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Show Great Quantity Man Eats. The 11 nst modest eater In the world, pv en the man who complains that ho "never ha an appetltie," would be appalled jf be could see passing In imposing procession before him thi Bolids and liquid? he will i ons inv- lii Ills lift 1 1 ni- Assume that he enjoys his meals, and that be will live Til years s .. h a mm win make light of disposing of ion four-pound loaves every twelve months so that he must have TWO substantial substan-tial loaves, a weight of bread sufficient to raise 1 couple of hundred men and women off their feet. If bo is not sufficiently Im- piessed In- tills specific, engage T7 her-1 her-1 11b an carmen and Tiake them tilt past him In piTM 1 sslon at h carrj inr a sack of flour .t pounds in weight, every one of which vv:ii 1.. required to supply him with bread for hla life. Of meat he will ent on an average a pound a day ; and If limited to bcf will require re-quire nearly ! bullocks, or If be prefers muttons he will sacrifice about 4u sheep oti the altar of his not Immoderate appetite every t.-n ye;,. Of potatoes 1M) pounds should last him a. year. This means that his aggregate consumption of tubers will wlgh seven tons, representing s. ks each weighing p.- pounds, or approximating approximat-ing th. entire product of several acres of land II w ould require half a dozen strong horses to draw his potato supply, and each year's consumption will weigh 1 nnslder-ably nnslder-ably more Mian the subject hlm?e!f Of fish In- must tie allowed GO pounds a year; so that his "aggregate tish.' if not bo large as a whale will yet turn the scale at one fifteen CWt., and v-lll tax the strength of thirty strong men to carry It to his larder 1 The pun hase of eggs will be on a formidable for-midable scale, even limiting the man to an average e,f fewer than two eggs 1 week In all lie shall want T(KH eggs, weighing at least TOO pounds, anel representing repre-senting a jrear'a industry of about eight v hens tea lining that he needs only seven-tenth" seven-tenth" of a glass eif milk a day a very I mocle-d quantity for all narposes it will be necessary lo monopolize the services of a cow for two years and a quarter, and the resultant milk will measure 1111!) gallons, and will weigh more than five tons To Contain the milk one would b,-obliged b,-obliged to provide a can five feet In diami ter at the base, three feet at the lop. and more than fourteen feel high, or something like two and a half times as high as the man. Nothing less lhan eighteen pounds of butler van be considered sufficient for a year's supply, and the contents of more than a dozen barrels, each containing 100 pounds of butter, while, limiting him to one pound of chees a month, an aggregate aggre-gate of S10 pounds Is reached. Of tea and nffee he will require no more than a pint a day and yet he will drink during the life no fewer than 32"io gallons. A coffee pot large enough to Contain the two beverages would stand eighteen feet high, with a base seven feet and a top five feet across. The pot, with lis contents, would outwelght three com-panicr com-panicr of soldiers, and fifty people- could be atO,wed away Inside it if they did not oh.jei t to a little temporary discomfort Suppose that this man Is content with a pint of beer every day two glsssCB and that he dees not touch lt until he has reached his twentieth birthday. Then In spite of bis moderation he will require for the balance erf his days more than 255 nine-gallon cask, which would prove a sufficient burden for eight powerful horses. New York "World. |