Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-05-04
MORNING LEADER.
.DNEsD4Y M0RNING, MAY 4, 1854,
What Hungry men Eat,
LFrom the scientiae American.l j


The reader who is comfortably housed
and has an abundance whereWith to sat
isfy his hunger-Who has only to 70 to
his next corner, or to his cellar to procure
the necessaries and even the luxuries of
life-hss but little conception Of the straits
10 which men are sometimes put for want
Of food, or the substances hungry men take
into their stomashs. The keen gnaWing
sensation oCossioned BY want Of food is
utterly unknown to those who live in
cities; for although the Happetite" may be
good, and excited as the hour Of meal
time approaches by the sight and smell Of
food, these emotions are soon dispelled and
at least can be borne without great incon.
Venience for hours. But with that hunger
which is akin to starvation the case is diff
ferents The most losthsome substances
are eagerly seized, and these, which were
revolving, become not only tOlerablY good
but absolutely delicious.
That sentinel-the pslste-snd those
] piekets-the nostrils-challenge rigidIy,
in the quiet seclusion Of home, every edible
that approaches; bnt when the limbs
tremble, when the great arteries no longer
overflow with crimson blood, when the
brain refuses to think and the eyes to see
for want Of something to est, then that
gsrrison-the stomach receives Whstever
the highways and byWsys afford, or what
the ungenerous soil may yield. In certain
countries, as in Southern Africa and
| America, there are tribes called Hdirt-
eaters" who gorge themselves with Pc
culisr kind Of clay, solely to distend their
stomschs, SO that they may sppesse na-
ture. Once addicted to this habit ii is
inersdicable and they fall victims to in.
testine diseases caused by the abuse. Over
the far Western prairiss there roam skulk.
ing tribes OF rather scattered parties Of
Indians called "DiggsTs." They are OF all
wandering ssvages the most despieable
and degraded. They eat the roots Of GER
tain plants when unable to procure better
food, and are glad TO obtain grasshoppers
and other insects which the white man
looks upon IS vermin. In parts Of France,
chiefly in the wine making districts, there
are found quantities Of snails or slugs
which frequent the vines; these reptiles
are eaten by some and highly priced as
deliosoies, even by cultivated persons. We
sll know that the Chinese deTour cats and
dogs and even mice snd rats, and that the
edible biFds-nests which form q portion
Of the diet Of the higher Glasses in the
country mentioned consist Of a species of
gelstine or semi-trsnspstent mass which,
after being clesnsed, forms no despieable
dish.
The human stomach must be satisfied at
all hazards, and DR.. Kane and his follow
ers found frozen waIrus meat and polar
bears heads eaten raw, great delioscies T;
raw frozen livers he spesks Of as delicious
80 La al ELoN tn
auimaux Hbelles" and native Greenlanders
pint of train oil or bunch Of candles
was an sppreciable gift, and the first was
qusffed and the latter munched without
loss Of time. These are two freaks Of sp-
petite but the promptings Of nature, for
fst Contsins more oarbon-or, in plain
English, more heat or fuel for the support
Of the vital 1ame-thsn lean meat and it
is therefore in those polar regions an i'm
perative and Indispensable article offood.
In Norway and Finland coarse mix
ture, passing under tine name of bread ia |
made from the inner bark of the nine or fir |
tree; and it is q well settled fact that the
natives in certsin parts Of Africa eat s
peculiar kind Of ant with great avidity. |
Egyptians devour loousts and wild honey |
when they can get it), and in the wilds Of |
Southern Africa, round about the region Of |
the Cape of Good Hope, the swsrthy Hot
tentots gorge themselves toFepletion when
opportunity offers upon all parts Of the
beast killed. Abysinisns and the subjects
Of the King of Dahomey refresh themselves
with steaks, warm and raw, cut from the
living animal and the Kalmucks, wild
Tartar race, affect beverage called kolf-
miss which is made from mares milk.
In all climes men feed just in proper
ton to their cultivation; and in conditions
Of extreme bsrbarity the animal man is
littls above the brutes devoid Of reason.
Instinct governs the appetites Of savsges;
and they are filed to repletion to-day,
while tomorrow they starve.