The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-24
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Quoting Governor Tyler's words thal
call expeditions have been more or less
alike and the public has seen enough Oh
gorgeous displays" the Chicago tribune
says:
This is good common-sense counsel. and
if It is followed 1t will save the people
Of Virginia from large financial loss, as
we'll as waste of time and labor. Even
where the outlay in buildings and grounds
was no larger than at New Orleans ana
Atlanta the losses were heavy, and they
probably will be at Charleston, as they
were at Buffalo. II the Governors adj
vice is needed the losses will at least
be ninmize6, for the proposed exposition
cannot be made to pay. If, however, the
loss is small, the advertising benefit will
offset that.
And what is to be gained by throwing
away money on buildings and grounds!
One exposition always suggests another
and provokeS comparison. In artistic
beauty and natural effects, as well as IN
architectural details, Chicago set
standard SO high that there is no danger
of its being surpassed for a long time to
come, while in the effect of illumination
1t is useless to expect to surpass Buffalo.
It is much wiser, therefore, as the Gov
ernor Of Virginia. suggests, to make a.
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wish the world to see than to attempt "a
gorgeous display which can only suffer
in comparison with previous ones.
Virginia has much to offer which is or
interest as illustrating American history.
Tn its way its terccntenary will be quite
as suggestive as the discovery of America
celebrated at Chicago. and the Centennial
OF the Declaration OF independence at
Philadelphia. and still more so than the
first expectation of cotton celebrated at
New Orleans seventeen years ago, or the
Louisiana; Purchase which st. Louis will
commemorate two years hence.
The Bayonne Daily Times says:
For some time the press OF the country
has been husily engaged in discussing
something referred to as RED albumen."
Wholesale druggists have been inter-
viewed. and they have declared that there
is no such thing. Technically, trey were
right, though really they were wrong.
Albunen is an animal product, ordinarily
made from blood or eggs. The so-called
RED albumen'' comes from a little ham
let in the Argentine Republic, about 500
miles back OF Buenos Ayres. There it is
known as "Beckoe albumen," though,
because of it's color, it is frequently re-
ferred to as RED albumen.' While the
wholesale druggists declare that they
have never heard Of Red albumen, IT
some of your readers will ask any drug
house which has close connections with
the South American countries for Beckoe
Red abumen. they will be apt to get
some of it, although it is quite eXpen-
sive, even in Beckoe, where, Ey the way,
it is mined in a small way. The little
hamlet lives almost wholly upon the
proceeds of this Beckoe albumen mine,
the output of which is said to contain
about so per cent. of the purest albumen,
thus contradicting the general impression
that albumen- is a purely animal product.
This whole discussion was precpitate6
by the statement of a gentleman in
newspaper. He declared that his hundred
hens. which had not been laying for
some time began to lay as soon as they
were fed equal parts of Red albumen
(given him by his brother. who had spent
several years in the Argentine Republic)
and Cayenne pepper. The hens, accord
ing to this gentleman, were soon laying
seven dozen eggs a day. and kept that
up for months without becoming broody.
Here in the United States persons inter-
ested in poultry are continually discours-
ing about the 200-eggs-a-year hen, but
in !3eckoe and the immediate vicinity
the hen which does not lay more than
200 eggs in 365 days is not considered
worthy to be kept. The people Of Beckoe
attribute this marvellous prolificacy to
the mineral albumcn which they get
regularly; but after all, it is possible
that the good people OF the little Ar
gentine hamlet are mistaken.