Marietta Monitor. (Marietta, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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FARM MORE LAUD
Cultivate for the Soldier at the
Front
Thla question of conservation of
food baa become ao agitated by those
who have knowledge of what It
means In the preservation of life who
Lave made a study of the food condi-
tions and the requirements of the
country that It la beginning to arouse
the entire nation The economist
whose duty It Is to study the output
and compare It with the consumption
aees a rapidly creeping np of one on
the other and when the appetite of
consumption gets a headway on the
output where will the nation beT It
la time the people were aroused for
there la danger ahead unless the In-
telligence of the people la awakened to
the facta The crop of 1017 will he
less than an average one and aee the
work It has to perform It has to
feed the man producing It and be la
of less efficiency today than a year
aga Ilia strength has been reduced
by the drawing away of the thousands
from the farms who are now In the
ranks of the consumer Instead of In that
of the producer There la an Inverse
ratio here that can only he under-
atood when confronted with the ap-
palling figures presented by those In
charge of the conservation work The
army has to he fed dependents cared
for the navy liaa to have provisions
and we cannot sit Idly by and see the
women and children of the countries
across the sea starve There Is such
a great call for active participation In
the matter of providing food that
those who are left at home In charge
of tills work have a responsibility
(laced upon them fully as great as has
the man at the front who has gone out
to protect the homes the sanctity and
the honor of those who are left behind
The producer should think only of
this there should be economy not
only of labor Every acre of avail-
able land should te producing Ad-
vantage should be taken of everv day-
light hour It must not be a case of
how much can we make It must be
a case of “fight” with those who have
gone overseas hut In our way fight to
win the war Where that spirit per-
vades will be found the spirit of the
patriotic American There Is no diffi-
culty In securing land In any of the
states It may be rented on easy terms
or purchased at low prices and there
should be little difficulty arranging
with hankers to get the necessary
funds to carry on operations Should
you not be able to get what yon want
In your own state Western Canada
offer an Immense wide field for oper-
ations at the lowest possible cost and
Americans are welcomed with open
arms Homesteads of 100 acres each
msy be had on easy conditions snd
other lands msy be purchased at low
prices oo easy terms The yields of
all kinds of small grains are heavy
The prospects for a 1917 crop are ex-
cellent snd It looks today as If there
would be as good a return as at any
time In the past snd when It Is real-
ised that there have been yields of
forty and forty-five bushels of wheat
over large areas this should be en-
couraging Now that the two coun-
tries are allies and the cause Is a com-
mon one there should be no hesitation
In accepting whatever offer seems to
be the best In order to Increase the
production so necessary and which
should It not he met will prove a se-
rious menace Particulars as to Cana-
dian lands whether for purchase or
homestead may be hid on application
to soy Canadian Government Agent —
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Free sample each by mall with Book
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Take Iba Old Standard GROVE S
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what yoa are taking as the formal is
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Quinine and Iras In a taetelea form Th
Quinine drive oat malaria the Iron
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“About our tableaux"
Year
“Mrs De Style has consented to
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“There's one bit of news weTl have
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FOURTH INSTALLMENT
So Philip Nolan had his wish ful-
filled Poor fellow be repented of hla
folly and then Ilka a man submitted
to the fate he had asked for He nev-
er Intentionally added to the difficulty
or delicacy of the charge of those who
bad him In hold Accidents would
happent bnt they never happened from
his fault Lieutenant Truxton told me
that when Texas was annexed there
was a careful discussion among the
officers whether they should get hold
ef Nolan's handsome set of maps and
cut Texas out of It from th map
ef th world and th map of Mexico
The United States had been cat out
when the atlas was bought for him
But It was voted rightly enough that
to do this would be virtually to reveal
to him whst had happened or as
Marry Cola said to make him think
Old Burr had succeeded So It was
from no fanlt of Nolan's that a great
botch hhppened at my own tuble when
for n short time I was In command of
the George Washington corvette on
the South American station We were
lying In the La Plata and some of the
officers who bad been on shore and
had Just Joined again were entertain-
ing ns with accounts of their misad-
ventures In riding the half-wild horses
of Buenos Aires Nolan was at table
and was In an unusually bright and
talkative mood Some story of a tum-
ble reminded him of an adventure of
his own when be wae catching wild
porses In Texas with his brother Steph-
en at a time when he must have been
quite n boy He told the story with
t good deal of spirit— so much so that
ths silence which often follows a good
story hung over tbe table for an In-
stant to be broken by Nolan himself
Fur he asked perfectly unconsciously
“Pray what has become of Texas!
After the Mexicans got tifelr Independ-
ence I thought that province of Texas
would come forward very fast It Is
really on of the finest regions on
earth It Is tbe Italy of this continent
But I have not seen or beard a word
of Texas for near twenty years”
There were two Texan officers at the
table The reason he had never heard
of Texas was that Texas and her af-
fair had been painfully out of hla
newspapers office Austin began hi
settlements so that while be reed of
Honduras and Tamaullpaa and till
quite lately of California this virgin
province in which his brother had
traveled so far and I believe had died
had ceased to be with him Walters
and Williams the taro Texas men
looked grimly at each other and tried
not to laugh Edward Morris had hla
attention attracted by the third link
In th chain of the captain's chan-
daiier Watrous was seised with a con-
vulsion ef sneeslng Nolan himself
saw that something was to pay he did
not know what And I as master of
the feast had ta say:
"Texas u out of the map Mr No-
lan Mare yon seen Captain Back's
curious account of Sir Thomas Roe's
Welcome!"
After that cruise I never saw No-
lan iplw I wrote to him at least
twice n pear foe In that voyage we
became even confidentially Intimate!
but he never wrote to me The other
men tell me that In those fifteen years
be aged very fast as well he might
Indeed hut that be was still the same
gentfe uncomplaining silent sufferer
that be ever bearing as best be
could his self-appointed punishment
rather lean social perhaps with new
men whom he did not know but more
anxious apparently than ever to serve
and befriend snd teach the boys some
f whom fairly seemed to worship him
And new It seems the dear old fellow
Is dead Me has found 1 home at
last and a country
Since writing this and while con-
sidering whether or no I would print
It ns a warning to the young of today
ef what It Is to throw sway a country
I have received from Danforth who Is
on hoard the Levant n letter which
gives an account of Nolan's last hours
To understand the first words of tbe
letter the nonprofessional reader
should remember that after 1817 the
position of every officer who bad No-
lan In charge was ona of the greatest
delicacy The government had failed
to renew the order of 1907 regarding
him What was a man to do? Should
b let him go! What then If he
were called to account by th depart-
ment for violating the order of 1907!
Should he keep him? What then If
Nolan should be liberated some day
and should bring an action for false
Imprisonment or kidnaping against ev-
ery man who had had him la charge!
I urged and pressed this upon (South-
ard and I have reason to think that
other officers did the sam thing But
th secretary always said as they so
often do at Washington that there
wer no special orders to give and
that w must act on oar own Judg-
ment That means "If you succeed
you will b sustained If you faiL you
will he disavowed” Well as Danforth
says all that Is over now though 1
do not know but I expos myself to a
criminal prosecution on the evidence
ef th very revelation 1 am making
Mere Is ths letter:
“Levant 2 2 8 O 131 W
"Deer Fred — I try to find heart and
life to teD yon that It la all over with
deer old Nolan 1 have been with him
on thla voyage more than I aver was
and I can understand wholly now th
way In which yon used to speak of th
dear old fellow 1 could see that ha
was not strong bnt I had no Idea that
ths end was so near Th doctor bad
been watching him very carefully and
yesterday morning cam to mo and
told me that Nolan was not ao welL
and had not left his stateroom — a
thing I never remember before He
had let the doctor come and aee him a
ha lay there th first time th doctor
had been In the stateroom and he said
b should Uk to aee me Oh dear I
do yon remember the mysteries w
boys nsed to Invent about his room In
th old Intrepid days! Well I went
In and there to be sure the poor fel-
low lay In his berth smiling pleasant-
ly as ha gave ma his hand bnt look-
ing very frail I could not help n
glance round which showed ma what
n little shrine he had made of the box
he was lying In Th stars and stripes
worn triced up above and around a
picture of Washington and h had
painted n majestic eagle with light-
nings blazing from his beak and his
foot Just clasping the whole glob
whhuh his wings overshadowed The
dear old boy saw my glance and said
with a sad smile Here yon see I have
a country F And then he pointed to
the foot of his bed where I had not
seen before a great map of the United
States as he bad drawn it from mem-
ory and which be had there to look
upon as be lay Quaint queer old
names were on It In large letters:
'Indiana Territory Mlsslsslppl Ter-
ritory' and 'Louisiana as I supposed
our fathers learned such things but
tbe old fellow bad patched In Texas
too he had carried his western boun-
dary all the way to the Pacific but on
that shore he had defined nothing
“Oh Danforth' he said T know I
am dying I cannot get home Sure-
ly yon will teU me something now!
Stop! stop! Do not speak till I say
what I am sura yon know that there
“Tall Me Their Nam” He Said
Is not In this ship that there la not
In America — Ood bless her I — a more
loyal man than L Thera cannot be a
man who lovea th old flag aa I do or
praya for It aa I do or hopea for It aa
1 do Thera ar thirty-four stars in
It now Danforth I thank Ood for
that though l4lo not know what their
acmes are There has never been one
taken away I thank Ood for that 1
know by that that there has never
been any successful Burr Oh Dan-
forth Danforth he sighed out how
like a wretched nlght'a dream n boy’s
Idea of personal fame or of separate
sovereignty seems when one looks
back on It after such n life as mine 1
But teU me— tell me something — tell
me everything Danforth befor I dl I
“Ingham I swear to you that I felt
tike a monster that I had not told him
everything before Danger or no dan-
ger delicacy or no delicacy who waa I
that 1 should have been acting tha
tyrant all this time ever this dear
sainted old man who had years ago
expiated in hla whole manhood's life
the madness of a boy's treason? Mr
Nolan' said I T will tell yon everything
yon ask abouL Only where shall I
begin r
“Oh tha blessed smlla that crept
over hla white facet and ha pressed my
hand and said Ood bless yon I Tall
me their names' he said and he point-
ed to th stars 00 the flag The last
I know Is Ohio My father lived In
Kentucky But I have guessed Mich-
igan and Indiana and Mississippi— that
waa where Fort Adams la — they make
twenty Bat where are your other
fourteen! Ton have not cut up any
of the old ones I hope?
"WelL that was not a had text and
I told him the names In aa good or-
der as I could and he bade me take
down hla beautiful map aod draw them
la aa I best could with my penctL Ms
was wild with delight shout Texas
told me bow his brother died there
he had marked a gold cross where be
supposed his brother's grave was and
he bad guessed st Texas Then he
was delighted as ha aaw Catiiurnia
and Oregon— that he said he bad sus-
pected partly because he had never
been permitted to land on that shore
though the shls were there so much
‘And th men' said be laughing
brought off a good deal besides furs'
Then ha went back— heavens bow
far— to aak about the Chesapeake and
what was done to Barron for surren-
dering her to th Leopard and wheth-
er Burr ever tried again and he ground
hla teeth with th only passion ha
showed But In n moment that was
over and he said "Ood forglva
for I am aura 1 forgive him Then
h ' asked about th old war— (old
m the true story of hla serving th
gun th day we took th Java — asked
about dear old David Porter aa he
called him Then ho settled down
more quietly and very happily to bear
me teU In an hour tb history of fifty
years
"Mow I wished It had been some-
body who know something I Bnt 1
did as well aa I could I told him of
th English war I told him about Ful-
ton and th steamboat beginning I
told him about old Scott and Jackson
told him nil I could think about th
Mississippi and New Orleans and
Texas and hla 'own old Kentucky
And do yon know ho asked who was
In command of th Legtoa of th
WastF I told him It was n very gal-
lant officer named Grant and that by
our last news b was about to estab-
lish hla headquarters at Vicksburg
Then 'Where was Vicksburg T I
worked that out on th map It waa
about a hundred miles more or less
above hla old Fort Adams and I
thought Fort Adama must be a ruin
now Tt must bo at old Vick's plan-
tation said ha “well that 1 n
changer
"I tell yon Ingham It waa a hard
thing to condense the history of half
a century Into that talk with a sick
man And I do not know what I told
him— of emigration and the means of
It— of steamboats and railroads and
telegraphs— of Inventions and hooka
and literature— of th college and
West Point and the Naval school—
but with th queerest Interruptions
that ever you heard Ton see It was
Robinson Crusoe asking all tha accu-
mulated questions of fifty-six years
"I remember ha asked all of a sud-
den who was president now and
when I told him he asked If Old Aba
waa Gen Benjamin Lincoln's son He
said he met old General Lincoln when
he was quite a boy himself at some
Indian treaty I said no that Old Abe
was a Kentuckian Ilk himself but I
could not tell him of what family he
bad worked up from th ranks Hood
for hlmr cried Nolan T am glpd of
that Aa I have brooded and won-
dered I have thought our danger waa
In keeplDg up those regular succes-
sions In the first families’ Then I
got talking about my visit to Wash-
ington I told him of meeting th Ore-
gon congressman Ilardlng I told him
about Smithsonian and the exploring
expedition I told him about the Capi-
tol — and the statues for th pediment
— and Crawford's liberty — and
Greenough’a Washington: Ingham I
told him everything I could think of
that would show th grandeur of hla
country and Its prosperity
"And ha drank It In and enjbyed It
as I cannot tell you Be grew mors
and more silent yet I never thought
be was tired or faint I gave him n
glass of water but be Just wet hla lips
and told me not to go away Then h
asked me to bring the Presbyterian
Book of Public Prayer' which lay
there and said with a amtlo that It
would open at th right place— and ao
It did There was hla doable red
mnrlU down th page I knelt doom
and read and be repeated with me
Ter ourselves and our country O gra-
cious God we thank thee that not-
withstanding our manifold transgres-
sions of thy holy laws thou hast con-
tinued to on thy marvelous kindness—
and ao to the end of that thanksgiv-
ing Then he turned to th end of
the same book and I read th words
more familiar to me: ‘Most heartily
we beseech thee with thy favor to bo-
bold and bless thy servant the presi-
dent of the United States and all
others In authority — and th rest of
the Episcopal collect 'Danforth'
said ha T have repeated those prayers
night and morning It la now fifty-flvo
years' And then ho said he would
go to sleep Me bent me down over
him and kissed me and he said
‘Look In my Bible Danforth when I
am gone And I went away
"But I had no thought It waa th
end I thought he was tired and
would sleep I knew be was happy
and I wanted him to be alone
“But In an boar when tbe doctor
went In gently b found Nolan bad
breathed hla life away with n smile
lie had something pressed close to
his Ups It waa his father's badgs of
the Order of Cincinnati
“W looked In bln Bible and there
was a slip of paper at th place
where he had marked th text—
“"They desire a country even a
heavenly : wherefore God I not
ashamed to bo called their Ood: for
b hath prepared for them a city'
"On this slip of paper ha bad write
ten:
"Bnry me In the non It haa been
my borne and I love It But will not
someone set np a atone for my mem-
ory at Fort Adama or at Orleans that
my disgrace may not be more than X
ought to bear! Say on It:
In Memory of
PHILIP NOLAN
Lieutenant
In th Army of
th United Staten
“He loved hi country na no other
man haa loved her but no man do-
served leas at her hands' "
(TIUC END)
RAISING TURKEYS ON RANCH
New Found Only In Unsettled Foothill
Region of California and Soma
Western States
Turkey ranching It n new Industry
bora of th decreasing production of
turkeys on farms according to an ar-
ticle la the recently published 1919
Yearbook of tbe United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture
Exclusive turkey ranching la now
found practically only In th unset-
tled foothlU regions of California and
In certain section of Arisona and other
Western states In these regions n
few persona are engaged In railing
a thousand or morn turkey a season
The establishments are located whern
the range la unlimited and the natural
food of the turkey such as grasshop-
pers and other Insects green vegeta-
tion and th seeds of various weeds
and grasses la abundant Advantage
also la taken on thee ranches of th
tnrkey’a relish for acorns and where
these ar plentiful bnt little grain need
be nsed for fattening In the falL
Tha large flocks of turkeys are man-
aged much like herds of sheep being
taken out to the range early In tha
morning and brought horns to roost
at night They are herded during th
day by men either on foot or on horse-
back and by dogs especially trained
for th work
BOTHER WITH EARLY CHICKS
Leg Weaknee and Bowel Troubles
Ar Most Common Complaint—
Two Ordinary Causes
Many hav had trouble with their
early chicks Leg weakness and bowel
trouble are th most common com-
plaints Th general causes for these
troubles ar overfeeding and too close
confinement and the two usually go
together That which would bo re-
garded aa overfeeding In small runs
would not b overfeeding where
the chicks wer out on th ground
pad permitted to run at wtlL Chicks
Confined to basement or In build-
tugs continually should hav moist
earth to scratch In and even
then should not b long confined to
such runs
Th cold will not hart them If they
can return to th warm hover at will
and they will very soon learn where to
find IL
LOSS OF INCUBATOR CHICKS
oultry Specialist Saves Live of Many
Young Fowls by Using Feather
Duster In Brooder
A poultry specialist claims to bo
tbl to reduce ffiss among Incubator
thicks by providing the brooder with
feather dusters Tha chicks In coming
In contact with ths dusters Imagine
that they ar being brooded by a ben
Ind consequently do not become home-
tick and despondent over the fact that
they have no mother to lot them
GOOD DUST BATH FOR FOWLS
Nocoooary In Every Poultry Houe That
Hans May Cat Rid of Vermin—
Fin Dust la Bast
In every poultry house there should
bo n dust bath where th hens may
yet rid of lice
Poultry lie breed through pores In
their side and fine dust fills thee
pores and suffocates the vermin Road
dost hard coal ashes or dry dust of
any kind will accomplish th purpose
alt for Breading Stock
A little salt In th dry mash for tha
breeding stock and in th feed for
newly batched chicks win largely pro-
vent th vie of toe-picking and can-
nibalism Egg for Hen's Board
Forty eggs laid by a hen between
November 1st and March 1st amply
pays for her year’s feed It takes
from 00 to W to do ao In midsummer
“EAT
Doa’t take chances
thia ytarj Um
Changeable
Eva— “Marion la n decided blond
Isn't aha!" Flo— “Ye bat ah didn't
decide until last week"
Disagreeable and Dangerous Trouble
la diarrhea but a speedy and certain
cure la found In Mississippi Diarrhea
Cordial Price 25c and 60c — Adv
An Early Instane
“We'd hare got on atl right if
that soak hadn't come along and
taken cargo of th apple crop" said
Evo
“Yea” replied Adam "this la tha
original case of the ultimate consumer
getting the worst of It at the band of
th middleman”
BABIES AND GROWINO CHILDREN
need a tonic to ton up the system and
regulate th Uver Mothers are con-
stantly using with wonderful success
our “Plantation" Chill and Fever Too-
le Pleasant to take— contain no Cal-
omel Price 50c — Adv
Hopei Case
"Why don't you vary your utter-
ances occasionally by saying some-
thing optimistic!"
“What's the nseT" asked th gloomy
citizen “Th last time 1 tried to be
cheerful the neighbors looked at me a
tf they thought I was going crazy I'd
rather be constiKred aan and keep
my grouch"
No Wondor
Th cynical person was standing In
front of a part of an eshlbltlon of local
art talent labeled "Art Objects”
Th native swelling with prides
awaited th vial tor's verdict
"What do yon think of our efforts!"
b asked at laL
"Well" said th cynical one "I sup-
pose Art doe object and I can't
blame her but there doesnt saata to
b any help for IL"
Didn’t Want to Mia Point
Willi was riding In a street car
with hla mother In th sent back of
them waa a man relating In n rather
load vole to n companion th story of
aoma boyhood escapade WUlIe twist-
ing around listened to the recital with
open mouth Tb mother on ap-
proaching her destination rose to get
off the car taking Wtllla by tha hand
but WUU would not budge
"Why WllUa what's th matter!
W mutt get off her I" exclaimed th
mother
"I don't want to get off" cried th
hoy "till I hear tha end of th story t"
- Local Color In Monkoy Gam
Marian's mother frequently played
Fame with her while doing th morn-
ing's tasks thus amusing th lltti ona
without Interrupting her own work
On morning after n visit to th boo
Marian naked to play Jmonkey“ and
her mother laughingly answered "All
right I’ll be the monkey while I dust
Now what shall I do 7"
“Oh no I'll be the monkey" said
Marian “and you has to go buy pen-
nuts to feed me first"
Grape-Nuts
Mads from choice who!
wheat and malted barley
thin famous food retains
the vital mineral elements
of the grain so essential
for balanced nourish-
ment but ladling in
manjr cereal foods
From every standpoint
“—good flavor rich nour-
ishment easy digestion
convenience economy
health from childhood to
old age—'Crape-Nuta
food
“Tlere'i a Reason'
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