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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-10

KANSAS CuY, Dec a-The majority
Of the depositors Of the Missouri Ma
,ional bank. which failed Nov 80, have
agreed 20 Reorganization ON tho plan
which calls FOR contribution Of 10 per
cent Of their deposits to strengthen the
impaired capital Of the bank. The
heavy stockholders have also agreed TO
put up at least ti5O,Oo0 in cash, and 1,
! believed the dcpositors viii ultimate
ly get 100 cents ON the dollar,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-10
eu1cHIREp TAE FAMILY.
Love Drives n Man 20 Commit whole
saie Murder In Nebraska

Love Drives Man 10 Commit Whole
sale Murder In Nebraska
SCHUYLER. Dec. 9.---As the result Of
q rejected lovers insane attempt 10 mur.
der his sweetheart and extorminate her
family. Diedrich Gleising Is dead, ms
mother, father, brother and sister badly
beaten and injured. and Claus Deste'
feson, the murderer. Is being pursuod
by determined posse Gleisings are :
prominent family Of farmers. The mur
dcrcr Is a young man Of the neighbor
hood who was infatuated with Mis
Cleisinr.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-10
1hE aoILER EXPLODED.
Two White Persons and -Four Negroes
Killed by the Accident.

CoRDELE, Ca. Dec "a boiler In
the mill Of the Wilcox Lumber com.
pany At Seville exploded yesterday with
fatal results. The killed are:
S. Piland, mayor Of s1ville.
An Irish employe, name unknown.
-Four negroes.
The explosion was heard for miles
around. The cause Is supposed to have
been the lack Of water In the boiler
Mayor Piland was . watohman at the
mill. lie leaves a wife and three chill
drcn
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-10
NAY RUN THE DARDANILLEs.
Three European Powers LIKELY TO Rores
Their way IhFonGh

LONDON. Dec s,-lCopyrightod, 1895,
by the Associated Press The Birming.
ham Post today conhrms the repeat.
ed statements ON the same subject O..
bled to the Associated Press during the
last two months. in saying that it learns
from a high quarter that an understand.
ing has been arrived at between Great
Britain. Russia and France for the set
Element Of the socAlled eastern ques-
ton. The Post adds that the Russian
Black sea feet and British and French
Mediterranean sea fleets will shortly be
modified in continguity to the BOs-
phorus sea and the Drdanelles straits
IN order to inforce. II necessary, the re.
forms which the emissaries Of the three
powers are about to present 10 the sui
tan, and 20 which the other signers Of
the Berlin treaty-GermAny, Austrii
and Italy-have consented. To TIM
end. IL is asserted. the allied fleets MAJ
force a passage through the straits o
the Dardarelles.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-10
HATHAWAY RELEASED.
Cannot he Held For vIolstioa Of The
Antitrust Law.

WACO. Tex, Dec. 9.-The celebrated
case OF the State Of Texas vs.. 4. T.
Hathaway. agent for the Wa,ers.PieroS
OIL company, for violation Of the anti.
trust law, was dismissed by Judge
swayne Of the United States circuiI
court. The costs in the case viii have
to be paid BY the state.
This makes an end Of the Standard
oil prosecution as far as IL relates 10 +
I. Hathaway.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-10

BUTTE, Mon Dec "A company Of
Cuban sympathizcrs is being organized
here to join the insurgents In January.
Captain Bordeaux is the organizer and
nearly 900 names are ON the list.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-10

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 9.-The
Alabama house Of representatives, by q
unanimous vote, adopted resolutions
calling upon congress to aid the cause
Of Cuban insependoVcs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-10

WACO, Tex. Dec. 9.-In the circuit
court Of the United States here 4. J.
Ashburno got verdict against the C0
sumcrs' Coitonoil company for damages
in the sum Of t4oOO Cor failure Of con-
tract
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
LATER

MRS JOSEPH 5. Brown, the wife OF
Maj. Brown, was burned to death in a
fire that destroyed their dwelling at
Somerville, Mass, on the 1st Maj
Brown was severely burned. A lodger
escaped by jumping 25 feet from win
dow of his room.
WHILE crossing the tracks of the
Boston & Maine railroad at Everett,
Mass, in response to an alarm of fire
on the 1st, fire engine No. 2 was struck
by locomotive and Boardman Ben
nett, engineer of the steamer, was in
stantly killed. Walter Stevens, the
driver, was SO terribly injured that he
died soon afterward.
FIRE started in the coal sheds of the
Boston & Maine Railroad Co. at
Charlie stown, Mass, on the 1st. The
sheds contained $4,000 tons of bitumin-
Gus coal and loss of $4,000 followed.
COLD wave of extreme severity is
prevailing throughout England, and
several deaths of tramps and others
from exposure to the weather are re-
ported. Many of the streams and lakes
are frozen over with ice of sufficient
thickness to permit skating. 8.
The operators of 20 twelve-harness
looms at the Lancaster mills in Clin-
ton, Mas S., struck on account of a re-
duel of pay on the 1st.
The monthly report of the director
of the mint shows that during Noyem-
ber there We're coined 37O,a9O gold
pieces, valued at S5,o64,7oO In silver
there We're coined 3,S94,o45 pieces,
valued at So, 3O5, ,022. So In addition to
this the mint turned out 900, 600 nickels
and 4,055,00o pennies. Total coinage
for the month, 81, ,45s, 1872. so.
THE lew cruiser Brooklyn steamed
away from Cramps shipyard ut Phila-
del phia on the 1st and proceeded down
the Delaware river to the navy yard at
League Island. She was there turned
over by the builders to the commandant
of the navy yard and was placed in
commission.
FULLY 1000 mill workers who were
idle month ago in Delaware county,
Pa, are now at work, with the pros
pect of steady work throughout the
winter.
The monthly statement of the comp
troller OF the currency shows the total
amount of national bank notes in cir.
|culation to be $685., ,3l2, JOB, which is an
increase since October 81 of S414, ,416
and since Nov ember 80, 1895, of S2..-
440,907. The to tai circulation based on
United States bonds is Sal6, 6,eo9,6s4
THE Providence Jewelry Co., of st.
Louis, made an assignment on the LIST.
The firm manufactured and did large
wholesale business
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
n superbly Appointed Train.

Undoubtedly the handsomcst train be-
tween Chicago and st. Paul, Minneapolis,
the Superlors and Duluth is the NORTH
Western Limited" which leaves Chicago at
6;30p. IN. daily via the North Western Line
Chicago u North Western R'y). Its equip
and embraces Compartment Sleeping Cars,
Buffet Smoking and Library Cars, stand
ard Sleeping Cars, Dining Cars and ladies'
coaches, has every luxury which imagina-
tion cum conceive or mind invent for the
All agents sell tickets via the Chicago &s
North Western R'y. For full information
apply to agents Of connecting line, or ad-
dress W.. B. KNIsKERN, q. p. and I. A,
Chicago, Ill.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The official canvass of the vote in
Missouri at the recent election Is us tol-
lows: Democratic, 363,G52; republican.
3o4,o40; prohibition, 2,l69; socialist
labor, $40; Palmer Buckner, ., 2,355; ma
tional (prohbition). 202.
Benjamin Apthrop Gould, famous ms
a scholar and astronomer, died in Cam
bridge, Mass, from the effects of fall,
oged ~ years.
George Y. Coffin. the famous cartoon
list. died in Washington.
John Tyler, aged IS, inventor of the
famous Tyler water wheel, died at
Claremont, N. H.
The official vote OF Minnesota at the
recent election was: Mckinley, -193,-
sol: Bryan, 130, ,626; Palmer. $3.50; Lew
ering, 4,365, and Matchett, Sg5. Nc
Kinley's plurality, 53,s75.
The official canvass of the vote on
president in Iowa shows the following
result: Mckinley, 2s9,2os: Bryan, 223.-
741; Palmer. 4.5l6; Leverirg, 3.102;
Bentley, 352: Matchett, 453: McKinley's
plurality, 65,552; McKinley's majority,
5000.
William Steirway. the noted piano
manufacturer and philanthropist. died
at his home in New York, aged so years.
Official returns of the vote for gov
ernor in Illinois give John Il. Tanner
(rep.) plurality of 1887.
j. Hervey Jones, who during his life
took out over so patents on farm imple-
ments, one of the most important being
the Standard mower, died in Rockford,
ILL.,, aged SO years.
John Scott. United States senator
from Pennsylvania from 1860 to 1878,
died in Philadelphia, aged "a years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

LEGISLATION. urged by Governor-elect
Pingree, of Michigan: Two-cent fare
on all the roads of the lower peninsula,
at least; taxation of railroad property
the same as other property; the appli.
cation of the principles of the inter.
state commerce. act to commerce
within the state; vote of the people
upon public franchises, such as street
railway charters; the suppression OF
trusSs and monopolies as far as the
state can go in that direction; laws
against the over-capitalization of cor.
porations and swindles committed by
promoters.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

ABOUT midway between Berwick
and Polegate Stations, Eng, at point
where the side of the hill is very pre-.
cipitous, those who know exactly the
spot where to look will be able to see
from the railway carriage windows a
sort of rude imitation of the human
form outlined in white. The figure,
which is between 200 and $40 feet in
height, holds a long staff in each hand.
This is The Long Man of Whining.
ton" once the center of profound ven.
GRAFTON a worship, but now merely
an object of interest to the curious.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
FOREIGN.

Coventry Patmore, the well-known
author, died in London, aged 73 years.
Antonio Lopez Coloma, former lead
er of the revolutionists in Matanzas. was
shot in Havana. having remained for
"a hours previously in chapel, accord
ing to law.
A revolution is under way in the
Uruguay republic.
Terrible storms and floods occurred
at Athens. Greece, and the low-lying
quarters were inundated. many persons
being drowned.
Thirty persons were killed in col.
liery explosion at Zengorze, Russian
Poland.
Miss Mathilde Blind. the author and
lecturer, died in London, aged so years.
Gen. HereauX has been reelected
president of Santo Domingo.
4 fresh massacre with 500 victims oc-
Cured near Diarbekir, in Armenia.
Capt. Gen. Weyler left Havana for
Pinar del Rio.
1t is officially announced that Egypt
is free from cholera.
Uriah Saunders, for many years
United States consular agent at Abaco,
Bahamas, died suddenly of heart dis
ease.
Twenty-nine persons were killed and
35 injured in a crush at Baroda. India,
to witness the arrival of the earl Of
Elgin, viceroy of India.
Otto Heyman. grain merchant in
Berlin, failed for 100000 marks.
John Clarke and Edmund Potvin. both
II years old. were drowned at Ottawa,
Ont, while skating.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

THERE has just been turned out by
the Baldwin locomotive works and the
Westinghouse Electrical Co., working
in conjunction, lightning express
electric locomotive that runs 100 miles
an hour. This latest marvel will
bring San Francisco within two and
half days of New York. Were it not
that this wonderful speed had actually
been attained, and that the electric ex.
press locomotive stands ready in the
yard of its builders to duplicate the
performance. the statement might be
received with distrust.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
Garden Spots OF tho South.

The Passenger Department of the Louis
hundred page book with the above title. 1t
is descriptive of the resources and capabili-
ties of the soil of the counties lying along
this line in the states of Kentucky, Tennes-
see, Alabama, Southern Mississippi and
Western Florida. 1t also contains II county
map of the above mentioned states, ana is
well worthy of perusal of any one inter
ested in the South. A copy will be sent to
any address upon receipt of ten cents in sill
yer or stamps, by G. z. ATMoIis, Gen. Pass.
Agt., Louisvi lille. Ky. SenIi-monlhly excur-
sions South. Write for particulars.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
WILL BE DIVIDED.
Decision Affecting Assets OF Defunct
Firm.


Chicago, Dec. IA sensation was
caused in business circles Monday by d
decision of Judge Grosscup in the fed
eral court in the case of the American
Oak Leather company against the c. Ii.
Fargo company, declaring the transac-
tions by which the bankrupt shoe manu-
facturers made the United States Rub
ber company and the Metropolitan ma
tonal bank of this city preferred cred
itors were fraudulent. AS a result the
assets, amounting to 100000, will be
equitably divided among the creditors,
many of whom are eastern concerns.
The petition for IA receiver was granted,
thus making the previous legal proceed
ings brought by favored creditors to
get all the assets null and void.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

RICH Americans who long for one OF
the lovely English country homes can
easily obtain one if they keep sharp
lookout. Many land owners are obliged
to sell their estates, and the other day
Parnham house, one OF the finest Eliz-
abethan mansions in West England,
was sold for the small sum of S32, 500.
The estate included 7o acres of sur
rounding park and pasture land, and
was for two centuries the residence of
the Oglanders. baronets of very early
creation. The late owner, Adm. Fitz-
roy, had commenced extensive altera.
tions and improvements when he
died.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
Two Boys Poisoned.

Chicago, Dec. L. George and. Willie
Bartusi, 10 and FL years of age re-
spectively, whose parents live at 1872
North st. Louis avenue. retired Sunday
night after partaking of meal served
them by their mother Monday morn
ing the younger of the two brothers
was found dead and the other was un-
conscious. Two physicians who were
called said that they had been poisoned,
probably through the food they had
taken. Other members of the fimily,
however, had eaten from the same
dishes and were not affected. The
theory of suicide is not entertained.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

INSURANCE against unemployment
is an accom- plished fact in Germany.
Workingmen who have resided two
years in the city of Cologne, and are
over eighteen years of age. can join
the society. The subscription is three
pence a week. If no employment can
be procured for member during the
dull season half a crown per day is
paid to him if married, one and seven.
pence if single.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

THE farmers of the United States
will have over 500, 600, 600 more money
to spend next year than this. Nearly
one-half of this years crop is still in
the hands of the farmers. Recently 19
big ships. laden to the waters edge,
left Baltimore with wheat. San Fran.
cisco harbor is full of busy ships. Bos-
ton harbor presents scene OF wonder.
full activity. The tramp vessels are all
busy, and dozen2 are hastening across
the water.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

Morelo, the once three-yenr-old king
of the turf, died near San Francisco. In
his hest days he was valued at 100000.
The two 16-year-old twin daughters
of Riley Taft, of Orange, Mich, were
instantly killed at a railway crossing.
A bill has been introduced in the
Georgia legislature prohibiting the
playing of football in the state; also
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or
cipnrette paDer
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

A REAL cure for insanity has at last
been discovered. 1t consists in inject
ing into the veins of the lunatic serum
taken from person who has just re-
covered from madness This is not a
theory, but fact, and Prof. Wires, of
the Montpelier Insane asylum, near
Paris, has actually cured patient by
this method
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
. L. BLUE, Editor and Publish

AN aerolite fell in Belgium, injuring
amnn who was working in tie fields.
1t weighed 80 pounds, one side being
smooth and covered with what resem-
BILE hieroglyphics cut by means of an
instrument Some try to think it may
be a message from Mars
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

BUFFALO plumbers are at war with
hardware men. The latter claim that
the plumbers instigated an order pro-
hibiting hardware men from making
water connections. For revenge, they
propose to organize central hardware
dealers plumbing shop 1t will be
capitalized at $780, 600, and most of the
hardware men of the city will take
stock in it. They say they will reduce
prices over one half
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Two Young Men Fatally Wound n Farm
er in Nebraska.


Silver Creek, Neb., Dec. 1.-Owen
Hutchins, well-to-do farmer, was
fatally shot from ambush by two Bo-
hemian boys named Shenfet, aged II
and 10 years, Sunday night. Hu;chins
was doing his evening chores and re-
ceived the charge of a shotgun in his
neck. Leaving their victim for dead
the young ritfians entered the house
and assaulted Mrs. Hutchins. knocking
her down and kicking her brutally. She
managed to escape, when they looted the
house and fled. Hutchins was found
dying where he fell two hours later
The doctor says he cannot recover.
The Shenhelt boys were captured
Monday evening. The only cause they
give is that Hutchins owed them money.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

THOUGH Mrs. Mckinley is an invalid
the state of her health is not such as
to prevent her from taking prominent,
but not laborious, part in Washing.
toms social life, that naturally falls to
the presidents wife. She has endured
very well the excitement of the last
few months and has received a multi.
tude of visitors SO large that many
stronger women would have hesitated
to undertake a task half as onerous
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

In the Rhondda valley of South
Wales trade is so bad that the people
are utterly famine stricken, and funds
are being raised for their relief. The
relief distributors tell narrowing tales
of children lying dead, shroudless and
coffinless, surrounded by halffamished
brothers and sisters; of mothers con.
fined while the house is destitute OF
either food or clothing.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
Atlantic.

AT the present time employment is
much brisker in Great Britain than it
is in Australia, and taking into con-
sideration the constancy of work in
England, and the cost of living, work
ingmen are much better off there than
they are in the so-called workingmen's
paradise of the southern hemisphere.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

If you will send your name and address,
we will send representative to your home
to explain all about the advantages of Phil
list Car Excursions to California. Address
A. PHILLIPS & Co, 9l Adams ST., Chicago.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. p. A., Chicago. Ills.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life

If You want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee a
cure Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
CLARA-"Do you call Bertha a beauty2''
Maddie TO her lace, yes" - Boston
TRANSCRIPT
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

SPANISH AMERICAN commerce is
worth S60o,O0o,o0o year. America
gets 10 per cent of it, and the rest of it
is gobbled up by Europe. When this
country builds and operates a few
lines of ships it will get IS per cent
and only 25 per cent. will go across the
Atlantic
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

RELIGIOUS -''You ride your
wheel on Sunday, don't youa" "Yes, but
never run over anyone on that day. Tit
Bits.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

"YoU,' shouted the long, lean man, "you,
sir, are no patriot" "Well, what If /
amt! retorted the short, fat man. "Elec-
tion's over, amt n'titP'-Indianapolis journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

MOTHER Ito her boy sliding down the
banisters) Fritz, what are you doing
therel' Fritz-"Making trousers for or
phan ."-Fliegende Blaetter.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

/ CANNOT speak too highly of Pisos Cure
for Consumption.-MRs. FRANK MoBBs, 215
w. 22d ST., New York, Oct 20, 1894.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

To make it apparent to thousands, who
thiull themselves i'll, that they are not af-
tiicted with any disease, but that The system
simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort
home to their hearts, as a costve condition
is easily cured by using Syrup of Figs.
Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Company only, and sold by all druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

HE-"So Bullem has faileds" She-"Yes,
but they only owe us II call, so thun, good
ness, we won't lose by it."-London Figure.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

YOUNG Mr.. Punctuality was on noun
tain top. He pulled out his watch. 'Ah ~
said he, "if the sun doesn't rise in just .cne
minute and nine seconds, it will be late"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

If you want TO be cured of cough use
Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

HUMPED and bent. Lame-back did it,
Straight and sound. st. jacobs Oil did it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

THIS sorrow, which has cut down to the
root, has come, not as n spelling of your
life, but as preparation for it.-George
Eliot,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

DON'T judge mans bravery in the day
tlme, when there are no ghosts or mad
women around.- Atchison Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05

SORE and Stiffs Cold. st. Jacobs Oil the
cure. 1t warns and relaxes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-31
FROGS AS BARoMETERS.

Tho Little Amphibians Are More ReIia-
BILE Than the Weather ONCE.
Hans was in the garden making mud
pies. Suddenly he heard his father
call:
Hans, come here; want to speak to
you"
what is it, father?" cried Hans, get
ting up from the ground where he had
been playing and going over to the
window where his father was.
Hans" said he, II want you to find
a tree-frog for me-lil1e those you hear
in the evenings"
what do you want a tree-frog for?"
asked the boy.
'I'l show you," replied his father;
but get me the tree-frog first"
So Hans ran off wonderingly to the
back of the yard, where there were a
great number of fruit trees growing.
Here he searched for some time I'M
successfully.
Its always the way" said he to
himself. eff 1 didn't want one could
find couple of dozen in quick time"
At last, as he was about to give up
the search, he found one-a big green
fellow-sitting quietly in an old hol-
low stump, its coat so mingling with