Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-05-25
The Value of AIbumen.


value albumen is by far the most i'm
2ortant of the elements that go with
the makeup of our food. 1t is that
part of our food upon which nutrition
mainly depends. Take away the aIbu-
men and the gluten. which is proba-
bly, the same substance in another
form, and starvation must speedily fol-
low. 10 matter how literally we may
partake of starch, sugar and fat. 1t
Is said that there is more nutriment in
an egg. owing largely to the albumen
in it. than in several times its weight
in cooked meat.-New York American.
Socrates and His Pupil.
There is a story told Of Socrates that
he once asked a self confident pupil
to draw line and, the line being COM
pleted, to construct a square upon it.
The youth did as directed. "Now,"
said the sage, make me a square
twice the size Of the one before you"
THAT is easy" replied the novice, and
forthwith, producing the line so that
it was double the length Of the first,
made another square. Very carefully
Socrates proved to the now crestfallen
follower that the new square was real
| ~ four times the size of the original.
! Next he explained how the task ought
| to have been done and concluded his
lesson with the remark, "Our first step
| to wisdom is ever a knowledge Of our
own ignorance
The Fancy Banyan.
Many letters still exist written by
prominent citizens Of colonial times or
dering clothing, chiefly from Europe.
| Rich laces, silk materials, velvet and
! ine cloth of light and gay colors
| abounded. Frequently they ordered
nightgowns of silk and damask. These
nightgowns were not a garment worn
at night, but sort of a dressing gown.
Harvard students in 1854 were forbid
den to wear them. Alice Morse Earle
in her writings in "Home Life In Colo
NAL Days" says that under the name
of banyan the nightgowns became
very fashionable, and nan had their
portraits painted in them-for instance.
the portrait of Nicholas Boylston. now
in Harvard Memorial hall.
His Dilemma.
, Customer neryously)-I want beef
: steak to take home to dinner. Unex-
: pected guest, you know. Wife tele-
phoned me to get the steak. Jane al
; ways buys the meat herself. you see
and she's aw'fy particular. What
have you got?
> The butcher (encouragingly)-Well
r wot do you say to nice juicy porter
house, cut thick. or maybe you'd pre-
fer couple O. cuts of tenderloin?
Customer (still more nervously)-
Well. I'm blest if know which. Say,
you couldn't femme have a couple O.
:, samples to take home an show her,
/ could you? It's only half dozen
blocks from here.-CIeveland Plain
= Dealer.
q His Name Fitted Him.
! Not very long ago a wealthy Wash
: ington gentleman had a new valet
r whose name was somewhat of a puz-
: zle to him. The initials were V. D. C.
Il Cheney, and his employer wondered at
times what Cheney's name could be-
3 One morning he inquired.
e Its like this. sir,'' replied the valet.
who happened to be an Englishman.
MY mother dearly loved to read nov
els when she was young. and some of
the names stuck in her memory. One
was valet de chambre She never
knew just exactly what it meant, but
:. the French sounded well, and she had
: me christened that. 1t fits me, don't
: you think So sir?"-National Maya
: zine.
< Births and Deaths.
= Assuming that the total population
of the world is 1.600,O0O,0OO and the
average annual death rate 20 per 1.OO(
= population. the total number of deaths
3 in year is about 100000. This is
. at the rate Of S7,671 per day. 1868 pei
hour, 81 per minute and 1 per second.
AS the population of the world in
creases by about 100000 per year
the total number of births must be in
. excess of the number of deaths. OF
5 about 100000. This is at the rate
OF 106,S49 births per day, ASP PEI
q hour, "A per minute and IL per sec
q ond.-New York American.
;, Ants and CoIors.
It was proved long ago that ants
: have the power Of seeing the-to US
: Invisible rays of the ultra violet por
. ton of the spectrum. They fear the
light for their larvae and when al
lowed choice between different degrees
= Of light always carry them to the
= darkest place accessible. When given
the choice between a compartment
. lighted with yellow light and one dark
! to our eyes, but under the actinic ray.
the ants unhesitatingly chose the vel
low light showing that to their eyes
it was darker than the other, to man
h invisible.-Argonaut
;, How Tommy Escaped.
/ At breakfast restless little Tommy
r began to play with the cruet stand.