Toad And Centipede

In the courthouse yard therc are quita a number of large, sleek-looking toads One of these toads w;is secn by the loungers about the place, says the E) Paso Ilerald, engagxid in an earnest attempt to swallow something that seemed to tax all liis enerves. A closer examinatioa rcvealed the f act that tha oad had seized a centipede by the rear nd and was slowly and placidly stowng hiin away w-ithin his jaws, in spite of the victini's frantic ertorts to escape. Nearly one-half of the reptile had disappeared, when the centipede, with tha unencumbered balance of his one hunIred f eet, sueeeeded in getting a ground ïold, and with a desperate eifort reed himself from the jaws of the devourer, and was moring1 rapidly away when the toad, ñnaHy realizing the Bituation, made a jump and again aught his vietiin. This time the centiede seemed to realize the hdi?elessness of his situation and frantlcally turnod to the right and left, each time nipping lis enemy severely upon the lips and lead, but all to no purpose. Tl ie toad vrould coolly brush away these attacks Srat with one foot and then with the other, all the time taking the centipede in umil at last remained but the toad, calmly a ml screnely seated upon his haunobes cousidering the next move.