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SI") * "S 1 • *••; ft'/' . >>•>•;- • , • •Hit"' ^ j m * * * r p » ? r * T * * T • : y •:, W r • - THE McHENBY PLAINOEALER MeHBNRT PLAINDEALHR OQ. McHENRY, - ILLINOIS. Mel L±m ELFGPVPIIIf BI?E\TnE/ R. Hinshaw of Spiceland, Ind., who Is working his way through an art school at Paris, has had a picture afc- cepted and hung in the salon. The commencement day address at the University of Michigan will be de­ livered fey Prof. Calvin Thomas, for­ merly professor of German, and now of Columbia. Fishermen found a bottle In the Patapsco river at Ferry Bar, on the outskirts of Baltimore, which con­ tained a note reading: "Inform my wife I have committed suicide. S. S. Gloyd. Gaithersburg,' Md." Because two nephews of Elias Kelly threw apple cores into Frank Harri­ son's yard at Terre Haute, Ind., a fight ensued in which Elias Kelly, aged 63, was probably fatally shot, his son. Robert Kelly, aged 30, seri­ ously wounded, and three other men badly wounded. West Virginia Democrats are plan­ ning to spring Henry S. Wilson of Parkersburg as a candidate for vice- president at the St. Louis conven­ tion. Mr. Wilson is a Hearst dele­ gate. The entire Pittsburg fire depart­ ment was called out to prevent flames spreading from the Gerber Car­ riage company's plant, where $100,000 damage was done. Explosion of a gas engine^ started the fire. Employes were rescued with difficulty. The A. C. Norquist furniture factory at Jamestown, N. Y., was burned and A. B. Nord, a member of the firm, is believed to have perished in the flames. The loss is estimated at J125< 000; insurance, $75,000. In the trial at Dover, Del., of Mrs. Jlary A. Powell for the murder of Es- telle Albin one witness testified that Ishe had heard the murdered woman threaten to kill Mrs. Powell. The National Society of Colonial Dames of America at Washington re­ elected the old officers, except that Mrs. William Reed of Maryland, vice president, was succeeded by Mrs. Hale of Massachusetts. The delegates were received by the President at the White House. An inquest showed that William Schubert of Kentucky, who was found dead in the basement of the chemical works at East St. Louis, where he was employed, had been electrocuted. The only wire that could have caused his death was suspended seven feet above the floor. A cablegram from Paris announces the death in that city of Prof. Max­ well Sommerville, the distinguished glyptologist of the University of Penn­ sylvania. Death was due to heart disease. Prof. Sommerville was born In Philadelphia in 1829 and had been in charge of the glyptic department of the University of Pennsylvania since 1894. Dr. Giles S. Mitchell, a prominent physician, died suddenly at his home in Cincinnati from heart disease. He was widely known among physicians all over the world through his mem­ bership in medical societies. Funeral services for Judge William M. Springer,, whose remains arrived Wednesday from Washington, D. C., where they Lave been kept in a re­ ceiving vault for several months, were held Thursday at the First M. E. church at Springfield. The active pall­ bearers were Stewart Brown, Stephen T. Littler, Horace Wiggins, Stuart Broadwell, John C. Cook, Edward Keys, Logan Hay and Herbert Rag- land. David Studebaker, banker, lawyer and jurist, is dead at his home in De­ catur, Ind. He was born in Mercer county. Ohio, Aug. 12, 1827. At the time of his death he was identified with many financial concerns and was a director of the Bankers' National bank of Chicago, First National bank of Marion and the Fort Wayne Trust company. He was one of the first di­ rectors of the Richmond & Fort Wayne railroad, row the G. R. & I., holding this place until he died. He was president of the Adams County bank from its beginning. A British sloop of war and a French cruiser have arrived at St. George's bay for the purpose of pa­ trolling the French shore during the baiting season, pending the ratifica­ tion of the Newfoundland treaty. The convention of Western cattle­ men at Denver completed the organ­ ization of the Cattle Growers' Inter­ state Executive committee and out­ lined the purpose of the organization t6 secure the prosecution of the meat trust and to secure favorable legisla­ tion and freight rates for cattle inter­ ests. Julius M. Goldsmith, treasurer of the State Savings bank at St Paul, Minn., and for many years a promi­ nent resident of that city, died sud­ denly of Bright's disease. Capt. John Hallam, aged 89 years, veteran of twelv^ years' fighting in the Blackhawk, Seminole and Mexican wars, died at Oshkosh, Wis. Christopher C. Brown died suddenly at his home in Springfield, III., aged 70. He was one of the most prom­ inent lawyers in the state. Nine cottages were destroyed and six badly damaged by fire which threatened to destroy Thousand Is­ land Park, in the St. Lawrence River. The loss is 30,000; partly insured. Clayton and Alexandria Bay sent help to fight the flames. J. Pierpont Morgan is declared to have withdrawn entirely from Wall street, surrendering the field to the Standard Oil crowd. Charles Kratz of St. Louis, charged with booking, is on trial at Butler, Mo. The hearing is postponed by agreement until Aug. 1. The charter of the Lake Superior ) {Company has been drafted at Philadel­ phia and forwarded for incorporation of the company in Connecticut The ' corporation will take over the prop­ erties of the Consolidated Lake Su- " interior. UNITED STATES STEEL SYNDICATE DISSOLVES Underwriters Lose $10^)00,000 In Con­ version of Stock Into Bonds of the Big Concern. New York special: Members of the syndicate formed to convert United States steel stock into bonds have been notified of its dissolution by J. P. Morgan & Co. and have been asked for payment It is believed generally in Wall street that the syndicate has suffered a loss, and the amount is es­ timated from $10,000,000 to $24,000,- 000. It is not easy to make an exact statement of general results, inas­ much as this varies with individual members according to the price paid by them for the preferred stock which they put in. It will be remembered that the syn­ dicate undertook to guarantee the subscription of $100,000,000 5 per cent bonds, paying therefor 80 per cent in preferred ftock, taken at par, and 20 per cent in cash. The syndicate has turned in its preferred stock, for which it received bonds, but its total payment of cash will amount to something more than $9,000,000, for which it receives $20,000,000 bonds. Assuming, for purposes of argument, that the preferred stock turned in cost on^the average 93, and that the bonds which it receives are worth 75. the syndicate operations would represent a loss of about 10 per cent. The loss would be smaller in so far as some members of the syndicate may have paid less than 95 for their preferred, while, on the other hand, some may have paid mope. The dissolution of the stock con­ version syndicate will, it is reckoned, result in the delivery of about $50,- 000,000 bonds to the members of the syndicate May 17. SAM PARKS PASSES AWAY IN PRIS0NAT SING SING Noted Labor Leader, Serving Term for Extortion, Succumbs to' Attack of Tuberculosis. Ossining, N. Y., special: Sam Parks, who was so prominent for years in labor circles, being a leader in Chi­ cago before coming to New York, is dead. He was sent to Sing Sing pris­ on some months after his conviction on the charge of extortion. He had consumption at the time of his con­ viction and had failed rapidly since he was sent to Sing Sing. The prison physician visited Parks In the hospital at 9 o'clock Tuesday night. The patient was then barely conscious. Later he became uncon­ scious and remained in that condition until his death. Parks, after his first conviction, was brought to the prison on Aug. 27 last. On securing a new trial he was released on bail on Sept. 5. After his second conviction he was brought back to the prison on Nov. 3 to «erve a term of two years and three months. He was walking delegate, or busi­ ness agent, of the local Housesmiths and Bridgemen's union for several years, and it was under his leader­ ship that the big strike of iron work­ ers in New York last year was inau­ gurated. That strike involved the na­ tional iron workers' organization, and National President Buchanan finally announced himself as against Parks and the general strike throughout this country which the New York leader sought to have ordered. The contest was carried to the annual convention of the union, where Parks won. Last summer charges of extortion were made against Parks and he was final­ ly indicted. WThen convicted the second time and sentenced to Sing Sing he an­ nounced that he had given up the fight for himself and for labor and wanted to die in peace. CAUSES PANIC AT THE CIRCUS and Wild Horse Runs From Ring Tramples on Women. Marion, Ind., dispatch: A panic was caused at a circus performance here when one of the trick horses became uncontrollable and carried its rider out into the crowd, trampling on Ber­ tha Williamson, 14 years old, and seriously injuring her. Several women fainted and others in their efforts to escape trampled on those beneath them. The rider, who was a woman, clung to the reins and by her pluck got the animal back into the ring. MAIL CARRIERS TO ASSEMBLE Oak Illinois Convention to Meek at Park on May 12. Chicago, 111., special: Mail carriers from every part of Illinois will head for Oak Park on May 12 whfen the annual state convention of mailmea opens in the suburbs. Matters of great importance to the carriers will be discussed and the campaign for national legislation toward better pay will be considered. Plans for pen­ sioning sick and disabled carriers will also be put into effect. AREJPPOSED Methodists Object to Their Ad­ vertisements in Christian Advocate. New York delegation, who was taken suddenly ill with an attack of inflam­ matory rheumatism on the trip west. Is in a serious condition at the Dea­ coness' hospital. Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Ford, presiding elder from Oregon, is also confined to his room with a serious illness. It is estimated that there are 20,- 000 delegates and visitors here. MEMBERSHIP OVER 3,000,000 Many Reforms Are Discussed by the Delegates, Including the Appoint­ ment of a Colored Bishop--Mission­ ary Exhibit Is Comprehenrive. Los Angeles, Cal., special: The read­ ing of the episcopal address by Bishop Cyrus D. Foss occupied the entire time of the Thursday morning session of the Methodist general conference. The address, which was prepared and concurred in by all of the bishops, was a voluminous and comparative resume of church conditions for the last quadrennium and recommended action on matters affecting the church militant and policy. Dr. George Elliott of Detroit pre­ sented a memorial to the effect that the committee on episcopal consider the advisibility of the election of a colored bishop. Charles P. McClelland of New York, lay delegate, spoke in opposition to Dr. Elliott's resolution. Oppose Sunday Papers. • resolution was offered by Rev. Horace Jacobs of oentral Pennsyl­ vania conference to request the pub- NEW MISSION BOARD IS NAMED Lutheran Conference at Galesburg Se­ lects Synodlcal Delegates. Oalesburg, 111., dispatch: Delegates were selected at the annual meeting of the Illinois conference of the Evan­ gelical Lutheran church to the annual meeting of the Augusta synod, to be held June 2 at Lindsborg, Kan. Twen- ty-flve clergymen and an equal num­ ber of laymen will constitute the del­ egation from the Illinois conference. The following members of the execu­ tive board of missions were named: The Rev. O. V. Holmgrain,. the Rev. M. Noyd, the Rev. T. J. Brodine, O. P. Olson, G. A. Godine and Samuel Anderson. Seven new congregations were admitted to the conference, Sandwich, 111.; Irving Park, Chicago; Lebanon of Craigon; Sault Ste. Mar rie; Manhen, Wis.; McAllistre, Wis., and Jennings, Wis. S. F. SMITH 18 IN DIRE STRAITS Loses Nearly $30,000 Trying to Es­ tablish a Ready-Print House. Davenport, la., dispatch: State­ ments and old papers filed for record with the recorder of Scott county show Samuel F. Smith, ex-mayor of Davenport, trustee of Davenport Car­ negie library, publisher of the Daily Republican and son of the author of A POUSIrB APPEAL. lishers of the Daily Christian Advo­ cate, the official organ of the confer­ ence, to withdraw from its advertis­ ing columns all reference to Sunday newspapers. One of the publishers of the Advocate gave assurance that if the resolution would be withdrawn there would be no further cause for complaint. The reading of the quadrennial ad­ dress of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church to the general con­ ference was the feature of the day's session. Bishop Cyrus D. Foss of Philadelphia read the address. Tho present membership of the church was reported as 3,031,918, an increase of 138,025 in four years. The Sunday schools include an aggregate of 3,124,644. Missionary Exhibit. Warnings were given against the current evils of the time, political cor­ ruption, the liquor traffic, the tyranny of trades unionism, the greed of un­ scrupulous employers, lynching, the negro question and Mormonism. An important feature of the day's proceedings was the opening of the magnifioent missionary exhibit in the building formerly occupied by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. This exhibit is one of the most interesting ever made on the Pacific coast and surpasses anything of the sort at­ tempted at former conferences. The exhibit is under the personal super­ vision of Secretary S. Earl Taylor of the open door emergency commission. Bishop Andrews Presides. The exercises at the formal opening in the afternoon were conducted by Bishop E. G. Andrews of New York, chairman. Bishop Joseph C. Hartsell of Africa and Dr. A. B. Leonard, sec­ retary of the missionary society, de­ livered addresses. - Frank Moss, ex-police commissioner of New York and lay member of the COPPER KINGS QUIT FIGHTING Heinze Is 8aid to Be at Peace With Amalgamated People. Helena, Mont., special: One of the biggest sensations in Montana poli­ tics has come as the result of an ad­ dress delivered before the Democrat­ ic club by J. G. Morony, to the effect that the Amalgamated Copper com­ pany is to go out of politics forever. A settlement of the war between Heinze and the Amalgamated, involv­ ing many millions, has finally been reached, it is asserted. Lynchehaun Is Found. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: James Lynchehaun, the escaped Irish con­ vict who was freed from the British Government by a decision of the United States Supreme Court this week, has been discovered here. "America," short in his account with trust funds of $50,000. Smith signed over to W. C. Putnam and A. W. Van- derveer all of his property in Daven­ port. including stocks in local com­ panies and real estate. Mr. Smith has long held the confidence of the people. His residence is the finest in the city. It is rumored.that the greater part of the shortage was caused by the attempt of Mr. Smith to estab­ lish a house to furnish ready-printed sheets for country newspapers. The Central Newspaper Union was started about three years ago by J. X. Brands as manager and Mr. Smith as finan­ cier. The business was run for three years at a loss. Jt is stated that the total loss up to the time Mr. Smith sold his interests was in the neigh­ borhood of $30,000. Smith is ill, his daughter is in a hospital and his wife nearly heart-broken. DRIVES WIRE INTO HIS HEART Slayer of Wife and Daughter Is Foiled in Attempt at Suicide. La Crosse, Wis., dispatch: Deter­ mined never to spend his life in pris­ on. Henry Morrison, murderer of his wife and daughter, attempted to com­ mit suicide in the Richland Center Jail by driving an electric light wire into his heart. He was severely burned by the current. He then at­ tempted to drive the wire through his skull into his brain, but was thwarted by the sheriff. Paper From Pumpkins. Appleton, Wis., dispatch: Advice is received by paper mill men that a rather interesting substitute for pulp wood and rags will shortly be placed on the market. The substitute will be pumpkins. The juice will be man­ ufactured ia|o syrup and the residue will be useft&or paper pulp. CUBA IS TO KEEP OUT PRIESTS CAUGHT BY LAUNCH IN RIVER Senate Bill Forbids Landing of Those Who Are Not Natives. Havana cable: The anti-clerical party in the senate returned to the charge with a new bill against the re­ ligious organizations, providing, among other things, for the preven­ tion of the landing in Cuba of priests who are not natives of the island, and that the property of the churches and religious orders shall be assessed and taxed. Recover Gems Lost in Poker. GreenBbv.rg, Pa., special: A court in this city haB decided that diamonds lost in a poker game can be recov­ ered at law. A suit to that effect al­ ready has been started. Monster Liner Is Ordered. Berlin cablegram: The Hamburg- American Steamship company has or­ dered built a vessel of 35,000 tons. It will be 715 feet long and will have capacity for 1,200 cabin and 2,388 steerage passengers. Want Better Roads. Springfield, 111., special: The state good roads convention organized a permanent good roads association, electing the Hon. De Witt W. ttmith of Springfield president. Fugitive Secreted by Sheriff to Avoid a Lynching. La Crosse Wis., sper'r.l: After an alleged assault on Mrs. Annie Holt of Lansing, south of this city, Emmett Wallace fled in an open boat. Sherif Thomson and a posse pursued in a gasoline launch and overtook the fel­ low as he neared Harper's Ferry. He was brought back in chains and se­ creted to prevent a threatened at­ tempt at summary vengance. Refuse to Wash Mine Mules. Terre Haute, Ind., special: The min ers at the Bogle mine at Burnett are on a strike because the drivers refuse to wash the mine mules. The ques tion has been referred to a Joint con­ ference of officials. Statesman Is a Thief. Rome cablegram: The chamber of deputies convicted Stg. Nasi, fonne. minister of public instruction, of tfc« misappropriation of large sums money. He is a fugitve. ct PORT ARTHUR CUT OFF. '•-.iff • '• Russian Stronghold Now Completely Invested Land and Sea--Viceroy Alexieff Flees From the Doomed City. by London, May C.--A Japanese army began a landing on the coast of the Liaotung peninsula yesterday (Thurs­ day). The off cial anouncement at Tokio does not nention the place of landing or designate the army. A Port Arthur dispatch says the Japanese army is at Pitsewo. It is believed here that the landing force consists of the Sixth division, under Gen. Baron Oku, with 65,000 nien and 126 guns. The flight of Viceroy Alexieff from Port Arthur to Liaoyang is looked upon as an ominous indication that he Lan-Tien and destroyed several miles of the railroad. The isolation of Port Arthur is com­ plete. Sixteen Japanese warships pro­ tected the landing at Kin-Chau bay, directing a sweeping fire over the nar­ row isthmus before the soldiers dis­ embarked. Seventy-five Russians who were wounded in this fighting were brought on the last train to arrive there. Refugees from Newchwang are re­ turning there armed to resist brigands, who are said to bo across the river near Yin-Kow, waiting an opportunity to enter Newchwang ami pillage be- on the volunteer fleet and In the gov­ ernment arsenals hare been called out Report at Shanghai That Japanese Have Taken Dalny. Shanghai, May 9.--The Japanese captured Dalny yesterday. This is the port on whicn Russia spent $20,- 000,000 in the hope of making it the great commercial center of the orient It is forty miles from Port Arthur on the east coast of the Leoa-Tong penin­ sula. Che-Foo, May 9.--Passengfetg arriv­ ing here on the steamer Petrarch WAP ILLUSTRATING THE BATTLE ON THE YALU. V, 0 0. JUITUflff 8 SCSUP QTJUZLSV reealizes that the doom of Port Ar­ thur is sealed. Pitsewo is a village on the east coast of the Liaotung peninsula, north of Elliot islands. If the landing is accomplished there it is assumed the invaders will imme­ diately throw up intrenchments across the peninsula, which is narrow there­ abouts, thus shutting in Port Arthur on the land side, as Admiral Togo is doing on the sea side. It is stated that Russia has can­ celed contracts for coal that had been ordered to await the Baltic fleet at Zizerta, Jibutil, and Saigon. This is taken to mean that the Baltic fleet will not go to the far east. Russians Leave Newchwang In Demoralized Condition. Shan-Hai-Kwan, May 9.--In a tur­ moil of hurried flight the Russians evacuated Newchwang. They dis­ mantled the forts, loaded the artillery on trains and commandeered all possi­ ble means of transportation for troops to the north. They will not stop at. Mookden, but will rush on to Harbin. 300 miles farther from the Japanese vanguard, and will establish there a new base, thus practically abandoning all that part of Manchuria from which the Japanese urged before the war that tLey should withdraw. Already Gen. Kuropatkin, convinced that he cannot check the invading army swarming against him from the Yalu and the Leoa-Tong peninsula, has withdrawn the general staff from Leoa-Yang to Mookden. He is now convinced that he cannot hold the country and, it is reported, is prepar­ ing to concentrate his strength at Har­ bin before more disasters overtake him. Heflvv firing has been heard in the direction of Kai-Chau, where Jana- nese troops have been seen recently. It is reported that there has been severe fighting at Feng-Wang-Cheng, in which the Japanese were victor­ ious. They took many prisoners. The Russians are retreating toward Haicheng, thirty-two miles east by north of Newchwang, and are evacuat­ ing the western side of the Leao-Tong peninsula. The Japanese landed 10,000 men at Kin-Chau bay, 10,000 at Fou-Chau bay and 7,000 at Pitzewo. They occupied the towns of Wa-Fung-Tien and Pu- tween the evacuation of the Russians and the entrance of the Japanese. The refugees have urgently requested that a second gunboat be sent to New­ chwang, the British consul having al­ ready requested the presence of one gunboat. Berlin Newspaper Sees Hard Work for Russia. London, May 9.--A striking result of Russia's recent reverses is the change in tone of the continental press, especially the German papers. The Berlin Post's St. Petersburg cor­ respondent declares all confidence in the conduct of the war is lost. The Vossische Zeitung says Russia will have to employ hundreds of thousands of men and spend hundreds of mil­ lions of dollars before she can ever hope to cope with Japan. Russian Reserves Called Out to Strengthen Army. Vienna, May 9.--The Russian con­ sul general here has notified Russian subjects in Austria that all naval re­ serve officers and men in all cate­ gories in eleven of the Russian prov­ inces and all the reserves emoloyed MAP OF SCENE OF FIRST GREAT LAND BATTLE. -imv CW\A^1WAN<3 »to-J5LV> W/JU AttTVV OREA^ BS (Arrows show location of Wiju and Suikochin, from which points the Japanese are reported to have crossed the river before attacking the Russian forces.) from Newchwang say that when they left Newchwang the Russians had commenced to evacuate the city. Some guns had been taken from the forts and many troops had already gone. In other respects Newchwang was quiet. The passengers under­ stood before their departure that the Japanese had cut the railway but they learned no particulars. PICNIC IN BURIAL GROUNDS. New Yorkers Visit Their Cemeteries for Amusement. "Northerners, and New Yorkers in particular, like to criticise people be­ low Mason and Dixon's line for their barbarities," said a Southern clergy­ man, attending a conference in New York, "but yet they have right in their metropolis some things that are as heathen as the Chinese. When I left the cars at the Grand Central station one of the first things handed me was this card: : CEMETERY PICNICS! : : Specially Conducted Parties : : to : : Greenwood and Cypress Hills. : 'T could hardly believe my eyes, but after some questioning I found that numbers of people were in the habit of making merry in the famous grave­ yards. Bottles of beer, wine and oth­ er beverages are opened near famous tombs, and sandwiches, cakes and plu make a feast by the memorial shafts of the good and great. Small wonder that surprise is unknown when the Chinese spread funeral feasts before their dead In Cypress Hills! They, poor, benighted breth­ ren, leave their dippers of wine for the souls to contemplate, and do not partake of it themselves within the sacred precincts, though it is under­ stood the beverages are not always left for the soul's delight, but some­ times warm up alien bodies. 'A stranger to the greater city is told that the best picnics are to be had in the two cemeteries. 'You ought to visit them, sir,' said the tourist- guide to me. 'Now, there's Green­ wood; it's on high ground, and just the walks around it give yer an appe­ tite. Why, there's eight lakes in it, and I'm sure there's hardly such an­ other resort in the vicinity. Up at Cypress Hills we have a regular inter­ national necropolis, with Chinese, brews. Newspapermen, Syrians, and all kinds laid to rest side by side. You may be sure of a good time it you make the trip with us.' "--New iork Times. Official Report of Russian Losses at'Kiu-Lien-Cheng. St. Petersburg, May 9.--The em­ peror has -received a dispatch from Gen. Kouropatkin giving the report of Lieut. Gen. Zassalitch of the Russian losses in the battle of Kiu-Lien-Cheng. The report states that Major General Kashtalinsky was injured in the head by a stone. Gen. Zassalitch says: "Our losses on April 30 and May 1 altogether amounted to seventy su­ perior and subaltern officers and 2,324 killed, wounded or taken prisoners. Of this total 1,081 were left on the bat­ tlefield, but it is not known whether they were killed or wounded. "In consequence of*the heavy losses in men and battery horses and the dif­ ficulties encountered in the roadless country it.was absolutely impossible to bring away the guns and machine guns." Liao-Yang Will Be Scene of the Next Big Battle. London. May 9.--The correspondent of the Standard in Tien-Tsin cables: Everything favors the Japanese ad­ vance. The disorganization of the Russian forces is steadily increasing. Many of the Russian railroad guards are being withdrawn to serve on the fighting line, being replaced by Chi­ nese at high pay. The Russians at Pekin are threatening the Chinese with dire things if they join the Jap­ anese. Nevertheless, Gen. Ma is preparing to fight in the event of the Russians seizing th? railroad or carrying hos­ tilities north of the gulf. Lia-Yang will be the scene of the next decisive battle. Port Arthur No Longer a Factor in Struggle. London, May 7.--Port Arthur, Rus­ sia's Gibraltar of the far East, be­ leaguered by sea and besieged by land, is at the mercy of the mikado's army and fleet. As a potent factor in war it has, for the time being, been eliminated. Made Soup of Beans. Representative Mahon of Pennsyl­ vania is laughing over a letter just received from a nice old lady residing in his congressional district. He sent a package of beans secured from his quota at the Agricultural Department to this lady, thinking she would like to plant them in her garden. In replying, the lady addressed the Pennsj lvanian, whose name was writ- ten indistinctly on the frank, as "Mr. Mackin. She said: "Those were splendid beans you sent me. I cooked them for dinner, and they made th« finest soup I ever tasted. Thank yen ever so much."--Washington Post. American Electric Lines. The electrical railways of th« United States have 24,000 miles ol track. The motor has displaced 8,00< horses. But 281 miles of horse cat lines remain. Once Famous Woman. Florence Nightingale, 73 years old lives in the home of Sir E. Verney, lg London. xShe is quite feeble.