HUNTING THE BtILL FROG METHODS OP CAPTURING THIS EPICUREAN DELICACY. Professional Froggcrs Use a Rull's- Kjo Lantern :wul u liag-l'rcpar injl the Catch l'or Market. Every evening just as Old Sol sinks behind the hills of Virginia and tho sun set gun booms forth the close of another day there is a class of men who are just beginning their day's work, or more properly speaking, their night's work. And it is a peculiar kind of labor. They are frog hunters and earn quite a re spectable livelihood by hunting frogs for tho restaurant and hotels. Almost every one is familiar with the unmusical cry of the frog, but few are they who know one when they see it. Many people in speaking of frogs con fouud them with toads. Now while frogs aud toads are closely related, they have little in common except appearance. The frog's legs are much larger than the toads and his voice is also superior. There are a great many frogs eaten in Washington. Not many yem-s ago frogs' logs, as a j delicacy, were unknown, but that time | has passed away and now frogs' legs on ; toast is considered a great delicacy all the world over. There are lots of frogs about Washington. The many swamps j about the city fairly swarm with the agile croakers, and the river, particularly the Eastern branch, is noted not only as be ing one of the best breeding places for frogs but of furnishing the very finest species. Frogs come from swamps in all localities, but the climato and water, coupled with tho abundance of food which is found in the Potomac River, greatly enhances the value of frogs which are caught about here. There are a great in any ways of hunting frogs. One way is by shooting them. This is mostly practiced by boys, who, armed with a parlor rifle, wado cautiously through the marshes and shoot the uu suspocting lroggies as they sit in some shady nook watching for flies. It takes sharp eyes and a good marksman, how ever, to hunt successfully in this man ner. Another way, and by far tho one which furnishes tho most sport, is by fishing for them, or better still, casting for them. A good trout fisherman armed with a light bamboo rod ami a gaudy colorcd fly can fiud plenty of sport by casting among the reeds and grasses along the edge of a marsh. On the other side of the bridge the other day a Star reporter was greatly amused at seeing a small colored boy with a long switch to which was attached a line aud a piece of red flannel on the end with a hook con cealed in it catching frogs as fast as he could put in. While his attention was diverted to a passing train a frog snapped at his line and was in turn gobbled up by a snapping turtle, which later, finding himself caught, swam to the bottom and refused to be moved by the lone fisher man, who thought he had a sturgeon. The modus operandi of catching frogs in the most approved manner—that is, with bull's eyo aud sack—seems simple enough to uninitiated, but is quite the reverse iu actual practice. A few nights since a Star reporter accompanied a couple of the most experienced frog hunters on ono of their nightly excur sions. Arriving at a point on the East ern branch everything was found to be iu readiness for tho trip. A froggers' boat is not in itself peculiar and not un like hundreds of other boats used for various purposes on the river. A light skill propelled by a broad paddle or a pushing pole makes good progress. The outfit is simple enough. Several bags, a light hard-wood stick and a bull's-eye lantern of the most approved pattern, with the strougest possible reflector, is all that is needed. It was nearly ten o'clock when the boat pushed off, the Star reporter in the bow with a lantern and the hunter behind furnishing tbe motive power. It was a warm, murky evening, with plenty of malaria iu the wind. The trip to the bunting ground was uueveutful. Boon the bout was moving through tho still waters of the Eastern branch, hugging tho shore closely, nud the music of tho game sounded from nearly eveiy direction. The old hunter spoke in whispers, but his voice sounded strangely loud on the still air. But the frogs sang on unmindful of it all. It was a giand concert with never a discord, not eveu a jar. The deep bass voice of the old patriarch and the treble of the young female, coupled with the musical tenor of the young and juicy male, mingled with the quarrelsome tone of old Mrs. Frog and the almost pathetic tone of the very small youngster, whose voice was not unlike the cry of an infant, furnished a unique chorus. The boat skirted the banks, and at the command of the old hunter the slide of tho bull's eye lantern was thrown and the light flashed out. It was dazzling in its brightness, and for a moment the frogs, squatting about on the waunkapin leaves, ceased their croaking nud winked helplessly at tho light, unable even to drop into the water. This was the hunter's chance, anil as the boat glided past them (the light stdl shining iu their eyes) he seized the frogs one after another l>y the nape of tho neck with his right hand and transferred tyem to a bag which he held opeu. The work was dons quickly, and in a short time half a dozen frogs, who by this time had thoroughly come out of their dazed condition, were making vig orous ellurts to escape. The hunting continued iu the same way until three dozen and a half large frogs were added to the stock in trade. This, at the wholesale price of eighty cents per dozen, made the trip quite prolituble. A large number of the hunters have inen to pre pare tho frogs for market. The reporter had an opportunity of witnessing the modus operandi. Au old colored man armed with a sharp knife made a circular incision about the frog's body at the point where the legs join, and inserting his linger iu the cut quickly and deftly drew tho skin oIT. A slit was then made and the upper portion or body of the frog was I stripped of its beautiful green oo*< ering. Up to within only a few years ago only the legs of the frogs were eaten, but now everything except the head is utilized. Kvery cook has his own method of preparing frogs for the table and, of course, tho taste varies with the cook. The most popular way is to fry them in butter and Berve hot with pars ley. The use of frogs for the sick room is recommended by physicians and a broth made from their tender legs is ex cellent food for weak stomachs. Their meat tastes somewhat like chicken, al though it is vastly superior in flavor and tenderness.— Washington. Star. SELECT SIFTINGS. Beaver houses are not as plentiful as they used to be. A Milwaukee (Wis.) grocer can sleep ten days at a stretch. It is estimated that 1000 trains traverse Ohio every twenty-four hours. A New York girl of fourteen has just been married for the third time. Dense smoke from the far-off Michigan fires spread over a part of Georgia re | ccntly. Invitations to open air entertainments iu England always contain the proviso "Weather permitting." The largest forest fires in Michigan have occurred a decade apart—in 1871, ISBI and IS9I. Santa Barbara, Cal., boasts of a hotel waiter who can take an order for dinner in seven different languages. Pauldiug County, Ga., has a farm horse that drinks two gallons of buttermilk per day, and seems to relish and thrive on it. An Osborne County (Kan.) man with a pack of hounds is bagging from ten to fifteen wolf scalps a day, on which he realizes $3 apiece. Under the present game laws of New York the English sparrow is not pro tected, and it is made a misdemeanor to give food or shelter to that bird. In the great animal market at Ham burg, iu Germany, giraffes sell at S7OOO a pair, chimpanzees go at SBOO apiece, and select lots of Sumatra monkeys at SIOOO. The period of "a generation" has been lengthened; it used to bo thirty years, and later increased to thirty-four; now a scieutist says, the averago term of human life has increased in the last fifty years from thirty-four to forty-two years. It seems that the Chinese preserved ginger of commerce is not ginger at all. The director of the botanical gardens at Ilong Kong has succeeded iu obtaining the flower of the plant u=ed and has iden tified it as the Alpinta Galauga. Though not ginger, it is very nice. The greatest novelty in dolls has now been invented at Nuremburg, tho great German town for dolls and playthings. A machine in the doll causes it to move its hand and write neat little letters on a slate or on paper. Wholo sentences can be written, to the great amusement of chil dren. The street railways of Paris arc under the Government control and the rules for their guidance are very strict. Only four passengers are allowed to stand on the back platform, and they must pay the same fare as the first-class passengers in side, viz., six cents, while those on the roof of the car ride at half rates. While tearing down the walls of an old house in the village of Deutsch- Redingen, near tho Luxembourg bound ary, the workmen found the corpses of a German officer and a private, in full uni form. Tho bodies were wonderfully well preserved. It is supposed that the men were murdered during tho Franco-Prus sian war. Sergeant Laporte, of tho Indianapolis (lud.) Metropolitan Police Force, owns a rooster of a nondescrip breed that kills rats and is as good a mouser as the aver age cat. It will patiently lay in wait, and when its opportunity comes it seizes the unsuspecting rodent amidships and shakes it as a terrier wculd. Then ho holds it with his claws and tears it to pieces with his beak, after which he summons his harem to pick the morsels. A Columbus (Ind.) musical freak is called "Singbilly," though his proper name is William Isintrigger. He plays iu a peculiar manner with his lungs any tune with a distinctness and clearness that brings out every note as fully as It can bo brought out on any piano or other musical instrument by the most accom plished performer. The effort frequently causes his body to writhe with contor tions and his features to pinch with ap parent pain, but he says it dees not hurt him. Curiosities of Chess. Who really iuvented tho game of chess history does not definitely prove, but it is known that a Chinese Mandarin 1000 years ago was able to soothe his troops, when they were clamorous for home, by proposing the game for their leisure hours when in winter quarters. Tho game differs in the various cjjyntries of tho world. Thus, in the Hindoo game, four distinct armies aie employed, each with their king, each corps counting among its fighters an elephaut aud a knight which slay but cannot bo slain. The Chinese game of chess, which bonsts of the title of choke choo-kong-ki (the play of the science of war), has a river running through the center of the board, which their ele phants, equivalent to our bishops, can not cross, and there is a fort which their kings ennuot pass. Under the Sanskrit name of chaturaga a game, essentially the same as modern chess, was played in Hindostau nearly 5000 years ago. From Hindostau the game is said to have been carried U» Persia aud thence to Arabia. Tho Arabs introduced it into Spain aud the rest of Western Europe during the eighth century, where il became the principal pastime at the year 1000. There is a record of Pope Alexander 11. reproving j a bishop for playing the game and com- j pelling him to wash tho feet of twelve j beggars as a punishment for his sin.— St. JLuuit | NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Paniers are coming in very fast. Wash-silks are in great demand. The newest hat is the "orchid" hat. Finger rings arc as popular as ever. Tennis bat brooches are very season able. Epaulets are lower and more nearly square. Gold passementerie is used on house dresses. Most of the new bonnets have receding crowns. Diamond half hoop rings continue to find favor. White horsehair bonnets are often very pretty. Belts arc an important item of toilet this season. The season in dress is a showy nnd gaudy one. Corduroy is now the fashionable ma terial in Paris. The mania for perfumed letter paper is on the increase. White undressed kid gloves arc a ca price of the moment. Women are to bo found in all the sta tistical offices of Saxony. It is a whim just now to be photo graphed in Greek costume. Diamond asps aro worn as brooches and as ornaments in the hair. There are said to be 250,000 self-sup porting women in New York. Snakes are much affected as orna ments by fashionable youug women just now. Patti spends many hours wftn heir feathered pets, of whom she is extremely fond. The latest new Idea that girls have taken up is that of massaging their noses. Some of tho black net veils ara sprinkled with disks and crescents of green. The favorite wife of the Sultan was once a poor girl living in the coal mine* of France. Statistics show that more trainee nurses marry than aay other class of women workers. It is said that 5,000,000 song birds are killed every year to decorate tho hats of American ladies. Debutantes who liavo pearls to wear are fortunate, the gems being both ap propriate and becoming. Spreads to use on tho white and gold bedsteads are made of white net and lined with old gold 6atiu. A couple of spurs, formed of pearls and connected by a gold crop, look well at tho neck of a riding bodice. Matilda Aaron, a young lady of seven teen, completely blind, has matriculated at Melbourne (Australia) University. Much gold is worn on hats; gold lace, gold pasecmeuteries and satin ribbons with line designs in gold being equally used. Candlesticks festooned with roses and tied up with satin ribbons for the wax to spksh aro tho latest fancy iu table decoration. Pink pearls from Florida aud the West Indies are prized as souvenirs by tour ists, who have them mouuted in scarf pins and brooches. The whip bracelet, as the name indi cates, represents a flexible whip held iu circular form by the leash which is wound around it several times. At present 229 woman students aro Studying at universities iu Switzerland, of whom six are studying law, 10G medi cine and sixty-seven philosophy. Twenty-three States now admit women to practice at the liar. The pioneet woman lawyer of America, Arabella A. Manstield, was admitted to the Bar in 18G9. Snakes, pom-pons, wings, birds'heads, lace and tinsel butterflies, fruits, loaves, flowers, nuts, cones, acorns aud thistles are some of the things usod iu decora tive millinery. The new pcplum coats take the placo of dress waists and are vaudyked on the sides iti very deep points, but aro short er, front and back, than any of the ♦'Louis" coats now worn. The pure and sweet-scented lily of the valley has a warm friend in tho Prince of Wales, who devotes acres of grouud to the cultivation of the flower at Sandringliam, his country seat. llow'fl Thin T Wo offer One Hundred Dollars rewnr 11 ilrtiggUts. SAVANNAH (Ua.) Greeks will soon build a church. Don't Feel Well And yet you are not sick enough to consult a doo> tor, or you refrain from so doing for fear you will alarm yourself and friends—wo will tell you Just what you need. 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Here is a man who knows the full danger of lung trou bles, and would therefore be most particular as to the medicine he used. What is his opinion ? Listen ! "I use nothing but Boschee's German Syrup, and have advised, I presume, more than a hundred different per sons to take it. They agree with me that it is the best cough syrup in the market." j For Over H,nf y V. Smith, of Belmont, West IS rf Virginia,ssays"He considers his cure PURELY titty years of Scrofula by S. 8. 8., one of the most VEGE- . it his hppn wonipntherla,(;oughs, Catarrh. Bronchitis. Asthma, ( holera Morbus, I>larrmna. Uim npix. Roreneas °S U . mbH - Joints or Strains, wl\l And la this old Anodyne rellet and speedy pure. Pamphlet trf?.— ,d ®7®£y w hero, i'rlce 3f> rta, by mall.« Iwttlea Eiprem ,Mtld, Mi. hB. JOHNSON A (JU. BOSTON. MASS! 5 Ask inj agent for W. li. ifoiiglae Rhoes. 112 not for wale In >OUP plnce tiak youi ealer to nend for entalogult» secure the agency, and tret them for yotf. ITTAKE NO BUBSTIT|jTIt.Utt WHY IS THI W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE CEN^PFLVIEN THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY? it Is u seamless shoe, with no tacks or wax thread to hurt the feet; mudo of the best fine calf, stylish and easy, and brciiusr irr make morr shorn of this prude than an 112/ othrr manufacturer , It equals hand sewed "hoes costing from s4.(k) to $5.00. OlMieimliis llaud-Meweil, the finest calf fhoo ever ofTered for sft.oo| equals French imported shoes which elr I'bil which rnn TRU S S JK| lif mulf Iwfcror willfr (o mil rhunvlne rontllllon < 'ru|»tnrt>. G.V House Mrc. Co (PATKNT ALLOWbi>.) 744 SNOAOWAV, N. Y-C«TY KANSAS FARMSkS; t,«'iHl j.rices, t arms for sale at Oargalna List free. C H VS. IC. WOO 1.1.l V, tlnborne, Kun. .* - Iff Mcavous, VN IUCTCUBD mortals well ana keep well. Health Helper tells now. iocu a year, sample free. nr. .1. ti. IJ YE, Editor. Buffalo, N. TV T KVKK before in the history of live stock has such success attended I\l l^e e "" rts °f breeders tn perfecting an animal possessing the power | 1 N to resist disease, and containing the elements of rapid growth and X* i great size as the OHIO IMPROVED Chester hogs, two having# JjP weighed 2,800 lbs. These facts, together with our enormous sales the States and foreign countries, have excited the envy of competitors, call in question the facts claimed. We therefore have decided to convince ' every one of the superiority of this breed by offering to sell a pairl ' ON TIME to the first applicant from each locality with references.! 1 J Foreign countrieshavingtaken stepsto re-open their ports for the reception® 1 of American pork, also the fact that farmers have sent all sizestothe butcher, a n has already caused a lively demand for brood sows and pigs for breeders. <€< They see their mistake, and that the raising of a superior breed of hogs that 1 have a vigorous and strong constitution, with consequent ability to resist the j attacks of disease, will in the near future take rank with the most profitable I Gr.> | industries. First come first served on a pair on time and an Agency, jk sra:'! 1 "* The L.B.SILVER { Strange indeed - like SAF*OUO should A bhing so bright*, but "A needle clothes others,&nd is itself risked'.Try it in you r next house-cle&ning What folly it would be to out grass with a pair of scissors! Yet peo ple do equally siUy things every day. Modern progress has grown up from the hooked sickle to the swinging scythe and thence to the lawn mower. So don't use scissors! , , ~ , But do you use SAPOLIO ? If you don t you are as much behind tbo a-e as if you cut grass with a dinner knife. Once there were no soaps. Then one soap served all purposes. Now the sennble folks use one, soan in the toilet, another in the tub, one soap in the stables, and SAI OLIO for all scouring and house-cleaning. K~l Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and agreeable to tho IfTjJ Ed taste. Children take it without objection. By druggists. |^|j UNEXCELLED! API'LIKD EXTERN A J.l. V FOB Rheumatism, Neuralgia; Pains in the Limbs, Back or Chest, Mumps, Son Throat, Colds, Sprains, Bruises, Stings oi Insects, Mosquito Bites'. TAKEN INTERNA MiV If nctM like n charm lor Cholera Morbus I lHarrbcpu, I>yneuters'. (Jolle, C rump*, Nan* sea* hick Headache, Ac, [ Warranted perfectly harm lew*. (Heeonth ; urcwmpniiylng each bottle, alno direction* lor use.) Its SOOTHING nnd I'KKKTKA TINI4 qualities arc lelt Immediately. Trjr It and he convinced. Price and «>U centn. Hold by all druz* pl*ts. DEPOT, 40 Ml* Kit A V ST.. NEW YOWK NY N U—»£!> ABSOLUTELY SAFE INVESTMENT. ANNUAL DIVIDENDS, e-| % Payable 112? TRADERS' S Hation'l Bank, BOSTON. Northern Investment Company. This Company purcba*es strictly ceutral buslnes* Henl Ksinto In lnrge titles, the rentals of which pay Its dividends. An Is universally known by buslneat men, this kind of Ileal Kstat© coutlnually iuereaswf m value. Hence the large estates like the . w ears Es tate o( Boston, 1 he Kitty Associates, tlie Astor Kstato of New York, and hundreds of other estates which could bo mentioned, lu ull the great commercial ill its of the world. Tne stock of this Company is selling to-day at H 2 HO per share, suoject to a tvaaoe after Air?u?« i, IS»M. Par value, $lo& Paid up capital. 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