New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13

says: Every moving thing that nveth shall b
meat for you even as the green herb
have given you all things IF we are to so By
the Bible, the heather are justified in eating
any and every living thing STILL animal food 8
used only sparingly in the Eastern coun1Eies,
and by some nations held in utter abhorreneA
No nation on earth subsists on animal food
alone; even the lowest in the scale OF civiIiza-
ton those who live as fishermen and hunters
mix some vegetables with their diets. The
GreenIander or the EsqUimau has his berries
and his spoonwort, the great luxuries OF his
brief summer, and the Northwestern Indians
when first known, raised maize and Wild SralnS
The stunted native of Siberia gathers in aU-
turnn large stores Of roots, with which he i'm
proves his fish and meats during winter, and
the miserable ArOuak digs for roots and ouIos'
which he reduces to fine powder and bakes m'0
bread.
..Au nations save the worshippers OF Buddha
eat the flesh of animals Even the lowest ana
most disgusting to eye and palate ind home
where they are welcomed Worms and insects
must furnish food and grace the tables not only
of the poor but of the rich. Think Of the gour-
met who praises the luscious wood snipe, ana
still more the black mass from the inside tha'
he carefully places on his toast and eats WIN
a feeling akin to veneration! He is eating the
worms that live in the snipe's intestines- VI
equal value is the famous palm worm OF tne
West Indies, which forms one OF the pest
dishes of luxurious dinners. Its near Fe4a'OA-
the grugru worm of Java, is said 70 oe H'ls-
still. and more delicate NOT DO cosby So
worms escape the fate OF all that IS eaIao-e'
Freed from their cocOons, and daintlly dresses
they are highly priced and largely s"aLO"eu
by the people of Madagascar
"Oysters and other shelltish are eaten oy a.
most every nation, and it can be sol-u -
scarcely single inhabitant Of the sea Is sp'iT-
by the Unsuitable hunger Of man. Afis'''''
praised the hard shell sea nettles that nuns %
the sides of submarine rocks and they are ~"
eaten in Italy and the South of France AIl!
are said to be paIatabIe and nutritious Inc
most valued and the most fear-ully snlel-lH5
sea food is the worm shaped trePAns' anu :
Chinaman is in his high heaven when ne can
get one. Macassar is a great market IOI -.
trepaug, and they bring incredible PRICES
takes about two days to cook tTep,'hs' ~
about pound of spice for every pound u -
trepang. Roasted or picked snail IS i I,''o-'''
dish with many European nations. Inc s---N!'
slippery form of these animals makes thell Y"
most persons peculiarly repuIsiye but tAe4F sN
traordinary nutritiye power and excellent tls''
have long since served to defeat much preJH0I0~
While the AShantees and other nations OF owe
grade smoke them and eat them AS daily 1o0l
all the year round. the higher races en'p'O'
them only as relishes or for special ootaSi0hS
In Switzerland and Italy they are caFeI1N'
raised and potted. and sent by millions to o'aS'
countries. France consumes them in almost -
credible numbers.
New Caedouians prefer spiders TO all COM
mon food. and the amiabIe inhabitants OF Ne"
South Wales catch even moths. remove the gray
powder from their tiny bodies. and roast them
in masses. Bees-which civilized nations Ge-
prive of the fruits of their Labors-1-e eaten II
Ceylou as spice. and on account of the trasF@l''
odor they give to the breath. The pleas1l'
acid taste Of ants tempts many races OF bTi--'
| and the East Indies and even in other m'iS
fastidious countries the old and the feeble con-
sumo them under the belief that they strength
en- the spinal marrow. In the East Indies tnsS
are baked in pies and sold in the public mar
kets. LOcusts furnish the favorite food Of many
races OF Africans. some nations living exclusive
~ on them, but il is said those who eat 'nei"
| rarely grow older than forty years, and de .
| fearful death produced by disease.
Reptiles are eaten with eagerness all over
| the world: neither want OF beauty nor aouH
dance OF venom protects them from omniV0F'us
man. Although they suggest to US by form Ai.
motion all that is false and unfair, hideous @1I.
horrid, even Gods curse OF the serpent does NV