The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-05-09
CONSUMED In A LIFETIME.
The Amount Of Meat, Bread and DrinIk
That Goes Down the Average
MANS Throat.

| never mas an appeLlte would probably
be appalled, If be could see passing iu
imposing procession before him all the
solids and liquids he will consume In a
| lifetime, says London Tit-Bits.
But let us assume that we have to deal
with man who is not ashamed to admit
that he enjoys his meals, and let us place
before him all the food and fluids that he
will require to keep him going for life
time Of 10 years.
Such a man will make light Of dispos-
ing OF 100 pound Ioaves every II months
50 that we must provide him with 1000
substantial loaves, weight Of bread
sufficient to raise a couple Of hundred
men and women off their feet. If he is
not sufficiently impressed by this specta-
Gle let us engage rs herculean car men
and make them file past him In process
sion. each carrying sack Of -four 26O
pounds In weight, every one Of which
will be required to supply him with bread
for his life
OF meat he will eat on an average q
pound day, and II we limit him to beef
we shall require nearly 40 bullocks 70
provide the necessary joints for life, or
| II he prefers mutton we must sacrifice
about 40 sheep on the altar OF his not
immoderate appetite every ten years. OF
potatoes 200 weight should last him
year This means that his aggregate
consumption OF tubers will weigh seven
tons, representing "a sacks. each weigh
l ing 1853 pounds, or approximately the
entire product Of a couple OF acres OF
land We shall require half a dozen
strong horses to draw our potato supply,
and each years consumption will weigh
more than our subject himself.
OF fsh we must allow him one-half
hundred weight year, so that his 'ag-
gregate fish" II not so large as whale,
viii yet turn the scale al one ton IS hun
dred weight, and will tax the strength OF
30 strong men to carry il TO his larder-
Our purchase OF eggs will be on
formidable scale. even limiting our man
to an average OF fewer than two eggs
week. In ali. we shall want 1000 eggs.
weighing at least 700 pounds, and repre-
senting a years industry Of about 50
hens.
Assuming that We only provide seven
tenths Of glass of milk a day--a very
modest Que,Etity for all purposes-we
shall find II necessary 10 monopolize
the services Of COW for two years and
a quarter, and the resultant milk viii
measure I,120 gallons and win weigh
more than five tons. TO contain the milk
we must provide can Ave feet In di-
ameter at the base. three feet at the top
and more than IA feet high, or sometime
ike two and a half times as high as our
subject
Nothing less than IS pounds Of butter
can be considered sufficient for a years
supply. and this means thar in his life
time our man will dispose Of the con-
tents Of more than dozen barrels, each
containing 100 pounds Of butter, while,
limiting him to one pound Of cheese q
month. we reach an aggregate Of $40
mounds or. assuming that we are pro-
vidirg for man Of leo pounds weight
/ FIVE and 3 quarter times his own weight
So far we have laid In a stock Of food
waich It would take 600 strong men to
carry 10 our imaginary lsrder, for Il
weighs we'll over 80 tons. and THIS is. as
can be seen. but an irstaliment Of what
We shall require.
OF tea and coffee We viii furnish no
more thaa pint a day, having regard
for our patients nerHss, and yet we shall
arE thst ne viii Grink during his life no
fever than 1920 gallons. A coffee pot
large enough to contzsn the two bever-
ages ffor we can safely mix them for our
purpose) win stand ls feet high. with a
base Of seven feet and a top Eve feet
across. The pot. with its contents, will
outweigh three companies Of soldiers
and SO people could be slowed away in
side of il II they did not object to little
Temporary discomfort
YES. my husband has almost gwen up
smoking"
Indeedl 1t must have been hard
struggle"
1T was. But every time the craving
grew TOO sfrone for him I ies him have
one Of those bargain cigars ! bought for
him Christmas ant be promptly swore
OF again. -Clefel-lu fl@ll rsA1S-.
The quicker the netter.
The late Henry Seton Merriman-his
real name was Hugh Scott-was one Of
the swiftest writer's the world has ever
seen Mr.. Merrimnn once wrote al iorg
Intervals; but. when be once set down az
his desk. be would produce two or three
chapters Of 5000 words each IN ar even
ing. Once he argued with Walter Pater,
at oxford on this matter. Nothing.
Mr. Pater reiterated. nothing can be
u done well that is dore I'm hurry.
Nothing" said Mr Merriman. Moth
ing. ssid Mr.. Pater How about max
ing q train is-Pitisburg Dispatch.