FROM DAY TO DAY. 
While few housekeepers would even 
wish to approach the skill of the French 
chef, who is said to have manufactured 
a delicately-flavored entree from a pair 
of old white kid gloves, it would be 
well did we pay more attention to the 
palatable cooking of inexpensive mater¬ 
ials. Very few housekeepers really 
understand the possibilities of stewed 
meat, and the unpalatable compounds 
often served under this name increase 
the disinclination for such cooking. As 
far as food is concerned, either the 
chuck or second cut of the round, while 
possessing less fuel value than the ribs, 
on account of the deficiency of fat, may 
be equally nutritious when properly 
cooked. Apart from the amount of 
waste caused by the bones in an ex¬ 
pensive roast, it is too often over-cooked, 
and this is another cause of waste. Nor 
can the highly cooked remnants be 
warmed over into hashes, rissoles or 
croquettes with a ny degree of satisfac¬ 
tion. 
* 
Some of the cheaper cuts of meat, such 
as the shank or the second cut of 
the round, are rendered much dearer 
through the excess of bone or gristle. 
It is always these coarser cuts that 
suffer most from poor cooking; very 
often one who will take pains with a 
fine roast will think any hasty or care¬ 
less cooking good enough for the cheap 
joint. A piece of the chuck, frizzled in 
the frying pan, is the hastily prepared 
“ steak” of many a workingman’s sup¬ 
per. It is difficult of digestion, unpalat¬ 
able, and extravagant, while the same 
portion, properly cooked, would be 
wholesome and nutritious. But proper 
cooking, in this case, would mean long, 
slow cooking. In a properly made stew, 
the meat should be cut into small pieces, 
and covered with cold water, which is 
gradually raised to 180 degees, and kept 
at that temperature for some hours. 
Hard boiling is the greatest possible 
mistake. It will be noticed, where a 
stew has been boiled hard, that, though 
the fibers of the meat fall apart at a 
touch, they are hard and dry. In 
this case, the connecting tissues have 
changed to gelatin and partly dissolved, 
but the albumen and fibrin have become 
so firmly coagulated that mastication is 
difficult. It must not be imagined that 
the nutrition of the tender stewed meat 
has all escaped into the gravy ; it con¬ 
tains nearly all the muscle-makers, and 
is easily digested. 
* 
Both as a means of saving space, and 
of utilizing heat that might otherwise be 
wasted, meat may be nicely stewed in 
the oven, and this is a good idea for 
washing or ironing days, when the top 
of the stove is usually fully occupied. 
The meat is put in a small stone crock, 
being cut up, dusted with pepper, salt 
and flour, and covered with cold water. 
Onions or any desired seasoning are 
used, and some halved or quartered pota¬ 
toes may be laid on the top. The crock 
is covered, and the meat cooks slowly 
for four hours, requiring no attention 
whatever, unless it be desired to brown 
the potatoes, in which case the cover 
may be removed for the last half hour. 
Simplified cooking for a busy day is 
worth considering, and it is economy to 
get as much use from the heat as possi¬ 
ble, when doing work that necessitates 
a large fire. One gets into the way of 
noticing this when burning gas, which 
must be turned off when not actually in 
use, and it does appear that we waste a 
great deal of fuel with our coal fires. 
It is not surprising that the French 
housekeeper, with her little charcoal 
brazier, should consider us wofully ex¬ 
travagant. 
AN INEXPENSIVE ROOM. 
“ T got so tired of sleeping in a collar 
A box,” said my friend, Mary, when 
I visited her this spring. “ I don’t see 
what folks were thinking of when they 
planned these old houses, tucking little 
7x8 bedrooms in here and there, just big 
enough to turn around in. Come and 
see what I have done.” 
She led the way up the steep attic 
stairs. “ You see, I couldn’t afford to 
have my room finished off with lath and 
plaster like the boys’, and I couldn’t 
have my room in the open chamber 
without any partition ; so I bought some 
boards, and father and the boys built 
this.” She opened a door, and we went 
in. “ The partition is of matched spruce 
flooring, planed on one side. I got 150 
feet. Then along the sides, under the 
eaves, where it was all open before, they 
put hemlock boards. All it cost was 
$3.97 for the lumber, and 30 cents for 
hinges, latch and bolt for the door. It 
looks rough, of course, but I like it. You 
can breathe here, and you can actu¬ 
ally walk around. You don’t know how 
good it seems after sleeping in a box all 
my life. How does it strike you ? ” 
I looked about me. The room was, 
perhaps, 17 feet square. The slanting 
roof was a beautiful, rich, brown color, 
while the new board partition was a 
sunny yellow. At the two windows 
were white curtains, and the bedspread 
and dressing-stand cover were also white. 
Between the windows stood an old desk, 
and above it there were book shelves. In 
one corner, was a round table with a 
red cover,and an old flag-bottomed rocker 
beside it. In another corner, was an 
old lounge with a big pillow filled with 
fragrant balsam fir. 
“ There was so much old furniture up 
here, ” Mary explained, “ and my room 
made the attic so much smaller, that I 
had to have most of it in here. This 
room is not conventional, but I like it. 
There is character in it, and it seems to 
me that, to any one with an eye for 
color, that sloping roof must be more 
beautiful than a papered wall. Perhaps 
I am prejudiced, though,” she said, 
laughing, “ by the fact that this cost me 
only $4.27. But aside from that and 
from aesthetic considerations, I think it 
is more hygienic than my old room down 
stairs. And another thing, no one else 
has a room just like it.” 
SUSAN BROWN ROBBINS. 
HALL’S 
Vegetable Sicilian 
HAIR RENEWER 
Beautifies and restores Gray 
Hair to its original colov and 
vitality; prevents baldness; 
cures itching and dandruff. 
A fine hair dressing. 
R. P. Hall & Co., Props., Nashua, N. H. 
Sold by all Druggists. 
^ TO CONSUMER AT ONg 
We Pay the Freight 
Save 40 per cent, and buy our 
“PARLOR CITY” Bicycle 
at $43.75—barrel hub, 
seamless tubing, all 
. latest improvements; 
la marvel of beauty, 
strength and speed. 
Our “GOLD COIN” Top 
Buggy at $44.50 cannot 
be bought elsewhere 
for less than $75.00. 
Sent on approval. 
BINGHAMTON CARRIAGE & CYCLE CO., 
Box G BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 
People often recommend, as a food for 
invalids, beef juice made by lightly 
broiling a piece of steak, cutting it up, 
and pressing the juice from it with the 
aid of a lemon squeezer. This appears 
to be a case of misplaced confidence, for 
our doctor assures us that such juice 
contains very little nutriment, owing 
to the coagulation of the albumen by 
cooking. Far more nourishment is ob¬ 
tained by masticating such steak than 
by expressing the juice, neither does 
this juice contain the nutriment of beef- 
tea produced by slow cooking and 
maceration. 
“Pearl top ” is nothing. 
“Pearl glass” is nothing. 
“Index to Chimneys” is 
nothing. 
“ Macbeth ” with the shape 
we make for your lamp is all. 
We’ll send you the Index ; 
look out for the rest yourself. 
Geo A Macbeth Co 
Pittsburgh Pa 
STOVE POLISH. 
DUSTLESS, ODORLESS, 
BRILLIANT, LABOR SAYING. 
Try it on your Cycle Chain. 
J. L. PRESCOTT & CO., New York. 
WALL PAPER 
The best 
for the 
least 
money, 
SAMPLES SENT FREE. Blanks, per roll. 3c.; 
gilt, 5c.; embossed, 8c. Finer grades, 10c. up, State 
color and price desired, size, height, and use of room 
SIEGEL-COOPER CO., New York and Chicago 
w 
ALL PAPER 
3c. to 50c. a roll. Send 
8c. for 100 fine samples. 
SI will buy handsome 
paper and border for a large room. 
THOS. J. MYERS, 1200 Market St., Phlla., Pa. 
EXCELLENCE 
OF THE HIGHEST ORDEK 
18 FOUND IN THE 
NEW MODELS 
OF THE 
Remington 
STANDARD TYPEWRITER. 
MANY NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS. 
Send for New Illustrated Catalogue. 
WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT, 
327 Broadway, NEW YORK. 
Buy a Buggy 
a carriage, a phaeton, or a vehicle of 
any sort from us and you get the bene¬ 
fit of first price, and a personal guar¬ 
antee of reliability. We sell only our 
own work, and stand responsible for 
every vehicle that leaves our factory. 
You can buy direct by mall as safely 
as you can deal with the U. S. Treas¬ 
ury. Illustrated Catalogue and price 
list free. Send for it to-day. 
The Columbus Carriage Mfg. Company/ 
L Box T, Columbus, Ohio. J 
BUY RIGHT 
Buggies, Carriages, 
gons and Harness at/ 
prices one-third to one-t- 
half below regular prices^ 
All goods guaranteed. _ _ 
8th year in business. Highest references. 
Freightpaid. Illustrated Buyers’ Guide FREE. 
■uni MK(J. CO., 104 West 4th Street, CINCLNNATI, OHIO. 
HEADQUARTERS FOR 
DUMPING 
Horse Carts 
Wide and narrow tires 
Low rates of freight from 
our works, Tatamy, Pa. 
—to all points. 
HOBSON & CO., 
No. 2 Stone St., New York* 
BUGGY WHEELS 
WITH TIRE ON. 
Don't waste money repairing old 
wheels. Get our prices. Are prepared 
to tire, box, paint and f'uriiloli 
axles for wheel, of all sizes. 
WILMINCTON WHEEL CO. 
(401 Union St.) Wilmington, Del. 
BUGGIES,; 
Carts, Surries, 
I’hrtons, 
1 SprlngWagons, 
| Harness and Saddles shipped C. O. 1). 
anywhere to anyone with 
privilege to examine at low¬ 
est wholesale prices. Guar- 
Janteed as represented or 
/money refunded. Send for 
illustrated catalogand testi¬ 
monials Free. Addr.(in full) 
C4SII BITERS’ YS10N, 158 W. Van Karen St., K3f3 CHICAGO 
BEFORE BUYING A NEW HARNESS 
Sendyouraddress with 2cstamp forlllus. 
Catalog.givingfull description of Single 
and Double Custom Hand-Made Oak 
Leather Harness. Sold direct to consu¬ 
mer, at wholesale prices. King Harness 
Co., No. 10 Church 8t„ Owego, N. Y. 
WE HAVE NO AGENTS 
but have sold direct to the 
consumer for 24 years, at 
wholesale prices, saving 
them the dealers’ pro¬ 
fits. Ship anywhere 
for examination be¬ 
fore sale. Every¬ 
thing warranted. 
100 styles of Car¬ 
riages,*) styles of Har- 
, ness. TopBuggiesaslow 
“as $35. Phaetons as low 
as $55. Spring Wagons, 
Ko.J7 H- Surrey Harness—Price $15.00. Road Wagons, etc. Send No. 606. Surrey—Price with curtain., lamps, «un- 
Ai good as sells for $22.00. for large, free Catalogue, shade, apron and fenders, $60. As good as sells for $00. 
ELKHART CARRIAGE AND HARNESS MFG. CO., W. B. PRATT, Sec’y, ELKHART, IND. 
Dietz Reflector Lantern. 
T HERE is an all-‘‘aroundness” about the goodness of this Lantern 
that is noteworthy. In fact, it has too many virtues to crowd into 
this space. It gives a surprising volume of light, which is rendered 
specially intense by the concentrating powers of the Reflector and Hood. 
It will not blow out, is absolutely safe, and can be used for driving 
darkness while you are driving horses, having a simple arrangement to 
attach it to any vehicle. The U. S. Life-Saving Service uses it for a patrol 
Lantern—as the fierce coastwise gales cannot extinguish it. 
The U. S. Government buys wisely—take a hint from it, and insist 
on your dealer giving you the “ Dietz” goods. 
We make an endless variety of Lanterns, Lamps, etc. established in 1840. 
R. E. DIETZ COMPANY, 60 Laight Street, New York. 
Our Catalogue, a nice little one, mailed free, will further illuminate you 
