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He can DO Ii. Too.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Some day Mr.. Roosevelt may treat the
country to p grand demonstration OF abIl-
ity to write a condensed message.
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Emory Is Annoyed.

At the time OF the war between China
and Japan Emory. IN command OF the
Petrol. was compelled TO hibernate with
his ship in a mud dock near Port Arthur.
A foreign ship in a similar condition near
by trained her searchllghts too steadily
The Washington herald., 1907-12-15
swore TO Have Revenge.

There is a story that on the morning
of February 10, in the harbor Of Havana.
Wainwright looked out over the waters
and seeing the davits of the Maine rising
beckoningly above the blue, said grimly,
4 will never set foot on Cuban soil till
the Maine is avenged" Whether or not
the story is true matters little; ii is true
that all the time he was in charge of the
wrecking of the Maine he refused TO set
foot on Cuban soil, though importuned
time and again TO take shore leave; and
not until after the Maine had been
avenged q hundredfold at Santiago did he
land in the island.
Wainwright himself played a most dra-
matte part in avenging the Maine. "As
lieutenant commander, I know that I
can't expect a separate command of great
Importance, he said. on learning that
war had been declared. but I'd like 10
get a good little vessel with some capa-
bic guns, and then I'd like TO take a
crack at the enemy on something like
even terms" After keeping doggedly
after it, he got his good little vessel
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The Ten Glasses Of Mushrooms
CLASS 1-BLADE-FUNGI.

CLASS 1-BIADE-FI NGI
Containing all such species that have
the under side of their cap or heshy parts
furrowed. the burrows radIatIng from the
stem outward. forming thin ridges. called
blades. giils or lamellne.
In German; biatten in French s6.
all mean blades, as the ridges or folds re-
sembIe the blades Of a penknife or blades
of grass. These are OF various length,
depth and thickness, regular or irregular,
and varying in color according to species.
CLASS 2-PORE-FUNGI.
Containing all such species that have
their cap or body stuffed-that is. thick;
either soft and flexible or tough and
leathery. and in many corky or woody.
The under side OF these is generally
plane. but perforated by little boles, vary
ing FROM that of the size of a pin or
forming la reality tube. This under
lining Of innumerahle tubes peels Oh from
the HeshIer part in all soft fungi. which
are dubbed mushhesds.
CLASS 3-SPINE- FUNGI
Containing all such species which have
email bristles. like a blush. These bris-
ties are generally termed splnes. The
plants Of this class are sometimes very
thin and adherent to wood, while some
when the spines cover their entire surface.
CLASS f-bAhh-FUNdl.
Containing all such species that are
stand out like the efoliated bark OF birch.
but, II So they are very thin and the I'm
der side is perfectly smooth.
CLASS 5-TUBER-FrNGI.
Containing all such species that have
the form of tubers. like a potato. and are
either round. oval. oblong. pear-shaped or
elongated like a turnip. of compact
body when young, and have as a rule one
form. Few have stems, and some are like
twin tubers.
CLASS 6-CLUB-FUNGI.
Containing all such species that have
the form OF a pestle. club or finger: some
have even the form of a worm or a tiny
snake.
CLASS 7-BRANCH FUNGI.
Containing all such species that look
like twigs, branches OF coral, sntIers Of
deer or small brooms. forming punches on
ground aud logs.
CLASS S-BLADDER-FUNGI
Containing all such species that are hol-
low. the entire plant being SO. even the
stem. In most all of them. There are a
few that have only hladder-like vessel
ut the top. and when mature. burst. and
look then like some species OF the follow
Ing class.
CLASS 9-CUP-FCNGI
Contrasting all such species that have
the shape Of cups, saucers, gOblets or
cornucopia. They look IL they had
been nodded Of a gelatinous substance
into the various forms indicated.
CLASS I0-JELLY-FUNGI
Containing all such species that are of
a glutinOus. jelly or gelatinous substance
without any definite shape. Some ARE per
manently soft until they decay, while
pthers harden aud become iplWate and
look then like efoliated glue.
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A Nature Fake.

1t was the venerable John Burroughs.
not President Roosevelt. who started the
campaign against nature-faking. Mr..
Burroughs has for years, with ridicule no
less than with logic. punctured the nature
takers bag of gas
At a dinner in Boston he narrated a
nature fake. 1t was easy to believe.
he said as many OF the nature writer's
anecdotes.
My cousins wiks baby was very i'll.
and finally the crisis came. and the little
one fell into deep sleep. The sleep was
| to be decisive. On the child's awakening
the doctor would know whether it would
| live or die.
| "Wel. in order that this momentous
slumber might not be disturbed. my
| cousins wife, going about on tiptoe, muf-
| fed everything-chair legs. cups and
SAUCES. plates. the doorbeil.
| And Sa. the noble dog, from lhs seat
! on the sofa. taking in the situation at a
glance. silently got up on chair and
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as well as the mealy and parasol lepiota.
Some edible species that have a very
pleasant odor when young become almost
fetid when old, and an acridity develops
In them that is not bearable by delicate
persons.
To understand thoroughly at what stage
an edible fungus Is in its best and whole
some condition the following fact should
be taken into consideration: A fungus Is.
first. flesh: second. a flower: third, q
fruit: fourth. q vegetable or legume. AS
flesh 1t becomes rancid and maggoty; as
q flower It Is budding, Towering. whiting
as fruit 1t natures Or ripens and becomes
overrfpe: as a vegetable. when in bloom
It becomes unfit as food. In warm
weather these various conditions succeed
each other very rapidly. A stale. faded.
overrfpe and spore-shedding mushroom is
not At for food. 1t Is therefore obvious
that 1t is necessary to know when an edi-
BILE fungus is at its best or in prime con-
didonable use. and then collect no other
Such plants will keep long enough to be
utilized and prove very satisfactory.
This prime state. which is shown by its
form. should be half round in all such
species that have stem, and the same
centrally located under the cap. This
form must therefore be what is called
convex. the border Of the cap turned
downward and still inward. Should, how
ever the fungus be otherwise health y,
but have the cap flattened out 1t might
still prove to be wholesome, but as soon
as the border OF the cap Is tuyned up
ward and the form becomes concave. the
plants should be discarded. This does
not apply to the species known as cOprinus
and lepiota that have a bell-shaped cap
and do not expand to the extent Of be-
coming concave. These should only be
used as food as long as they have the
form of an egg.
at is here shown. and with a good reason,
That mushrooms fruit having their season;
See that you gather them while 1t is time.
Revelute. tnvolute. fragrant and prime
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Same Kind Of Faith.

A Bostonian was praising the late Arch
bishop John Joseph Williams.
"And Archbishop Williams" he said
had cutting wit. I'll never forget one
day when 1 lunched with Kim how he
shifted and said:
What is this strange smell? 1t rather
takes away my appetite
II felt warm and uncomfortable, and
touching my bald head-I have not had q
hair there for twenty-five years-l MUIR
INJURED:
Tt is an ointment sir. an ointment
made of tea leaves. petroleum and onion
juice, that has been recommended to me
as an infallible hair restorer | am giving
it trial
THE archbishop laughed.
Don't you think you are doing fool
ish thing?'- he said.
mo said l. l put considerable faith
in this ointment The testimonials
Faith said the archbishop. We'll
that sort of faith is rather silly. 1t re-
minds me of two little Back Bay children
1.-The father of these children came upon
them suddenly one afternoon in his dress
! ing-rOom.
Here he shouted angrily. what are
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TSMS
His Hamlike Honesty.

Ms NJ 6 Quackenhos. whom Attorney
General Bonaparte has made one OF his
special assistants In the campaign against
the trusts. is New York lawyer
Mrs QuaCkenbos has the faculty of I'M
derscOring a remark with an appropri-
ate fable. Thus, discussing the other day
the character of a certain notorious mil
lionairo. she said
II suppose there is some honesty in the
man, but II is hard to find II reminds
me OF the railway ham sandwich
"A man. you know. paused bitterly In
the consumption of a very hard dry rail-
wav ham sandwich. and said TO the maid
behind the bar
" i don't see no ham IN th!s'
" oh. YOU amt come 70 Il yet said the
maid. WITH smile
"A minute or two PASSED Tho man.
Jaws worked Eloor1'ly Then they
stopped again. and ne said:
" I don't see no ham yet. young WON
an
ION she rer'!ed. you've gone and
bit over II now"
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| ephemerous fungi that 30 oft during the
year are seen on manure piles start the
earliest in season. Short-lived as they are
new ones are coming up all the while. In
April and May great number and vari-
ETY. adorn the meadows and woods to
rade with each drenching spring rain.
During the hot season of summer there
are but few species on our lawns and on
pastures and even in the woods, unless
there are some days of great moisture be-
tween. but with the month Of September
the!. are found galore and until the eQuI-
noctial storms Of October, when they are
supposed to all disappear. Few persons
would then search for species Of fungi,
When cold winds are blowing and frosts
are chilling every morn inanimate nature.
Stlii some fungi. partly protected. which
nave begun their career in the early fall.
are completing their venturesome lives.
and live In fairly good health to see the
new year. OF these are the golden and
silvery tricholomas. together with half a
dozen harmless companions
X X
In nearly all the scientific and popular
works on fungi the description of a spe-
cies Is accompanied with a statement as
to whether the same is edible or poison
GUS. This term edible" however. only
means that the plant 10 eaten and proves
to be of a fair taste and that no Ill con-
sequences were had by its uss. Such a
knowledge Is therefore only Of q relative
value. and great disappointments are fire.
quently the result What may be pleas
ing to one might be distastefui to another.
Many species are used as food In one
country, while the same are not consid-
cred as satisfactory in another: some spe-
cies also are only made available as food
through culinary processes. Rare. small,
thin or perishable plants. although they
a OH To ha
nomic value to the general public. and
such species that are fairly abundant, II
only found in isolated and remote places,
can only be appreciated by some explorer
in the field of mycology. Prerequisites Of
edibilty from utilitarien standpoint are:
% Abundance; the plants much be found
In sufficient numbers to furnish a meal to
many individuals who take the trouble to
gather them. ca Fleshiness; the plants
must be substantial or heavy enough not
and not be too troublesome to do so. 81
Preservable; they must keep long enough
to reach cooking time in good condition
Finally, they must be of taste to be
acceptable to the many and be wholesome
when eaten copiously. Any species that
has not these qualifications Is of little
service to humanity.
After long and careful experiments
made with edible fungi it is shown that
the best edible species may, under GER
tain conditions of the plant. produce i'll
ness. sometimes seriously so, almost re-
sembling poisoning case.
This is in great part due to the stage Of
growth In which the fungus was when
collected for food. Those who know some
thing about lepiotas are aware that Nor
gan's lepiota is edible when very young
but partly poisonous when the leucellae
become greenish. All lepiotas show SINH
to the sun or hot atmosphere. Persons
have been made i'll by the naucine lepiota
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Senator Frank b. Brandegee and ex-
Gov Buckley were discussing with a
Hartford editor a certain Connecticut can
didate for political honors.
He Is sure to fall said Senator Bran
degee. HE is beginning his campaign
with the most compromising and absurd
speeches He reminds me of the man who
wanted to be trolley car conductor.
This man looked hearty, polite and in
telligent, and the manager at the car
barns seemed to think we'll of him. After
q number of questions the manager said:
We'll, what pay do you desire?
The applicant gave loud laugh. Then
he dug the manager in the ribs and said:
: oh. never mind about the pay, boss.
Just give me the job and III have car
of my own in a week or two.
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rHAT II Washington, with the
ambitions that are making
NHf the city leader in so many
lines OF endeavor. should take
advantage of a hitherto IN
explored field of enterprise and enter
upon commercial exploitation of her
nushrooIns3 Prof. Fred J. Braendle. one
o: the greatest living mycologists, says:
Few sections OF country In the United
States have soil. climate and geographical
position 40 favorable to the growth of
mushrooms as the states of Maryland
and Virginia. There Is no doubt that IL
contest were started between sections of
ar equal area more species could be
found within the radius Of 200 miles from
the capital than anywhere else. The spe-
Giles are numerous. their number great;
our river bottoms. our mountain sides. our
forests OF pine. hickory. tulip and oak
trees. roots. stumps and logs all show
their quota of fungi I'm an astonishing
array of color. form and quality-good.
bad and indifferent. Tons of edible ones
on earth and wood-littie known less
understood
At the present time interest in mush-
room lore is stimulated by the fact that
methods are now being introduced by
which the delicacy may be dried and
made "A source OF probable commercial en-
terprlsc. The Chinese have for ages
found a means to wealth In the toothsome
edible and quantities are exported an
nuaily from the Celestial empire. 1t Is
not generally known that right here in
the District there grow varieties of edible
fungi which VIXEN dried would by reason
of quality and quantity. quite usurp the
place occupied by the Chinese importa-
ton.
Prof. Braend:e. with scientific euthu-
si.sSm over the golden and the silyery
trichoioma. speaks of these varieties as
"A mannai-a mamma of the new dispen-
ssuon. as 1t falls To our share without
labor OF care
Among the many families of fungi of
class one or blade fungi is that known
In mScO osy a. jrichOiOma. 1t Is one of
TIE most numerous and here in the Dis
triCt the most prolific OF all families
Prof Charles III Peck, state botan!st of
New York and one of the most eminent
scientific systematlsts in the entire range
OF botany, is the person who gave them
their Latin name, illustrated and described
their HIS annual reports, containing
numerous excellent illustrations nearly
always have some tr.cEolomas. showing
what wonderful varieties constitute that
family There are several distinct types
or irIrEol"mas most Of tn m are fiCshy;
q majority have robust stem rarely over
three inches In .eugjh. In some this
stem has bu bous base: nearly all are
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She Got Him.

Miss Edith Hughes was one of the Buck
eye Daisies. group of young ladies sent
on summer tour of Europe by Column
bus newspaper.
Miss Hughes caid another Buckeye
Daisy, during a recent visit to Cincin-
natl had an amusing rasSage-at-armS
with Frenchman in our Paris hotel.
1.-The Frenchman, great joker, con-
tinually attacked narriage. I believe his
wife had gone back on him. or something.
At any rate, he was always very bitter
and sarcastic when marriage came up.
Well one night, as We were all taking
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TouuD Amq Rock !6EEK

said to be edible. The greatest number
of these species grow during the warmer
seasons. mature rapidly and are a prey
TO all sorts of insects. Fleshy mushrooms.
nearly all through the winter in the open
air. are rare. Among these the two
tricho!omas here described are the hard
lest of all. 1t is not an unusual Oc-
currence to find the sivery tricholoma
fairly well preserved lining the borders
of path through the pine woods, while
the path itself is covered with snow.
These two species must. however, be
considered as underground fungi: they
virtually are only thriving under a warm
covering of pine needles and their pres
ence is revealed by old plants that force
their covering upward. forming tiny
hillocks or some plants become uncovered
by BIRDS by other animals or by wind,
and it needs no rake or other instrument
to find them. 1t has also been noticed
that II the spawn or mycelium 10 scat
tered they will grow under the cover Of
reed grasses and on the borders Of woods.
The quality of the soil has also very
little to do with their growth. as they
were found equally abundant In loamy.
clayey. sandy and stony grounds. The
best. however. are those growing in
young pine woods, tave the ground COW
cred with a thick crust of needles. and
where they are protected by low-hanging
branches. They are more numerous on
ridges sloping ground, near the top.
The golden and silvery tricholomas are
always found In each others company.
sometimes the one. sometimes the other
preponderating. The silvery or gray one
Is the fardier and is more frequently
found uncovered. The pants are nearly
AL very fieshy and have a short stem
without a bulb or swelling: the upper
half of the stem is also edible and tender
The golden tricholoma Is all yellow. pale
yellow when in prime and under cover.
but when exposed the surface becomes
darker, particularly so I'm the center. In
moist weather the cap is slightly glutinous
and sticky and pine needles adhere to it.
The si!very tricho,oma has the surface
of the cap of a gray color. very light
when under cover. but when long ex-
posed to the weather turns very dark.
When in good condition and not wet the
skin of the cap is shiny. like. oxidized
silver Its blades as we'll as the stem
are white and usually very clean: in
/ fact. both are very pretty. pleasing plants
when in their prime. 1t has been fire.
quently stated by so-called connoisseurs
| OF fungi that one sign of the edible quail
| tity OF fungus is that it can be peeled
| that is. the kin of the cap can be easily
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Rather Out of Hand.

Professor Ogden Chalmers Lorimer
Toiedos veteran educator, IS one of the
few remaining schoolmasters who sti!l
cling to corporal punishment.
Il believe in corporal punishment" he
said stout!y, in recent address. Il take
no stock IN moral suasion. Good. healthy
boys under moral suaslon have too free
a time of it, They get out of hand
There is a friend of mine" said Pro-
fessor Lorimer, with a grim smile, who
is raising q family of six boys with the
help of moral suasion. The mild little
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our coffee together in the lounge after
dinner. the Frenchman winked at our
large crew of Buckeye Daisies and said:
~ don't see why man needs to marry
when he can buy a parrot for five dollars
Miss Hughes spoke up promptly.
LAS usual, she said woman Is at a
disadvantage here. A bear. understand.
hundred dollars
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seasoned: using also celery. tomatoes or
other things conveniently on hand.
AS garnishers for steak the mushrooms
should be first boiled for ten minutes,
the beef gravy should then be added, and
after having been cooked for about ten
minutes more they can be served with
the steak. The plants should be small
and only prime plants used for this pur-
pose.
Tricholomas are most suitable to be
used for stuffing Of roast turkey, goose
or small poultry. The mushrooms should
be first steamed for about ten minutes,
when they can be mixed with other ma
terial used for that purpose, or alone.
The tricholomas should be chopped into
small pieces together with some celery
and onions, properly seasoned with pepper
and salt, and fried in the best of but
ter. These should be served, when hot, on
pieces Of toast.
Trfcholoma n la Dewey.
Take the finest OF rs. poultry. bacon and hare.
OF celery. parsley and onions a goodly share.
Rich and fne spice. curry and capers. OF SAT
from a bit;
For this dish Of stew must make hit.
You should call II Trcholoma a la Dewey.
| For 1t will conquer, in goodness, the Chinese
Chop Suey.
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some idea of our national expression.
though not, I'm sure. Of our national
character
"A Frenchman visited Swede in
friends set out for a walk. Suddenly the
Frenchman exclaimed impatiently:
You look as sour as pickle. Why
don't you smile? Why don't you have a
pleasant. good-natured air when you are
out of doors?'
What growled the Swede. And
have everybody stopping me for match,
or asking me how to get somewhere?
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The Pickle Look.

P-inc" Wilhelm n Sweden told n New
York reporter that Americans all worked
hard and looked happy
"In my country" the prince went on.
eve work hard too. hut we have not your
happy look Perhaps II is the climate. AT
any rate we ted story in Sweden Sat
is typical story that will give You
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A Jollier.

Mayor Douglass Of Niagara Falls said
the other day of an office seeker:
He is a jolier He reminds me Of a
chicken thief of Utica
"A police reporter wrote Of this thief.
The prisoner laughed aloud for mercy
And when the night editor asked for an
explanation of that queer sentence, the
reporter said:
It's exactly what happened. Every
poor old feeble joke the magistrate made,
the scoundrelly thief roared fit to split
his Sides "
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you doing with my large new bottle of
| hair restorer?'
THE older child pointed to a set Of
furs
" oh, papa he saId we are going to
make mammals moth-eaten table muf
as good as new again."
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Missed Fire.

Mark Twain, at publishers dinner In
New / ork, talked CT has reporting days IN
Virginia CITY.
We were trying Il horse thief one day. %
he said, and ali "f sudden the big. bur
~ scoundrel pulled OF his boot ami threw
it at the judge. 1t was heavy boot. too.
Ii was studded with hobnails.
u am still rather proud Of the way l
wrote up that little incident. doing 1t
neatly. ana at the same time getting
hack on a rival reporter whom l d:sl ked
/ sot it ali in one paragraph-somethinS
ike this:
Suddenly the lilac kgUardly thief. pull
ing off his boot. hri led it with all his
might straight at the judges head. This
desperate act might have been attended
with most disastrous consequences. but.
norter so that no harm was done.