The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-29

in his deyotions. when the enumeration
and the reporter left the room-H T.
Evening Pa&
Csriosities Of Omniversas AankIsd.
THERE are numsroa.-~. I'D slmos-
said ryrctesless -curposities in ccnnect
ion with eating and drinking. even al
though our observations are restricted
10 the human family. IL natural
teeth ars examined at maturity. ties
ars found 10 point our their posseSsor
n omnivorous. and If they did other
wise we should, in the face OF the fol-
lowing facts, regard them IS false indi-
Gators, or. in other words. false teeth.
Beef and6resd are the typical foods In
the British Isles. but nowhere else. al
most every country has its swn typical
focds, together with miscellaneous ,srti-
sles 81 foyd Of all descriptions. Dogs
flesh, cats, monkeys, birds nests. are
all savory morsels To the Chinese. The
hedgehog Is regarded rs dainty dish
TO set before q king" in Barbary. and is
largely consumed in Spain and Ger
many. Kangaroos are relished by the
abcrigines Of Australia The opossum
is eaten in America, Australia and tho
Indian Islands. The walrus 10 eaten
BY the Esquimaux; whilst whales tiesh
Is eaten bv almost all who inhsbit re-
giyns far north or south, where whales
are found. Mice and rats are consid-
cred delicate morsels In parts Of Asia,
Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Horsefiesh is gradually hnding favor.
and has for long formed quite the sta
pie flesh food OF the Indian hOrsemen of
the Pampas, who eat neither bread,
fruit nor vegetables. The elephant is
eaten in Abyssinia and in Sumatra.
Three elephants were eaten BY the
Parisians during the siege. and were
considered delicious, the liver more es-
pecially so. DIR. Livingstone says he
breakfasted of cooked elephants foot.
and found 1t a whitish mass. slightly
gelatinous and sweet, like marrow,
and quite delicious. The birds
nests we have spoken Of as being
consumed b, the Chinese are procura-
BILE ever in some London shops. They
are the nests of swallows found in cav
ems on the seashore Of the Eastern Ar
chipelago. and are of a gelatinous ma
turt, from q peculiar mucus which the
bird secretes and discharges from its
mouth whilst building the nest. Liz
ards are partaken Of by the Chi
nese SO are snakes. Spiders are rel
ished by Bushmen, SO are grasshOppers.
Locusts are eaten, both in the fresh
state and sdted. by Persians, Egyptians,
Arabians, Bushmen and the North
American Indians. White ants, bees,
moths. ca,erLillars, and grubs, all find
admirers, especially among the lower
savages. We have not got TO the low
est depths yet. Earth eating Is prac-
ticed by the Japanese. who make 1t in
to thin cakes called tanaampo. 1t is
eaten especially by the women. who
take 1t to produce slenderness of figure.
It is generally an unctuous clay. con.
sisting of the remains of animal and
and plant life deposited from fresh
water. In Northern Europe a bread
meal, consisting Of the empty shells OF
minute infusorial animalcules, is eaten.
The Wanyamwezi, a tribe living in Cen
trail Africa, eat clay between meals.
preferring the clay of ant-hills. Some
earth-eaters take earth having no nu.
TRENT properties. The Agmara Indians,
for example. eat a gritty whitisb clay,
destitute Of all nutrient properties.
Tropical America is the scene of en-.
demic disorders from this depraved
officiating habit. Officers who have
Indian children in their employ use wire
masks to keep them from putting clay
into their mouths. A" negro addict
ed to this propensity is considered to b.
~irrevocably lost for any useful purpose
and seldom lives long"
The quantity of food taken is also
matter of curiosity when we have wei
authenticated instances of the extreme.
of going a long time without food at all
in eating next to none, and he Other
extreme of eating enormous quantities
In Siberia Sir George Simpson procured
a couple of men having a reputation fol
eating large quantities. and prepared I
dinner for them of thirty-six pounds
avoirdupOis of beef and eighteen
pounds of butter for each, BY the en-,
OF the first hour their stomach
were like ket.ledrums." having taker
thh elt th 3 aasip1ooss r;s in ta aeQ whsle T Slnn squ 3
one hundred and eight pounds of bee
and butter. Those who eat SO enor
mously are in a state of stupor 70
three or four days, neither eating no
drinking, and rolled about with a vie
to promoting digestion.
Barrow says the Hottentots ea
,, enormously sometimes: Ten OF on
! Hottentots ate a middling-sized OK. a
: but the two hind legs, in three days.
; And again: Three Bosjesmans had
! : sheep given to them about five in tn
!. !. evening. which they partook OF a
: through the night, without ceasing Il
: sleep, and finished by noon the me-
: day." On the other hand, in Shetlan
= = q number of the paupers, getting or
: shilling and one shilling six pence
. week outdoor relief, manage to liy
!. upon it year in and out, though food
= Just as dear as in any other part
Scotland, sundry cups of tea and q hal
= penny biscuit constituting a days ca
q ing on many DAYS, for they have fuel
9 buy out of their money in cases whel
: they cannot fetch the peats in from Il
hills themselves.
n No doubt we pass over edible tnins
through ignorance of their prOpertie
!. Thus oranges are mostly regarded
: things not TO be despised; howeve
!. about thirty-five years ago q vessel W
= wrecked at the Shetland Isles, ar
= amongst the cargo were large packag
Y of oranges, One of these was pick
q up by q peasant, who in a day or tv
:, placed his treasure at the disposal
the laird. "Tve browt We some bonn
% baws for the BARNS, laird" said q
u peasant. They are oranges, MaguI
- why don't you and your wife keepthe
Is for y~ourselves3 They are delight
eating" .sWhy. We see, laird" 81
3 the man, III thowt they'd be bon
y baws for the BARNS to play wi. dee
as for eatin'. why we've tried 'em
=. ways, an they're bad boiled. they
y war; rostit, but they're the dee'
raw."-Ldnd and Water.
"A Two Old Men.
OF NOAH NJ. WELLS, the Presbyterl
"a t----l- l:-o~a~flr a . Ero Pon