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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
Some interesting Chairs.

From the Chicago Herald.
The Libby Prison War Museum
has just placed in position an exhibit
consisting of interesting historic
chairs, and every one of these chairs
forms one of the links in the history
of this great nation. The first chair
of interest is an old wooden one, in
which John Hancock sat when he af-
fixed his signature to the famous
Declaration of independence, and
near this is an old and worn wooden
wicker that Abraham Lincoln's
father once priced as a portion of his
household effects. Then come a few
chairs OF a more modern date, the
first being the leather-eovered pivot
chair used in Lincoln,s library at the
White House when he was President.
In the same exhibit are six OF the
chairs that were in the box at Ford's
Theater, Washington, on the night
that President Lincoln was assas-
sinated. The last official chair OF the
Confederaey is n of great interest.
1t is the one that Jefferson Davis
used in the residence of Mrs. Potts as
an office chair after Richmond was
evacuated, and the seat OF the Con-
federacy was forced to the South.
The most modern of these chairs in
this historic collection is that used
by president Grant, Hayes and Gar
field as an office chair in the White
House. One other chair of interest
is that used by President Garfield
after he vas shot by Guiteau. 1t is
an invalid chair of the reclining
pattern, and was the only n used
by thatmartyred President from the
time he vas shot by the assassin
until his death.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
Does 1t Hurt Him.

Does a dismembered limb retain SEN
%sitiveness? Many persons hold firm
ly that it does. Their beliefs appar-
iently sustained by those strange
and vivid imaginings of persons who
have lost a band or foot, and declare
positively that they have no feelings
in the fingers or toes of the lost
member. The phenomenon, however,
has been explained in a scientific way.
Such cases are frequent, and Edgar
Bergen, a 12-year-old boy who lives
at $40 West Michigan street, is an
example. He was taking a ride on
the cars in the Big Four yards, when
he slipped. He was dragged seine
distance, but could not maintain a
safe position, and his left foot was
cut of above the ankle, remaining in
the shoe, The boy was taken home,
and his leg was amputated just-below
the knee The foot was taken to
Crown Hill and buried in a lot near
his mothers grave. The little fellow
bore his pains bravely and neverlost
consciousness, but he complains fire.
quently that the toes of his dismem-
bered foot are cramped, and the foot
seems still TO be in position. The
loot was placed in a cramped posi-
ton in the box in which it was buried,
and a mem Der of the household de-
clareS that this accounts for the
boys sensations, and recalls cases
which she thinks confirms this view.
Indianapolis News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
Horses Meat Tastes Like Hare.

Physically, horse meat, q writer in
the Nineteenth Century says, may be
distinguished from beet or mutton by
its appearance. It is coarser in the
grain than beef. In this respect it
resembles bull beef more than any
other, 1t is darker in color, and
looks more moist than beef. 1t has
apeculiar smell and a peculiar sweet
ness of taste. It's flavor is generally
considered to be half way between
the iavors of beef and game. 1t is
something like the flavor of hare.
One reason why horseflesh is, as a rule,
darker in color than beef, is that
horses which are pole-taxed, or which
have died from injury, disease or old
age, are not properly dressed and
bled blythe slaughter. 1t is. however,
by its fat that horse flesh is most
easily distinguished. The fat of
horse flesh is not generally mixed
with the lean. 1t is yellow in color.
it looks more moist than the fat of
beet. Itsoon melts and soon becomes
rancid. consequently, uniessa rapid
sale is effected or the fat removed, All
advanced price must be charged in
order to secure the butcher from loss
on unsold meat.
Lastly, horse flesh can be distin-
guished from beefby its chemical char
acteristics, and it is in this way that
it may be recognized when mixed
with other substances. Who can tell
except the chemist what are the COM
poneat parts OF u sausage, polony or
saveloy? Or who can tell by taste
what these parts are? We do not
Judge by taste, We judge by flavor,
and in the making OF favor-to use
Sam Weller's phrase-''It's the sea-
soning as does it,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
SAVING WOOD.
Business Too Engrosslng to
Permit OF Conversation,

The Business Too Engrossing to
Permit OF Conversation.
l don't suppose the man was ever in
politics or read a newspaper, says the
Detroit Free Press, but one day as l
drove by his cabin in the mountains
ne was out in front at q woodpile,
with a saw, hard at work, while a
thin, rawboned woman in a faded
calico dress and a slab-sided sunbon-
net sat on the cabin steps, smoking
her pipe and watching him.
GOOD morning" / said to him as l
stopped my horse. @E"..
"Mornin'," he answered, so low I
could scarcely hear. him and without
stopping his saw.
pleasant weather we're having" /
ventured next, but he made no an.
swer.
Pretty bad roads you have around
here" said, still pleasantly, as he
sawed away.
oShhiS SEWING uiuClliHts, L
said, comingdown at onceto business,
but he sawed on.
Have you got one in your house?"
| asked, after waiting a moment for
the saw to stop.
Don't you think you ought to have
oneY" was my next, as the saw kept
ripping along.
No answer, and at last, quite pro-
voked, i said: -.5 +
why in thunder don't you TALK"
HE kept right on saving, but, look
ing furtively over his shoulder toward
his wife, who had never moved, he re-
piled:
Stranger, | am a.sawin' wood. Go
long to the house and let the old
woman do the talkin'."
L went, but didn't sell a machine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
Short Rows.

A hive OF 5000 bees will produc.
about fifry pounds OF honey annually.
For hogs with overloaded stomachs
charcoal is an excellent relief.
The hog, as a machine, can turn
more products into a profitable form
than any other animal that we know.
Every day a team is idle foots up a
loss equal to the cost OF keeps. As
far as possible avoid this loss.
Trees properly pruned and the
fruit we'll thinned out need never have
their limbs propped. The man who
carries out this mode will succeed,
where the neglected trees will be un-
profitable.
Sleeping in dust is the cause OF the
premature death of many hogs. Give
them plenty of bedding and don't per-
NIT them to nest under corncribs or
other buildings.
The difference between a sharp plow
and dull one may not appear very
important but it may make the diff.
ference in labor OF three horses COM
pared with two. When the nipple
ments are in proper order less power
is required.
II you know anything about the
care OF horses, and have any SYM
pathy for them, water them as osten
as they want to drink-once al hour,
il possible. By doing this, you will
not be only merciful to your animals,
but you will be a benefactor to your
self, as they will do more work; they
will be healthier; they will look better;
and will be less liable to coughs and
colds, and will live longer,
Mr.. Holman, OF Virginia, in the
American Farmer, states that he had
a neighbor who a few years ago bought
100 sheep for $500, and that the first
season after the purchase he sold
nearly enough lambs and wool to pay
the entire cost, with original flock
left. Mr.. Holman thinks that no
evidence is lacking to prove the profit
ableness OF the business OF sheep rails
ing. #
1t is said that the use oftarred paper
toprotect trees is worse than all other
evils combined, as it causes the bark
underneath it to decay to the wood.
A correspondent of tine Western Rn-
raj lost a fae young orchard of 200
treess by this means, but not until
after writing an article recommending
the use of tarred paper, Which he has
been trying to correct ever since. -
There is one disadvantages, and but
one, in getting the horns of from cat
tle-it removes the age marks. But
the compensating advantages far
oyerbalance this. At two years old
a wrinkle appears at the base of the
horn, and the following yearit is sufi-
developed to be easily seen.
At five years OF age a second wrinkle
is fully developed, and after that one
appears'ever year, until at the age of
eleven or twelve the wrinkles are
smaller, closer and less conspicuous,
and some OF the earlier ones will be
entirely worn away,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
Used to Riding Thorough
bredS,


A wealthy rancher of Wyoming
territory recently related a story OF
a rich young Englishman who, while
looking about the west for good in
vestments, visited his ranch. He
stayed there a few days, and one aft
ernoon as the cowboys were about
to round up a bunch efcow ponies
the young man said that he would
enjoy a good ride in the saddle. He
said lie was used to riding only thor
oughbreds, and he didn't think they
had a horse good enough fer him.
The boys convinced him that they
had one of the finest horses on the
plains; arid if he knew how to ride ne
SWfk welcome to the animal.
gsas3p apparently insulta& when
Iuestf6ned about his ability to ride
ard answered that he could ride any
kind of n horse. A sleepy looking
bronco was; brought out from the
corrals and saddled. Though he APP
peared half dead he was the worst
bucker in the nera!st"'E's lifeless,"
said the foreigner, when the pony was
brought to him., The boy said the
nag would wake up after the first
mile, rande the visitor got into the
saddle, He didn't .linger long. The
first buck jump placed him on the
horses neck, and after a second he
was in the atmosphere. He turned
a double somersaults and landed on
the sharp end of a cactus plant.
When he picked himself up one of the
boys asked what he thought OF the
thoroughbred now. The question
made the Englishman turn pale.
"'E's a good 'oss," he answered,
"but e lopes too bloomin' 'igh.''-
Chicago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
A M~ethodtcaI Man.

e ain old Englishman, James
by name, Travelled about on
kss until he was nearly eighty
OF age. He became celebrated
3 pu~nctuality and his methodical
F. Upon one occasion a gentle.
stopped at an inn much frequent
b Mr.. Scott and saw a fin efowl
Big.
lat is very good" said the
n guest. You may serve that
D dinner"
en cannot have that, sir" re-
sae landlord. THAT is being
ID Tor Mr.. Scott, the traveller"
know MI. Scott very WELL" said
lntleman. ais he stopping here"
+, no, sir" answered the land
.But six months ago he
ed a fowl to be ready for him at
ely 2 O'Clock today and we are
ting him every minute"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
One Pure Baking Powder.
Like Telling a Secret.

A story is told and it is true story that over seventy
Der cent. of all the baking powders sold contain either alum
p AROMA, and many of these powders contain both. The
ll effects upon the system of food raised by alum or ammo
nia powders are the more dangerous because of their insldious
Character. 1t would be less dangerous for the people were II
atal at once, for then such, food would be avoided, but their
baneful action because imperceptible at first and slow IN IL
advances, is no less certain.
DR. Prices Cream Baking Powder is declared by all
authorities as free from al,tn,. ammonia or any other adul-
4erant It's nuritv has never been questioned, and while it
noes finer and better work, it costs no more at retail tnan
aany of the adulterated powders.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
Catching a Loon with Hook
and Line.

Alfred Hills, one of the brothers
whorun the famous Hills Homestead
at Savin Rock, narrowly escaped be-
ing still more famous q day or two
ago. Here's the story as Mr.. Hills
tells it: lie was fishing for iatfish
off the Savin Rock shore when he was
surprised to hear blood curdling
screeches and to feel q big thing on
his line. Aloon, or great northern
diver, hadpieked up the bait and was
fast on the hook. Mr.. Hills got just
as much excited as was the loon, and
a battle royal followed. The fisher.
man played his catch until his boat
had Travelled fully a mile, and had
his game well in hand. He pulled in
the line slowly and had the bird close
by the boat when the loon made one
last effort, broke the line and es-
capped. To capture a loon is a big
feat, but to catch one with q hook
and line is unprecedented. The bird
is very shy, and will dive SO rapidly
that it will get under water between
the time OF a flash of a gun and the
time the bullet reaches the place
where the loon was.-New Haven
Palladium.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
A Discounted Pumper.

: A small Scotch boy was summoned
to give evidence against his father,
who was accused of making disturb
ances on the streets. Said the bale
to him; "Come, my wee mon, speak
the truth, and let us know all We ken
about this affair" "Weel, sir" said
the lad, dye ken I~verness street,"
81 do, laddie," replied his worship.
"Weel, We gang along it and turn into
the square, and cross the square"
Yes, yes" said the bale, encourag-
ingly. AN then We gang across the
square We turn to the right, and up in
to High street, and keep On up High
steet till We come to a pump" .Quite
right, my lad; proceed, said his wor-
ship. IL know the old pump WELL"
well, said the boy, with the most in
fantile simplicity, I'VE may gang and
pump it, for ye'll no pump me-"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
|ESoUiMAU IGLooS.

Huts in Which Far Ncrther-
D Hide During the Winter,
igloos, OF winter stone huts,
ot far from the summer tupiks,
a correspondent of Scribner's.
were built upon the hillside, a
b OF which is dug out to form
terior. The dcmed roofs We're
pf large pieces OF fiat sandstone,
81 arranged and held in place
Res OF bone. These protruded
hat into the hut, and were
as hooks upon which hung
en lines, pouches of seal and
kin, tin drinking-cups, bone
etc. At the back OF the hut
platform raised about a foot
he floor. Opposite this, which
as the bed, was the opening Of
bel six or eight feet long through
the family must crawl &c enter
abode; and here the dogs find
j duringtl lie storms of winter. The
slopes down from the floor, SO
Nater from the melting SHOWS OF
may not ruh into the house.
fhe inner entrance of the tunnel,
four feet square, Is another
pg OF about the same dimensions,
allows light to enter the dwell
This hole is closed in winter by
g stretched over it the stomach
g walrus, scraped thin and
q in oil. At Herbert Island
igloos were double, that is, two
were built close together, each
separate tunnel, but the divid-
side partition was left incom-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28

which plants cannot avail themselves.
Intelligent experimentation will enable
the farmer to discover the key to
these stored up treasures Isthere is
a large growth OF foliage wood, it is
evident that there is enough nitrogen.
If the seed OF the plant is deficient
and the wood u~nripened, there is
plainly a lack OF potash and phos.
phoric acid. One field may have
enough OF these elements for almost
any cr~op-thcugh this is seldom the
case on long-eultivated soils-while
the adjoining one is lacking in one or
all of them.
The trial of different brands OF fer
t~ilizers, or of different farm manures,
will aid the farmer in determining
what his soil needs; but, a good
analysis affords a helpful starting
point for such experiments, and there.
in lies its chief value.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
FARMING CIRCLES.
INTERESTING TOPICS FOR PRO-
CRESSivE FARMERS.
Some Interesting and Instructive
Experiments--Pian OF Hog Feed
Ing--To Catch a Sheep T
Limitations of Soil
Analyses. ~
some interesting and interesting

some interesting and Interesting
EXPERIMENTS,
A Nebraska farmer has been ex-
p~erimenting with potato seed, and
obtained some information which is
worth noting. 1t was OF q small scale,
to be sure, but that is the way expert.
ments should be undertaken on the
farm. He planted two medium-sized
potatoes OF late variety whole. Re
suit, half a peck OF very inferior
tubers. He also took two of the same
size and kind, cut them into nineteen
pieces with an eye in each piece. From
these he obtained a little over three
OF very fine potatoes. At the same
time he planted two very small ones,
not larger than an ordinary bean, OF
course planting them whole, and was
surprised to dig from the two hills a
ten-quart pail heaping full OF the
smoothest and best potatoes he saw
last year. Leg
The same farmer also experimental
a little with corn, obtaining results
that do not accord with common
theory. In his trial ground he plant
ed five acres with corr shelied from
the middle ofthe ear, and the sameday
planted five acres with seed from the
whole ear. The latter vas fit to crib
ten days earlier than corn planted six
days before, and the yield was much
larger. Such experiments as these,
conducted by private individuals in a
small way, often have great practical
value.
The common custom of planting
pumpkins in the same field with corn,
and in the hills, is not approved by
some progressive farmers. The pump
kins may not take much from the value
OF the corn, but the corn, by shading
the vines and. fruit, certainly does
take a good deal from the pumpkins.
Ii only a few pumpkins are desired,
perhaps this way OF growing them
will do well enough. But when a
large crop is wanted, OF the best
quality, the plantation should occupy
the enti0 ground. An immense crop
can be raised from a single acre, and
the quality of the fruit will be much
better than that grown with corn.
Pumpkins are greatly relished by
cattle and hogs, and make a cheap
and wholesome addition to the grain
and hay ration.
An instructive experiment in check
ing potato rot Is reported from Penn
sylvania. In a patch devoted to
the trial one hall had the tops cut off
and removed as soon as Trey showed
any signs of rot and the other half
remained uncut. On digging the crop
all the potatoes from the treated
portions of tho field were found 20 be
perfectly sound, while those from the
other portion were unfit to use.
1t is OF no advantage to plant orr
before the ground is sufficiently warm
ed to terminate the seed. 1t is apt to
rot in Camp soil, and then it is inn
portapt for corn to terminate quick
ly and get a good start. Plant deep
in soil dry enough to make a good
filth, firm the ground, and with good
after culture and the blessing Of Prov
idence there will be an abundant har-
vest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
LOVE AMONG THE GLOVER,

Over and over the purple clover,
Under the greenwood tree,
Sweet Bessie came s~traying, for wild flower,
MAY ing,
And sang in her maiden giee:
20 hey, o hol
There's a daddy know
Who joys my face to see.
Fair blossoms, ! pray. now what shallI so,
When Robin comes wooing o. me
Dear Heart,
When Robin comes wooing o. me?'
Over and Under the boughs asuuder,
Through the wood came Robin ere long
In the olden fashion he caroled his passion
And the hawthorn swayed to bis songl
20 hey, D hol
The way | know
She dropped me this flower to tell;
But what she will say this hlossomy day
Would that | knew it as well,
Dear heart,
Would that | knew it as we'll"
Over and over the fragrant clover,
The bees went humming till late,
And where is the daddy, and whatluck hadhs
A-wooing his blythesome mate?
hey, o hol
They walk so slow,
Brown Robin and blushing Bess;
But what did he say in the wood to-dayP
think | will leave you to guess,
Dear heart,
think / will cave you to guess.
louisville Courier Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
A New Yorker Dreamed a
Poem.

A New Yorker, famous in the world
of letters, awoke one night recently
from a sound sleep. So far as he
knew he had not been dreaming. He
composed himself again and was
sinking into slumber when there came
into his mind, as though out of the
darkness, two of verse, rhythmical
but senseless. They kept him awake,
and after a time two lines more,
equally smooth and absurd, present
ed themselves to his mind as though
one was debating nonsensical dog
gerel to him from the shadows of
night. Unable to sleep, he arose and
went down stairs to his library. He
sat quiet in the darkness for q while,
hoping that he would fall asleep in
his chair. But a second verse, per-
feet in form but absurd in meaning,
came into his mind, and then a third
and fourth. Lighting a lamp, he
took mp a pen and wrote down rap
idly the lines that had come to him.
AS he wrote new verses fell from his
pen, and when he had finished his
task a poem of eight stanzas lay be-
fore him. He was surprised TO find
that, taken in the entirety, the verses
were far from meaningless.
He at once put the poem in an enve-
lope and directed it to a publishing
firm. Placing it among otherletters
to be mailed by a servant in the
morning, he returned to bed and at
once fell asleep. Upon awaking he
was uncertain whether he had dream
ed OF writing a poem or had really
Transcribed one. As his letters had
been posted he hadno means ofdecid-
ing the question. His uncertainty
vas pleasantly relieved the nextday,
however, by the receipt ola handsome
check from his publishers and a letter
praising his poem. The popularity
of this case which makes 1t verv diff
ferent from the celebrated instance of
Coleridge and his poem OF "Kubla
Khan" lies in. the fact that the author
had not been dreaming. He awoke.
from what seemed to him dead
sleep and found that his imagination
had produced, without conscious
effort on his part, a perfect poem,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
DehOrninP.

Use nothing but dehorrings saw.
My plan for securing the animal is as
follows: Make a stanchion 9 feet
long, 8 feet high, 20 inches wide at
bottom, 3 feet wide at top. Weather
board the inside. Make the frame out
of 3x3 inch stuff. Make the boards
1x12 for weather boarding. Let the
third board from The bottom extend
out ~ feet and on the right side when
standing in front OF it slope it some
thing like the nose of a sled runner;
bore 8 holes in it to tie the COWS head,
bore holes in hind part OF the stanch-
ion to suit length of animal, say II
inch holes. Use inch rod of iron. Al
so 2 holes in front about as high as
brisket; also put a piece above the
neck. Make the sills 9 feet long, put
braces from ends of stills up against
stanchion; 8 cross-beams at top. Put
IA lever above nose piece about 90
inches. Make it 5 feet long; fasten
withiron bolt. You can frame it SO
you can take it downif you desire. |
put nothing on horns after saving
j. ID. Rex.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-28
Cruel Practices,

A writer in the stockman .enumer.
ates some thoughtless practices from
which farm horses suffer, Which can be
remedied by a little thoughtful con.
sideration. He says; The most cruel
thing that farmers and others do with
their horses is the practice Of putting
brides on them without first thawing
the bits out. Some OF the neighbors
say they haven't time to hold brides
by the fire. usually dip my bits in
the watering troughs which is just as
good. AS soon as they are wet they
will not stick to the mouth. And
some people will leave The breast
strapsdown when they arenot holding
up a neck-yoke. Sometimes they have
heavy irons on them, which strike the
horses legs quite hard. | have seen
farmers pillow for weeks with breast
straps hitting the horses nearly every
step they took. Let us try to be
more considerate and thoughtful.