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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1882.
VOL. H. NO. 36.
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-BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
l»BOFESSION-AI,.
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<3  "W. CHANDLEK, Iff. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
All calls promptly attended to. Office at residence, first door north of M. B. Church.
; r\  C. JENKINS,
Surgical and Mechanical
DENTIST.
Office, 19 South Main Street, opposite First
National Bank,
•A-nil jft-i-too-r--,   -   IR/Iioli.
TV  P.MeliACHLAN*,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office and residence opposite M. E. Church,
" ^jjrian street, Saline, Mich.
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"jCT J03STES & SON",
Attorneys.
AU kinds of legal papers neatly and correctly
drawn. Collections made and promptly remitted.  Office on Me Kay street, Saline, Mich.
E. 3 ones; "Frank E. Jones.
TXTTfl:. Bf. ©ILBAET,
Attorney at Law,
And Justice of the Peace. Office overNIchols
Bro's. store, Chicago street, Saline, Michigan.
VTT E. "fftrMPHBEY,
Real Estate Agent.
Government Lands located.. 20,000 aere3 of
choice wheat lauds for sale. Correspondence
solicited.   Ellsbury, Barnes Co., D. T.
as
"fffilSCEIi-LANEOXIS.
Mrs. W. F. LAR2ELE8E,
;      The- Old and Reliable
DRESSMAKER and CUTTER
Again offers her services to the ladies of
I   this vicinity.
PRICES K.E^SOiT^&.BlL.ES
and Satisfaction Guaranteed.     Shop at
residence on Henry street, west.
MISS A. SWIFT
Would inform; the paople ot" Saline and vicinity
that she is njow prepared to d > all kinds of
DHE-SS   MAKING,
Cutting-sind/Fittm-.'.    All work jrtiar.intecd
to irive satisfaetiba.   It win on Main St.,
In residence ot Mrs. Pa'l > Fowler.
MRS.;CHIPMA?J SftltTtt
'S
lias open'l't -i
Millinery   store
OverNicliols Bro's drug: store.
Where she will bs in attend-,a*:cr herself, on
Tuesday of each week.
Y
MRS. m. L. FORBES
-v>     Invites the la-lies of Saline and vicinity to
"sJ--_ call aud examine her elegant new stock of
1 Spririg&Suiniiiar P?1Iif Inery Goods
Booms over Buvenpart & Son's store
GEO. R. SHERMAN,
The old and reliable
Wagon and Carriage Maker.
Job work and rf-pairing-promptly done at reasonable rates.   Shop on Chicago St., west.
THE TRUE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT.
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K9YSON WEBB,
JUSTICE  OF THE  PEACE,
And. Insurance Agent.
COXVBVA"!fOrSO ATTENDED to promptly.
Special Attention Given to Collections.
Office 2d door west of the postoffice.
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E. A.. REYNOLDS*
-Notary Public, Real  Estate,
xxsintAxCE and co-.r/acrroN agency.
"Office aver >'. C. Putnam &Oo*s. store, Milan,
Mich.   Ail business entrusted to me will
rwive prompt attention.
Patromze     Tli©     Eoy*- !
MAUSER & CLARK,
Proprietors of
THE NEW LIVERY STABLE,
 At the—
OX.D AMEBICAIT HOTTSE EABN.
B. BlEHZMAMfi,
Dealer in the celebrated
M'eriden Co.'s Silver Ware !
And "Watci.es, Cloelis & Jewelry,
ilead-juarters at Kesidenee, on Henry St., 2nd
door ea3t of Baptist church.
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THOIV3AS ECCLES,
The Pioneer
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Is now located in the Burg- building, on
Chicago St., where he will be glad to see all
Ms old customers and many new ones.
.Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done.
la.
W. HELLER & SON.
Horse Shoeing & Blacksmithlng
If your horse forges, interferes or is irregular
in. Ms trait, ffive m a call and we will regTi-
late hiin s-j hi will not anoy you.
Special Attention Given
To horses havin<c we.tk, and diseased feet.
SHOP ON ANN AKBOB STREET.
E£ I lub er aal en waater cut er figger.
En she—do "sanite gal—she lub er nudder nigger,        '
I don't take en pull my little pistol trigger
i Ea shoot?
Ides straighen bp en swell er little bigger,
! Ea—scoot!
t
Ef I tako en lenj1 er man er halt er dollar,
To buy er ja-sop, er maybe paper colar,
En ef he don't pay—you think I Btan' en holler?        t
j No, sireo!
Ides lets him go—wid de hogs to the waller,
I Dat's me.
i
Chile, it ain't I waf while to bump agin de
bumpers;!
Er peacerbul time is better den er rumpus;
Leapin clear oi mud, honey, out jumps do
pumpers, j „,..,.,
! Bet er dime!
You mought stujmp yer too, but you'll Ian' on
yer humpers,
Ebber time!
—Mississippi Cotton States
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GEORGE   EHNJS.
Merchant Tailor and Cutter.
I have a full line of samples of goads carried
by a leading eastern jobbing house, "which I
Twill furnish my easterners at
•WHOLE3SALS PRIOB-
I buy my trimmings of Jobbers and give my
customers the benettr. Don'l, buy anything in
the; clothing line unlit you have examined my
samples and got my prices. I will save you
money- All woi-k warranted. Shop over jjav-
enports & Son's store.
BLITO'N & IS BELL,
PHOPMEl'OKS 01" THE
Livery, Sale and Feed Stables,
STAGE ANT) DRAY LINES,
Office, Bonth Front Street, West Broadway,
T0W33R CITY, DAKOTA.
Stages to  Ellsbury, Hope and Lybeclc leave
every Tuesday.   Land Hunter's Outfits always furnished at reasonable rates,
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DCHAIREB. & SCHMIDT,
Proprietors of the "Union. Block
MEAT  MARKET.
— All liinos of —
MEAT, POULTRY, FISH ETC
At Lowest Living Prices. No. 2,Union Block,
valine, Mielii(-aa.
BOMA.
It was certainly a veritable antique,
but not absolutely perfect, still more
valuable. Professor Buchanan contemplated it with all the satisfaction of an
antiquary confirmed in an original opinion.
Ifc was, after all, a popr thing, at first
sights—only a dilapidated-looking ornament, an old bracelet spoiled by sea-
sand and sea-water.
But in the eyes of antiquarians the
disfigurements of age are so many signs
of beauty. That the bracelet was bent,
that its gold was tarnished, and the
mosaics with which it was inlaid partly
wanting, was nothing; its antique shape
and the magic word 'Boina,' with which
its ancient maker had cunningiy engraved ifc, were quite enough for the
Professor.
Moreover, had he not always maintained that the remains on that part of
the coast were Boman? His brother
Professor, McNaughton, had constantly
endeavored to prove that that mighty
nation had never penetrated so far
north.
The ocean itself was to witness for
the truth, and only 10 days ago this
precious relic had been offered to him
by a fisherman who had brought it to
shore in his net.
Ifc was with some difficulty that the
Professor could conceal his sense of the
value of the bracelet sufficiently to drive
a reasonable bargain; but his Scotch
prudence prevailed, and in his heart he
congratulated himself.
For some years he had spent part of
his holiday on this coast, where a far-
famed river widened to the sea, and the
passage to an fro of the little steamer
across its mouth was one of the great
events of the day. To day was stormy
and the waves ran high, and even now
the Professor had been watching the
somewhat rough passage of the little
boat.
-Overdue,' he had said, and then he
had turned again to inspect his treasure.
'I only regret'—so ran his professional
thoughts—'that that paragraph got into
the Modern Athenian of yesterday;
that body Andrew was just premature
in sending ifc. It will anticipate what
I was writing to the Antiquary.'
-Here's a gentleman speering for ye,'
said his rough Scotch domestic at this
moment, recalling him rudely to everyday life.
The Professor instinctively replaced
the bracelet in an open drawer, and
closed the latter quickly, before he
turned to receive his guest, who proved to be a young man about 20, short,
fair, and frank-looking.
'Professor Buchanan, I think?' said
the young man with, a bow. -I must
apologize, sir, for intruding on you. I
have called upon you in consequence of
a paragraph in the Modern Athenian.'
"Deed,r said the Professor. -I am
glad to hear it, sir. At your age lads
are not always so much interested as all
that in antiquities. Aud what will
your name be?'
-My name?'—there was, perhaps, a
moment's hesitation on the part of the
visitor; his color deepened—'Oh, my
name is Henderson, and I—'
'Sit down, Mi\ Henderson, sit down.
And so you saw the pit passage in the
paper ; put in with no leave of mine, I
must tell you?
-Well., I am very glad ifc was put in/
was the reply, 'for ifc has led to the discovery—'
'A discovery you may call it, Mr.
Henderson,' said the Professor, rising,
and holding the lapels of his coat with
both hand3. 'A discovery confirming
that which I havefor years maintained,
and that is that the remains hereabouts
are Boman, and that if we could get
leave to excavate we should find'—
-2JTay, Sir/ interrupted Mr. Henderson, with a smile intended to disarm
and propitiate, 'I am afraid I am not
here to confirm your antiquarian theories. I am here—in fact, I am come to
tell you that the bracelet described in
the Modern Athenian belongs to ayoung
lady who wishes to claim.it/
'To a leddy !' ejaculated the Professor,
becoming more Scotch in his surprise.
'To a leddy! Na, na, Mr. Henderson.
The leddy that wore that bracelet is
away to her grave, and will na claim
it.'
'Bul, Sir/ was the rejoinder, -1 assure
you I have often seen this lady wear
the bracelet described in the paragraph;
and she herself has no doubt it is hers.
It was brought to her some years ago
from Borne. Tou know they make
them on the antique model still. The
lady is very anxious to have the bracelet restored to her; and Professor Buchanan is so weE known in the antiquarian world that we felt sure he
would* wish to be undeceived as to the
value of an ornament which has no
claim to antiquity.'
This last sentiment was certainly a
delicate piece of flattery. The Professor accepted it as a literal statement of
the truth
"Deed, Mr. Henderson, "said he,
"and that's a fact. But how will I
know," continued the cautious Scotchman, "that the leddy has sent you after
ifc? And how will she have dropped it
into the sea?"
« Well, Sir," said Mr. Henderson, " I
have brought my credentials with me.
Here is my card and here is an exact
description of the bracelet."
He handed a card and a piece of
paper to the Professor, whose last
hopes faded away as he read the minute description of his treasure. He
knitted his brows to gain time.
"Of course," said the young man,
"ifc must have become injured by being in the sea."
Though a man of theories-the Professor, was candid.
• "I am satisfied, young Sir; I was
mistaken," said he, resuming his ordinary manner. "And now may I
ask who was the lady who lost ifc?"
" The lady—Oh, well. Sir, the lady
who sent me here, I will tell you between ourselves, is my sister. Mr,
Henderson reddened again. "And,
Sir, yon will not, I hope, mind my asking yon to keep this to yourself. There
are reasons—"
"Say no more, Mr. Henderson, say
no more; you may be suro I will not
be ready to tell my mistake. Pretorian
here, Pretorian there. There's no
lack of Edie Ochilfcrees, though the
King's bedesmen are extinct;."
He opened the drawer, and taking
out the bracelet surveyed it rather ruefully.
"Yes thafcis ifc," said Mr. Henderson;
"but ifc is a good deal the worse for
water. I don't wonder, Sir, you were
mislead.   It looks as old as the hills."
The Professor slowly wrapped ifc in
paper and said as he handed it to the
young rnan—
" And will the lady have dropped ifc
into the sea, young Sir?*'
"Well* she knew it wa3 hers, directly she read the paragraph, and—"
"Well I'm no asking to know more/',
said the elder man.
"And now I must be off, Sir, with
many thanks from my sister and myself for your kinndess; but first, you
must be good enough to let me know
what I owe you. I know what these
fishing fellows are, aud how they swindle one."
The Professor, however, oburately
refused to satisfy Mr. Henderson's
curiosity on this point, and he found it
impossible to -urge the matter further.
It might have been that he now blushed
to own to having given a sum which at
the time seemed moderate, but anyway
the Professor would only restore the
bracelet as a gift to Miss Henderson.
It pleased him evidently'to have his
way on this point. And if he was left
alone with a shattered theory, he was
not without a compensating gleam of
modern interest.
'I liked the laddler well/ though he,
as he again watched the tossing boat,
'and if his sister had been aa wise-like
she would not bave lost her jewels in
the case/
Our friend the Professor did not always take his holiday in Scotland.
There are other parts of the world in
which the remains are undoubtedly
Boman, and in which, if there is nothing for an antiquarian to prove, there
is everything for him to enjoy. Such
a place the good Professor found the
land of Provence, where he "was disposed to linger about 16 months after
the date of his interview with Mr.
Henderson. He arrived at "Nlmes one
day, having with great difficulty lorn
himself away from Aries-—Aries, where
the pagan relics confirm, as it were,
the Christian tradition, being no necessity so much older.
He had been—low be it spoken—to
a course de taureaux on Sunday in the
amphitheatre; he had inspected St.
Tropheme and done justice to the
Forum. He had lingered yet longer
for the sake of the library of Mont
Majeur; bub on the evening of a hot
day in May he found himself at "Nlmes,
too late for anything in the way of
sight-seeing, but in time for the table
d'hote. The places on the right hand
were empty; that on his left was occupied by a French gentleman, who
spoke such gbed English that he and
the Professor were soon engaged in a
diccussion on the language of Pr^rence.
Between discussing this topic and dis
cussing his dinner, he was for some
time so deeply engaged that he hardly
noticed that the seats next to him had
become filled, and that his immediate
neighbor was a lady, until his friend,
finding one of his assertions disputed
by a spectacled servant opposite, burst
into a stream of French so llnenfc,
rapid, imperative, and idiomatic, that
the Professor lo3fc the thread. Not till
then, I say, did our friend become conscious of a memory—not altogether
pleasant—the memory of a mistake.
Even as he set down his glass of vin
ordinaire, what was it 1 at made him recall what he had solong forgotten—Mr.
Henderson, Eddie Ochifcree, Pretorian
here Pretorian there ?
It was only a bracelet. What was it
that immediately convinced the Professor that ifc was the bracelet ? I hardly know, unless ifc was the sensitiveness
of his antiquarian conscience. From
whatever cause it arose, it is certain
that he at once jumped to a conculsion,
and glanced behind the lady, who was
so composedly taking her soup, to her
companion.
Not Mr. Henderson. Ifc is a question
whether the Professor was more puzzled
orrelieved.. Not Mr. Henderson; aman
older, darker, handsomer. Well, the
"laddie" had said ifc was from his sister
he came, and, after all, was not this
lady rather like Trim? A bride, no
doubt. He had the curiosity to iook at
her third finger, as well as her wrist.
There was the magic circle, and young,
too, and pretty, with an air of composed happiness which it did him good to
see.
He made a little advance in handing
her the salt. She turned and looked at
him with the sweetest gray eyes he had
ever seen, and a few minutes after they
had entered into conversation. She and
her husband had spent the Winter in
Italy, she told him, and were soon going into the Pyrenees. That day they
had been to the Boman baths and to
the amphitheatre, and she grew merry
over the recital of the way she had
tossed the cicerone of the latter.
'I told him/ she said, 'that the amphitheatre at Verona was far more perfect, and hurt his feelings dreadfully.
You really must take pity on him tomorrow, and restore his selfesteem, for
he is quite apart of the show/
As she spoke her eyes sparkled, and
the Prof esaor began to think it would
be interesting to have his conjecture
confirmed.
He led the conversation further and
further into the realm of the past, and
the young husband and wife followed
him with intelligence. He was deep
in his favorite topic, when he was both
amused and nonplussed by the gentleman's referring to a paper on Boman
antiquities, read before the Society of
Antiquaries,and asking him if he agreed
with one of the theories put forward.
' 'Deed/ said the Professor, -I more
than agree.   I originated it/
•Indeed!' replied the gentleman, with
an interested air. -I fancied it had
been original on the Professor's part;/
'That ifc was/said our friend, with
dry humor.   'I was the originator/
*Oh, then I am speaking to Professor
Buchanan/ said the younger man. 1
beg your pardon, Sir/
'No, indeed, Sir/ replied the Professor, with a polite bow?
"Instinctively at this moment his eyes
fell on the bracelet. Was ifc the same
association of ideas which caused it to
be nervously turned by its wearer,, and
which called so becoming a blush to
her cheeks? She glanced at her husband, and he, too, seemed to have some
consciousness connected with the Professor's name, shown, however only by
a moment's pause before he said:
'We are, indeed, fortunate to meet
such a distinguished countryman. Do
you remain here any time?'
'I am not limited to time/ said the
Professor, 'that is not my idea of enjoyment.'
The lady bad somehow become silent;
she was engaged with hevpoutet. The
French gentleman again opened fire,
and the Professor's attention was distracted from his right-hand neighbors.
He noticed their departure, for they
bowedjWith pointed politeness, and lie
shortly after passed into the salan de
lecture to look at Galginani.
It was, perhaps, an hour later that
the young husband returned, and, again
entering into conversation," asked him
if he would like to come into their salon
and look at some photographs, as he
and his wife were leaving Nimes next
morning, and they would both like to
see him again.
'My name is Montrevor/ said he as
he led theway to their room; 'and we
are at the end of a long wedding tour/
Mrs. Montrevor greeted the Professor
with a smile. She had ordered coffee,
and as the three sat near the open window the Professor could not but admire the sweet face aud fresh grace of
the young wife.
He looked over the photographs, and
might have become too discursive on
their merits had i.ofc Mrs. Montrevor,
with a glance at her husband, said:
'I have wished to .thank you myself,
Professor Buchanan, for restoring to
me what I so much value/
As she spoke she handed to him the
ornament to which I have so often referred, and her husband said:
'I do not wonder you took it for a
true antique, ifc was so much injured.
Now you see it has a more modern
air/
'Deed/ said the Professor, who was
handling the trinket; 'we will, if you
please, say no more of my mistake.
Then, Madame/ with his old-fashioned
courteous bow, 'I had a theory which I
was too glad to.have confirmed, and I
must confess that the word 'Boma'was
too much for me. Now I see it in a
fresh-light, and I assure jou it pleased
me more than any discovery to find I
have been of slight service to you.
Mrs. Montrevor smiled. She certainly
had a wonderful smile, and there was
an indescribable air of quiet content in
the way in which she said, as she re-
clasped her bracelet:
'Yes, I was very glad to have it
again/
♦And how did you lose ifc in the sea"?
said the Professor, who had always fen;
a curiosity on this'point.
The lady did not answer; she was
arranging the lace at her wrist, t
-She did not lose it/ said her husband.
'I throw ifc into the sea myself. Well,
my dear/ in answer to a glance from
her, 'you would thank the Professor
yourself, so he may as well hear the
whole story, and that is, Sir/ said Mr,
Montrevor, 'that I pitched it in myself
I did, indeed. I had parted from this
lady, who is now my wife; I was in
wretched spirits, and I was determined
that at least no one else should ever
wear the present she had returned to
me. And then she saw the paragraph
in the paper, and guessed what I had
done, and so by your means it came to
her.'
'It was an omen/ said a low, quiet
voice.
The husband's ej es brightened. He
gave a short laugh.
'The omen is fulfilled, you see, or we
should nob have met you here/
'Thanks to the word, -Roma/ said the
Professor.—Tinsley's Magazine.
The Frog as an Article of Food.
Taxation- in Egypt.—Egypt has
only 5,000,000 population, about 5,000,-
000 acres of tillable land, yet its annual
tax is about $40,000,000, one-half of
which is for interest on the public debt.
With the exception of a small revenue
from the railroads and customs all this
money .must come from taxes on the
land. Ifc is a fact that each acre of
land in Egypt; must pay $8 of taxes besides supporting au inhabitant. Foreign
capital is nob taxed in that country,
neither do foreigners pay any taxes upon their houses, their stores, and their
mechandise, while the natives pay taxes
upon all these. Foreigners are only
taxed upon agricultural lands, which
is one of their conditions of taking
title. The legal rate of interest is 12
per cent, and it averages at; least*15.
Owing to great privileges exacted from
the Ottoman government and the khe-
dive the foreigner enjoys far greater
legal privileges than the native, and is
subjected to none of the burdens Of
maintaining the government which
furnishes him with a home. The
Arabs knowing all this naturally ask,
"Why should we be treated thus?"
The cost of foreign officials in Egypt is
very great. As a specimen a list of 41
Europeans employed in the financial
administration is given, whose salaries
range from §7,000 to $20,000 each, the
aggregate being $411,000, and whose
duties are merely nominal.
Mr. J. B. Grinnell, the founder of the
town of Grinnell, Iowa, is the hero of
Mr. Greeley's famous legend, "Go West,
young man, go West and grow up with
the country." He is going to have the
letter containing the famous saying
photographed. His first business (he
said in an address delivered just before
the cyclone swept the town away), was
to lay out a town where no intoxicating liquors should be sold, and no ardent spirits has ever been sold upon
that tract of land. "No fire has desolated a human habitation, no man has
found his way to the poor-house, not
one has gone to jail, and not one to the
State Prison." It is surely one of the
mysteries of Providence that a town of
this character should be so severely
dealt with.
Justice and Generosity are so intimately interwoven that neither can
flourish heartily without the presence
of the other. No one can act fairly
without acting sympathetically; nor
can any one subserve his own best in-
teresfc while that is all he has at heart.
THE BUSINESS IK BOSTON MABKET3.
There seems to be no good reason
why frogs should not be used as an article of diet, but at the present time the
public taste has not been educated up,
or, as some might say, down, to the idea
of eating this croaking resident of slimy
ponds and stagnant marshes. A study
of the peculiarities of popular taste reveals some strange inconsistencies. We
unhesitatingly accept lobsters, oysters,
crabs, clams and eels as desirable additions to our tables, while the frog,
which is certainly as pleasing to the
eye and agreeable to the palate, is rejected.
In many civilized countries, more especially, perhaps, in Francs, Germany,
and parts of Italy, the frog is highly
regarded as an article of food. The
frog-eating propensities, of the French
people are too well known to require
comment, and in that country frog-eating is universal, and the preparation of
the legs for the table has arrived at almost the dignity of an art. Not alone
among the civilized countries is the frog
used for food, but; among the semi-civilized and barbarous nations as well.
Livingstone, in his books of travel,
states that some of the tribes of southern Africa relish the large frogs which
abound in that country, when prepared
to suit to their savage tastes. Until
within a few years the use of frogs in
this country as an article of food was
confined to a comparatively few epicures ; but the demand for this delicacy
has been steadily growing during these
years, till at the present time hundreds
of dozens of frogs are sold in Boston
daily. This demand comes principally
from the large hotels and restaurants,
and there are few people, other than
those whose business connects them intimately with the cuisine departments
of these places, who realize to what an
extent frog-eating is besoming a fixed
habit with American people, and ifc is
not unreasonable to suppose that in this
country, even in the course of a few
years, frogs may became a very welcome addition to our tables, and form,
perhaps, a not insignificant factor in
the all-important question of the food-
supply for the people.
In Boston nearly all the largest and
best appointed notels and cafes are now
as regularly supplied with frogs as they
are with chops or steaks. Some of
these places serve them only during the
summer season, but in the majority
frogs are included in the bill of fare
through every month in the year. Frogs,
unlike oysters, are not only good in the
months with an B, but in all the others
as well. In some seasons of the year
the demand for the dainty is so great
that it even exceeds the supply, and at
times the hotels |tre unable to obtain all
their trade demands. lb may be a surprise to many to know that the Parker
House alone requires nearly 80 dozens
of frogs daily to supply the demand
during the summer months. During
the winter .months there is hardly as
much call for them, though even then
this house' uses nearly 50 dozens a day.
It is getting to be just the thing to have
a few frogs for an after-theatre lunch.
At the larger markets in the city there
is also a growing inquiry for them, and
it is not an uncommon thing for a customer to include among his other purchases for his home supply a dozen or
more frogs. It is safe to say that if
people could be induced to make a single trial of a skilfully-prepared dish of
well-fattened frogs' legs, [this demand,
from simply not being uncommon,
would soon become general.
The season for catching frogs extends from the early spring, when the
ice  disappears  from the  ponds and
brooks, and the first "croaker," that
ever-welcome  harbinger of warmer
days, makes his presence known with
his not unmusical notes, until the latter
part of September, and, in some years,
when the weather is open and mild,
even into the-month of October. After
this time the frogs, it is generally supposed, bury themselves in the muddy
bottoms of the ponds and lie m a dormant condition until spring opens again.
The speckled, or common frogs, are the
first to make their appearance in the
spring, and some business is done catching this kind in the meadows and lowlands in the month of April. The larger
species, commonly known as the "bullfrog," does not make his appearance
until May, but he comes to stay, and
the marshes and brooks resound with
his ceaseless croaking until autumn. In
May the business of catching begins in
earnest and continues without interruption throughout the summer.   The
professional outfit of a frog-catcher is a
pair of long-legged rubber  boots, a
scoop net attached to a long pole, a
small gun and a suitable bag for conveying the  booty home.    Frogs are
found in abundance, and the sportsman
in this line Of business, if he possess
even ordinary skill, unlike those who
hunt for-other game in this locality,
need never return empty-handed.   The
gun is only used when the coveted ba-
trachians are beyond the reach of the
net, but it sometimes happens that a
particularly desirable frog perches himself in fancied* security upon a stone or
log just out of reach, and on such occasions the gun is called into requisition,
but no frogs are killed at the time of
capture if it can possibly be avoided, as
it is especially desired to secure them
alive in order that they may be properly fattened for the markets.   In frog
catching, as in "every other trade or
occupation,   time and experience are
required to make one an adept at the
business, and some catchers become so
expert that in shallow waters, by watching the bubbles that arise on the surface
of the water, they can tell where a frog
has lately gone down, 'and are able lo
catch him on the bottom of the pond
with their hands.   A first-class catcher,
who was fortunate in striking a good
hunting ground at a favorable season
of the year, has been known to bring
back over sixty dozens of frogs as the
result of his day's labor, but if an average of thirty dozens are taken each day
it is considered very satisfactory.  The
best frogs are taken from the ponds in
the immediate neighborhood of Boston,
but good ones are secured from Brookfield, Fitchburg, North Adams, and
greater or less quantities are taken in
nearly all parts of the state.
After the frogs have been secured
and conveyed home, those that have
been killed are immediately dressed and
sent to the markets. The heads are
cut off and the body is split down the
underside and the skin carefully removed. Then they are carefully washed
several times to cleanse them of: all
particles of spawn or other extraneous
matter. The legs are generally separated from the body, because most places
serve only the former to their customers, but others purchase the frogs
whole and use the bodies and forelegs
in stews and fricassees. The business
has already been injured by inexperienced parties delivering frogs which
have been very improperly dressed. The
living animals are placed in large hogsheads filled with fresh water, in which
they are allowed to stay for several
days, and during this time they are
regularly fed with chopped fresh meat
and fish, celery, cabbage and other
green vegetables. At intervals of every
two or three days, all the frogs are
taken from the water and allowed to
exercise themselves, within prescribed
limits, and to enjoy a thorough sun
bath. After having lived upon dry
land for a while, they are again placed
in the tanks, and these operations are
continued for some time, or until they
are well fattened and in condition to be
killed and exposed for sale. The handling of the frogs during these operations requires more than ordinary care
and experience. One peculiarity about
the animals is the fact that they do not
breed when in the water tanks, in a
state of captivity.
From Mr. J. M. Beck of Cambridge,
who is probably the largest dealer in
frogs in the state, and the only dealer
who keeps them on hand throughout
the entire year, many interesting facts
about this peculiar business were gleaned. He supplies all the largest hotels
and restaurants in Boston with frogs
by contract, at a stated price per dozen
for the year. During the busy season
he keeps a dozen or more men employed
in catching, all over the state, and even
sends parties into the state of Maine
for frogs. The most of these men are
employed on a salary, and sometimes
their trips are far from being profitable.
The frogs that are caught in distant
towns are shipped to their destination
by express, alive, in boxes especially
constructed for the purpose. These
boxes are arranged with several slat
floors, which are covered with wet
grass or moss, and the mortality among
the animals sent in this way is comparatively small. The matter of-.keeping
live frogs through the winter in quantities sufficient to supply the market
requires considerable labor. A room
has to be prepared with a moss floor,
and the temperature of the room and
of the water of the tanks in which the
frogs are confined must be kept very
even, and every frog, at least once a
week, must be taken from the water
allowed to run loose upon the mossy
floor, to keep them in good condition.
Some idea of the extent of the business
can be gained'from the fact that Mr.
Beck handles nearly 500 dozens of
frogs every week during the summer
, months, and 250 dozens each week in
the winter, making a total of 150,000
frogs yearly, the most of which are
consumed in and around Boston. The
average price obtained for them is from
sixty to sixty-five cents per dozen. The
Irish people were the last to take up
the custom of eating frogs, but as a
matter of fact, the largest orders ever
received were filled on the 17th of
March, 1882, St. Patrick's day. Mr.
Beck, besides supplying the markets
and hotels, regularly sends frogs to the
colleges and medical schools and to
several physicians and surgeons for
vivisection and other surgical studies.
Biggest Things on Earth.
Folk Notes.
Boss Winans is building a $100,-
000 house in Baltimore.
Herbert Spencer will be the guest ol
Professor Youmans, while in New
York.
Professor Lovering, of Harvard;
will spend the summer at Ferry Beach,
Maine.
Bev. Dr. John Hall and wife have
sailed for Europe, and will remain
abroad until fall.
The Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler and
wife, and T. L. Cuyler, Jr.. Brooklyn,
N. Y., were in Detroit last week.
An excellent portrait of Eobert
Browning ha3 just been painted by
his son, Itoberfc Barrett Browning.
Mr. John H. Smyth, the predecessor
and successor of the late Bev. H. H.
Garnet as United States Minister to
Liberia has sailed for his post of duty.
E. B. Fairfield, Jr., superintencent of
schools at Tecumseh, Mich., for the
past two years, has accepted the super-
intendency of the Grand Haven schools
for the ensuing year.
Geo. Huntington, Esq., (son of Bev.
Jay Huntington, of Howell) recent
graduate of Brown University, has
been secured as principal of the Saginaw City High school.
Alfred II. Pease, the well-known
pianist, whoje parents reside at Buffalo, N. Y., has been missing for several
weeks. Fears are entertained that he
has been murdered and robbed.
L. P. Sherman, of De3 Moines, a
brother of General and Senator Sherman, fell from the roof of his hou3e,
by a ladder slipping, and was dangerously in j ured.   He is unconscious.
Mr. James E. dough of Detroit, the
senior member of the organ firm of
Clough "& Warren, has a rare collection of more than 300 varieties of
monthly roses, each plant having been
selected with&care and discrimination.
The Bev. Dr. William B. Williams,
the oldest Baptist minister in this
country, has been induced ta take a
voyage to Europe. He is accompanied by one of his sons and will be the
recipient of much attention from the
denomination in England.
A minister of the established
church in London, says: "We need to
pray that the Church may be saved
from formal proprieties and Btur-id
improprieties, front being either frigid or frenzied." It is a thin partition,
often, which divides the two.
Mrs. 11. H. Dana recently purchased
in Paris the fine portrait of Longfellow by the artist Healy, which has for
years been the chief ornament of that
painter's studio. It was painted in,
Borne, during Mr. Longfellow's visit
there, and in it Mrs. Dana ap: jars, a
bright-eyed little maiden with golden
tresses, peeping over her father's shoulder.
The largest city in the world is Lon-
don. Its population numbers 3,020,871
souls. New York, with a population
of about 1,250,000, comes fifth in the
list of great cities.
The largest theatre is the New Opera
House in Paris. It covers nearly three
acres of ground. Its cubic mass is 4,-
287,000 feet. It cost about 100,000,000
francs.
Thelargesfc suspension bridge will be
the one now building between New
York city and Brooklyn. The length
of the main span is 1,595 feet six inches; the entire length of the bridge 5989
feet.
The loftiest active volcano is Popocatepetl—"smoking mountain"—thirty-
five miles southwest of Puebla, Mexico.
It is 17,784 feet above the sea level, and
has a crater-three miles in circumference and 1,000 feet deep.
The largest island in the world,
which is also regarded as a continent,
is Australia. It is 2500 miles in length
from' east to west, and measures 1950
miles from north to south. Its area is
2,984,287 square miles.
The longest span of wire in the world
is used for a 'telegraph in India over
the river Kistuab, between Bezorah
and Sectanagrum. Ifc is more than
6000 feet long, and is stretched between
two hills, each of which is 1200 feet
high.
The largest ship in the world is the
Great Eastern. She is 680 feet long,
83 feet broad and 60 feet deep, being
22,927- tons builder's, 18,915 gross and
13,344 net register. She was built at
Millwall, on the Thames, and was
launched January 31,1857.
The largest university is Oxford in
England, in the city of tne same name,
fifty-five miles from London. It consists of twenty-one colleges and five
halls. Oxford wa3 a seat of learning
as early as the time of Edward the Confessor. University College claims to
have been founded by Alfred.
The largest body of fresh water on
the globe is Lake Superior, 400 miles
long, 160 miles wide at its greatest
breadth, and having an area of 32,000
square miles. Its mean depth is said to
be 90® feet, and its greatest depth about
200 fathoms. Its surface is about 635
feet above the level of the sea,
The biggest cavern is the Mammoth
Cave, in Edmondson County, Ky. It is
near Green Biver, six miles from Cave
City, and about twenty-eight miles from
Bowling Green. The cave consists of
a succession of irregular chambers,
some of which are large; situated on
different levels. Some of these are
traversed by navigable branches of the
subterranean Echo Biver. Blind fish
are found in its waters.
The longest tunnel in the world is
that of St. Gothard, on the line of railroad between Lucerne and Milan. The
summit of the tunnel is 990 feet below
the surface at Andermatt, and 6,600
feet beneath the peak of Eastelhorn of
the St. Gothard group. The tunnel is
26J- feet wide and 19 feet 10 inches from
the floor to the crown of the arched
roof. It is nine and one-third .miles long,
one and five-eights miles longer than
the Mfc. Cenis Tunnel,
The biggest trees in the world are the
mammoth trees of California. One of
a grove in Tulare County, actording to
measurement made by members of the
State Geological Survey, was shown to
Be 276 feet high, 106 feet in circumference at base, and 76 feet at a point 12
feet above the ground. Some of the
trees are 376 feet high ■ and 34 feet in
diameter. Some of the largest that
have been felled indicate an age of from
2,500 to 2,000 years.
The largest inland sea is the Caspian,
lying between Europe and Asia. Its
greatest length is 760 mile3, its greatest breadth 270 miles, audits area 180,-
000 square miles. Great Salt Lake, in
Utah, which may properly be termed
an inland sea, is about ninety miles
long, and has a varying breadth of
from twenty to thirty-five miles. Its
surface is 4200 feet above the level of
the sea, whereas tlie surface of the Caspian is eight-r-four feet below the ocean
level.
The home is the sunniest side of
every great people. Without devotion
to home there can be no devotion to
country. The home is the cradle «f
good citizenship and patriotism; it is
the fountain of happiness, not only to
individuals, but to nations as well; and
it is the one spot on earth that should
be guarded from needless shadows.
The highest monolith is the obelisk
at Karnak, in Egypt. Karnak is on
the east bank of the Nile, near Luxor,
and occupies a part of the site of ancient Thebes. The obelisk is ascribed
to Hatasu, sister of Pharaoh Thothmes
II., who reigned} about 1600 B. C. The
whole length is 122 feet, its weight 400
tons. Its height without ^pedestal is
108 feet ten inches. The height of the
obelisk in Central Piirk without pedestal is sixty-eight feet eleven inches, its
weight about 168 tons.
The largest bell in the world is the
great bell of Moscow, at the foot of the
Kremlin. Its circumference at the
bottom is nearly sixty-eight feet, and
its height more than twenty-one feet,,
In its stoutest part it is twenty-three
inches thick, and its weight has been
computed to be 443,772 pounds: It
has never been hung and was probably-
cast on the spot where>it now stands.
Apiece of the bell is broken off. The
fracture is supposed to have been occasioned by water having been thrown
upon it when heated by the building
erected over it being on fire.
The greatest wall in the world is the
Chinese wall, built by the first emperor
of the Tsin dynasty, about 220 B. C, as
a protection against Tartars. It traverses the northern boundary of China,
and is carried over the highest hills,
through the deepest valleys, across
rivers, and every other natural obstacle.
Its length is 1250 miles. Including a
parapet of-five Ceefc, the total height of
the wall is twenty feet; thickness at
the base, twenty-five feet, and at the
top fifteen feet. Towers or bastions
occur at intervals of about 100 yards.
. Among the most remarkable natural
echoes are that of Eagle's Nest, on the
banks of Eillarney, in Ireland, which
repeats a bugle call until it seems to be
sounded from a hundred instruments,
and that on the banks of theNaha, between Bingen and Coblentz, which repeats a sound seventeen times. The
most remarkable artificial echo known
is that in the Castle of Simonetta,about
two miles from Milan, It is occasioned
by the existence of two parallel walls
of considerable length. It repeats .the
report of a pistol sixty times.
The most remarkable"" whirlpool is
the maelstrom, oft the northwest coast
of Norway and southwest of Mo3ken-
sesol, the most southerly of theLofoden
Isles. It was once supposed to be unfathomable, hut the depth has been
shown not to exceed twenty fathoms.
The whirlpool is navigable under ordinary circumstances, but when the wind
is northwest it of teff attains great f ury
and becomes extremely dangerous. Under strong gales the maelstrom has been
shown by official statistics to run at
the rate of twenty-six miles an hour.
The greatest fortress from a* strategical point of view is the f am/33s stronghold of Gibraltar, belonging to Great
Britain, situated upon the most southern point of land upon the coast of
southwestern Spain. ., It occupies a
rocky peninsula, jutting"-£s£~^to^t^
sea, about three miles long and three-
quarters Of a mile wide. One central
rock rises to a height of 1435 feet above
the sea level. Its northern face is almost perpendicular, "while its east side
is full of tremendous precipices. On
the south ifc terminates in what is called
Europe point. The west side is less
steep than the east, and between its
base and the sea is a narrow, almost
level span, on whiqh the town of Gibraltar is built. The fortress is considered-impregnable to military assault.
The regular garrison in time of peace
numbers about 7000 men.
The greatest cataract in the world is
that of Niagara. The Horseshoe fall
on the Canadian side has a perDendic-
ular descent of 158 feet. The'height
of the American fall is 167 feet. The
Horseshoe fall, which carries a larger
volume of water than the American
fall, is about 600 yards wide and extends from the Canadian shore to Goat
Island. Geologists are agreed that the
cataract was once six miles nearer to
L?ike Ontario than at present. Although
Niagara is certainly the greatest cataract;, it is by no means the highest.
TheYosemite fall in California surpasses all other contracts on the globe
in height. It is formed by Yosemite
creek, which is an affluent of the
Merced Biver. The average width of
the stream in summer is about twenty
feet and its depth about two feet.
From the edge of the cliff, from which
the water plunges, to the bottom of the
valley the verdical distance is about
2550 feet: but the fall is not in one
perpendicular sheet.
The biggest diamond in the world, if,
indeed, it be a diamond, is the Bra-
ganza, which forms parts of the Portuguese crown jewels.   It weighs 1880
carats. However, not alittle^doubt exists*
of its being a diamond, as the Government ever allowed it to be tested. It was
found m Brazil in 1741.   The largest-
tested but uncut diamond is theMattam,
belonging to theBajah of Mattam in
Borneo.   It is of pure water, weighs
367 carats,""and is of a pear shape,
indented at the thick end.    It was
found about 1760 at Landak, in Borneo.
It has been'the cause of a sanguinary
war.   Before it was cut the Kot-i-noor,
which is   one  of the English crown
jewels, was the largest tested diamond.
It then weighed 709 carats.   When in
the possession of the Emperor Auren-
gebe it was reduced by unskilful cutting tojlS6 carats.   During the Sikh
mutiny, it was captured by British
troops and/presented to Queen Victoria.
It was recut, and now weights 1061-16
carats.
1
.1
WHOAMHIAH?
Am He Wid Us and of Us and
. Among Us.
"Who am a liar?" asks the olcl man,
as he rose up in his usual place, and .-
glared around him. .    "^
Pickles Smith, Trustee PullbSck; Samuel Shin and Evergreen Jones started
and turned pale, and there was a deathlike silence as Brother Gardner continued :
/An' what shall we do wid him—wid
de liar and de liars? De liar am wid
us an' of us an' among us. He gits up
wid us in de mawnin' an' he lies down
wid us at night. Go to°de grocery, an'
de grocer smiles an' nods an' lies. Go
to de dry goods man, an' he has a welcome an' a lie. De tailor promises a
suit when he knows he can't finish it.
De shoemaker promises a pair of butes
for Saturday when he has three days'
work on the nex' week. De ice man
charges us with twenty-five pounds an'
delivers sixteen. Our carpels are warranted, an' yet dey all do fade. De
plumber plumbs an' lies. De painter
paints an' lies. De carpenter planes
an' saws an' cheats. De dressmaker
not only lies but steals de cloth. We
all lie troopers fifty times a day, and de
mainwho won't lie doan' stan' any
show.
An' yet, my frens, whar will we
bring up in de end? When Waydown
Bebee axes me fur de.loan of a dollar
till Saturday, he lies. He knows he
can't pay it back under f o' weeks. I
know he knows it, an'I lie. I tells him
I jist paid out de las' shillin' fur a wash
bo'd, an' can't*possibly raise no mo'. If
I ask Judge Hostet'ter Jackson to sign
a bank note wid me he lies when he
says he promised his dying* gl-an'mud~,--
der nebber to do so. We lie when we
w'ar better cloze dan we kin afford—
when we put on airs above us—when
we put on our backs what orter be fodder fur our stomachs. We has become
a red-hot, go-ahead, dust-aroun'nashun,
but we has also become a nashun of*
cheats, liars, and false pretenders. We
adulterate our goods, cheat in weight,
swindle in measure, an' put on broadcloth coats to hide de absence of dollar
shirts. Our society am full of false
pretenders, our religion furnishes a
cloak fur hypocrites, an' our charity
am but a high-soundin' name fur matin' a do^ar bring back ten shilling. I
doan' know what de principal wickedness of Sodom consisted of, nor wedder
de folks in Gomorrow told lies or pitched pennies, but if either one could beat
ah American town of de same size fur
lyin' and decepshun dey must have got
up werry airly in de mawnin'. an' stayed
awake all night long. We lie an' we
know we lie. We play de hypocrite,
we cheat an' deceive, an' yit we want
de world to pick us out as shinin' examples of virtue, an' we expect our
tombstones to bear eulogies georgious
-huff fur angels. Gentlemen, let, ns
kick each other into doin' better! Let
de kickin' hegin just whar it happens,
fur we can't hit anybody who doan'
nod it!"
Waydown Beebe arose to inquire if
he had ever borrowed a dollar of the
President and neglected to return it on
the date specified.
"You has, sah!" was the prompt re-
Waydown scratched his head, looked
around for a soft place tohreak Ms fall,
and finally sab down with a look of
melancholy sweepingover his complexion.—Free Press.
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