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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-12
THE FLY AGARIC.
Deadly Poison and Clos ~ Resembles the
Edible Mushroom.


Edible Mushroom.
most of them. are not poisonous. Abil-
ity to distinguish poisonous varieties
from those that are edible is not cas-
fly learned. On the other hand those
who wish to collect fungi for their own
consumption or the market must be
gin by committing to memory the dis
tinguishlng marks of a few species.
Until this is done one must not ven
ture to trust to general rules for dis
tinguishing good species from bad.
There is one rule, however, which
should be applied: no one. unless de-
eidedly expert, should collect for eat
ing the buttons, or small, uneXpanded
fungi, since in their young condition
1t is often impossible, even foTNeXperts.
to recognize what the species is. The
Department of Agriculture has issued
a number of bulletins on mushroom
growing which give certain rules for
determining the difference between the
edible common field mushrooms and
those that are deadly poisonous. This
subject is particularly treated in the
Year Book for 1897; reprints of this
portion can be obtained from the Divi
sion of Publications.
The mushroom in commerce Is prac-
tically the fruit of the mushroom
plant, and not the plant itself. The
plant proper is white or blush white
mold-the spawn-that grows in fields
and manure piles Comparing the
mushroom to an apple tree, we have
the trunk. branches and leaves buried
in the ground, leaving only the apples
themselves standing above the ground.
The toadstool. like the apple, con-
tains the means of reproduction-the
apple contains seeds, while the toad
stool is filled with microscopic. dust
like bodies having the same function as
seeds
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-12
The Strenuous Life.

Indeed, Mr.. Hurryup. this is so I'M
expected. You embarrass me very
much"
Hurryup (glancing at the clock)
"Ill give you one minute to recover
from your embarrassment"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-12
When the Stork Flew Down.

Mama, were you at home when l
was born"
mo. dear. l was at grandmas in
the country
Wasn't you awfly s'prised when
you heard about it?"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-12

cities. although many large ,growers
continue to sell entirely by contract or
by special orders to hotels and rest
aurants The farmer. however, will
find ready sale for any of the standard
varieties. Should basement or cellar
be unavailable, open-air culture may
be resorted to, although this method
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-12
Preparation of the Beds.

The mushroom bed is best prepared
from horse manure that comes from
well-bedded stables. Some straw is de-
sirable, but a large percentage is OBJ
jectionable and should be removed.
The manure is cured by putting it un-
der cover in piles three to four feet deep
and of any length and width. 1t usu-
ally requires from ten to fifteen days to
cure. but should not be put in the beds
or boxes until the temperature has
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-12
Important Crop Abroad.

Mushrooms are extensively grown in
England and France, and to limited
extent in Belgium, Germany and in
many other countries. Paris. however.
is the center of commercial production.
In the vicinity of that city the culture
of mushrooms Is now almost entirely
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-12
COMMON MEADOW MUSHROOM.
Edible and Delicious,

or cake, require about half as long
time as the chewing of meats
Persons who have vigorous exercise
and sit up late should have a fourth
meal at about IL or - o'clock. This
should be the highest Of all.
Foods fried should be chewed a
longer time than those prepared by
Boiling, baking or roasting, for they
are harder to digest, and for that rea-
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-12
EDIBLE MUSHROOMS.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

Many people who would enjoy mush-
rooms added to their menu are de-
barred because Of the difficulty of OBJ
tanning them except at considerable
expense, and because OF unfamiliarity
as to methods of home culture.
Mushrooms are easy to grow, and
beginners are often as successful with
them as are those having an extensive
experience. Aside from preparing the
manure and making up the beds. 1t is
a clean crop to handle and occupies lit
tie space. The gathering, sorting. pack
ing and marketing of the mushrooms
can be easily taken care of by the wom-
en- of the household.
Cellars or basement rooms where the
temperature in the winter does not go
below So degrees or does not rise above
65 degrees are suitable places for grow
ing mushrooms. 1t is hardly advisable
to grow them under the living part of
the house, since the odor Of the manure
will permeate the dwelling. Stables
that are not too cold in winter are
suitable.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-12

of the Department of Agriculture on
mushroom growing may be obtained
on application.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

sufficient reason-no one outside of a
representative in congress himself
wants a four-year term. The house is
supposed to be representative of the
people, subject to their changing will,
and any proposal to lengthen the term
of their Representatives there is sim
ply a proposal to place that branch
Of the federal government just so
much further away from the control
of the people.
If the constitution is to be amended.
the first change should be one which
the people have long demanded, viz:
An amendment providing for the cleo
ton of United States senators by
direct vote of the people. This change
has been wanted for years. There
has been no doubt as to the popular
desire for it. The house of represen-
tatives has on four different occasions
adopted it by a two-thirds vote. A
majority Of state legislatures have
petitioned congress to approve it,
and yet in opposition to this unmis-
taxable demand, the senate, led by
such Immaculate dignataries as Platt
and Depew, German and Aldrich, has
refused to obey the plain voice of
popular desire, and has never even
allowed the amendment to come to a
vote in that august body.
With the example of the upper
branch Of congress, whose members
are elected for a six-year term. de-
flying public sentiment and splitting in
the face Of popular demand, is it
likely that the people will vote to
place the other branch of congress
in a position still further removed
from the popular will than it is to-
day?
The proposed amendment NAV af-
ford Representative Cochran an op-
portunity to make a speech, but it will
never besratifed by a single state in
the union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
For the State Senate.

John S. Beard. a candidate for the
nomination to the State Senate in the
Democratic primary called to be held
May 18th, together with other speak
ers, will address the people Of Es-
Gambia county upon the political is
sues of the day at the following
times and places:i
Molino, Friday night, April 20.
Bluff Springs, Saturday, day time,
April 81
Muscogee, Monday night, April %.
Brent's, Thursday night, April 26.
Myrtle Grove. Friday night, April
81.
Ferry Pass, Saturday. day time, May
5th
Millview, Thursday night, May 3.
McDaVid, Friday night, May T.
Nix's Precinct, Tuesday night, May
9Th.
Beulah, Thursday night, May TO-
Pensacola Seville Square) Friday
night, May IL.
Pine Barren, Saturday night, May
II.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
John S. Beard on
the Floor Of the Senate.

]. Campbell Avery, Jr., has with
drawn from the race for State Sena-
tor from Escambia county. This
leaves John S. Beard without oppO-
sition and he is likely not to have
any now. 1t is Mr. Boards ambition
if elected, to be president of the
State Senate. Mr.. Boards great
abilities and general popularity will
make him a formidable candidate
for that position.-Jacksonville Times
Union.
AS our contemporary says, Mr..
Beard will have no opposition and
he will go to the state senate as
Escambia's unanimous choice for the
position. But if anyone thinks John S.
Beard will permit either his friends
or his enemies to shelve him in the
presiding officers chair, he is ire
mennously mistaken.
We haven't consulted Mr.. Beard,
and we do not know what his, ."am-
bition" is, but we do know one
thing-where there is any talking to
be done, he is not going to be ragged
with the altogether secondary honor
Of the presidency of the state SEN
ate. John S. Beard viii be found on
the floor OF the senate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
Governor Folk
on the Primary System.

The correctness of the primary
system as a means of nominating
party candidates for Office is so mani
fest that all intelligent people now
recognize it as an automatic political
principle.
In an address delivered at Dies
MOines, Iowa, on March 2, last, Gov
ernor Folk, of Missouri, referred to
it as follows:
The primary system is so mani.
testify the right proper, and honest
method Of making party nominations
that Ii Is hardly necessary to COM
ment upon it. Primary and anti-pass
laws and other legislation for the
control of the illegal corporations
and the protection of the public are
not party issues. They are great
moral principles, involving the vel
fare of the masses of the people of
the United States. Whether a state
be republican or democratic. whether
its majority be great or small
whether il be a close" state or not
IL should have on its statute books a
cNeNN MAuCs B4uAdAALg primary cleo
ton system. The public should be
gwen every opportunity to express
its voice in selection Of party nomi-
nees. The primary system gives
that voice.
And yet, in spite of the self
evident fairness of the system and
correctness of the principle on which
it is based, there are still some
states where the professional politi-
clans and the corporate interests
have prevented it from being adopt
ed. It is of course only a matter of
time until the primary system for
party nominations viii prevail in every
e+~+0 - ~ -,-sov " ~s---l-- 10
Ponds on how long It will take the
people to make their wishes felt in
this kind Of legislation.
Florios passed through the same
struggle for the establishment Of
tle l.rmaIy tn.s, o,Le4 STATES are
now experiencing, but the system
now established is here to stay and
It would require a hardy spirit in
deed who would even suggest a re-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

nal is a paper every Florid,an should
feel proud of, and it is growing better
every day.
Jacksonville Metropolis.
The Pensacola Journal, with its
usual enterprise, got out an Easter
edition last Sunday, which was an
other monument to the energy of Bdi-
tor Mayes and his staff 1t was in
three sections, twenty-four pages,
and full of interesting matter, local
and general, as we'll as advertise
ments. The number of big display
"ads" testifes to the hard work of
the manager of that department, B.
s. Bernard, whom many Jacksonville
people will remember. The fine show
ing that department has made in the
past year eliminated in last Sundays
edition, and yet may be surpassed in
the coming year, for Pensacola is a
thriving and rapidly-gTowing city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

Municipal ownership of public utili-
ties is now being discussed in Tampa,
with the usual tommy-rot about the
ability of a private corporation to
serve the people better than they can
serve themselves. But Tampa, like
every other intelligent community,
will no doubt in time own and operate
its water works and lighting systems,
just as it now proceeds to do its own
street paving and run its own police
and fire departments.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
Proposed 4>Year Term for
Representatives in Congress.

Representative Bourke Cochran, of
New York. has proposed an amend
ment to the federal constitution pro-
viding that the terms Of representa-
tives in congress shall be made four
years instead OF two years, as at
present
In order to make this change, two
thirds Of each house OF congress viii
have 70 adopt the proposed amend,
ment, and It viii then have to be rat
tied BY the legislatures OF three
fourths Of the states.
We think Ii perfectly safe 10 pre-
dict that M cOohran's amendment
XII fan, and for one very good and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

Somehow we cannot help but feel
that Governor Broward and the Jack
sonville dailies are each partly re-
sponsible for the bitter feeling that
seems to exist between them, Neither
the Metropolis nor the Times-Union
has ever had any particular love for
the governor, so far as we have been
able to see, and their continual nag
ging is no doubt responsible for the
somewhat heated and uncomplimen-
tary refepence to the state press
which the governor is reported to
have made in his Jacksonville
speech. We do not believe that the
Jacksonville papers would intention
ally misquOte Governor Broward,
nor do we believe that the governor
intended to charge the state press
as a whole with being bought up
and controlled by the corporations.
a speech will say things that he does
not really mean, but when that is
the case the thing to do is to say
that he did not mean it and that
usually settles the matter The
question of veracity between the gov
ernor and the newspapers should
now be dropped and the drainage
question should be discussed. upon
its merits.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

making of West Florida's bright and
representative daily.
Miami Metropolis,
The Easter edition of The Pensa-
cola Journal last Sunday was a most
excellent effort in newspaper projuc-
ton, but-that is an everyday occur
renee with The Journal, which is one
of the best papers in the state and
South for that matter.
ApaIachieola Times.
The Pensacola Journals Easter edi-
ton was splendid number of that
enterprising newspaper.
Gainesville Sun.
The Pensacola Journal of last Sun
day contained "a pages, and it was
one Of the best papers we have seen
turned out in Florida in many a day.
1t was the Easter number. The Jour-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

Chas. S. Emerson, the new editor
and manager Of the Tampa Herald
is making some gigantic strides in
the improvement of that paper
When the Herald's proposed new
equipment in the way of machinery
is installed, It may be expected to
bloom out into a regular metropoli,
tan daily.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
Vox PoPULI
A BIBLICAL TEXT
ON THE EARTHQUAKE


Editor Pensacola Journal:
Can you comment on this passage
of scripture or ask some of our preach
ers to preach from this text: 1st
Kings, 18th chapter, 18th and 18th
verses?
'And he said, go forth and stand
upon the mount before the Lord. And,
behold, the Lord passed by, and a
great and strong wind rent the noun
tains and broke in pieces the rocks
before the Lord, but the Lord was not
in the wind. And after the wind an
earthquake, but the Lord was not in
the earthquake. And after the earth
quake a fire, but the Lord was not in
the fire. And after the fire a still
small voice"
IA SUBSCRIBER.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
Insurance Companies
Must Bear Responsibility,

President Morton, Of the Equitable
Assurance Society, is out in a state
ment in which he shows that nearly
$4,000 holders Of small policies in his
company have allowed their policies
to lapse as a result of the very gen
eraI airing which the company got
through the investigation and the
newspapers.
If 10000 policies have lapsed in the
Equitable a proportiOnate number
have also lapsed in the other COM
panies and as the most Of these repre-
scented the small, or poorer class Of
policy holders, the effect OF the in
surance mismanagement has Of
course fallen, as such things always
do, on that class Of people VINO are
least able to bear it.
Some of the insurance people lay
the blame for this altogether regretta-
bic state Of affairs on the newspapers
and the investigating committee, as
it was through them that the rotten
ness Of the insurance companies was
made public.
They might just as well charge the.
newspapers with being responsible for
the atrocities perpetrated by the Rus
sian government upon some Of its
helpless subjects. The newspapers
are making the world acquainted with
these crimes against humanity and
civilization and public sentiment is
being formed in accordance with the
facts presented to it, but no one but
a fool or a knave would charge the
newspapers with being responsible for
the. consequences Of the conditions
which they describe.
The responsibility for the wholesale
lapse Of small policies is with the in
surance companies themselves, al
though the policy holders are of
course the losers. The rotten man
agement of the companies which the
investigation laid bare, the misuse of
trust funds, the disregard of public
sentiment, the political corruption Of
which the companies were found gull
ty-all these things were enough to
shake the confidence Of big policy
holders as well as little ones. And
the Insurance companies are them
selves, solely and alone, responsible
for Il.
OF course, policy holders should
have known that allowing a policy to
lapse could in no way hurt the insur-
ance company and must necessarily
be a great loss to the policy holders
themselves. It had not yet reached
that stage where the financial sound
ness Of the companies could be ques-
toned and an ordinary policy in any
one Of them was therefore just as
valuable as it ever was. The Jour
nal tried to make this plain at the
time and warned policy holders not
10 allow their policies to lapse.
But now that these evil results
have followed, it will not do for the
companies to attempt to shift the re-
spOnsibility, They are themselves re
sponsible and they must bear tleI
odium for whatever further ills in this
connection befan either themselves
or those who hold policies in them.
II the little town of Andalusia,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

The frien0is of w. P. BrOwn70n
hereby announce him as a candiia.s
for the office of County COmmisslsa-
er from District No. 4, subject to .13
action of the Democratic Primary Il
May 18th 1906.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

The serious illness of Hon. Geo.
w. Wilson, editor of the Times.
Union, is a matter of sincere con-
Germ to every member Of the Florida
state press, every member of which
hopes that he may soon recover and
be able to resume his work again.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

] hereby announce myself as a can
didate for county commissioner from
District No. 4, subject to the action Of
the Democratic Primary May Is.
H. G. CLOPTON.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

turn to the old convention method.
As Governor Folk well says, the pri-
mary is so "manifestly the right,
proper, and honest method of MAX
ing party nominations that it is hard
ly necessary to comment on it,"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
Political AnNOuncementy
RATEs.

The rates for political announce
ments, not exceeding lines, to run
till the primary of May Is, are as fol-
lows:
The Daily Journal. .......... $1,000
The Weekly Journal. ........... 500
These rates are strictly cash in ad-
vance and no announcement will be
inserted sor run under any other con-
ditionS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

Ut will be a matter of regret to the
people of the whole state that Rail-
road Commissioner Jefferson B.
Browne has decided not to become
a candidate for reelection. He has
made a valuable member of the com
mission.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola Journals Easter
edition, issued last Sunday, was a trl-
umph for Editor Frank Mayes and
the brainy, hustling newspaper men
he has secured for his staff Of CO
workers. The paper was a monumen-
tai success, both from a literary and
mechanical standpoint, and shows
what sort Of talent and energy Mr..
Mayes has associated with him in the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

thereby announce myself a can't
date for reelection as county con-
missioner from District No 4, SID
ject to the action of the Democrats
Primary of May Is.
J. A. WIGGINS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

At the solicitation Of friends. there.
by announce myself a candidate for
the office Of Tax Collector subject n
the action Of the Democratic Primary
May IS. 1906.
NEILS MCKENZIE OERTTNG
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
For Justice Peace, District No.

I hereby announce myself A.
candidate for the Office Of justice q,
the Peace, District No. 2 subiact u "
the action of the Democratic "
mary May 18th, and would resDs go
fully ask the support of the no. no.
able vote Of the good citizens of D.
sacola and Escambia county 90
Very respectfully,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

/ hereby announce myself a car4.
date for the Office of County Treas
urer, subject to the action of the Dem.
ocratic Primary.
THOS. F. WRIGHTOy
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
For County Commissioner, DIST. No >,

I hereby announce my candidacy il'
reelection to the Office of county CON.
missioner from District No. 5, suoJel.
to the action of the Democratic Pr
mary of May Is.
]. r. STEWARD
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

! hereby announce my candidacy
for County Commissioner from Dis
trict No. 3. subject to the action O.!
the Democratic Primary Of May e.
w. A. SHELBY
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
For Tax Collector.

/ hereby announce myself a eant.
date for reelection to the Office u
Tax Collector for Escambia COUNT
at the primary to be held on Nay IS.
1906. ] solicit your vote.
Respectfully,
]. S. ROBERTS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

1 hereby announce myself a ca-#
date for the Office of Justice of n,
Peace for District No 2. subject r,
the action Of the Democratic Prina-r
May 18th.
]. D. GOSS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
Board Public Instruction.

will be a candidate for member
ship in the Board Of Public lnstEuc
ton from District No. /, in the pr
mary election.
WIN. z. ANDERSON
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

| hereby announce my eandida-g
for county commissioner from Dis.
trict No. 2, subject to the action q
the primary of May 18th.
JOHN A. MERRITT.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

ESQ AND $500 STRAP SLIPPERS
FOR sizes SATURDAY AND MON
DAY AT VIM. JOHNSON q SON.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

/ hereby announce myself a CAN'T.
date for the office of County Tresgur.
er Of Escambia county, subject IN nm.
action of the Democratic primary \,
May Is, and respectfully solicit -hs
support of all voters.
JOHN G.. WELSH
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22
For County Tax Assessor.

I win be a candidate for re-nomina-
ton to the Office of County Tax Asses
sor, in the Democratic Primary Of May
Is. respectfully ask your support
w. W. RICHARDS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

WATSON, PARKER & REESE HAVE
JUST RECEIVED A LARGE SHIP.
MENT or CELEBRATED 5Upp,s
SHOES AND SLIPPERS FOR Chill.
pREN.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-04-22

/ hereby announce my Candida
for the Office Of Justice of the Pea,
for the Second District of Escgr[s,
County, subject to the Democ-,.5,
Primary to be held May 18th. 1g5s
r. L. NICHELSFv