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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

Frog farming is looked upon by the
United States fish commission as one
Of the coming important industries of
he country, and the ingenuity of
women may be said to have been ap-
pealed to in bulletin isued from
Washington upon the subject of bring.
ing that industry out Already a
woman on Long island has estab-
lished such a farm and is working
upon the problem of t.. problems con-
nected with. the industry-how to in
crease by artificial means the insect
life In and around the ponds in order
that the frogs may grow to full ma.
turity and flavor.
So far man has been content with
taking the creatures from their native
marshes, and in the taking he is de-.
plotting the sources of supply. Will
women let go of the chicken industry,
which has been theirs in such meas
ure, and take up this newer business,
which promises even larger returns?
More frogs are eaten in the United
States than in any other country in
the world; the demand is increasing
steadily in all of the large cities, and
at the same time the inroads of the
frog catcher upon the frog marshes
of the country, east and west, are tell
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

.ern states. It.has body length, when
sitting, approaching four inches, and
the name leopard frog is at once sug-
gestive Of its general appearance. OF
all the edible frogkind in America it
is most widely distributed, it is the
most gregarious and passes more
quickly than any other from the tad
pole state. = - s rs ~. !. =t<:s i 2
It is this variety which promises
most to the woman who seeks to prop
agate frogs by artificial means.
: AS seen by the commission, the frog
farmer Of the future must see to the
pond as q beginning and fence it in q
manner to shut out birds and animals
that feed upon the batrachian. Warmth
of the water is a necessary considera-
stion, and this would make shallowness
and 9 sun exposure at all times desir-
able. But some shade is necessary
to the ladpoles that are passing to the
tailless condition OF adult life. AT
such times the creatures must have
e resting place on the ground, as 1
lack Of st will force the adpoles to
zromain IN that state for years. s5s
sIs To food, the necessity OF warm
w'lalter makes the supplying ot the NO.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
DECREE OF DANE FASHION
CALLS FOR HOSIERY DISPLAY

A stylishly dressed woman and a
little girl alighted from a private car
rage at the entrance of a Fifth avenue
restaurant one afternoon recently. It
was $50 o'clock and the woman wore
a loose white pongee coat over even
ing dress.
"The child, apparently about eight
years old, wore costume which
reached to her knees and showed long
lengths of white stockings ending off
in fine white slippers.
AS the woman lifted her skirts to
pass across the pavement and up the
low steps of the building there was e.
display CT fancy lace stockings and
handsomely buckled ties almost as
artless and unreserved as in the case
of the child.
1t is the fashion to display hosiery
notwithstanding exhibits are seen all
over the city, and, moreover, there is
nothing new about it, but merely a
reversion to the customs of four gen.
erations ago, when over-elaborated
coiffures and bonnets were the style,
and the skirts, limp, plain and of an
all-round evenness of length, were 80
scant as to leave the feet and ankles
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
GaxEKERoe

popular favor in this country and in
Europe, this bulletin says: "A preju-
dice formerly existed against frogs as
an article Of food, perhaps based on
their uncanny appearance and height
ened through their appropriation by
witches and empires for spells in love
affairs and the cure of various dis
eases. For q long time. the French
people alone availed themselves of this
Gdelicacy, though it was known to the
Romans. u From France the use Of the
food passed to Germany, England, and
other parts Of Europe. and later into
the United States, where frogs are now
more generally consumed than in any
other country, and where, during the
proper seasons, they may be found
in the markets Of any Of the larger
Cities 2t: INF 10: 81 (.
u Regardless Of the small frogs used
by the bait casters Of the country, lis
estimated that 100000 frogs q year
ara taken by the frog catcher Of the
United States from their natural
haunts. When It IS considered that an
average pair Of frog legs. Of market
able rife wet alf . pound s61hes
thing 81 the economic value of this
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

flesh food is understood by the layman.
TO the consumer Of this country it is
estimated that the cost. Of this food
Will reach at least $150,o00.
The great hunting grounds for these
batrachians are in the marshes at the
western end of Lake Erie and the
Lewis and Grand reservoirs in Ohio;
the marshes of the Sacramento and
San Joaquin rivers, in California; the
valley of the Kankakee river in Indi-
ana; Oneida lake, Seneca river, and
other waters of northern New York;
and the St. Francis river and the sunk
en- lands of the Mississippi river in
Arkansas and Missouri.
The frogs most commonly eaten are
the bullfrog, the green frog, the spring
frog, and the western frog. OF these
varieties the spring, or leopard, frog is
the most common. It is found from
the Atlantic to the Sierra Nevada
mountains and from Lake Athabasca,
in Canada, to Central America, being
more numerous, however, in the east
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

waters where natural food abounds.
It is useless to attempt to supply this
food artif1cially by any method now
known; neither has any device to in.
crease the natural abundance Of in.
sects been practicable as yet. The
pond should have a growth of rushea
and other plants. Wild rice has been
recommended, but it. might attract
birds that would prefer young frogs
and tadpoles to their vegetable fare"
One of the most successful frog
farms is in Ontario, in the Trent river
BASIN. It has been in operation about
twenty years, and annually yields q
comparatively large product Of frogs.
No attempt is made to conlne the
frogs until near the time for shipment
to market. They are then taken alive
at night with the aid OF a torchlight
and confined in small pans that can be
drained when the frogs are desired for
market No food ii given, as this is
naturally present In suhicient amount
for successful growth. The species II
the eastern bullfrog. It begins "a
breed at the age of three years ana
sreaehss} 9 marketable size In four
years
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

essary animal food to the frogs a diff
cult proposition. If liver and like ref
use Of laughtering houses is fed, there
is a chance that it may putrefy and
spoil the water for the young tadpoles.
After the tadpole stage, too, live food
is ESSENTIAL to the new creature. It has
been suggested that flesh and other
putrefying matter might be left on the
edges Of the ponds, thus attracting the
flies that will serve as food, but this
has not been regarded as sufficient to
the needs of the case. While the tad
pole is passing to the mature form the
tail is resorbed and food is not so
much of necessity.
''The rapid resorption of the tail
furnishes matter for growth" reads
the report of the commission, "but as
soon as the terrestrial habit is fully
assumed live food is absolutely reQui-
site and should be given in liberal
quantities. There seems to be no rea-
son why this might not be accom-
plisned by transfer of the tadpoles to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

in full relief with every free motion
of the wearer.
This was before the days of full
gathered skirts and -stiffened
garments. All the full-length prints Of
costumes in those times show person
ages with quaint, perked-up head
dresses or marvellous bonnets, with
waists up under their arms and scant,
straight-seamed skirts that allowed q
good look at the footgear.
The dresses nowadays have long,
swirling trails and much elaboration
of trimming, and so have the petticoats
worn with them. The coats and man
ties are loose and large, but there is
the same conspicuousness Of lace-cov-
cred ankle and fine foot dressing each
time that Dame Fashion with the deft-
est of motions sweeps her supertluous
draperies, with graceful motion, out of
the way.
80, though the visions Of hosiery
and footgear that so enliven the high
ways just now may be startling, the
fashion is a perfectly legitimate one,
countenanced and practiced by sedate
danes and grandmothers of long ago.
New York Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

dy was caught by the Saracens and is
still sung in the East. In France the
name "Mambron" was centuries after
ward altered to ''Malbrooke," derisive-
ly applied to the Duke of Marlborough.
"MalbrookeS he went to Wharf.-The
words fitted well enough. The further
statement, true to the old crusader,
''he's dead and Buried was applied in
the spirit of hope to the victor of Blen~
helm.
Du Maurier, in 'Trilby," makes
great use of "Malbrooke," as he does
OF ben Bolt" Beethoven used the
theme in an orchestral score, t*The
Battle of Vittoria.' In England the
song is oftenest fitted to the words,
For He's Jolly Good Fellow" Scot
t1sh folk songs are most difficult to
initiate. Mendelssohn did it so sue.
cessfully, however, that most people
who sing, "Oh, Vert Thou in the Cauld
Blast?" take it for an old native air of
Scotland.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
POPULAR TUNES OF TODAY
WRITTEN LONG YEARS AGO

Martin Luther was not the first to
object to letting the devil have all
the good tunes," says the International
Quarterly. The bishop of Ossory in the
fourteenth century used such tunes as
do, Do, Nightingale, Sing Full Mer.
ry," in compiling a book of hymns.
The song of Deborah and Barak in
the Scriptures, with it's extemporiza-
ton, it's clapping of hands to mark
the rhythm, it's alteration of solo and
chorus, would not be unlike the sing
ing at camp meeting on a Southern
plantation. The drum major of a mill
tary band is a survival of the cham
pion who strobe, twirling his sword,
at the head of an army in the old days
challenging the champion of the other
side to combat.
1--WE Won't Go Home Till Morning"
has a more interesting history than
any other song. 1t was first sung in
the Holy Land in honor of French
crusader named Mambron. The melo.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
WHY HEAL THIS LOST &c.
TOO EARLY IN LIFE

At the fourth annual convention of
the American Therapeutic society re-
Gently held at Washington paper on
'The Strenuous Life" was read by
DR.. Oliver T. Osborne of New Haven,
Conn.,, and was received with interest
and attention. DR.. Osborne said in
part:\
Several cases of late years have
been at work to produce all sorts and
kinds OF neuroses of the heart or de-
blllty of the heart muscle and to has
ten that degeneration of the circula-
tory system that comes normally only
late in life.
1.-THE principal causes of this ever
increasing cardiac and arterial weak
ness are the high tension of our daily
life, the nervous strain of some of our
pastimes, as bicycling and automobile
ing in cities, and not the least cause
is the constantly and recklessly in
creaslng consumption of coal tar prod
ucts for the relief of pain, whether for
the omnipresent headache or for sim
pie neuralgias.
I'VE hardly realize this daily ten
sion and it's effect on our hearts unless
we analyze it. We rise on time in the
morning, whether by an alarm clock
by the call of servant or by habit,
eat breakfast and read the papers on
time, clock in every room and a
watch frequently in our hand We
then on time meet office and outside
engagements, college appointments,
consultations, always and constantly
carefully predicting the amount of
time that will be required and timing
the next engagement by the decision.
1--WE then carefully subdivide this
time and note by our watches exactly
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

how long we can discuss subject. An
appointment kept by the other party
even one minute late makes us rest
less 49,. ~
During the day we rush up long
flights of stairs or take elevators that
go up with rush and stop with q
plunge. If we drive, either horse or
automobile, by the carelessness anc
haste OF bicycles or pedestrians our
hearts stop, jump or receive the vase
motor contraction check from the sud
den anxiety lest we do an injury in our
haste
IF we are in car or vehicle man
aged by some one else we often re-
ceive the same real or needless shocks
to our nervous systems or hearts. If
we are ailing we slight natures signal
to relax and still keep up the pace.
II we are actually sick, unless we are
seriously ill, we fight and wrestle with
the disease, whatever it may be, in.
stead of calmly giving up and allowing
the disease to be temporary master OF
the, ceremonies.
"a calm mind and heart will allow
nature to expell the disease, If acute,
and will mitigate or obstruct chronic
disease until the last rampant is taken
and the last gun fred.
"You have only to change the sub.
ject of the above sentences to describe
the lives of most men and women OF
our rapid age and country. Even the
school children, and 1 might say the
young children see too much, do too
much, are used too much, receive too
much, compete in school too much, are
taught too much, are awake too much
for the welfare of their nervous sys-
TENS"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
They Would Get Along.

People living along the coast Of
Newfoundland are s'wreckers'' to q
man-not in the criminal sense, but
expert in stripping and unloading
such vessels as are tossed up on their
shores. In, fact, they count on pros.
1pective earnings Of this kind. Father
Hennebury, priest at Trepassey, near
Cape Racet, was dining one day with
the late Bishop Power Of st. Johns.
How will your people get along this
awinter?' said the bishop. VERY
well, my lord, =, was the priests cheer
full answer, with the help Of Cod
ard a few wrecks 9 s,s .s3-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
Not a Repeater.

these old proverbs make me
weary" sighed the professor. -
whats the matter now?'' queried
the other half of the sketch.
Here's some one that says His
tory repeats ITSELF" replied the
learned person, "and any schoolboy
knows that isn't tr,ie.'' i. x ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
Eliot's Remark Resented.

The remark of President Eliot of
Harvard, anent the entertainment OF
the national convention of school
teachers at Boston, that the western
delegates should be given trip to the
sea beach, as "a bath would do them
good" has caused good deal of COM
ment among the pedagogues of the
wild and woolly west, who think the
Bostonians have as great need of les
sons Of cleanliness as have the people
from other sections of the country.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
Prince as a Naval Stoker.

Prince as a Naval Stoker.
The Duke of Connaught when COM
ing home from India in the battleship
Renown determined to inquire person
ally into the conditions of naval stok-
ers. In spite of protests he descended
into the boiler room. Having been
provided with proper kit and a
shovel, he proceeded to stoke coal
with all the enthusiasm at his COM
mand. At the end of half an hour his
highness confessed that he had enough,
and he yielded up his shovel with the
admission that naval stokers have no
easy time. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
Life insurance for Christians.

Rev. c.. M She ldon is at the head
of q movement to establish at Topeka,
Kan, a life insurance company that
will only issue policies on the lives Of
Christians and total abstainers. Il Ali
the chnrchesaof the United States are
to be asked to assist the organization.
Rates win be from 10 to 20 per cent
lower than in other companies. III Il
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
Daybreak at Sea.

Dayoreak at sea.
Fair little heads, good night,
Each on its pillow white!
My thoughts come visiting you all I'm.
known:
And trench a garden deep
About the place of sleep,
And wake the flowers that bloom at dusk
alone.
Lilies that sigh and move.
Voices that call in love
From hidden regions little known to-day,
Faces of friends to be,
Shapes of Eternity,
That stand unseen about your hourly
way.
Warm little hands, good night!
Meet in the dim starlight
Hands that were late your own. ana
still shall be!
Brave little. feet that stray,
Though you forget all day,
In. dreams your steps will come Q
seeking me!
Hush little tongues, good night! -;
Yon flame that starts SO bright
Above the verge you call the setting stunt
The seas a single tide g..
And earth is not so wide, -,
While setting sun, and rising sun are onas
Alice Buckton, in the Saturday Review. Z
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
a Question, for Papa.

Papa, queried little Floramay.
'.are afterth thoughts always the best {"
q believe SO, my dear, !" replied her
father. 5ss
Then = continued the little inquis.
{ itor, why don't people have them
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
.t.E'--.... II a'.3G
The Genius Of Hospitality.

Mrs. Craigie (Jonn Oliver Hobbs)
declares that "the genius Of hospitals:
ity is not SO much in making people
meet. but in helping them to part.
on good terms. ~ S s@,s5 81 q; "a
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
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Trouble Ayertod.

Wirdig-"Sir, ] understand you
said I was an unmitig gated liar" 4 *# i
Biffkins You have been misin-
formed. 4 did not use the word un-
lnttigat ed & VII.
Il Windig hen IS accept your
apology. 4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

Ing upon the supply in marked man
ner. Unless there shall be form OF
protection that will avail, the frog
promises to pass with the passenger
pigeon and the prairie chicken.
Unless, of course, the frog farming
woman shall rise to the occasion.
1t is as table delicacy that a re-
cent bulletin from Washington regards
the frog. As showing his growth into
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
i. 81 & s. i. 81
WOMEN ADVISED TO Is:
BECOME FROG FARMERS !:

Government Bd1ein Shows That
dbions Would Be Exedingfy ProGtable-The Present Chief
ionone efoooo@ q me Country. - -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-14
HEAVY RAIN AGAIN PREVENTS CONTEST Coal Barons Leave for Nash vile Where They Play Today. RETURN HOME MONDAY New Orleans Defeats Little Rock In One of the Greatest Games Ever
 Played in the south-Bat-
 ting Averages.
Southern League Standing.
Games Yesterday. New Orleans 1. Little Rock 0.
Games Today. Birmingham at Nashville.


 The rain again prevented the downfall of somebody yesterday and the fans Will now Lave to wait until next Monday be- fore seeing the Coal Barons in action again. The team left night for Nashville and the best the. fans can do Is to go around and hear 1t by telegraph. The Birmingham players have 1t in for Nash vile good and strong and say they VIII not feel avenged with less than two out of the three games from the one-time champions.
 The Barons will return Monday for twelve games and will play every club on the western circuit before starting on that much-dreaded trip around the horn
 Frank Smith and Jack Keenan were not carried to Nashville, as they will not be needed during the present series. The twirlers in Nashville will be Campbell. Clark and Partridge, or Deaver. Smitty and Keenan will have a good chance to rest up before tackling the big boys from the west.
 Only one game was played in the South ern league yesterday, and only one will be played today The one at Little Rock, however, was enough for three or four ordinary clashes and will go down in his- tory as one of the greatest baseball games in the south. The two teams fought It out for thirteen long innings, New Orleans pulling out In the last round, scratching one run across the plate and ending the heart-breaking contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-14
READS LIKE ROMANCE.
Child Kidnapped 23 Years Ago Returns
 Handsome Woman.

raiHmore. May 13-Ethel Clarke, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Jasper w. Ciarke wbo was Kidnapped twenty-three years aoo Is once again in the home from wnlch she was stolen.
 One morning In the spring of lSSo Mrs Clarke arose early to go to grocery store, two or three blocks distant rom her home, then in a sparsely settled reiqhhorhood. On returning she was con- fronted by a tramp whom she had before bafriended and who demanded his break fast immediately. Mrs. Clarke told him he would have to wait until she saw fit to give him something. The fellow cursed and threatened her. That afternoon Ethel disappeared.
 On the last anniversary of her disap- pearance one of the local newspapers pub lished a story of Ethel Clarke's kidnap- ping. A few days later handsome young woman called upon Mrs Clarke My name is Ethel Clarke and believe l am your daughter said the visitor. Then she told of how she remembered being taken away when very young by a rough man and carried to an orphan asylum in Washington, where she remained twelve years She was transferred to other in- stitutions. where she remained until she was IS years of age; since when she has been earning her living In a silk factory in this city.
 The fullest investigation has been made, resulting in the positive Identification of the young woman as the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Clarke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-14
Tennessee Versus Government.

Washington, May 13-The attorney gen. eral, the secretary of the treasury and secretary of war, acting as a commission under the act of May 12, 1S9S held meet ing today to further consider the claims of Tennessee. These claims on the part of the state of Tennessee for the most part grew out of the occupation of the railroads during the civil war. One of the principal items in the governments claim is for the value of state bonds bought Dy the government many years ago as an investment of the Indian trust funds These bonds, which have never been paid amount to $335, 666 The adjustment of these claims has been in progress for several YnarS