The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-12-01

Eda$-Few persons who eat eggs have
any ideS Sot abe extent of the traffic in these
succulent Breakfast delicacies. The Increase
of the en- Trade and its development as one
of the in4pEtt,es of the country ar, really
rcmarkabld a journal that has instituted
careful ip3airics regarding the matter asserts
that. u issssss.i is.s,rr.a,tus courume4s'
in New York City '.i5ne now amounts to
SIS, S,000,008 per annum Throughout the
Union there are eaten ST., ,000,O 900 worth of
Eggs each year. The Improvements achieved
i'll imparting pcrmancncc to that freshness
which is one of the essential attributes of
the egg to make it marketable arc certainly
ingenious, The recently Invented process
of crystaization is one Of the most curious
mctho Is of guarding against this blight Of
staleucss. BY its agency the natural egg
is changed into an amber,hucd vitreous sub
stance, which, while reduced in bulk, has
impaired to it the property Of rcm,iniug
in edible condition for yeats and resisting
the dcteriorating effects of climate What
is more singular than this is that when thus
treated the eggs can be transported to any
place without inj jur", and can aftcrward be
restored to their original condition when
desirable by adding the water which has
been artifcially removed from tAc SHE'LL
This simple process is called "dcsi ccating,"
and the principal companies engaged in thus
preparing eggs arc situatcd in New York
and ST. Louis. 1t is said that neither salt
nor cxlraueous matter is employed in pro
ducing "dcsiccation." The egg is merely
reduced, by the removal of the water, to q
cansolidt,cd mass Of yolk AMI albumen.-
Eggs are also preserved by the process of
Ginning" and thus preserved they may be
utiizcl for every purpose excepting that Of
boiling. 1t is a custom of somo unscrupu
lous dealers to palm these 'limcl' eggs of
on purchasers as ''iresh country eggs" and
it can be done with ease and success. In
the "desicca,ing' process such fraud is im>
possible, for the very sufficient reason that
an egg that is tainted, even though it be
ever 50 slightly, cannot be crystaliz.d at all.
!, AgSS,lr rUrd~ AMERICAN WAR-CLouD.
Washington, November 2O.-It is report
cd in diplomatic circles that the Arsentlaes
ana Brazillians are about to SO t. wr.
The question at issue between the two gov
crnmcnts is the same that has kept South
America States in n condition Of turmoil
thron5 5hout the greater part Of their cx.s.
,cnce. Its aqucst)n orbJunlary. There
is Il large tract of territory called ''thc
Missions," which has been held practically
bv the Argentine Confederation for a great
many years. Brazil has set up claim,
which las never been abandoned, that this
territory is part o!its possessions. The cause
Of the controversy is q confusion in the name
Of two rivers. There arc two streams called
by the same name, one of which is south
Of the disputed territory and the other north
The Argcuiincs calm that the northern
riv r is the boundary line and Brazil claims
that it is the southern. 1t is reported that
tie nations are prtting their armies on Il
war foothng aud are purchasing war vcs>
scls in England with II view to pending
hostilitcs, which may commence at any time.
1t is understood that the good Offices Of the
American ministers 10 the respective gov
crnmcntsw:ll be proiIerca, with the view oi
settling the difficulty without resort to arms.
1t is notcxpcctcd, howcvcvcr, that their
efforts will result in very long postpone
mcnt of the war.
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nuSpapcr. lie writes editorials, grinds out
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manuscript, keeps a waste basket blows up
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