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K'MK?R3VS Mrs Mckinley Was Able to Sit l'; On SiinJay. PRlSIcE 1 AilCND LACNwill'i i. ..... The Battle Ship OhiokP.unges Into the Sea Amid Scenes of Unbounded linthusiasm. San Francisao. Special.? Mrs. McKinley's condition was so far i.n proved Sunday evening tea" : !.? able to sit tip a short time. This .v. i come news was given <>::! shoul ter o'clock. General Shit ,t>r c:.'.:el on Presidcut McKinley and .... they were talking ward ?a:::?* m..vii Stairs that Mrs McKinley was sluing up The President at onto as'ce 1 to be excused and hurried to tl.e >>... room. The anxictv .in night's bulletin suiting that .Yus. ..i< Kin ley's temperature was uiiiier. was dispelled at 10 o'clock Sur.lav morning, when Secretary <dorie.yoa.i announced that she had passed a j comfortable night and that the siigi t j fever noted last night, had subsided. San Francisco. Oa!.. Special.?Fortu. nateiy Mrs. McKinley s condition Sat- . urday permitted Piesidtnt McKinley >o ' attend the lunching t?i me oauic ...p Ohio from the yards of hie liiuiu iron Wot xs.To witness the lai.n -.nag this ship. named in honor of his nat.vc i State was the real object of the Fresi- . dent s long trip across the .ontincnt, ! ami was the event which has attracted to the 1,'dci-Sc coast the Governors o; ' three States, the Ohio Congt vsstor.al j delegation. several United States Sena- | tors and many other notable and distinguished people. Dramatic and pic- 1 turcsque as was the sight of H.tnd ! toes of steel sliding into the full breasted tide of San Francisco Bay. it i was not so splendid and uiagn.rn nt as | tht great naval pageant which accom- | palmd, nor as profoundly impress.ve as the greeting extended to the Fresi- ! dent by the 4.000 employes ot the ship yards. , When the President left the sick 1 rt.om of his wife iir the morning eve:y I arrangenieut had been made to notify him in an instant of any change for the worse in her condition. The pliyticiaus assured him tliat there was no j indications of a set-hack, bat at his request telegraphis connections were I maoe at the wharf and at the sbipyard. and save for the time he was on the water, he was not a minute away j from direct connection with the Scott residence. He was driven to the whaif | in a closed carriage, escorted by a squad of mounted police. The Cabinet quest telegraphic connections weie aire;, iy aboard the transport tug S:ocuin, which was to convey the party to the Union Iron Works, two miles up the hay when he arrived. The President's flag, an eagle and shield, a blue field was flying from the ma>. mast and the Union .lack was at the how as he stepped smikngiy upon the gangway in the accompaniment of : chee-8 of the thousands who 1 blackened the neighboring pier heads, j Then began the sail over the shining waters of the hay. It proved to b > a triumphal jouruey, the like of which has not been witnessed in this conn try since Admiral Dewey, upon his re- j urn from the Philippines, sailed up i the Hudson. Every craft in the harbor was dec rd out in gayest attire and the city in the background was a perfect mound of waving flags. Every wharf on the sea front swarmed with people. Up near the ship yards, the grim warships of th* Pacific squadron were at an hor. Near Great Island lay the transport Sh ridau. travelstained from her long jo rney across the Pacific. She had ... ?.. i fr .m in-. Phi*innines and JUvl aimru IWU. st 11 had aboard the Forty-second and Ft rty-sixth United States v dunteei infantry, which she had brought home. T le President saw her at once and req ested that tiie course oi^he Siocum should be changed to allow him to piss neat her. As the Siocum approached the big transport there was a scene of almost frenzied enthusiasm aboard. The soldiers, all in their service uniforms rushed to the sides and r nt the air wfth cheer upon cheer at tl e sight of the President of the I'nit* States come to welcome them home. 1 ie band on the after deck struck up *" 'he Star Spangled Banner." The soldiers lined the rails, and rat-lines and almost drowned the music with theit si outs. They swung their hats and actel like ma imen.Several of them got out S >!? roitimental and WilVftd them frantically to aud from the bridge. The ? ensign at the stern was dipped again and again. The salute w;? answered b> the Slocuni. The President was plainly moved by the remarkable demonstration. He stood on the lower deck un covered, bowing and smiling and waving his handkerchief until the souno of the shouting died away in the distance. This welcome from the soldien was only the beginning. As the Slocua drew near the line of steel clad thunderers of the deep, with jackies lining the rails, the marine guards drawn uf aft anf? officers In full uniform on th< - | bridges. a pi'fT of smoke !;: rat. like a j while l.olloon from the port quartet of the battleship Wi.ronsn. Admira Caseys flagship. torn emir the re prog It was the first g.:n fir. i flic ships, the first of twenty-one. Each of the war ships, the big. savage battleship Iowa the long, lean ertiiseis Philadelphia and Adams, the little torpedo boat Farragut and the revenue eutter Mi Culloeh. whieb was with Dewev at Ma nila. turned loose their secondary bat teries as the Siorum steamed slowly rip. Opposite the MeCnlioeh the President witnessed a smart exhihi.on of jack tars skill. PRESIDENTS ARE COOD RISKS. The Majority of Our Chief Executives Have Been Long: Lived. "I wouldn't like to be the ruler of a rotiutry." -aid the timid little woman to the big mm. her husband. They had been reading about an attempt made on the life of a foreign potentate, and they had drifted into comment on the precaution-; taken in our own country to guard the President from the attack* of tit,- man with the bullet. "Thcv have to hedge a king with other filings he-ides divinity in these day* of dissati-faction." continued the woman. "Armed guards and things like that. No. 1 am -tire the p >*t of ruler would n >t -uit me. And. by the way. what an awful 'risk.' from an insurance point of view, a ruler mu-i he! How embarrassing it must he for the officials of a company to gyi an application from a President and either have to refu-e hint'and incur his ill will <>r accept Hut and lake a tremendous risk." "That sounds all very well." said the big man. Iter lnt-band. "but. as a matter W fad. it i-n't true. Presidents are as g< i <1 ri-k* a< any in the land, as an in- j sti.ance man took the trouble to p >int out to im' the other day. Presidents are ! nglived people a* a rule, and when they do not I've to the prescribed length it has been because of tlteir -udd.n taking off by assassins." "That i- just the point 1 was making.'' said In* wife. "I know, hut the instances of this kind arc so few a- to prove nothing and to have absolutely no weight with the insurance officers. If yon will look these things np von wi 1 i find that the majority of our rulers have lived to what the newspapers would call a ripe old age. Take the early Presidents, for example. Tin re was the immortal George Washington. who was f'7 years old at the time of hi* death. That's a pretty good age. a* age* go> and especially for a man who led such a strenuous life in such troublous time* a* those in which George Washington lived. "Then there was John Aadatns. He reached the age of no. and surely that is all even the most exacting life insurance company could ask of him. Look at Thomas Jeffrc-on : die was within seven years of Adams' age at the close of his life. Pretty good source of revenue to the insurance people. "Madison -aw cightv-five summers hefore he was called to finish his career. Pro-Men: M nroe was 73 and John Quincy Adanis was So Jack-on was 78. while Van liitrm livid to see just one year more than that. William Henry Harrison was 68. and Tyler lived to the satisfactory age of 71. Then we have Taylor. <>5: I'illmore. 74; Pierce. 64: Buchanan. 77: Johnson. 66: Grant. 63: Hayes. 71 and Arthur, the youngest of the crowd. 56. \- for Cleveland, he is rapidly apr.roruT.ing the -eveniies, and in flattering health. "No. don't think a President is a bad ri-k. -Chicago Rccord-Hfrald. He Hadn't Lost a Burglar. "John." she said, -suddenly shaking him. "there is a burglar in the house.' "Are you sure?" he asked. "Positive." she replied. "Don't you hear him'.'" He got up and began to dress hastily. but quietly. "What are you going to do. John?" she inquired. "I am going to sneak out the back | way and get a policeman." he ansI we red. "But if you go right downstairs j now." she said, "you'll find him in the I dining-ioom." I "Oh. I'll find him. will I?" he retort! ed sarcastically. "Well, now you just I look me over carefully." .es. John, what of it?" "Do 1 look like a man who has lost * I a mirgiar anj ?\ m-i t-. "No. of course not, but " "Do I have the reputation of being an impertinent fellow who is always interfering with other people's business. Do I in any way resemble the lost ami fouml department of a daily n< wspaper?" No." "Then why should I get tangled up with oth< r people's property?" "tou're afraid. John. ' "Afraid nothing!" he retorted, in? I di'gnantly. "I am looking at it from an ethical point of view. This burglar undoubtedly has been lost by the police. and if I took charge of him they might think I was trying to steal him tnd make a lot of trouble for rae. Deoiaoc rm no rearching party. You women don't understand the ethics of business at all."?Chicago Post. Ancient " Smooth Bores." Two of the old cannon which the Engli>h took from the French in 1745 and J threw into the harbor of Louisbotirg have now been brought to Toronto. They are among a number recently fished out of Louisbourg harbor and have been purchased by the government. The cannon have been lying at the bottom of the sea for 150 years. Each cannon is about nine feet long and weighs over 3,000 pounds. Use of In uamte in i ree Planting. j no most practical way to preparl a eite for planting fruit or ornamental trees on heavy clay, hard, dry or even wet. soggy soils, is by the use of a small charge of dynamite for each tree. 1 have practiced this method for a number of years with grand success j and at an expense of not to exceed ten 1 cents for each tree. I begin by shoveling away the earth where the trea is to be planted, from a space three to five feet in diameter, and from ten to twenty inches deep, or until I reach ! the hardpan or dry. hard earth. In the cen'tre of this excavation 1 make a hole about two feet deep, with a crowbar or post auger. At the bottom ' of this 1 place a snwill portion of a 6tick of dynamite, to which is attached a cap and fuse. I stamp clay in firmly above the dynamite and set off the charge. i he explosion will loosen and shat- t tor the most compact clay lied or dry, hard substance that underlies any soil from live to ten feet in diameter, tha 1 depth of course depending upon the amount of dynamite used. In ordinary cases two or four ounces is sufficient to make a splendid tree lied. It does not throw the soil completely out, i but loosens and mellows it so the roots end the moisture will penetrate to a greater depth. It prevents injury from drouth or drowning, or water soaking, j The trees root deeply and are little &(Ycctcd hv winter drouth or winter j freezing. Deep roots make a safe an- | (hor against winds and storms. By, loosening and distributing minerals and plant foods that were otherwise unattainable, the production and maturing of a much greater wood and fruit growth is secured than is possible by the ordinary method of shallow planting, or rather of planting in skaiJow holes. On hard lands and in clirnates subject to cold, dry winters, thi practice is invaluable, and the benefits are inestimable and should he enjoyed by everyone. I am of the onin inn that greater benefits can be secured by shooting up the sites in th< Call preceding the planting of tic trees.?A. D. Barnes, in America: Agricultu*: f Catching Tigers. Capturing tigers by a novel method is now being adopted in Sumatra, and is proving almost invariably successful. As soon as a tiger's lair has been found natives are employed to con struct a wooden fence nine feet Ion? tmd four feet wide a short distance ; away from it, and in this inclosure is then placed as a bait a dog, which [ is tied to one of the fence posts. A-1 narrow cntrancei leads into the inclos- I ure, and there, deftly concealed under earth, leaves and boughs of trees, is i placed a strong steel trap which is so designed that any animal that places its foot on it is certain to be held captive. This trap is of recent invention, and consists of strong steel plates and equally strong springs. When it is 1 set the plates form a sort of platform, I and a soon as the tiger, which has been lured. thither by the dog, sets his foot thereon the springs are released and the cruel steel grips the leg and holds it fast. Powerful as a tiger is. he cannot free himself from such bondage, and as those who have set the trap are nover far away, he is in a short time either killed, or securely caged. At the same time the dog is released, and indeed he could not be removed from the inclosure as long as the trap was set. since this instrument, strong as it is, is, nevertheless, so delicate that j the pressure even of a dog's foot would i release the spring* and cause the animal's leg to be crushed in a twinkling. The Polynesians. Chinese and American Indians all regard the dog flest us an esteemed article of diet. anything that better, cheapo Stray Shots. it Isn't always the absent tn nd ! man who los^s his twnper. Hoax?"What, in your opinion, ii t!ie most distress inn ro.-tilt of modern warfare?" Joax? '.Magazine articles.": I i ' ':o^ : 'W?'?ti: ! ,- -?~" '" '.'a?!;. Is it not true? Women sufi jj out of them, grow old before X wake up determined to do so I and yet? Before the morning is very o i attacks thein, the brave spirit | matter how hard they struggle 1 and they fall upon the couch cr " Why should I suffer so ? The answer is ready, your woman is able to restore you to Backache is only a sympb heed its warning in time. Lydia E. Pinkham's V stop your torture and restore 1 come from unnatural meusiru 9 of the womb Let those who ; I ton's letter and be guided by he AS OPES LETTE 44 DeaK Tr..~ Pinkham I have h< !withLydia Piukham's Vegetab I thought I would write and thank y was entirely run down. I sutTered wit ache in the small of my back and coi upright; was more tired in the moruinr; at night. I hud no appetite. Since ta f pound I have g*:?ied fifteen pounds. , " every week. J!y appetite has improve. I1 ache, and I loo!: better than I ever look ] "I shall recommend it to all iny f i tainly is a wonderful medicine. r?M*:s. !i $26 ""'ork Street. Cinciunati. O. t When a medicine has been sti T more than a million women, y |i trying it, "I do not believe it v | don't hesitate to get a bottle of i s Compound at onee, and write ?.L J mu>oi:l1 Jlllviee?it is fl*CC. ISCOPOREWfl! I I i S W I I deposited with the I I ft r' ft which will be pai? yl \. y t?-=tiinonial i'. ri >t ng - broiling baking - ironing can be done with a wood or coal fi; r and quicker ou a : diffused through- f?~i 3use?there is no E^wJl! jV; , or danger, and the | ^ Vf\ operating is nomiie in many sizes; Xrjry^ ver stoves are sold. aler does not have [ jrlr^ ^ali! nearest agency of NDARD OIL OMPANY ..- ' j. ; .. Y.'i-jrc;?"I h<\ar you've had narrous p: cstrat: in. Have you quite rerove- ed?" Wagg?"Not quite. I haven t received the doctor's bill yet." Tbo laundry man i* on* vrbo n*a iws tiia Irony of l&te. So. 21. | ar, feel the very life crushed ' their time. Each morning \ much before the day ends, i Id the dreadful BACKACHE J sinks back in affright; no j , the "clutch" is upon them ying: What can I do ?" cry has been hoard, and a I health and happiness. jui of more fatal trouble? 8 cgctaMe Compo;ifid will I your courage. Your pains 9 ation or some derangement j ire suffering read Mrs. Morr c:rpcrience. R TO WOMEY. en so delighted r jg T I lo Compound :!d hardly stand I than on retiring kin/? your Comand nra gaining fe i have uo backrir-nds, as it rercocssful in restoring to health ou cannot well say, without ij rill IiHj> me." If you are ill, jj ,\ <!ia K. Pinkhain's Vegetable I rs. Pinkliam, Lynn, 3Iass., lor I xx ??a??oo???????i j g5! Owing to the fact that sorac sk-p<ical uRy people nave frost time to tirae questioned i ?.iiy ftegenuincttwjof the tratimonia} letter* we are conr.'.ntly pobi.ahir.g, we have : National City Hank, at l.y-nn, Mass., 55.000, I to any pers- n wn- ran s!v? that tbi above yen li.-.e, or wa* pulished before obtaining the rnisjion.?Lvdia E. Pinicham Msmcim Co. l re 1? ?