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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
FISHING LINES.
The Very Finest Are Those Formed
From Silkworm Gut.

The Very Finest Are Those Formed
From sil1xworm Gut.
Silkworm gut forms the best line for
fishing purposes partly on account of
its great tenacity and partly because it
Is so transparent. Every year suffi-
cient number Of Spanish silkworm
grubs are selected for this purpose.
After they have eaten enough mulber-
~ leaves and before they begin to
spin they are thrown into vinegar for
several hours. Each insect is killed,
and the substance which the grub In
the natural course would have spun
into a cocoon is forcibly drawn from
the dead worm into much thicker
and shorter silken thread
The threads are then placed in pure
water for about four hours and after
ward dipped for ten minutes in a solu-
ton Of soft soap. The fine outer skin
Is thus loosened, so that the workman
can remove 1t with his hands. The
threads must be dried in shady
place and are often bleached with sui
phur vapor until they acquire the
bright appearance of spun glass.--Lon-
don Telegraph.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
STROLLING MINSTRELS.
West India Negroes Have Music and
Masquerades Christmas.

west InOth negroes nave Music ana
Masquerades Christmas.
Christmas In the West Indies is a
very jovial rollicking affair, at least
In the estimation of the negroes. The
great feature of the season is the Sc
ries of masquerades or mystery plays
enacted by strolling negro performers.
These are of two sorts, representa-
tons of such Biblical stories as that of
David and Goliath, when you may see
the jolly actors clad In such historical
ly accurate garments as "bedtick"
trousers and cretonne coats of flaming
patterns, and those of purely local
character OF these last is the mon
goose play, which is peculiar to st.
kits and the object of which is to
wage mimic war against the destruc-
tive pest which is the curse of the Is
land. These strolling players are the
chief feature of Christmas celebra-
lions.
They are quite an imposing lot OF
men, with good ear for music, and
as you watch their antics you might
easily imagine that instead of being in
civilized British colony you were
back in the heart of Africa, assisting
at some savage death dance or other
heather rite.-Detroit Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
VELOCITY OF ELECTRICITY.
Spark and Mirror Method by which
Ii Was Determined.

Spark and Mirror Method by which
IL Was Determined.
To determine the velocity OF electric
fly spark board" was fitted with six
insulated knobs In a straight line. The
distance from ! to 2 was the tenth Of
an inch, between 2 and, 3 was a. quar-
ter OF mile Of insulated wire, from 3
to 4 was again the tenth of an inch,
between and 8 was another quarter
Of mile of wire, and Between and
was once more the tenth Of an ,iiIchyl
When the jar was discharged there
We're three sparks, one from to 2, one
from 3 to 4 and one from 3to 9, It was
found by viewing these IN rapidly
revolving mirror that the ihiage Of The
spark between g and A. WITCH could
only be formed after the wire coils had
been traversed, Jagged little behhiti
the other two, ~ b-i4sosb Y.YeaY =
This displacement " the image was
then measured and as the, velocity Of
the mirror was known the velocity Of
the electrician discharge was I'fetef-
mined asieSs;Oo0 filesia seeohdpf io'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
! QUESTION OF cARPETlNa


q Neat, Pretty and Inexpensive "Kaat
Ana Ntsss solved II Satisfactorily.
Our lew house was to be finished In
the fall, and by that time all Of our
extra capital would be finished also.
was trying to think of some nice but
inexpensive way to furnish the second
story rooms when Aunt Anna came 10
visit US for month. says a writer In
the New Idea Magazine.
Twenty years ago the carpet ques-
tion did not worry young housekeepers,
for every bride was expected to have a
fine web Of rag carpet to begin with,
and really think there is nothing
prettier or more suitable for upstairs
bedrooms than the soft tones Of well
made rag carpet" said Aunt Anna
after I had told her Of my plans and
the size Of my purse. But how can I
make oneY asked after thinking or
all Of the CASTOR garments In the FAM
fly. by going to work." she replied.
land when you run out of material at
home call on your aunts and cousins"
So we began at once and soon had
all our material collected. Ito insure
q smooth, even carpet we must use NIL
cotton rags and cut them all of such
width that when woven they will be of
uniform thickness. Rags cut. from soft
goods will beat up closer In the weav-
ing than those cut from sitter mate
rial and should be aboutfas thick MS
six ply of the chain or an Dat straw
when woven into the carpet" said
Aunt Anna as she rolled and twisted a
strip between her fingers.
First we cut I'm strips all the dark
and all the bright colored rags. These
we mixed well, tapping the ends about
an inch and sewing them diagonally
across with the machine. Not stopping
to clip the thread each time, we soon
had long strip sewed, and then. clip
ping it apart, we wound IL into balls of
about one pound each, We had decided
to make rugs, 8 by II feet These
would require twelve yards OF yard
wide carpet. Each square yard OF car
pet requires one pound Of rags, so we
stopped when we had sewed twelve
pounds Of rags. m st8l 81 enst4l
The rags were sewed hit and miss
and Of so many colors that we selected
the chain In six different colors. q
pound Of each, and had II laid thread
about so that there would be no stripes
Besides the rags the carpet cost: Six
pounds of chain, at % cents per, pound.
S1.5o; twelve yards weaving, at 10
cents per yard, $120; total, $40
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
THE BLACKSMITH.
His Prsfessisn IL Both m Art ana a
Hanafcraft.

a1D0xcr0ts
There are few more attractive places
for the average youth than the village
blacksmith shop. Longfellow did not
express the whole of 1t:
And children coming home from school
look In at the open door:
They 1ove to see the flaming forge and
hear the bellows roar.
1t has a far more valid reason for
hypnotizing the boy than this. The
greatest charm of the blacksmith shop,
both for the young and for grown
folk. lies In the fact that, while 1t is
place where handicraft rules, both
hand and brain are required to produce
the desired results. 1t is both an art
and handicraft, for art Is either con-
structive or initiative, while handi-
craft IL either useful or decorative.
The blacksmith must be skilled in
them all.
As for horseshoeing. In its best sense
Il rises TO the dignity Of one of the
learned professions, for no one can shoe
q horse properly ana not understand
something about anatomy and phys
ogy. Looking at II In this way-and
there is no other right view to be TAX
en- Of 1.-THE calling OF blacksmith is
one Of dignity and honor-Blacksmith
and Wheelwright.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

that under the present law he would
as soon license lot of brigands to
go out with bludgeons as the
ordinary insurance agent.
A man that will use life insurance
and try to beat the company killing
the beneficiary should be forever
damned.
Bonney's amendment provides
that no funds can be invested except
in North and South Dakota and
Minnesota. Upon motion the bill
was made special order for Wed.
nesday Lawson said that provi.
dence had furnished every genera.
tion with Don Quixote men attacked
things they knew nothing about.
Lawson, organizers they might be
men like Senator Rice who would be
a public misfortune. Named the
men who were to incorporate. If
there was any weakness in the bill
he would like to know it.
Senator Rice said he never said
that these men who were mentioned
would rob. A senator should confine
himself reasonably to the truth.
The following bills introduced.
S B l23, Cooper, providing that
every person liable for work upon
highways shall work whole number
days but is allowed to commute at
$3.50 per day.
S B l24, Cooper, providing that
claims against estate if not present.
ed in the time limit are barred for
ever except mortgages upon real
property.
S B 1875, Payne, a bill to provide
for the exchange of the supreme
court reports of this state for those
of other states for use in the librar
les of the supreme court and the law
library of the state university.
S b 126, Hanley, providing for
regulations for trust companies.
House Thursday.
Clark announced quorum pre-
sent.
HB rs, Clark, providing for
organization and control of trust
companies in state.
Notes.
G. S. Peterson and X. E. Thorson,
of Central Point, visited in the CAPT.
tai for couple of days.
Representative Zafft, Ewald and
Senator Toy returned to their homes
Wednesday afternoon.
Representative Potter departed
Thursday morning for Mitchell to
to spend the day
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

Every schoolboy Is familiar with the
saying Of Benjamin Franklin as the
group Of anxious i9cnH yet loyal men
stood around to sign the nrar -toI Dec
laration OF rr<laai1cccc"A. ~-.-o.S 'syu
must all hang faG~ra. eS $3.50 76a
hang separately -gs tss ~. ON
the signer, Benjamin Harriso.-. ,a.si,
above witt,cisnn is NOT 81 Yea. Al.tt, !,
Harrison, portly man, Io,-,.-,,
over his ample proportions. repi,, :
yes, but when they drop us or DIT a
ropes end some of you liglitweights
will be kicking and suffering long
after I'm done for" edI ,jneme
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

To wear cheerful face when the
heart is aching is not deceit. When
q good housekeeper cleans the front
steps and porch before she sets the
house to rights she does not mean %
deceive passersby. She merely shows
some pride in her house and some cons
sideration for her neighborsal I'VE cop-
quer our heartaches s.mQrs squicklyt
when we begin u by !, considering the
friends who are near us.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

1aThe wearing of aprons Is one of the
old useful fashions now being revived,
greatly to the saving Or Our sfroEks aid
Tie comfort iofs the i@eafefs?s The reod
fbeftsh' apfotf HAS nDeehsbet nasfde ifsr'
Hwhile, but is now once more asserting
ITSELF ThssgtEictlys .psetnls l, has always
held its own. Al The Ereneh bare tpEgned
. kindly, eye ~ them, and IA the days
OF Louis XIII. women wore fhenf and
their bunch Of keys, showing they wefel
yeritabie qh0useksep<rsh In)tha time. az.
Louis XIY.I ladies sof the court ldennesf
theme wheRs employed & in, sneedleYork.
and other arts. and II is from that Pc
4 cd we. are restoring the airy nothings
IL lace and muslin to our favor. Some!
times they lafeu or Ifyktb ecl6ted crepe
de chine worker In gold! 81 More useful
ones of thicker fabric have large Ipockt
cts. These are adorned o with pretty
ribbon bows. and. these, ribbons some
times draw up. the pocket Soinetimes
strong linen APRONS are iecesii VIII 1fib-
bon at the edge by means i6f 1eyeieti
holes,5szGo Tol bs,5sqsb ysifsa @ !,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
= Notes Froin Jewellers ciscuiar. So,
4 Sleeve link buttons I'm amethyst and

Sleeve link buttons I'm amethyst and
ayentprine are trimmed in plain gold ,
ii Etched and hand chased silver in
scroll and flower designs Is becoming
popular. Aa'o' E''2 siHi ''i Fasn'f 4
Little receptacles for hatpins are OF
the gypsy kettle style or In the vase
Ike, forms OF silver, c4y, ss.iv.q s,
Fascinating little handy pins are in
sets OF three in lizard skin cases, Pea
cock and other feather designs are
shown In One enarnels and gold, f'sg'
u Insects, animals, ferns. leaves and
wayside flowers are now generally util-
tied as motifs In original and charm-,
Ing designs of standard articles Of Jew
siry.
Among the stones upon which fash
ION at present bestows her approval
are the peridct, amethyst. tourmaiine.
,aquamarine. zircon. garnet and THE nsw
American stone. kunzite.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

Patient-Great Scott, doctor, athat'safi
awful bill for one weeks treatments
Physician - My dear fellow, II you
knew what an interesting case yours
was and how strongly I was tempted
to let 1t go to a. postmortem you.
wouldn't grumble at bill three times
as big as this.-Chicago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09


THE hC0=a ~ the CORN 6EEF
The. naeen, and the. Lard Txpes-In-
Dortance. Of Right Feeding.
There aatpth6ss ansthe horts beit who
are producing bacon hogs for the mar
het and who claim that n .pQpp9rpf gain
can be made Just as dheaply as in the
case of the. lard hogs Experiments
conducted htm thmberssfsthe stations
indicate the samei 10 betrth. lgnd espe-
eially results from, that source show
that cross Of the bac6n md lart hog
makes a splendid type or hog 10 feed
TOR the market i says Iowa Homestead.
On the other hand. while the bacon
hog may make an great weight at nine
months. as the Poland China, Chester
or Duroc. he presents much more UNI
ripe appearance. and IN the central
markets because Of this unripcness, re
VIII NOT be valued as highly Jas these
that are thick and fat In spite of tAe
fact that II, II not presumed that the,
bacon hog belongs to the same class as
the Poland China. yet the ciaim Is,
made that there are plenty Of hogs he
longing to. the Tat breeds that come lja (.
market In bacon condition. so that the
supply Of this class Is 30 large as 10
offer the keenest kind Of competition to
the hog that'is bred for'the baconstype.
Bacon hogs are rather more, restless
In their disposition, and no doubt It's
largely accounts for the fact that tA..y
develop flesh and bone rather than fat.
For the average stockman OF the coirt ,
belt this is an Objectionable character
istic, ms good feeding qualities general
" 60 hand in hand with quiet dispo-
sition.
Bacon hogs are decidedly prolific, ana
they are. as rule. hardy. Possibly the
manner In which they are fed contrib
utes to this end. When crossed with
the fat breeds they impart stamina,
while the crosses will Invariably pro-
duce larger filters than the average
run of the fat hogs. However. the
fact must not be lost sight Of that GER
tain breeders, by their method Of feed
ing and handling, are able, even IN the
case OF the fat hogs, to obtain litters
that are as large as are desirable. Corn
fed hogs tend TO become weak in the
bone, while bacon hogs are, as a rule,
Just little bit strong In the opposite
direction. appearing. on account OF size
Of bone. to be little wasteful when
dressed. fHgft D 10 -na e8t a3
In nine cases out Of ten where men
are contemplating changing their breed
OF hogs the fault is not with tie breed.
but with the methods of Feeding and
handling. Instead or looking around
for new; breed Ii ~ much more .sensi-t
bic to freely supplement corn with. pro-
tein food, such as tankage oil meal or
some OF the byproducts Of corn. like
germ oil meal or gluten meal This il
especially, to be desired during the pc
Rod of CESSATION. IL sensible methods
of feeding are adopted for a few gem
erations II is surprising how much
more prolific rundown strains or fat
hogs may be. made. and IL Is astonlsh-
ing to what extent the stamina can be
increased. While the bacon hog and
Fat hog when crossed result In produc-
ing a desirable type TO feed. generally
speaking, we do not favor thespractice
Of crossing. yMs sslit a. gAis us~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
4Al ,t,Loxe-

,na. ,.H3,i.as5SI = ~ 1890
'lAd ,gfeatness 6n tlfdt debafabie ground
between lovej'and esteefa. bsFlsfe Zig
notliingsso staBNssnd tiuilactusting MS
loves Theamavesjbeat,s adfnston dts
s4one fereveroand itsftide has no ebbs
It Is asreseuTse mall eytremities tapd, a,
refuge even from sitselfs And yet loye,
VII not be leaned Prs DpT u ep2oTh oFeau
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

The design shown herewith Illus
trates table that represents not a
little experience and consideration. Of
what goes to make the most con
venient table, says the Ladies' World.
It has a large top, which keeps dishes
and pans from getting into rinextrica.
bic confusion, and it has large num-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

~ PleasfnG Item For House keepers,
e1A new preserver 81 time and pSi-
thence is something to wrap the silver
In when itcis to Sbeslaidi q We y fer coma
pany useg II lisa tissue paperiiRx which
there ~ mo sulphur. and ~ positively
Keeps the silver clean and bright any.
length Of time. says correspondent In
an exchange. ~ fnsH lsA1AW q & I'll
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

'Tell me-" said the editors friend
who are the most humorous writers
you have ever metY c4 II
'.Most Of those who think they are
serious writer's" replied the editor
Philadelphia Ledger, 5sY lnsssYq ,sis !
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

10 Said a man who had been detected
cheating at cards: They threaten to
kick me downstairs, What am l to DOR
The friend appealed 10 offered, this
timely, counsel, "Play on the ground
floor" 'e1sN
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

Sandy enteredta smoking icompaYt-
,rDent land asked each OF his Immediate
Ineighborsi for a match. Il All happened
TO b. without them. however and "a
look of disappointment came over the
Scotchplans face as he remarked re.
signedly. "Aweei. I'll cen haze to use
one o. my aim
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
TIE INTERNAL REGIONS.
How They Are Depicted In buddhism,
and IsIamism

and IsIamism.
The Internal regions Of Buddhism
are horrible. They comprise a great
hell and 1876 lesser bells. In these
bells, according to the sculptures Of
the Buddhist temples, men are ground
to powder and their dust turned into
ants and fleas and spiders. They are
pestled in a mortar. The hungry eat
redhot iron balls The thirsty drink
molten iron.
Islamism says Of the internal re-
gions: ''They who believe not shall
have garments of fire fitted for them.
Boiling water shall be poured on their
heads and on their skins. and they
shall he beaten with maces Of iron"
In the Scandinavian mythology, the
mythology OF Odin and Thor, we are
told that ''in Nastrond there is q vast
and direful structure, with doors that
face the north. 1t Is formed entirely
Of TIE backs of serpents, waited to-
gether like wickerwork. But the ser
penis heads are turned toward the in
side of the hall, and they continually
send forth floods of venom. In which
wade all those who commit murder or
forswear themselves"
In the past Christian clergymen
loved to describe hell. The present
tendency, however. is to avoid discus
sion Of this place-to dwell upon the
gentler and more lovely side of Chris
tanity-E-.'7,- ge
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

"ORafferty is dead. He wuzsthruck
by lightnin'" sa..,,
/ "Ofs not, surprised at all, The ,lasht
toime o. saw sl HIN he lwuz locokin'
misuty pdu. ~ ,,..ss. -, -. $500. ~.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

- -, hung DetWeen
stakeiadi eftEef side. Aasr frfditateA M
the little hnfrom sSne sexchanrs.
withs& hale.in.6it through which the
lines are, IS .pgasr Eill often sbyeak, the
force Of the Wind. Should the wind b,
u tie rear aSp6sit6h caii' De ffkan Oh
the othefafdestf nsqjasrer!@ha4t WIN
hAveaa spotblag efzsetsen thA rheumarl.
tism IN the jelnts efs the aSiyeyrd zssvy !,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

was his owniboss. wasn't
IhefIo6s ssis IS aaojs s'e11oiW aK Il
nc Yes, an ef be hadn't gone. ter sleep
at de wrong time he'd been 50 yetl''-I
Atlanta Constitution. r. ... 4. ,s, {.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
A KITCHEN rABLE-ll

Der of drawers, (Which are always cenl
yenient. apd also closet room Typ
slides pull out, on which pans may, be
set when one is sitting at work at the
table, WHITE ihs the thong sspaea Snderl
the tentea' OF the tables isHap chance sts
hsngsa fnrltituieIoff bettlss ind ofhef
kitchen I6tensils. s-Theses gre pretAqted,
from dust by washable curtain thai,
slides upon d rod at the front of the
innAnf,srp ,aliiY nNIQ 10 ,uoSgebnE N /.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

); Little CIarence-Pa. what is hn opti-
misti MI Callipers--An optimist, ms,
son. lisa person who doesn't care what
happens 4 ~ doesn't happen to hinS0
Puck, ~, go, $500 4 .,,.,.. ~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

No man or boy is ever the slightest
good in this world unless he has ambi-
tjon.-Lord Stanley.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
Ncase Oh a,ooiMdsR,Usinase nYo1'

Ascase OF TOO NJ aSR' UaiFa<enyo1q
Inay volumes Of reuAinissencessaI very
funny story is.toid pfitbsslste oBishopy
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-Withh bfoJi III fiAf o WI Aafsf I'm dGes
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- dt1oE III hsesenssishepd was xliss1
na sid 30 &c syo1g 'ojssoeqxe elf his
sp dinom siii 10 eibsifu ADJ ssesRtln
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my sgaif5H'li ihd Iares 1fiufierfngs oaf
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

The fiattery Of ones friends, is re-
gu led as dram to keep up ones spir-
it. against the injustice ofsones stSs-
niles. -Bulwer.