The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-01
A MINE OF WEALTH.
An English Lecturers Discourse on Fgga
Medicine as Well as Food.


The discourse on eggs which Mr. Sim
monds has just delivered before the so
cietv Of Arts is well worthy Of the most
careful consideration Eggs, according TO
rbe lecturer, constitute neglected mine
of wealth. They are the one article OF
agricultural produce for which the de-
mand is unlimited, and perhaps the only
one in which we might, did we choose,
defy foreign competition. They not only
moan money, but they command prices
that admit Of profit compared with which
heof and mutton are Of little account and
wheat barely worth mentioning Hens,
for those who know how TO utilize them,
law eggs which, if not made Of gold, arc
unite capable of being turned into that
metal. when they are retailable oil the
veor round. one month with another at
something not much short Of n penny
apiece. while the eggs Of ducks Will BRING
a still more remunerative price.
Eggs are a meal in themselves. Every
element necessary 10 the support OF idan
is contained within the limits OF an egg
she'll. in the best proportions and IN the
most paatable form Plain boiled, they
are wholesome. The masters of French
cookery, however, affirm that il Is easy to
dress them in more than 900 different
WAYS. each method not only economical
but salutary in the highest degree. 40
honest appetite ever yet rejected an egg IN
some guise II is nutriment ia the most
portable form and in the most concen-
trated shape Whole nations of mankind
rarely touch any other animal food.
Kings eat them plain as readily rs do the
humble tribesmen.
After the victory Of MuhldOrf, when the
Kaiser Ludwig sat AT meat with ms burg
gratis and great captains, he determined
on a piece of luNury--'One egg to every
man. and two to the eXcellently valiant
Schwepperman. Far more than fish
for its watery diet--eggs are the scholar
fare. They contain phosphorus, which IS
brain food. and sulphur, which performs
n variety Of functions in the economy.
And they are the best Of nutriment for
children, for, in "a compact FORM they cou-
tain everything that is necessary for the
growth Of the youthful frame. Eggs are,
however not only food--they are medicine
also. The white is the most cilicacious Of
remedies for burns, and The oil eXtractable
flom the yclk is regarded by the Russians
a. an almost miraculous salve for cuts,
bruises and scratches
\ raw cgg. if swallowed in time, will
cTectuany delach fish bone I'M the
throat. aud the white Of two eggs Will
render the deadly corrosive sublimatc as
harmless as q dose of calomcl They
strengthen the consumptiyc. inygorate
the feeble and render the most susceptible
all bat proof against iauudicc iu Dts more
malignant phase They can also be drunk
in the shape Of that egg flip which sus-
tains the OratOrIcal effort, of modern
statesman. The merits Of eggs do not
end even here In France alone the wine
CHARTERS use more than 80, 10000 year,
and the Alsatians consume fully 3SOOo,
900 in calico printing aud for dressing the
leather used i'm making the finest Of
French Kid gloves Finally not 10 men
ton various other cmplOyment5 for eggs
in the arts, they may Of course, almost
without trouble on the farmers part. he
converted into fowls, which in any shape
are profitable to the seller and welcome 70
the buyer. Even eng shells are valuable,
for allopath and homeopath alike agree
IA regarding them as the purest Of car
Donate of lime.-I.ondon Standard.