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The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
The Dreaded Poison Oak.

This beautiful why shrub is a con-
spicuous feature of the fora of the Pa.
cifc coast from Southern California to
British Columbia. It is especially
abundant in the coast range, where its
slender stems, twining about oaks,
reach a height Of twenty or forty feet,
with luxuriant leaves at the top. In
the spring and summer, it's graceful
green adds an indescribably delicate
touch to the woodlands, and in autumn
the rich red of it's leaves makes splendid
patches among the evergreen trees, OF
lights like a fame the duller shades OF
deciduous forests. It likes damp soil,
and when seen on dry, open ground,
Rhus is but an insignificant shrub,
with scant reddish leaves resembling
in shape those of the white oak. Poison
oak resembles the poison ivy, Rhus
Toxicodendron, of the Atlantic States,
and causes a like cutaneous eruption.
Many cases of severe poisoning occur
where there is no exposure to the plant
other than sitting by the open window
Of a car, or riding in a private con-
veyance through canons where it riots
gloriously over rotting stump and tree
trunk. And again persons equally sus.
ceptible find their hands and faces
break out with singing pimples just
from the handling of wild flowers which
were picked adjacent to poison oak;
or the poison is transmitted from
clothes worn by p%icnickers. Forum
ately, however, these are the excep-
tional instances, and ordinarily if one
avoids touching the foliage, the danger
is averted. The stockman and farmer
probably suffer the greatest annoyance
from poison oak. The worst cases
come passing to leeward of a fire in
which it is burning, and grubbing out
a range or clearing off a foothill farm
necessitates this means Of Kidding the
ground of brush. The hired man who
can handle poison oak with impunity
has an added value to the farmer who
suffers from the contact with this vexa-
tious bush. The antidotes recon-
mended are many but are well-nigh
useless. A few simple remedies, like
the application of salt, soda and fire.
quent hot bathing, can usually be re-
lied upon to modify the itching and
swelling of the parts affected, but the
sufferer, if he be no novice, is perfectly
certain that an affection ofpoison oak,
like other diseases, must rub it's course,
and so waits, with what stsicism he can
commaadfo for the allotted a5sear four
teen days REPRESENTATION Hgricul-
turist. v n
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

At the present price of about thirty
two cents q pound, alumin4u is
cheaper than the same bulk oflbpper
or brass. Yet 100 pounds of Brass, or
$50 OF copper, are sold to one Of alumni
num-. Manufacturers of the new
metal disposed of $50 tons Of it last
year, but they r compelled to dis
cover its novel uses. Aluminium has
nearly displaced nickel in the arts and
it is in growing demand for cooking
utensils, bicycle parts, plates for false
teeth, handles for surgical instruments.
q substitute for photographic stones.
(non-magnetic electric apparatus and
military accouterments.- Its lightness
renders it peculiarly fasble for can
teens, buttons and bell p1tes.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Summer Room of a Novelist.

Mrs. Humphrey Wards summer
room, where she writes from the first
of May to the first Of September, is in
London, on top Of her town house.
She goes away in the autumn for her
Summer vacation and, during the
hot months stays home for home COM
fort, and to enjoy London when it is
clear. She has what her friend Lady
Aberdeen first called a roof garden.
It is on top of the house, fitted up ex-
actly like a room, with all sorts of
writings there. A wooley white dog
lives up there; and q hen with one
single chick Matched from a store egg
There is a cat that lives p~eaceably
with both; and on very t~wilighty days
the room is lighted with lamps fitted
into wind-proof globes.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
AGRICULTURAL.
ETanurino in the Hill.

1t is only concentrated manures that
can be proftably used in the hill.
Whenever stable or barnyard manure
is used in this way it aids in drying
the soil above, and thus often does
most harm just at the most critical
period of growth. The roots of all
hoed crops will more certainly reach
the manure if placed between the rows
that if the seed has been planted
directly over it. Both corn and pota-
toes, especially the former, bend their
leaves so as to turn the water that
falls in rains to the middle of the rows.
Scarcely any water except in heavy
rains with driving winds can reach the
bill whence the stalks grow.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Fashion Notes,

Bodices in general are round and
belted, much as they have been all
winter, and the belt is sometimes very
wide, beginning just below the bust.
Veryshort jackets are the rule among
the cloth tailor gowns. The revers
are narrow and the sleeves very small,
with very little fullness at the top.
The craze for violet, mauve and all
the shades of purple has extended to
the corsets, aud yards of violet silk
and satin, either plain or lowered, are
made up in this important article of
dress.
With the loose, graceful pompadour
now IN vogue, all hats seem to be be-
coming, but the style goes particu-
larly well with the toque. Only a few
hats tip forward this season, as all did
last summer. Some few are made to
be arranged in that fashion, but more
give the appearance Of resting on one
side. In truth, the hat itself is quite
straigh%end the tilted effect is due to
the ahapsA dmanner of trimming.
"A elaborate sailor-made costume is
interesting. TIL material, a fade blue
cloth, opens in 'front.' over a narrow
panel of dark Iblue velvet, the cloth
being laid in a dep fold on each side
of the panel. The bodice has q short,
fitted double-breasted jacket of the
cloth, with revers faced with velvet.
Under thisisa gold-embroidered waist
coat Of white satin, which shows below
the jacket and extends a trife over the
hips.
A shape which promises to be popu-
lar in Panama straw is called the Louis
XIV, but it is difficult to trace in its
form or trimming any likeness to head
gear worn either by cavalier or dame
at that period. The circular brim rolls
on n side, and is turned up on the
oRher by a large bow or bunch of
f1wers, the trimming being continued
os ar the brim, SO that it rests on the
hair. This gives q certain one-sided
poise to the chapeau. The crown is
rather high, aud is encircled by a vel
vet band. The flowers continue from
the bunch on the side about the brim.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Clothes for an Ocean Voyage.


"Take only half the clothing that
you think you will need, aud do not
attempt to have q small trunk in your
stateroom, writes Emma M. Hooper
in the Ladies' Home Journal. "Haye
in your LARGEST shawl strap a travelling
rug, heavy wrap-a golf cap is excel:
lent-grn umbrella, rubbers, small
cushion to tie on the back of your deck
chair, a warm dress of plain design
and q flannel wrapper to use as a night
gown. Wear a channels pocket well
secured with a tape about the waist
for your letter of credit, iewelry,
money, etc.
I'm a large travelling bag place a
change Of underwear, hose, bedroom
slippers, and needed toilet articles,
with which include a small hot-water
bag, bottle OF salts, vaseline, box Of
cathartic pills and bottle of camphor.
Do not forget a comfortable cloth
steamer cap and a gauze veil if you are
afraid Of a little sunburn. Wear a
jacket suit of mixed cheyiot or serge
anda silk waist on board. After start
ing put on the older gown and lounge
in it until you land, then if can be
given to a s~tewardess. Some travellers
try to dress for dinner, and -carry o
steamer trunk filed with silk waists
and fancy neckwear, but for an eight
day journey this is poor taste and lots
OF trouble. Others have the small
trunk in the cabin, and before landing
pack the things in it that are to BE
used only on the return voyage, and
send i to the ship company's Office
until their return. Tt must be renlem-
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Touching the abnormal fragility'

Touching the abnormal fragility"
of the bones of the insane, two in
stances Of this have just occurred at
an English asylum. In the first case
a patient fell down in a fit, broke his
right leg, and died from "embolism
caused by a clot Of blood entering the
circulation in the neighborhood of the
fracture" The second case was that
Of d patient who died from congestion
of the lungs due to five Of his ribs be-
ing fractured. He had to he held by
attendants while the medical officers
treated him. Thus his ribs were
broken.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Saws the Denver Times: The VIC

Says the Dsazer Tines: The work
ingmen Of count y seem to be
uniting An a campaign for shorter
hours. One of the fundamental reasons
for this is the increased capacity of
workmeh operating labor-saving de-
vices. The workingmen ask for an adj
iustment between the old hours and
the new capacity, and therein lies an
economical problem that must sooner
or later be solved.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Farm anHss~yaMsrotes.

Of course it is better to hatch a few
chicks late even of the larger breeds,
but they will not pay as layers.
For your own table it pays to hatch
chicks from February to November,
but the number should be limited.
Thorough culture saves moisture and
invigorates the plant, rendering it less
susceptible to the attacks of insects and
fungi.
The great object on the farm should
be to make everything pay, whether it
be livestock or farm crops. Are we do
ing it? If not, why not?
Fifty hens on a farm, ! properly
handled, will pay better the year
through than 200 in the same place or
roost. Quality rather than quantity
should be the rule.
Cutting off large limbs is best done
by first saving a little on the under
side, SO that when the limb falls it
will not split the wood nor peel the
bark down the trunk.
Eggs and chicken meat beat salt
pork all to death as an article of diet.
Use plenty of each. Do not expect that
the eggs will pay all the grocery bills
unless an abundance is produced.
Low-headed trees will bear some
what sooner than high-headed ones,
for they sooner reach the proper height
of trunk and the heads are sooner de-
yeloped to support a full crop of fruit.
One of the most effective means of
increasing the profits of gardening and
truck farming is to so arrange the
planting that horse power may be
utilized in preparing, planting and
cultivating.
Some farmers think hat money alone
should be counted to determine
whether a thing pays or not. This is
a great mistake. Fruit pays even if
we do not sell q dollars worth. It keeps
down doctor bills in the family.
A liberal poultice of fresh COW man
ure may not seem nice to tie onto a
tree that has acoidently been peeled
with the single-tree or otherwise, but
there's nothing better to cause the
wound to heal over quickly and sound
".
A plot of ground on which a brush
heap has been burned is and excellent
place to start plants for late cabbage,
as the weeds are not liable to bother
much here and the ashes, mixed with
the soil, cause the plants to grow
vigorously and strongly, providing
that they have room for best develop
ment, the plants standing about an
inch and a half apart.
Contrary to expectations at the Ohio
Station, the best results have been Sc
cured in using medium and late varie-
ties of potatoes for late planting.
Usually, late planting does not pro
duce as large a crop as early planting,
but the advantage lie in being able to
follow early crops in this manner, and
in securing better seed, because of the
superior keeping qualities Of late grown
potatoes.
Injudicious slashing Of fruit. trees
will not do; those whose orchards have
been neglected and who do not under
stand pruning, should get an expert
enced mar to do the work, though, as
Professor Hansen, Of the S. Dakota
says, "a man accustomed to
trimming orchards in the Eastern
States would better keep his knife in
has pocket unless willing to adopt
Western methods" and vica versa, We
add.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
The New York Tribune thus ne

The New York Tribune thus neatly
sizes up the present political situation
in the East: ''The Powers will medi-
ate, and Greece will mediate" But
the kind of mediation proposed is ac-
curately gagged by q cartoon in the
New York Press, which represents "a
burly brute of a Turk bulldozing a
Greek, upon whose PROSTATE form rep
resentatives Of the Powers are prepar-
ing to jump. Above is the sarcastic
inscription: "The Powers intervening
in behalf Of Greece"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

The severe st indictment of the Greek
soldier is that he is not amenable to
discipline. It is "no uncommon thing"
says a correspondent, 'to hear the
word of command disputed or dis
cussed on the parade ground Or on the
march" Discussion never makes a
soldier. Fortnsic disputes are out of
place in a<acamp. The first step to-
ward military success is to obey or
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Gossip.

Gossip.
Emma Eames, the singer, was born
at Shanghai, China, just thirty years
ago.
Mrs. Bradley Martin is said to have
the finest collection of watches in this
country.
A Kansas woman had q bill intro,
duced in the Legislature against wear
ing corsets.
A Kansas City (Mo.) stenographer
advertises that she will trade her type
writer for o bicycle.
The citizens of Portland, Me-, have
voted against giving women represen-
tation on the School Board.
The women Of Charlotte, N. G. have
gotten up q fair to exhibit the works
Of art and industry of North CAROLYN
ians.
Sarah Bernhardt, who has always
had a morbid dread of fire, is attempt
ing to have all her stage dresses made
of fire-proof material.
A woman in San Francisco asked
for the privilege of caring for the
lepers in the city pest house. She
offered to serve without compensation.
Women painted ten per cent. of the
pictures in the Champs Elysees ex-
hibition this year, but only 2! per
cent. of those in the Champ de Mars
building.
Miss Mary Isabella Potter, who was
ordained as an Episcopal deaconness
in New Haven on Sunday, is the first
woman to take orders in the diocese of
Connecticut.
The 5000, 900 bequeathed by Mrs.
Donohue Of San Francisco, for charita-
BILE purposes will, among other OBJ
iects, provide for two new kindergar-
tens aad an orphan asylum.
Mrs. S. T. Pickard, of Boston, niece
Of Whittier, is to furnish a room in the
Old Ladies' meatA mesbury, Mass,
in memory Of the great poet. Some Of
the pieces Of furniture selected are
Whittier heirlooms.
Queen Victoria's ponderous black
velvet bonnet, with it's many snowy
plumes, does duty ON all state occasions
when Her Majesty rides in a carriage.
The shape has not been changed for
twenty-five years, and one lasts through
several occasions.
Signorina Maria Nsntoressi, a hand
some woman Of twenty-seven, is the
only 'dottoressa," or woman physi-
clan, in Rome, Italy. She is an as
sistant at the Woman's Hospital San
Giovanni, and has taken q great interest
in the subject of sanitation in great
AT a recent meeting Of women, says
the New York Tribune, a number of
delegates had made earnest addresses,
when a little woman in the rear of the
hall arose, and, addressing the chair,
said: MADAME President, I am tired
OF so many squeaky sopranos; I want
to hear q man."
A wealthy widow Of Chicago has pur-
chased land in India upon which she
intends to erect q club house for wo-
men. No man will be allowed to en-
ter it in any capacity; but the prohibi-
ton will doubtless be unnecessary, as
no sensible man would think of enter
ing q woman's club house.
Mrs. Cragie'(':John Oliver Hobbes")
is still very delicate. and incapable Of
much bodily exertion, and she conse-
4uently leads the life almost of a re-
cluse. She spends most of her time
in her library, but occasionally writes
in bed. She never goes to dinner par
ties o. receptions, but ~retires early to
rest.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Round Toes This Year.

If you wish to toe the mark this
year look to the tips of your new shoes.
Box toes are we'll worn, but if you do
not care for the straight-cut, patent
leather tip, known as the ''box' toe,
then get q round toe shape. The
pointed toe is a thing Of the past, and
as good shapes cost no more than bad
ones, you may as well invest in the
newer fashion and look like other
people.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

The State of Indiana, through its
Board of Charities, has undertaken the
custodial care and control of all it's
orphan, dependent and abandoned
children. No other State has ever
taken such an advanced step in this
direction, and the success of the en-
ture will be watched with great inter-
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

In.
Under the Direction Of the Sisters Marianites
of Holy Gross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring q thorough christian ed
ucation. Constant attention is paid to
home and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also have
charge of the boys school. The course
of instruction is two-fold-Preparatory
and Commercial. French is taught in
the two courses. For particulars, ad-
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
Small Farms in scotland,

According to the Government re-
turns just issued there are in Scotland
1887 agricultural holdings of one acre
and under, 90, $50 offrom one to five
acres, 1921 Of from five to fifty acres,
25, 568 Of above fifty acres, and seven
ty-six Of more than 1000 acres.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
modified STYLES Hold Their own.

In spite Of all efforts to introduce
the fashions that prevailed at the time
of the coronation Of Queen Victoria,
modified styles still hold their own, and
no n dreams of adopting the absurd
and unbecoming features of that
period. There are notifications and
compromises, but that is all that the
advocates of these fashions have been
able to secure.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

New York boys have to be taught
English as if they were learning a
foreign tongue That's what Profess
sor Mott, of the College of the City of
New York, told the conference Of
pedagogues.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

The black horses used by English
u~ndertakers are all bred by. Dutch
farmers, who make this a distinct
business,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Gum chewing is not a modern habit.
Way back in the time of the Vedas the
Hindoo maidens chewed gum. But
then they were uncivilized and knew
no better. IS,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21
MONEY TO LOAN.

oyy1ox OF St. LANDRY HQWESTEAD AND
LOAN Assoc 3foN, (
OPELoUsAs, Sept. 18th. 1888.
The undersigned Is authorized by the
Board OF Directors Of the st. Landry
Homestead and Loan Association to
otfer to its members loans at eight per
osntum. For particulars apply to
E. D EsTILETTE,
President st. Landry Il. & L. Assn.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Mr.. Ainsworth, of the War Depart
ment, has compiled some statistics Of
mortality among the survivors of the
Uaion armies. There are now ], 1885,
628, nd~ til number will decrease
&c folIaSsene2k
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

bered that thirty pounds Of baggage is
the average weight allowed free on the
continent. Warm wraps and WOODEN
underwear are necessary at all seasons
going across the Atlantic"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

The value of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"g'he st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated ON the Sd of
March, 1894, with The Opelou.
Bas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 50 a year.
Tile COURIER being by odds
the best paper in the empire Par.
leh OF st. Landry is therefore the
cheapest
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-21

Opelousas Courier
Is the advocate of Democratic
principles and the friend of the
people.
Their welfare is its welfare, and
it will ever be found defending
their rights with all Of Its
ability.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-08
GREEN LAKE

Mr.. and Mrs. B. Leary drove
through town Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Farrell Dan.e-
herty will celebrate their golden
wedding, June 18th.
Jas. LAWYERS house burned
down last week.
2. H. Downes visited friends
id Spicer last week.
Chimes of wedding bells will
soon be heard in our vicinity.
Gardens was badly damao, 4
by frost last week.
j. Ryan. of Willmar, Was ia
our town last Sunday.
?. Haley, Of Willmar, caleb
here Friday.
Fishing outfits are very M -
erous now -a-days. Look out
game Wardens.
DR.. P. Nelson, of Willmar. 49,.
companied by his brother. tr;.Y.,-
acted business here Tuesday.
Everyone that has poll. taxu~.
had better work them at onvr.
SO says the boss.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-08
Lake Lillian

Erick Knutson took cattle to
Olivia, May 81.
Mr.. @. E. Erickson, out new
constable, finds the business in
his line rather dull. He hoped
that pugilism would increase with
the returning of prosperity, but
.to,his CONSERVATION his first Off
cial duty was destined to be-a
mortgage sale. :: 49,. = ~: =. :
!: p. Aspaaas is teaching the peo-
pie how to use a road grader
which was considered a useless
piece Of property. .........- !. ~. u
Mr.. and Mrs. Aron Erickson
was made happy over the arrival
5of 9 baby girl. 5 =z..s 81. ....S. I.
r. Norberg made . flying trip
Ito Willmar on his bike, bringing
back surveyor j nness to survey
acounty road.
B. @. Linn invested in 9 new
top buggy while in town one day.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-08

Gust. Johnson is building a
new granary.
While E. Nordin was boring
d we'll for his proposed. kitchen
the we'll augur broke. Don t
give in Erick!
The parochial school in Christ
inc church is said to have-a en-
rollmeut of 30 pupils.
Peter Larson will change his
condition and Miss Christine
Berglund S name on June IS.
Mr., John Flann took a load of
creamery butter to Bird Island
on Wednesday of last week.
Our friend Tom Marshall is
laid up on account of rheumatism.
Misses Hattie Hanson and Jen-
ME Wick returned from the Will
mar High School with high
hOnOrS.
There is quite a lively fight
going on down here about the
ownership of the postofice. L.
+. Owre. the present incumbent
don't want to sell out, and our
friend, Bennie Anderson would
like to represent Uncle Sam at
this point. Both parties are
popular and we'll liked here and
the reporter are in hopes they
will both be appointed.
Adolph Wick has rented the
blacksmith shop on the south
side of the lake, and intends to
devote his time in blacksmithing
this summer. Mr.. Wick is an
able workman and the farmers of
this locality will do we'll to give
him their patronage.
We will send quite a delegat-
ion to Willmar circus day.
Preparations are being made
for an elaborate dance to be given
by J. W. Olson. The program
has not been given out yet so full
details cannot be given, but we
are informed a horse and buggy
will be given away, refreshments
served etc. We anticipate a
royal time.
Mr.. Kittleson is teaching the
young ''hopefulls' how to read
Norsk.
Sarah Hanson, of New London,
has been visiting the family of
DIR. Nelson the past week.
DR.. Nelson was called to Co.'S
mos last week to attand severe
case of pneumonia.
Memorial day passed off pleas
antly in Dist. 40. Appropriate
recitations rendered by Eda
Johnson, Willie Waters, Jertina
Johnson, Axel Bomsta, Josie
Johnson, Naldo Johnson, Della
Swenson, John Bomsta, Bernice
Anderson and others. Plenty
of flags, flowers, marching and
singing; and Lincoln looked his
approval from the wall.
whats the matter with pat.
riotism in Kandiyohi county?'
Tell US that We old pioneers
who fought and bledand suffered
Rev. Nelson from Roseau Co.,
has been here and stirred up the
people, and there is going to be
another stir in the near future,
$50 they say" Some people
like the 'cool weather. but
others hate to put on winter
rigs in summer. Take your
choice.