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The Spectator., 1915-02-16
WAR BRINGS WHlSKER CRAZE
Fashions of Crimean War Days Re appear in London-Style In
 Mustaches.

London--It looks as though there would be a revival of the hirsute fash ion of the days of the Crimean war. There is some disquiet in correct mil itary circles over the tendency of some subalterns to acquire short side whis- kers after the pattern of buffers on the stage. This Is regarded as an in sidious feeler toward the full-blown side whiskers of Crimean days
 The very suggestion has caused Frank Richardson to burst out into at least six abusive synonyms. The mus tache cultivated recently by the mill tary has been for some time of the toothbrush or bristle variety. The new fashion. of which the London streets just now offer many distress ing examples. is to abbreviate the toothbrush on the upper lip until 1t
The Spectator., 1915-02-16

and misery has been drawn down until there Is scarcely family which has not lost father. brother, or a son. As l walk through the market l see a bent old mother confiding her misery to an equally miserable young widow.
 The saddest are the young widows. with one or two little children. Each day l see two or three more young women in mourning. The whole town seems sad. inexpressibly sad. A bat talion of chasseurs was made up all most entirely of men from Pont-a- Mousson. Two-thirds of this battalion have been lost.
 Southern Soldiers Criticized.
 The French soldier from the south of France is said usually to be less courageous than his brother from the north and east. This has been shown many times, am told, in the battles of August, September, October and Mo- vember.
 At Morhange. in the early days of the war. the French advanced against q oupSi ioi iOICt Ol GeTIQduS, uuSup- ported by artillery. There was a com. plete German victory. and every French officer was made prisoner or killed. The remnant of the French army fled in disorder for 50 kilometers. It Is asserted that the rout was caused by the failure of the southern soldiers to stand up to the fight.
 In the early part of September the Germans swarmed out of Metz and hurled three army corps against the French force that had been ordered to protect the crown" of Nancy. The French troops were composed of two army corps, the Twentieth and an other. The Twentieth corps is com- posed of soldiers recruited from the north and east. and other corps of men from the south. from the Midi"
 series of unfortunate events brought the Germans up to the Bois de Champenoux, in front of the pla- teau of Armance. There is a rumor that the commandant of a fort was derelict in his duty and failed to de-
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
MOTHER! LOOK AT
 CH|LD'S TONGUE
if cross, feverish, constipated, give "CaIifornia Syrup
 of FiuS"

A laxative today saves a sick child tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach sour.
 Look at the tongue, mother! If coat ed, or your child is listless, cross, few erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other children's ailment, give teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs then don't worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and in few hours all this constipation poison, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. A thor ough inside cleansing" is ofttimes all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
DOWN TO BASE OF SUPPLY
Manager of Supply Company Forced to Compromise With Receipt
 of Large Order.

The tea companies were fighting each other for the trade of the town. The Bee Tea company gave premiums with each pound of tea, while the Gee Tea company did not. The result was that the latter concern was being pushed to the wall. Finally the Gee Tea people realized that they must give premiums or quit.
 So. after careful consideration. they decided to give a quart of milk with each pound of tea. Business picked up at once.
 q understand you give a quart or milk with each pound of tea" said a lady one day.
 Quite right" answered the mana ger.
 Well, I'm Mrs. Ketchem of Holden & Starvem. We operate string of ten boarding houses here. I want 150 pounds of tea. Do I get 15O quarts of milk?"
 "Why-er-I think so," stammered the manager Will you wait till l go back and look over the supply?''
 In a minute he came back.
 Madam" he whispered "I have fig ured up and find that If you will take 200 pounds of tea We can give you a cow"
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
 DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years Younger! Try Grandma's Recipe of Sage and Sulphur and
 Nobody Will Know.

Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur properly compound ed, brings back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded, streAked or gray; also ends dandruff, itching scalp and stops falling hair. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make 1t at home, which is mussy and troublesome.
 Nowadays we simply ask at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sul- phur Hair Remedy" You will get large bottle for about 50 cents. Every. body uses this old, famous recipe, be- cause no one can possibly tell that you darkened your hair, as 1t does 1t so naturally and evenly. You dampen sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at time; by morn- ing the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two. your hair becomes beautifully dark, thick and glossy and you look years younger. Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
IS EPILEPSY CONQUERED?
New Jersey Physician Said to Have
 Many Cures to His Credit.

Red Bank. N J. (SpeciaD .-Advices from every direction fully confirm pre- vious reports that the remarkable treatment for epilepsy being admins tered by the consulting physician of the Kline Laboratories, of this city, is achieving wonderful results. Old and stubborn cases have been greatly bene- fited and many patients claim to have been entirely cured.
 Persons suffering from epilepsy should write at once to Kline Labora- tories, Branch AS, Red Bank. N. J., for a supply of the remedy. which is be- ing distributed gratuitously.-Adv
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
KNOW NOW And Will Never Forget the Experience.

The coffee drinker who has suffered changing from coffee to Postum knows something valuable. There's no doubt about it.
 T learned the truth about coffee in peculiar way" says a California wom- An. My husband who has. for years, to leave off coffee and give Postum a trial. and as did not want the trouble of making two beverages for meals concluded to try Postum. too. The re- suits have been that while my husband has been greatly benefited, have my self received even greater benefit.
 When I began to drink Postum was thin in flesh and very nervous. Now actually weigh 16 pounds more than I did at that time and I am stronger physically and in my nerves, while husband is free from all his ails. We have learned our little lesson about coffee and we know something about Postum, too. for we have used Postum now steadily for the last three years and we shall continue to do so.
 We have no more use for coffee the drug drink. We prefer Postum and health
 Name given by Postum Co.,. Battle Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to We'll ville," fin pkgs.
 Postum comes in two forms:
 Regular Postum-must be we'll boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
 Instant Postum--is a soluble powder. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar. makes delicious beverage h. etantly. BOG and Soc tins.
 The cost per cup of both kinds is about the same.
 There's . Reason" for Postum.
 --sold by Grocers.
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
Her Travels.

Two little Los Angeles girls were talking about the big cities of the United States. Rosie, who had trav- many of these places, was telling Goldie about them, at the latters re- quest.
 ''I want to go to Mexico very much - concluded Rosie. "I have never been out of the United States
 Haven't you?" asked Goldie, in tones of superior pity. Why. have. l have been in San Francisco and Ne braska"
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
The Only One,

There goes Rev. Dr. Fourthly, one of our most prominent ministers. He stands on pinnacle alone"
 Because of his great sanctity?"
 No. He's the only minister in town who hasn't preached an antitan- go sermon"
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
Limits In Literature.

You've read The Heavenly Twins?' asked an Englishman of an Irishman.
 Yes, l have"
 And the Sorrows of Satan?'" Yes"
 And you have read Looking Back ward?'" asked Pat.
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
P0nt- a-Mousson Doctor and Wife Have Shell Surprise in
 Morning.
SOLDIERS GO ON A STRIKE
Stick in Trenches and Refused to Charge Until Artillery Cleared the Way-vaIor of Troops of South
 ern France Questioned.
By A. R. DECKER.

Correspondent of the Chicago News)
 Pont-a-Mousson, France.-The doc tor and his wife inhabit three-story house on the side of the Place du Roi farthest from the Germans. Because of the open square In front. there is nothing to intervene between them and the German shells. to make them explode before reaching the residence of the doctor So, to escape the bom- bardments, the doctor and his wife eat, sleep and live in the kitchen, which is on the corner of the house farthest back and farthest down
 Listens to "Music" of the Shells.
 One evening, as was his custom, the doctor. having finished dinner, was consulting the memoranda of his calls for the day and for the days work to come. He heard the usual whistling and exploding of shells and left his notes long enough to throw open the window. the better to hear the "mu- sic" It was cold. blowing and rain- ing.
 'Tiens!" said the doctor: what Q night for the boys in the trenches"
 Yes" his wife replied. How sorry I feel for them"
 S-s-S-s-s-s-s-s. Bang!
 That one went to Marin's. think"
 Lucky we are safe here"
 S-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s. Boom.
 "Not Far From Here, That One"
 Another one. and not far from here, either! Are the Prussians going to lombard us forever? Why don't they fire on the batteries? They only waste their ammunition!"
 The bombardment eventually stopped. and the couple went to bed. to dream of screaming shells and sugar at double price. In the morning calls. and his wife climbed the stairs, to open the windows and let in the chance sunshine, which comes only oc- casionally and stays only a short time in this wet country. Imagine her sur prise to find that a shell had exploded in the house and had made matchwood of the furniture and woodwork of the top story. A Kansas whirlwind is the only rival of a shell turned loose in a house. The doctors house was a mix. ture of plaster. rugs, beams, stones. blanks and tiles.
 The marvel is that the wind and rain had prevented the doctor and his wife from knowing when their home was hit
 War No Longer a Circus.
 When the war first came to Pont.a. Mousson it was like the arrival of a circus The sleepy little town was for once awakened from it's lethargy and furnished with big excitement. The soldiers filled the street. crowding the shops and flirting with the girls. who were smitten with the brass buttons.
 Gradually this has all changed. Food began to rise in price. Many articles became totally lacking. There was no work. winter came on, and military discipline drew the lines closer and closer until now one Is virtually a pris- oner. And the Germans are still here. bombarding us nearly every day and constantly threatening new invasion.
 Slowly the somber cloud of death
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
"HeIlo, Frisco"

Just think of being able to sit in a telephone booth in New York and talk to your best girl In San Fran cisco!"
 I've thought of that, and I've been wondering how long 1t will be before somebody writes popular song about It."
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
Speakjno of the War.

Patience-I certainly am a foolish girl.
 Patrice-What now?
 Why. I followed that advice, See America First and now there's hard ly anything left in Europe to sect"
The Spectator., 1915-02-16

Some men are so lucky that the, even fall down when nobody is aroun' to see-St Joseph Gazette.
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
Fit Frame of Mind.

How did the prisoner act when you accused him of arson?"
 He showed fiery indignation"
The Spectator., 1915-02-16

Always proud to show white clothes. Red Cross Ball Blue does make them white. All grocers. Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-02-16

is no more than a square bristly patch under the nose.
The Spectator., 1915-02-16

Money you bet on the mare doesn't always push her under the wire first.
The Spectator., 1915-02-16
Doesn't Go Very Far

Doesn't Go Very Far. Redd-What do you think of his new car? Greene-Oh, it's all right as far as it goes.
The Spectator., 1915-02-16

Mime. Marcherez, with four other noble women. remained in Soissons when it was bombarded, and aided the army doctors in their work under shell fire. She saved the city from destruc- tion by boldly assuming the office of mayor, organizing a system of requisi tion for the German army and com polling the German authorities to ac- cept reasonable tribute and respect the needs of the civil population. When the English drove the Germans out of Soissons Mme. Marcherez con tinued to administer the duties of mayo
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20

sometimes caught their quarry in
the branches OF trees az a height OF
Ifteen feet from the ground.
Not long ago a thief broke into
one OF the barns on the Elmview
farm and stole some feed from n
OF the boxes. IL was thirty-siT hours
after the theft that the trainer put
one OF the dogs on the scent. but I'm
4 very short time the thief was APP
pretended. In any Dther trial where
the dogs have been given the scent
they have never failed to land the
criminal OF clear mp the mystery Of
the escape.
When Burglar HOot escaped from
the Scranton jail one morning about
n year ago. one OF MIR. TROOPS
dogs was put on the scent. The ami
NAL quickly leaped over a wall and
ran around In a cemetery neal the
Jail TO the Erie Railroad. where tho
scent was lost and the chase was
given up. Subsequent events proved
beyond doubt that Hoot jumped a
train at that point. Had HOot kept
on foot there is no question that he
would have been captured by the
sagaciOus animal on his trail.
At the present time there are more
than one hundred dogs at the Elm
view Kennels. Seyenty-hve OF them
= puppies ranging IN hs2s from
a few days to seven or eight months.
The larger pups are placed in wire.
covered yards, where they gambol and
get plenty OF the exercise necessary
10 harden their muscles and equip
them Tor the important work that
may be I'm store for them.
The German shepherd dog Is not
a new breed, as many people In this
country suppose, but rather an cX.
tremely old one, having been known
and used IN Germany and other
countries on the Continent for hum
dreds Of years as a shepherd dog.
u is a native % Germany and IS
close Kin to the Belgian, Holland
and other varieties Of shepherd dogs
found I'm Europe, the chief difference
beinB that the German dogs having
been bred scientifically and careful
y with a definite object IN view.
are to-day probably second 70 no
other breed OF dogs IN the world
for purity Of strain and fxity Of type.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20
Why We Don't Like to Wear Rubbers

THERE would be NAM more colds. much more
bronchitis and more p~neumoula n rubbors were
not worn. uut IN spite Of this fact. nearly every
one hates TO put them on. And there's a very GOOD
reason why.
Boots and shoes are made Of leather. and leather e.
The tanned skin Of on animal EVER hide has pores IN
&c. Just as our own skin has. POI that. when we are wear.
ing shoes, these pores give "a chance for the feet to
breathe Rubber, not beinB an animals skin. but tho
gummy cap OF a tree. has none % these pores. and Boz
when We wear ru0Oers our feet can't breathe.
Or course, there l8 q good deal o. difference between
leather and skin. Whom We splash through a puddle
ON cy pavement or ealk through mud on a country
roa1' tho damDneaa um go throuEh ones shoes. but not
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20

throuEh ones skin. The reason o. that tho skin D. alive
ad there i8 "a Mind of machinery which Er.Hs five skin
from letting The water go through. the leather 6. a.u
llai i8 dead, and go the pores have little resistance t1
the entering or the water. or course. leather can Dee
made waterproof but then the pores are nearly GIad uB.
Dr. feet are absolutely necessary DO ono wants o.
keep healthy. and however much ono may hate ralbsIa.
hey should HH worn whenever there a. need Erf .1
wear h'm Zoo much or Too often is bad for .He H.lI.h.
hnblerH cause rlrus ard hIul1nH and tarI9u. other
aIineuia OF tIr feet which ClTsr H great deal of pain.
hui il' main reason why We HstH fIH" i" hTHaHHH fHHy
tIpp trnliHIu.s just a. "a rubber cap over IHH nose
e1Id. N tI UH body aaH covered With rubber. except
lor tha iare "a man would Die within three days. Tho
BODY has to breathe.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20

the drowning person much quicker
One OF the first things the dogs
az Mr.. Throop's college are taught.
therefore. h % save time and energy
In water-rescle work by king a
long aying leap from the shore in
stead OF stepping directly into the
water. and by dint OF practise and
patience. some o. these dogs have
acquired the ability 90 save az least
ten feet in this way. The remark
able photograph at the top % this
page shows one Of Mr. TROOPS
dogs IN the course ~ such a lean.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20

The Throop Dog College is housed
in q building erected especially for
the purpose. The dogs begin their
training as puppies Mir. Thfoop IS
assisted In the work OF instruction
by an expert trainer from SWitZCr-
land. and when they have finished
q course under sis direction, there Is
very little for them 20 learn In Tie
way OF s~leuthcraft.
amer being Taught Ga the usual
way to mind The voice OF the master.
the puppies w given exercise I'm
jumping. The start Is made win
a hurdle about two feet high. The
distance 10 increased az the dogs
grow older and get more practise.
and when the trainer Is through
With a mll-grOwn animal. he can
easily lean over a fence from ten
20 fifteen feet high.
Then the dogs are trained in fol-
lowing the scent and IN holding a
prisoner and la guarding things left
On its care.
When one OF the dogs comes from
the hands Of the Elmvicv trainer
he Us equipped 90 be OF great value
TO municipalities, 20 owners OF large
estates or any others who need faith
tul guardians possessing intelli-
sencc that o. almost human.
some OF the faats 81 Elmview
graduates are most remarkable.
They have been frequently turned
out In pursuit OF fugitives and have
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20

the dock from which the leap was
made appearing at the extreme left
Of the picture.
Equally ingenious - the course Of
training adopted TO develop the dogs
as body-guards. Tho principal dan
ger encountered 60 an assault by a
thug IL IN the use by him OF O.
weapon. Il may be a knife or a re-.
vOlyer or a club. The dogs are
trained 90 meet either. I'm the COS
of an attack by a man armed with
a revolver or knife. the DOGS train
ing o. such that at the first flesh OF
the weapon be- flies at tho hand hold
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20

IN the Illustration at the foot OF
this page the method EMPLOYED bv
two trained dos when working TO-
Cether g. clearly shown. While %
is jumping at the revolver levcIIod
az him. the other is husiIy ENGAGED
In sounding the alarm.
ln training the animals % jump at
intrudHrs or assaiianfe. the trainer
wears a specially constructed rrfFrJ
TO- protect him AGAINST the do-s
teeth. With This protection. if id
perfectly safe FOR the trainer 10 al.
the animals to jump az him in
earnest.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20

{ and either cOmDcls the thug
.op ,he weapon altogether or at
defects &c..
Is feat IS acquired by coaching
Inimals % jump at any shining
e at a given signal 10 is al
instructive for a dog 70 Jump
club or similar weapon f. the
s OF a hostile individual. but
dogs are 20 well-rouUdCd in
education that no matter what
Weapon is. they have q method
for meeting 90.
Another phase OF their
body-guard education Is iq the
matter OF giving an alarm.
Mr.. ThrOOp has developed In
his dogs the valuable faculty
81 remaining silent while ON
! the scent. instead OF bayiug
Ike other hounds and there
BY giving the fugitive the
Alarm. When. however. they
catch up with their quarry
they give vent TO a most pc
Culiar baying signal. quite
unlike the natural cry of a
hound and so distinctive that
u can be readily recog
ufyaH
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20

bLllullOu MS prlh-
cipal hobby. His
object Is to turn =
out the most eff
hcient dogs ever bred. not only phys
-cally. but mentally. and some Of the
graduates o. the Elmview Dog Col
lege certainly demonstrate the feas-
ibIlity OF the higher education for
dogs.
Mr.. Throop has found that the
most promising pupils are German
shepherd dogs aRd. for that reason
he confines his labors principally TO
dogs Of that variety.
He trains them not only 70 de-
tect criminals. but 20 protect 'Seir
masters or mistresses against at
lacks by thugs or burglars and 20
rescue drowning persons.
That there Is plenty Of room for
developing = more efficient method
Of rescuing drowning persons when
the dog acts az the rescuer VIII be
easily understood when 70 f. remem-
bercd that an unframed dog. upon
seeing HIS master In the water. will
step from the bans into the ate
and swim lsboriously % the victim.
This. as Mt ThrooD points out, "a
a great waste Of energy upon the
dogs part. because By makiag a
long flying leap into the water. the
dog ran save many swimming
strokes aud. at the anne time. reach
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20

TN THESE DAYS OF ciamor for
greater efficiency in almost
every walk Of life-ln the in
ius'rial world. In the office. in the
home. In the school. in the play
ground. even in the pulpit is not
strange that some one should have
attempted to secure greater eff
hciency in the dog world.
That Is just what has been done
by b. II. Throop, a millionaire doc
lover. at his EimvIew Farm, at
Scranton. Pa. MT. Throop has estab-
lished a college for the development
of dog "sleuths" and makes tho in
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20

stitution his prin
cipal hobby. His
object IS to turn
out the o ef
Bisbee daily review., 1915-06-02
Mrs. F. E. Fi3iGl8r, @Gc
 Hereford, ATiz.
REPORT EVAcUATlcN

BERLIN June 1.-AcCordius to an unofficial report from FietrEoW Rus sian Poland, the Russians have evac- uated Radon, south Of Warsaw.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-06-02
TALKING THROUGH WATER FROM SHIP TO SHIP.

Several American battloshtps and submarines are now equipped with B. A. Fossenden's submarine wireless apparatus This sends messages more than thirty miles under water and Che inventor expects that with experience it will be possible so to improve the apparatus an- 70 maze 1t send and receive for several hun drela of miles.
 The apparatus starts metal plate vibrating so rapidly taar 1t sends waves of sound through the water. Sound travels through water four times as rapid as through a.-
 In an article in the American mag azine Cleveland Monett quotes Prof Fessendeu as saying
 Eou see the important of these os cilIators in naval warfare, for a bat
 leship equipped with such iusuu ments can talk to it's own submarines while they are miles away and sub merged and can actually direct their movements against an enemy's yes sel