The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-07-11


the effect that the egg contains about 20 per
cent Of water, rs Of carbon, and OF nitrogen.
The contents q s1 ordinary egg weigh about
dear, thcy afford nitrOgeisous food at an econo-
mical rate. Ultimate chemical analysis, how
ever, guide rs very little way towards the
uses Of an nrticle of diet; but proximate ANA
lysis concur with the universal experience Of
EnanlEind IN stamping tho nutritiye qualities of
the egg g high g possible The bulk Of the
ing point Of all the tissues as Licbig describes
&c, akin to which all food must be converted in
the stomach in order TO render it soluble and
ct to enter the circulation. There is the rich,
phOsphorised, yellow oily matter of the yolk,
with its snggestions of protagcn and nervous
matter.. There y the abundagt ash, with it's
iron and lime. The yOlk is the matter en-
ployed by nature in the origination of the ami
NAL primordia, and the surplus, as In birds and
fishes, is used as pntrimcnt during the earliest
vivifying properties. of the yolk have been
celebrated alike by Brillat-Sayarin and Lord
Byron. The egg affords to the poorer classes
the means of enriching any diet, however
nieagre, Mt the least cost of money and trouble
Eggs niny be added to bread-the staff of life-
in dozen easy ways. The dryest and most in
are converted into delicious pudding cake.
Eggs may be added to milk, tea, coffee, the
habitaal beverages at two daily meals. To
any stimulating drink, be it beer, wine or
spirits, eggs add a sustaining virtue which rem
ders less of the stimulant necessary. There is
no vegetable that will not go well with eggs.
Mashed potato, IN particular, rs improved and
enriched. They form an excellent ingredient
in soups and broths, as the Dutch soup, made
of broth thickened with yolk of egg, and of
course not raised to tho point of coagulation
of albumen; or they may be hard boiled and
rubbed up in granular state. To all over
sailed, dried, indigestible, stimulating articles,
as salt ham, salt fish, and the like, eggs are
added to obtund their acrimony and confer
freshness and digestibility. Conversely, there
is one defect in eggs as an article of diet for
the active adult-their insipidity, their want
,fo1, ,1,fn
bowels, and the consequent accusation that
they are heavy, cloying, bilious and constipa-
ting. All these may be remedied by the addi
tion of highly seasoned pungent articles, of
which water crosses and other kinds of salad
are the readiest for those who have no access
to greater variety of vegetables. Whether
raw eggs be mixed with salad, savory herbs
be cooked with eggs into an omelette, the
result is highly nutritive at little cost OF
course either combination should be eaten with
plenty of bread. But it would be impossible
in the limits of an article even to hint at the
outlines of the dietetic use of eggs.
That is Soda Uater.-The British Medical Jour
nal has been trying to find out what it is, by
analyzing fourteen different kinds, sold under
various names. 1t is curious that the differ
ences of composition are found to be very widc
indeed, and that only one kind was found to
have any proper claim to it's name. Many of
them had nothing at all in them likely to be
useful for the dyspeptic. The British Pharma-
copeia prescribes fifteen grains of bicarbonate
of soda to the bottle; and when q medical
his order to produce. Only one specimen of
soda water among the fourteen examined came
mp to this standard. Five of the specimens
were altogether devoid of allSali. This is mainly
important to those who desire truly alkaline
water, and for whom such drinks are ordered.
For those who drink soda water as a purely
"aerated water" agreeably charged with gas,
the quantity of bicarbonate of soda is unim-
portant. But there are many who have good
reasons for wishing to correct the acidity of
their wines, aud to aid their digestion by an
alkaline Such
very much misled at present by drinking many
of the beverages sold as soda water, but which
arc truly only earbonic soda water, and should
be so called. -- ID
ARcieRt Irish Costume.-In 1924, q male body,
completely clad in wooden antique garments,
was found in bog near Sligo, six feet below
the surface; and SO perfect was the body when
first discovered, that q magistrate was called
upon to hold an inquest on it. The garments
also were in such complete preservation that
photograph was made of person clad in this
antique suit; with the exception of the shoes,
which were too small for any adult of our day.
The costume of this ancient Irish gentleman
was exceedingly picturesque, consisting of
trews of plaid pattern, made wide above
like Turkish trOwsers, but fitting close to the
leg and ankle; over them was a tunic of soft
cloth, most deliberately gored and gusseted,
showing high perfection in the tailoring art
The skirt of the tunic, which extends to the
knee, was set on full, and measured eight feet
in circumference at the bottom. The sleeves
were tight, and open at the elbow like anal
banian Jacket; and OYER all was thrown the
imnemorial Irish mantle, invariably worn-so
indispensable q portion of Irish eestHHte-that
it passed into proverb among the Welsh,
g Like an Irishman for the cloak"
Ho,c Marbles are Made.-There is something
very ingenious in the manufacture of these
toys. The greater part of them are made of
o hard stone found near Coburg, in Saxony.
The stone is first broken with a hammer into
small cubical fragments, and about hundred
or q hundred and fifty of these are ground at
one time in a mill, somewhat resembling o
-four mill. The lower stone, which remains at
rest, has several concentric circular grooves.
The upper stone is of the same diameter as the
lower, and is made to revolye by water or wind
power. Minute streams of water are directed
into the burrows of the lower stone. The
pressure of the runners the little pieces
rolls them over in all directions, and in quar-
ter of an hour the whole of the rough frag-
nents are reduced to nearly accuratS spheres.
G1stdre Dore aud the Paris Riots.-Gustave
Dore, the well-known painter, went out, like
everybody else, to see the rfOting in Paris. He
was in his working clothes, that is, in blouse,
and was mistaken for a gdHiH from his youth
full appearance Some of the individuals who
SOW money to reap disturbance were doubtless
led into error nv that circumstances: for.