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Gray ? “My hair was falling out and turning gray very fast. But your Hair Vigor stopped the falling and restored the natural color.”—Mrs. E. Z. Benomme, Cohoes, N. Y. It’s impossible for you not to look old, with the color of seventy years in your hair! Perhaps you are seventy, and you like your gray hair! If not, use Ayer’s Hair Vigor. In less than a month your gray hair will have all the dark, rich color of youth. SI.OO a bottle. All drugtlsts. If your drug-cist rannot supply you, send us one dollar and we will express you a bottle. Be sure and give the name of your nearest express office. A ddreux, J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. Mitchells Eye Salve A really wonderful little remedy is Mitchell's Eye Salve, its reli ability creates a constant de mand for it wherever diseases of the eye are most prevalent. Price, 25 cents. Reject substi tutes L fill Druggists. B> mail, 25<t Hall A Ruckel, Naw York City. cm ester ff "LEADER” and "REPEATER” SMOKELESS POWDER SHOTGUN SHELLS are used by the best shots in the country because they are so accurate, uniform and reliable. All the world’s championships and records have been won and made by Winchester shells. Shoot them and you’ll shoot well. USED BY THE BEST SHOTS, SOLD EVERYWHERE Complete External and Internal Treatment Qticura THE SET Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thick ened cuticle, CUTICDRA OINTMENT to instantly allay Itching, irritation, and Inflammation, and soothe and heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT to cool and cleanse the blood, and expel humour germs. A SINGLE SET Is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring skin, scalp, and blood humours, rashes, itchings, and irritations, with loss of hair, when the best physicians, and all other remedies fail. MILLIONS USE GUTIGURA SOUP Assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for preserving, purify ing, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings, and chaflngs, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Millions of Women use Cuticura Soap in the form of baths for annoying irritations, inflammations, and excori ations, for too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sana tive, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women and mothers. No amount of persuasion can induce those who have once used these great skin purifiers and beautifiers to use any others. Cuticura Soap com bines delicate emollient properties derived from Cuticura, the great skin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingre dients and the most refreshing of flower odours. No other medicated soap is to be compared with it for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair and hands. No other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expen sive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thus it combines in One Soap at One Price, the best skin and complexion soap, and the best toilet and baby soap in the world. Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humour, - Consisting .of Ccticvha Soap, to cleanse the skin of crusts ana ffiillAllva scales, and soften the thickened cuticle; Cuticura Ointmkjtt, to ■HI I(,||| instantly alley itching. Inflammation, and Irritation, and soothe ■V Ua *4 and heal; and Ctmcosi Hbsoi.ckkt, to cool and cleanse the blood. A BINGT.B Bkt is often sufficient to cure the most tortor -THEBET Ing, disfiguring, itching, burning, and scalr skin, scalp, and blood humours, rashes, Itchings, and Irrtntlor.s, with loss of hair, whoa ■D else fails. Sold throughout the world. British Depot: r. Newbket A Sows, 57 Charter. London, it. c. Foma Pace aju> Cum. Coat., hole Crops., Boston, U. 8. A. Easily Pleased. London Tit Bits: “I am so glad your sister enjoyed her visit to us, Mr. Smith.” "Oh, well, you know, she is the sort of girl who can enjoy herself any where, you know." 'flia IVew Ricycle. Bioycle manufacturer* *tate that the bicyela for thia year will be practically the uma model as 1900, as improvement seem* to ba impossible. Precisely the same is true of Ilostetter’s Stomach Bitters. It represent* the limits of science, and it is impossible to make a better medicine for the stomach, liver, kidneys and blood. Try it for dyspepsia, in digestion, constipation, flatulency, or bout stomach, and you will be convinced Keve take a substitute. California prune growers recently spent *l<>oo a day for sixty days advertising their prune*. (Jovcrasr Blackburn Always said (hat Crab Orchard Water would cure more diseases than any one remedy he had ever used. I The census of Mexico’s population take* ; into account eleven Indian languages. <k~- - - W T e refund 10c. for every package of Pct nam Panxi.Eßß Dyk that fails to give satisfac tion. Monroe Drug Cos., Unionvllle, Mo. There are now 1484 German naval offi- 1 cere on active service and 539 on leave of | absence. FITS permanently cured, no nts or nervous- S ness after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great j Nerve Restorer. *2 trial bottle and treatise frs* 1 Dr. B. H. Klin*, Ltd., 981 Arch at., Phila., Pa. The young fellow with his first mus- j tache feel* down in tbe mouth. F* B. Walthall A Cos., Druggists, Home Cave, j Ky., say: "Hall’s Catarrh Cure cure* every j one that take* it.” Sold by Druggists, 75c. Australia has 6100 churches, 210 for j every 10,000 of her population. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Last year the gold production of Aus tralia amounted to $60,000,000. THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERBVILLE, GA. flow pey Protect the Orange Broves in S u nna Florida. By D. Allen Willey, of Baltimore. For the last five years parts of Cen tral and Southern Florida have been visited by freezing weather for the first time In the history of that beauti ful State. This section of the United States is one of the centres for the pro duction of oranges and bananas, and large quantities of vegetables are also raised during the winter to be sold in the Northern cities. The first visita tion of frost found most of the orange growers altogether unprepared for it, and the result w r as that in a single night plantations covering fully fifty square miles were utterly and hope lessly ruined. The action of the frost turned the leaves from green to black, and the stems of the oranges shriv elled so that the fruit fell to the ground frozen and worthless. In some cases where the earth deeply covered the roots of the trees a little life was left, r ——v <r' '.. _ ’ —■> JZ-' iV—- '—"I'll n IS. in T J. SQUARE TENT WITH WOODEN FRAME WORK, SHOWING CLOTH COVERING ROLLED UP. and the growers w r ere able to start them again by cutting the trunk of the tree down to a few inches from the ground. The destruction was terrible. Entire groves, ranging from fifty to 100 acres in extent; were taken up by the roots, burned and the ashes used to fertilize slips from which new or chards were to be raised. Various plans have since been ar ranged to protect the groves from cold weather, and, as a result, the visitor to Florida in January can ride a hun dred miles through orange groves which are inclosed in vast, covered-in houses, and single trees which are INTERIOR OF A SHED COVERING AN OUANUE GROVE OF THIRTY SEVEN ACRES. carefully covered by tents. Not only are they protected by cloth and wood, but heat in various forms is also pro vided to keep the air warm enough, so that the growing fruit, as well as the smaller branches, will remain unin jured. The houses, or sheds, cover from nu acre to forty acres of ground. The accompanying large picture is a | I j [f^T^ggrg t- ... t\ 1‘ i j k.a - _. //; SAME TENT AS IT LOOKS WHEN THE COLD ■WEATHER CALLS UPON IT TO FRO TECT ITS DELICATE OCCUPANT. section of a thirty-seven-acre shed, as it is termed, built near Deland, Fla. In constructing a shed rows of pine posts, each six inches square, are erected from ten feet to fifteen feet apart. These are connected by string ers nailed to the tops of the posts, and are also supported by wooden braces projecting diagonally. The framework is covered at .he sides with pine boards, the ends of which overlap like the clap boards of a dwelling/ The sides are put together in sections, so that they can be moved on rollers —forming huge sliding doors. The roof is formed of thin boards a foot in width, fastened into sockets in the stringers, like the slats of a window-shutter or blind. Sections of the slats are connected with wiring or small ropes, so that by pull ing the wire the row of slats can be closed or opened at any angle desired. The shed is about twenty feet in height. Asa full-grown orange tree seldom ranges over twelve feet in Florida ample space Is afforded for air to circulate above the top branches. All the sheds or houses are con structed of pine, but, instead of the slat roof, some have the top covered with thin boards, sliding in grooves, so that any portion of the roof can be removed in a few minutes if desired. The sides of some of the sheds are also made upon the slat principle, so that A ROUND TENT OPEN ON A FINE, SUNNY DAY. they may be opened or closed like the roof of the shed first described. The tents are only made to protect single trees, and an orchard thus cov ered looks from a distance like a mili tary encampment. One form of tfcnt is part wood and part cloth. Four posts of pine are fastened in the ground, upholding a framework on which boards are nailed. Below the stationary framework is another which slides up and down the outside of the posts, "which are placed outside the tree to be protected. Between the movable and the stationary frame work are tacked strips of cloth, sewed together and covered with a mixture of paraffin or other solution to pro tect it from the action of the weather. When the tent is opened the cloth Is neatly tucked in place between tbe framework at the top, resembling an accordion when shut up. By pulling a small cord the movable framework is released and drops to the ground, completely covering the tree. At a dis tance of 100 feet it looks like an ordin ary wooden shed. The round tent commonly used is supported on a framework like the ribs of an umbrel la; but instead of the centre stick be ing straight it is composed of two pieces, and near the top of the tree it self an arm projects inwardly at an angle. The main stick is composed of a post about three inches square, planted to a depth of several feet in the ground. The end of the “tent” is fastened to it by large tacks, and the ribs which hold the cloth in place when the tent is spread are made of light wooden strips fastened to the material in the same way, at intervals of from one foot to two feet, Accord ing to its size. Around the tree is placed a hoop of hardwood firmly braced, which answers to the wires extending from the centre stick of the “umbrella'’ to its ribs. When it is de sired to close the tent the cord fasten ing the cloth to the main post is uni ted and merely drawn around the hoop. It completely hides the from view, and is kept from falling open by tying the ends together as In an ordinary tent. Most of the tent cloth is of light weight sheeting or thin cotton duck, covered on the outside with some com pound which will keep it from being affected by mildew or from rotting. It Is sewed with heavy linen thread, and fastened to the framework as se curely as possible to prevent the ma terial from being torn by the high winds which frequently accompany changes of weather in Florida. Some of the grove-owners remove the sheds and terns iu the spring and replace at the beginning of win ter in oider to give the trees the bene fit of the light and air. In ordinary weather the roofs and sides of the shedsi are left open, ns otherwise the fruit would not mature rapidly enough alid would be of a poor quality. At — . x.. '•c* TENT OPEN ON THE SUNNY AND CLOSED ON THE NORTH, OR COLD, SIDE. all of the towns in the orange-grow ing centre are telegraph offices con nected with the United States Signal Service Bureau at Washington. If a "cold wave” Is predicted the fruit growers order all of their emplqyes into the groves to close the sheds and draw the tents. These cpverings will keep the air from fifteen degrees to twenty degrees warmer than without the protection; but It may be necessary to use artificial heat. In the large sheds fires of pine wood are sometimes made, but as there is danger of ig niting the framework from the sparks “salamanders” are preferred. These are merely large rings of cast iron which overlap each other and in which coke or wood can be burned. They dis tribute tbe heat much more than an ordinary stove and confine the sparks. Stoves are also used in various forms according to the size of the shed, and the heat is conveyed by means of long stretches of sheet-iron pipe through tbe rows of trees. In tbe tents hand lamps are placed. A lamp containing a pint of oil will burn eighteen hours and furnish enough heat properly to warm the air around a ten-foot orange tree.—The World Wide Magazine. , THE IXDEPENDEXCE. BUTTER IN BRICKS. Rapid Production of Attractive One or Two Pound Blocks. Grocers and other retailers of but ter buy a good deal of that commodi ty by the tub, and sell it in small quantities. In order to save time when several customers are wait ing, it will be an advantage to have the stuff cut up in advance into one or two pound bricks. Anticipating a rush, many grocers put sugar and tea up in ready-made parcels. But each lot is carefully weighed out by itself. An ingenious Western inventor has thought of a way to cut a tub of but ter up into blocks on the wholesale plan. For this work a machine Is used, a part #f which is shown in the draw ing. The frame holding the cross wires can be slipped up and down and entirely removed from the uprights. TJiis Is done at the beginning of the operations. A tub of butter is turned opt on the criss-cross wooden block, pains being taken to keep it square and even. Then on one of the corner posts is temporerily binged three hor izontal wires tightly stretched one above the other. By swinging this frame sideways slowly and steadily the wires will cut the mass of butter into four layers. The uppermost is very Chin anfl doesn’t count. The others are of uniform thickness. The first cut is now detached from the machine V i] n f BUTTER CUTTING DEVICE. and the other frame fitted on over the four posts. This is forced downward steadily until the wires have cut to the bottom, and then raised again. By turning the wooden block a quar ter way round, and repeating the cut ting operation, the butter will be re duced to blocks of the desired shape. It is claimed that the wires can be ad justed so as to vary the weight from half a pound to two pounds. A gauge shows how to set them. The imper fect bricks may be packed in a mold furnished with the machines, which, when full, Is overturned on the board and two cuts are made with the frame to produce sixteen more bricks. How far the ivell-known difference in the density of butter would offset the weight of the bricks is a nice ques tion—New York Tribune. Wliat Are We Coming To? The fond mother had just killed ten of her twelve children. She ivas a happy wife and her hus band came home early every night. "Now,” she said with a contented sigh, "John can close with the agent for that house.” This was twenty years from now, when no landlord would accept a ten ant with more than two children.— New York Sub. r)K3ieieiei3ioioioioiG*3iQieio(eiGfoieiQieiefc^| The Independence I | in Racing Trim. | 9biGieieieiofeioieiefeieieieioioiemoieieief6K3kA The Independence, the Lawson boat .which is to try her metal against tiie Constitution, has been put in racing trim. A coat of silver gray paint was applied to the steel topsides and as the color is a trifle lighter than tin cement paint which was on before she looks much neater. A stripe, be ginning with a scroll at the bow and ending in one at the stern, was put ou in gold leaf. Ou deck, the canvas cov ering Iras been painted a light green shade, while the steel waterways were given a coat of yellow. An important change will be the shifting forward of the steel mast. It wns found that it had a little too much rake aft and to remedy this the wedges on the forward side of the mast will be thinned down an inch, while those at the rear are replaced by thicker ones. Blocks are to be substituted for ths bell-mouthed jibsheet leads immedi ately. The latter are immovable and Captain Half has come to the cenelu sion that it would be safer in a stiff blow to have blocks and thus over come the danger of the brass edge of the present leads sawing through the manila. In speaking of the difference in the construction of the Constitution’s mast and that of the Independence, Captain Huff said: “The mast in our boat should l>e stronger, not only because the steel is thicker, but because there is a dia phragm plate every six feet. This fea ture is Lacking in that of the Constitu tion on account of the telescopic top mast scheme. We cannot be too care ful in having our own shrouds looked after garefuliy a id I guess we won't take another tri until we are sure that the same thing don’t happen to us.” Diamonds in Meteorites. The largest iron meteorites come from the Canon Diablo, in Arizona, and were discovered about ten years ago. Of this famous “fall,” Professor Ward, the natural history collector, has seven large specimens and twenty or more smaller ones. The surface of the larger ones is covered with inden tations or pits scooped out by the air through which they fell, as if by a chisel. Sometimes holes were thus bored entirely through these openings, that the specimens may be suspended for more effective display. The Canon Diablo meteorites are remarkable in being one of the two known kinds that contain diamonds. The diamonds arc black and microscopic, and have no commercial value.—New York Tost. Cutlery For Lunatics. Cutlery for lunatics was recently advertised for by the British Admir alty office, and it brought to light some unusual cutlery that while made regularly Jn Sheffield for the past twenty or more is but little known. The illustrations represent two types of knives and one type of fork. The knives have perfuetly dull, A * KNIVES AND FORKS FOR LUNATICS. round blades, with a small cutting area about an inch long, situated hi such a way that it cannot be used ex - cept for the purpose intended. The fork terminates iu a small round balk on which there are three prongs about half an inch long. The Idea in this unique cutjery, of course, was to de vise knives and forks that could no. be used as instruments of attack upon attendants, nor for self-mutilation It is something new for a prince to come to America because of a n> r riage already contracted, but the change is hardly for the worse.