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CHARLOTTE DAJLY -OBSERVER, SEPTEMBER 13, 1903. 10 The Adventures and Discoveries of Company of Amateur Epicure " Mouth. ,v- - - rh. ...tnmor nf .1101 wu -unusual iy warm and rainy. It seemed at the clo t August a if there really eeul "no ratn-Jen in Moat of the garden flower had be oome mere akeletona with a few sod den leaves" and faded petal-rags at CT'thelr tips. . But nature has unlooked- for compensations. - From our rich, shaded old lawn of about three acres there sprang up, by her magic, a. - profuse and varied crop of gay and dainty mushrooms and toadstools. They served a triple purpose: To furnish o a house party of young people, held restless within doors, an Interesting; study; to brighten the yard wit their pretty caps of white, pale grw&, ptak and orange, and to provide a delicate epicurean dish for the de- leetation of all who dared to partake of tem. . Furthemore. even after our gay - ' company bad departed and the frosts of fall came on. quite a number or Vi the edible mushrooms continued to sprint up In quantity and there was ; i a profuse crop of pretty llchons. .'mosses and those ghostly flower fungi, of which the Indian pipe is chief. In the tender stage the various ' ttiak. white, pale yellow and reddisk- - brown caps and parasols of agaricus ' campestrls, the gardener's mushroom, give quite a pretty effect springing ' tip from the close-shaven turf. The most plentiful sort, this year, was A. j eubrufescens, with the taste and odor . of almonds. It has lonjr white stems, soft scales and reddish russet caps 1 oo distinct that all of our party quick ly learned to distinguish it. On a ' part of the yard that had been heav- Ily fertilised last year it formed great, -: crowded colonies from which a dish . ful could quickly be gathered. In this whole family of agarics we in , dulged somewhat rashly. The ladies of our party gathered mushrooms i much as they would shells upon .the beach, regarding chiefly their -waxen structure and pretty color. A a re salt of such raihnesa their basket . must always be re-sorted by knowing ones, lest, like the old prophets, we should, peradventure. And death In -- the pot Agarlous sllvatttus, the wood mush- room, was plentiful but rarely gath ered; this and the horse muxhroom, ,.' A. arvsnsU, are among the largest of the species, but repulsive and worth less unless gathered soon after they appear. Several sorts of mushrooms thought to be agarics puledeven the ex- '" perts of our party. One of these, yclept "the gingersnap." because its ' great, sound cap toughened and turn- ed brown so quickly that however early we might rise and closely scan the sod surface none of u ever sur- . prised it In the tender or interme diato stages. Ttt ink-caps, or coprlnusoK. were complete contrasts to this Minerva ; among mushrooms. They sre among the easiest of all mushrooms to dis tinguish and their little life of a day hows all the changes of waxing and 'Waning to a clone observer. The tan-colored sort. ('. mlcaceun. Is the commonest of the species and also one of the most delicious If prepared for the table while the glistening, - mica-like flakes of its buff-brown csp still adhere. The white gills lining : It begin to blacken at the edges soon fter the cap rpreads Itself. In damp weather cP and lining; soon dissolve Into gelatinous morsel of Inky black nees. a characteristic which clearly dlstingalsbes the three edible coprl nuses from poisonous muhroom. The little caps of the tan-colored Sort are only about an Inch across, but they frequently cluster In crowd ed masses a foot across. - In a rich, wooded pasture adjoining the yard It was easy to gather at any time in September a pound or so of the a-ray coprinun. or true Ink-cap. which Is much larger than, the tan colored. It ha a short, thick stem Upon which the eg-nhaped cap Is oddly puckered, and l.s usually smooth, with now and then a rough er stippled flake of anh-grav or gray ish brown near the top The shagsry coprlnus. f. comatus. Is larger still, and by many considered a choice because It Is a common, robu.t sort, but we seldom cook It. perhaps, because it Is a common, robust sort that can almost always be found In shaded portions of the lawn In damp weather. I have heard It called the goose-egg and the horse-tall mush room, on account of its size, shape and the tangled wooly fibres th.it sometimes bede k Its cap The flavor of the flesh Is rich and much mores delicate than either of the names would suggest- fiome of our uents lamented the absence of puff-bJls t lycopcrdon). but these appear at Oaklawii only in i early summer and although nearly all are edible, are not much sought at , any time. It was nuggestfd that we j transplant 10 a mwn wmcn so man) pretty and edible fungi delight to honor several notable wt-'i'n which are conspicuously ab.-ent. among them the oyster agaric, the peppery and brilliant-colored russuUis. the ciiani pignon. or fairy ring, ami some of the milky Juicy lacturii. We have always been afraid to e;it several spjp-cies of the latter that a-ppeur now and then, but 1 have always roveted more of the "blue cap," no: for I lie larder, but for their pretty porcelain , markings and the contrast with other sorts. LriLctarius Indigo, or a species much like it. favors us w ith Its pres ence occasionally, but Is not so pret ty as a similarly shaped" sort whose white parasol top Is etched with faint, hazy designs In porcelain blue that remind one of old-farhloned china. There are white and yellow species of this genus, but they are not so In teresting as the blue ones. The only saprophytes, or parasites ,. which we have ever trle1 to trans plant, thus far, are curious and or namental specie the coral mush room, Indian pipe, pine saps,, beeih- ; fdrop, etc. These efforts were nut often successful, because we did not usually co about It In a really earnest, basinets-like way. One fall we sur- : prised a colony of mot.otropas that contained sixty fairly well developed pipes" and promptly transferred them to a shaded nook under a great beech that stood in the angle formed by the meeting of mountain brook and a larger creek. laurel and leucothoe overhung it on every Ride, the two streams gave it plenty of mist to absorb ar.d the soli beneath . It for many inches was pure leaf-mold. We were careful to lift a flake of the mold Just over a great beech root and - press the little colony. Into place Just there.- ThU was before the curious, arhoetly plant was cleared of the t-harge of being a parasite. Link ily - for our colony the root was a oaj : one and furnished perhaps Just the eaetfnn.ee that a saprophyte needs. However thla may be, It wis the one A IATING IJTVRSTMEST. Vr. John White, of Zf Highland Ave.. Hftultoe,. Maine, says: "Have been troo- blrd with a eough every winter and .nan lmt winter I tried many ad erUd remedies, but the cough eoetin. until I bought a toe. bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery; before that was baW gone, the eough was all gone. Thla -M,r the seme hpp result has follow- d; a few doees oueo more banished the tnMt eousn. I am now eonvtneea the I r. KJnrs New Discovery is the best tA sU cough and lung remedies." Sold vr' r guarantee st iii dVog stores." He ml H trial bottle free. ' successful experiment In transplanting Indian pipes.- There was more luck than skill about It; the great Oak of mold covermr the stems of th pipes was placed on sheet of thor- of bark bound about this. - - Then, straightway, we marched, a trlum phant procession of towheads to our "autograph beech" In the misty nook where two small streams met There were Indian doe under' the laurel there for year afterward which we vauatlngly claimed a descendants 01 our original colonv. And who shall say theyv were not, - since no "pipe fairles'v bad over been there before? And whv but not any other mush room or saDTODhyte be transplanted In the same' way? We have . begun several experiments on thla line this summer and : autumn-. -Jn some of them spore have -been scattered on beds of leaf-mold and light, decay Ing litter thrown over them -r In other the soil In which desired pecle grew ha been lifted to get the fine, brittle threads of spawn running through it. and transferred to a rich soil and spot that seemed congenial. For some flakes of spawn. notaDiy or me agarics, we pounded the soli vigorous ly into a r eh tmln with decayed 01a fertilizers, and Inserted ,Dits or sou In It as for cultivated mushrooms for others we merely dug a hole and Inserted the little toadstool as any normal plant is placed for growing. The root of some of the sapro ohytes are very curious. The Indians pipe is a formless mass or brittle, thread-like tissues, about one eighteenth of an inch long, tangled aimlessly together and seeming to He, stone fashion, in the surrounding soil Although they frequently grow In the debris of decaying logs and on dead tree roots, no fibres seem to strike down Into and connect the plant. If plant It be, with the dead substance. The plnesap (Hypopltys or Monotropa Hypopitys) bears Its flowers In clusters at the tip of the stem and Is not so ghostly in appearance, as specimens delicately irushed with pink are often found; but the root Is a mere mass of kellow mildewed fibres, almost form less. The root of the beech drops (epiphyte) terminating a brown leafless stem Is similar and Corall horlza. of Che orchta family, has a coral-shaped root of firmer texture but quite as lifeless In appearance. All these strange forms would seem to make out a pretty clear case of witchcraft against nature. They are beautiful but uncanny and their exist ence but haltingly accounted for, but as we grow familiar with them through cultivation other forms may be discovered as useful as the yeast plant and the edible mushroom. A sinanilar and very Interesting and useful Institution has been establish ed In the little City of Tarrare. near Lyons, France. it is a mycological bureau, wfliere expert Judgment Is furnished concerning mushrooms brought to It for examination. The country roiand Tarrare.. abounds in mushrooms. many of which are poisonous. Since the establishment of the bureau nobody buys mush rooms which do not carry a ticket of identification and guarantee. All the country people for miles around bring their baskets of mushrooms to the bureau for examination. One surprising result has been the discov ery of score of excellent mushrooms Which before few of them dared to touch. A similar bureau establish ed In this country would help multi tudes of people to enjov a delightful and nutrttloua article of food which In most country places now merely goes to waste and which our poor er classes may have for the mere picking. LEONARD GILBERT. For The Observer. YOlTllKWI). J-ow lying. low lying, the aged ws dying While the sephyrs of evening were mournfully sighing. And noiselessly, softly the snnwflakes were flying. And bard were the downs of his bed. Ere the last parting ray of the winter's bleak day Had sped from the spot where the suffer er lay. He silenced the mourners and said: "Far over tbe Mils the voice of a boy. A boy In tlie morning and music of Joy. Is ailing me back to my. youth. O fleeting, fHt fleeting the years,-but a span From the days of the hoy to the days of the man. And lone the disciple of Truth f fancy I see the gny lad at his plav With the larks of the meadows, while i.reexes of May Are tanning the links of his hair. ) see the wee nd full of spirit and xest. -Mow bursting with Joy Is his Innocent breast. . Ills cloudiest moments are fair'" Thus spake the man dying while the' zephyrs were sighing. And the fast falling snow In a flurry was flying. w And the gloaming was Mending wit night But the sweetest of dreams not n glo rious aeeriia When a fuller and mightier offers Its I eams To Illumine Infinity's night: "O sweet li the memory,-th reverie, dear, Hut hark, soft wafted sweet music I hear Out. out In Futurity's land' Tls the song of my father, the aong of my mother, . Sweet blended with songs ef my sister, and brother. In the choir of the heavenly band' I'm aged and feeble; across the wide sea My friends and my loved ones are waiting for me; I'm dvlng, but whv should I care? O'er the dreams of my youth I shall lin ger no more. For the davs of my childhood have gone on before. And are patiently waiting m there!" O sighing, low sighing the sephyrs: 'and flying, 80ft flying the snowfiakes of evening: and dying. The aged; all nature seemed anxiously vying To soften th sufferer's pillow, and trying To smooth the rough downs of his bed. Then turning his gaxe from the vista whose hase Knveloped th scenes of his radlsnt days. And multiplied pleasures a million of ways. tt He smiled ahe quietly said: "Across the calm water eomee gliding my hark To bear me to loved ones, anil Teuthland, and hark! The voice of th Ravior ol men! Farewell. , farewell, dear mourners of earth. By death I am given, a glorious birth, And now I'm an Infant again!" Low sounding the knell of his death, and then fell A soft sllenee on all. But slowly the bH Pealed solemnly forth on th darkness to tell . ... 1 To the world that a spirit had flown. ' Deep sleeping, deep sleeping th aged; and weeping. -. . , Soft weeping the' mourners; and angel ; - were keeping ;. Sweet vigilance Over their own. V OSCAR ' BO LAND. CONSTIPATED? HEADACHE? IN THE CITY CHURCHES PRESBYTERIAN. First Preaching by .th pastor, Rev. Dr. W. M. Kincald. at 11 on "Why Go to Church? and in the eve ning at 8 on "Spiritual VUlon." Miss Penfleld will sing at the evening; serv ice: men's prayer meeting at 1:4; Sunday school at 3: JO; mid-week aerv lee of prayer and praise Wednesday evening at 8; all are cordially invited to these services. . St. Paul Rev. Charles K. Raynal, pastor. Preaching; at 11 and 8:15 by the pastor; men' prayer meeting at 10:30; Sunday school at 8:10; prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:15; all are welcome. Tenth Avenue Rev. A. R. Shaw, pastor. Preaching at 11 and 8 by the pastor: Sunday school at 3:30; pray er meeting Wednesday evening at 8; all are cordially Invited. Westminster Rev. Eugene Cald well, of Texas, will preach at 11:15 and 8:15; Sunday school at 10; the public Is cordially Invited to all ser vices. Second Preaching by the pastor, Rev. A. A. McUeachy. at 11 and 8:15; men's prayer meeting at 10; mission study class at 10; Sunday school at 3:30: Baraca class at 3:30; mid-week service Wednesday evening at usu al. Belmont Service at 11 a. m. by Rev. C. E. Lynch, the blind , man Service at 8 p. m.. by Rev. 43. M Robinson, of Steele Creek church. METHODIST. Belmont Park Rev. W. S. Hales, pastor. Preaching at 11 by the pastor and at 7:30 by Presiding Elder Frank Hller, who will preach a special ser mon In the Interest of the woman' mission work. A full attendance of the ladle of the church Is desired; the public Is cordially invited. Brevard Street Preaching at 11 and 8 by Rev. J. A. Baldwin; Sunday school at 3; prayer meeting at 10; a welcome to all. Dllworth Preaching by the pastor. Rev. A. L. Coburn. at 11 and 8; com munion at 11 and preaching every night next week; Sunday school at 1:45; all are Invited. Trinity Rev. E. L Bain, the pat- tor, will preach at 11 on "A Plain Pa rental Duty;" evening worship at 8; Sunday school at 4; Y. P. M. 8. at 10; pews free; a cordial welcome. North Charlotte Rev. A. R. Sur- ratt. pastor. The pastor will preacn at 11 and 7:46: Sunday school at 9:45; prayer mealing Wednesday evening at 45; a cordis welcome to all. Tryon Street Preaching at 11 by Rev. Frank Slier and at 8 by the pas tor. Rev. Hugh K. Boyer; prayer meeting at 10; Sunday school at 3:30; cordial Invitation to all. 'Calvary Preaching at 11 and 8 by the pastor. Rev. J. F. Totten; pray er meeting fit 10:15 and Wednesday night; Sunday school at 3:30; a wel come to all. A. R P. Knst Avenue Tabernacle Preaching at 1 1 and. X by the pastor. Rev. John A Smith; Sabbath school at 4: Y. P. C. V. at 7:15; Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 8: 15; a cordial In vitation to strangers and friends to at tend. First church: Preaching at 11 o'clock by Rev. Dr. C. B. King: Sab bath school at 1 ::!. No evening service. Villa Heights Preaching at 3 by Rev. John A. Smith; Sabbath school at 4; the public Is cordially Invited to attend these services. BAPTIST. Ninth Avnue Preaching at II and K by the pastor. Rev. L. R. Pructt; Sunday si Iiool at 3; prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8; all are Invit ed First Rev. Herman H. Hulten, pas tor. Morning worship at 11, subject of sermort. "Americanltls;" evening worship at 8:15, subject of sermon, "A Soul Crisis;" Sunday school at 3; special programme; mid-week serv ices as usual; all are welcome. Prltchard Memorial The pastor. Rev. Ir. E. E. Bomar, will preach at 1 1 on "The Curse of Useleasneasj" at 8:15 on "Wronging Oneself;" Sunday school at 9:30; strangers, visitors and all others cordially welcome. North Charlotte Preaching at 11 and 7:30 by the pastor. Rev. 8. F. Conrad; Sunday school at 9:30; all are cordially Invited. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Services Sunday at 11 and Wednes day evening at 8:15, No. 401 South Church street; subject for Sunday' lesson sermon, "8ubstance;" the pub lic Is cordially welcome. EPISCOPAL. St. Peter's Rev. Harris Malllnck rodt, rector. Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. Celebration of the holy com munion at 7:30; Sunday school and Bible clara at 9:80; snornlng prayer and sermon at 11; evening prayer and sermon at 8:15; pews, free; all are welcome. Church of the Holy Comforter, South Boulevard- 9:45, Sunday school and Bible class; 11 morning prayer and sermon. - St. Martin' chapel, Davidson and Tenth streets 3 Sunday school and Bible class; 8, evening prayer and ser mon. St. Andrew chapel, Seversvtlle 3 evening praper and sermon; 4 Sun day school. Chapel of Hope, East Fifteenth street 3:38 Sunday school and Bible class; 8 evening prayer and sermon. LUTHERAN fit. Mark' Rev. tr. Robert C. Holland, pastor.- Services at 11 and 8 by the pastor; Sunday school at 9:43; HOW TO GET STROXO. T. 3. Dly. of VUft W. Congress fit. Chicago, tells of a way to become strong. He says: "My mother, who Is old and wa very teebl. I deriving eo much benefit Imm Electric Bitters, that I feel It's my duty to tell those wbe need a tonio and strengthening medicine about It, In any mother's caa a marked gala in flesh hs resulted, tneomnla has been overcome, and she Is steadily growing trunsw.' klerlrtc Miters quickly rem. edy stomach, liver and kidney complaints. ""Id under guarantee at all drug sierta. 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Henderson, archdeaaon of Georgia will occupy tho pulpit at 11 o'clock In the morning and at 8 in the evenlne. The public is invited to attend. BllYAX'g BEGINNING. Thejr Didn't Tlilnk lie Could Be Elected But lie Mas. Washington Post. "Mr. Bryan's political start was due largely to accident," said former Unlt I'tf, States Senator Manderson. of Ne braska, at the Arlington. "At the time Mr. Bryan received his nomina tion for Congress the district was re garded as hopelessly Republican, and it was hard to get a prominent Dem ocrat to make the race. The leading man In the district wa J. Sterling Morton, who served In Mr. Cleveland's t'abinet, and he was begged to take the nomination, but declared he wa tired of leading a forlorn hope, and other also declined. - "About this time akin- came some one who said there was a young; law yer down at Lincoln who was a good speaker and who hadn't a big law practice, and that he probably would like to make the race. This yoifhg man was Bryan, and the Democrats decided to name him in opposition to Representative Cannell. the Re publican candidate. No .sooner was he nominated than Bryan challenged Cannell to Joint debate. Of course, the latter accepted, but that was where he made a mistake. In the debate Bryan wiped the earth with him. Not only that, but his ora torical ability and his youth won him enough admirers to elect him, al though a great many Republicans who voted for him had not the re motest Idea he would be elected." Effect of the Flood on the Southern, and Its Business. Washington Poet. - "While our road suffered consider able Inconvenience and loss as a re sult of th recent Southern floods, w were fortunate in not losing any nf our structure," said President Fin ley, of the Southern Railway, at ths New Willard. "Our bridges and building throughout the Carolina remained Intact dssplt the great rh of streams and ths washing away of section of the track In some placea Railroad business in th South is pick ing up gradually, but only slowly. The fall season Is naturally the time when an Increase of shipments is ex pected. - . "Politic? No, th railroads don't know anything about politics, nor do I cars to discuss ths Southern freight rat question, since thst subject i now pending before, the Interstate Com merce Commission. . - I - A nearjr loser. Rockingham Anglo-Saxon.' Mr. W. P. Ingram was In town this week and he told something of ths destruction to himself caused by t.ie big floods. He says the water wa higher at his place than It was ever known before, reaching to ths second story of his store In which he had 7e worth Of goods. . - About 40 worth of ths stock was saved. Be sides ths loss of his goods- he lose 16 bale of cotton, MOP bushels of corn, to ton of pea vine hay. He estimates his total loss. at. about H.000. . . - A three-story barn was floated eight feet from Its foundstlon, and a two story barn wa washed 40 feet and lodged on the river .bank. Severs! ef his neighbors lost all their bottom land corn. . WIIXIS BROWN, President. J. F. FLOWERS, Secretary. Begs to Announce That O ' rl rl 0 ff Mm m We desire, to offer the people of Charlotte the facilities of - our office and trust that each and every citizen will feel free to call on us for an yassistance that we A maybe able to render In our line. '. -f-. . ;VUi WUdW IS . -MUlliU VtUVUiUI 1V1 AyAMU VMUUlUaUA auu wo ucucvg Ui firinninsr at home, and it shall be the purpose of this' company to do everything posC( sible to advance the interests -of the community. ; . We have Millions of Dollars of Ee-Insurance Facilities, and our Agents can' offer Policies that are as Good as the Best.; ' - :. .'---'..v' - V-. ' v; . . ' ' : -. 4r '. .' . J. K. McCACSLAND, U SHAW, ' J. V. 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