Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-09

anu DICKS up VIZ. troy. without MS Known
what it's all about anyway Now. isn't that a
regular cheat? L tell you what it is sir-a frog
doesn't have his proper show nowadays"
day or two later the Sunday school reporter
CHANGED to observe an extra-sized frog in the
act of being jerked out of a tank inside of a
restaurant window by man IN a white cap
and apron. A customer in a very beautiful
summer shirt, sash and pantaoons had selected
from the tank the animal he wanted. which
within few moments Was destined to appear
Is a sacrifice on a silver dish
How A FROG DIES
The cook had small regard FOR hum unitarian
principles evidently. Having reiterated with
his prize to the kitchen he held 1t by the hind
legs and was about TO bang its head against a
corner of the sink. when a second thought
struck him. and he said to the newspaper man
who had obtained permission to enter the Gu
Enary sanctum:
Let ME show you how a frog can dier' And,
as he spoke, he slit the poor creatures throat
across with "A stroke of a carving knife
Thus murdered. the frog folded its arms
tightly across Its breast Just as would a man
Resigned 10 death, and calmly extended its
limbs IN rIgOr morris.
Ordinarily" said the cook Il kill EN- bv
slappin their heads on the edge OF a TN pail or
sumpln; that knocks out their brains and
finishes en- But II Is funny thing about
their legs. that they seem to keep alive after
the rest Of EN- Is dead a. dead Can be- Here
Is pair Of frogs legs that has been skinned
SIX hours. Now see NE drop this BIT OF salt
between 'em. Look how they begin to work
All OF a sudden, just as If they was alive
again
Let some learned physicist tell TIE Sr.R's
readers " by this curious phenomenon occurred
II he can. Some stimulating chemical OF the
nerves, not yet altogether dead one NAV per-
ssps suppose. livery student OF electricity
knows that the great discovery of galvauIsm
was due to the accidental contact of A hive"
WIRE with pair of frogs legs reserved for Mrs
Galyanl IS supper.
BRINGING FROGS TO wAsHISaToS
Spring Is the season when the Dustin big
,rogs come into market" said the cook .'Bovs
fetch good many about that time and some
OF EN- II weigh a. much as a couple of pounds
with thighs almost as b., round as your wrist
Did you ever notice "a frogs thigh! Just see
what an immense big mass OF muscle it's No
wonder he's jumper. Ten years ago all the
frogs were brought into Washington by the
men and boys who caught them. and were ped
Died about the restaurants. IL those DAYS
very few people ate frogs. But now most every
body eats EN-, and they have become a regular
market article, sold at the fish stalls. Farther
hOrth, III New Ork and other cities, the bodies
OF the frogs are not eaten, but only the legs
that's pity. because the pIcklngs Oh the body
are Just as good as tie meat on the legs. But
folks have ali sorts OF pTeiudlces. A customer
here told me the other day that a big frog
cooked whole reminded HIM so much OF a
brOLeu oaby as 10 lake away has appetite.
Il dIdnt kill the frog the way / usually do,
because | thought you wouldn't like TO hear
him cry. frog. YOU know, when it's hurt
cries Just like baby though OF course II doesn't
re"IIy Ieel any thing when It's brains are knocked
OUT That's tho readlest way 10 kill elm. When
frog Is killed he always folds his arms and
stretches out his legs YOU saw this one do.
Before The frOsSIng season opens here IN the
spring the Washington market is supplied with
the legs. ready SKINNED. from Canada; after
the season Is over on tie Potomac We get them
RON New lork. AL the marshes back of the
Potomac, on both sides of the IIyer are full of
frogs"
Forty species Of frogs are known in she world
the largest OF them the gigantic .'belIowsr"
G the LOUISIANA swamps, which grows to four
pounds weight, and the smallest the tree frog.
lhe ffog Is astonIshingIy ike To man IN physI-
saI respects, aud that Is the reason why anato-
nIsts are SO continually cutting the unfortu-
aste bStr&chian up, to show his muscular s,ruc-
lure ana the circulation Of his blood, giving
hun poisops 70 see how they affect him aud