GIVING MEDICINE TO FOWLS.
, As a rule we do not believe In much
losing and doctoring of fowls especially
as & flock. Where medicine Is put In
the mash or drink the well fowls hav
Ing the best appetites get the medicine
while the ailing ones which most need
It stand aside and get little or none.
Of the two ways of giving medicine or
tonics perhaps the drinking water is
the more preferable as fowls are not
'mo greedy for It and their Is more
Chance for each to get their share. Hut
It Is best never to put drugs In the
drinking water when fowls are exces
sively thirsty or some may get more
than Is good for them. A piece of Iron
In the drinking water will supply iron
for tonic and If kept there continually
will be all that Is necessary In that
line. Clean It occasionally or It will
get slimy as well ns the drinking ves
sel. A groat many farms where well
water Is used the Iron is not needed
at all fts plenty is found in the water,
the same may he said of lime. Salts
may be given individually In small
Capsules and this is the best way of
doctoring any disease. Catch and treat
each fowl separately.
Blindly dosing all the flock because
one or two specimens are affected
should be condemned. Unless you are
satisfied that a wrong method of feed
ing or housing has put the entire flock
out of condition, confine the doctoring
to those visibly affected. Oftentimes a
part of the flock becomes subjected to
conditions due to roosting quarters or
their choice of range that the remain
der are not, hence their wants are dif
ferent.
A Successful Expedient,
From Harper’s Weekly.
A certain prominent minister was
compelled not long ago to give strict
orders that, while he was engaged In
the preparation of his sermons, his
young son must bo kept reasonably
quiet. In spite of this, however, there
arose one morning a most astonishing
noise of banging and hammering, which
seemed to Indicate that the steam
heating pipes were being knocked to
pieces. Hurrying out of his study, the
minister encountered his wife.
"My dear, what In the world Is Bobby
dolns?" he asked.
"Why, he Is only beating on the ra
diator downstairs," was the somewhat
surprised reply.
"Well, he must stop It,” the minister
said decidedly.
"I don't think he will harm It, dear,"
his wife answered soothingly; "and It
Is the only thing that will keep him>
quiet.”
INTERESTING CONTEST.
fleavy Coat of Unpaid Poatasre.
One of the most curious contests
•ver before the public was conducted
by many thousand persons under the
offer of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., of
Battle Creek, Mich., for prises of 31
boxes of gold and 300 greenbacks to
those making the most words out of
the letters Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts.
The contest was started In February,
1908, and it was arranged to have the
prises awarded on April 30, 1900.
When the public announcement ap
peared mauy persons begau to form
the words from these letters, some
times the whole family being occupied
•venlngs, a combination of amusement
.and education.
After awhile the lists began to come
*tn to the Postum Office and before long
the volume grew until It required wag
ons to carry the mall. Many of the
contestants were thoughtless enough
to send their lists with Insufficient
postage and for a period it cost the
Company from twenty-live to flfty
elglit and sixty dollars a day to pay
the unpaid postage.
voting Indies, generally those tvno, i
bnd graduated from the high school,
were employed to examine these lists
end count the correct words. Webster's
dictionary was the standard and each
silst was very cnrefnlly corrected ex
cept those which fell below 8,000, for
• It soon became clear that nothing be
i low that could win. Some of the lists
rrequired the work of a young lady for
a solid week on each Individual list.
The work was done very carefully and
accurately, but the Company had no
iIdea, at the time the offer was made,
rthat the people would respond so gen
•erally and they were compelled to All
■every available space In the oAiees
with these young lady examiners, and
notwithstanding they worked steadily,
It was Impossible to complete the ex
amination until Sept. 29, over six
months after the prizes should havo
been awarded.
This delay caused a great many in
quiries and naturally created some dis
satisfaction. It has been thought best
to make this report in practically all
of the newspapers In the United States
and many of the magazines In order to
make clear to the people the condi
tions of the contest.
Many lists contained enormous num
bers of words, which, under the rules,
bad to be eliminated “Pegger” would
count “Peggers” would not. Some lists
contained over 50,000 words, the great
majority of which were cut out. The
largest lists were checked over two and
In some eases three times to insure
accuracy.
The $100.00 gold prize was won by
I,. R. Ileese, 1227 15th St., Denver,
Colo., with 9011 correct words. The
highest $10.00 gold prize went to S. K.
Fraser, Lincoln, Pa., with 9921 correct
words.
A complete list of the 331 winners
with their home addresses will he sent
to any contestant enquiring on a iiostnl
card.
Be sure and give name and address
clearly.
This contest has cost the Co. many
thousand dollars, and probably has not
been a profitable advertisement, never
theless perhaps some who had never
before tried Grape-Nuts food have
ibeon interested in the contest, and
from trial of the food have been shown
Its wonderful rebuilding powers.
it tenches In a practical manner that
scientifically gathered food elements
can be selected from the field grains,
which nature will use for rebuilding
the nerve centers and brain In a way
that is unmistakable to users of Grape
Kilts.
“There's a reason.”
iPosuiio Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Ulch.
T5he Deluge
.ZZ BY DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS
l _ I
"That's all right,” said I; "bring her
along. We'll go to the Havarin." And
1 locked Ills arm In mine and started
toward the brougham.
He was turning all kinds of colors,
and was acting in a way that puzzled
me—then. Despite all my years In New
York 1 was ignorant of the elaborate
social distinctions that had grown up
In Its Fifth avenue quarter. X knew,
of course, that there was a fashionable
society and that some of the most
conspicuous of those In It seemed un
able to get used to the Idea of being
rich and were In a state of great agi
tation over their own Importance. Im
portant they might he, hut not to mo.
I knew nothing of their careful grada
tions of snobbism—the people to know
socially, the people to know in a busi
ness way, the people to know in ways
religious and philanthropic, the people
to know for the fun to ho got out of
them, the people to pride oneself on
not knowing at all; the nervousness,
Lho hysteria about preserving these
disgusting gradations. All this, I say,
, was an undreamed-of mystery to me
who gave and took liking in the sensi
I nle, self-respecting American fashion.
1 Ho I didn't understand why Sam, as
I almost dragged him along, was stam
mering: "Thank you—but—I—she—
the fact is, wo really must get uptown."
lly this time I was where I could
look into tiio brougham. A glance—I
ran see much at a glance, as can any
man who spends every day of every
year in an all-day fight for ills purse
and his life, with the blows coming
from all sides. 1 can see much at a
glance; I often have seen much; I nev
er saw more than Just then. Instant
ly, I made up my mind that the El
lerslys would lunch with me. "You've
got to eat somewhere,” said I. in a tono
tHat put an end to his attempts to
manufacture excuses. "I'll bo de
lighted to have you. Don’t niuko up
any more yarns.”
He slowly opened the door. "Anita.”
said he, "Mr. lilacklock. He's invited
us to lunch.
i nicea my hat, and bowed. I kept
my eyes straight upon hers. And It
gave me more pleasure to look Into
them than I had ever before got out of
looking into anybody's. I am passion
ately fond of flowers, and of children;
and her face reminded me of both. Or,
rather, it seemed to me that what I
had seen, w ith delight and longing, in
complete in their freshness and beauty
and charm, was now before me in the
fullness. I felt like saying to her, "I
have heard of you often. The children
and the flowers have told me you were
coming." Perhaps my eyes did say it.
At any rate, she looked as straight at
me as I at her, and I noticed that she
paled a little and shrank—yet con
tinued to look, as if I were compelling
her. But her voice, beautifully
clear, and lingering In the ears
like the resonance of the violin after
the bow has swept Its strings and
lifted, was perfectly self possessed, as
she said to her brother: “That will he
delightful—If you think we have time.”
I saw that she, uncertain whether he
wished to accept, was giving him a
chance to take either course. “Ho has
time—nothing but time,” said I. "His
engagements are always with people
who want to get something out of him.
And they can wait." I pretended to
think he was expecting me to enter the
trap; I got in, seated myself beside her,
said to Sam: "I've saved the little seat
for you. Tell your man to take us to
the Kquitable building—Nassau street
entrance."
i talked a pood deal durlnp the first
half of the nearly two hours we were
together—partly because both Sam and
his sister seemed under some sort of
strain, chiefly because I was deter
mined to make a good Impression. I
told her about myself, my horses, my
house In the country, my yacht. I tried
to show her I wasn’t an ignoramus as
to books and art, even if I hadn’t been
to college. She listened, while Sam sat
embarrassed. "You must bring your
sister down to visit me,” I said finally.
"I'll see that you both have the time
of your lives. Make up a party of your
friends, Sam, and come down—when
shall we say? Next Sunday? You know
you were coming anyhow. I can change
the rest of the party.”
Sam grew as red as if he were going
into apoplexy. I thought then he was
afraid I’d blurt out something about
who were In the party I was proposing
to change. I was soon to know better.
"Thank you, Mr. Rlacklock,” said his
sister. "But I have an engagement
next Sunday. I have a great many
engagements just now. Without look
ing at my book I couldn't say when I
can go." This easily and naturally. In
her set they certainly do learn thor
oughly that branch of tact which plain
people call lying.
Sam gavo her a grateful look, which
he thought I didn't see, and which I
didn't rightly Interpret—then.
"We'll tlx It up later, Blacklock,"
said he.
“All right,” said I. And from that
minute I was almost silent. It was
something in her tone and manner that
silenced me. I suddenly realized that
I wasn't making as good an impression
as I had been flattering myself.
When a man has money and is will
ing to spend it he can readily fool him
self Into imagining he gets on grandly
with women. But I lmd better grounds
than that for thinking myself not un
attractive to them, as a rule. Women
had liked me when 1 had nothing;
women had liked me when they didn't
know who I was. I felt that this wom
an did not like me. And yet, by the
way she loked at me in spite of her
efforts not to do so. I could tell that
I had some sort of unusual Interest for
her. Why didn’t she like me? She |
made me feel the reason. I didn't be
long to her world. My ways and my 1
looks offended her. She disliked me a
good deal; she feared me a little. She
would have felt safer it she had been
gratifying her curiosity, gazing In at
me through the bars of a cage.
Where I had been feeling and show
ing my usual assurance, I now became l
111 at ease. I longed for them to be
gone; at the same time I hated to let
her go—for. when and how would I
see her again, would I get the chance 1
So remove her bad Impression? It ir
ritated me thus to be concerned about j
the sister of a man into my liking for i
whom there was mixed much pity and
some contempt. But I am of the dispo- |
sltion that, whenever I see an obstacle j
of whatever kind, I cannot restrain
myself from trying to jump it. Here
was an obstacle—a dislike. To clear It :
was of the smallest Importance In the
world, was a silly waste of time. Yet j
I felt I could not maintain with my- ;
self my boast that there were no ob- !
stacles I couldn’t get over, if I turned
aside from this.
Sam—not without hesitation, as I re
called afterward—left me with her,
when I sent him to hring her broug
ham up to the Broadway entrance. As J
she and I were standing there alone, !
waiting in silence. I turned, on her sud- |
denly, and blurted out, "You don't like j
me."
She reddened a little, smiled slightly, j
“What a quaint remark!” said she.
I looked straight at her. "But you I
•hall." [
[ Our eyes met. Her chin came out
a little, her eyebrows lifted. Then, In
scorn of herself as well as of me, she
locked herself In behind a frozen
haughtiness that ignored me. "Ah, here
is the carriage," she said. I followed
her to the curb; she Just touched my
hand, just nodded her fascinating little
head.
“See you Saturday, old man,” called
her brother frlendlly. My lowering
face had alarmed him.
"That party Is off.” said I curtly. And
I lifted my hat and strode away.
As I had formed the habit of dis
missing the disagreeable. I soon put her
out of my mind. But she took with her
my Joy in the taste of things. I couldn’t
get back my former keen satisfaction
in all I had done and was doing. The
luxury, the tangible evidences of my
achievement, no longer gave me pleas
ure; they seemed to add to my irrita
tion.
That’s the way It Is In life. We load
ourselves down with toys like so many
greedy children; then we see another
toy and drop everything to be free to
seize It; and if we cannot we’re
wretched.
I worked myself up, or rather, down,
to such a mood that when my office boy
told me Mr. Bangdon would like me
to come to his office as soon as It was
convenient, I snapped out: "The hell
he does! Tell Mr. Bangdon I'll be glad
to see him here whenever he calls.”
That was stupidity, a premature asser
tion of my right to be treated as an
equal. I had always gone to Bangdon,
and to any other of the rulers of
finance, whenever I had got a sum
mons. For. while I was rich and pow
erful, I held both wealth and power, in
a sense, on sufferance; I knew that, so
long as I had no absolute control of
any great department of industry, these
rulers could destroy me should they de
cide that they needed my holdings or
were not satisfied with my use of my
power. There were a good many peo
ple who did not realize that property
rights had ceased to exist, that prop
erty had become a revocable grant from
the "plutocrats." I was not of those
misguided ones who had failed to dis
cover the new fact concealed in the old
form. So I used to go -when I was sum
moned.
I5ui not max nay. nuwtver, no soon
er was my boy gone than I repented the
Imprudence. "But what of it?” said I
to myself. "No matter how the thing
turns out, I shall be able to get some
advantage.” For it was part of my
philosophy that a proper boat with
proper sails and a proper steersman
can gain in any wind. I was surprised
when Langdon appeared in my office
a few minutes later.
He was a tallish, slim man, carefully
dressed, with a bored, weary look and
a slow, bored way of talking. I had al
ways said that if I had not been myself
I should have wished to be Langdon.
Men liked and admired him; women
loved and ran after him. Yet he ex
erted not the slightest effort to please
anyone; on the contrary, he made it
distinct and clear that he didn’t care
a rap what anyone thought of him or,
for that matter, of anybody or any
thing. He knew how to get, without
sweat or snatching, all the good there
was in whatever fate threw in his way
—and he was one of those men into
whose way fate seems to strive to put
everything wrorth having. His business
judgment was shrewd, but he cared
nothing for the big game he was play
ing except as a game. Like myself, he
was simply a sportsman—and, I think,
that is why we liked each other. He
could have trusted almost anyone that
came into contact with him; but he
trusted nobody, and frankly warned
everyone not to trust him—a safe
frankness, for his charm caused it to
bo forgotten or ignored. He would do
anything to gain an object, however
trivial, which chanced to attract him;
once it was his, he would throw it aside
as carelessly as an ill-fitting collar.
His expression, as he came into my
office, was one of cynical amusement,
as if he were saying to himself: “Our
friend Blacklock has caught the swollen
head at last.” Not a suggestion of ill
humor, or resentment at my imperti
nence—for, in the circumstances, I had
been guilty of an impertinence. Just
languid, amused patience with the
frailty of a friend. "I see,” said he,
“that you have got Textile up to
eighty-five.”
He was the head of the Textile trust
which had been built by his brother
in-law and had fallen to him in the
confusion following his brother-in
law’s death. As he was just then need
ing some money for his share in the
National Coal undertaking, he had di
rected me to push Textile up toward
par and unload him of two or three
hundred thousand shares—he, of course,
to repurchase the shares after he had
taken profits and Textile had dropped
back to its normal fifty.
“I’ll have it up to ninety-eight by the
middle of next month," said X. “And
there I think we’d better stop."
“Stop at about ninety,” said he. "That
will give me all I find I’ll need for this
Coal business. I don’t want to be
bothered with hunting up an Invest
ment."
"I shook my head. “I must put it up
to within a point or two of par," I de
clared. “In my public letter I’ve been
saying it would go above ninety-five,
and l never deceive my public.”
Ho smiled—my notion of honesty al
ways amused him. "As you please,”
he said with a shrug. Then I saw a
serious look—Just a fleeting flash of
warning—behind his smiling mask;
and he added carelessly: "Be careful
about your own personal play. I doubt
if Textile can be put any higher."
It must have been my mood that pre
vented those words from making the
impression on me they should have
made. Instead of appreciating at once
and at its full value this characteristic
and amazingly friendly signal of cau
tion, I showed how stupidly inattentive
l was by saying: "Something doing?
Something new?”
But he had already gone further than
his notion of friendship warranted. So
he replied: “Oh, no. Simply that
everything's uncertain nowadays.”
My mind had been all this time on
those Manasquale mining properties. I
now said: “Has Roebuck told you that
I had to buy those mines on my own
account?”
“Yes,” he said. He hesitated, and
again he gave me a look whose mean
ing came to me only when it was too
late. "I think, Blacklock, you’d better
turn them over to me.”
“I can’t,” I answered. “I gave my
word.”
“As you please,” said he.
Apparently the flatter didn’t inter
est him. He began’ to talk of the per
formances of my little 2-year-old,
Beachcomber; and after twenty min
utes or so, he drifted away. “I envy
you your enthusiasm,” he said, paus
ing in my doorway. “Wherever 1 am.
I wish 1 were somewhere else. What
ever I’m doing. I wish I were doing
something else. Where do you get all
this joy of the fight? What the devil
are you lighting for?”
He didn't wait for a reply.
I thought over my situation steadily
for several days. I went down to my
country place. I looked everywhere
among all my belongings, searching,
searching, restless, impatient. At last
I knew what ailed me—what the lack
was that yawned so gloomily from
everything I had once thought beauti
ful, had once found sufficient. I waa
In the midst of the splendid, terraced i
pansy beds my gardeners had just set !
out; I stopped short and slapped my
thigh. “A woman!” I exclaimed
“That’s what I need. A woman—the
right sort of woman—a wife!"
IV.
A CANDIDATE FOR “RESPECTA
BILITY.”
To handle this new business proper
ly I must put myself in position to
look the whole field over. I must gel
In line and in touch with "respecta
bility.” When Sam Ellersly came in
for his "rations,” I said; “Sam, I want
you to put me up at the Traveleri
club.”
“The Travelers!" echoed he, with 3
blank look.
“The Travelers,” said I. “It’s abou)
the best of the big clubs, isn’t it? And
it has as members most of the men 1
do business with and most of those )
want to get into touch with.”
He laughed. “It can’t be done.”
“Why not?” I asked.
“Oh—I don’t know. You see—the
fact is—well, they’re a lot of old fogiei
up there. You don’t want to bothei
with that push, Matt. Tako my ad
vice. Do business with them, but avoid
them socially.”
"I want to go in there," I insisted. “) j
have my own reasons. You put m« I
up.”
i ten you, u a De no use, ne re
plied, in a tone that Implied he wished
to hear no more of the matter.
“You put me up,” I repeated. “AnS
if you do your best, I’ll get in all right
I’ve got lots of friends there. And
you’ve got three relatives in the com
mittee on membership.”
At this he gave me a queer, sharp
glance—a little fright in it.
I laughed. "You see, I’ve been look
ing into it, Sam. I never take a Jumi
till I've measured it.”
“You’d better wait a few years, un
til—” he began, then stopped and
turned red.
“Until what?” said I. “I want you to
speak frankly.”
“Well, you’ve got a lot of enemies— !
a lot of fellows who’ve lost money it
deals you’ve engineered. And they’ll ,
say all sorts of things.”
"I'll take care of that,” said I, quite '
easy In mind. "Mowbray Langdon’s
president, isn’t he? Well, he’s my cloq
est friend." I spoke quite honestly, it
shows how simple-minded I was in cer
tain ways that I had never once noted
the important circumstance that this
“closest friend" had never invited ms
to his house, or anywhere where I’<?
meet his up-town associates at intro- ,
ducing distance.
Sam looked surprised. "Oh, In thai
case,” he said, “I’ll see what can b& |
done." But his tone was not quite cor- ,
dial enough to satisfy me.
To stimulate him and give him an
earnest of what I intended to do foi
him, when our little social deal had
been put through, I showed him how
he could win ten thousand dollars it
the next three days. “And you needn’i
bother about putting up margins,” said
I, as I often had before. “I’ll take earl
of that.”
He stammered a refusal and went
out; but he came back within an hour,
and ,In a strained sort of way, ac
cepted my tip and offer.
"That’s sensible,” said I. “When will
you attend to the matter at the Trav
elers? I want to be warned so I car
pull my own set of wires in concert.’1
"I'll let you know,” he answered,
hanging his head.
I didn’t understand his queer actloni
then. Though I am an expert in finance
I hadn’t yet made a study of that oth
er game—the game of “gentleman.’1
And I didn’t know how seriously th«
fraatds and fakirs who play it take it
and themselves. I attributed his con
fusion to a ridiculous mock modesty
he had about accepting favors; 11
strnck me as being particularly silly or
this occasion, because for once he wai
to give as well as to take.
He didn't call for his profits, but
wrote asking me to mail him the checl
for them. I did so. putting in the en
velope with it a little jog to his mem
ory on the club matter. I didn’t sei
him again for nearly a month; and
though I searched and sent I eouldn'*
get his trail. On opening day at Morris
park, I was going along the passagi
behind the boxes in the grandstand, or
my way to the naddock. I wanted tc
see my hofse that was about to ruj
for the Salmagundi sweepstakes, ant
to tell my Jockey that I would giv<
him fifteen thousand Instead of tel
thousand, if he won—for I had quite l
bunch down. I was a figure at thi
tracks in those days. I went into rac
ing on my customary generous scale
I liked horses, just as I liked every
thing that belonged out under the big
sky; also I liked the advertising mj
string of thoroughbreds gave me. .’
was rich enough to be beyond the stag*
at which a man excites suspicion by
frequenting race tracks and gambllnj,
houses; I was at the height where
prodigalities begin to be taken as evi
dences of abounding superlluity, not o}
a dangerous profligacy. Jim Harka
way, who failed at playing the sam»
game I played and won, said to mi
with a sneer one day: "You certainly
do know how to get a dollar’s worth ol
notoriety out of a dollar’s worth ol
advertising."
(Continued Next Week.)
Gambling at Sea.
From London Truth.
A friend of mine recently returned
from a trip to the United States verj
full of the mischief done by profes
sional gamblers and card sharpers ori
the Atlantic liners, and strongly of the
opinion that the shipping companiei
are responsible for the existence of tiiii
evil.
It is pretty certain. I believe, that th«
blackleg business is organized like nnj
other industry, and that the gangs \vhc
frequent the Atlantic liners are regulal
employes of an individual or firm. Ii
is at any rate certain that the mem
bers ot the gangs are known to thi
ships' officers, and my friend tells me
that the names of seven of them were
pointed out to him on the passengei
list of the White Star lin£r on which hi
returned and the individuals Identified
as they sat at table. It is interestin',
to note that among them was a woniar
and a youth of innocent appearance. j
It is one of the worst features of the
evil that many of them are youngster.’
going out to America or Canada, witl
most of their worldly wealth In theii
pockets. My friend learned that thi j
gang on his ship got £160 from cer
tain pussengers at one sitting, and
that on a recent voyage of the saint
ship they had fleeced a young passen
ger to the tune of £600. He therefor*
urges that as the companies know ttie
individuals they should absolutely re
fuse to carry them, and stand thi
racket of legal proceedings for so do
ing. __ _
Definitions.
Little Bub (at dinner)—Pop, whal
does "faith, hope, trust," mean?
Pop—Tour ma bought ihis pie at thi I
baker's on “trust.” Can you understand I
that?
Little Bub—Tes. indeed.
Pop—1 hope there'll be enough to g, '
round. Understand that?
Little Bub—Oh. yes.
Pop—Well, we’ll need faith *r. •
it. It's mince.
THINGS WOrTh' KNOWING
ABOUT MUSHROOMS.
In the dark shade of lofty pine trees
and under spreading oaks in more open
woods a mushroom is found so remark
able in color and graceful in form that
its beauty has excited admiration for
i hundreds of years. The color of its
, bright orange cap and its chalk white
stem and gills is heightened by the sur
rounding darkness of the woods and
presents a contrast as singular as it is
i beautiful.
But beneath the pleasing exterior of
this brilliant fungus a poison lurks so
fatal to the lives of men and cattle that
it is called the deadly amanita, and in
different countries mothers caution
their children to beware of its charms.
Amanita muscaria, the deadly, or fly,
amanita, is completely encased in a
fleece-like covering during the early
stages of its growth, which makes it
decidedly egg-shaped in form. As the
stem lengthens this covering either ad
heres in loose patches to the top of the
cap or it slips away and forms a
sheathing to the cup at the base of the
stem.
Another inner covering breaks away
in its turn from the cap as the mush
room expands and forms a conspicuous
collar about the upper part of the stem.
The bulbous base of the stem and these
ruptured, fleecy coverings are pro
nounced characteristics which are most
helpful in distinguishing this dangerous
fungus from the other varieties of
mushrooms.
It is strong, free from pests and
grows to a height from fourteen to six
teen inches. In color the cap is some
times bright scarlet, again orange or
yellow or reddish in tne center and
light yellow toward the edges, and it
has noticeable wartlike patches spread
over the top. On old plants the color
fades out, and late in the season par
ticularly forms of the deadly amanita
are found which are almost white. The
stem is easily separated from the cup
at its base.
mis musnroom is more generally
known than any of the other poisonous
species. It has long been used as a
ily poison in Europe, and it takes its
name, muscaria, from the Latin word
for a fly. Its poisonous effect upon hu
man beings begins a few hours after
it has been eaten. The symptoms are
nausea and faintness, with cold per
spiration and stupor, followed in se
vere cases by death from a gradual
weakening of the heart.
A strong emetic should be given at
once, and in all cases a physician
should be called. Sulphate of atropln
Is the only known chemical antidote
for this poison, and to save the patient
It must be promptly administered by
hypodermic injections.
The poison may also be absorbed
through the pores of the skin, and bad
cases of poisoning have been produced
by simply holding an amanita in the
closed hand or breathing its exhala
tions in a warm room.
If poisonous mushrooms are packed
in the same box with edible ones the
virus from the poisonous fungi is ab
sorbed by the harmless mushrooms,
and they become as dangerous to eat
as the original offenders.
In certain countries the deadly ama
nita seems to lose some of its virulen
cy, and in the north of Russia and
parts of northeastern Asia it is used
in the same manner as wine for its
Intoxicating effects. The mushrooms
are gathered in hot weather and are
hung up in the air to dry, or they are
sometimes picked fresh and put into
soup or sauoes. A small amount swal
lowed whole Is enough to produce a
day’s intoxication.
Another fatally dangerous member
of the amanita family is the death cup
(Amanita phalloides), a beautiful
mushroom which also grows in the
Woods, especially in pine forests. It
is not so highly colored as the deadly
amanita, and, unlike that mushroom,
it has a smooth, satiny cap. It is
usually white or straw colored, but
specimens are found which are light
brown, green, yellow and spotted. The
stem is white and nearly smooth, and
the cup at the base of the stem is in
variably present.
The death cup Is even more poison
ous than the deadly ainanita and stands
first among all noxious fungi for its
poisonous qualities. It grows In the
eastern and middle states and In par
ticularly large quantities near the city
of Washington.
Another amanita (Amanita vernus),
found in the woods in spring, is also
very poisonous and may be told by its
color, which is a creamy white
throughout.
The boleti, for instance, have sev
eral varieties which are nonedible, al
though many kinds, on the other hand,
make delicious food. The boleti are
distinguished by a spongelike surface
of pores instead of gills beneath the
cap. The harmful varieties are bitter,
as a rule, and change color to blue or
red when cut or broken. The edible
varieties remain white.—Annie Oakes
Huntington In Youth's Companion.
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