When American armies were in Cuba the island was almost depleted of cattle, a vast number of the animals having been killed for food. Now the ranch men and farmers are busy stocking up again and have made heavy drafts on Florida, which, as a consequence, has about been stripped of its better grades ■of c; r.tc. J" Valaitblc Aim■.<• Fre. ' -We have received a copy of the now almanac for 3001 published by the Royal linking Powder Co. It is an ar tistic and useful book, and will be of interest, to housekeepers. A notewor thy fc< lure of the almanac is a predic tion of .U," weather for every day of the year by Professor DeVoc, who cor rectly prophesied the great Galveston cyclone and other important metero logical events. We are authorized to say that any woman reader of this paper call secure a copy without ho-c by sending a request to. the company at 10U William street, New York. Nordi Carolina, in colonial days, was called the "Old North Colony," and the name with State instead of colony, has been retained to the present time. It has also been called "Turpentine State." from the importance of tnis ar ticle in the list of its exports. Cnurrli Cniiiiot be 'urrrt With local applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in o-der to cure It you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and arts di- , re. tiy ,n t he blood and mucous surface. Hall's ! Catarrh (hire is not a quack medicine. It was proscribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and Is a regular pre scription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood pari flora, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in cur ing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. .1. C henry & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. An ex-Confederate soldier of Conner county, Missouri, who raised a 90-pound pumpkin on his farm this season, in tends to have the mammoth vegetable made up into pics for distribution am n ; such of his former comrades of Sibley'.* Brigade as reside in his neighborhood. Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain the hands or spot the kettle. Sold by uii drug gists. A test has been made which shows that a rock can fly 60 miles an hour. The hawk makes 150 miles in the same time. Attar of roses sells at SIOO an ounce, which is exactly five times the value of gold. Cdo not hellovo PHo's Cure for Consumption has an equal for cough) and colds. —John F. Boyek, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 11)00. The mackerel fishing on the south and southwest coasts of Ireland has been ?. failure this year. Kansas City is to have a big banana warehouse, large enough to hold 25 carloads. A lli atlachr Cnrc A't CompoMrd of Harmful llru^ki. Garfield Headache Powders enjoy the dis tinction of being Absolutely Pure, Effective and Harmless ; they are made from Herbs, The Queen has 60 housemaids at Windsor Castle. This is the regulation number. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Rromo Quinine Tablets. All druiryints refund th money If it falls to cure. E. W. UltovK's signature id 011 ouch box. 25c. There arc 256 railway stations within ; six-mile radius of St. Paul's Cathedral, Talk" About It That's always the way with our Hair Vigor. When per sons use it they are always so highly pleased with it that they tell their friends about it. if your hair is short, too thin, splits at the ends, is rough, or is falling out, our Hair Vigor will perfectly satisfy you. If your hair is just a little gray, or perfectly white, Aver's Hair Vigor will bring back to it all the dark, rich color it had years and years ago. One dollar a bottle. II your druggist cannot supply you, send us >l. ° and we will express a bottle to you, nil charges prepaid. Be sure and give us your ucarest express office. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. kend for our handsome book on The Hair. R§3KiSi£ <•? mammoth ; Mp 31 kitclicn we cm- Iwlio is an ex pert in making mince pies. He has charge of making all of Libby's Mince Meat. J We don't practice economy here. 1 He uses the choicest materials. He ?is told to make the best mince meat : ever sold—and he docs, f Get a package at your grocer's— J enough for two large pies. You'll ? never use another kind again. I LIBSY, MoStEILL & LIQCY J Chicago I Write lor our booklet, "How to Make £ Good Thing, to Eat." ■ hiviced bin Slilrt Wnlnta. Pretty and serviceable shirtwaists are fashioued of alpaca and of alba tross. In white, trimmed with gold buttons and gold W*aid or ribbon, the alpaca is effective but the alliatross can be bought in ail tha bright and ielicate hues as well as in white and has a soft crepy effect. Shirtwaists made of these materials are finer, softer and lighter than those of danuel, which.in spite of its popularity, many women find too warm and clumsy to wear beneath heavy coats. To Veil (and Enhance) Her beauty. The veil of veils to wear with a white toque or with one of sable, or mink is a soft tone of beige, dotted with chenille. Small spots arc the most fashionable for veils, and a round mesh with small "suspended spots" of chenille, is odd and rather pretty. Brown or castor colored net of fine mesh, dotted with black is smart and effective, and a fino white tulle, witii cross-bar threads of black* and spots of chenille, is becoming. The tull-lined veils have many virtues. They beautify tho complexion, or ap- I pear to do so. They protect it from tho I too harsh caresses of the east wind, ] and they are becoming to nearly every | wearer. Tho Snsh i>r 1001. j The new sash of 1901 is so different from the older sash that it deserves | its name. The sashes a,re worn for j dancing gowns, and are especially de- I sired by young girls who have just | been presented to society. Taffeta is the favorite material for a dressy sash. This is not made in one piece, because the belt, which is quite high, is carefully fitted to tho shape. Tho sash belt has long ends of very wide ribbon. These are split up at the lower end for exactly half a yard depth, and then the split ends are tagged with gilded spikes, or provided with tiny gilt tassels, which are carefully fas tened down, so that they cannot come loose. A black satin sash, with gilt ends, would look very handsome. Velvet ami Gold. Very smart is the new confection of wide gold ribbon, violet velvet in many narrow strips and myriads of tiny dull gold buttons. The collar Is an openwork affair. Five bands of broad gold ribbon are stiffened to servo as the uprights. Each one is an inch and a half in width, and from these the strips of narrow velvet are strapped across. There are five strips of velvet in each row. Each end of each strip of violet velvet is fastened down to one end of the broad gold ribbon with a very small gold button. Finally, at the bottom of the collar the long strips of velvet ribbon are arranged to come forward from the sides and are knotted in the middle below the chin. There are longish loops and short ends of ribbon which terminate in a cluster of gilded spikes, or tags, as you choose to call thorn. These collarettes cost about $3.50. The expense of such an affair depends somewhat upon the quality of gold ribbon used. The cheaper qualities tarnish easily and the loosely woven meshes untwist and ravel with speed. A closely woven firm web of gold ribbon is worth the price asked for it. Tlie Dalles of n Guest. In the ethical code governing the behavior of tho guest many points are contained. You may arrive a few days later than the invitation specifies, but you should not remain overtime. Even is you are coaxed to prolong your stay, a ready tact should make it clear that your presence is required at homo or elsewhere. The guest who is regretted and missed is the popular guest. The guest at whose departure every one draws a sigh of relief is the one who has made her hosts twice glad. It is also a part of the ethical code that you should be on time at meals, not a minute late at one of them. No guest has a right to disregard the do mestic schedule of events. Keep your things "picked up" and put in their proper places, and your room looking as well as your hostess usually keeps it. Put the pillow-shams on the bed, and do not stick pins in the best satin pincushion. Use your own comb and brush, and when you leave do not carry away the silver manicure file nor the scissors by mistake, as some guests have away of doing. Have your laundry-work done out side if possible: if not permitted to do so, do not fail to remunerate the ser vants generously for the service.— Haryot Holt Galloon, in the Woman's Homo Companion. About Mm, lloojpvnK, Many people have imbibed the idea that Mrs. Roosevelt is a timid, re tiring woman, with little interest in anything except household duties. Some have even suspected the gov ernor of being something of a domes tic tyrant. Nothing further from the truth could be imagined. Mrs. Roose velt is almost as decided a character as her husband. She is the Chatelaine of Sagamore hill, the beautiful Roose velt home at Oyster bay, and no one who has ever visited there will be apt to forget the dignity and firmness with which Ehe rules over the entire establishment. The govenor never dreams of questioning one of her orders. Mrs. Roosevelt, who was Miss Edith Kermtt Carow, is a younij woman still and a very attractive one. Rather above the medium height, she has a slender, graceful figure, and a fine, in telligent face. She has very bright eyes, and the beautiful teeth, that are charact jristic of the whole Roosevelt family. Her hair Is light brown, and is arranged simply, without a war a or a ringlet. Everything about her speaks of grace. She is an aristocrat to the tips of ber fingers. Her manner is that of a gracious lady, tactful, kindly, certain of her rank, but con scious also ot the old world obligation of rank. She dresses extremely well. That she will fill her position at Washington in away of which few women are .Apable, none will doubt after seeing her. The Roosevelts are not rich, as riches are counted in so ciety. They will not be able to enter ain 011 any great scale of magnifi cence, but at their home in Washing ton foreign visitors will have an oppor tunity to see the very best type of an American home.—The Presbyterian. Woman Disciple of Isauk Wulton. Mrs. James Gardner of Avalon, Cal., has just succeeded in landing the largest fish ever caught by a woman —a monster tuna, five feet two inches in length and weighing 136 pounds. Mrs. Gardner is the wife of James Gardner, one of the most noted sports men in California. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are members of the Tuna club, which has its headquarters at the Island of Santa Catalina. Every year the club holds a tournament, in which are included fishing contests of all kinds, handsome prizes being of fered for all the events, the only stipu lation being that all fishing must be done with a rod and reel and only the lightest of lines. This season a special feature, a contest for women, was In augurated, and a gold medal offered for the woman who would take a tuna of any size with rod and reel and conventional tackle. Mrs. Gardner, who is skilled in the use of the rod and reel, determined to win the prize, and so devoted her self exclusively during the tournament to the chase of the tuna. After some practice the fishing club was electri fied by the announcement that Mrs. Gardner had hooked a leaping tuna and was being towed out to sea. The tuna succeeded in towing the boat almost a mile. Time and again the fish was brought almost within reach of the gaff, but when it caught sight of the boat it would rush away.' When an hour had elapsed, by remarkable effort the fish was stopped in the midst of a run, and, turning it deftly, the angler began reeling in. Around flew the handle, and the big multiplier ate up the line in feet and yards until the fish was within 20 yards of the boat. Then the angler raised and hit the fish, then reeled again. Then the gaff crept up, a thundering splash, a deluge of water, and the largest fish in the world taken by a woman was hauled into the boat.—Denver (Col.) News. Shopping bags of fur, mounted with silver gilt, are one of the novelties. Rome new stocks are softened with a little line of white around the neck. Black fox showing a few white hairs is reported as one of the favorite furs for boas. EYonch knots are as commonly used for dress decorations as they were last year. The neat, natty, and durable tailor strappings of past seasons are still more in evidence on winter costumes. Every conceivable costume is now being designed from velvet. The most novel of these, perhaps, being the golfing suits, which are extremely chic and attractive, The Aiglon cape is One form of out side wrap which has some popularity, it is made of cloth and is really a triple cape, the lowest otie three quarter length, with a collaf which stands up or turns down. Pur is a popular trimming for even ing gowns, and it is used in wide bands as well as narrow lines. Three hands set closely together so they look al most like one trim the skirt of a white panne dress, while something of a bolero effect is carried out on the bodice with a band of fur. One or two wonderfully beau tiful shades in deep blue, the -tawny gold-brown called Siam, and the rich Cleopatra dyes in russet, sable, and tan, are among the most attractive shades in broadcloth, camel's hair, and similar fabrics used by Paquln for tbe smartest costumes of the winter. An attractive hat is triple brimmed ana is inado of soft felt of a delicate blue, each brim edged with brown panne, it is somewhat Napoleonic in shape, with a curve upturned directly in front, and on each side is a large chou of brown chiffon. A cache peigno of pink roses rests on the hair in the hack. A frock of rough cheviot in black and blue with surface of long white hairs is trimmed with strips of blue cloth edged with narrow gold braid. Ihese, with small gold buttons, are used to trim sides of the blouse and sides of the skirt over the hips. The plain cloth and braid make the collar, I and the waistcoat is of yellow silk. The fabrics composing some of the smartest tailor costume's for the street are of the handsomest quality of cloth, and sillt-lined, but the skirts are notably plain in style, silk stitching still forming the only decoration. The jacket-fronts turn back from a vest of dainty silk or satin, showing a simple trimming of gold braid and buttons, tucking, brier-stitching, or silk appliques. EACH HAD SUSPICION. A Story of Tsvo l'artnern. Both of Whom Were Honorable Men. "MY first business venture on my own account, was in well, never mind the name of the city," said n New Orleans merchant, chatting over old times with some friends at the Board of Trade. "The location lias nothing to do with the little story I [ am going to tell you, aud, for reasons | you will understand in a moment, I I don't care to be too specific. "I was a young chap of twenty-five at the time, and. getting tired of working for other people, I opened a cotton brokerage office with ! ex-elerk, who was considerably my J senior in years. We put up an equal j amount, of capital and agreed to share ; and share alike in the profits and the hustling. From tiie very outset every thing went remarkably well with us. We both had lots of friends, who took pains to throw business in our hands, j and the end of the year showed a very nice little balance of jirofit. Next year, however, the results weren't quite as good, and I began to have a faint ap prehension tiiat I was getting a hit 'the worst of it,' as the saying goes. I heard a vague rumor that my partner was living at a pretty fast gait, and the more I thought about the matter the more dissatisfied aud suspicious 1 became. You know how easily such estrangements will grow upon a firm, I and to make a long story short, I final ly went to n detective agency that made a speeialty of 'private investiga | tions' and arranged to get a 'report,' j as they called It, on my assoeiate. I I admit that it was a rather sneaking I proceeding, ami I felt secretly ashamed of myself for resorting to it, but I ar | gucd that it was my duty to know j whether he was really in the way of ! getting into any embarrassing entan j glement. Well, in the course of a I week or so, the agency made its re- I port, and without going into details, I j may say that it completely exploded j all the disturbing gossip X had heard, j I realized after reading it that I had been doing my partner a deep injus- I tice, and of course, I was conscience ; stricken. To make amends I deterrn | ined to treat him with extra cordiality , and at the same time it seemed to me j that his own bearing, which had been j a little dlstnut, became much more ' friendly. At auy rate, whatever cold ] ness had existed soon passed away and ' tUe three years of business associa tion that followed were singularly pleasant. Thou lie received a flatter ing offer from Liverptol, and went there to live. "One day several months after his departure, I was looking over some old papers and ran across a liig envelope marked 'private and confidential.' j Thinking it contained something re lating to the firm, I tore it open, and what do you think I found?—a report on myself from the same detective agency I had hired to investigate my partner. It seemed Hint our suspicious had been mutual."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. An Offshoot of the Salmon Family. It is a curious fact that the smelt is an offshoot of the sulnum family, hav ing all the characteristics of that fish, with the general formation of teeth and tongue, etc. In Scotland it is cnlled the spirling, and in France the sperlau. The beauty and delicacy of this fish years ago tempted the would be sardine packer of California to use them for sardines. Unfortunately it proved a failure, as they did not keep firm after canning. The swarms of young mackerel off the coast of California were then tried, resulting most satisfactorily, and now quantities of these little fish are prepared and cured for the American market and sold under the trade name of sardines. The true sardine of commerce is the young of the pilchard, found in vast quantities along the north shores of the Mediterranean and the Atlautle coast of Portugal and Franco. II nil-Cloud Experiments. The Austrian Ministry of Agricul ture has recently caused a series of experiments to be made with a view to testing the efficiency of the Stlger apparatus for dispersing hail clouds by gun-firing. A mortar with a long funnel attached to the moulli was used, and when a sufficient charge of powder was fired rings or whirls were produced in the air. It was observed that,these rings, which vary with the charge and the size of tlio funnel, did not reach a greater height than 400 metres, though it is said that this height has been exceeded in previous tests. From this it must follow that unless the hail clouds are very low, no practical result can he obtained. In some cases the formation of hail might be prevented, but in others the hail follows in spite of repeated firings, so that it was not possible to make a conclusive report in favor of the sys tem. Use For Old Knvulnpes. Rigid economy is tlio mother of ac cumulation. One of the busier busi ness men of New York City, Willi offices in Broadway, never purchased a scratch book in liis life, and never wastes a fresh piece of paper on a memorandum or a column of figures. Every envelope that comes in his mail is sliced apart, back from front, aud the front or addressed side is preserved for use. The inside forms a clean, smooth sheet .'l'/ixliii inches. One of the millionaires of Boston made ills start by saving empty nail kegs and selling them back to the nail makers for ten cents eaeii in trade. His clerks | were accustomed to kicking In the I staves and burning them, in the stove. —New York Press. j This picture tells its own story of sisterly affection. The older girl, just budding into womanhood, has suffered great ly with those irregularities and menstrual difficulties which sap the life of so many young women. Lydia E. Piukham's Vegetable Compound can always be relied upon to restore health to women who thus ! suffer. It is a sovereign cure for the worst forms of female complaints,—that bearing-down feeling, weak baclc, falling and displacement of the womb, inflammation of the ovaries, and all troubles of tlio uterus or womb. It dissolves and expels tumors from the uterus in the early stage of develop ment and checks any tendency to cancerous humors. It subdues excitability, nervous prostration, and tones up the entire female system. (loulsl anything prove more clearly the el fSatoi'suj? of Mrsn PSnkham's MetSUcme than the fotkfwmff strong statement of Grace Staatsbury7 li T/i 1 ; K11 yyjj. PiJfKiiAM : —I was a sufferer from female weakness for ! about a year aii<£ a "half. I have tried doctors and patent medicines, but nothing helped me. I underwent the horrors of local treatment, but re ceived no benefit. My ailment was prononnboj tha wombs 1 frgp itttc®"'. ln the | w ovn >;t}6. uie backache was dreadful, I hafl 4 p in its worst form. Finally, I grew so 4 weak I bad tc keep my bed. The pains were so I hard aa alpiost cause spasms. Whoa I could fli { endure the pains no longer, 1 \yi\fc glvCu in6Fphine. lat* nsemory grew short and X ffavf up all hope 0i *- r getting' well. Thus X tlrutffrea along. To please I */ v X wrote to Mrs. Plfckhaifc for advice. Her I*JT- gy H answer came, but meantime I was taketl worse 1 an( X under the doctor's care for a while. £ 1 " After reading Mrs, Pinkhara's letter, I con eluded to try her medicine. After taking two bottles X folt much better; but after using six .>| bottles I was cured. All of ray friends think my EBBHfsSff'gfJppfofr cure almost miraculous. I thank you very much tl 11 CRAC£ Q-STANSSuV(Y| for your timely advice und wish you prosperity ■ u.. w -An=Bß=siagg3gsJ i u your noble work, for surely it is a blessing to (I broken-down women. I have full and complete faith in the Lydia ty E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound."—GHACE B. STANSDUBV, Herington, Kansas. ') S K HIIII SEWARD 1 t f] tl fl !-t i'j fjjj deposited with the Notional City Bank, tif'l'yi.n, Maw., st.ooo B Fi h i 1 t-J t'M 11 f'i wl 'ich will be paid to any person who will show that the above H wHv V' 'V VI" 7 Y 'v testimonial is not genuine, or tvas published before obteinirjr the M NaW writer's special permission.— l.YDlA p. PtaKEUt MKDICI.NI Co. R The 112 cGttori iii:Ms of Mexico con sumed last year. 57,000,000 pounds of cotton and produced nearly t0.c00.000 pieces of woven and printed goods. These mills give employment to 22,000 operatives, and the sales for the year amounted to more than $28,000,000. Try Graln-O! Try Grflin-O! Ask your grocer to-day to show you a pack ago of Gnaix-O, the now food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury aa well as the adult. All who trv it, like ft. Ouaix-O lino that rich seal ljrown of Mooha or Java, hut it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. the price of coffee. 15 and 28c. per package. Hold by all grocers. Edward Goll, of Nappanee, Ind., had 14 acres of wheat that was a failure last spring. He bought nine bushels of tlax seed, which cost him $ 1.4: sowed the seed April to, and from the 14 acre field threshed in August 215 bushels of flax seed, which he lias just soV. for $33.1.25. Conffliinff t end* to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the couyli at on-•e. Go to your druggist to-ilay and get a fwnnl bottlo froe. Sold in 25 and 50 cent botlu- Go at onco, delays are dangerous. A chameleon, when blindfolded, loses the power to change its hues, and ihc i entire body remains of a uniform col >r. MbVWiWWY.WiiW S sr |§ ''.)■ | | Cold Agony jf -I I ; > Pain intensified by £ cold is unbearable. Neuralgia I ! ° $ " in vrinter must seek I St Jacobs Oil I I I 5 for tlie surest relief 3* L-fi and promptest cure. Jfc I! I Iwo thousand gallons of air arc a | grown-up person's allowance for 2\ ' Hours. ) j Tho stomach lias to work hnrd, grinding tho food wo crowd Into it. Make itH work j easy by chewing lJoeman's Popsia Gum. j I The recent census taken throughout I Switzerland has shown a remarkable in j crease in the number of inhabitants. I I crhaps the most extraordinary growth is in the Canton of Zurich, whose popu ; lation in 1888 numbered 337,183, but now it is 428.030. an increase of 90.847 in habitants in 12 years. This is consid j ercd a world's record. Geneva has in . creased by 21.412 persons during the same neriod. l ane's Family llodiciiie Movos tho bowels each day. In order to bo healthy this is necessary. Acts gently 011 tho liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache, j Price 25 and 50 cents. Georgia lias led. the United States in 1 textile mill building during the current , year, with North Carolina a close scc ! ond and South Carolina in third place. The two Carolina* still have each a j larger number of cloth factories than ! Georgia, but the latter is steadily forg i iiig to the front. Thre Is a Claw of People Who are injured by tho use of coffee. Recently there has boon jdacod in all tho grocery stores a now preparation called GIIAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place ot coffee, tho most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but Tew can toll it from coffee It does not cost over Iw much. (,'hildren may mk 11 with great benefit. 15 cts. and 25 ctu. por package. Try it. Ask for GEAIN-0. An Italian who has returned from I Abyssinia declares that in the more di- I taut parts of that country there are still a large number of Italian soldiers liv | ing :n slavery. They are mostly men who were wounded at the battle Adow.i. Lett ori the field and subsequentlv taken I prisoners. Ui'ailnrnfcti anil Nerrousiirsu Cll roil tv rt . '. eme ly compounded of simple Herb*. 1 nysicians have had tho most signal success in prescribing Garfield Headache Powders l' • Nervousness and Headaches. In Hartford. Conn., the life of every j cat j S in peril. The board of health of t Mat city has come to the conclusion that cats are the means of carrying dip.V The Best Prenorlption for Chills and Fever Is A bottle of GKOVR'S TISTEIKSB T nii.i. TONIC. It Is simply iron niul quinine in H tasteless form. No cure—uo pay. Price 500. In Cincinnati there is talk of ai.\> tnohile lines to compete with the street cars-