STILETTO FOR WOMEN. Daititer In tbe Korin of Selaaura !■ Carried by Almost Every l.ady In Spuln. The Spanish are generally reputed to be a quick, hot-tempered race, a people who on small provocation resort to deadly weapons to avenge a wrong or silght. The stiletto, a small dagger with a keenly pointed, slender blade, is a favorite with these people, partly be cause of its size, and perhaps more be cause of its certainty, as its keen point and slender blade do not require much force to make it effective. These stilet tos are made in many styles, but the strangest to the American mind is one made as a pair of scissors. This is a form much affected by women, as it is doubly useful, and in the very nature of things is most likely to be near at band. They are made like an ordinary pair of scissors, except that the "shank," or SPANISH WOMAN'S STILETTO. that part between the finger loops and the rivet, is perfectly straight and is inlaid with pearl. Just at the point where the blades cross is a "guard" similar to the same thing on a hunting knife, to prevent the hand slipping when the instrument is used as a weapon. From the "guard" to the ends of the blades they are slender and ta pering to a fine point. When opened this is an ordinary pair of scissors, but when closed it becomes a perfect and a dangerous stiletto. * great many women always card ie scissors with them. They are car- ; n a sheath like any dagger, and in the bodice, where they are ( ly in case of need. The Span- r > c uanish-American woman is a bh ai* 1 resentful creature, and vev> i>a vo ,J%ed a most, dangerous one, i.w liesttate to draw her stilet to, and use it. They are very quick and expert in the use of this weapon, and woe to the luckless one who in curs their anger or hatred, for their thrust is sure and deadly.—Detroit Free Press. FANCY SILK GIRDLE. A New ami Attrnetlve Dewllfn in Dres den Silk llordered with l.aee Insertion. The girdle question is just now the most puzzling in the fashion world. One faction comes out for the pointed design while the other swears al legiance to the round little affairs trimmed with frills of lace and ribbon bows; and both are so pretty that the only safe course is to follow one's own fancy. A model that pleads more eloquently for the pointed girdle than wordfc could ever do is shown in the "Conventional." It fits the figure snugly and extends as far as the bust line at the top and to hips below the waist. It is divided by a sash of fancy ribbon tied in a bow at the back. The girdle opens at the front below the waistline and is bordered top and bottom with an insertion trimming of guipure lace. Ileal Way to Make Jelly. The only way one can be sure each *■ time to have satisfactory results in jei ly making is to keep trying the juice. Take a little out on a saucer, let it cool, and then examine it. It is a safer way than to trust to a given number of min utes. The condition of fruit is hardly ever twice alike, it' possible, when making jelly, put the fruit after it is cooked into a flannel bag and let it drain slowly. It is much more likely to be char than if squeezed or pressed out hastily. In making elderberry jel ly cook the berries till soft, then strain through a jelly bag. A thicker and bet ter flavored jelly is obtained by adding one-third grapes or apples. To every pint of juice add one pint of white sugar. To Whiten, the Keck. Eight ounces of rosewater, a quarter ounce of tincture of benzoin, two drops of attar of roses. 'I bis lotion, applied with a soft cloth on hands and neck, has a whitening effect upon the skin; but time and patience are required before 't is to get all the milk. By averaging the results it was found that the last quar ter of a pint was worth from three fourths to 1 '/> pints of milk first drawn from the udder. Moral: Milk clean and get fat.— D. 11. Otis, Kansas Experi ment Station. Applying; Poultry Mann re. Do not neglect to make use of the poultry droppings, savs the Farmer. There is no manure on the farm that equals it, and if properly gathered from droppings boards it will be en tirely free from weed seeds, a very im portant characteristic of fertilizers. A great many are afraid to use it, fear ing it is so strong as to burn up the plants which it is intended to benefit. There is only one proper method of ap plying poultry manure to the soil be fore planting, and that is broadcasting it upon the soil after plowing and thor oughly mixing it with the soil by har rowing. Applied in this way, the growth of the crops grown on that piece of ground will be simply won derful. It should be spread rather thin; at least a wheelbarrowful will go as far as a wagon load of coarse stable manure. The thicker it is spread tlx more thoroughly it should be harrowed into the soil. I.oaa from l*oor Mllkera. A good milker should have a strong grip in his hands. He will have it if he milks cows many years. The grip does not necessarily require very strong muscles, but it is the constant exercise twice a day which gives the muscles of the hands and fingers a development that nothing else will do. But if a hired man has not already such a de velopment of muscles as will make him a fast milker, do not employ him with the milking of cows as one of his du ties. While he is learning to milk a steady and fast stream he is drying the cow off, as after a time she will learn to hold up her milk, if only a little milk is left after each milking, the cow will very soon go dry. That will cost the farmer more than the wages of a good milker who will keep the cow to her standard until near the time to drop another calf. —American Cultivator. If you starve your cow your pocket so ok will be starved. PLANNING A DEPARTURE. An Author Who Would (irt Out of the Men ten Track and (jive the 1»««M Thins. "What we want," said the publisher, "is * good, realistic story of army life. Some thing that will show jusrt how events move among the sojdiers." "I see," said the author; "I was in the army myself. 1 know exactly how things are conducted." "Something that will thrill the reader to \ the marrow and make his hair stand on end." "I thought you said you wanted some thing out of the ordinary." "'] hat's what I am after." "Well, in that case, we won't have any thrill in it. Of course, it's there, but it comes so suddenly and is so soon over that you hardly have time to know what thrilled you. If you want to get right down to hard-pan realism and sound the keynote of the soldier's general experience, you ■want to leave out most of this description of a hero rushing headlong through strug gling men and over fallen horses, waving \ gun with one hand and the star spangled banner with the other, while singing 'My Country, _'Tis of Thee,' at the top of his voice. We'll get out of the beaten track of fiction and relate how many hours a day he spend currying his horse and polishing his weapons, and how many miles a day he traveled, and how often he wanted to talk bark and didn't dare, and how he would have been willing to give four dollars a square inch for a beefsteak, and all the rest of the little details which play so im portant a part and which writers of fiction have hitherto so strangely neglected."— Washington Star. A \nrrow Escape. The man with the court plaster on his nose was talking about a cyclone and what a narrow escape he had when one of the group asked: "Where were you when the cyclone hit your house?" "Down cellar," was the reply. "You knew it was coming and had fled for safety?" "(i/i. no! 1 had a jaw with my wife and she had locked me up in the cellar half a day previous." "And when the house went a-flying a frag ment hit you on the nose?" "Well, no. ,\lv wife hit me on the nose the day before she locked me up." 'Then what about your narrow escape from the cyclone?" persisted the questioner. "Why, suppose my wife had just come down cellar and hit me again just as the wind picked the house up and sent it sail ing!" answered the man with the nose.— Chicago Evening News. The depth of feeling displayed by the mosquito touches all mankind. Chicago Daily News. Pope says:"The mind's the measure of the man." Perhaps that is why some men are so hard to find. —Ram's Horn. Some husbands are men of very few word- —probably because their wives won't permit them to indulge in any back talk. — Chicago Daily New*. "Look up, lift up," was the motto on the bailee worn by the pale young man. "Wot's dis? asked the elevator boy. "Has us guys got a uuiou?"—lndianapolis Journal. Too many people are troubled with pal pitation ot the tongue.—( hi( ago Daily News. A man can get ready for a journey in five minutes, hut ,i woman i> never really pre pared for it, even after she has started on it.—Philadelphia Times. —.Timson "They say he has been flat on his back ever since he married her." San son- "Ye*: he slipped up on her money.''— Town Topics. Verdict of 11 is Peers. N ewell LittIe— "DUHKIIH isn't very brilliant." Newsome Moore "llrilliani! Why. lie's considered a fool even in the smart set!" —Puck. "They call clambakes now Dewey break fasts. "Why so':" "Stupid! because they're eaten between shells.'—lialtiniore Airier iean. "My first wife," said the gentleman from ■the lakeside, "was remarkably plain-faced." "And the second : ' asked the other gentle man. "Was remarkably plain-spoken. '—ln dianapolis Journal. At First Sight.—"Do you believe in love at first sight?" she asked. "That's the only way it's possible," answered the old bachelor. "Second sight would utterly de stroy it." Chicago Evening Post. Two of Them —' What is a sphere of in fluence, John Henry?" asked Mrs. Snaggs, who had been reading about the African and Asiatic disputes of the European na tions. "In summer," replied Mr. Snaggs, "the baseball is the sphere of inlluence, while m the autumn it is the football."— Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. "Wigglesby is the most earnest collector of sonw rniis I ever saw. When he was abroad lie gathered trunkfuls. Some he bought, some he took when nobody was look ing. Did you hear about his backing out when lie had a chance to kiss the queen's hand?" What scared him?" He couldn't trust himself. He was afraid he'd be tempt ed to pull off one of her fiwjcrs."--Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mrs. Barnard Thanks MRS. PINKi.AM FOR HEALTH. [LETTER TO MRS. I'INKHAU NO. 18,992] j " DEAR FKIEND —I feel it my duty to J express my gratitude an d thanks to you for what your medicine has done i for me. 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