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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-25

Western fruit growers are interested in the proposed manufacture of water melon cider, which the inventor says will be better and cheaper than apple cider, and cantaloupe butter which will give peanut butter a hard race for first place. Expert chemists say that an, excellent grade of cider can be made from watermelons, and can , taloupe butter will be as good or bet ter than peanut butter,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-25

Black bass are so large in Texas streams, according to the Houston Post, that Texans go fishing with rab- bits for bait. In Connecticut the trout are so small that feas are being used for bait.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-25

This continues to be a wicked world. The Gulf Stream has gone astray again, according to the report of a ships captain just arrived from Glas- gow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-25

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 12 CENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS
 A MONTH. ss FOR SIX MONTHS. $s YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. CENTs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-25
NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER MAY s5 1907

pointed out that all the members of Connecticut's Assembly can read and write. Some of them can also talk
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-25

In France there are eO0O,OO0 smokers, and of every fifteen there are eight who smoke pipe, five who smoke c gars and only two who are cigarette smokers. Still the French consume more than SOOOOO,OOO cigarettes a year, or enough to go around the world 500 times if they were placed end to end in line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-25

Mir. Bovet, the director of the post office at Lausanne, has addressed a circular to the postal employees in the town warning them that in future toothache will not be considered an ex- cuse for absence from work. They must either get the tooth out or get out themselves.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-25

This is world of changes. Dini- zulu, the Zulu chief once widely
 known and feared in war. has a gra- phophone with which he entertains his guests. He has also an organ, built in England on which he plays him self.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-25
SAYINGS AND DoINGs.

Some things come to those who wait. Charles w. Osborne, the secretary and confidential adviser of Russell Sage, is now about to take his first vacation since 1878. His thrifty employer didn't believe in wasting time
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-01-03
TESTING TO KNOW WHEN
SOILS NEED POTASSIUM
faterssting Experiments Being Con-
dustsd on "kankakee Marshes"
Near Momence, itl.

For several years the University
- Illinois has been conducting field
experiments throughout the state, for
the purpose u determining the needs
u he soil h different localities and
aiSs fer the purpose Of demonstrating
- the fairness the needs of their
soils. One Of these experimental
Aelds 10 near Momence and is located
IN what are commonly called the
Kanhakes marshes"
The experiment is now in lis fifth
rear and has proved of wonderful
fatsrest A representative OF the
Farmers Review recently visited this
field in COMPANY with Prof Hopkins,
of the state university and com-
mite of observation freIn the Hi
neis farnsrs' institute
The soil 10 rich in nitrogen and
the amount Of potassium contained in
it ia very snail But this fact has
not prevented the farmers. from ap-
plying dried blood to similar land in
the locality. Now dried blood is a
valuable fertilizer, because II is rich
in nitrogen, but it certainly cannot
affect land that has in it more nj
treyen than tbs crops can possibly
use.
70 demonstrate this to the farmers
one plot OF this soil was set aside to
receive nothing but nitrogen in the
form of blood. Dried bleed costs
about S4s per ton. This lot was Civ
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-01-03

Plot No. Q had received an tb 80
fertilizers, potassium, phosphorus and
nitrogen. This yield in four years
was 176 bushels, or A bushels per
acre.
The above experiments are very
striking because conducted On land
almost wholly deficient in one ma
nurfal element Most experiments
have to be made On laAd fairly wen
balanced in plant food and such scfls
give less striking results, tiAoush the
results may be equally as Important
and no less convincing to The sevs-
full observer.
The results at Momenee are ksw-
ever of such positive nature ttat
1t would be impossible for any person
to see them and not be converted to
the idea of applying = feed element
found 10 be deficient IN q seh.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-01-03
THE FARM WORKSHOP.
A Valuable Adjunct to the Work Of
the Farm.

The first consideration should be
the building. This may DO some shed
or outbuilding already standing on tbs
farm, or lean-to may be built to the
barn, smokehouse or buggy house, for
few dollars In case it shesld be
necessary all the tools except the
forge coult be kept in the barr, and
this could be covered with few
boards far enough from the barn ts
insure safety from fire.
If new building is TO be construct
ed or an old one remodelsd, ! should
say room 12X14 feet with dirt or
cement floor, double doors in one end,
a window of two sashes placed hori-
zontally in one side, and regular per-
pendicular window in the opposite
side, would constitute convenient
and well-lighted workshop, writes a
farmer in Orange Judd Farmer. This
win prove every way ample. work
bench 7x10 feet made Of 3x1s zach
lumber for the top and 1x12 trent
board with 2x6 legs. should be set
under the horizontal window. The
bench should be equipped with good
steeljawed wise, attached near one
end. a bench drill should be screwed
on near the other end.
like to have drawers and shelves
under a part Of the bench, to the
right when facing it. Four drawers
Is inches wide and six inches deep,
one above the other, and set OF
shelves two feet deep and foot apart
next to the drawers, weuld make safe
and convenient receptaoles for tools
and material. Some OF the drawers
shssla b divided int compartments
70 accommodate small teels, bolts,
screws, etc The shelves seuld bo
used for rods, heavy bolts and scraps.
Convenient feceptaeles for skfssfs are
leather loops tackled TO the wan above
the bench. The saw. square, draw
shave, etc. may be hung On naffs.
II only a few tools can be procured
they should he Of good sualfty. l
wsuld begin with 1s.fssh Ne. haad
saw, a steelfaceA claw hammer. stsel
square, set of bits and ratchet brace,
three ehisels from IL inch down. and
a drawshave. One could get along
fairly we'll with these which wsHiA
net esst more than 81. The tssh that
could be added to this list and are
really necessary to do q sesd Ssb se
wesdwerk are. a set 81 plaAss--jask
plane, smoothing, plane asa blssk
plane-spirit level. spoke shave, eli
stone and grindstsne. This VIII Fun
The ssst UP 10 about SIC. TAfs ssa4d
yet be added 10 as means w0Ufd PSI
nit or efYssmstaRee deMaDa.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-01-03

The tsp picture shows field Of
corn near Memsnce, III. The two men
are standing where enc kind Of fer
tiizins stopped and another began.
The part to the left was fertilized
with barnyard manure; the part to
the right, with potash. Evidently the
barnyard manure did net contain AZ
much potassium as the crop required.
The second picture shows ptst 5 on
the experimental field near Memenes.
II has received potassium emily for
five years, and has an average Of 43
Bushels Of corn per acre during that
time. The lever cut is companion
picture and shows plot 3. emily few
feet from the other pist. This plot
has received - worth Of nitrogen In
five years and has produced at the
rate of 2N bushels per acre. The
sell is very rich in nitrogen, but needs
potassium.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-01-03

en- an application Of tAts fertilizer
ut the rate Of 80 pounds - the asrs.
It has had Eve annual apDheatisns
and has therefore received at the yats
Of tive tsHs Of dsisa bleed - the asrs.
That 10 an sxDsass Of -. Tear craps
Of cerH have been gathered and
the yield has aggregated nine bushels
Der acre, or an average Of ~ BUSH
eh per acre. Figuring the corn at
40 cents . bIsAsl the annual return
would b 80 cents Per asSs; while
the 500 pounds of fertilizer applied
each year would 10 wsTth SIS. This
experiment should Be taken home to
every farmer whs has formed the
habit of applying fertilizers without
knowing what elements the soils need
or what elements Of fertility the FER
tilizers contain.
This season, the plst above men
toned mo. 81 Is alnOst bare ground
on one half Of it.
Plot No. 4, next to it had been fer
tilted with bone meal, to give phOs-
phorus. Had the crop been limited
by phosphorus, the application OF
bone meal would have shown large
results. As it was, the yield of corn
on this plot was only at the rate OF
Ia bushels per acre in four years, or
three bushels per year.
The plots three and four showed
that neither nitrogen nor phosphorus
was the limiting element.
Plot No. had received potassium
only. The yield in the four years az
gregated 172 bushels per acre, or at
the rate Of 43 bushels per acre per
year. This plot was near the other
two and the difference was very re.
markal = corn ON the plot that
had received potassium stood seven
feet high an was heavily cared.
Plot M had received nitrogen
and phosphorus both. The axgre.
gate yield for four years was seven
bushels. an average annual yield Of
Tx bushels.
Plot No. z had received both nitro.
gen and potassium. ana the yield IN
four years Aggregated 1s4 bushels, o.
T. bushels per acre. II win be noted
that this cenbinatisn Of petassiuzn
and nitrogen says lsss Thar potas
sium alone, as shown BY plot 3.
Plot No. had received potassiuz
and pAosDAsrus - 0avs . yiel1 q
lb3 bushsls = fsnB ysaSs, o. 4y3l
BsAe,s pr asre Der ysar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-01-03
Pa,.tio. chrssa..s e,srd. PAVE.
IS quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.

PatHtias Chrsesaas cards Pays.
Artists who sanHst sell their pie
lures shos2a turn their attention to
Christmas cards. The development
In this hAs Of art has been - great
Of reesat ysass that many well known
painters Aays entered int the work.
Two ladies, who painted nothing
but Chrfstnsas cards, each made an in
come Of frsn 4see to s1,ese for q
long tine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-01-03
HOMEMADE GRAPE MAsHER.
How the Making Of Grape Juise Is
Made Easy.

have a homemade grape Mashsr
Wish I find very conveAfsnt, and
which / VITA describe mr. H. bsaeat
of others, writes a correspondent Of
The Prairie FARMER. The ssng yfssss
on each side are 2x3 and three feet
long. The cross pieces are Of the
same sized material, bat are II inches
hong. Both are mortified together -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-01-03

IdUoT-SaSU19 STSpc "aSH0''
as % make a good frame. Legs may
be attached after the manner shown
in the cut.
On this frame there are two rollers
six inches In diameter made CORFU
gated with a half-round half inch
chisel. The axles may be made FROM
any old wash ringer by cutting the
rubber on or from any other straight
rod. The shafts must extend out for
enough 30 that two six-inch cog wheels
may be attached 30 that both rollers
may be worked with one crank.
The hopper which is shown in the
illustration Is cut so a. to At over the
rollers so that there will be NO danger
of any berries getting through IN
mashed
This machine win save , good deal
of time In MASKING the .fapes which
many people put into q tub and use .
plunger TO crush. No grapes gst ~
this machine,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-01-03
i. ~. Mayberry

Light and heavy
drayinR, moving
household goods
a speciality. Every
thing in the haul
ing line d O n e.
Prompt and care
full service. Phone
No. 2O4.
Sank Centre, MINI.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-03-04

! lily of Joseph Hanks still living that,
soon after her fathers death, Nancy
went to live with an uncle, Richard
Berry, who, the records showed, had
come from Virginia TO Kentucky at the
same time that Joseph Hanks came. A
little further research, and Mrs. Hitch
cock found that there had been brought
to light drought the efforts of friends
of Abraham Lincoln all the documents
to show that in 1906 Nancy Hanks and
Thomas Lincoln were married at
Beechland, Kentucky. Now, one of
these documents was a marriage bond.
1t was signed by Richard Berry, the
uncle OF the little girl recognized in the
will Of Joseph Hanks. Here. then, was
the chain complete. The marriage bond
and marriage returns not only showed
that Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lin
coin were married regularly three years
before the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
thus setting forever at rest the story
Of Lincoln's LEGITIMACY, but they
showed that this Nancy Hanks was the
one named in the will. The suspicion
| in regard to the origin Of Lincoln's
mother was removed by this discovery
of the will. for the recognition OF any
considered by the law as sufficient
! proof of paternity.
/ Now what sort of people We're Thorn
as Lincoln and Nancy Hanks? It has
been inferred by those who have made
no investigation OF Thomas Lincoln's
life that Nancy Hanks made very
poor choice Of a husband. The facts
do not entirely warrant this theory.
I r~Ia,r,ae l II. ha
/ his boyhood to shift for himself in
young and undeveloped country. He
is known to have been a man who I'm
spite of his wandering life contracted
no bad habits. He was temperate and
honest. and his name Is recorded in
more than one place in the records Of
Kentucky. He was a church-goer. and,
if tradition may be believed. a stout de-
fender of his peculiar religious views
He held advanced ideas OF what was
already an important public question in
Kentucky. the right to hold negroes as
slaves. one Of his old friends has said
of him and his wife. Nancy Hanks.
that they were Just stepped fun OF
notions about the wrongs Of slavery
land the rights Of men. as explained by
Thomas jefferson and Thomas Paine "
| utSt LdtlS SuOM Aldl ne must nave
been a man OF some natural intelli-
gence. He had a trade and owned a
farm.
That the two people who endured its
hardships and made in spite Of them a
home where a boy could conceive and
nourish such ideals and enthusiasms as
. inspired Abraham Lincoln from his
early years should have their names
darkened by unfounded suspicious is a
cruel injustice against which every
honest and patriotic American ought
to set his face. If in carrying out the
noble project OF making n National
park OF the Kentucky farm where
Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks
made their first home the directors dc
nothing more than 10 set forth the
facts Of the parentaEc Of Abraham
Lincoln they VIII justify their under
taking.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-03-04

Among the many wrongs of history
and they are lsgion-there is none in
our American chapter at least which is
Eraver than that which has been done
the parents. and particularly the moth
ar Of Abraham Lincoln. OF course.
/ refer TO the widespread tradition that
Lincoln was born Of that class known
in the south as poor whites" that his
father was not Thomas Lincoln. as his
biographers insist on declaring. but a
rich and cultured planter of another
state than Kentucky, and that his
mother not only gave a fatherless boy
10 the world. but herself was a name
less child. The tradition has also lack
Ell particularly. For instance. there
has been large difference Of opinion
about the planter who fathered Abra-
ham. who he was and where he came
from. one story calls him EnlOe, an
other Calhoun. another Hardin. and
several different states claim him.
only five years ago = book was pub
lish=d in North Carolina TO prove that
LiucUln's father was resident Of that
state. The bulk Of the testimony Of
fered In this instance came from men
and women who had been born long
after Abraham Lincoln. had never seen
him. and never heard the tale they re-
Peated until long after his election to
IN. presidency. OF the truth OF these
statements as to Lincoln's origin no
proof has ever been produced They
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-03-04
The Log Cabin in Which Lincoln Was Born.

We're rumors. diligently spread in the
inst place by those who for political
purposes were glad 10 belittle p1lit-
zeal opponent. They grew with telling.
and. curioUsly enough, two Of Lincoln
best friends helped p=rpetuate them
Ness-s. Lamon and Herndon-both Of
whom wrote lives # the president
which are Of great interest and value.
But neither OF these men was a stu
dent. and they did not take the trouble
Oh look for records OF Mr.. LinColu's
birth. They accepted rumors and en-
Iarced upon them. Indeed. il was NOT
until perhaps twenty-five years ago
that the matter was taken up seriously
and an investigation begun. This has
been going on al intervals ever since,
until ] venture TO say that few persons
born iu a pioneer community. have
their lineage on both sides as clearly
established as that of Abraham Lin
coin. II takes. indeed. most amazing
or-dulty FOR any one TO believe the
stories ] have ALLUDED 90 after having
looked az the records Of his family.
Lincoln himself. backed by the record
300 the Lincoln family Bible. is the
first authority for the time and place
Of his birth. as we'll as the name OF his
father and mother. The father Thorn
ls Lincoln FAR from being a poor
white" was the son Of prosperous
Kentucky pioneer. man Of honorable
and weli-established lineage who had
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-03-04
The Parents of
Abraham Lincoln
By IDA n. TARBELL

come from Virginia as a friend of Dan
iel Boone. and had there bought large
tracts of land and begun TO grow up
with the country. where he was killed
by the Indians. He left large family.
BY the law Of Kentucky the estate
went to the oldest son. and the young
est. Thomas Lincoln. was left to shift
for himself This youngest son grew
to manhood. and on June 10. 1906. was
married. at Beechland, Kentucky. to a
young woman of n family Well known
in the vicinity. Nancy Hanks. There
is no doubt whatever about their mar
riage All the legal documents re-
quired in Kentucky at that period FOR
a marriage are i'm existence. Not only
have We the bond and the certificate,
but the marriage is duly entered in a
list of marriage returns made by Jesse
Head. one Of the best known early
Methodist ministers Of Kentucky. 1t is
now TO be seen i'm the records of Wash
ington county. Kentucky. There is
even in existence a very full and anus
ing account Of the wedding and the
fanfare which followed by a guest who
was present and who for years after
was accustomed TO visit Thomas and
Nancy. This guest. Christopher Co
lumbus Graham. a unique and perfectly
trustworthy man. a prominent citizen
Of Louisville died only 4 few years
ago.
But while these documents dispose
tffecJually of the question OF the par
entage Of Lincoln. they DO not, OF
course, clear up the shadow which
hangs over the parentage of his moth
er. Is there anything TO show that
Nancy Hanks herself was Of clear and
clean lineage as her husband? There
has been nothing whatever until. a few
years ago. through the efforts OF Mrs.
Caroline Hanks Hitchcock OF Cam
bridge. Mass. who had in preparation
the genealogy OF the Hanks family in
America, a little volume was published,
showing what she had esta blished in
regard TO Nancy Hanks. Mrs. Hitch
cock had begun at the far end Of IN,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-03-04

line-the arrival OF one Benjamin
Hanks in Massachusetts in 1893.
She discovered that one Of his sons.
William. moved to Virginia. and that
In the latter part of the eighteenth
century his children formed in Amelia
county Of that state a large settlement.
All the records Of these families she
found in the Han Of Records in Rich
mond. When the migration into Ken
lucky began. late in the century, it
was Joined by many members OF the
Hanks settlement in Amelia county.
Among others to go was Joseph Hanks
with his wife. Nancy Shipley Hanks.
and their children. Mrs. Hitchcock
traced this Joseph Hanks. by means Of
land records. to Nelson county. Ken
lucky. where she found that he died
I'm 1898. leaving behind a will. which
she discovered in the records Of Bards-
town. Kentucky. This will shows that
At the time Of his death Joseph Hanks
had eight living children. to whom he
bequeathed property. The youngest Of
these was My daughter Nancy as
the will puts 1t.
Mrs. HitchcOck's first query. on read
ing this will. was: "Can it be that this
little girl-she was but nine years old
when her father died-is tho Nancy
Hanks who sixteen years later became
the mother OF Abraham Lincoln" She
determined to find out. She learned
from relations and friends Of the fam