Show the Cle Ele pliant frog the paris paria rappel not to be outdone baits by its contemporaries who dulling the summer startled the public of the french capital by the most surprising sea serpent stories recently capped the climax by mentioning among the wonders to tb be exhibited at the chica chicago 0 o worlds fan fair in the department for amphibians the he elephant frog on the shore of the ohio it says there exists a gigantic frog which exclusively feeds on the eggs of wild geese and ducks that nest in the reeds of that liver As it is not endowed with teeth for breaking the shells it swallows the eggs as they are laid by the web footed tribes on oil the banks of the rivers they are of course cours hard bard to digest in this form but the frog knows how to get out of this dilemma it climbs a moderate sized tree and dexterously terou sly drops down upon its stomach the concussion breaking the shell of the egg which is ia now easily digested in tho bhame of an omelet it is highly interesting to observe his frog ships blinking eyes which give expression to the utter atter E satisfaction atis faction enjoyed by their owner tb this is frog as may be expected will also be on exhibition at chicago amid innumerable other curiosities of nature |