The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-05
VITALITY OF FROGS.
Why Restaurateur Never Eata the Little
Hoppora-
Virginia Nev.l Chronicle.

| ~ auna gourmani This morning Mr..
| IoumgWorth wac "Spntiatlng IN the eharae-
tNriatiea Of tho frog. dead AMI alive. "Fhey are
| the m"st palatahla dish when cooked proper
| vs. that Won rRn act on tho table, said ha
| yet never taatad n frog log In my life and
! V" cooked thousands of en-. DO you know
| sit. That II takes y frog half an hour tn def
| Upon my word. They are tho hardest things
| Ia kill that over aaw. About two p,ontha
| ago got nh order from u private family for
aiS dtnase'I froga. ! had their lags out or.
skinned ana dressed up In about fifteen min
Htea. ! act tho platter containing the meat on
tho counter while the walter was getting
some other thinEa ready to 20 with tho order
| rho lega Of tho frogs we're so full Of life. or
electricity or something. that they jumped
around on tho platter liveller than any
| ahrmps you ever Haw. Some Of them hoped
of on the itoor. The walter had to Ito n
| towel over the plattar when no carried 1t out.
| 90 that no would not loose tho meat. That's
( ho reason don't like frogs. You may smile
NJ what gay. but every word Of IL Ia true.
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A correspondent Of the Hostou ffnueIfer re-
Wives tho following good story about stephen
tiirasl While the phlanthroptst was preai-
deut VI the Girard Bank stranger stepped
in one morning and PLEASANTLY salutad him.
Nj. Glrnrd, always affahlo and polite re-
turned the salutation. aud without thinking
any moro about the circumstance. passed.
into his private allioe. Tho stranger then
atCppad htiakly ,lp 10 the deak Of the paying
tollot anu presented a check for SIS. 900 signed
Stephen Grard The teller. who had noticed
the polite Interchange of greetings hot weon
tile president and the atfangor. made no hest
tntiUu about counting out the blla and tho
man departed with the money. Tho check
WAS forged, but the rascal was never dlaoov-
cred,
The ox- khodlve of Egypt has just loet one
~ his wives from hia haram handsome
Dung Italian painter named Della went
ssctehing through tho harem grounds lIe
noticed beautiful odaiak Mt one Of the will
d"wa. aud IN some way managed to establish
n Geographic communication with her. which
was soon followed by n romantic elopement
and marriage, How he managed to get her
out OF the harcm Is q mystery. The young
couple are how living happily ut Fogga. and
since thoyare man and wife the khedive can't
Stain hia former favorte. lie IL determined
In iuiur" I" keep his wives from tho windows
for fcar of moro elopements The young lady
III aun4tion il said to ID a Frenohwoman.
A young couple pauae before notice head
"a. Lost valuable diamond brooch 300
frames reward
ooh, hoshl come along" says the lady i'm
patiently. You don't mean 10 gay you think
they w really lost any valuable diamond
hroochr'
Well" persista her husband. ''lf they
| haven't why III they put ~ that notice2'
"Reca,se. You stupid. come ono might find
| n valuable diamond brooch worth more than
200 francs and bring It to them. don't you
| 4epr.
by Jove, never thought OF thatw SO ys
| the husband. admiringly,
| All tho preparations have been made Mt
| lseme 10 bring out on the first of January the
l'npea new Journal and official organ en-
Titled the aurora. He himself will b. ita
! loading spirit, but he has appointed Prof.
| Don pietro HaIan, an author and under
| keeper OF the Vatican archives, to be the
,3.,r 4 slt.
other learned mon have also been intrusted
| with editorial positions simultaneously an
| other little sheet. similarly inspired and Ill
| reCfed. will appear for circulation among the
| lowest classes Of the people.
At Nav Philadelphia, O., a huge dog, In at
| tempting 10 scale high fence into yard
missed Ms calculations and landed ut the bot
| tom Of the we'll, sixty faet deep. The family
| thought the water rather riley" next morn
| ing but could not account for 1t. About noon
me hired girl, upon looking into the we'll
discovered pair Of cleaning eyas staring Mt
| her from the bottom. Help wRs obtained and
| the dog drawn ~. lie was In the well about
| tifteen hours, and kept alive by swimming
all the Zine,
A practical joke played by ono angIor on
| his companion at Cliohy. In France termi-
natod n y traRical manner They were fish
| inE HHar zach other on tho bank OF the Seine
Wii'1l 'IIt tdS It"H MS Ibtl, hiiffW TWO UlR
| stones into the river, and then hid himself be-
| hind tn" tree. The other. hearing the splash
| turned round. and, not seeing his friend,
| Thought he had fallen into the water and
| sunk. he jumped In to save him, but WAS car
tied away ana drowned.
Dat culud pussun on de jury hims de
| man nhjee TO- said n negro when put on
| trial in the Marion, \. G. court the other day.
The black man WAS unseated, and the prisoner
4 trtX rnJI tn1 Far Ia tha
was asked what he had against juryman OF
| his own color. Muffin at all, boss, said he
| but. " soc, | knowed II | battered de preu-
| dua 81 de odder iurymen dat | get Of, an
golly | did"
| A boy was caught In the act Of stealing
| raisins in shop, and was locked up in dark
| closet by the grocer. The boy commenced
| begging most patheticaly TO be released
| and. aitr using all the persuasion that his
| young imagination could invent, proposed :
! Sir, IT you'll let me out and send for my
| daddy. he'll pay YOU for the raisins and lick
mo besides This appeal was too much for
| the grocer To resist.
| A scientific man, who recently paid his
| wies bills for hats and bonnets at fashion
able shop, has been figuring on the matter
| and finds that tirst-class millinery store has
| - Ter cent the best Of brace faro game IN
| point of slreness. On all even footing they
are about equal, but the immunity from po-
lice Interference IL what gives the millinery
| folks the best Of It.
The annual Yale catalogue gives the num-
her Of students at 1908 theology SO; medl-
| cine, 81; law, "A: post graduates, 80, scien-
| titles, I15, academical seniors, 123 juniors,
| ia; sophomores, 1876; freshmen, 1874; fine art
school, -. There are 100 professors, instruc-
| tors anu lecturers. No Literary Magazine
medal is awarded this year, as none OF the
essays We're up TO the standard.
Senator Bayard Is described by CORE
spondeut of the BOSTON Herald as broad
shondered, gray haired, clean shaven, mus
cular and fresh In color. He Is exceedingly
athletic, being famous In Wilmington as
pedestrian and boxer. His manners are
| frank and kindly, his ways Of speech quick
and earnest.
| 1t was stated at a banquet of the pastry
cooks in New York the other night that their