The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
A STRANDED BUG HUNTER.
USE MADE or ONE OF THE PET AVER
STONS or MfNkIND


He retired weakness of Restaurants.
"A man may have great deal Of vnluahl,
property In his possession and yet be powcrcs,
TO turn II into food and shelter to meet his in,r.
diac need" said the man Of busin ~
"Of course" replied the scientist, III hc IL ON A
desert island"
No" replied the other. Il mean right here in
New York-
| We'll" said the scientist. II know that ne .
practical person you consider me very incom,...
tent but u you will make me a present If Gnv
dollars worth OF anything you rhoos, | will nm.
tcrtakc 10 live on II for week In any one IT ia,
six largest cities In the country
vain boastingl" said the business man way.
cling his head. Suppose gave you nifty dollars.
worth Of artificial limbs or old bottles or fountain
! pens or dynamite or japanese art or rnyibirv
else for which the market IL in u sense limited
| You can take your choice ~ any uf these and II
you can give a satisfactory account Of yourself
at the end Of the week. will spend another my
on any sort II celebration you may d'signai,"
THE things you mention" said the scientist
would mostly ncccssitac simply diplomatic
| interview with dealer and would offer no en-.
barrassment at all They ore all bought and
sold In the city and In some Of the cases the ~,
| pawnbrokcr would solve the difficulty Before
l take up your offer ought to tell you whSt
actually did ten years ago with property which
had no quoted market value and which was in.
| hnitcly harder to handle than anything you have
mentioned in your list
THE extent Of my hold upon tho scientific world
| at that time was the fact that I was known to 10
| a lnboHous and conscientious collector Of cntorlo-
| logical specimens. | had sold some specimens
| To leading museums, and NJ had. in very small
| way. n business connection. Now wandering
over the face Of the globe for small creatures that
fly Or crawl is not conducive tu personal friend
I A.. 4.
/ year in Africa found that there was not man
who knew me To the extent ~ lending me $40
This was pretty serious mater NV availa-
bic assets consisted Of two huge cases Of specimens
some of them very rare aud consequently yalua.
BILE but there was not an edible locust in the lot
and II there hal been 1t would have been soaked
with nrscnica prc;crvativcs that to cat IT In any
literal manner would have solved the situation
more quickly than a healthy young scientific man
II twenty Ave finds desirable Yet in some way
! had a. eat those specimens OF course entered
into immediate correspondence with the museum
people whom knew. telling them what had ard
how they could transfer the ownership 10 their
various institutions but YOU cannot sell rare
/ specimens 10 a museum as you cell peanuts in
front 81 a circus tent, and knew that II could
consider myself reasonably fortunate
Il had room for which had paid months
last change had gone for postage stamps win
which " keep up the int"rminable correspondence
with curators and trustees and for two pounds q
crackers After the third meal on 81 ckcrs
took myself in hand and reasoned thus Crackers
are an uninyiting form Of human food even N
the African coast where nothing else is 10 hr pr.
cured In acIty with hundreds Of restaurants
they are UNBEATABLE Moreover. there is no reason
why scientist with nearly perfect duplicate cul
lccions Of African lepdOptcra should be reduced
u form Of nourishmeni that becomes difficult 10
can | convert my reasonable expectations T. money
into mutton chops; and succulent br9ths and ham
and eggs and other forms Of civilized al.ment
especially tempting to man who as been IN
wilderness for nearly year
diaicnit Torn There are few ' people VII, :.
cupdity can be excited by chronological spcc-
would know that the two packing cases were
substantial basis for my financial expectations
taking from them any Of the rarc! species wthon,
impairlng my chances Of good ma rkct In the enc.
Whatever did must be done with the less vaua-
;. Since it was impossible to excite peoples cupid
al ue other end Of the emotions and stir up Their
aversion As an entomologist have never been
abe h 70 Understand ,he unreasonable prejudice q
ing little creatures which have been my life study,
bu, have noticed that dis feeling may be relied
upon In sufficiently large percentage Of individ-
uals 20 assume tina, il is universal Ihave noticed.
100 that this emotion IS particularly strong when
will supposedly eat oyster crabs out Of his bisqu.
will angrily send hack the turccn from which
world in general about insects seemed 10 be aver
sion, why could not this be made to do me an good
tory. many hundred restaurants and hotels in
would be considered perfectly reasonable On
places oi entertainment lend me three meals
daN nnul vas In position o. pay for them.
now did manage it, Well. | began at tho
top In the uptown places the smallest specimen
Of co'eoperd discovered at the edge OF my dinner
W
any mention whatever Of check The common
available, specimens did, Then had 10 Try tho
nsxs Kind q place Me sort where there i I'm
where there is good deal more noise and less limo
TO-, to ap19glne for unfortunate accidents, Harm
he,i exit on the strength Of unfamiliar forms ~ ne
crieI IN the cream jug was nol always understood.
produce more dangerous looking enemies " my
peace Of mind Inch long loTyT: however would
prevent the increase of my righteous, but artfullv
depressed wrath by, any mention Of compensation
lasted got on very comfortably. still using only
tn. specimens Of which had plenty Of duplicairs
70 The ten and fifteen cent dining rooms From
NAV nmc my living came 10 be very prccarous
found that IN any ordinary case simple removal
Of the corprS d"ii was supposed 10 nee, the sit
matinn, and The idea that its temporary presence
the house had 10 be INTRODUCED bv myseli and
Was often not received with prompt recognition.
W Nuf" even III 'hrsr places the culinary
science could he awakened by producing objects
"i sufficient scientific interest aud popular horror
bul There were objections 10 this first that too
much 81 ScnSa zion was dangerous and. further
more that II docs not nav 10 waste a tcudnllar
specimen To get a ten cent lunch
=, Well how did you come out in the end" asked
tho patient listener
My old professor turned M on lls WAY back
from an expedition " his own Ito bought one
ni me collections and made me- his assistant
sent me pncc Of my meals for ,'r summer To- 49,
making no charge for specimens used, wm,U
CONSIDERED very magnaEmOus Have you hr-
vu'u Erl what ynn Hrc going 10 give g. i've
upon for week.
No said the man 81 affairs "Jusi name
your form Of celebration"
Mr. Emrrine's Valuable IA. acre Prtch.
From N, Circ,nnou Ergurrsr
FpSrOh\, OHIO, Wow I Andrew Fmerir,
President Of the First National Rank " this CIV
and OF North baltimore, has an eighty acre farm