Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-14
Il UNGER in WARTIME
HOWIT CoMPELs EXPERIMENTS UPON
QUEER MEATS.

The "Siese yenisnn" OF Paris rs Usual,,
the First Resourc. Then the. l,l.sh of
Dogs. Cats, Rats and Even wild beast,
Is Devoured
1t is only in times Of siege and famine
that men discover how many different
kinds of food there are besides ,hn,.. usual
ly consumed. Hunger drives them tn az
rrri'ncnts upon Substances which they
would shrink from eating on ordinary &C
casions aud they frequently ind that
these uncommon foods, Gcnrraiiy consld
crc'i uhllt tor human beings. are ROT only
h"GtlShinS hat agreeable in iiuyur dice
the prejudice against !hcin has been bro.
Ken and the palate accustomed 10 Tho ,,,yy
taste
here have been at times in different
countries associations of persons W no luu.!.
Trials vi ntit i'ouS for the purpose of aS;tr
tanning their fitness tor consumption. but
t!is'S nave never succeeded III accomplish
ing their projected reforms Most ,u7.,lc
cling iond!y to their old ideas about What
Is good To eat and what is not, ana unly
the prospect of genuine famine can per
hi'ildo Them u try ordinarily condemned
things
- " W "i9''t|' i;''A becH DC
selgcu Tor such Il length Of time that its
food supply runs short, the first proceed
Ing usually rcsurtcd to n order to procure
to"u Tor tho inhabitants is the killing If
nurses ms meat seems To be preferred
u any other OF AN unusual nature when
the everyday beef, mutton and pork To.
.'''''c "ihh''ti'lii'thic l he eating ut horse,
$500 "h"'r s"ch circumstances IS q ln..c-
tice dating back To Very early times III
,'''.'s " IL h.lhE mentioned nll:onG the
s"'ha' VIC wrecks anu other nations 81
,'l''i's
:. - i''oFa''a that a1 INC siege 81
'''''o!'' ~ 'ne l!rs' crus;i'" the horses al
.i'; p''sicS"rs were eaten III such quantities
ia. ~ Two months not more than 1000
W 'he "f!Elhal 10000 We're left y, lie
s'cso OF Metz oo,OoO horses arc said ~
i'Nc pe'h eaten
''' nv famous siege OF Paris III the
"iioo "ssi'ttl wal. luFillShes the most
meats which NAV IL. used in ,,r,.,t c,r.,ite
During that terrific. >yir,rr .t ~,
Whit. the German, army n,,, ;J.s,,r,,,,.ti
suyplits OF my Kind Tram i..,,. ,r,,,.,i,
into the untortunal. French .,,,,jI:., IN,
Only such familiar animals ~ l.r.,.-
mules .lus,s cats. rats ana ME-, Sun.si,,,I
tie tables q! ,lc! and NOR .,.li.. Nh .,,,,
THE ,;irn;,.,.,i,. ,I MIA tm.-,.,,,,,4 I.,,i,l
l:elthtr ,i.y:At nor st.r,,;1sn NJ
1T lis DESTINATION
OF ti.,. horses Is QUO ,yrrr ,nt., n,;,i,,.
the siege. Ihis ulr.t lr,w,>,.r ~, ~,
new Ia the i!;;ris!.u ,;s,..--,,l least mo-. =.
the taste uf the wor,,l,i.r ,.llSy,.; Sir,,,
1856 il had been lawi:I 10 Observation-Disclosures,
for human food. a;,.! i.,rs, butcher Sims
we're common establishments ,h,.,.,;,
Eut the entire number ar hnrs,.. l,.,, !, u.
time of p,.;,c, was ,riiiin. compared ~ nj.
enormous ,ut:. in wartime Che Peri
slams. With their i:!uprrs,iylr lrv;ty ana
disposition To smooth ,,i,,,I,.rs o,rr .y.n
under such circumstances rs these. called
the horse meat siege vynisn,,. a,ul ,h,.rr
were few complaints rcgurdin. il.
According ~ the general ,,.stin,onv. M,
only Of the French ut this time ln.1 of
scientists in different countries who hive
tried the meat under many cnn,litiuls
horscilcsh possesses flavor u;,out hi.ll
way between that OF bee! and game and i.
variously compared to vcii>o!! nn,l 10 hare
1t is co,r>cr III grain tlnn beef and IN This
respect resembles bull beef mare thai, any
other. II has II peculiar shell. which l.
ut first II triiic diaconcrrting, but which
soon becomes familiar. and u cer,ain
sweetness OF taste. II Is darker III culur
ana more moist than beef It's fat, which
Is moist and yellow, is not generally ;,iX
Ell with the lean, and II soon iurlts nn,:
becomes rancid One authority S:,y- that
horse meat. being richer, Is undoubtedly
superior TO beef for Soup and i:: goes 81
I" declare th;t Tor roasting the best parts
OF II young horse arc inner than ans s'r!
lhc GH!cl EhGillcal difference httw,s ..c
t"o IS th;it h"!st!ie>h has the greater
quantity OF the nitInGcnous substance
caii'e trc's'