb,
and in the absence of jackknife he
deity tapped the melon against the
edge of the curb until it broke asun-
der. Mansfield, in Transforming his
Jelyl face into that of Hyde upon
the stage, never 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 glowsd
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
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 even
the keenest detective of the country
to find solution thereof is strikingly
illustrated by the Ely-Rogers case, of
Evanston, Ill. Since the disappear
ance of Frank Ely Rogers, 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 sorrowing 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 solution of the mystery or
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 family lives on Human avenue,
one 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,
Pirie, Scott & Co., in Chicago, and is
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 care for and amuse him, and
as he grew into boyhood her affection
grew to be an infatuation 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 Gully 49, it is known that Frank
left home ostensibly to attend picnic
in the woods near the town, but that he
walked by a circuitous route to the
station of the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad. There he met his aunt, Miss
lily, who had left a satchel with the
station agent the day before. This
she secured and placed therein the
contents of 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
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
Origin of Precioua Ores

Men sometimes dream of enormous
wealth stored deep in the earth, below
the reach of miners, but according to
the statements of Prof. C. r. Van Hise,
at the Denver meeting of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement
of Science, there is little or no ground
to believe that valuable metallic de-
posits lie very deep in the earth's crust.
Such deposits, he said, are made by
underground waters, and owing 10 the
pressure on the rocks at great depths,
the waters are confined to a shell near
the surface. With few exceptions, ore
deposits become too lean to repay
working below 5000 feet. Nine mines
in ten, taking the world as a whole,
are poorer in the second thousand feet
than in the first thousand, and poorer
yet in the third thousand than in the
second.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

two walked out of the depot toge cher.
They took a north-bound electric car
which runs from Chicago to Milwau-
kee, and that was the last time they
were seen in Evanston. On the goth
of last December bundle of clothing
belonging to Miss Ely and Frank Rog-
ers was found tucked away under the
Central street station of the Milwau-
kee d st. Paul railroad in North Evans
ton, and where it is now surmised by
the police that the pair stopped ant
changed their clothing, the boy pos
sibly Disgusting himself as a girl-for
he left his collar behind-and Miss Elv
transforming herself into an older
and shabbily dressed woman. Since
then dozens of clews have been fol
lowed, but not one has led to reliable
trace of the couple.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
DRINK WAS HIS UNDOING.
Story of a Criminal who Might Have
Escaped If He Had Let
Liquor Alone.

at was one of the strangest cases
that ever came under my notice."
said the detective, land it shows how
a little thing can cause a mans I'M
doing. l was in Louisville at the
time and was present at the eXecu-
ton of the man, and the word that
doomed wretch spoke to the gapir g
and morbidly curious crowd from the
scaffold | have never forgotten and
never will forget. Across the river,
in Jeffersonvilie, is the Indiana state
penitentiary, and this man - War
ner, l believe his name was was
convict in the penitentiary. He had
been in many years, and during all
the time of his Imprisonment he had,
of course, never tasted liquor, which
was the primary cause of the striped
suit he wore.
I'm a quarrel with another convict
in the shoe shop, where both were
working, Warner stabbed his fellow
convict to death with a shoe knife.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
THE WEATHER PLANT.
Beats the Predictions of the
Signal Service.

Instead of barometer provide your
self with weather plant. 1t is far
prettier and will be possession of I'M
usual interest, inasmuch as it is among
the most curious and mysterious of
plants.
Botanists know the weather plant as
the "Abrus Precatorius." 1t thrives
well in this country, although it is an
exotic and held in great veneration by
the natives of India, who claim that
the state of the weather may be told
some time in advance by the position
the leaves assume.
This theory is held by the WELL
known botanists and is within the
bounds of reason, because the atmo-
sphere unquestionably affects the
leaves and flowers of plants and
shrubs and to a close observer may in
dicate impending weather changes.
The weather plant is also known
as the prayer Bean" and "Crab's-Eye
Vine" The flowers are beautifully
shaped and of a pleasing shade of
lavender. The plant is remarkable for
its small egg-shaped seeds, which are
of brilliant scarlet with black spots.
Owing to the hardness of the seeds
they are used for necklaces and other
ornamental purposes, and under the
name of 'Rati" are employed in some
parts of India as the standard of
weight. 1t is matter of record that
the weight of the celebrated Kohl
moor diamond was first determined by
the aid of the seeds of this peculiar
plant.
The scientific name of the weather
plant (Precatorius), meaning prayer,
probably arose from the fact that the
seeds are used for rosaries by the
Buddhists.
To grow the plants the seeds must
be thoroughly soaked in lukewarm
water before sowing, and the pot
placed in a sunny window; after all
danger of frost is over the plants may
be set out in any warm location in the
garden.-N. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

under which were two wheels, the hubs
of which supported each four wooden
forks. The riders were compelled to
propel and give impetus to the vehicle
by quickly touching the ground with
their feet. Perhaps the fact that too
much eXertion was required to run this
bicycle prevented the Drais invention
which was called the Draisine-from
becoming popular AT any rate, though
Drais had his machine patented in
Baden and France, secured approving
letters from crowned heads who exam
ined it and even came to America with
it, little was heard of it afterward.
The inventor spent his fortune in try
ing to interest manufacturers in it, but
he was compelled to retire in Carlsruhe
broken in health and spirit, and when,
after his death, his vast estate was sold
for debt, there remained SO marks for
his rA!a tives. Some of the latest Ger
man illustrated papers reproduce car
toons of his invention, one satire being
dated 1920, which shows a droll Drais-
inc race in Leipsic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

designed that it can be closed in bad
weather. 1t is not only noiseless and
odoriess, but there is total absence of
vibration.
The shah of Persia owns a magnif-
cent motor. Its handles are of solid
gold and in some places the car is
studded with costly jewels. 1t was
built at Liege at cost of $25, 900, and
is without doubt the finest car in the
far east.
The king of Italy spends much of his
time riding incognito in his automo-
bile, a chauffeur's mask concealing his
identity.
Emperor William seldom uses an
auto when at home, but at the army
maneuvers of 1900 hs was in his ma
chine almost constantly. 1t amazed
the army officers, because his majesty
had always been fond of being seen on
horseback.
The automobile that the kaiser used
weighs 5000 pounds; it is propelled by
a benzine motor, and has a maximum
speed of 80 miles an hour.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
INVENTOR OF BICYCLE.
Baron Drais, n German NObIeman,
Invested with This Title by
European Historians.

Just so years ago there died in
Heidelberg, Germany, Baron Karl Won
Drais, who was, the Germans claim, the
inventor of the bicycle. The anniver-
sary of this event was not celebrated
with pomp even in his native city,
though by his invention he founded one
Of the most important of modern in
dustries. Though in America the BIZ
cycle is not as much the rage as it was
some years ago, it is finding increasing
favor on the European continent and
in the vast oriental countries, most of
the best makes being manufactured in
the United States, where last year the
industry made a record.
The machine invented by Won Drais
was, of course, of an extremely prim-
tive character. 1t was almost entirely
of hard wood, the riders seat being ad-
justed to a clumsy long narrow board,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

A woman and 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 Hinman avenue to welcome their
return. The family felt sure that they
would come, but they were doomed
to disappointment
AS 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 Friend-Wil you kindly help
heartbroken father and two mothers
in an effort to find their loved ones by
writing three copies of this letter and send
Ing them, over your own signature, to
three friends, making the same request Of
them, and so on, forming an endless chain.
Miss Florence A. Ely and nephew, Frank
Ely Rogers, disappeared from their home,
7l3 Human avenue, Evanston, ILL.,, July
13 1901. Nothing has been heard of them
since.
Miss Ely is 40 years of age, about five
feet three inches in height, very thin and
weighs 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 e. Rogers will be IA years of age
in March, 1902. Height about five feet two
inches weight about 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 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 C. ROGERS,
713 Human avenue, Evanston, ILL.,
AS these letters, by the aid of SYM
PdbilCliS ann hAhA PCopiC, 81 odu-
cast 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
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 con-
sidering the case, and which may never
be answered this side the grave.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

In an address at the Stepney bor-
ough museum, Lord Avebury recently
spoke on his experiments to test the
intelligence of animals. In particular
he referred to his favorite ants, and
showed how these small insects set an
example which humankind might well
follow. Wishing to see how ants would
treat the drunken members of the
community, he tried to induce 25 ants
from one nest and 25 from another to
take sufficient alcohol to make them
selves intoxicated. They refused. and
so were bathed in alcohol till thew
were drunk. Then the so intoxicated
ants were placed in one of the nests.
The other inhabitants. after examin-
ing them, carefully picked out the
drunken strangers and dropped them
into neighboring water butt. The 25
drunken friends they carried to a re-
mote part of the nest, there to sleep
themselves sober.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

He was taken from the prison to the
county Jail, tried for murder, and
sentenced to death. Some days be-
fore that set for the execution a
photographer took some pictures of
the murderer, and these the man
sold to visitors on the plea that he
wanted the money for a decent flu
neral after the decree of the law
should have been carried out. His
sales were many, and he had more
than 500 for his funeral. Two days
before the time set for the hanging
the man broke jail and escaped clear
of the town. Of course a hue and
cry was raised for him and the DO
lice of every town within radius
of 400 miles had a description of the
fugitive and all officers were on the
lookout for him because of the sub
stantial reward offered by the sher-
iff. The very night of the escape
of the gallows-sentenced man we
were sitting around the main police
station in Louisville talking about
the breakaway.
"a call for the wagon came in. and
when the vehicle returned the Off
GERS carried a limp and unconscious
figure into the station and dumped
1T to the floor in front of the desk
sergeant for registration, and that
officer was perfunctorily going
through the searching process, when
he turned the drink-unconscious man
over, and, looking at his face, recog-
nlzed him as the condemned murder
er who had the night before escaped
from the Jail across the river in In
diana. For years the man had been
without the taste of liquor, and when
he had the chance to drink it and the
money with which to buy it he did
drink it, and he was hanged two DAYS
later in the Jeffersonville Jail. AS
he stood before the crowd assembled
at the scaffold the man, with the
hangman's moose in his hand. raised
1T aloft and raised it in the direction
of the upturned faces and said, sim
ply: When you raise the glass of
liquor look in the bottom and YOU
will see the shadow of this rope.'
That was all, and then they hanged
him. N. 0. Times-Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
Temperature of the Sun.

Few persons have any conception of
the tremendous degree of heat repre-
scented in the sun, just as they are ig-
norant, as rule, that it is hydrogen
gas that, blazing in the sun, keeps the
universe of life existent. An astron-
omer has just given some interesting
details respecting the temperature of
the sun. He asserts that the mean
temperature is about $500 degrees
centigrade-approximately 1900 de-
grees Fahrenheit. Of such degree of
heat one can form no adequate con-
ception. OF the total heat the earth
receives, of course, only very small
proportion. The rest belongs to space
and is shared by other worlds than
this
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

with Pleasurable expectancy, and in
the twinlfling of an eye, when rhe
parted halves of that unripe and
white-seeded melon fell from his pal
sled hands, his eyes contracted to
mere Sits, showing an angry, snake
like red, his face became of an ashen
hue-cau it pale, if 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.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
In the Wrong PInca

An old printer is quoted as author
ity for thls story of Horace Greeley:
Zone day as he sat at his desk he
looked up and saw small boy stand
ing beside him. Well, sonny, what
do you want? he piped. 4 want a
place to work in your Office And
what do you want that for?' asked
the old man. 4 want to grow up and
get rich was the answer. Mr..
Greeley looked at him for a moment.
Get rich?' he said. L guess you
didn't notice that this is a newspa-
per Office. You must be looking for
the druggist next door, detroit
Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

The biggest induction coil known
has just been completed in Paris by
an electrical engineer for the Russian
government. Whereas very powerful
coils only gave spark from 25 to so
centimeters long, the apparatus in
question produces one so centimeters
in length. 1t is nearly one meter long
and consists of 70 kilometers of wire.
This gigantic coil is to be used for
wireless telegraphy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
SHAFTS AUTOMOBILE.
More Gorgeous and Costly Than the
Motor Vehicles of other Royal
Chauffeurs

"Autonobilism," to use a newly
coined word, has become favorite pas
time ofroyalty. King Edward VII. and
Queen Alexandra, King Leopold, the
car, the shah, the kaiser and the king
of Italy are ardent chauffeurs.
King Edwards new motor car is a
nine-horse power double phaeton, seat
ing four persons and capable of attain
ing speed of so miles an hour Nearly
all the metal parts of the carriage are
of the finest steel, and the body of the
vehicle has been painted red. Although
it is really an open carriage, it is SO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
Danger in Alcohol to the Smoker

According to the Lancet, it cannot be
doubted that when evil effects ensue
from smoking tobacco they are very
much intensified by indulgence in alco-
hol. Pyridine, the chief poisonous con-
stltuent OF tobacco smoke, is not so
easily soluble in water as in alcohol.
Pyridine bases can be easily traced in
the mouth of an immoderate smoker.
and especially the smokers of cigars.
An >icoholic drink is, therefore, calcu-
Iased quickly to wash out this poison
Gus oil and carry it into the stomach,
absorption of the poison ensuing, Civ
ing rise to definite toxic symptoms,
due not so much to alcohol or pyri-
dine bases alone as to the combined ac-
tion of both in the manner indicated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

Several times the couple have been
reported as being in Chicago. Balm
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
more hopeful than any of the others.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
THE BAR.

"a poet has said of the saloon that it il
called a blr)
A bar to heaven, door to hell;
Whoever named it, named it well.
A bar to manliness and wealth,
A door to want and broken health.
a bar to honor, pride and fame,
A door to sin and grief and shame;
A bar to hope, bar to prayer,
A door to darkness and despair;
A bar to honored, useful life,
A door to brawling, senseless strife;
A bar to all that's true and brave.
a door to every drunkard's grave;
A bar to joy that home imparts,
A door to tears and aching hearts;
A bar to heaven, a door to hell,
Whoever named it, named it well.
National Advocate
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10
Rapid Laying of Wires,

During the recent maneuvers of the
French army, telegraph wire so fine
that a man could carry, on spools,
four miles of it was successfully laid
at the rate of two and one-half miles
per hour,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

A Partisan lamplighter makes his
rounds on bicycle, with long torch
carried over his right shoulder He
guides the wheel with the left hand,
and is so expert that he lights the
lamps without dismounting.