OFFICIAL VIEW OF EGOS.

nrutW - W h.B < b»p.r 1h>B M..1, The l'ill ted SUte* department oX a«xlculture. believing that the people of theee United State* do not know how good for them are efg* as food, ha* Uaued Farmer* Bulletin No. 128. entitled "Egfs and Their Use* as Food." It IS/bfCTF. Langworthy. Ph. D. Mr. Lajifworthy in hi*^

fact that there are two broad »ubdlviaTona4nto which off* may be divided; those from which the Infant bird cornea partly fledged and to a degree able to care for Itsey. a* do chick* of the common hen. and those from which the babies issue naked and helpless against the assaults of hunger and cold, except os they are protected by their parents, as in the case of sparrows and most of the smaller bird* of the air. More nutritive material is needed In the first sort of eggs than In the second, of course, because a great deal more of the younster'* life Is developed Inside the eggs. According to the beet Information of the author, there Is vdyy little difference between the eggs of different breeds of chickens. The color of the

been careful analyses to show white and brown shelled eggs have the same nutrlUve qualities, If the hens which laid them have been equally

well fed.

Eggs are classed as among the most nutritious -Of food stuffs. They contain more water than cheeee. but are more concentrated than milk or oysItls true that

food of the 1 ■ as the flavo

i that arc

fectly fresh may not' . used for any other purpose polishing of the soles of sho

e perto be

the

Experiments In the digestibility of eggs show that hard boiled and fried eggs require 3 1-2 hours for digestion soft boiled eggs required 3 hour*, roasted eggs, not egsa. whipped. 1 1-2 hours. It has also been established that from -93 to 97 percent of an egg that Is catan is digested. Hard boiled eggs will almost always produce more disturbance of the even tenor of the way of the di-

Tea. coffee and cocoa re Hon of egga. but eoff**'! cess less than th# other

retards the pro-

ra.

In the bulletin the following directions are giern as to the preparation of eggs as food: "The, following methods of preparing soft cooked and medium cooked eggs have been found to give uniform results In laboratory tests at the University of Illinois: ’Using a granite wnre stewpan of one quart capacity, one pint of water was heated over a gas flame: when the water boiled the gas was turned off and an egg which had been kept in a refrigerator was dropped into the water. Without disturbing the vessel It was. covered closely and the egg allowed to remain in the water sir minutes. It was then

tt cooked. As shown by

the egg was dropped Into the water, the temperature fell almost at once to

ly to 170-171 the. egg remained eight-s*inutes It-waa medium cooked. In this case the temperature of the watefc at the end of the cooking period bad fallen to 162-164 "Poached oi dropped eggs art removed from the shell and then cooked

from them are very Important In the C, Th# washing of new laid eggs greet ly Impairs their keeping qualities. According to Bribe] s new laid egg placed In brine made In the proportion of two ounces of Skit to each pint of water will at one* sink to the bottom, while an egg three days old will swim just Immersed In the liquid. If more than three days old the egg will float on the surface and If more than two week* old the ahell will barely dip In

the only one that the dejiertmlnt seems to think worthy of any great attention la that of coating the eggs 4Hth water glass. WatergUaa is the silicate. It la a thick syrup, In th* form for which It is sold for commercial uses. It la sold wholesale for as little as 1 3-4 cents a pound In carboy lots. One part of the syrup la dissolved In 10 parts of water. The eggs are coated with this solution. There 'Is also a water glass powder soluble In wattr. One gallon oi the solution la sufficient for 60 doxen eggs If they art properly packed. , The statement so frequently made by housekeepers that eggs at 26 cents a doxen are cheaper than meat Is true In one sense. Not. of course, with reference to the total amount of nutriments obtained for the money expended. but because a smaller amount of money la needed to furnish the meal. That U to say. whereas at least 1 1-4 pounds of beefsteak, costing 25 cents, at 20 cents a pound, would be necessary to serve five adults. In many families live eggs, dating 10 cents, at 23 cents a dozen, would serve the same number and probably satisfy them equally well. If the appetites of the family are such as to demand two eggs per person, doubling the cost. It Is still 20 percent lees than the steak. Many persons eat more than two eggs at a meal, but the average number per person. It is believed, does not generally exceed two in moat families. A hotel chef Is authority for the statement that at least one-half the orders he receive* are for one egg. Frequently when omelets. aoufflea. creamed egga and Other similar dl*he* are reeved In place of fried, poached or boiled eggs or meat lea* than lone egg per person is used. Is Is suggested that the most needed reform In the egg business U that the egg* should be sold by weight and not by number. Eggs vary so much In size that the numerical term* of sale often are unjust to either the merchant or to the consumer.

THE rUEA A REGULAR MRATE. IU Faredty. Third tar Blood aad AstaaUhlag Faata of •iroagth. The flea possesses all ths piratical instinct*—thirst for blood, rapacity, cruelty. He is. further, as Ingenious In devising torments as b* Is untiring in the torment of bis victims. ' The flea U built upon lines that make him forever hungry. But tals

from being the oddest thing about ilse. he (a the universe. If an ele-

steel framed sky acraper.

hf a body out of i head, and all

all proportion to his

over leas than the 16th of an inch In length, will leap upon a plan* surface more than a yard. This. too. when he has been hatched In hair, or straw, or sand, and never known what it was to have a full meal. More marvellous still, he will spring perpen-

one to two feet, r standing list-

over a c Wondi

their own weight. Further, an Ingenious goldsmith back In the leisurely 17th century made a coach and four in Ivory and gold, with a coachman upon the box, postilion and outriders, yet all so tidy It was dragged by a pair of fleas, working In gold collars. They worked under a bell glass, and were exhibited In London and Paris. To fight like ehts and dogs is the

THE DREAM FULFILLED.

"I noticed an article in The Star a few day* ago on presentiments of death." said an army officer this morning. "which reminded me of an !n-

Tmy^

serration daring the

“A general officer on-the staff of General Rosecrans received a letter from his brother, stating that he (the brother) was In receipt of a letter from a lady friend. In which she stated that she bad dreamed that the army officer would be killed upon a certain

day which She specified. In acquainting the of-

the probabilities of 1U fulfillment, an4 advised the officer not to take It t* r attach any weight to. what

cats and dogs do not nght so blue: as cat fleas and dog fleas. Od< enough the cat fleas are bigger th the dog fleas, so should be always v

The combatants stand up to fight quite like a pair of prlte ring ornaments. As they have alx legs they have plenty to stand on and still spare a couple with which to belabor each other. Upon neutral ground, as a floor or walk, the cat and doe fleas keep the peace. Buf let one Invade litter or a amt sacred to the other, and there Is straightway a fight to a finish Something even more curious than this Inborn antipathy Is that dog fleas Will not lire upon a cat not cat fleas upon

s after the Insect n ner. which hatch out tiny wrlgg very nearly Invisible to the naked yet capable of feeding on mois

to be the diet, since fleas breed so largely in sand, hair, straw aad litter

a while spinning themselves cocoon*. The cocoons are no bigger than «ny grains of sand, but under lhe mlcrosc.pe show as seml-trsnslucent oval* beautifully banded with pink and pearl. They are formed upon top of the matrix, whatever It may be, where the sun or tbe-UgM can strike them fair. Rain just

A flea's beak U sharp and hard, something like a bird *, only more

- ’ » Is not poisonous.

re and except in rare < * has previously been

are greatly dreaded spread the tearful 1

New York Sun.

use of salted water to which a very little vinegar has been added. The reason for this Is perhaps that acetic

took an opposite view to his brother, and declared and seemed to feel that It was destined to prove true. He spoke of It often to his Intimate* on the staff, and made preparations to meet wealth by arranging hU worldly

affair*. He was a Catholic, and so

convinced was he that he waa to die j

that he received the sacrament* of the a comple

"On the day when the laiy had ! that will vouch for their good conduct dreamed he was to hi killed the bat- J and Integrity, in my employ there are tie of Murfreesboro' w*r raging. He , about 160 young msn. — * “

mounted bs horse to carry out an or- | all able to answer th der of his commanding general and i I have statsd. as h* was riding over a field a few j men to make

yards from where I was stationed a | their own handwriting, and I ms

bumen; that Is, to prevent a loss due to some of the egg being dissolved In the water. Flavor may - also .be one of

"Fried eggs a flat pan in a little hot fat oil or huttar, and may be either soft or hard, according to the length of time em-

’ fat or butter In a aultable pan i folded over so that It ,inay be tur out of the pan In a half round fq ‘Some cooks Insist that the beat o Jets are made by using hot water stead of milk or erahm. Tbs hot wsInto the egg yolk In the 1 one tablespocn to an

e to preserve th# c

sired in the omelet and thorough mixing In scrambled, egg*. Th# former Is aecnred by beating, the latter by stirring.. Omelets era also mad* by the

_. egg white are used In 1. rrz tSSVS £ *“• ^ “* —— I

LSWIS T. STBVBNS.

M. A. SCULL.

DMT RUN i IISK; BE DISIIREB

IN ONE OF THE BE3T

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THE HISTORY Cape Ma"y County

LEWIS TOWNSCND STEVENS. STS: re Dutch explore

ns Controversies.

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FIOT'ElEvh GORDOK OUGHC

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CITY. I

OPEN ALL THE YEAR.

BOARDING BY THE DAV OR WE El}

CAPE MAY C

138 DECATUR STREET, A. R. GORDON.

CLINTON SOUDER,

DEALER IN

’and Awnings. 311-313 MANSION STREET.

E. S. HILDRETH, Successor to Geo. Hildreth, 32-34 JACKSON ST. CAPE MAY.

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in IILIBOURNE FLOUR, GRAIN. FEED, HAY, WOOD, ETC. ■FLOUR IT PHIUDE1PHU WHOUSAIE PRICES. -

Brown "Villa, 228 Perry Street CAPE MAY. N. J. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. Large Airy. Rooms; Renovated Throughout; Excellent Table; ' Open all the Year. Mrs. E. W. HAND, Prop.

electric tram to | It I* illustrated with forty-five picture, of

2.

toe soutow Its financial history will prove re- , abob.m su.6aaca* to

to eight inches wide aad three inches thick Th* machine Is claimed to ha very rapid in action, a hold egg and

aenal rata Any da-

ft of wood can be worked. Thia it l* «H S It U Claimed, will do th* aratlos

day afternoon*.U a vary rwnarkabl# one. The eMataiag of a seat on a car bound. Bay. tar New. la a mattar of physical strength and vigorous elbow work, or of an anticipatory walk of a taw hundred yards to a point where the 1 scorning vehicle can be boarded, it is not Impossible that the next geo-

STEWART-& BARTON F?ouse § Sign &ainiders

mom 3CKAN STRCrr, ‘ CAM MAY. ft. 4. S0r»Open all th# Tear. An elegantly located family Hotel-©* * r *taJt Belch and Railroad Station. R. J. ORE8WELL, Prop.