Til ft NORFOLK \VEEKLL NEWS-JOtlKNAU FRIDAY. MAY 27 , 1910.
IN Norfolk Weekly News-Journal
The NCWH , Established 1881.
The Journal KaUibllHhcd 1877.
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To tllttrnril old rules and parlia
mentary tiHnKca IH much easier tlmn
netting up now and bettor ones.
Mr. Kdlson says u plcco of radium
the Blzo of a plnhcnd would Illumlno
the whole state of Arkansas. ' 1m. . . . . .
would prouaoly cause twilight in U.H
southern Missouri.
Farrnr , the Krent grand opera
singer , appeared In the pen in At
lanta and sang to the convicts. A
imrugrapher referred to It as a "star
among the stripes. "
The IJaltlmoro widower who de
clines to marry until he can find a
woman the proper size to wear his
deceased wife's clothing , Is certainly
an economical CUBS.
The airship has at least one advant
age over the automobile there are no
cops Moating about in space with stop
watches waiting to drag you in for
violating the speed ordinances.
A Jersey City pastor resigned be
cause ho was bald. Did the revcrand
gentleman never read what Ellas did
when the newsboys guyed him ? He
didn't resign. Ho made them milt.
The colored churches of Virginia
have been crowded on account of the
comet , which Is having a good in-
Jluencu on the poultry trade.
Hadcllffe College girls are required
to have "dainty and trim" feet at
graduation. This will require consid
erable trimming in some cases.
If the man who was silling on the
safety valve of those boilers nt Can
ton. O. , 1ms come down yet , he should
lie sharply questioned as to what he
knows about it.
After wearing a straw Imt down
town a few days ahead of the accept
ed time , you'll know what the Pil
grims and Puritans suffered In defying
church and state.
People who imagined that their tan
gled affairs were to be settled by the
comet putting an end to the world ,
will have to take hold and straighten
them out themselves.
John W. Foster intimates that we
liavo hesitated to raise the Maine be
cause wo feared to iind she was blown
up from the inside. Wo will now hear
from Admiral Sigsbeo.
A good memory is a good thing if
it is exercised only in remembering
good things , but a retentive memory
that stores up every slight , neglect
and grudge , might better be less ac
tive.
The Smithsonian institution wants
$35,000 to mount the Hoosevelt tro
phies , it used to be the rule that af
ter n boy gets home from a llshing
trip , he must dress his own fish for
the table.
The intense selfishness of our people
ple is illustrated by the publication of
Interminable matter as to whether the
comet would hurt us , while no one
asked what we were going to do to
the comet.
As the proposition for a tariff com
mission was not presented by a demo
crat , the unterritted of congress will
solidly oppose a proposition aimed to
correct precisely the evils they have
been kicking about.
They say it will cost $500,000 to
raise the Maine. But it won't cost
any less to do It twenty years from
now , let alone the black eye Uncle
Sam will get for the heathenish cus
tom of leaving his dead unburled.
A New England Judge recently lin
ed a high school student $25 for cut
ting a leaf from a magazine on file
In a public library. This seems pret
ty severe , but the mutilation of books
In a public library can hardly be too
severely punished.
The Hungarian minister of agricul
ture is In n critical condition , having
had his skull fractured by an ink
stand thrown by a member of the
chamber of deputies. Those Euro
pean parliaments are barbarous. Here
Jn civilized America we use chairs.
The French workman who is in
jured while Intoxicated cannot claim
damages from his employer. The
French courts consider that drunken
ness constitutes contributory negli
gence. This Interpretation of the law
is n step in the right direction.
King George draws ns his regular
salary $2,395,750 asldo from family
grants. lie ought to get along com
fortably on this amount oven at pres
ent prices if his family have good
health and the royal palace doesn't
.need plumbers' repairs.
Undo Sam's onumcrulorH will not
be called Into service for ten years
again. Sixty-live thousand men were
employed In this work. The count In
the big cities will bo given out first
and U may be midsummer before the
present population of Norfolk Is
known.
A "run out" New Hampshire has ,
under the management of n scientific
farmer , who employed a logical sys
tem of rotation In crops , increased In
Its production eight fold in the last
eight years. In many cases the land
has not run down so badly ns the
farmer who cultivated It.
Tenement House Commissioner Mur
phy suggests ns the best Way of mak
ing New York city a good place to live
In , the building of subways so that
people may live out of if. That is
the best euro for most unfortunate
conditions get away from them but
It Is not always easy to do it.
With Mayor Gnynor forbidding sa
lacious plays in Now York and Mayor
Uusso refusing to allow the proposed
Gotch-Zbyszko wrestling match on
Decoration day it begins to look as
if the man who alleges that ho has
n right to do as ho pleases regardless
of what other people think was right
up against it.
Mayor Sidel of Milwaukee Is now
threatened with nervous prostration
after a few weeks In olllce. He is
trying to examine into every detail of
the municipality's affairs personally ,
oven to checking up the inventory of
the nppartus in the gas Inspector's
olllce. A genius for details Is a valu
able faculty but it may easily bo over
worked.
The poorer population in our great
cities are scarcely located In one
place long enough to be counted by
the census enumerators. For exam
ple , It was found that in thirty-two
months 132 families had moved into
and out of one tcenment building ,
while during that time twenty-live dif
ferent families had occupied a single
apartment.
Up to tills time Louis Paulhan , the
Frenchman , is the world's greatest
aviator. He covered the distance be
tween London and Manchester a dis
tance of ISC miles in four hours and
eleven minutes and won the $50,000
prize. This feat puts the Wright
brothers somewhat In the background
and has the effect of stimulating them
to greater effort.
Down at Cincinnati there is an
original woman. Recently she se
cured a divorce from her husband ,
Immediately had cards printed an
nouncing this fact and sent them out
just ns she would u wedding an
nouncement. If she attracts some one
to her by this new and novel style ,
once more will it be demonstrated
that advertising pays.
An investigation of the records era
a largo university has confirmed the
belief in the force of habit namely
that those who won scholastic honors
In college also maintained their stan
dard in the law and medical school ,
while those who had n good time and
made fun of the "grinds" failed to n ;
habits of industry when they entered
the technical schools or In later life.
The several state legislatures of
South America have been holding their
final sessions preparatory to the con
summation of the act of union. Much
strife Is anticipated In nil the states
over the election of the federal parlia
ment. It will be a happy outcome if
so broad minded a statesman as Gen
eral Dotha is elected to the first pre
miership of the new nation. ,
Germany regards national disarma
ment as an irrldescent dream , but so
practical a man as Secretary Knox
considers ultimate disarmament
through the substitution of a great in
ternational court of appeals as prac
ticable. Some way must be found to
terminate the present competition
among the nations. It is unnatural
and intolerable. Probably it will end
itself.
Some rich men's fortunes fade
away after their death. Take that
Standard Oil man , H. II. Rogers , who
was reported to bo really rich , but
his estate shows that he left only
$34.000.000 to his family. By fru
gality and withdrawing from swell
society and cutting down their for
eign trips and reducing the number
of automobiles they may manage to
live comfortably for many years.
Theodore Roosevelt is one of the
chief advocates of tea as a harmless
stimulant for men doing severe phy
sical work. On his hunting trips he
always uses it in preference to any
other drink. He finds it more stimu
lating than coffee or any Intoxicating
liquor. In his Interesting descriptions
of big game hunting In the west he
tells frequently of the restorative pro
perties tea offers to hunters wornout
by long travel in stormy weather.
The American Bar association re
cently adopted a "code of ethics"
which If adhered to by all members
of the legal profession would bring
about a revolution In the administra
tion of justice. It proposes a vow
taken on admission to the bar , In
these words : "I will never reject ,
from any consideration personal to
myself , the cause of the defenseless
and oppressed , or delay any man s
cause for lucre or malice , so help me
God. " A code like that might not
make n bad lawyer good , but It at
leuht leaves no young lawyer In doubt
as to what true legal ethics are.
The restoration of the Campanile
In Venice Is a triumph of sentiment
over mere commercialism. The old
tower which was begun more than : i
thousand years ago had no particular
utilitarian value , yet auc'h was the
grief of the Venetians over the loss
of Its commanding presence that they
said , "The master of the house Is
gone. " The now tower which the city
has nearly completed is merely n re
storation of the old one and the pieces
of the bells forming the far famed
chime which hung in the tower were
gathered after Its fall and recast.
They will be rung for the first time
on St. Mark's day next year.
HIGHER FREIGHT HATES.
If the railroads are courting further
unpopularity , they will persist in their
present plan to raise freight rates
nil over the United States. Adding
to the cost of living is not going to
make a hit with the ultimate con
sumer , who will eventually have to
pay the freight.
The railroads are prospering. They
are paying big dividends. With In
creased bulk of business and con
stantly growing experience In ways
of economy , there is reason why they
should be able to haul freight for
smaller rates instead of having to
Increase the cost.
And they're starting something that
they may not be able to finish.
THE STAR GAZERS.
Star gazing is ordinarily limited tea
a few people keenly interested in nat
ural science , not to speak of the many
young folks who use it as an excuse
for getting out of doors unchaperoned
after dark. But Hnlley's comet has
vastly increased interest in the heav
ens , and in many place the streets
have been crowded on some of these
recent nights.
Astronomy is a fine interest , and
ono more accessible to the loneliest
resident of the remotest farm than to
the most favored metropolitan dwell
er. There is peace and rest in look
ing at the majestic march of the sun
and planets , n feeling of some vast
authority and intelligence that does
all things well. There is all the fasci
nation of a puzzle picture , in becoming
familiar with the great historic con
stellations , at which man has gazed
In curiosity and awe for 10,000 years.
And converse with these vast inter
ests gives one the feeling that the
strivings and competitions , the heart
burnings and the ambitions of earthly
life are after nil very trivial.
THE SMALL COST OF PAVING.
One week from Tuesday Norfolk
voters will express their opinion as to
issuing $12,000 bonds to pay for pav
ing the street intersections in paving
district No. 1 Norfolk avenue from
the Northfork river west to Seventh
street.
Norfolk has for many years been
anxiously waiting for the time when ,
under the law , its population would
permit the legal voting of paving
bonds. And now that the property
owners along the main business street
have shown a desire to pay the cost
of the paving , It would seem that there
should be absolutely no doubt as to
the paving bonds carrying by nn over
whelming majority.
The cost of paving the street inter
sections is all that will fall upon the
taxpayers and this is so small a sum
that the expense can not logically
stand ns the slightest argument
against this progressive step.
Former County Treasurer Carl
Wilde has figured out what the cost
will be to the taxpayers , and the cost
is small , indeed. On the basis of a
total assessed valuation tor the city
of $400,000 in round numbers , which
Is rather too low an estimate by pos
sibly $100,000 , the taxes on the $12-
000 bonds , bearing 5 percent interest ,
will amount to this :
Each year for ten years , only in
terest is to be paid and every taxpay
er Is taxed but 15 cents for each $100
assessed valuation ( $500 actual valua
tion. )
After ten years , each year one-
tenth of the principal and Interest is
levied , which would amount even if
the city did not grow to only 30
.cents for the sinking fund and 15
cents for Interest on each $100 assess
ed valuation.
At the expiration of twenty years
enough tax from the above small levy
will have accumulated to pay the en
tire issue of bonds.
PAVING BONDS.
About the only opposition thus far
developed against the issuance of
bonds for paving the intersections of
Norfolk avenue , seem to bo contained
In the throp questions following :
Why should the city vote bonds to
pay for removing the earth in front
of buslnos houses to reduce the level
of the street so that paving may bo
placed on It ?
Why are we asked to vote $12,000
In bonds when It Is estimated that the
required cost for each Intersection will
bo $1,000 and there are but seven in
tersections In the contemplated pav
ing district ?
Why should the whole city be asked
to pay for Intersections in the business
part of town ?
These are natural questions and the
public has n full right to be Inform
ed , before casting ballots upon the
proposition as to whether Norfolk
shall Issue bonds for the purpose of
paying for Intersections In paving dis
trict No. 1. The questions wore taken
to Mayor Friday and his answers em
body the following facts :
No part of the money realized from
sale of bonds will bo used to cover
cost of removing earth from the sur
face of the street. The city Is great
ly In need of earth to grade up streets
In the lower parts of town , and un
der normal conditions this dirt must
be hauled f'om hills west of the city
at n considerable cost for the soil and
a greater cost for hauling , on account
of the distance that It must be car
ried. If the dirt can be taken from
Norfolk avenue , where nothing will be
paid for it , the cost of hauling will
be not more than one-half what It will
cost to bring it from the hill. It may
be true that it will cost a little more
to load it , on account of Its packed
condition , than it would to load It nt
the hill , yet It costs the city nothing
except the loading while It has to be
paid for at the hill , while the hauling
to the streets thatrequire to be graded
will be less than half because of the
reduced distance. And this dirt must
be provided this year , ns the condition
of lower Second , Third , Fourth , Fifth
and other streets is such that the people
ple living along those streets arc en
titled to have them made passable in
bad weather , Every load of dirt so
removed from Norfolk avenue will be
paid for from the street fund of the
city , and the street fund will effect
a saving of fully 50 percent on this
repair work.
Only so much of the bonds ns are
needed for the work as required will
be sold , the balance remaining unis
sued until needed. At the present
time the proposed paving district No.
1 contemplates seven intersections ,
which will take $7,000 of the bonds ,
the remaining $5,000 authorized by the
election being held in reserve until
needed for future paving districts.
So long as any part of the bonds are
not Issued they will not draw inter
est , and if they are never issued of
course they will not have to bo paid.
It is simply giving the city authority
to issue bonds for paving purposes
to the extent of $12,000 when need
ed , without calling a special election
every time an intersection is wanted.
The prime object of calling for more
than required at this time is to save
cost of a special election , an item of
several hundred dollars.
The third question is answered by
the law of the state , which provides
that where a town of this class paves
its streets , the town as a whole must
pay for intersections. If the property
pwners contribute the cost of paving
in front of their premises the city
should well afford to put in the Inter
sections , as the paving is for the whole
public good and for the benefit of those
who use the streets.
AROUND TOWN.
You did see the comet , after all.
Isn't this a frost for summer ?
Help yourselves , Omaha bunch.
You're welcome.
Oh say , did you see the comet
AND the moon eclipse ?
Boost the Omaha boosters. They
can't help it that they live there.
This is the sweet girl graduate
her inning.
Are those sun spots responsible for
this ?
Are we going to celebrate the
Fourth ?
Sort of punk work those astron
omers did.
The weather man , confound him ,
was right again.
Was it rain or snow or comet's tail
that we were bathed in Saturday morn
ing ?
"Me lord , there's a comet without. "
"Without what ? "
"Without its tail , sir. "
The state fire inspector finds that
Norfolk firemen fight the fires before
the fires ever start.
Now that the government Is after
the lumber trust , maybe we'll bo able
to get back to the good old days of
toothpicks. .
There was a light house at the
Auditorium last night. But what
could you expect with two free shows
in the sky ?
With a coon's face on the moon and
a firebrand in the sky , no wonder the
temperature dropped to within two
degrees of a frost.
Don't .get the idea that your hnlr
isn't worth anything. A woman In
Norfolk Is wearing $25 worth besides
her own.
In less than a month the longest
day will have como and gone and
we'll be heading back towards win
ter If that's any consolation to you.
The "lost" column of The News
will do pretty nearly anything. AB
soon as the fact that the comet had
lost Its tall was published In this
paper , thu comet found n new one.
The astronomical editor Is apologiz
ing today over that "smoked glass"
paragraph In connection with the
moon eclipse , because his mother-in-
law sent him word that he'd have to.
He's been using his mother-in-law as
material for so much newspaper stuff
that she got up on her ear and , now
that she has him foul , compelled him
to use his own mistake for a little
reading matter. Wouldn't you hate to
have a mother-in-law like that ?
It beats the band what that comet
has done to the astronomers. For
Instance , there's the comet editor of
The News. He's got 'em. Almost
needs n padded cell. Here's an Illus
tration : Yesterday's News , forecastIng -
Ing the eclipse of the moon , said people
ple were getting smoked glass ready
for the event. Now who ever heard
of needing smoked glass for an eclipse
of the moon ? It's the comet's fault.
No wonder two people dropped dead
in one town when they took a look.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
The women say nothing makes
them quite so tired ns for a man to
tell them what a devil he has been.
It Is human nature not to pay much
attention to n warning sign until ono
runs into something more substantial.
People should give us credit for this ,
at least : We never refer to beer as
"amber Iluld. "
It Is not a crime to be fooled ; so
many smart people are trying to fool
you. But It Is a crime to fool your
self.
There is nothing you can do , without
being criticised by the newspapers , ex
cept farm , and work at a trade as a
union man.
When a man is applauded for doing
or saying a smart tiling , he tries so
hard to score again that he becomes a
nuisance.
When a girl goes out of town on a
visit , and her hostess cries when she
departs for home , she thinks her visit
was successful.
When a man first joins a lodge he
is very enthusiastic , but when the first
assessment becomes due ho begins to
take less interest.
In addition to dentil an'1 taxes , you
may place among the sure things the
fact that nothing is ever settled def
initely by debate.
Why doesn't Hick Colgan write a
series of articles for Scrlbnor's Maga
zine ? He killed eight wolves last
Wednesday in five minutes.
Many obituaries state that the de
ceased "passed quietly away. " W .
would like to ask if anyone ever
passed away making a loud noise.
It is your enemies who keep you
straight. For real use , one active ,
sneering enemy is worth two ordinary
friends.
We have noticed that when a man
goes to stay three or four months "at
his old home in the east , " he usually
comes back in two or three weeks.
When a man believes he has a large
acquaintance and great Influence , it ib
easy to induce him to become an
agent for an article paying a large
commission.
What has become of the old fash
ioned man who said of the man who
had had three or four wives : He has
a white liver ! "
The facts are that a man may
breathe properly , take proper exercise ,
eat properly , and obey all the rules of
sanitation , and then die of old age at
70 to 74.
If a baby is as smart as its mother
claims , it will cry at 3:15 : at night , in
preference to any other hour , so that
when it awakens its parents they may
behold the comet.
Tlie Lancaster Literary society will
meet in called session this evening to
discuss this question : "Resolved ,
That the pantalettes worn a half cen
tury ago are more immodest looking
than legs. "
There isn't anything in the world
that will give a mother more pleasure
than to have all the children come In
the room to be presented for Intro
duction when her preacher calls , and
when her husband also comes in of
his own accord , her heart overflows
with joy. And if her husband , willing
ly and without any previous threats ,
hints , or coaxing from her , asks the
preacher to call again , she fairly pants
with bliss.
A girl stenographer was discharged
today for being two hours late , hei
employe refusing to accept the very
good excuse she gave. "I was up at
the usual hour , " she said , "and , while
breakfasting , and on my way down
town. 1 was bothered with the tantaliz
ing thought that I had forgotten some
thing. I had reached the office door
fifteen minutes ahead of the usual
time , when I remembered ! I had for
gotten to read the Thought for the
Day In my Uplift Calendar. So I ran
nil the way home and read this helpful
motto : 'Let the True Inwardness of
love penetrate to your subconscious
self , and all will bo well. ' Then I
started on a run back to the olllce. In
vigorated and refreshed by what I had
read ; got there late , and lost my Job.
I claim this life Isn't up to the plans
and specifications laid down in the
story books. "
Home Course
In Domestic
Science
VI. Cuts of Meat and
How to Cook Them.
Dy EDITH G. CHARLTON ,
In Charge of Domestic Economy. Iowa
Stote College.
Copyrlf hi. 1910 , by American Preit
AiiocUtion.
Is one of thu chief tissue
MEAT foods. It Is also ono
of the foods most commonly
found on the average table.
No matter how high the price sours. It
Is demanded at least once a day as the
principal dish In thu bill of fare of the
average American family. Until re
cent years It was considered almost
essential to life and was the last food
to be sacrifice ! If a change In the diet
was recommended for reasons of
health. At the present time people
are gradually finding out that meat Is
not a necessity In any bill of faro.
They are learning there are other
foods which contain quite as much of
the tissue building properties , and
chuest1 , beans , eggs and nuts are sub
stituted for thu moat dish. Still , beef ,
lamb , pork , fish , poultry and game
continue to bo favorite foods In many
homes , mill one or moro of ibi > number
Is prepared for thu table every day.
Universally used as It Is. meat of all
kinds is the food most often spoiled in
the cooking , or. to mak the state
ment a little more specific , It Is the
food material In which tiie scientific
principles of cooking should be and arc
not most carefully observed.
Composition of Meat ,
Meat Is composed of bundles of
muscle libers bound together by a
filmy substance called connective tis
sue. There are also in all kinds of
meat moru or less fat. water and min
eral mutter , besides the bone , sinew ,
blood and skin. Albumen , a .substance
similar to the white of egg , Is found
In the blood and muscle , and this is
the principal protolil of meat. The ex
tractive , or tlu- flavor of meat , Is also
one of Its valuable properties , it is the
extractives which give Home kinds of
meat , beef especially , a stimulating
value , and they also aid In the diges
tion of the muscle libers. The amount
of tissue building material , or proteld.
averages from H ) to liO per cent In dif
ferent kinds of meat , and thu fat va
ries considerably , from i ! to CO per
cent , according to the animal and the
cut. Uncooked meat contains a large
amount of water , usually more than fi ( )
per cent.
Meat Is cooked to innko it more pala
table , to develop Its flavor and to kill
any germs which It may contain. Un
less very carefully done cooking meat
makes it less easy of digestion. Raw
CUAIiT BHOWIM1 DIVISIONS OP
beef finely chopped will leave thu
stomach in from two and one-half to
thrcu hours , while meat cooked utter
the common method will require from
two to three hours longer. When meat
Is properly cooked the muscle libers
will be softened and the connective
tissue and albumen will be only
slightly hardened. Boiling meat tough
ens the muscle libers and burdens thu
albumen. In this , thun , lies the secret
of the proper cooking of any kind of
meat. It should always be accom
plished with a moderate temperature ,
below boiling point for stews , fricassees -
sees , pot roust , etc.
One fact should ever be kept in mind
when buying meat and preparing It for
the tuble. This Is that it is not neces
sarily the most expensive cuts of
moats which are either the ) est fla
vored or most nutritious. It is a nils-
take , common to both experienced and
inexperienced cooks , to suppose that
when u really delicious piece of meat
is desired It must bo cut from thu porterhouse
terhouse or sirloin. To be sure , in
many minds , there is no moat quite so
appetizing as a porterhouse steak , but
oven that expensive and naturally
toothsome cut can bo absolutely spoil
ed In the cuoMtig. TjqnalJy true Is it
that a piece cut from the shoulder or
the flunk can bo prepared and cooked
In such a way that It will bo a dish
for the gods and will bo relished by
oven the epicure who usually casts
his vote In favor of "T" bone and ten
derloin steaks.
Different Cuts of Meat ,
A practical knowledge of the usual
method of cutting beef , also of the
length and structure of the muscle
fibers , is almost necessary In order to
Insure getting the best pieces of meat
and to determine how they should be
cooked. Hy the best pieces one gen
erally means thosu pieces having the
least bone and the tcnderest , Juiciest
moat. The woman who seldom If ever
visits the moat market , who invariably
gives her meat orders by telephone , Is
not ns likely to get n choice roust or a
particularly good steak as Is the wo
man who. knowing where these cuts
nro icvutcd. goon to the market and
makes her own selection. It Is not an
easy matter to null poor meat to the
woman who knows almost as well as
the butcher himself the difference In
the amount of bone in various cuts of
moat. It is a simple mutter to become
laminar with the character of the dif
ferent kind * of meat and their locu
tion In the en mi NH. nnd It Is a mibjoct
which every woman should under *
stand.
The highest priced nnd tomlorcat
pieces of beef are cut from the hind
quarter. Custom Is so strong In It *
preference that beef animals are bred
with a view to having as inui'li moat
and as small bones In the loin as pos
sible. The largest amount of nutri
ment Is obtained from some of the
fore quarter pieces. In dividing the
side of beef Into fore and hind quar
ters the division Is generally made
leaving one rib on the hind quarter.
The nlrlolii nnd rump roust , loin , porterhouse
terhouse and round steaks , the ( lanker
or Hklrt piece and the shank arc In thu
hind quarter. The rib roasts , chuck ,
short ribs , clod or forearm , plate plwo.
including the- navel , the neck and shin ,
are located In the fore quarter. Most
of these pieces can be cut Into smaller
portions , and the quantity of bone
which these Hcvernl purls contain gen
erally determines which Is the best to
buy. Of course animals must huvc
bone , and the butcher must see to It
that some one buys the bone If ho ex
pects to make n good profit. Hut we
nro always willing to leave the Inferior
parts the big bonos-lo the customer
who does not know any better.
In selecting a rib roust always uslc
for at least the first three ribs from
the whole fore quarter. The first five
ribs make a satisfactory roast for a
large family. Cutting nearer the shoul
der , the muscle fibers are courser nnd
the meat not as suitable for rousting.
The rib roust may have the bones left
In it nnd be cooked as a standing
roust , or the ribs may bo rut out and
the incut rolled , with center filled with u
bit of suet. The first method probably
has a little better flavor ; the second or
rolled roast Is more easily curved.
The first chuck piece generally sells
for n few cents less per pound than
the ribs and makes a very good roust
If It Is carefully prepared and cooked
rather slowly. The second and remainIng -
- Ing chuck pieces are bettor for pot
thun oven rousting. The clod piece
contains joint and bone of the fore
arm. It Is often cut Into throe purls.
The second or middle piece , contain
ing the .smaller amount of bone. Is
preferable.
The rump piece , with hip Joint re
moved and the cavity filled with suet ,
makes an excellent rousting piece. It
Is very lean , the muscles closely knit ,
and unless the bone is taken out and
.some extra fat added the meat is like
ly to be dry.
The tenderloin is a solid piece ot
lean moat , juicy and of line grain and
flavor. It Is located In ( lie loin , just
under the backbone , and Is thickest In
the center of the loin , Hocniiso it has
no waste and Is unusually tender it Is
sometimes sold In a separate plocu and
prepared us a fillet of beef or broiled
for steak. Hut such tenderloin Is sel
dom If over taken from first quality
beef , because when it has boon re
moved the value of the remaining ;
steaks Is considerably lessened. There
fore the choicest steak Is usually
the fourth or fifth porterhouse , con
taining u good portion of the tender
loin. Select n sirloin steak that bus
been cut as fur into ( lie loin as possi
ble. This gives u good sized piece oC
tenderloin us well as a large middle ;
piece with short muscles.
Methods of Cooking Meat.
Eight methods are generally em
ployed In cooking meats. Those are
broiling , rousting , stewing , boiling ,
frying , suutelng , frlcusscolng , n combi
nation of siiutoing and stowing , und
bruising , a combination of frying und
huklng. The various methods repre
sent cooking in moist bout on top of the-
range and cooking in dry heat In the
oven or broiler. The principle under
lying all the methods Is the sumo. U
Is to begin the cooking of the meut at
n high temperature in order to sear
over the cut muscle ends to keep the-
Juices in the meat und then to cook at
a lower temperature that the muscle-
fibers and connective tissue umy be
burdened as little ns possible.
For a roust of beef choose either the
first three ribs , a cut from the sirloin
or the rump piece. After preparing
the roast for the oven wlpo It with u
cloth wet with cold water. Do not
put the meat In a dish of water to
wash It. Put the meat Into n dripping-
pan or , better , a self basting roaster ,
sprinkle Itwith a little pepper and
dredge lightly with Hour If deslrod.
Hut do not put water in the pan nor
sprinkle the mout with salt , because
both oxtraet the flavor of the meat ,
nnd the salt draws out the juice. The
oven should bo very hot. about 350
degrees , hot enough to sear the moat
on all sides in ten or flflecK minutes.
If desired the searing may be done ou
top of the stove directly over the lire.
After the meat Is well seured the tem
perature should be lowered and the
meut allowed to cook more slowly uu-
tll It Is done , about fifteen minutes for
each pound. If a dripping pan Is used
the moat will require basting several
times during the first hour. For this
melt some butter or some good , fresh
"drippings" In hot water , remove the-
pan from the even and baste thor
oughly. Do not pour water over the
moat nor haste with clear fat. After
two or throe tl.nes there will he
enough fat In the pan for subsequent :
bastings. Suit may be added during
the lust half hour of roasting or after
the moat lias been well scared. To be
quite satisfactory a roust should
weigh at teast five pounds. Less tliiiu
that the piece will be so smnll that by
the time It has boon scared on all
sides there will be very little center
portion.
The superior man Is satisfied and
composed ; the mean man is always
full of distress. Confucius.
Paced Too Rapidly.
"Wolter. ask thu orchestra to plaj
something dlrtorent. "
"Any purtleular selection , sir ? "
"Somettitng slower. 1 can't chew
my food properly In waltz time. "
Kansas City Journal.
