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ways look, and upon the presence or ab-
sence of which my decision is always
based. This is the appearance of the
gills about the stem. Under the thick
heshy cap of the mushroom are, as all
know, numerous pendant. radiating gills.
These also appear in the toadstool, but in
the latter they join directly upon the
stem, while the gills of the mushroom are
always separate from the STEM Usually,
indeed, there is q distinct and we'll.
marked groove between the stem and the
ends of the gills. There is a poisonous
mushroom with this characteristic which
greatly resem bles the meadow mushroom.
but its gllls are beautiful rose color,
while those of the edible mushroom are
at first white, then pale PINK and finally
brown.
The cap of the true mushroom is thick
firm and feshy. The outer skin peels
from it easily and the flesh does not turn
dark when broken. There is very com.
mon little mushroom growing in these
parts that | have seen sometimes on the
dealers stands, but it is not true mush.
room and should be rejected. 1t is small
with thin cap and black gills. The
stem is rather long, not much larger
round than dandelion stem, hollow, and
has not the ring that circles the plumr
stem OF the edible mushroom. Its gill.
touch the stem. Another that dealer:
sometimes sell is about the size OF the true
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from eating stale vegetables or meat, and
should be treated similarly.
The action of the true poisonous fungi,
such as toadstooIs and the inedible mush-
rooms, is narcotic. The victim of careless
ness should be kept moving, should drink
strong black coffee and take large doses of
olive oil. This allays the irritant action
OF the poison in the digestive tract, and
usually acts as an emetic. 1t is well, how
ever, if non-irritant enetic is obtainable,
to administer it, and medical assistance
sh ould at once be called IN.
Besides the mushroom we have here in
California several varieties of the puffball,
some of which are wholesome and deli
cious. I do not know that any OF them
are poisonous, and some of the very large
specimens, with their big, round heads
and pleasant odor, are certainly very in
viting. They should only be gathered,
however, when firm and white, and should
not be kept long before cooking.
To recapitulate: He who would be on the
safe side should avoid all fungi not touA Y
growing in the open; should see tolt that
the stem of each mushroom he gathers IS
solid and the cap thick and fieshy that
the gills are separate from the stem, ana
| that the latter is ringed. The bright rose
colored gills of the poisonous mushroom
are different from the pale pink OF the
edible fungus. and the ring OF the former
! IS less clearly defined. ADELINE AGARA
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"Sir, have brought back vonr cola
Take it back, pray of you. II ho.
brought me discomfort and ill health
worriment and cares. l have cola -
business, and after paying Won ths M,
there remain as many thousands as In
have generously lent me- But I shall LIN
use that little fortune in ways to mol.t
all unhappy and shorten our days. !
have placed it in bank vault 70 -
against rainy days as Competence 49, 49,
trouble or age may come upon ns IT,
day return to the little old sbon os ~
side street where first I met nv nobie HE
friend, and to the dear little vino-co,,oDe 80
white cottage where we We're once ~ 80 oaeo
and so content. If you seek trne ban~; 20
ness you shall always find it there -
Rico took the hand of his nohIo f-;es
and tears stood in his eyes, but the oId-
time lines of care and dlscontent NO Ionaor
marred that noble face. Each in his o..
way had found the source OF true banni.
ness.
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that it is such thorough going aristocrat
that it will not make its appearance until
it is quite ready-until its toilet is COM
plete. For it there is no hasty pulling on
of gloves as it rushes to catch a car. 1t
attends to all these details in its under
ground dressing-room. 1t does its growing
underground, and when the fullness of
time is come it pushes up through the
earth and doffs its bonnet to the world-a
complete mushroom.
Any one who will take notice of that
phrase, ''doffs its bonnet" need never
mistake toadstool for mushroom. The
young mushroom grows in delicate en-
velope that completely covers it. As it
reaches maturity on its appearance above
ground this envelope bursts. 1t leaves a
little mem branous ring about the stem
where it was attached, ard fragments of
1t can usually be seen athering to the top
Technically called the cap) of the mush-
room. This ring and the remnant OF the
envelope are never found on the toadstool
Again. the stem OF the true mushroom
is never hollow. 1t is sometimes solid and
sometimes pithy, but if it is hollow you
are safe in rejecting it.
As matter of fact, there are, to the ex-
perienced eye, so few points of real re-
semblance between mushroom and a
toadstool that one wonders how a mistake
can be made. There is one identification
mark of the mushroom for which 1 al
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There is one yellow breasted fellow just
above my head as lie here on the grass
with the mellow sunlight sitting down
upon me through the waving trees. Who
says it is winter? All, well, / suppose
the calendar makers know their business,
and we must concede something of wis.,
dom to them, but my lark and l are wise,
too, and we know that it is well with US
out here in this 'sleafy WE'LL" these De-
cember days that are rarer than days in
June. There is Sabbath feeling in the
still MONDAY air. Away out yonder, over
the bay, hangs a heavy white mist and
the suns rays slant through it in long,
shining bars, sign that it is going to
rain one Of these days. found another
portent OF rain few moments ago. a well
come one, which / made haste to gather,
for big, plump, crisp, white mushroom
is treasure not to be passed by when it
offers itself at ones very feet Good
barometers are these meadow mushrooms ;
their appearance is always prophetic of
rain. The little children are wise in call
ing them the fairies um brellas. They al
ways spring up just when the fairies are
likely to need them.
Spring up" did say? There is moth
ing instantaneous about the growth of the
mushroom: nothing that iustifies our fool
ish habit of calling all that is ups;artish,
parvenue or premature "a mushroom
growth" The beauty Of a mushroom is
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THE coBBLER,s HAPPY DREAM INTERRUPTED.

AsIhis voice sounded out as though it
was magic call to summon the genii, the
visitor of the preceding day stood before
him.
Cosmo was confused. He had purchased
the leather, the very best to be found, put
he ad not yet commenced work upon the
boots. The visitor evidently OWNED his
embarrassment, for he produced a pack
age containing an elegant pair of boots,
very little worn, which he directed to be
repaired. Then he sat down upon the
athern-bottomeu chair and in an easy
manner began to converse. Such was his
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mushrooms but its gills are mottled, touch
the stem, and the whole plant has moist
clammy feeling. The true mushroom is
never watery.
Thus much for warning against the
mushroom of commerce. The mushroom
on its native heath is still more easily
recognized.
To begin with, that heath is never q
bog. Mushrooms do not take kindly to
wet, marshy or sodden places. They grow
best in open pastures, where the grass is
kept short by browsing cattle. You need
never look for mushrooms about the roots
of trees, and. in particular, they never
grow upon decayed stumps.
The true mushroom is larger here in
California than we find it in the East, and
L have seen some that are fully six inches
in diameter, but they are not usually
more than four or sometimes five inches
across. They grow in the open, where
horses and cattle have been pastured, and
among the s hort grass. They have short,
solid Stems, with rounded root ends that
are easily lifted from the earth. Their
flesh is hard and firm and has fresh,
wholesome, pleasant odor.
Many of the cases of poisoning" that
are attributed TO eating toadstools in
mistake for mushrooms are really the re-
suit of eating mushrooms that had grown
stale and unfit for food. The ill-effects in
these cases are similar to those arising
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bring rest from his labor or oblivion from
his cares. His merry song was never
heard more. He lost his former appetite,
dyspepsia seized upon him. He became
cross, irritable. He was no longer con-
stantly tender and loving to his wife, the
children annoyed him.
One evening he came home tired, de-
jected, cross and unable to eat. Luta burst
INFO tears, tears Of nnhappiness, of scald-
ing bitterness.
"Ah, Rubo. 1 would we had never seen
the money of Rico. When we lived in the
little white cottage, when you worked at
your bench, we were happy. You were
accustomed to return at even with song,
kiss for the children and me; you were
well and content and we had plenty. Now,
in the midst of all this luxury, with richer
food and prosperity, you are no longer
happy and seem to nave ceased to love
your wife and children"
All. yes, it was true. The fond dreams
which Cosmo had entertained of being
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Observation-Disclosures
Listen! the choir is singing; all the birds
In leafy galleries

Listeni the choir is singing; all the birds
In leafy galleries.
This is the season when the meadow
lark, leaving fence and field, perches in
the tall trees and sings his CHEEKY song in
the golden December sunshine. The
meadow lark is the only bird who sings
to Us the year round here in Central
California. Perhaps this is the reason
why we have exempted him from protec-
tion from the pot-hunter. 1t is an offense
against the law to slay a screaming. free
booting jay; even the saucy, shiny-backed
backbir is protected, for a season; but
the ignorant and stubborn opposition of
one legislator is responsible fer the num-
ber of meadow larks that, a few weeks
hence, will find their way to the poulter-
er's stand, and, later, to the tables of our
foreign restaurants.
And yet we dare to pose as lovers of
beauty and art; we do not see the scream
ing absurdity of all our talk about being a
music-loving people. We subsldize con-
certs! All, yes, so we do! And every
great singer who comes to the coast is
received gladly Yes; but we COOK and
eat the only songbird that is distinctively
and lovingly our own!
But we are not eating the larks just yet
Their turn will come when the close
season for game birds begin. In the
meantime they are making the fields and
forests tunefal with their merry notes.
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not gentle, sweet-faced little woman
meet him at the door with wiiely kiss?
Then with akeen appetite and untroubled
conscience he would sit down TO the table
whereon steamed the plain but whole
some food, with no fear of the effects of
Indigestion.
He was sewing away one morning, and
as he labored he sang right merrily. A
form darkened the doorway, and as he
glance up with a pleasant smile to ad-
dress his caller and receive his little quota
OF work, he started with surprise. Nearly
all of his customers were of the poorer
laboring class. Few welI-dressed people
found the way to the little shop of the
side street. But this visitor was fashion
ably dressed, with snowy linen, and the
little jewelry which adorned his person
appeared delicate but most valuable.
Cosmo, the cobbler, babe the caller good
morning and invited him to be seated on
the solitary guest chair--a leathern- bot
toned affair, very rickety on its legs,
rendered safer by few interviewer wires
in a tone with trifle less of its usual gra-
ciousness caused by momentary surprise
and EN- barrassment.
cepted the seat, and gazing with peculiar
expression into the young cobbler's face,
he remarked:
"You seem happy as you work, my
friend"
Eyes, always feel happy at work, and
1 sing because-well, feel pleasant, and
it makes labor lighter to sing
"You sing because you are content,
thenP'
Yes" replied the cobbler, looking into
the visitors face, wondering if he had
come in merely to ask such stupid ques-
tions.
'Really it does me good to find one con-
tent, and that with a humble lot"
The cobbler glanced again at the face
opposite. 1t was he face of man as vet
young, perhaps 50, face whereon care
and dissipation had marked heavy lines, a
face remarkable for noble, manly beauty
and the innate stamp of good-breedlng,
yet upon which settled look of discon-
tent seemed to rest-the face, in fact, of
one in ii accord with the world.
"Do you find contentment SO rare.
then2"
The visitor turned his head and sighed
as though he would hide an unpleasant
truth. Then he turned without reply,
and removing an elegant boot he directed
the cobbler to take his measure for new
pair. The order was for the best of mate
rial, something Cosmo had never found
necessary to keep in stock, and which
would cost more to obtain than he was ac-
customed to receive for the making. The
visitor seemed 10 divine the thought of the
artisan, for he drew forth a purse and
taking out large piece of gold he laid it
upon the cobbler's knee.
"Here is deposit, sum in advance 20
secure you."
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"But this is more than enough to pay
for both material and the labor"
"Very well, you shall keep it then. You
need not hasten to make them"
And before Cosmo could recover from
his surprise or regain his breath to make
reply his visitor was gone. He arose and
stepped to the door, to see the stranger
enter fashionable carriage standing not
far away to be driven rapidly away behind
a pair of prancing grays.
The next day Cosmo, the cobbler, was
sewing industriously. But as he worked
upon that day his usual merry song was
lacking. He was thinking, thinking OF
his handsome, fashionable customer,
wondering at his words. Then his
thoughts reverted to home, wife and
babies, to the unusual sum which he had
received the day before, to all the many
things it would buy and again the merry
song arose to his lips.
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E2FTE was simple cobbler, but he was
content. His shop on a side street
ASAS was narrow and low; in it he labored
away from morning until night, sewing,
pegging, cutting, mending the shoes of
the people of the vicinity. Seldom it was
that he received an order for new pair;
that was looked upon as Godsend, but
withal his cobbling brought him enough
TO support himself and his family in a
humble way. All day long he cobbled and
sang; his cares were few and light; he had
a sutficiency of work of its kind; the pay
ments were small but sure, and when the
day closed he was accustomed to lay aside
his work, take up his lunch basket, lock
his shop door and trudge home in pleas
ant frame of mind-for would he not be
met at the gate by two. little pink and
white faces, TWO pairs of bright eyes, and
would not two treble voices loudly pro-
claim that papa was coming, and would
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fruit in Oregon. Cold rains have done
damage, but there is no record Of any
general or material damage from frost
alone, except in localities not suited
to the early varieties or the more ten
der fruit
Flowing and seeding are being
pushed with vigor. The soil is in
good condition to be worked except on
the low lands. Many hop yards are
being plowed up and wheat sown. The
grass has good growth and pasturage
is good. Gardens are being made. In
Lincoln county young potatoes are as
large as walnuts. The weather has
been quite favorable to the growth OF
all vegetables. Lambing is in progress
and large percentage is being saved.
Shearing has been commenced In some
localities. Considering all interests
it can he safely said that the season
opens auspiciously, and bids fair to be
successful year.
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HARD TIMES FACTS.

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Weekly Weather Report.

Weather in Western Oregon-Tem'
perature of freezing and slightly be-
low prevailed the night OF March &c
and 81, and in Southern Oregon the
night OF April 1. Since then the
temperature has been higher during
the night. Freezing temperatures, at
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and they have occurred in April. The
day temperature ranged during the
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CURED on March 30, 81, April . and g.
on March 30 and 81 some sleet and
snow fell and in many sections snow
on trees In full bloom was observed
the morning of March 81. The all
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frost, and in many sections clouds oil
fog prevailed Immediately after the
frost formation. The precipitation
for the week amounted to slightly
over one-half inch. A slight earth
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Crops 49, The weather conditions
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lit will most likely be found that cOnsld
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done to relieve the Oyerburdened trees
Frost has never done great damage Y
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Nj ediCine

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'The Child Garden.

n1ne delightful Chicago 'children's
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AGRIcuLTURAL NOTES.

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AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
Ihere is no better fertilizer for the
'1|f tree than stable manure.
|t|l over the United States the egg
aiset is glutted at present.
#*#
fl0 not expect too much from a
|I|Ie southern bird in Il northern
|Nnte.
has been concluslvely proven that
0|Ngle day test Of any cows milk is
''t|lable.
'fhe pear orchards OF California are
|dIg afflicted by what is known as
|fater blight"
Wien the market is given all the
'itton it demands, IL is a hard mat
IIer sheep TO Increase.
20 not feed your poultry too heavy
va concentrated food. Better keep
'eIf appetities sharp.
-.
U0e hundred new cooperative
14nerles are under way and about
ID constructed in Minnesota this
i|ng.
me fact that the Jerseys keep up
naoy flow OF milk with a high degree
hntter fat is one OF their principal
.fits as a dairy COW.
Nhould not the quality OF butter fix
|o price even though II be 'cream-
w Some very inferior butter is
'd as creamery"
'Ihere is some interest given ia
.fIcnlture in New York state, there
'Iog nearly 100000 OF the general
,ofopriation bill devoted TO IL.
-
10 prevent scab on potatoes soak
..sf seed one hour and half in a
lution OF two ounces OF corrosive
Inmate dissolved in sixteen gallons
Hater.
lIferfeedlng makes the poultry dull,
bid, lazy and listless. They soon
.ome out of condition and all kinds
ailments appear with the least ex-
|snre.
Mat dairying in Iowa is taking the
'n no one will doubt. The saloons
ID catch on. One enterprising
bon man has out his sign "The
&amery."
Because the Jersey gave more milk,
A1e more cheese and more butter at
NJ worlds fair, it does not follow
~ any Jersey COW is superior TO any
|ler COW.
There is great satisfaction and real
'nfort TO the man who owns a finer
|hdsome, well-trained team OF we'll
|Ntched horses. IL is certainly a
ing Of beauty.
-
s it not as profitable TO the flock
|aster to cut out all the unprotitabl'
'eep, as it is in dairying TO dispose Of
n poor COW. This seems to be very
|ach overlooked.
40 the annual meeting OF the Ma
|pnal Creamery, Butter and Chees'
ID, held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, th'
|tme OF the association was changet
y "Buttermakers'' only.
-
Nearly 5000, 900 dozen eggs were i'm
'fted from Canada the past year
NSinR duty of from 3 to cents
Ven, and the Canadian poultry mai
Ill sees a profit In the business.
The most experienced horsebreeder
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Comfy Democratic Convention.

The Marion county democratic con-
vention Is hereby recalled TO meet at
Salem, Wednesday, April 10, 1896, at
III a. IN. for the purpose OF nominal.
ing a county ticket in full.
j. II. FAIRBANKS,
Chairman OF the convention.
SALEM, March 30, 1896. 3 81 I'd