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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19
TO TEST MUSHROOMS.
How to Avoid the Poisonous GrowthE
Which Resemble Them.

" iiNii INfNN'hbic
Poisoning by mushrooms is generally
caused by the disregard of very simple
points of observation. In the first
place, no one should undertake to
gather these excellent foods without
being fully informed as to their shape,
color, OdOr and taste. There are many
books giving all these in detail. Here
it need only be said that any mushroom
which looks clean and fresh, is not
worm-caten, has pink gills under buff
colOred cap, that turns dark when
bruised or matured, has q nutty taste
and pleasant odor. may be presumed
to be good. Mushroom gatherers avoid
fungi growing from what is called a
vulva or hollow cup at the base of the
stem. The writer's test, after noting
the above characteristics, is to taste
small portion of the cap without swal-
lowing it. If the flavor is sweet and nut
ty, and does not sting or burn the throat
the specimen, even if unknown, is
placed among the candidates for cook
ing. Some salt is always carried, and
a little is held in the mouth for mo-
ment: still little more is swallowed
care being taken not to swallow a par
ticle of the mushroom. When the
mushrooms are gathered, they should
all be carefully washed in water con
tanning salt and vinegar, and then
cooked with salt These precautions
usually insure safety. In fact, when
poisoning by any kind of fungi has oc-
Cured, some carelessness of choice OF
preparation has been noted Old fash
Toned cooks usually relied upon using a
silver spoon in cooking suspicious fungi;
but the test has not been proven infal.
lible. In case of actual poisoning use
the same treatment as for narcotics, lie,
emetics, stimulating restoratives, and
the earliest possible attention of a COM
petent physician 1t may be said in
passing that mushrooms are far more
important as an article of food than is
generally understood. They rank next
to meat in SAVIOR and nutriment, having
largely replaced it in the south during
our civil war.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19

slate-colored garments are surely rich
looking, my dear. and the mahogany
color under my tail is much more fash
ionable than the vulgar and gaudy or
ange which they wear in such album
dance. They pretend to take their col
ors from the livery of Lord Baltimore
and suppose, if the truth were known,
they even use his coat of arms
Mr.. Robin did not enjoy this gossip,
and so, meekly remarking that he
thought they would find their neigh
bors very pleasant people when they
knew them, he flew away.
As it is not the nature of envious and
Jealous persons to try to remove the
cause of their hateful feelings, our
friends did not go to call on Mr.. and
Mrs. Oriole, but watched and criticised
everything they did, and spent half
their time trying to think how they
could outshine them. Mr.. and Mrs.
Oriole, not having the slightest sas-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19
SHOULD A GIRL HESITATE.
Diverging Opinions of Two Maidens as to
What is Woman's sweetest Hour.


What is Woman's Sweetest Hour.
A young girl attractive though not
pretty. bright and witty, well read and
well bred. whom | love dearly, asked
me the other day what | thought was
woman $ sweetest hour.
| have since then discovered her rea-
SOL for asking the question.
She anticipated my answer with the
preface that she thought it was when
having brought the man of her choice
to the point of proposing, she keeps him
waiting a few moments for her answer,
regarding the nature of which she has
given no inkling SO strong as to make
it certain that it will be Yes"
am also young girl three years
her senior | have not yet experienced
that ''sweet hour''-not, at least, from
derstand that to see and feel the
anxiety of ones lover, and to know that
it is all, caused by love for you, should
constitute unbOunded happiness.
Yet my friends idea strikes me as
somewhat insincere and IL trihe cruel.
We're | ever called upon to answer the
most important question of my life,
propounded by the man of my heart |
would find lleener JOY in unhesitatingly
saying yes" than to feign u doubtful
ness did not feel
A little beating about the bush at the
outset is perhaps proper enough, but
when you have assured yourself that
you are dealing with an honest man
that loves you think that all parryng
and diplomacy had betterbe supplanted
by frankness and sincerity. think the
honorable wooer entitled to as much
information as he had impaired to his
sweetheart-N. 7. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19
Night Gown Sachets.

Night gown sachets are easily made
and are dainty device of the toilet.
They may be in the shape of fan made
of succession OF creamy lace rutties
and delicate lavender ribbons. and
padded with soft wool with layer OF
Lavender flowers and lined with laven-
der silk. in this case. which should be
OF ample size. several wcll-folde,. fresh
gowns Nay be kept. 4 fiat, square
>a'h2t made of tuftcd lavender silk may
&c more "cavcnient: though not ~ llu:Ey
and rs aautily pretty as 4 fan Of lace
yiils. = i, easier to male.-Chicago IL.
'er Uccau
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19
No Ear for Music,

Editor-This sketch of army life of
yours is pretty good but there's one
thing I'm not exactly satisfied with.
You speak of the bullets whistling
about your ears hut you neglect to tell
what tunes they whistled. This is a
newspaper, you must remember, and we
must have the news.
Neteran-But I've no ear for music.
Editor-Not for t,,at kind of music,
eh? So I've heard, and SO perhaps you
were right to move to the rear as soon
as themusic began. Boston Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19

The society of California pioneers is
the owner of wonderful curiosity. 1t
is Il section of timber taken from the
side of the ship Powhatan. 1t includes
portion of the skin, which is four
inches thick, and a piece of abutting
knee which is nine inches thick; trans
versely through the whole of this a
swordfish has dashed his sword. and the
portion broken off is still imbedded in
the timber. The sword pierced through
thirteen inches of this solid oak, and
the fish was going in the same direction
as the vessel at that, the ship being
under good head of steam at the time
An idea of the strength which must
have been eXerted can be obtained from
the fact that r.he siX-pounder could
not have done more than pierce that
thickness of solid oak. Chicago News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19
PUNGENr PARAGRAPHS.

TON1ENI FAnA1 hAFH
The Arrival Of the Bore. - Tom
"Here comes Harry" Dick-"And here
goes a pleasant evening" - Yankee
Blade.
Did your audience appear to be
moved?" asked the young actors friend.
eyes, was the reply. Clear out of
the theater before the first act was
over. "-Washington Post.
Robbie "Look-a here, Uncle
George! English amt no dead Ian
guage, be it?" Uncle George - Not
yet, Robbie, but if you had the exclusive
handling of it it soon would be. ''-Bos-
ton Courier.
-Vaulting mbition.-Visitor lat the
museum) What is the cause Of this
terrible smell?" Attendant-"The fire
eater was taken i'll this afternoon, and
the India rubber man was Just fool
enough to undertake his tric,1s. N. Y.
sun.
Modern Legislation. - Questioner
Injecting 4 lawyer with two books of
equal size, one undereach arm)-"Nhat
have you there?" Laws passed winter
before last" And in the other hand?"
'Repaals of the same laws passed last
winter. "-Fliegende Batter.
-Jayway-"I ran across white dom
key down near Willow Grove, and"
Hayway-" When was this?'' Jayway-
Lets see-oh, yes-thc day met you
down there" And to this day Jayway
can't understand Hayway's coolness.-
\. Y. Telegram.
Malicious. Aunt - Your rafting
of those papers is unbearable." Niece
20, auntie, you are always looking
for paragraphs on How to be Beauti-
full here is one" Aunt-"Well, what
is it? Read it, Niece - ut reads:
Give up fault-fnding. "-Demorest's
Monthly.
why" asked the lady of the house
of Bootless Bob, the tramp, do You
stick ont the middle finger OF your left
hand SO straight when you eat? Was it
ever broken?" NO madam: but during
my halcyon days l wore Il diamond ring
on that finger, and it has become
second nature with me. Recorder.
An Unsettled Question.-''It's lit
tie girl baby, isn't it," asked the ad-
miring visitor. 81 am not entirely GER
tain responded the Boston two-year-
old standing by the cradle. shade Of
perplexity crossing her thoughtful face,
whether l should speak of my infant
sister as girl baby or a baby girl. -
Chicago Tribune.
See here, my friend, that dog of
yours killed three sheep of mine last
night and l want to know what you
propose to do about it?'' Are YOU sure
it was my dog?" Yes" We'll, |
hardly know what to do. | guess |
had better sell him. You don't want to
buy q good dog do you"
TaliSman.
-Prompter crushing in excitedlv)-
"Wingley, the supe you stood Oft for
his salary has cloped this minute with
all the unparalleled Blue Hussar'
jewels, the costly set of Cleopatra dia-
monds and King Solomon's' best
crown! Manager (sternly)-"It was
your place to guard the jewel chest,
Antonio. | shall have to dock you So
y. Y. Telegram
Too Thin,-''I'll just tell you what it
is, = remarked fat jolly old soul to her
companion as the street car rumbled
along, the doctors kin say what they
please, but know it's just flying in the
face o natur' to bring baby up on
bottle. You know Sally Ann Unison,
What lives next. door to u.s. Yes"
assentcd the other. "Well, she tried to
bring her baby up on milknan's milk,
aud it died of water on the brain. -
Philadelphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19
PURPOSE IN READING.
How to Get the Full Value of What We
Road.

To read indiscriminately and heed.
lessly. as most men read newspapers.
is Il sheer waste of time. The purpose
of reading is twofold, to acquire facts
and to stimulate thought You can do
neither one nor the other without an
intense concentration of the faculties.
To imbed facts or words ineffaceablS in
the memory requires patient and I'M
Wavering attention. followed by the re-
peated rehearSals of the information
gained. To form the habit of independ-
ent thinking, it will not suffice to read
another mans ideas, but these must be
weighed and sifted, and tested by an en-
ploration of their promises and conse-
quenceS. In a word, to read protitahlv
one must read slowly and thoughtfully.
From a hastily pcruscd volume one car
ries away vague recorectiOn only of
its contents-a gain of no more practi-
cal knowledge than in such and such a
library may be found such and such a
book. Many so-called learned men are
helpless when they are away from their
booll-shelvcs. Their pretensions would
be utterly exploited were they subjected
TO the test imposed in China on candi-
dates for a literary degree, who are
shut up for days together in a cell con-
tanning nothing but pen, ink and paper
1t is one thing to know that somebody
else knows a thing, and another thing
to know it yourself. TO know where to
look for thing is not to know it. Only
a fact producible at a moments warn
ing from within the four walls of your
skull is veritably your possession, and
only a thought which you have struck
out for yourself can truthfully be called
your OWN. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19
A MARBLE FACADE.
How Mr.. and Mrs. Catbird Lost
Their New Home.

n a grove near
a small village
lived "a catbird
and his mate.
For sew era |
years they had
lived there and
had raised their
little ones in a
modest no m e
built in some
low bushes near
a stone wall.
They were con-
tented to do the
work God had
given them and
every day was
made happy by
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19

Pat-Why are you taking down the
shutters, Mike?
NIille-To let out the dark, to be sure
Texas Siftings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24
OLD MUsszNToUCaIr.
Tho Part Played by Queer Word In
the Life Of Girl Baby.


Tho Part Played by Queer Word in
the Life Of Girl Baby.
From the Union SIGNAL.
There was one word the little girl heard
many times day. The word was Mussen-
touchit.
Baby wondered who Mussentouchit could
be. The stranger lived in the bureau draw
ers.
1t lived in the sewing machine.
1t lived In the tai jar that stood on the
little round table.
1t certainly lived in the glass globe where
the gold fishes swan.
This went on till baby was years old.
Ihere was no word she heard so often as the
long, queer word, Mussentouchit.
Mussentouchlt was everyWhere-in the
snlnirg books on the parlor table; in the
hover beds; among the roses; even in
mamma's work basket the strange thing
lived; aud If baby but took up reel of silk
or cotton, there was Mussentouchit.
One day baby found herself by the glass
globe all alone. The family were very
busy, and for few moments forgot the lit
tie. prying, restless darling. This was her
chance. Up went the chubby legs into the
chair that stood near the goldfish globe.
Poised on the rounding cushion, baby
reached far over to touch the goldfish In
reaching she last her balance and fell, drag
ging the globe to the floor There was a
crash, scream, a rush, and mamma was
on the spot. Baby was picked up, kissed
and scoldet.
~ dess titled ole Mussentouchet IS rimeg,
she said, shaking herself and walking off.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24
Snakes Attack a span of Eorses.
From AZ IldinnnnoLis .Lo,l,nnI


PENDLEToN, IND, May 11.-While Frank
Oldham, a young farmer living southeast of
town, was narrowing piece Of new ground
last Saturday he aroused from slumber two
ugly and enormous black snakes, measuring
about twelve feet, that Immediately showed
fight. They first made rusa at the young
man and tried to coil themselves around his
legs, but he escaped from their slimy en-
brace and made for the fence at a rapid rate,
closely pursued by tbs serpents When the
serpents saw that Frank was out of their
reach on the fence, they returned to the
horses, which had been left standing still
attached to the harrow. Soon the horses
were noticed to be rearing and kicking and
performing acrobatic feats that would sur
pass Barnum's trained equines.
The man, mastering up his courage,
armed himself with a fence rail, ana
hastened TO the relief Of his team. He found
the reptile coiled around the foreleg of one
horse, and the other snake around one of
the hind legs Of the other horse. The SER
penis struck the defenseless animals repeat
eddy, while the air resounded with a pecu-
liar Kissing noise. After a struggle of about
thirty minutes the farmer succeeded in
beating of the reptiles and releasing the
scared team He then mounted the harrow,
and chase commenced, the horses at full
speed dragging ths harrow and Frank, with
the snakes in close pursuit. The fleeing
team raised ciosd IT dust, aad when IL
reached the opposite side Of the field the
snakes were lost 20 view. A party with
gnns and clubs was quickly organized 70
search for the snakes, but was unable 70
ma them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24
A FATAL PAST.
By DORA RUSSELL.


STORM"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24
TEE TRAIN sLOPPED.
Once Was Enough for Two Colored
Excursionists, Hester and Mandy.

once Was Enough for Two Colored
Excurs!onists, Hester and Mandy.
From the Cottrier-Jo,crtaL
The other day an excursion train down
south, crowded with darkies, was running
along at the rate of forty miles an hour,
when going around short curve the engine
collided with a little bull. The engine
turned a somersault over the bull and lit
bottom upward down an embankment. The
tender took after it, but hit big tree and
broke in TWO. Then the cars, one after an
| other, reared up, turned over, Jumped on
| top OF each other, and lay in one big pro-
miscuous pile, while all space around and
above the wreck was filed with darkies,
| women, men, baskets, pieces of cars and
| seats. Remarkable to relate, not q soul
was killed. and only few of them were
| slightly hurt. The little bull was cut to
| pieces.
Two old colored women, who had never
been on the cars before, and who were
seated near each other talking about the
Force bilp' when the crash came, went out
through the top of a car and lit in the grass
| forty feet from the wreck and about fifteen
| feet apart. After looking about them in a
bewildered state of mind they presently sat
| up and eyed each other for minute or two.
Then one OF them showed her bonnet up off
Der face, and, looking at the other, who
was trying to get her hat loose from the
| back of her neck, said:
az dat you, Maudyf'
"Yea-as Whar il weY'
'Bress de Lawd, honey, don't ak me-"
"Iz dis whar we git OFF,
81 spec it is; l never went to picnic on
| de kyars afo'. One thing sho', we got off.
an nobody didn't halter tell us ter git off,
needer."
mo, deY didn't"
did yer eber see nigpers git off'n de
kyars in sech er hurry-de ar wuz full OBJ
| 'em."
Yeas! Day acted like dey hab no
| sense"
Look heah! Eff dey gwan to stop dat
! suddenter let me off when dey carries us
back home, Use gwanter walk l doa't
mine gwine fas but his stoppin so suddin,
an frowing people bout loose 'dout chen
sayin' Look TO- yo'selves.'"
Oats wat 'jects to myself, an"
Say, Hester, il you seed my baskit any
whar sence we lit?"
"Well, MANDY, de las I seed OBJ yo' baskit
it wuz chasin' mine froo de ar to'ard heb
bin, an a passed. O. niggahs, sum gwan up
an sum comm down, er grabbin' 70 en. .
"How fur IL we fo'm town?"
''Fo'teen miles,"
slow IL yo' feet fo' walzin'!"
"Well, dey's good ez you'rn, recken."
"Den les take de pike-no kyars fo' me.
Oats me-" and the two ''old girlsn
walked back home in ignorance that an &C
cident had occurred to the picnic train
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24
LEMON ELIXIR.
Pleasant. Elegant, Reliable.

Pleasant, Elegant, Reliable.
For biliousness and constipation take
Lemon Elixir.
For levers, chills and malaria take Lemon
Elixir.
For sleeplessness, nervousness and palpi.
tatlon of the heart take Lemon Elixir.
For indigestion and foul stomach take
Lemon Elixir.
For all sick and nervous headaches take
Lemon Elixir.
Ladies. for patural and thorough organic
regulation take Lemon Elixir
DR.. Mozleys Lemon Elixir will not fail
you In any of the above-named diseases, all
OF which arise from a torpid or diseased
liver, stomach, kidneys or bowels
Prepared only by DR.. H. Motley, Atlanta,
Ga.
soc. and 81 90 per bottle at druggists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24
Lemon Hot Drops

Cures all coughs, colds, hoarseness, sore
throat, bronchitis, hemorrhage and all
throat and lung diseases. Elegant, reliable.
25 cents at druggists. Prepared only by
DR.. Fl. Motley, Atlanta. Ga.-A&
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24
DC. and 81 90 per bottle at druggists.
A Prominent Minister Writes.

After ten years of great suffering from
indigestion, with great nervous prostration,
biliousness, disordered kidneys, and consti-
patton, have been cured by DR.. Mozlsy's
Lemon Elixir and am now we'll man.
Rev. c. G. DAVIS,
Ed. M. E. Church South,
No. % Tatnall street, Atlanta, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24

'f0u cas- CONE ~. said %. Peter 20 the
young applicant for admission. but you 40
have - leave your datsetlye camera outside .
leu ORR Recorder,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24

loophole; !" q wish which we may be sure the
rector cordially echoed.
The Portland daily press., 1891-05-09

uen.anu even Deyonn. Attthe- crossings OF
Bfackscreek, a small tributary of the Coo
ga, Streights rear guard burned the bridge
and planted themselves ON the opposite
bank to harass Forests men while cross
ing TWAS broad daylight, the 2dof May,
andtthe Confederate leader, anxiousAto De
atait, but very cautious about.exposing ms
men. was at a loss how to meet the DILL
Guilty. Finally one of group OF admlr1ng
women such as always hung about For
rests ranks when halted-the men kept
out.of view for fear of being told to fall in
and fight-offered to guide him to an old
ford where there was a chance of crossing.
She was comedy young girl, and her
mother tried to dissuade her, but it ended
in her climbing to a seat behind the gen.
eral When the horse began to descend
the steep, rough bank of the ravina
the fair guide put her arms aronnd
Forests waist and bravely held on. and
in every way played the role of a heroine
When some of the bullets of Streigbtis
sharpshooters whistled around the daring
couple, and even tugged at their clothing
the plucky miss laughingly said. saThey'ye
only wounded my crinoline.n and after a
dozen like episodes the ford was pointed
out. A few Confederate shells quickly sent
the Union guard a-fiying, and Forrest with
much labor put his command across the
deep and rapid stream in couple of hours.
AT Gadsden, three miles distant, Forrest
found the debris of quantity of arms and
other military stores that the raiders had
destroyed, but the bold riders themselves
had impressed the feetest horses they could
reach, and made off in hot scamper toward
Rome. Again Forrest divided his force,
and taking 300 picked men and animals
gave chase so rapidly that he caught up
with Streight about o'clock that day,
after fifteen mile race that startled the
sleepy farming region as with a whirlwind
The raiders had formed in line of battle,
and their skirmishers answered the Con-
federate challenges most calamity, show
ing bold front only to lead their hot
blooded pursuers into well laid ambush.
The Portland daily press., 1891-05-09
Gloucester Fish Market.
EnP THE WEEK ENDING. MAY Z

We quote iobbing lots of mackerel as follows:
Small 3s ~ Sl2 aS1215 " Dbl, mediums SIS 90 a
sIh 5o large sI7Gsi7ia, large trimmed at ais
medium % an SlSGS IS12, large at S19q $50 90:
Shore Is $40, Bay Is, s21; large s2S@24; bloaters
sS 1G SoSfsh 90 ooaa rs p cwt; haddOck at
81 20; cusk 81 10: ,,o,,,r. ee>,
whit and gray. ooasah -. .o-
uti for large and small at 20; Bank at So rs fer
large and Sab % for small Shore az IS 81
and S5 90 for large and small. Dry Bank at S6:
meainm S5 IS: French Goldfish So per qtl; Phi,
lips Beach Goldfish 81 pr qtl.
We ouote cured cusk at 81 20 " oil; hake al
So; naddock So 10 heavy salted Pollock S21a
and English cured So 90 per gu.
Boneiess and prepared nsh az o97c y ID for
bake, haddock and cusk, ~ gloc W ID for cod.
9IaaIO1sc; smoked salmon 1oc 40 paddock &c.
Medium herring at 22c " box ;tucks zoe; length
wise Doe No Is at lSc; Bloaters at soc; canned
trout al Ia fresh hallbut at SO 2O fresh salmon al
liz. CLANS Al 90 HOLSTERS 20 ;mackerel 1 6O.
herring S5c: American sardineS, quarter oils
"a on half oils So, three quarter mustards al
81 %; spIced 90 clam and nsn chowder, 81 IS,
Labrador Herring al So OO W Dbl; medium spit
SO 90; extra No do at y ~; newfoundland do
Shore S4N Ound do go; round PASSPORT 90:
pckled goldfish 81 20; haddock 50; halibut heads
B SO: sounds at SIP; tongues and sounds SIl;
Slewives ar az 30; trout $14 90; California AL
mon s1S 10 Halifax do S23; Newfoundland do
ala SClam bait 81 TO so; slivers 81; halibut Ans
slb: shad S12; swordhsh at 50.
We quote cod oil ct SOC W gal; medicine oil at
B5c biackfish oil 80G83ci mennaden oil 20. Liy-
ers at 26c " bucket