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SUBURBAN NEWS AND GOSSIP.
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Tho Epworth Dengue met at tho home
Of Mis? Bather Feather, In Hrookland
Park, Tuesday evening. After tho busi?
ness ami social . meeting refreshments
?wore served. Mr. Raymond Dlghlner
gavo several selections on thn plano
Those present wero Misses Ooldle Dick
ine, Hattle Wright, Hertha Harding and
Esther JTeatlier, and Messrs. Rnymond
Ughtner, Waiter ICIdwull, H. Wright,
L. C. Moore, Rnche and others.
Miss Mary Kersey hns returned to her
home on North Avenuo, after a visit to
friends In Hanover.
Mr. O. C. Personette, of Rai timore,
Md., Is tho piiest. or Mr. Vf. It. Bummers
and Mr. J. E. Bchlssler.
Mr. Vf. Bldney Stalnn nnd wife, of New
?York, nro visiting his mother, Mrs. II.
A. Stalnn, of No. fill) Hast Hyrd Btroet.
Mrs. William Bprntley nnd daughter,
Elizabeth, and Mr. John Otis, have left
for Shores, Ya., to visit Mr. and Mrs.
A. L, Bony.
Mr. Hatcher llolloway hns returned to
his homo In Caroline county after a vlalt
to Mr. J. O. Jeter.
' MIsb Hula Ford, who hns been visiting
IfrlendH In Hanover, hns returned tu
liroeikland Park.
Mr. John iP. Carter has returned to
Raleigh, N. C, after a visit to Mr. J. T.
Jones.
Mr. C. T. Wilkinson, of North Avenue,
hns loft for Danvlllo on business.
Mr. Wright, of North Avenue, hns left
for King William.
Mr. J. Vf. Mitchell has rottiriiod home
from Savannah, Qa.
Mies Alrnn Maunders, of Barton Ave?
nue, ho? left for East Rad ford, Vn., to
Bpend tho summer.
Mrs. George Plateau Is quite sick at
her home, on York Street.
Mr. Chapel French has returneil to his
home, In Giles county, Vn., niter a visit
to friends In Brooklnnd Park.
Mrs. Morrison, who has been visiting
Mrs. Calvin Satlerfield, has returned to
her home, In Petersburg.
Mrs. Cora His, of Baltimore, who has
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred. S.
.Tones, is now visiting In Richmond.
Mrs. H, P. Goodwin, of Hlnton, W. Va.,
Is the guest of Mrs. Calvin Satterfield.
Mr?. James AVllllams. of Petersburg,
who has been visiting Mrs. Jones, of
Miller Avetiue. has returned home.
Mr. Isaiic Raines, who hns been visit?
ing Mr. J. G. Jeter, has returned to his
home. In Caroline oounty.
Mr. Joseph Hroack and Miss Irti Duck,
of Henrlco county, were married at
Hrookland Park Thursday afternoon by
the Rev. W C. Moore, pastor of the Meth?
odist Church.
Miss Indie D. Goodwyn, who has been
visiting Mrs. C. R. Kuyk. has left for
Nottoway county.
Mrs. A. J. Black, of Barton Avenue,
lias left for East Tladford, to Bpend the
pummcr.
Miss Rita Cans, of Baltimore, Md.,
daughter of the Inte William Gans, is
visiting her nunt, Mrs. Jacob Gans, of
Barton Avenue and Battery Street.
Mrs. Storm, of Portsmouth, is visiting
Mrs. J. Vf. Mitchell.
Mrs. Eaton, wtio has been visiting on
Chestnut Hill, has returned home.
Mr. Hood Is quite sick at his home, on
Brook Rond.
Mr. J. Vf. Mitchell hns returned to his
home, on Poe Street, frnrn Savannah, Ga.
Mr. Humphrey, of Brookland Park,
has left for West Virginia.
Mr?. Sharpe. of New York, who has
been visiting friends In Brookland Park,
hns returne-il home.
Mr. George H. Eigner, Jr., who has
been quite sick nt his home, on Monttiro
Avenue, Is able to be out.
Mr. E. H. Hooper, who has been visit?
ing Mr. George II Eigner, has returned
to his home, in New York.
Mises Bc-rtha Knapp Is ejulte sick at her
home, on Barton Avenue.
The Girls' Circle of the Baptist Church
.met at the home of Miss Lucy Duncan
son Friday night.
Miss Gertrude? Whltloek, of Newport
News, Is visiting Mrs. J. Hllllard, near
tho Scmlnnry.
Mr. Julian Pomberton Is quite sick at
bli* home, near Lakeside.'
Captain H. II. Lea and family have
moved to No. frtl Rast Leigh "Street.
Mrs. Pax ton, of RoekbrldKO county, is
visiting friends In Brookland Park.
A Junior branch of the Woman's Aux?
iliary of the Church of tho Epiphany
was bel?i at the rectory Thursday eve?
ning. A number of members were en?
rollen!. The following ofllcera were
elected: President, Mrs. C. R. Kuyk;
Vice-President. Miss A. M. Kuyk; Sec?
retary, Miss Grace Wnrd; Treasurer,
Miss Ethel Parkinson. After tho busi?
ness had been transacted, a delightful
entertainment was tendered tho nowly
formed lira neh and other friends. Re?
freshments were served and there was
vocal and Instrumental muslo by Misses
Carlton and Rebecca Clarke, The recltn
tlon? of Miss Satterfield were greatly
enjoyed. Mbjse.s Goodwyii and Atkins,
of Nottoway. were the out-of-town
Bites ts.
The list of scholars on the roll of
honor for the week Is as follows:
Junior ? Ornile?Miss Mabel Gllnn,
teacher-Ethel Bnughan nnd Adle Kuyk.
Slvth Grommar Grnde?Miss Mabel ]
Gllnn. teacher?Stella James and Grace
Wnrd.
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Ollnn, teacher?Elizabeth Jeter, Grace
Chamberlain, Estelle Garland, Kathleen
Gordon, Edith Itagland, James Satter
whlte,
Fourth Grammar Grade?Miss Nannie
Starritt.
Third Gru mar Grado?Miss 1,1111e Todd,
teacher?Evelyn Carpenter, John Haupt,
and Sherry Hansford.
Second Grammar Grade?Miss Llllle
Todd, toucher?Mettle Balnes, Blanche
Hiirimn. Ruth Hopkins and Emma Hop?
kins.
First Grammar Grade?Miss Ruble
Cretinhaw. teacher?Charles Davenport,
Hugh ?Noel, Henry Taylor, Ruth Car?
penter, Zeldle Davles, Mary Leach and
Helen Rose.
Seventh Primary Gradc-MIss Win?
ston, teacher-i-Harold Goyne, Loon John?
son, Otha Klttlnger, Uuninn Raglnnd,
Ethel Baughan, Grayeon Leadbetter and
Gr.-ici?? Phillips.
Sixth Primary Grade?Miss Winston,
teacher?Hugh Loach, Taylor Pitt. Wil?
liam Taylor Rady, Frank Taylor, Mar?
garet Brown. Lilllam Harding and ICath
lr-on O'Bnnnon.
Fifth Primary Grade?Miss Pauline
Gary, teacher?Terrell Gordon, James
Nelson, Robert Slaunton, Grace Hodges
nnd Evelyn Herri?.
Fourth Primary Grade?Miss Gary,
teacher?George FIgner, 8am Humphrey,
Joseph Peaseley. Edward Richardson,
Elizabeth Armstrong. Mary Carpenter.
Katherine Jones, Lillian Noble and Lind?
say Satterfleld.
Second Primary Grade?Miss Gary,
teacher?Elliott Baughan, Leslie John?
son, Willie Koss, Rodger MoLeland,
Brownie Brown, Alma Homer, BstelH
Jones, Bessie Klttlnger and Louise Wcl
denfelt.
Miss Phoebp Sntterfleld. who has been
visiting relatives In Albemarle county,
has returned to l;or home, on North
Avenue.
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Services at Marshall Memorial Church,
First Unitarian, every Sunday at 3:30 P.
M? preaching by tho pastor. Rev. A. N.
Somers. All olty cars transfer to those
for Highland Springs.
There will tie preaching at Highland
Springs Methodist Episcopal Church the
llfih Sunday in May, at 11:30 ?. M. by
tho poKtor, Rev. ?L F. Cuthrlell. On ac?
count of quarterly, meeting at Trinity
Church, there will be no preaching at
Ilculah that Sunday.
To-night at 8 o'clock the Union Et>worth
League ot Highland Springs M. E. Church
will havo a rally and will through tho
summer have weekly meetings each Sun?
day night, Instead of the weekly meet?
ing heretorofe. Mr. W. G. Griffin will
conduct next Sunday's mooting, eubject:
"How to Endure," and the pastor, J.
F. Cuthrlell will givo a short talk on
".Miseri' Loves Company."
Arrangements have been completed for
the strawberry festival to be ^iven by the
Ladles' Aid Society of Highland Springs
?. E. Ohurch, In the church hall on
Wednesday evening, Mny 27th.
The Highland Springs branch, of the
Woman's National Alliance will hold an
Ice-cream sale In Llbrnry Hall on memo?
rial ?lay, May 30th, both afternoon and
evening. Thero will bo plenty of cream
of different flavors.
Mr. Starke Jett, of Randolph-Macon
College, Ashland. was tho guest of his
friends and college mate, J. F. Cuthrlell
last' week.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of Richmond, havo
taken apartments and board at the Tow?
er Mouse for the summer.
Tho next meeting of the Woman's
Study Club will bo the last until fall and
a full attendance Is desired, as epeclal
business will be brought up.
Rev. J. F. Cuthrlell will leave for Bal?
tlmoro to-morrow, where he goes on bus?
iness. On his return he will stop off
at his old home In Portsmouth for a few
days. In his absence on the fourth Sun?
day, Rev. J. W. Fleer, who so accept?
ably preached here on tho fifth Sunday
In November last, will supply for him.
Highland Springs wns well represented
at Bostock's benefit for tho "Grays" Fri?
day evening.
Mr. Daniel Smith attended the annual
convention of Odd-Follows at Dynchbtirg
early In tho week.
Mr. Reuben Emorlck Is reported seri?
ously 111 at his home.
Master Wayland Kldd Is able to be out
after a long siege of measles. His mother
Ib still conllned to her bed with serious
Illness.
The Woman's Study Club mot at Li?
brary Hall on Wednesday afternoon,
President Mrs, Marlon J. Savago in the
chair. A very able paper on the Rocky
Mountain scenery, read by tho president,
wa? greatly enjoyed by tho club. After
a lesson In physical culture, a recess
waa taken, followed by a drill In parlia?
mentary ruling, when tho exercises were
fittingly cloned with /.he roll call, re?
sponded to by favorite quotations. The
membership of the club hits recently been
Increased by the addition of tho following
names: Misses Elizabeth Jordan, Leila
AtkisEon and Mesdames Blankenship and
Mary H. Ingram. The subject under dis?
cussion at the next meeting will be "Eng?
lish Authors of the First Half of the Six?
teenth Century."
A handsome twelve-room residence ls
going up on Holly Avenuo near Main
etroct, whloh will be a modern slate roof
dwelling and when completed will im?
prove materially the village square.
Thero Ls a rumor afloat that there ls
to be a neat waiting room and new plat?
form built at the station very soon to
replace the old one, which was a great
convenience to the traveling public.
A neat cottage la In course of erection
and nearlpg completion on Holly Avenue.
Mrs. Mary J. Carter, who Is still under
treatment at the Ear, Eye and Throat
Infirmary of Richmond, with Dr. David?
son as her surgeon, ls improving gradu?
ally.
The list of honor pupils for Highland
Springs school Is as follows: First Honor
Pupils?John Marono, Henry Marono,
Elton Grlltln, Charlie Drake, Esther
Stiles, Lillian McC.elland, Willie Marono,
Leola Brothers, John Parsldag. Second
Honor Pupils?Rosa Drake, Robert Drake.
Sickness prevented several pupils from
taking examination, Among thoso mak?
ing high averages on subjects taken are
Charlie Griflln, Jane Kldd and Douglass
Kldd.
Mrs. William H. Baker has gone to
Richmond on a vlelt to friends and rel?
atives.
Ed, Garthright spent Sunday with
friends and relatives In Richmond. -
Mr. Hayes, of Newport News, ls visit?
ing Mr. W. L. Goddln.
Mrs. Ed. Furman haa returned after a
visit of several days to Richmond.
Paul Pine and family havo moved to
Martinsburg, W. Va.
Vf: C. Baker received a telegram an?
nouncing tho Illness of his daughter, Mary,
Mr. and Mrs. Baker left at once for Rich?
mond.
Ernest Purdam spent Monday and Tues?
day of this week In Newport News.
Mrs. Georgo Turner, on her way home
from King and Queen, where she had
been to see her sister, who Is very 111,
stopped here to visit her daughter, Mrs.
? B. Wlnn.
Mrs, J. T. Ruffner has gone to Rich?
mond on a visit.
Miss Myrtle Sharpe has returned home
after a visit to Richmond.
Willie Sharpe has been visiting friends
and relatives In Richmond during tho
past -week.
W. C. Bradloy hns enlarged his force
of men on the grading for the double
track, which has reached between Fort
Lee and Elko,
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fairmount Tfews,
Councilman Henry Burkert haa returned
from Baltimore, where ho visited rela?
tives and friends.
Mrs. Walter Beadles is very much in?
disposed at her home.
Richard Laurence accidentally cut his
foot very badly with a piece of tin while
playing in a vacant lot near his homo,
but It getting on aa well as can be ex?
pected,
Mrs. Martha Beadlea, of Hanover coun?
ty, le vlaltlng her son, Mr. AV. R. Beadles,
on Twenty-second Btreet.
Rev. D. H, Tucker, of the Episcopal
Church of California, will bo the guest
of Mrs. Mary Laurence next week. .
Mayor Walker T. Jeter Is not very well,
but hie eon, Walker Jeter, Jr., has re?
covered from his recont indisposition.
Christ Episcopal Churoh gavo a straw?
berry feast at Chelsea. Hill Mission Friday
night for tho benefit of the mission.
Mrs. Kate Pntz's children are out again
after a spell of measles.
Mm, Charles Deane is visiting the pa
rente to Mr, Deane on the Craig ton
Road, near Fairmount.
Mrs. Arnold, who is visiting her daugh?
ter, Mrs. ?, N. Durvin, on the avenuo,
and who has been quite slok, Is now
able to he out again.
Miss Mamie BUnpklns, of Caroline coun?
ty, is vlaltlng her cousins, the Misses
Watklns, on the avenue.
Mise Mamie Morgan is staying with her
frieiis, Mrs. Dolami, at No. 1203 Twenty
third Street.
Elmore, the little son of Mrs. Mena
Ureeiistreet, is quite sick.
Christ Church gave a most delightful
entertainment Friday night to the chil?
dren of the Infant class and their pa?
rents, which was enjoyed by all.
Mr. and Mrs. George Tarry'e only child,
George, Jr., Is very sick at his father's
residence.
Mrs. Henry Hechler, on Mechanlcsvllle
Turnpike, has recovered from a severe
spell of Illness of several weeks,
Miss Julia English, of Howard's Grove,
ls in Baltimore 'visiting relatives, and
will bo gone for several weeks.
Mr. Martin Germeiinan, of Howard's
Grove, who wus taken suddenly 111 while
at work at Allen und Glnter's factory, is
much |mpioved.
Tlie streets lu Fairmount which were
damaged by heavy-rains are beginning
to look like euro enough streets under tho
supervision of J. W. Italney. Several
heavy cross-overs And box-culverts have
been put at the principal low corners.
Mrs. Holt continues quito 111 at her
homo on tho avenue.
Mrs. J. L. Mitchell Is still very much
Indisposed.
Mrs. John Richardson is visiting rela?
tives In Hanover county.
At the quarterly conforenor? held at
Falrrnount M. E. Church Tuesday night
tho following were chosen delegates to
the District Conference to be held at
Bmlthtleld, Nottoway county, July 7; T.
J. Tengle, J. Samuel Brauer, Thomas IT.
Monis. Alternates, B. H. Thompson, W.
W. Pendleton nnd C. W. Pollard,
Mrs, Minnie Dillard, Miss Hortense Wat
kins, Miss Olivo Oliarle? ?Mitchell Rnd
J?T. Mitchell took parts In the cantata
of "Queen Esther" at Calvary Baptist
Church Friday night.
Aunt Harriot Henderson, ? much re?
spected and beloved colored woman, died
Friday morning very suddenly about 2
o'clock. Aunt Harriet was a polite, oblig?
ing woman, and especially wns she re?
spectful to whlto people. Sho never for?
got the good teachings Of old times, and
never forgot lier placo. She was liked
by both white nnd colored, nnd especially
wns sho liked by many citizens of Fair
mount, whom sho always claimed as her
friends.
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Major Fulton, accompanied by ills at?
tractive daughter Ruby, visited Fulton
l'ark during the week.
The following were guests of Mr. find
Mrs. 8. ??. McKlnney the past week: Mrs.
Willie Stick Little, Mr?. ?. E. Polndexter,
Mrs. E. L. Dorset nnd Mr. William Barry.
Mrs. E. L. Dorset has returned to Pow
hntan after a visit of two weeks to her
mother and sister.
Little Miss Ruth McKlnney will spend
tho summer with her aunt In Powhatan
county.
H. J. Hawkins, of Lunenburg county,
mado a recent visit to Mr. and Mrs. S.
W. McKlnnoy at their home, corner of
Fulton and Virginia Avenues.
Mrs. ?. ??. Dawson and Miss Irene
Dawson were also gueats hero during tho
week.
Little Louise Parsley, who has been vis?
iting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, J.
??. Powers, has returned home.
Messrs. John and Chris. Powers visited
their parents the past week.
Mrs. O'Rourke and Mrs, Rosa O'Rourko
also visited friends here during tho week.
Mr. Moore and. family, who recently
moved here, are very much pleased with
their new place, where they have made
many Improvements.
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There will be services to-day nt Wal?
nut Grove Baptist Church. Preaching by
the pastor. Rev. C. H. Ryland. at 11 A.
M.j Sunday-school at 10:30 A. M.
Preaching at Black Creek Baptist
Church to-day at 3:30 P. M. by the pas?
tor. Rev. D. A. Lathern.
Miss Hettle Martin has returned from
a most delightful visit to her sister, Mrs.
Campbell, of Richmond.
Mr. A. G. Allison spent Thursday night
last at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
C. Stelnman, in Richmond.
Miss Jonlo Powell, of? Richmond, Is vis?
iting her friend. Miss-Laura Talley.
Mrs, Joseph McGh?e Ja,, ?somewhat im
proverl.
E. C. Gauldlng hns been confined to the
house tho past week, being quito Indis?
posed..
Tho two children of Mrs. W. Kellum.
Mattie and Inez, hnd tho grippe, which
was reported as being whooping cough,
Miss Ruth Whlto does not Improve any,
and her friends are anxious.
Clarence Burnett's eldest son, Levy, fell
from a fence while playing-, and sustained
Injuries to his back, from which he 13
suffering greatly.
Rhea, tho llttlo son of Dr. Jeff. Nelson,
Is convalescing from the effects of tho
fall ho received last Wednesday.
Vi'. F. Hufner, lato of Richmond, has
moved to the homo of his son, ??. R.
Hufner, where ho will reside.
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On the fifth Sunday afternoon at 3:30
P. M? Rev. R. H. Bennett, prosidlng
eldor of Richmond District, will prendi
at Little Trinity ?. E. Church. Tho
change of hour Is for this Sunday only,
from 11 A. M. to 3:30 P. M.
The Quarterly Conference will be hold
Monday at 3 P. M. at tlio same place.
Services at Little Trinity ?. E. Church
to-day, 11 A. M. Preaching by Rov.
J. F. Cuthrlell.
Jefferson Trice, who has beon in bad
health for a long time, is now quito III,
Tho up-to-date hennery, now under
erection, at "Rose Lawn," the home of
John McDowell, Esq., Is nearing comple?
tion.
The property formerly owned by M.
T. Amos lias exchanged hands, and Is
now occupied by Mr. Jordan and fami?
ly, of Richmond.
Besslo Lamb's Social Club Is arranging
to givo an entertainment In Sunday.soTiooi
Hall Thursday evening, the Ut h day of
June. The club will be assisted by tho
best of talent. ? - .
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Services will be held to?dny at the usimi
hour, 11 A, M.. nt Antlooh Church. Preach?
ing by the pnntor, Rev. G. Sheriff.
Miss Mattie P-aker is visiting relatives
in Barton Heights this week.
Miss Ellen Appereon Is absent from
school this week on account of whoop?
ing cough.
Mrs. W. Jelly visited friends in Rich?
mond this week.
Tho roll of honor pupils of Antlooh
School are as follows: Margie Brlghtweli,
Clovoland Brothers, Johnny Rock, Valen?
tine Hurt and Dudley Chaddlok.
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There will be ohldren's day exercises
nt Corinth Methodist Epluunpul Church
this afternoon at 8 o ciocie
The funeral of the infuni child of Mr.
und Mrs. SumueI Clarke ? too? place in
the grove In front of their homo uour this
piuco Sundiiv afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Tho Interment was 1 ? Beulah
.Cemetery. R:e?'. J? F? Cuthrlell offi
MJsa'Carrie Lyne visited friends In Rich
mond Friday.
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FROG HUNTING IN
THE DISMAL SWAMP
Profitable Industry for Pas'
quotank Fishermen.
HOW FROGS ARE, CAUGHT
A Night Hunt in the Swamps and the
Valuable Boat Load that Was the
Catch?Sold In Baltimore at
$2.50 a Dozen.
Since tho daya of old Black Beard,
the pirate, the fishermen of the Pasquo
tank River havo lived and thrived and
died along the Inland waters of Kastern
North Carolina. With every turn of the
season they go out In their little shad
boats, seeking some means of making
an honest livelihood. The Pasquotank
shad boat Is peculiar to these waters.
It is a rather deep built row boat, minus
car locks, with a short slumpy sail at?
tached. It ls tho most cumbersome
looking craft afloat, yet the safest in
bad weather. Tho fiercest storms are
weathered in these tut-, whose depth
brings the gun'als to the waist of the
lisherman.
Recently the North Carolina 'Legisla?
ture passed a law which so effected
the oyster Industry as to practically rob
the fishermen of tho month of April.
The law came as a surprise onci loft them
to make the best of tho short season,
in addition to this, the shad and herring
llshoiiep have been exceedingly poor,
so that tho jovial llshernian o? the Al
bemarlo section earo put to It, so to ?peak,
In order to mako ends meet. Terrapin
and turtle are caught arid sold, and this
trade Is In Itself nn Interesting study,
Tho most significant of all the river
inhabitants Is now becoming tho moat
populnr. The croaking swamp frog has
forced the noble shad to take a back seat,
in faot, it Is a wonder more attention
hns not already been paid to this Indus?
try. Lately the Baltimore market has
produced a demand for thoso danity
frogs, which aro now busking In tho
sunshine.
The bull frog Is exoltlng the Pasquo
tnnk fisherman and turning him topsy
turvy.
AYould any one believe that tho frog
may lie termed "sweeter" coming from
the A ibernarle swamps than from other
localities? Can you Imagine yourself
entering a stylish cafo, to call for frog
legs, served a la Alternarlo, with cat
tail trimmings? Perhaps It Is stretch?
Ing the Imagination a bit, but the foot
remains, nevertheless, that the swamp
frog of Bastoni Carolina is a
dainty thing; ? frog which measures up
lo tlie standen! of frog quality! Swamp
frogs are of a rare flavor, The rich
granaos and othor frog eatables nre In?
clined to give tho nosh ? tono, whloh tho
epicure chooses to term "excellent." That
Is why Dismal Swamp frogs are tho best
hroeelH for eating purposes; better by
fnr than your ordinary frog from the
bog.
Does It sound Inoredltable to say that
froga sell at $l.2S per do?en on the Ellsu
beili f'lty market, ami thut shipper? get
fL'.w for them delivered in Baltimore?
Nevertheless, It Is a fact! Tlie ease and
rapidity of frog catching makes It parti-,
ciilarly Interesting ?nul attractive. Thn
rlllo ls discarded for frog marketing; they
must be secured alive! Trails are out 0?
tho question, for frogs are ton stupiti and
fickle to go Into them. If tine went out
In ihe old way, with a flaking line and a
picco of red flannel, It inlglit take a
week's time V' make a good haul. Tho
1 swamp does 71I allow walking. Thn frog
must bo caught facing Uie hunier. He
must bo approached and entrapped nnel
cooped ns a chicken, for frogs dead are
not wanted, in the neighborhood ol
"Swanipdnn," then; are hundreds of juicy
bulla, croaking und snorlr/j the night
hours away. Thousand, pernope, millions
eif them, breed and exist in lite region of
tho Dismal Swamp. The capital required
for the frog industry Is not a largo sum.
? few weeks ago the writer was ap?
proached by tho owner of a frog boat, a
rocking old tub of a thing!
"Just made a haul." said the boatman,
pulling his punis Into position, with his
mio suspender .hitched with a null. I no?
ticed tlie jingle' of his pockets.
"How much?" I asked,
lie showed nie nix dollars ami some
sinullor coin.
"ShadY"
"Nope."
"Herring?"
"You're wrong.'
"Not eels?" I unlit, with a laugh.
"Nor eels either," saiel the youth.
"What then?"
"Kieigs."
"Not nil that, money for. frogs?
"In one night, too."
"How ninny ellel you get?
For answer tho boy shrugged his lank
Shoulders, scratched u match on ihe scut
?if ills breeches and squinted one eye to?
wards tho wharf. ">?k ????," he u.ild.
Walking over to thu wharf I saw a
commission marchant wlfli two leni?
boxes, t?lalted like chicken coops. I peer
FROG HUNTERS READY FOR. WORK.
ed into tho slate and there wero frogs:
yes, dozens of them, piled and squirming
and (?anting in all the bitterness of prison
Ufo.
"How many frogs have you there?" I
asked,
Tho commission man looked up and
nodded.
"Sovcnty-clglit," ho snld.
1 turned back to my lad, who still sat
on one of tho huge posts, embedded In tho
mud of tha Pasquotnnk:
"Boy," I snld, "How on earth did you
catcli them In one night, and alive?'1
"Alive," ho grinned-, "Boscoo euts 'em
alive."
"But how?"
"To-night at 0 o'clock," ho said. In
curtailed sentences', ns did Mr. Pickwick's
man in the mulberry Huit.
I took tbo hint, and at 9 o'clock was
ready nt the landing, For a minute 1
wnlled, hut did not soe tho lnd. Then
the sound of oars and boat struck tlio
logs.
n(!lt In."
I obeyed, nnd tho boy caught tho oars.
"Boy," I said, "where is your rifle,?*
"Left It."
"Do you uso a Uno?"
"Nope."
"How aro you going to catch frogs
then?"
"Hush, don't you hear uni: thoy ro over
THOUGHT?
Wu havo a splendid Up?
right Piano thai cost when
new $400?, will sell now lor
$225. This Piano wiih iti ken
in exchange ?a part payiiieiit
un a
11 Is not a choap, sliuddy
affair, but a. lirat-i-lass lu
Hiriimenit- of u reputali.?)
make.
Guaranteed for iivu years;
stool and scarf free,
STIEFF,
431 East Hroad Street,
Richmond, Va.
J. I;. UUNltAW, Mur.
yondorl That's swamp."
Prosontly my frog huntor drew In on?!
of the oars, and-with tho remaining oai
used as pnddlo and rudder; wo wero skill?
fully skulled along, nlmost noiselessly.
From every sido tho dull whining mono?
tony coniti ba hoard. Frogs san? to? frogs,
und frogs answered frogs. The river
was ? great ?Usinai roar, as though somo
big dragon snored in Its sleep. Present?
ly tho boy reached for tho lantern. The
slide cut off the light, and in that water
mocassin haven, with tlio branches hang?
ing In festoons around us, wo drifted.
Mosquitos buzzed und swarmed, dellght
otl to find something delicate to their
tusto. 1 Imagined I hoard tho bellow ot
a wild cow, which occasionally find? ita
way from tho inner land down to tho
river for a drink of tho river water, or
to stund Ums ou a hoc night, such as
this early May night was. cooling n, mud
caked, revered belly, in the brownlsh
groan water. Yet, perhaps, It was only
a frog. ?
Tho light suddenly flashed from' the
buli's oye. unti there In front of us wero
four lnrge frogs port:lieti on a log, with
their big eyes bulged out. Bllndod by the
light, taken by surprise, thov sat. stupl
fled, whllo my youthful guide calmly nick?
ed them up by tho willst mid caged tliem.
It wns simplo: verv simple, and as wo
flouted and flashed our frog light wo
caught more, and still more, until tlerd,
of the sport, tho boxes being well filled,
the boatman sighed and giving me tha
full benefit of tho light turned the llttlu
boat homeward.
It was quito nasty, and 1 almost envied
thu lad the next day when ho sold his
forty-eight frogs at $1.16 por dosen,
"Ought to senil then? In to Stuart di?
rect," ho said, willing his nose on his
sleove, "That guy guts ?-'.??? for them
froga I Jest sold '1m.''
The terrapin trad o Is pretty much tho
sumo. Traps nie set In the river and
numbers of tho shell hacked creatures aro
ensnared, Thus it Is ? hat disappointed
s|md fishermen find ways und nu-nns to
buy broad, and I bus It Is Hint the Albe
ninrlo section Iiiih at last turned out u
new fu lu ru for men who are willing to
hunt frogs in thu swamps of th? Dismal
region,
. . ?
MISS PIZZINl NOW
IS OUT OF DANGER
Miss Estelle F'i?.?-iiil has Improved won?
dorfully at the Columbia Hospital dur?
Inn Hi?? past three days. Her physician
piuiioiinivd her out of 'longer, and her
parents upturned home lust night, but
will I'M.-isIt her shortly, nnd from time
lo time during her stay at ??? hospital.
A Teachers Love.
The granger did his wants whilst slik
supply,
Tho stranger watched him witli a tear?
ful? eye,
The stranger raised to God tlio suppliant)
prayer
??'he stranger-boy Ho would a little
spare?
1<ho stranger did ills ?lying pillow stiioolli
Tho stranger wept tlio dead he could not
suvu,
The strangur luid him in bis narrow
maye
The titraiiKur tin lit for this our Jove and
pinyei?
That God may bless .him with Ills loy(j
and cure,
.YUua.NlA WV.8E.