[33] George Kennan, in his accounts of his perilous journeyings through Siberia, bears ample testimony to the comforting effects of hot tea. Often when he and his companion were chilled through, and almost dead with cold and fatigue, after many hours' travel over the frozen snows, they were revived by draughts of hot tea provided at the stations. [34] The ash of tea contains potash, soda, magnesia, phosphoric acid, chlorin, carbonic acid, iron, silica, and traces of manganese. [35] { Water 74.00% Egg Whole { Nitrogenous matter 14.00% { Fat 10.50% { Inorganic matter 1.50% PAVY. [36] Another analysis is that of Payen, the distinguished French chemist. Water 74.4% Starch, sugar, pectose 21.2% Nitrogenous matter 1.7% Fat .1% Cellulose and epidermis 1.5% Inorganic matter 1.1% ------- Total 100.00% Pohl found the proportion of starch, judging by specific gravity in different varieties, to be as follows: 16.38%, 17.11%, 18.43%, 18.95%, 20.45%, 21.32%, 24.14%. DR. SMITH'S "Food." [37] Mattieu Williams. [38] From actual experiment. [39] From Mrs. Lincoln's "Boston Cook Book." [40] Pink sugar may be made by putting a few drops of carmine into a cup of powdered sugar, and sifting it several times until the carmine is entirely distributed through it. [41] Mrs. Richards. [42] A portion of the starch and sugar is consumed to feed the growing yeast. It has been estimated that about 1/7 of a barrel of flour is lost in raising bread--that is, that amount is consumed by the yeast used. [43] Oven thermometers may be obtained of Joseph Davis & Co., Fitzroy Works, London, S. E., England. 400° Fahr. is a good temperature for the first fifteen minutes. Some writers give 380°, but the higher temperature is better, provided it can be gradually decreased; it should not fall below 250° until the loaf is done. [44] There is, of course, an exception in the case of the use of milk for young children, it being a perfect food for them during the first year or year and a half of life. [45] In England it is the custom to serve eggs in the shell, and it is considered bad form to open them, but in America the latter way is general; for an invalid there is no question but that it is the most convenient way to do. [46] The spatters should be soaked in boiling water for a few minutes, and then in cold water, to prevent the sticking of the butter.