Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-03-16
FRUIT OF THE HEN.
II Contains Every Element
Necessary to Mans Support.
Five Hundred Ways Of Dressing
Eggs.--Medioinal Qualities.

Slmmonds has just delivered before the
Society OF Arts. as reported by the
London Standard. is we'll worthy OF tho
most careful consideration. Eggs,
according to tho lecturer, constitute a
neglected mins OF wealth. They are
the oae article of agricultural produce
Tor which ths dcm,nd Il unlimited. aud
perhaps the only ono In which we
might, did W, choose, defy foreign
competition. They not only mean
money but they command pticss that
admit of profit compared with which
beef aud muttoa arc OF little account
and wheat barely worth mentioning.
Hens. for those who know how to
utilize them. lsy eggs which. II not
made OF gold, are quite capable Of being
turned into that metal, whoa they are
retailable all the year round, ono month
with another, at something not much
short OF penny apiece, while tho eggs
OF ducks will bring s;ill moro re.
munerativc price.
Eggs arc meal in themselve,.
Every element necessary 10 the support
OF man Is contained within ths limits of
an cgg'hall, In tho bs,t proportions and
In the most palatablo form. Plain
boiled, they arc wholesome. The
masters Of French cookery, however.
firm that |. IL easy TO dress them in
more ihan 500 different ways. each
method not only cconomici Il but salu.
tary In ths highest degree. No hoacst
| appetite ever yet rejected al egg In
some guisc. IL is nuriment In tho
most portable form and In tho mo,t
concentrated shape. Whole nations of
mankind rarely touch any other animal
food. Kings eat them rlain as readily
as do the humble tribcsmeu.
After the victory OF Muhi lori when
the Kaiscr Ludwig sat at meat with his
burgrafs aud great captains. he deter
mined on a piece OF luxury one cQc
TO every mna. and two 70 tho excellent.
ly valiant Schw,ppcrman." Far more
than fl'h---fof its wat ry di,t-.-eggs aro
th' scholars fare They contain phos-
rhorus, which Is brain fool, and sui.
phur, which performs a variety OF fuuc.
tions in the economy. And they arc the
best OF rutrimcnt for children. for. in n
compact form. they contain everything
that Is necessary for thu growth OF the
youthful frame. u .gs are. however
not only foo l---thcy arc medicine also.
The white Is the most cficaciou, Of
remedies for burns, and tho oil extract
able from the yelk Is regarded by tho
Russians as IA almost miraculous salye
for cuts, bruises, and scratches.
A raw egg, II swallowed in time. will
cifectually detach f,h-bone Ia tho
throat, and the white Of two eggs will
rcrder the deadly corrosive subIimate as
harmle5J as dose Of caIonei. They
strengthen the consumptiv,, invizorate
the feeble, a1d rcn Ter the most su,cep-
tiblc all but proof against jiundice in
It's more malignant phase. Ia Franco
alone the wine-clahdsrs use moro than
$4,000, 600 year; ald tho .Alsalians
consume fnlIy -. 900, 900 ia calico.
printing and for dressing the leather
usel ia making the isest Of Froach kid
glcyss Finally, not 20 mention various
other employmonts for eggs ia tho arts.
they may, Of course, almost without
trouble on the farmers part, De con.
vertcd int, fowls, which in any shrp,
ars pr 4 able to the seller and wclcons
to tho buyer. Even cggshsrs are ysIu.
able. for allopath an homcopath alike
agree 10 regarding them a, the purest Of
carbonate Of line.
Some fowls will lay ~ many o. eco
eggs per annum, while others do not
yiold a third Of that number. But
II, according to ihs calculation
OF correspondent whose frurcs
We printed some mo0ths ago. each
hen Is credited with 100 e,os.
there would b, "a least COO 600 900 Of
eggs from our homs fowl-houles. les,
tho 10000, 900 "a process Of Matching
This supply, pfodigiou' as it seemt is
however, nero tri1o c5mplrod With
the quantity required For II the eoa.
sa'ers Of tho kingdom ore potat q. 600 .
200 the number mentioned would not
.emit Of each Of them consuming more
han abou, twenty -four per ansum.
This Of course. j faf below the max
Many middle-cia's families use Tor the
'reakfasi-table and Tor cooking fully
90 per week. while eonfectioners. ho.
c's, restaurants, ard others must con
ume every day four or hvo times as
naoy, to say noting Of the cfaleluls al.
orbed BY various srfs and manafac.
ures. II one Photographic establish
nent alone 900. 600 are used every
geaf, while the amount required for va
fious processes IN calico printine. leather
dressing, asd. 40 believe, in book-bind.
ing, must exceed the number employed
ss food From what quarter, then, arc
tho wants Of Britain suppIiedg Our
eggs aro not manufactured 10 America.
as an ingenious myth circulated some
years ago affirmed % be the case. The