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The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-09
U N SOCIAL LIFE.
1t ID PIeasantest When Most Simple and
Informal

1t ID P1easantest When Most Simple and
Informal
The country hostess entertaining
her city friends. o. the suburban OF
transient cottager enacting the role OF
chatelaine, is wise when she adjusts
her social :sfunctions' to the sim pie at
mosphere 81 her surroundings Field
flowers, lovely blossoms, that no florists
window can show, and simple dishes
are far more attractive in pastoral
scenes than dollhouse lavishness or the
products Of the accomplished sordon
bleu:
At country dinners there should b
al absence Of display. daintiuess and
simplicity prevailing. Where embroid-
cries are used cool, summary designs
are preferable, white best fulfilling
these conditions, and the menu should
be neither long nor heavy.
Musicales of all kinds-pianos, vio-
lin, flute. or either TOR all are popu-
ing, invitations being sent q week in
advance, and should end at one o'clock.
Refreshments arc not obligatory, al
though lemonade In small glasses,
with cakes or sweet biscuits, is often
handed around. AS at many of these
village musicales the musicians are
members of the company, or of the
hostess immediate family, who give
their efforts with kindly intent to
please only, a word may not be amiss
on the attitude of the listeners. Some
women take their embroidery to such
affairs, working industriously, which
is hardly a compliment to hostess or
musician.
Card parties are very popular, par
ticular1y at small inland resorts.
Whist Is often replaced by poker and
progressive euchre parties, and small
sums OF money are often played fer,
the winnings to be handed to some
designated charity. These parties are
made up to insure everyone a place at
the game, SO that a guest should take
great pains to be present after accept
ance. 1t is absurd, too, to introduce
city late hours at these entertain
mcnts. Half-past eight o'clock should
hnd the playing Under way, and half.
past ten should see it finished.
The new arrival in any country place
receives the first call. If she is a Wis
itor at a friends home, her hostess will
ihsure her cordial reception in the vii.
lage circle by giving a tea or "after-
noon" within a day or two after her
arrival.
Most calling i'll country places il
doHe from eleven in the morning to
one in the afternoon and from five to
sight In the evening, when the visit
becomes a piazza function. All visits
should be returned within a week. and,
except among intimates, no call should
exceed a half hour in length.
Etiquette, however, should wait
upon custom in those little villages
where the circle of native gentlewomen
is invaded by the summer wauderer or
transient resident. Here Is where real
tact tells, and tofo1low what may seem
primitive, even awkward, ways, is
often an evidence Of the best breeding:
IN. Y. Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-09
vULGARITiES OF WEALTH.
Advertising Financial Position Is the u
ner NJ tina BN.~

-
Advertising Financial Position Is the Or
der of the Day.
The English have been called a ma,
ton Of ~shopkeepers, but you do not
find the price of everything coupled
with every mention of it ID the En-
glish papers as you do in American pa
pers. One never sees a simple an
nouncement Of the fact that Mr.. Smith
proposes building a house somewhere;
it is always a "million-dollar house
Or o $50, DOC Cottage This is not
merely in the buildizg-trade journals,
but in the news columns Or society
department Of the general newspaper.
1t will be but a little whils before our
society" news will be dressed up in
this fashion:
"Mr. Jones, the Chicago nilti.mil-
lionaire, was married yesterday, at
high noon, to Miss johnson, the noted
New York heiress. 1t is understood
that Rev. DR.. Brown, who oficiated,
received a IS, 900 fee; each of the ush.
ers wore a $3.50 pin, the gift OF the
bridegroom, whose farewell bachelor
dinner Is said TO have cost him a small
fortune. After the reception, which
followed the ceremony, the happy pair
having embraced the happy parents,
took tile 3 p. n. train for Washington
and the south, where they will proba-
bly, pay a visit at the 81, 00O, 900 coun,
try seat recently opened by the brides
cousin in Kentucky; Mr.. Jones' $780,
600 steam yacht has been put in COM
mission for the summer, and a trip to
Norway is among the probabilities be-
fore the owner returns to the manage
lhent OF his enormous business. The
union OF the Jones and johnson fami-
lies effected yesterday is, from a none
tary point Of view, one of the most
notable that has occurred this sea-
son."
have said it will not be long before
this will be the regular formula for
notices OF the wedding of the rich; but
it is practically the formula Of to-day.
The readers of a New York daily of
the highest standing were Informed.
on the occasion OF a recent wedding,
that 1.-The brides trousseau is said to
have cost forty thousand dollars;" that
"a conservative estimate" of the value
OF the presents received was seven
hundred thousand dollars, and thai.
the wedding probably cost about one
million dollars Apropos of this same
wedding, the pastor Of a PRESBYTERIAN
church in this city has been forced to
ask the press to cease circulating RI
diculously exaggerated statements re.
garding his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that
tend, as he truly declares, to bring re-
hgion itself into disrepute. When
Sherman died, one of his eulo-
gists remarked that at his freside
speculations were never heard us to
tbs wealth OF this, that or the other
1t was a compliment that
could not be paid to many. But then, |
was a soldier, not a saddIer.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-09
THE FARM
A Western View Of Ie That VIII Apply ia
Southern Farming.

A Western View Of IL That WIN . =
Southern Farming.
Some people IRE getting alarmed a,
the mount and extent to which the
country is encumbered with mort
cages. The country is plyAtered over
with mortgages they say Mortgage
your property nowadays And o had
as we'll give up in tle frst place.
BY means Of the mortgage The natural
resources Of the country are falling
into the hands of q few capitalists
II this keeps or where will ii endo
and kinilGr remarks are heard cuite
frequently.
What is the nature OF a mortgage.
anyhow, that it is such grounds for
alarm? A mortgage is practically sim
ply = bet When . person ventures I
wager and loses, he is not considered
unfortunate, but foolishly ventursome.
When aman gives q mortgage and loses
the venture oi the undertaking seems
mora obscure. Let me explain: ] pro-
pose 60 buy eighty aorss ios es.oco, q
sAYs N.oQV rsady II pay ea II INA ~.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-09
r Il HUNT.

How tho B%ufaloes Were Divided Uu
Among the Indians.
No man was In haste to claim his
game the moment it fell. because his
arrows had some popularity in their
decoration by which they could be
identified, and later his bullets were
marked. The Omahas were expert
hunters, and many a man could boast
OF having sem an arrow clean through
one buffalo to lodge In a second lie.
yond.
The haying and cutting up OF tho
animal takes place upon the field. and
the meats and pelts are packed upon
h ponies in charge Of the boys. Tho
method OF skinning and dividing the
buffalo. elk and deer is according to
fixed rules; there are twelve cuts, four
specified ones, with the hide, belong,
ing to the slayer Of the animal. Thu
Hrst man who comes to assist in tho
cutting mp OF the game is entitled to
his choice Of two OF the Re.
manning pieces, with the excen.
tion OF "the breast" which is
always the property of tho
8Hct w KAtS HIS SERVICES. lSltS dlSDOSi-
tion Of the pieces gives opportunities to
the poor and the luckless to obtain
provision for themselves and their
families. II q hunter has borrowed !
horse or = weapon, half OF his share
must go to the owner.
Women never &c upon the hunting.
teld unless TO assist u childless hus-
band Ia taking care OF the game.
After the laden ponies have reached
the camp. the duties OF the be-
gin in the preservation OF the meat.
They cut the headquarters into thin
slices, and hang them up on frames Co
dry; the muscle over the ribs is cut in
dried, and braided; and when
the meat Is well cured pemmican Is
made The drying or tanning 81 the
skins then requires attention: the
summer pelts are used for m-occasins.
clothing, and tent-covers; for robes
and Tor bedding only the winter skins
arc used. For the latter D the
hide Of the bull is preferred because Of
;ts weight, and the animal is cut and
fiayed differently from The others
Alice Fletcher. Ia Century,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-09
Hons as Weed Destroyer,.

1t . hen and chicks are placed in q
yard or confined on a small plot, every
blade OF grass, as well as every weed,
will be destroyed, and in a few DAYS
the plot will be as clean as if burned
over. When hens are confined in yards
the yards are clean and bare of vegeta-
ton. When the hens are on a range
they also destroy thousands of young
weeds. which is not SO noticeable, but
which Is nevertheless the case.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-09

PIso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate coughs.-Rev. D.: BuCH-
MUELLER, Lexington, Mo, Feb. "a, '94.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-09
The Growth of Fame.

odd, isn't it, how a mans impor.
lance grows when he leaves home.a
Yes; and there are regular grades
OF growth. II a man goes one hun.
dred miles from home he will get his
name in the list of hotel arrivals; if he
goes i've hundred miles he will be in
t~ervlewed. and If he travels one thou
sand or 0 he is mighty likely to get
his picture into the paper."-Chicago
Times-Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-09
Nnt n Rnnh...d~a-.

Kissam-Has her papa ever fred ron?
higRins-He has never resorted to
ho~mbardment- His tactics are more
IN the nature Of 2 passive blockade.
How is that?f
When I call to see his daughter. h.
remains IN the parlor dnaing tha
Eaals q the antssViaW - petroI. Fres
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-09

TIE WIFE-s'It must be bedtime" Illus
band Hardy the baby hasn't walked up
yet.n-Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-09

WHAT makes life dreary is want OF mo-
tiye.-George Eliot.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12
A FLORISTS FAKE
Gho Story Of tho ''Blanket Of Flowers' on
Mrs. Astor's Grave an Invention.

me story or tho "blanket OF FloWerD~ on
Mrs. Astor's Grave an Invention.
Many women have visited Trinity
cemetery, One Hundred and Fifty fifth
street and Amsterdam avenue, in the
past few days to see the marvellous
"blanket Of flowers" which was said to
''cover the casket" Of Mrs William
Waldorf Astor, and which was to be
renewed every morning for year, by
Mr.. Astor's order. Mrs. Astor was bur.
led on Jan. 8, not in vault, but in a
grave, in the northwestern corner: of
the Astor plot. On the day of the funeral
the mound Of earth was covered with
pine boughs. Tho evergreens have not
been removed, and except at one corner,
which has been uncovered by inquisitive
visitors, the grass is covered with snow.
The laborers in the cemetery have swept
q path through the burial plot, and
about the grave path has been trodden
by men and women.
The cemetery employees have grown
very tired Of having their word doubted
By women who inquire the way to the
Astor vault and the blanket Of flowers
on the coffin. No flowers at all have
been placed on the grave, and they can
sec for themselves that none can be put
On tho casket. So the women insist that
the coffin is not ia the grave, but in the
vault Of John Jacob Astor, and they ask
to have the vault opened, SO that they
nan see this wonderful covering. Al
though the man explains to them how
impossible and useless It would be to
comply with their requestl they. d.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12
Words from Philadelphia.


The editor of the American
writes us as follows:
PHILADELPHIA: March 8, 1895.
DR.. Christian johnson,
New London, MINI.
DEAR SIR:-1 am In receipt of your
letter OF the 5th instant and have
read what you say with great inter-
est. We must strive to overthrow
the power of the money cliques and
to effect this through the ballot box.
When the American people under
stand fully the efforts of the gold
mono-metallists to enslave them, they
will rise in their might and under
the leadership of men of knowledge,
ability and integrity Of purpose, they
will sweepa before them. The Presi-
Dental candidate for 1896 must come
from the people as Lincoln did. No
man now in public life is a fit man
to lead this people in the crisis now
before them. 5">$
Yours very truly,
SAMUEL II. BARKER,
The American is a weekly na-
tional journal withaa circulation
OF over 10000 andis loingeee
work for humanity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12

Fart 'unsaJlsned ana oouDJ1ng ms woru
Tho old gatekeeper. who has been
employed about the cemetery ~ years,
has to bear the brunt Of their inquiries
and disappointmenta He said that the
other evening, just as he was closing the
gates, two women begged for admit
tance, saying that they had come all the
way from East New York to sec the
flowers and would not go home unsatis-
fed. Some come from other states, and
two came from what seemed to him the
antipodes-Staten Island.
All this annoyance and disappoint-
nent is due to Joseph Fleischman, q
florist, of Broadway. On the morning
Of the funeral he told the reporters that
he had the contract to supply fresh flow-
ers every day for q year for the grave.
For this he was to receive 800 a day,
he said, and in all he would receive
$40, 900 from MI. Astor. On the day
after the funeral Mr.. Fleischman cent
to the newspaper offices q typewritten
story Of the alleged contract given to
him by Mr.. Astor. He was, he said, to
furnish 4.0O0 fresh lilies Of the valley
and 1000 violets each day. He repeat
cd the statement yesterday to reporter
Of The Sun, and then, being confronted
with the facts, admitted that be had In
vented the whole story. j. =s5. s{5.! S. s
Superintendent Otto Meurr ofs TIE
cemetery and his brother Albert who ID
sexton Of Trinity church chapel and had
charge Of the funeral. say that no such
order for flowers was given IN q.
G. tof a anyhedy J. - r. 8
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12
0URGREEN LAKE SUMMER RESORT

1t is we'll known but sometimes
forgotten by parties who ought
to remember it, that Kandiyohi
TO. contains the most wonderful
summer resort west of Minneton-
ka. The stretch ofcountry around
and between Spicer and New Lon
don will some day in the not dis
tant future rank as the great
summer resort of central Mime
sofa. To the west and south OF
US stretches for hundreds and
hundreds of miles the almost un-
broken solitude of monotonous
plains. You may travel for days
and days over the prairies of
Southwestern Minnesota and the
Dakotas, and further south
through Nebraska and Kansas,
and not a lake worthy of the
name, nor a sign of native forest
greet your straining eye, or re-
lieve the tiresome monotony.
Few people can stand this prairie
monotony very long. They soon
develop an irresistible desire to
90 to some place where they can
feast their eyes ON natural seem
cry, on beautiful lakes and forest
clad hills. Hence we ser the
dwellers of the plains come here
in the summer time and enjoy our
beautiful natural scenery. Our
Green Lake summer resort is Just
beginning to he properly appre-
ciated. But Willmar Tribune be-
lieves that a little effort rightly
expended could bring one hun
dred times the number OF visitors
that come here now. An effort
ought to be made to make Green
Lake a picnic place for some OF
our State or National societies.
How would it he for the Spicer
and New London people, and
Others interested in developing
Green Lake as a summer resort,
to organize some society or cor
poration to work for this object.
Willmar Tribune stands ready to
second some such move if taken
in hand by the proper parties.
Why notdo something now 50 as
to boom the lake next season.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12
FACTS.

In the Argus OF 18th OF Feb,
1895, we find that it was howl
ing against the people in school
district No. 63, for doing what
they thought to he right.
The Argus sneered at the reso-
lutions passed, at meeting held
III the said district, on the date
stated, because they did not in
clude what Birch preached.
Not only this, but Mr.. C. \.
Birch accuses our Co. Supt. and
biames him for being the Trainer
OF these resolutions. Now how
does the Argus know about this?
hope that the Argus in the fu-
ture will stop with it's manufac-
turing of gotten up nothing
news. The truth is that our Co.
Supt. had nothing to do with
the resolutions.
A committee on resolutions
was chosen, and they framed
them at the meeting and they
were adopted.
The Argus wise maxim used to
be Let the people see both
sides of things and let them
Judge for themselves" but the
Editor instead of following this
noble thing, simply throws the
resolutions sent to him for pub
fishing, into the waste basket
and then begins to howl.
Now if these resolutions were
such an obnoxious matter, why
don't the Argus publish them
and let the people see what is in
them.
That c. A. Birch is against our
County Supt. of schools for put.
ting his shoulder and strength
with the common schools is nat
ural, but we demand same rights
for e. pupil of our common
schools as those of the high
schools. and when We see that a
pupil of the former school works
hard in order to come up to a
standard, and comes out as
gloriousIy as the pupil of the lat.
ter in the branches taught in our
common schools, why then not
let him have the use of tile high
school State examination? We
did not mean to solve the quex.
tion in regard to the said hi gll
school examinations, but we lie.
lieve in equal rights to all, spec:
ial privileges to none. For this
we passed the resolutions, wish.
ing to have this system If exnn'.
ination extended to the whole
State. Now, Birch, let us have
our rights and We'll he. silent,
and not before.
Yours,
-. EVAN ERICKSON.
WilImar, Mimi, MarcI, 2, 1895
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12
Colored Floridians In Glover.

Nothing will kill a young negro but
. charge of dynamite, and their stom-
achs must be wonderfully and fearfully
made. The freeze was an unmitiqated'
blessing to them, and they luxuriated
on frozen oranges for two weeks after
ward. It was fun to see them. They
would gather around the various ship
ping points, and when q lot Of fruit was
ordered to the cremator they would help
themselves before it was hauled away.
Some Of the boys would eat two dozen
frozen oranges at sitting, or standing,
rather, and the feat did not seem to
harm'them in the slightest. Some Of
the bootblacks and newsboys made q
point Of buying cents worth Of frozen
oranges every day for their dinner:
They could get q dozen large ones for
9 nickel. and they would eat them way
down to the yellow hide Awhile boy
who attempted the same performance
would have had several different kinds
q oramp colo in Tess than: Is. minutes.
Florida Times Union. 80 "a. as.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12
The editor of Willmar Tribune
made q short visit to BELGRADE

The editor of Willmar Tribune
made a short visit to Belgrade
last week. Taking into consider
alton the dull times there was
lots of people in town and quite
a hustle. The mill is running at
full capacity continually, and is
a graphic illustration of how IL
wide-awake and energetic firm
can build up tlourishing busi-
ness even during hard times.
The irrepressible T. J. was 50
busy in tending to the Farmers
Union Cash Store that our usual
politico-economic discussion with
him when up there, had to be
postponed to another time. Our
old friends Hamprn Bros were
so busy counting eggs and weigh
ing butter, that we came to the
conclusion that the farmers up
around there must be doings some
diversified farming. The latter
firm has built up an extensive
trade Of late years. We even
noticed in their store customers
from the western part OF the
town of Norway Lake. We also
met the genial Bro. Campbell,
doctor and editor of ''The Sum-"
and inspected the sanctum where
The Sun rises and sets every
week. Bro. Campbell inquired
about that Argus-eyed sourmash
down in Willmar who was maxi
ing faces at doctor-e1itors. We
informed him that no one paid
any attention to what the Will
mar Argus said; that the fault
finding disposition OF the Argus
editor was undoubtedly due to a
constitutional idiosyncracy for
which he was hard y accountable.
Bro. Campbell is a strong Repub-
ican, but he is q gentleman, and
philosopher enough to realize
that radical reform in our
national affairs is necessary in
the near future.
Everybody spoke words OF
praise of the Wil|mar Tribune
and a number of new subscribers
was added to our list.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12
STATE CAPITOL.

It will remain at st. Paul.
The senate so decided last Fri.
day by a vote of 41:to 12. The
law now stands substantially as
it did at last sessions close. The
fees to arcIitectss we're left for
decision by the commission, The
bids Of Minneapolis for the site
were simply SO much buster, to
compel the, St. Paul delegation
to agree to a large appropria.
ton to the University. It is re-
ported that Duluth gets a Normal
school in the same deal. One
thing is certain, The two bio
cities, with a few smaller ones
with State institutions, practi-
cally parcel out the revenue of
the State as they please. The
rest Of the State is not in it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12
DR.. 9bristiop cloi,I,sol,
Physician and. Surgeon.

%f J .s2fffss4 Ne.
Oft1ce at Willmar, over Lnndquist's
Hardware Store, corner of Litchfield
avenue and Third Street, on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The rest Of the week l shall he at
home in New London.
Calls left at my office at New Lon
don or per telegram to me at Willmar
when there, will be promptly attended
to in any part Of the county as here
tOfOre.
Be sure to inform me in your call
in cases of confinement, so that may
bring necessary instruments, etc.,
also in cases Of injnry that needs
immediate attention.
l 60 ont from Willmar on trains or
by teams as most convenient.
l tend to my medical practice now
as ever, all the assertions to the con-
trary notwithstanding, and intend to
do so in the future.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12

Do you notice our Farmers
Wants and For Sale Colunn?
Three lines for 10 cents. What
do you think about WiIlmar Tri-
hune anyway? Do you. wonder
that the otherpapers are making
faces at us? .s'.== y s ~ s.z
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12

Those who have not paid in the
dollar for their subscription will
please go to some one of our
agents and do so as soon as con.
veniemt. When we are sure OF
prompt and satisfactory returns
from oursu6scribers wecan make
arrangement to enlarge and
otherw ise. improve the Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12

The e'litor of the Argus op-
poses a. Normal school for Will
mar, and ridit.ules WilImar Tri-
bune for trying to aid farmers
to get out Of debt. Farmers,
what do YOU think Of Mr.. Bircl,
anyway?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-03-12

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