The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-04-20


In Creation. size aud Opportunities
Considered Appetite OF Birds,
Beasts and Man.
So commonly are persons of large ap.
petite upbraided as hogs, gluttons o.
cormorants that tie question suggests
itself, Are these illustrations accurate
or must they he accepted BY Ea.1ra.
ists with the same qualification that be
.ongs to such comparisons as silly as
goose, = blind as bat" .'tlmid as a
hare and many others equally popular
In every day TALK Those who have
studied such creatures know that geese
often display undeniable cunning: that
bats thsygh endowed with senses OF
which we have no equivalent. are not
blind ard that bares can at times be
most puF.Iacious,
From TIN general contemplation OF
whether fhes and other animals SO de-
scribed are grssdy out of the common
run, Il Is but a step to the problem
whether any avins beast or bird, rep
tile. fish 81 insect. is actually greedier
than the gfeediest man, writes 7. g.
Afialo in the Pan Mall Magazine.
Obviously, II IS fair In such COM
parlsor to take the case OF The man
who can and does eat more than his
fellows. because such a man, disagree.
able though he may be from one stand.
point is unaeriably more natural than
those WHO, lowing to the verdict Of the
medical attendant or restrained by con.
siderations Of polite behavior, habitual.
~ eat less Than they could IL they were
to continue eating until unable TO swal.
low more.
The whole system of feeding in om
artificial lives is quite distinct from
that adopted in the rest OF the animal
world and doubtless also from that
which was in vogue with the cave men.
Able by various devices to procure our
food as required. we have appointed
certain feeding times, and at these we
rigidly take our meals = breakfast
luncheon aud dinner.
The wild creatures of nature know
no such restraint. The birds in our
garden are always pecklng at the lawn
for wol.ns or at the boughs for berries
The lethargic cattle In the meads whea
not actually grazing are Illuminating
which is grazing over again. The cat
erpillars on our rose trees, the ants liz
our storeroom, are always at table.
Only civilized man and his domestic
animals know the formality OF meal
times. And so it is throughout nature
with all the four footed and winged
creatures.
In considering the appetltes and
tastes Of man aud the lower animals il
is of Importance to distinguish in ey.
cry class between tile gluttons (thc
word is used conventionally aud with
out prejudic,9 and the epicures, more
happily differentiated by the French as
gormands and gourma.s, the forme,
Of which prefer quantity, while the lat
ter are all for the quality OF their food
The human race furnishes inrnnier
able examples of both. Haydn, the
composer, would sometimes order six
covers for dinner and dine alone. One
king of England died after surfeIt OF
,ampreys; the undolng of another was
an excessive meal OF peaches and new
ale.
With these may be ranked Sporeo
ganbl, human hog, who ate 1000
yards of macaronI at a sitting, and
Domely, the Pole, who in the pres
ence of witnesses devoured in ont
morning fourteen pounds OF raw beef
nhd almost the same weight OF tallow
candles,
,rhasn o,o ,bo s,I,,t,oos on,, 4, 49,.
- anu ~
compare Domcry's feat with the daily
meal OF full grown working elephant;
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Io'hus " NesettDlc loou-We hhu Tue
man the Srcedief OF the two.
The cpicurts arc less renuIsiye A
fo,.,nnr mn. 80 nor,,.,5 ~ a,5
80, 'S'' " u'NS''au' w" fts.e
hiSh prices f1r rcd mnllct ana ate on.
the llvers. was bencfactor Of trade
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