Pleasures Of Eating

In hls essay on "The Pleasures ol Eating," Count Kumford says: "The pleasure enjoyed in eating dependa- first, on the agreeablonoss of the taste of the food; and, secondly, upon its power to affect the palate. Now, there are many substances extremely cheap by which very agreeable tastes may be given to food, particularly when the basis or nutritivo substanee of the food is tasteless ; and the effect of any kind of palatablo food (of meat,for instauce) upon the organs of taste, may be increased almost indefinitely by reducing the size of the particles of such food, and causing it to act upon the palate by a larger surface. And if means be used to prevent its boing swallowed too soon - which may easily be done by mixing it with soms hard and tasteless substance, such aa crumbs of bread rendered hard by toasting, or anything else of the kind, by which a long mastication is rendered necessary - the enjoyment of eating may be greatly increased and prolonged." He adds that "the idea of occupying a person a great while, and affording him much pleasure at the same time, in eating a sniall quantity ol lood, may perhaps appear ridiculous to soine ; but those who consider the matter attentively will perceive that it is very important." A youthful Georgia negro fonnd an oíd bombshell and proceeded tp investígate it with an ax. He has not giyen the public the result oí hi work Pe is dead.