CHOICE CUTS OF MEAT. Two Diagrams Illustrating How Beeves Are Out. After Reading This Article Carefully No Housewife Can He Swindled by Dis honest Botchers—How to Tell Well-Seasoned Meat. The beef is cut into four parts; two hind-quarters and two fore-quarters. The hind-quarter is the most valuable part of the animal, although the Jews discard it. In different sections of the country the side is divided differently. In the Boston markets the two short ribs are cut 011 the liind-quarter, whereas in New York and the western states these ribs are left with the others on the fore-quarter. These two ribs are called in Boston the tip end of the sirloin; in New York and the west the tirst cut of the ribs. The different methods of cutting beef are so confus ing to the housekeeper that it is well EXPLANATION OP PLATE No. I.—l. Names used In New York and the west; 2. Names gener ally used in New England. a 1. First cut of ribs. it. Tip end of sirloin, ft. 1. Porter-house steak or sirloin steak or roast 2. Second cut of sir loin. c. 1. Flat-bone sirloin steak or roast. 2. j First cut of slrlolu. d. lias various names, t. Aitch bono. /. Round, g 1. Leg of beef. 2. Shank of the round, h. Veiny part of the round, t Flank. to be content with learning only the method practiced in her own locality. The two diagrams illustrating this ar ticle may help her. I have outlined only such cuts as are common all over the country. After having carefully studied these diagrams, take them to your butcher and he will locate the cuts that are not given here. In section d, on the liind-quarter (see plate No. 1,) the greatest diversi ty of modes of cutting exists; there fore. I have not given all the minor cuts, hut have left this part clear for your local provision man to mark. "Where the names are different in New York and New England and the west, I have given the New York and west ern names first. The New York and western prices are lower than in New England for prime cuts, but the deal ers make up for this by cutting a larger amount of the cheaper part* v I b I c Ue/l?U) 1/f x / ( i VVI-V° \ EXPLANATION OP PLATE NO. II —l. Names used In New York and ihe west; 2. Names gen erally used in New England, a. 1. First cut ol ribs with tip of sirloin. 2. First cut of ribs. ft. Second cut of ribs. c. Third cut of ribs, d, e. liest chuck ribs. /, g. Poorer chuck ribs. h. Neck piece, i Plate-piece or rattle-ran. J. Shoulder of mutton, k. Sticking-piece. I Navel end of brisket, m, n. Brlskct-pieco. o. Shin and thick end of brisket with the prime cut. For example, in the best murkets in New Englant a rih of sirloin is cut short, only a little ; part of the thin ribs, or the flank, be ing left on. Outside New England j these pieces arc cut long. As a rule, j the shorter cuts at the higher price ( are the more economical. In most parts of New England, the sirloin steak is what is called porter-house in other parts of the country. The sirloin steak of New York is in the section marked d (see plate No. 1.) Some of these steaks are fine, but often there is only a small part ol tender meat on them, the butcher cut ting them so as to take in the veiny part of the round. If one be paying the price of round steak there is no great injustice in this, but to pay for a high-priced steak and get such a cut as this is not right. The quality of beef is indicated by color, texture and odor. Good beef will have a generous umount of meat in proportion to the bones. The lean meat will he firm, fine-grained, and of a rich, red color. The fat, a pale straw color, firm and dry; the suet will be dry and crumble easily. If the beef bus been hung long I enough it will be a dark, purplish 1 color when first cut, but after a few 1 minutes' exposure to the air it will turn a bright red, and tiny beads of moisture will collect on the surface. Beef that is coarse-grained and dark generally comes from old animals. Very small beef, with a pink rather than a red color, is apt to be from cows. Although this beef is never rich in color and flavor, it is usually tender and sweet-flavored. Beef that lias dark, yellow fat, with the suet tough and clammy, is not from a healthy animal. Pass it by, and choose something else for your dinner.—Good Housekeeping. Color* to Wear and to Avoid. A blue-eyed person never looks so blue-eyed as in a blue dross or white with a blue cravat, whereas the strong blue of the fabric might have been expected to dim or kill the slight blue of the eye. A woman with remarkably red lips, clad in dull helio trope, with amethysts, has all the coral taken from her mouth, which wears instead a light heliotrope tint, and with this tint the pink of her check is also touched. An ordinary or even sallow check never looks so beautifully white as over a white dress which seemed to threaten to darken it. And, beautiful as the "msthetic" colors were in their day, they quenched and dimmed their wear ers to their own tone. This is not to be easily explained by any known chromatic rules. Nor can one say why turquoise blue darkens blue • • and adds to their brightness. Kvpl-ri merit and verification should be a much valued by the women as by tin, Comttot philosopher- THE LATEST IN FANS. Feathers from nircls of Prey Are the Cor. recfc Thing: Now. I must not forget to tell you about the new fans, as all the New York belles are ravin# about them. We have had every kind of fans, big and Jittle, known to fame. Watteau fans, pompadour fans, laeo fans, ivory fans, j ostrich feather fans with tortoise shell sticks, flirtation fans, where you wrote sentiments on the ribs, peacock fans— considered unlucky by the supersti tious—Turkish fans, Spanish fans — ' coquettish as the dark-eyed senoritas who wielded them, and turkey-tail fans ala Comanche belles. This season we J arc to have the game fan made from the I feathers of the hawk, owl, eagie, prairie-hen, anything that the sports man may bag. The wing feathers will j form the demi-circle of the fan, and the soft fuzzy plumage of the breast the edge. When you have selected I the plumage from the trophies of the game bag, the hunter takes them to a jeweler and has them mounted, or if i you have a fan-frame you can utilize, you can mount them yourself, and have a pretty souvenir. The. hand somest and most suitable mounting is some foreign wood, such as sandal or i olive wood. I f you want a silver mono- j gram enserolled, the jeweler will as sist you. Then there are beautiful reproduc tions of the fans of our great-grand- , mothers, with sticks of yellow ivory, garlands of old-fashioned posies paint- i ed on satin, marvelous cliateaus, coaches-and-four or dainty diminutive figures in quaint Dolly Varden dress. TREATMENT OF COLDS. Valuable Instruction# Furnished by an Hmlnent Physician. The season of colds being at hand, I the instructions of an eminent phy sician may be found valuable. When the first symptoms manifest themselves is the time for action, and this should consist of a hot mustard foot-bath be fore going to bed and a hot draught of milk. The covering of the body should be linen and wool, the former in the way of the sheet and the lat ter in the blanket. No attempt to get up an active sweating should bo made. The foot bath and the warm drink will give a sense of warmth and facilitate the natural excretion of materials which should pass away by the skin, and any effort to aggra vate this will be not only superfluous, but harmful. The blanket should nev er be worn next to the night robe, and should not he So thick as to confine the air next to the body. It is, indeed, often advisable to lighten the cover ing of the feet, and preserve a certain amount of weight over the loins, and to have the shoulders protected from the external surroundings in general. The last measure is not to be under rated. A sensitive lung carries with it suscpptibilitj* to take to itself every thing that could possibly affect it to its detriment. Lung diseases belong to I sensitive persons, and may or may not be the sequence of a cold. The major- i ity of them, however, can be traced to imprudence in dress and exposure.— Good Housekeeping. AN ELEGANT APRON. A Pattern Which Is Not Only Pretty Hut Very Ktyllith. This lovely apron is made of plain Swiss muslin, trimmed with scanty frills of embroidered Swiss edging and satin-edged ribbon. The bib is shaped like a triangle with cloth straight way across at the top where a short slash j at the center allows the edge to turn over like rovers. The gored skirt has a narrow binding of the Swiss over i which is tacked a ribbon girdle to match the other ribbon decorations; the ribbons may all bo removed when the apron is to le washed. Hut the pocket, allowable for all such aprons, is the best of all. (In these pocketiess days one might almost be willing to wear an apron to church for the sake of the pocket.) Such aprons form very dressy adjuncts to an afternoon toilet, especially for a hostess who serves tea or lunch to her guests. Any suitable j material from prints and ginghams to surah and pongee may be prettily fash ioned from this design.—F. P. Scrib bler, in Farm and Ilomc. To Make a Fancy W'orkhag. , For the foundation get a square . pasteboard box, about eight inches , wide and four and a half inches deep; , make a bag of red silk thirty-two j inches in circumference and fourteen j inches deep; sew this inside the box. . The two opposite sides of the bag art; covered with golden brown plush on which embroider some pretty flower or , monogram. A band of plush, worked in herring-bone stitches of red silk and gold tinsel, is placed around the sides of the box;'the bag is drawn together at the top by a running slide of silken cord. Care of t lie if ami*. Women who have rough, unsightly hands would do well toobserve the fol lowing rules: Never place your hands iu very hot or very cold water for any length of time or go out doors in cold weather with them wet on any occa sion whatever. It takes but a second to rinse them off and dry thoroughly on a boft towel which should always be conveniently near in every kitchen. A Diagnosis. "Doctor," said the senator's wife, ' "you must do something' for my hus band. lie is simply wearing himself out." "What is the matter?" "His mind is never at rest. lie talks in his sleep as much as he does in the daytime." "H'm'm! Don't be alarmed. That isn't his mind. It's involuntary action of the vocal chords, the diaphragm, the maxillary and other muscles. He'll get over it as soon as the effects of the recent financial discussion get out of his system."—Washington Star. A Dubious Cowpliuiont. "I used to think you were not a man of your word, Jones, but I've changed my mind." "Ah, you understand me now, friend Smith. But what led you to change your mind?" "You remember that ten dollars you borrowed from me?" "Yes." "You said if I lent it to 3 r ou you would be indebted to mo forever." "Yes." "Well, you are keeping 3'our word like a man."—N. Y. Press. A Drop 111 Price*. "I'd give one hundred dollars for a pin right now!" exclaimed Singleton, as he hunted around his bachelor apart ments holding one side of his suspend ers and his trousers together. Just then he put his foot on one, and, as it pierced his sock and pricked his foot, he howled: "Dash the dashed ignorance of that pie-faced foreign chambermaid! If she doesn't quit coming up here every day and paving this room with pins, I'll have her heart's blood, if I hang for it!" —Truth. / Mistaken Anarchists. Happed Robert—These 'ere an archists won't never succeed till they pit a better battle cry. Their "Bread or Blood" motto don't create no en thusiasm. Wearie Willie—Guess not. Rapped Robert—No. Ef they want ter pit the people with 'em, ef they want ter stir up th'hearts o' patriots to noble deeds, let 'em inarch through th' streets yellin' "Beer or Blood!" an' we'd all join in.—N. Y. Weekly. Mary's Name, ller mother named her "Mary," that good, old fashioned name, And ail through school she wore it, contented with the same But when she'd graduated and left the school behind She dropped the "r" and May became—'twas so much more reilned. She's married now and off the hands of her en during pa, Still more her name has been reduced—her youngest calls her "Ma." —lndianapolis Journal A Mean Man. "My dear," said Mr. Bloobumpcr to his wife, "I wish you would have some of these biscuits of yours when Mr. Briscoe is here for dinner." "I thought you didn't like Mr. Briscoe, love," replied Mrs. Bloob umpcr, sweetly. "I don't."—Judge. Victim of Superstition. She—ls Mr. Dallam as superstitious as he says he is? lie—l presume so. lie won't pay back sl3 lie borrowed from me.—Town Topics. "PIECE or RESISTANCES*" —Brooklyn Life. llow lie Felt. Hobby—Papa, I ran all the way up Long 1 Ilill to-day. Papa—And how did you feel when you reached the top? Robby—l felt just as if I had a stom ach ache in my feet.—Harper's Young People. EXCUBCA Superfluous. Auntie—You should ask to be ex cused when you leave the table. Little Nephew—Should I? 1 thought from the way you acted about that third piece of pie, that you'd be glad to see me go.—Good News. A Definition. ••What is ft snob?" asked Cadley, at the club. "I must confess I really never knew." "What is a snob?" quoth Cynicus. "Why, Cad, to put it very briefly, you." —Brooklyn Life. A <>oo~f7cru:it. Lulu—l am engaged to Harry Xk>- cum. Ella—So am I. r Lulu—Yes, but he wants to marrv inc.—Truth. Knew II! tn Well. "Downy ia always borrowinc trouble." "Yes; and I'll bet four dollars ho never pays it back."—-Judge. Altaliikon. "Ilow proud and free the mountains are!" "H*: .* nothing l ! Don't you see they're always in chains?"— Truth. Xocderl No A!i(Unfle. "No, thank you," said the elephant to the expressman; "I carry my 6wn irunl;." —Harper's Young People. THE SIN OF FRETTING. 'Helen Ilant'n Famoun I.lttle Sermon on the Subject. There is one sin which it seems to me is everj'where, and bj r everybody is underestimated and quite too much overlooked in valuations of character. It is the sin of fretting*. It is as com mon as air, as speech—so common that unless it rises ahove its usual monotone •we do not even observe it. Watch any ordinary coming* together of people and we see how many minutes it will be before somebody frets —that is, makes more or less complaining statement of something or other, which most prob ably everyone in the room or the car or on the street corner knew before, and which most probably nobody can help. Why say anything about it? It is cold, it is hot, it is wet, it is dry, somebody has broken an appointment, ill-cooked a meal; stupidity or bad faith somewhere has resulted in dis comfort. There are plenty of things to fret about. It is simply astonish ing how much annoyance and discom fort may be found in the course of every day's living, even at tho simplest, if one only keeps a sharp eye out on that side of things. Even Holy Write says we are born to trouble as sparks fly upward. But even to the sparks flying upward, in the blackest of smoke, there is a blue sky above, and the less time they waste on the road the sooner they will reach it. Fretting is all time wasted on tho road.—Helen Hunt. MAYONNAISE DRESSING. now to Prepare Tills Rich and Delicious Table KclUh. Put the uncooked yolk of an egg into a chilled bowl, beat well with a silver fork, then add two saltspoonfuls of salt and one saltspoonful of mußtard powder, work them well a minute or two before adding the oil; then add a little good oil, which must bo poured in very slowly, a few drops at a time at first, alternated occasionally with a few drops of vinegar. In proportion as the oil is used, the sauce should be come thick. When it begins to have the consistency of jelly, alternate a few drops of lemon juice with the oil. When the egg has absorbed a gill of oil, finish the sauce by adding a small pinch of cayenne pepper, and one and one-half teaspoonfuls of good vinegar. Tasto it to see that there are salt, mustard, cayenne and vinegar enough, if not, add more seasoning very care fully; these proportions will suit most tastes, yet some like more mustard and more oil. Do not use too much cayenne. By beating the egg a little before adding the oil, there is little danger of the sauce curdling; yet if, by adding too much oil at first, it should curdle, immediately interrupt the op eration. Put yolks of one or two eggs on another plate, beat them well and add the curdled mayonnaise by de grees and finish by adding more oil, lemon juice, vinegar, salt and cayenne to taste. If lemons are not at hand many use vinegar instead. DAINTY PICTURE FRAME. Easily Made by an Amateur Artist fro* Water Color Paper. Room belongings are often spoiled by one tone not quite in harmony, and dainty pen and pencil or delicate water color drawings are at times cruelly treated by the framing, which, in real ity, should bo the crowning touch. A pretty frame is easily made by an amateur artist out of water color pa per. It is first cut out heart shape, then painted, aa in the illustration, in na- A TOKTTY nEAJIT THAME, tural shades of forget-me-nots, with delicate foliage in keeping with the flowers. The leaves are also cut out around tho edge, leaving the space within for the photograph or picture. A back, the same shape, is made from pasteboard and fastened to the frame with Royal glue. The blue ribbon hang-by and some faint suspicion of gilding about the center of the flowers and the entire edge of the frame only add to its decorative charms. Square frames of the same* paper, with design of wild roses and leaves, are also very becoming to pretty faces within.—N- Y. Herald. The Age of Women. The wish to conceal her ago Is so popularly supposed to be second nature to every woman that it has come to bo accepted almost as one of her preroga tives. Even on the witness stand legal inquiry and judgment are very lenient on this point here in America. Over in Australia, however, it seems, it is a serious offense, and recently a mar riage was declared void because tho husband proved that his wife had de ceived him as to her ago, claiming to be fifteen years younger than she really was. In this connection the celebra tion the other day of the ninety-ninth birthday of a still vigorous woman is worth mentioning as bringing together a company of the sex who strove each to bo older, not younger, than tho other, thoso who hod touched the ninety mark announcing the fact with a pride, that quite silenced the im mature matrons of seventy-eight and eighty-five. Novel Htilrt Stud*. The height of novelty has been reached in shirt studs. They are devil's heads, small and black. There are five of them connected by a fine gold chain. Imagine the sensation they create when seen on a delicately tinted shirt front* CASES FOR DESSERT. Thoy Can Bo Easily and Prettily Made at Home. I'l.ffram Khonln, th© Manner of Cutting and Folding the Paper Dainties That Are Usually Served in Such Uaees. The pretty white paper cases so gen erally popular abroad and in many •houses here for serving all sorts of frozen dainties can be bought at restau rateurs, but also they can be easily and prettily made at home. Their manu facture is dainty work and an hour or two of leisure so employed will give one a plentiful supply for serving des sets inexpensively and attractively. These pretty, coverless, box-like cases are made of fine enameled white paper. A five-inch square gives a case of convenient size. The diagram given here shows the manner of cutting and folding the pa- I A c B ~a If jA c d (/[ I I ■H'l I i PAPKR CASK FOR DESSERT, per. After marking the lines lightly with a pencil, the square of paper must be cut in from the sides on the dark lines, four long and four short, and creased on the dotted lines. At one side turn the corner sections lettered A over that lettered B, so that the edges C rest on the line fold D. Fold the part B up against the backs of tho parts A. Repeat the operation on the opposite side. Fold inward those parts of the edges which are shaded, and fold outward those which are black. Stick the lapping parts of the box together with white of egg mixed with a little flour. If one keeps in mind that a "box" is to be made, it is easy to carry out tho directions. The diagram given is for a square case. Oblong cases may be made in the same way, only making sure that .the four corner sections are squares as before. One of the dainties always served abroad in a dessert case is a biscuit glace, a delicious and inexpensive des sert. One form of biscuit glace, very sim ple and delicious, is made from a pint of cream whipped to a froth, a dozen and a half macaroons, three eggs, half a cupful of water, two-thirds of a cup ful of sugar, a teaspoonful of vanilla extract (the cup used in the ordinary kitchen cup holding half a pint). Boil sugar and water together for half an hour. Beat the eggs well and stir into the boiling sirup. Place the saucepan containing tho mixture in another of boiling water and heat for eight min utes. Take from the fire, place the saucepan in cold water and beat the mixture until cold; then add the flavor and whipped cream. Stir well and nearly fill the paper cases; brown the macaroons and roll fine. Put a layer of the crumbs on the cream in the cases and place these in a large tin box, buried in two quarts of salt to six of ice; let them remain there two hours. It is excellent to add a pint of straw berry sherbet, putting a little on each case of cream, and freeze again. After half an hour, the biscuit glace is ready to serve on a flat dish, arranging the cases on a bright napkin.—N. Y. Press. The Girl We All Adralro. The girl we all love is frankly girl ish, with an old-fashioned sentiment, charmingly developed, which rec ognizes her duty as a daughter toward the woman who acts as her mother. The lovable girl understands that every day and all day cannot be de voted to holiday making, but that life holds duties without number. She is a cheery little party, and so she goes about them with a step as light and gladsome when on an errand of mercy as if shod with a pair of fairy slippers and tripping over a well waxed floor. Ah, this is the girl who will broaden out and sweeten the life of the man she marries. She can accept the thorn with the roses without a mur mur. Submitting to tho inevitable has prepared her to become a companion well worth the wooing and the win ning. Feminine Scrap Books. One of the latest ideas is to keep a scrap book containing all the refer ences to one's self that appear in print. Women of fashion and society belles keep them, and wherever they go, sea side or mountains, at home or visiting in other cities, cut out the references made to them in the society columns of newspapers and preserve them care fully in a scrap-book, which is some times beautifully bound. In White and Gold. White and gold effects were never more of a rage than at present. Quaint and curious pieces of furniture abound in all well-regulated drawing-rooms, no longer massively impressive, hut Frenchy, graceful and striking. Dec orations follow this same hint and are much to the same purpose; pure daz zling white picked out with gilding is emphatically tho combination of the day. ___ How to Mend a Kid (Hove. A neat way to mend a kid glovo is by using a piece of court plaster on the in- Blde. It may be necessary to darn first, but the court plaster will hold the darn firm and prevent the threads tearing cat. THE POWER OF CASH AS THE SECRET OF OUR GIVING SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE! AA itlr cash and nerve, at the time when both were at a premi um, we were enabled to make our large purchases for this season at greatly depressed prices, and we now are offering the most remarkable bargains ever heard of. Men heavy Jersey shirts, 45 cents, actually worth 75 cents each; men s good heavy working coats, $1.50; men's extra heavy blue double-breasted pea jackets, $2.00 each; men's extra heavy dark gray double-breasted coats, $2.50. Children s good overcoats, SI.OO each; children's fine cape overcoats which were made to sell at $2.50, but we procured a lot *i rn 6 ' I ?'u° v D( in a /ui ? nDg tllem at tlle unprecedented price of $1.50; full size 10x4 blankets, gray or white, 75 cents a pair. Ladies , misses', children's and infants' coats—our stock is the largest and our prices the lowest. Our large stock of cloth ing and overcoats surpases any ever shown in this region, and if you want dry goods, boots and shoes, rubber shoes, rubber boots, felt boots, or anything in the clothing line to keep warm during the cold weather, give our tremendous assortment an in- J ' OU " Wg ""■*> ° JOSEPH NEUBURGER'S EMPORIUM In the P. O. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa. ORANGE BLOSSOM 18 A8 SAFE AND HARMLESS AS A Flax Seed Poultice. It la applied right to the parts. It oures all diseases of women. Any lady can use it herself. Sold by AT.T. DRUGGISTS. Mailed to any address on receipt of sl. Dr. J. A. MoGlll & Co., 3 and 4 Panorama Place, Chicago, m. Sold, "t037- Amandiis Oswald, Freeland. Do YOU Wish I I/ELLMER TO MakO Photographer. ■ 13 W. Broad Street, Hazleton, Pa. Christmas CABIKS FOR s2o ° Dim ft nn i 0 Which cannot he beat for llGSGlll 1 ) elegant finish. Latest Fall Styles —IN— Ladies', Misses' and Children's COATS, • CLOUS • 11 • JACKETS' AT LOW PRICES. JOHN SMITH, - BIRKBEGK BRICK. GEO. CHESTNUT, LEADER OF GREAT BARGAINS, has a fine line of Boots and Shoes. Every Variety. Best Material. Good Workmanship. Reasonable Prices. NOVELTIES, TOYS, Etc., OF EVERY KIND. See our handsome stock of footwear—the largest and best in town. Custom-made work a specialty and repairing done on the premises. 93 Centre street, Freeland. CITIZENS' BANK OF FREELAND. CAPITAL, - $50,000. OFFICERS. Joseph Birkbeck, President. H. C. Koons, Vice •President, n. K. Duvlb, ("ashler. John Smith, Secretary. DIHECTOUS.-Joaonh Birkbeck, ThM.Birk beok, John Wagner, A. Kudewlck, H. C. Koons, Chas. Dushcok, John Smith, John M. Powell, 2d. John Burton. jy Three per cent. Interest paid on saving from 0a.m.t04 p. m. Wednesday evenings from 0 tp 8. To Horse and Mule Owners! Big stock of Horse Blankets, Lap hies, fur Robes and all kinds of Harness. Complete Harness, from $5.95 lip. Prices According to Quality Wanted. Geo. Wise, Jeddo and Freeland, Pa. IPOR SALE.—House and lot on Centre street, -I Freeland: house, 32x2:1; lot 126x25. For further particulars apply at this office. 1 OT FOR HALE.—One lot on west side of J -i Washington street, between South and Luzerne streets. For further particulars apply to T. A. Buckley, Freeland.