voL { OLD SERIES, XL.
NEW SERIES. XIX.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED. KURTZ, Epnrror and Pror’r
Another strike—the school boys of
New York have struck for a half hours’
recess and half day school on Friday.
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According to the Sunbury Daily, Hon,
A. H. Dill, of Lewisburg, will not be a
candidate for Congress in this district
this year.
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D. G. Bush would make first class state
senator—every laboring man could vote
for him, and no business man could find
fault with Col. Bush. :
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The Bellefonte Republican says the
shad is in his glory. Put yourselfin the
shad’s place, and then tell us where the
glory is. Notin the frying pan by a
sight.
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Speaker Carlisle has appointed the
Committee to investigate the causes and
extent of the labor troubles in the West:
Messrs. Curtin, of Pennsylvania; Crain,
of Texas; Outhwaite, of Ohio; Stewart, of
Vermont; Parker, of New York, and Ba-
chanan of New Jersey.
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Gov. Pattison has taken the Soldiers’
Orphan School swindle by the throat,
and goes for Higbee and the rest are
asked to go. We often thought a little
looking into the State Normal schools
would do a great deal of good too, and
perhaps lead to developments that would
prove these institutions only so many
huge leeches upon the public treasury.
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A committee of the Knights of Labor
called on C. H. McCormick in Chicago
and demanded the reinstatement of 800
men discharged in the recent strike, and
whose places are filled by non-union
men. Mr. McCormick positively refused
to re-employ the men. The committee
gay they will have the General Execu-
tive Board declare a boycott against
the firm.
The last fiscal year showed a postal
deficiency of over eight millions, chiefly
due to the reduction of letter postage
from three cents to two, as the increase
of the unit of weight to an ounce and the
decrease of postage on second class mat-
ter did not take effect until July 1, 1885,
Still the testimony of the authorities
emphatically justifies the reforms al-
ready made,
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A bill introduced in Congress extends
to all articles of mail matter the privi-
lege of special delivery now granted to
letters. Under this bill a newspaper, a
book, or packet of merchandise would
be carried at once if a special delivery
stamp had been fixed upon it. Of course
this plan might introduce new consider-
ations as to extra care in employing re-
sponsible messengers who would not
embezzle merchandise thus entrusted
to them.
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The rumor still goes that President
Cleveland will be married this summer.
This would be the first Presidential wed-
ding. It is understood that Miss Cleve-
land recently said or wrote to a friend
that she liked Washington society and
her life at the White House, but found
it somewhat fatiguing, and would gladly
resign her duties to the care of another,
adding that she expected her brother to
be married soon. Miss Folsom, whose
name is thus romantically associated
with the President's, has several friends
and acquaintances here, who speak of
her in terms of the highest regard. She
is a young lady of from 22 to 25 years,
tall, dark, and slender, and is a decided
beauty.
Just so, The New York Star remarks‘
The country has had a year of Democrat-
ic government, and none of the predict
ed calamities have come to pass. The
negro has not been enslaved; the public
debt has has not been repudiated; the
southern war claims have not been paid.
Some of the things which Democrats
promised have been accomplished. The
credit of the country is at its highest
point; the administration is honorable;
the public service has been improved.
At no time in our history has a country
been so well represented abroad, and at
home the federal appointments have
quite generally been good enough to win
the approval of all parties.
Harrishurg is expected to have [a silk
mill in the near future. Jacob R. Hal-
deman offers ample ground for the pur
pose free, That is the kind of an enter-
prising citizen who is a blessing to a
town. What a magnificent monument
to the memory of a noble man must be
a manufacturing establishment which
owes its existence to his generosity, and
which furnishes employment to hun-
dreds and wins blessings from hun-
dreds of other citizens who are indi
rectly benefited. So says very truly the
Lewistown Sentinel, yet how very true it
is that many towns have men who are
just the opposite and frown and oppose all
that is creditable in enterprise and stifle
it, where they can. Have ’em right in
SOLDIERS’ ORPHANS’ SCHOOLS.
The Morning Patriot says Governor
Pattison has embodied the results of his
investigation into affairs of the Soldiers’
Orphans’ Schools in a series of letters.
The letters are addressed to the Attor-
ney General, Dr. Higbee, Superintendent
of Schools, Inspectors Sayers and Mrs,
Hutter, and to General Louis Wagner.
The first summarizes the result of the
inquiry, the second is an urgent invita-
tion to Higbee to resign, the third and
fourth dismisses the Inspectors, and the
fifth is an invitatign to General Wagner
to accept the office of Inspector of the
schoolg made vacant by the removal of
Mr. Sayres and Mrs. Hutter.
While the investigation was in prog-
ress the newspapers gave the public ac-
curate and fall details of the condition
of the schools. Those portions of the
Governor's letter to the Attorney Gen-
eral that relate to that feature of the in-
vestigation have heretofore been antici-
pated in the public mind. Put the reit-
eration of the proof of the outrages and
the official form that the Governor pre-
sents them are significant. They are
startling, forceful and emphatic and
show that the investigation was rigidly
and conscientiously pursued and the
results most candidly and impartially
stated.
In his letier to Dr. E. E. -Higbes Gov-
ernor Pattison shows a determination to
root out the abuses that will be com-
mended by every citizen. He makes no
effort to magnify the offenses of the
Superintendent, but states in forceful
language the conclusions to which his
mind has been led concerning the mat-
ter. Whether Dr. Highee follows the
suggestion of the Governor or not the
public will universally agree that the
Governor has performed his part in a
courageous and manly way. By the
ummary removal of the derelict Inspec-
tors he shows what he would do with the
head of the department if he had the
power,
The invitation to General Louis Wag-
ner to resume the duties of Inspector
will be generally approved, also. He is
eminently qualified for the work. On
the whole the Governor has done his
work well, and the public will thank
him for it. :
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UNEARTHING PENSION FRAUDS.
The Senate Committee on the Expen-
diture of Public Moneys resamed the ex-
ition of Commissioner Black a few
Senator Plumb called up the
‘p’) eese Eastwood, 22d Ken-
tucky Volumeers,
Gen. Black said that the claimant's
regiment was mustered in for thirty
day’ service. Twenty days later claim-
ant was allowed to go home on account
of illness, where he remained until mus-
tered out. He wasnever in action, nev-
er in the presence of the enemy and
never slept out of doors but one night,
The records of the Adjutant-General
and Sugbon-General's showed no record
of any disability. The claim was not
filed until 1880, The evidence secured
in a subsequent examination of the case
showed that the man had rheumatism
before he entered the service; that in
1856 he cut himself severely with an
adze; and that later he fell from a horse
and injured himself permanently. The
case was allowed by Commissioner Clark
after the present Administration came
into power and the man received $10,155
a3 ArTeArs.
Among the papers in the case was a
letter written by a man named Ewing, at
Cattlettsburg, Ky., to General J. 8, Wil-
liams, then Senator, urging speedy ac-
tion onthe case. The letter concluded :
“By giving him this assistance you will
favor one of your warmest friends in past
contests.” Gen. Williams endorsed the
letter: “I hope the Commissioner of
Pensions will make this a special case.
Gen. Black stated that there was abso-
lately no valid evidence in support of
the claim, and that the $10,155 might as
well have been allowed for any other
character of fraud. He stated his under-
standing that Ewing was a strong parti-
san, but in reply to questions by Senator
Plumb said there was nothing to show
whether Ewing and the claimants were
Republicans or Democrats, or that the
knowladge of their politics reached the
Pension Office.
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A condition of comparative quiet ex-
ists in the region affected by the railway
strikes. The proposition of the business
men of St. Louis to have the trouble ad-
Justed by a board of chosen arbitrators
meets with the favor of the Kuights of
Labor. They have selected three fepre-
sentatives to act as arbitrators. The Bt.
Louis merchants have selected three.
The managers of the Gould system are
now asked to name three representatives,
This geems to be a sensible and practical
move. Arbitration is always ecommend-
able, and it would seem that the railroad
people could well afford to joia with this
very earnest effort to bring the existing
this town,
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to a satisfactory conclusion.
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COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.
The Arbitration bill introduced in
Congress by Senator Ingalls, of Kansas,
differs from all other measures on the
samo subject in that it makes arbitration
of differences between employer and
employe compulsory. It provides for
appointment of a Board of Arbitrators,
with fair salaries, which shall act at the
request of any of the parties interested,
and its judgement must be obeyed un-
der penalty ot fine and imprisonment.
The railroad company ig not to discharge
its men, and the men are not to discon-
tinue work while the matter is pending.
The difficulty with Mr. Ingalls’ method,
as pointed out before, is the impractica-
bility of forcing a man to work. It may
be set down as a fact that no law can be
enacted which will compel a frec Amer-
ican citizen to labor if he makes up his
mind not to. Public sentiment would
not permit a man to go to jail or to be
fined for breaking such a law if it were
passed. The railroad companies can be
exerts its proper powers in the protec-
work when they want to, it will domuch
to better the situation. And in the mean
time the possibilities and impossibilities
of arbitration can be more accurately es-
timated than they are just now. Arbi-
of differences between capital and labor,
but it must be practicable to be valua-
CYCLONES OF DEATH.
AWFUL SCENES IN THE OF THE
CTT RR
ETORMNS,
TRACKS
Hundreds of Dwellings Blown to Fragment
and Their Inmates Torn and Mutilated
8t. Cloud, Minn., April 15.—The wreck
by the cyclone here and at Bank Rapids,
of which only iculs
could be learned last night, is compiete.
The scene here is ghastly in the extreme.
After darkness came on last night the
rain poured down in torrents on the ru-
ins. The skies hung low with black
clouds. Peals of thunder shook the
and the lightning made livid rifts in the
messenger
ful of this, hundreds of men,
lanterns, and many wailing women wan-
dered through the frightful wreck, gro;
ing in the gutters and turbid
bodies of friends.
house 18 lifeless bodies lay on the
in two rows, draped in sheets and
kets, while around and among
moved men with lanterns, uncovering
faces trying to recognize in the distorted
features some familiar lines in which
they might trace relationship. The bod-
ies presented a terrible spectacle. Their
clothes were torn into shreds, their faces
were black with dirt and gravel ground
into the cheeks, while the scalps were
torn and the blood still trickled from
gaping wounds and covered the floor.
Skulls were crushed, eyes torn from their
sockets and tongues protruded from be-
tween their lips that were cruelly cut
and mutilated. In the hospital another
heartrending scene presented itself,
Men, women and children lay in broken
shapes bathed in their own blood and
with faces blackened and arms and legs
broken, scalps torn and bodies lacera-
ted. : v
It is estimated that 400 structures were
blown down, all of frame and none cost-
ly. In the Catholic Hospital there are
about 40 wounded, but only five or six
of them are considered in a dangerous
condition. The loss will not go over
$60,000, The force of the storm was such
as to wrench off the door of the safe in
the post-office and carry it some distance
from the building. The church bell,
weighing 1500 pounds was found among
the debris, 400 feet away from the build-
ing. The remains of the dead are almost
unrecognizable, being completely crush-
ed and blackened. There are a remark-
able number injured about the hips and
spine. Many of the survivors will be
disabled for life. :
At Sauk Rapids similar scenes of mis-
ery and desolation were presented. So
far 22 dead bodies have been recovered
there, and there are a great many in-
jured. The total loss at both places will
exceed half a million dollars. A report
comes from Rice's station that a house
in which a wedding party assembled
was swept away and twenty people were
killed, including the bride and groom.
This, however, was not verified. Al
Sauk Rapids a little boy was found dead
in the street. Many families were near
ly obliterated. Mrs. Fink her three Lop
" one daughter were all instantly kill
The sign “Sauk Rapids” on the rail
way depot and a basket full of books
were found at Rye station fifteen miles
distant, Thisshows the force of the
storm.
Thomas Van Ettan was carried 400 ft,
through the air and is fatally injured; he
weighed 250 pounds,
A cyclone struck the town of Coon
Rapids yesterday afternoon, and laid it
in ruins. The telegraph wires are all
doy, About fifty houses were blown
own.
St. Louis, April 15.~A cyclone passed
over Monroe township, Nodaway county,
last evening, destroying dwellings, barns,
out-houses, and kil ing thousands of dol-
lars worth of stock. Three were
killed many injured, » killed are
Jennie Hooper, Mrs. Hugh Sport and
Many wounded are not expected
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A destructive cyclone passed over Bur-
lington, Mo., last evening. The railway
station was blown to atoms and great
damage done in the town and in the sur-
rounding country. Two boys were kill-
ed. Many other persons were seriously
injured.
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MORE PARTICULARS OF
HAYOC,
THE WINDS
Twenty-nine Victims Interred— Injured Ly-
ing in Every House— Fatal End to a
Wedding Feast.
gt. Cloud, Minn., April 16,—Farmers
from the northwest part of the county
tell almost incredible stories of finding
remnants of buildings on their property
20 miles distant from this city, and por-
itions of organs and pianos have been
|picked up 15 miles from the city and
|brought in as curiosities. The prairie
|for miles northwest of the track of the
cyclone is full of pieces of plank driven
{a toot or more in the ground. The sides
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{other buildings holes are noticeable that
{seem to have been made by cannon
jballs, The walls of many of the build-
{ings have a blackened appearance, as
(smoked. A box car was picked ap from
{the track and blown three blocks and
{dropped into 8 ravine. Forty families
are homeless and in destitute ciroum-
stances, Relief is badly needed.
The funerals of 15 of the victims took
{place here to-day, and the remains of 14
ids. Annie Zieboe, 3 years old, died this
morning from a fractured skull. Wm,
Dahimean, a farmer near Beckmantown,
and a Mr, Clark, were also among the
killed. Fifty-four of the wounded have
been attended to at the hospitable, Ev-
ery house in the vicinity has one or more
wounded, and close to 100 ipjured are in
the towne. Two out of the ten that sub-
mitted to amputation will die, The doc
tors are yery busy, and have had but lit
{tle sleep. Wm, Bhortage, who had both
legs a
ition. Mrs Jonkins was in the hospital
{to-day looking after her wounded 5
{band and two childred. Three
of her
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WOMAN AND HOME.
EXPLICIT DIRECTIONS CONCERNING
THE CARE OF THE BED-ROCM,
Charms of Californian Widows—Grand-
Mother's Cooking—Ples for the Children
Advice to Girls—Baby Manageiisent~
Home Hints—Jtems of Interest.
At night close the blind: pull down the
ghades and light the gas or lamp Unless
there is running water in the room carry
away waste water, fill pitchers and lying
fresh drinking water Take off large pil-
lows and shams, if used, and bedspread if
desired and lay them carefully on a chajr.
Turn the gas down low before leaving the
room.
In the morning go to the bed-room the
first thing after breakfast, open the windows,
beat up the pillows and lay all the bed-
clothes to air. Rooms should be left to air
at least one hour, If the weather is very
stormy the windows must not he opened.
Do not put the bedding where it will show
from the street; it looks badly. Hang a
nightgown in the closet; it is not healthful
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Before beginning to make the bed carry
away all soiled clothing, towels, etc., taking
care to dry carefully all damp articles,
Empty all waste water, and after rinsing
the vessels wash them thoroughly with hot
suds and dry them thoroughly with cloths
kept for that purpose. Never wipe toilet
pets with the soiled towels,
Take to the bed-room a pail of hot suds
and woeh and
wipe everything on the washstand. In the
case of a stationary washstand especially
the bowl must Le carefully washed every
morning with bot suds, or a black scum will
settle on it. Should this occur, scour the
basin with borax and water.
Fill t% pitchers with fresh water and
place clean towels on the rack when neces
sary. :
While doing this work protect your dress
with a coarss apron. You are now ready
to remove this, wash your hands and begin
your bed making.
Three things are necessary to a well
made bed; it should be level, square and
smooth, .
To keep it lovel the mattress, if made of
feathers or straw, should thoroughly
shaken up and turned every day. Feathers
should be frequently exposed to the sun and
air to keep them sweet and dry. If the
mattress is made of bair or ootton it should
be turned twice a week, once from bead to
foot and onoe from side to side. Mattresses
made in two pleces are so easily managed
cloth,
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To make the bed square fold the clothes
To make it smooth draw all the clothes,
When you take the clothes off to air the
the same #ide of the bed,
The lower sheet should be put on right
side up, with the wide hem at the top of the
smoothly before putting on
Schultz, a farmer, to celebrate the wed-
ding of his daughter, Mamie, and the
ceremony was performed about 1 o'clock
by Hey. G. Smith, The afternoon was
spent in social enjoyment, and at 4 o'-
elock the party gathered about (he weds
ding feast. It was a happy assemblage
of nearly forty people celebrating the
bridal festivities of the "avorite daughter
of the house. The cyclone came, and in
the space of five minutes the house was
converted into kindling wood and scat
tered all over the farm. Of the happy
party a few minutes before 10 were dead
and many others injured, several of
whom will die.
ing left in which the few survivors could
care for those past help, The bridegroom
the rescue, and the bodies of the dead
were taken to the school house at Rice's
Station,
and Aodubon by Thursday's cyclone will
reach nearly $150,000. Fen barns,
dwellings, live stock, and everything was
laid low in the path of the storm. The
small loss of life is accounted for by the
fact that the cyclone occurred in the day-
time. and nearly every one had time to
get to their “cyclone cellars,” which
nearly every farm in that part of Iowa
is provided with,
Aurora, Texas, April 16.—~A cyclone
passed through the southeastern portion
of this county Wednesday night, sweep-
ing everything before it. It is known
that over 12 persons were injured, two
of them seriously.
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A SHOWER OF MOLTEN STEEL.
Terrible Accident During an Experiment
. in a Pittsburg Iron- Works,
Pittsburg, Pa., April 18.—Shortly be-
fore noon yesterday, while experiments
were being made at Singer, Nimic & Co.'s
Iron Works in compressing steel, the
mould containing over 1,000 pounds of
molten steel suddenly gave way scatters
ing the metal in every direction. Fifty
or sixty persons were witnessing the ex-
periment and all were more or less burn.
ed. Five are supposed to be dengercus«
ly injured, Their names have not been
learned,
The accident is supposed to have been
the result of the sand in the
ing damp, When the
molten metal then od
among the large number of
surrounded it. A panic ensued
the crowd of e conld
tinguished, {Reena
gerously.
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Put the upper sheet on right side down, so
that whey it is turned over the right side of
the hem will be on the outside, Allpw this
sheet to come above the blankets enough to
turn over well.
In putting on the blankets be careful not
to let them come $00 near the top of the bed
When double blankets are used the opeg end
should be at the head of the bed If the
blankets are single and narrow the upper one
may be laid from side to side instead of
lengthwise,
If the bedspread is to be removed at night,
fold the sheet back over the blankets and
under the spread, which should be tucked in
When the spread is elt
on the bed turn its top under the blankets
bring the upper sheet over all, la ving it
down smoothly on the outsids. Tuck in the
tho bed folded under the mattress.
Next lay on the bolster carefully and set
the pillows evenly against the headboard
Last, look under the bed to seo that none
of the clothes bang down in sight.
After the bed is made brush up the room,
using whisk-broom and dust-pan or carpet
sweeper. Once a weok bed-rooms should be
y swept, at which time the beds
should be covered.
Dust daily witha soft cloth. Remove
finger marks from paint or mirrors with
cloths wrung out in hot water. Alcohol
used fostead of water is excellent for clean-
ing mirrors. Keop the wood-work of a
room clean, especially the base-boards and
all the wood about the windows Inside
blinds require frequent dusting and brushing.
Empty baskets and hair bag. The
contents of the latter should be burned, and
never allowed to get into any of the water-
; it cl thom.
Pa the farnitare ip place and arrange
the curtains and shades neatly befere leaving
the room.
Rooms that are kept cleas and cool and
free from dust will seldom be infested with
bugs Once a month bedsteads should be
well washed. If the beds are old wash with
strong brine or alum water, and use insect
powder in cracks and joinings Twice a
ear put mattresses out in the sun Im
Srl a and March examine beds often
and carefully. —Cleveland Flaindealer.
ONCE TOO OFTEN.
Freeport, L. I, April 16.—~Dr. Thomas
8. Taylor, a wealthy resident in Merrick,
who came here some years ago from Tex-
as, yesterday shot and killed his coach-
Thaddeous Gritman. The Doctor
y Gritman, who
samo thing before,
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IN Til MUSHROOM BEDS.
A DAINTY EDIBLE CULTIVATED IN
NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA,
France the Great Mushroom-Frodueing
Country of the World--Utilizing the
Chambers of the Worked-Out Qaarries
- A Farm on Long Island.
Every year thousands of quart caps con.
taining champignons or falry-ring roush-
rooms, are imported bere from France and
eaton in the leading hotels bs, restaurants,
and suck househo an afford to use
them. They are costly, often seliing at #1
per pound. In Europe they are called
“fairy-ring” mushrooms because of the
circles of from a few feet to several yards
in diameter of an intensely bright green
color which ¢ found here and there on
the lawns an ures of England, Ireland,
and Francs vy are caused by the my-
cellium or spawn of the mushroom, which,
having exhausted the soil within the ring,
is constantly and enlarging the
circle,
France is the
country of the
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great mu roducing
orld. For nearly half a cen
tury the commu of Grand Montrougue,
Arcuseil, Chatillon, itry,
Maisons-Alfort, and Noisy-le-See, all within
reaching distance Paris, been
devoted almost ively to mushroom-
culture. The listricts is poor
and would but short grass
and stu V Oars
ago 6 country genius jdea of
utilizing the galleries worked-out and
disused quarries h whi entire dis
trict is 1 rmined. These quarries are
now the greatest mushroom beds in the
world, and the once struggling champignon-
fsts are millionaires in their way.
The galleries, as a rule, are from forty 0
seventy feet below the surface, and a uni-
form temperature of from 50 to 90 degrees
fs maintained in them. The bods are meds
of borse-manure, which undergoes a special
treatment before being used it is
thrown in heaps on the sides of the country
roadways, and turned over day after day
until it is thoroughly sun-dried. From it
the beds are tro The manure is
laid down from the w to the center of
the gallery, i by several inches
pext the walle At regular intervals small
footpaths run le to the
walls, 0 that growers may gather the mush-
rooms without spoiling the beds, which are
one and one-half feet deep nearest the walla
On these beds the spawn is scattered. How
this spawn or seed is gathered is the secret
of the mushroom-grower. The bods are then
kept at a temperature of 70 degrees.
IN THE MUSHROOM GALLERIES
Three or four weeks later the beds are
covered with a layer of loam to the
depth of half a inch, and a fortnight later
the mushrooms begin to appear, and are
gathered every morning or evening, accord-
ing to the demands of the trade The men
who work in the mushroom galleries begin
their toil at 5 o'clock in the morning, and
do not cease until late in the evening. They
are paid from 5 to 53 francs daily. Asan
instance of the enormous fecundity of the
French mushroom beds, it may be mentioned
that one bed at Arceuil, when in full bearing,
sent 5,000 pounds of champignons to the
Paris market daily. In gathering, the
stalks of the mushrooms are never cut, but
twisted, as cutting injures the flavor and
spoils the beds.
While, of course, the delicatiessen market
of this country is, and will be for years,
supplied by France with champignons in
the dry conned form, still mushroom-
culture has been adopted as a profession by
different partios in this city end the sur
rounding suburbs, with varied degrees of
success, and some of the experimenters have
kept on and are now making money. The
freshly-gathered American champignon
js certainly superior to the French
dry canned article in every way
but it will take years before the general
prejudice against the native production will
be overcome. Of course the professional
cooks and restaurant-keepers know the dif-
ference and buy the American mushroom.
The only professional mushroom raiser
on Long island wns a large farm outside
Jamaica, and raises his mushrooms in hot-
houses especially constructed for the pur-
and in dark cellars He packs his
freshly-gatbered mushropms in thin, com-
pressed-wood baskets, and supplies a num-
ber of Fulton street market denlers every
morning. A Frenchman who has a small
mushroom farm outside of Stapleton. 8. I,
carries round his baskets of fresh-raised
mushrooms every day, and enjoys an al-
most complete monopoly of the down-town
restaurants and those gestablishmants where
the chief cooks are Frenchmen, Some years
ago a small colony of Frenchmen squatted
in the unoccupied arches of the old aqueduct
works and began the artificial raising of
champignons. One by one they gave up the
effort, and now [there are none left. The
greatest mushroom farm near this city Is
that located behind Weehawken, N. J. It
supplies Washington market and dealers all
over the city. —~New York Mail and Express.
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