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GERMAN eoTHAs.

There is no mystery now as to the
number of Gotha machines or the
types Of them. There were never
more than thirty available to raid
England at any one time. Probably
we were most familiar with the
Friedrichshafener G III, which car
ried three men and LOO pounds of
bombs. Its speed was 81 miles per
hour for six hours and it could reach
$4,000 feet.
The latest and most wonderful of
all the raiders was the fye-engined
Riesen (1917) machine, which car
ried nine men and more than 1000
pounds of bombs. Some Germans
say that a single bomb carried
weighed ton. Many of these ma
chimes crashed and took fire on land
ing. They were slow-70 miles-and
could not lift their full load over
10000 eet.--London Mail.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07

brook moved mysteriously. He could
see the smoke Of It now.
Amanda Parlow and his niece might
even now be threatened by the flames
Now that danger threatened the
woman he had loved all these years, 1t
seemed as though his mind and heart
were numbed. He was terrified be.
yond expression-terrifed for her safe
ty, and terrified for fear that some.
body, even Jedidiah Parlow, should
suspect Just how he felt about 1t.
The horses hoofs rang sharply over
the stony path. Presently they capped
a little ridge and started down into a
hollow. Not until they were over the
ridge was Mr.. Stage aware that the
hollow was filed, chokingly filed, with
billowy white smoke.
Another Inan-one as cautious az
the hardware merchant notoriousls
was-would have pulled the horse
down to walk. But Joseph Stages
cautlousness had been flung to the
winds. Instead, he shouted to Cherry,
and the beast increased his stride.
Ten rods further on the horse snort.
ed, stumbled, and tried to stop. A
writing, flaming snake-a burning
branch-plunged down through the
smoke directly ahead.
go on!" shouted Joseph Stagg, with
sharpness that would ordinarily have
set Cherry Off at gallop.
But as the snorting creature still
SHE'D, the man seized the whip and
dashed poor Cherry cruelty along his
flank.
AT that the h,Tse went mad. he
plunged forward, leaped the blazing
brand, and galloped down the road at
a perilous gait. The man tried neither
to soothe him nor to retard the. pace.
The smoke swirled around tAem.
The driver could not see ten feet be.
yond the horses nose. Ten miautes
later they ratified down into the
straight road, and then, very soon.
indeed, were at the abandoned camp.
The fire was near, but It had not
reached this place. There was ma sign
Of life about.
The man knew which was Judy'a
cabin. He leaped from the vehicle,
leaving the painting Cherry unhitched,
and ran to the hut.
The door swung open. The poor
furniture was In place. Even the bed
clothing was rumpled in the old WON.
ans bunk. But neither she nor Aman.
da Parlow nor little Carolyn May was
there.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07
MADE NO HIT WrrH TRAINER
chlmpanzee In Eco Altogether "Toc
Previous" In imitation of Act
He Had Seen.

Henry Van Ness, an simal train
sr at the Shelley ZOO at Baltimore,
was shot in the right leg by a big
chimpanzee at the zoo. Luckily the
revolver contained a blank cartridge,
and the wound inflicted in the train
er's leg was a burn, caused by the
explosion Of the powder.
The chimpanzee initiates the
trainers and other employees of the
zoo. Recently he saw the bear train
er point revolver al one of the
bears when the animal refused to 90
through his act. The trainer then
placed the weapon on a stand in the
big Gagged arena. When he had fin
ished with the bear act he forgot to
take the revolver with him.
The chimpanzee watched the bear
act from its cage, and when Van
Ness placed the chimpanzee in the
arena the animal picked up the re-
volver and fired it at him. The
trainer did not anticipate any seri-
GUS trouble from the wound.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07
TIL BELMORE ENDICOTT

At the usual hour he started for The
Corners for dinner. Having remained
in the store all the morning, he had
not realized how much stronger the
smell Of smoke was than it had beer
at breakfast time. Quite Involuntary
he Quickened his pace.
The fog and smoke overcast the sky
thickly and made 1t Of a brassy color
just as though huge copper pot had
been overturned over the earth. Won.
en- stood at their doors, talking back
and forth In subdued tones. There
was a spirit Of expectancy in the air.
The hardware merchant was striding
along at quick pace when he came to
the Parlow place; but he was not 60
ing so fast that he did not hear the
carpenter hailing him IN his cracked
voice.
"Hey, you, Joe Staggl hey, you'll"
Amazed, Mr.. Stage turned to look.
Parlow was hcbbling from the rear
premises, groaning at every step,
scarcely able to walk.
"That sciatica's got me ag'in," he
snarled. "rm almost doubled ND.
Couldn't climb into a carriage to save
my soul"
"What d'you want to climb into q
carriage for?" demanded Mr.. Stagg.
"'Cause somebody's got to go for
that gal Of mine-and little Car'lyn
May. Amt you heard--or is your mind
so sot on maxim money down there to
your store that you don't know nothln
else?"
Haven't / heard what" returned
the other with fine restraint, for he
saw the old man was In pain.
"The fires come over to this side. /
saw the flames myself. And Aaron
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07

Mrs. blow is your club for the
protection Of birds coming out?
Mrs. W.-0hl we stop meeting
Just before it is time to think about
turkey!
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07
CHAPTER XVI.


The heart Of the man was like
weight In his bosom. With so many
hundred acres of forest on fire, and
that, too, between the abandoned camp
and The Corners and Sunrise Cove,
how would Amanda Parlow and Caro-
Ign May know where to GOT
Certainly the place must have been
deserted In haste. There was Carolyn
Mays coat. The man caught 1t up and
stared around, as though expecting the
child to be within sight.
The old woman's clothing was scat
tered about, too. II did not look as
though anything had been removed
from the hut. Coming out, he found
another article on the threshold-ona
Of Amanda's gloves.
Joseph Stage lifted the crumplsd
glove to his lips.
"Oh, God, spare herr he burst forth
spare them bothl"
Then he kissed the glove again aud
hid 1t away in the inner pocket Of hi'
vest.
The hardware dealer tried to think
Of just what the fugitives might havs
done when they escaped from ths
cabin.
II It were true that Amanda would
not run toward the fire, then she more
than likely had taken the opposite dt
rection on leaving the cabin. There
fore, Joseph Stage went that way-set'
ting of down the tote road. leading
Cherry by his birdie.
Suddenly he remembered calling
Prince the day Carolyn May had been
lost on the Zee. he raised his voice In
q mighty shout for the dog now.
"Princel Princey, old boyl where
are your
Again and again he called, but Tiers
was no reply. The smoke was more
sitting and the heat more intense
every minute Mr.. Stage realized that
he must get out quickly II he would
save himself and the horse.
He had Just stepped into the buck.
board again, when there was an ex
cited -scrambling In the underbrusA
and q welcoming bark was given.
"Princei Good boyi" the man shout
ed. "where are theyr
The excited dog few at him, leapIne
on the blackboard so 10 to reach him.
The morgrel was delighted, and
showed It as plainly as dumb bruts
could.
Pit he was anxious. too. he leaped
back to the ground. ran q little ahead
and then looked back to.see II the man
was following. The hardware dealer
shouted to him again:
Go ahead, Princeyi We're comingi-
He picked up the relns and Cherry
started. The dog. barking his safisfae
ton, ran on ahead and struck into .
side path which led down q glade. 10
seph Stage knew immediately whers
this path led to. There was a sprins !
and q small morsss IN the beiios. = |
he hollow.
To BE CONTINUED,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07

Road.
Crummit drove through and says tina
you can't git by on the main rond. Tit
fires followed the West Brook RICH
down and is betwixt us and Adams
old camp"
"Bless mel" gasped the hardware
dealer, paling under his tan.
"Wal?" snarled Parlow. "Goin' Il
stand there chatterin' all day, or be
you goin' to do something"
Somebody must get over to that
cabin and bring them out" Joseph
Stage said. without taking oftense Of
the Grabbed old carpenter.
"Wal!" exclaimed Parlow. "glad ter
see you're awake"
ooh. I'm awake" the other returned
shortly. 81 was just figuring on who's
got the best horse"
II have" snapped Parlow.
Eyes. And I'd decided on taking
Cherry. too" the hardware dealer add
ed. and swung Into the lane toward the
carpenters barn.
Hey. you'll Needn't be 20 brash
about It." growled the carpenter. "He's
my boss, ] sposef"
Joseph Stagg went straight ahead.
and without answering. Having once
decided on his course. he wasted no
time.
/ He rolled back the big door and saw
Cherry already harnessed In his box
stall.
Together they backed the animal be-
tween the shafts. fastened the traces.
and Mr.. Stagg leaped quickly to the
seat and gathered up the relns.
you'll halter take the Fallow road
the carpenter shouted after him. "And
have care drivin' Cherry"
Horse and blackboard whiried out Of
the yard and his voice was lost to the
hardware merchant.
Cherry stepped out splendidly, and
they left a cloud Of dust behind them
as they rolled up the pike. not In the
direction Of the abandoned camp. Fore
warned. he did not seek to take the
shortest way to the cabin where
Amanda Parlow and Carolyn May were
perhaps even now threatened by the
forest IRE. The Fallow road turned
north from the pike three miles from
The Corners.
Flecks Of foam began to appear on
Cherry's glossy coat almost at once.
The air was very oppressive. and there
was no breeze.
The streak Of fame that had FOL
lowed down the hanks Of West
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07
CARD WAS USEFUL.

Her name was Lulu and she knit
ted a pair of socks to be sent over
seas. She put her card in one of the
socks and in due time a note came
back from the soldier to whom they
had been given. 1t ran:
Dear Lulu: Last April I re-
ceived pair of socks and in one of
these l found your card. Please
send another pair. / feel that I
should have a change Yonkers
Statesman.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07

"Say, Samanthy," said Cy Taters,
looking up from the paper. 81 see
that the Legislature up to the city
has app'inted a minute clerk"
"Wel, 1 swow, Cy," reioined his
wife. 81 reckon he must be the fel.
Ter that times the speeches"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
DUCK POPULATION

According to tie census OF
1910 there were 2.s06,525 ducks
In the United States. valued ut
1885,. 164, showing q decrease
In number OF nearly 40 per
cent as compared with 1900.
Ducks were reported on only
70 per cent OF the farms 10 the
! country. and are most numerous
In the following states. arranged
according to their production:
Iowa. Illinois. New FORK. Penn.
sylvania. Missouri. Tennessee.
Indiana. Kansas. Oklahoma.
Arkansas and Ohio, the number
ranging from about 225.OO0 head
In Iowa to 10000 in Ohio.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07

scrap is gradually increased until 1t
reaches Is per cent by the end of the
third week. The proportion of corn
meal Is increased for the duckllngs to
be marketed and the bran decreased
as the time for marketing the duck
lings approaches.
The fattening ration, which should
be used for two weeks before killing,
consists of three parts, by weight. of
cornmeal, two parts of low-grade flour
or middlings, one part of bran, one
half part Of beef scrap, 10 per cent
green feed and per cent grit This
mash Is fed three times daily. The
green feed is sometimes left out OF
the ration during the last week of fat
tening, as it tends to color the meat,
but 1t Is easier to keep the duckllngs
In good feeding condition IL 1t is i'm
Guided. Boiled fish is sometimes used
In place Of the beef scrap, but this
should be discontinued two weeks be-
fore the ducklings are killed in order
not to impart h fishy taste. Where
milk is available at a sufficiently low
price, the rations recommended for
milk-fattened chickens would produce
a well-bleached milk-fed green duck.
Celery seed is also used, as this is said
to flavor the flesh.
The Egg Breed.
For the general farmer who is more
interested in obtaining eggs than In
producing green ducks for the market,
the Indian Runner is a good breed,
This duck holds the same relative POI
sition in the duck family that the Leg
horn does In the chicken family. It
lays a good-sized white egg, consider
ably larger than hens egg, and is
declared to be small eater, a good
forager and hardy.
At the present time the keeping Of
ducks for eggs is an industry which
appears to be growing more rapidly In
the South than elsewhere A good de-
mand for these eggs exists at Easter
time, and the prices are usually sew
eral cents dozen higher than for
hens eggs, but during the balance Of
the year the average price for the two
has been about the same. Recently,
however, the introduction of the In
dian Runner has helped In building
up a trade In first-class ducks eggs.
These eggs should be marketed fire.
quently, as they depreciate in quality
more rapidly than hens eggs. The
possibilities of securing market,
moreover, should be carefully lnvesti-
gated, for 1t Is only In certain places
that good prices can be secured for
fancy ducks eggs. =
On commercial duck farms most OF
the Matching is done in lncubators, for
the. Pekin and Indian Runner rarely
sit. On farms where no incubator is
available. the eggs are usually hatched
under hens. The period of incubation
Is week longer than that Of hens
eggs. and, for this reason, the hen
must be well cared for. While ducks
are easier to brood artlflcially than
they may also be raised sue
cessfully under hens. In the latter
case II Is better to c0nine the hens
and to allow the duckllngs free range.
Birds that are intended for sale as
green ducks. however. are not usually
allowed much range. but are fed heay-
ly and forced for rapid growth. The
orooders and brooding systems used
Tor chickens give good results In
rearing ducklings. although the letter
10 not require as high a temperature.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07
svRE.rHISo MEN.

$50 you think 3 ticket speculation
h worse than a Wall street specula-
tori
yes The Wall street Spectator
does run q little chance of losing
sometimes"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07
VERY LIKELY.

~Your nose isn't quite as red as n
used to be-"
81 s'pose not" replied Uncle Bill
Bottietop. 81 guess n'ebbe this pro
hibition is causing NV whole face to
turn pale with apprehension"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07
ASK the sovs.

Those who speak Of their sons o.
brothers coming through the war
@withoat . scratch forget about the
cootieS-Boston Transcript
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07

weIi-seiected hens or puIlsts that
are given the right attention In care
and feeding. together with good win
ter qrarters. stand . good chance OF
making q real record Ii rroHts this
uGnfar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-18
URGES PEOPLE TO THINK
j. Scott Junkin Warns Against Criti-
cism of Y. NJ c. A.

In talk before the Current Topic
club Monday night, ]. Scott Junkin.
of Chicago. now visiting in Topeka,
urged the people of America to think
and think well, seek and find the
proof of a matter before expressing
personal opinions or beliefs on any
subject connected with the war.
Junkin made his plea in connection
with a talk on the work of the Y. NJ.
c. A. in France. He admitted that
when the boys come home there will
be much criticism directed by them
against both the government and the
Y. NJ. c. A. He said that this attitude
of the boys is a war condition created
by their sudden change from the COM
forts of civil life to the hardships of a
bitter war in mud filled trenches. He
asked that when these boys tell their
story that parents and friends alike
investigate we'll the cause, ask for the
proof, and then think well and long
before committing themselves in their
judgments.
Mrs. Junkin entertained the club
with several vocal numbers, her selec-
tons being from among the songs she
found most popular with the men in
the training camps. All the time her
husband was in France Mrs. Junkin
worked among the soldiers, giving
generously of her voice. She sang in
nearly every cantonment and post in
the United States during the war.
At the close of the meeting it was
announced that Speaker Lambertson
of the house of representatives would
be the speaker at the next meeting of
the club,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-18
Topeka C. of C.. Would Amend
Kansas Publicity Dept Bill.
Advantages for Cities, Counties
and Civic Bodies Sought.

After a meeting between the agri-
cultural committee of the Topeka
Chamber of Commerce and the agri-
cultural committee of the house of
representatives at the Elks club Mon
day, the Topeka Chamber of Com
merce speaking thru its secretary, an
nounced itself as strongly in favor of
the proposed state publicity bill now
pending before the legislature.
At the meeting Monday was a rep
resentative of the Wichita Board of
Commerce, w. E. Holmes. who eX-
pressed for the Wichita organization
its approval of the proposed bill. The
meeting was also attended by Ora
ham, of the state department of agri-
culture.
Another joint meeting of the agri-
cultural committee and publicity COM
nittee of the Chamber of Commerce
and the agricultural committee of the
house will be held tomorrow morning
at o'clock in the board of agricul-
ture rooms at the state house. At this
meeting the committees from the To-
peka Chamber of Commerce propose
to recommend an amendment to the
present bill which will enable cities.
coutes or chambers of commerce to
measure on the same basis as the fed
eral government today aids in the
building of roads.
Explaining this amendment and its
effect today, A. L. Ohger, secretary
of the Topeka Chamber of Commerce,
said that state aid is what the cities.
counties and chambers of commerce
most desire in their respective pub
licity plans. He explained that with
the proposed amendment adopted that
city, county, or chamber of COM
merce might avail itself of a part of
the state publicity fund by itself ap-
propriating an equal sum.
For instance" said Oliger, eff a
CITY, county or a Chamber of Com
merce should desire to advertise its
territory it could appropriate, say
$1,000, for the purpose, and by virtue
of this appropriation could apply to
the state for an equal sum to be made
available from the state publicity
fund. 1t is essentially federal aid
for good roads amorphosed tC
state aid for publicity"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-18
OPPOSE AN INCREASE

Washington, Feb. 1S.-A tentative
decision was reached today by the
house ways and means committee to
authorize no increased in the unis-
sued amount of liberty bonds. but in
stead to authorize the treasury to is
sue notes, maturing in one to f1ve
years, for any additional sum needed.
The committee tentatively decided
to authorize no more bond issues,
members said, but to authorize issu-
ance of short term notes to raise
money that will be needed to run the
government.
If the tentative short term plan
goes thru, committee members said
there will be no further liberty loan
campaigns.
The notes will mature, according to
the tentative plans of the committee,
from one to five years after date of
issue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-18
HOPKINS BID LOWITO ASK STATE AID HUNS NEAR BREAK
Appeal to Party Leaders Saved
the Armistice.
There Was a Scrap Over Ac-
ceptance or Refusal.

Weimar, Feb. 1S.-Intervention of
German party leaders was all that pre-
vented the armistice being broken off
Monday.
The cabinet had already decided it
was impossible to accept the new con-
ditions and only changed its attitude
after strong representations by the
political spokesman of the German
people.
After determining that the terms
were too drastic, the cabinet resolved
to call in party leaders for endorse
ment of it's position before definitely
ordering Matthias Erzberger, chairman
of the armistice commission, not to
sign the renewal.
opposite view and eventually succeed
ed in persuading the cabinet members
to reverse their decision.
Foreign Minister Rant
Eau thereupon resigned but later de-
cided to remain, if the government,
rather than he personally, should
take the responsibility for the con-
sequences" He has agreed to retain
his place.
The order to sign was sent to Err
berger after 4 O'Clock Sunday after
noon. 1t is understood that it was
received only few minutes before the
time set by Marshal Foch for accep-
lance or refusal-6 o'clock. Erzberger
is said to have determined on his own
responsibility that he would not sign
| the extension unless expressly ordered
| to do so.
The entife session of the national
assembly today was to be devoted to
| the discussion of the armistice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-18

AS a society editor Miss Hampstead
made a wonderful record in Topeka.
She has a host of friends here.
When she came into the reporters
room as a regular" she Immediately
assumed status as zone of the boys
"a status seldom accorded to a
woman, especially in newspaper Of
flee. In her own words, as written in
her letter to the State Journal an
nouncing her appointment to sail for
France in a business unit of the Y. w.
c. A. Bertha Hampstead chased
snapshots from Fifth street to Ninth,
and from the comfort station to
Quincy street"
But her work was not all snap
shots. not by any means. Her feature
stories were one of the sensations of
the Kansas newspaper world. and be-
sides they were avidly read by the
news buying public-quite often at
the expense of the real news of the
day. And many times during a week
she would cause some luckless re-
porter to lose a nights sleep because
she beat him to a story.
So Bertha Hampstead, one of the
finest and most fearless newspaper
women of Kansas, has betaken her
self to France to help increase the eff
ficiency of the work of the Y. w. c. A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-18
New York Money Market.

New York, Feb. 1S.-MONEY-Mercan
paper, 5@514 per cent. Sterling, 60 day
bills, 4.733s; commercial, go day bills 10, on
4T21a demand 4.75.7O; cables, 4.Iii ZIG.
Francs demand. 5.45A cables, 5.451s. Mex
lean dollars, 771Sc. Government bonds.
steady: railroad bonds, irregular Time
loans. firmer; 60 and 90 days, 5G5A G
months, 5H@51s.
Call money, ffrner high. low and ruling
rate, > closing bid Az offered at 3; last
loan, 5. Bank aceeptances, Az.
Final prices on liberty bonds today were
31as, 9S74; first convertible As. $3.50;
second As, 92.54: first convertible Az 8,
1890; second convertible AIS. 93.SS; third
IA s, 9J.1S; fourth AZ s, $3.50.