The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-10-16

The day Of witchcraft with it's ac-
mpanying ducking stool and stocks
Is gone. $.45S5s}; ~, -. >& ~ e.
Black art, except the brand that
Hermann the Great dispenses at a
dollar seat, was on its way long
since. =
But there now and then crops out
In everyday print a suggestion that
: these reltce Of an abandoned past
have left their mark on posterity: :.
I Here's case in point. r,
IN the wOman's department Of an
exchange we read recently III piece
OF silver: thoroughly, scoured--a we'll.
worn dime will do-When placed in
the saucepan along with mushrooms
after they are cooked turns black it is
g sure indication that they are Of q
poisonous variety"
Boshs every word of it. - -
There's No Stereotyped Rule.
In the first place there is nothing
in the most deadly fungus, mush-
room or toadstool, whichever you
choose to call it, to make the silver
Clemens or Sulphur Springs for that
There Is no stereotyped rule-and
take this from one who has for years
found fungus forms an interesting
study-by which the poisonous car
be told from the non-poisonous.
Only an intimate knowledge of
EACH separate species can accomplish
this and unless one takes up the
study as a form of recreation the
game is NOT worth the candle.
There II, however, considerable sat.
isfaction to be cleaned from the fact
that of the hundred or more forms
Of mushrooms found around Duluth
but two or three varieties are poison
GUS or harmful. In fact, but one-is
distinctly poisonous. The others will
make you as sick as dog and scare
you to death, but you'll live to warn
your friends against them.
Prettiest Mushroom Is Death Angel
The most symmetrical, the most
fragrant and the one mushroom that
looks to the layman as if it were
grown especially to fit a piece of
beef steak is the one to be avoided.
. It. grows in the dense woods, IS
pure chalky white in color and makes
a fine showing in the stew pan. But
go call a doctor and a priest If you
find you have eaten of it and of the
two the priest will be there at the
most appropriate moment. For the
deadly amanita, as it Is called. has
no antidote for its poison but the
stomach pump. Once its virus is in
the. system your blood is water In
the veins and you are a goner.
Outside of this variety and its
brother, the fly amanita, there. is no
fungus found around Duluth Of, a
deadly nature. The fly amanita is
yellow on the cap, flecked with specks
that look as if sawdust from decay
ing wood had been sprinkled on; it.
It is found in more open places than
the white, variety and is of a less
poisonous nature,
Look for Cup at Base.
And both of these poisonous yari
cites have one sure indication accom-
! panying them. They always have =
| cup-shaped fragment of the car
| around the base Of the stalk. "
| So if you find a mushroom grow.
ing In a cup-shaped piece of its own
| structure go a long way around.
The emetic russula, whose name
is sufficiently suggestive, is rarely
found in this neighborhood. : It ha.
a carmine surface to its cap and is
white underneath.
It won't kill you but it will make
| you wish you were dead for about
three hours. It's the little, brothe,
to an ocean trip to Europe in al
but the tips to the. cabin steward and
the salt water smell:
So If you are not certain about the
mushrooms you have picked take
| them to some one who knows, or. try
them on your mother -in-law. e
Don't try the silver dime gag OF
the peeling racket for there's nothing
In it: '-'I:,.s j., il; :: ~. ..
Some undertaken started both those
"sure sign + stories. =. :