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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-06
THE STORY OF THE
DISGUSTING FACE


LONDON, June 27.-(By Mail)-
The story of the Disgusting Face, or
a personal fued in the trenches in
Northern France, was told here today
in letter from a British officer The
letter is divided into three chapturs
as follows:
1.-THE Disgusting face, trimmed
with ristles, surmounted by a gray,
peaked forage cap which appeared to
be more than half filled with some
edible matter than in process Of mas
A.. tication, stuck itself over the German
parapet in front of my observation
station two mornings age. Il re-
ceived the full shock of it's ugliness.
There the brute Stood squirting his
pudgy nose about in enjoyment of the
pure morning air and utterly disfgur-
ing the pretty landscape. 81 grabbed
the infantry outlook's rifle and pump
ed five shots at the face as quickly
as / could pull the trigger and work
the lever. The face withdrew.
II-"Something like an hour later
was again surveying the smiling val
! ley. The Disgusting Face was gone;
but in it's place new arrangement of
sand bags on the trench parapet and
Z the presence of sheet of boilder plat
ing attracted my attention-very
hearty fatally. '"There was sort Of
wink from the middle of the boilder-
plate, sharp crack and then my cap
skidded from my head and rolled in
the mud at the bottom of the trench.
Before | had collected my thoughts
sufficiently to duck, something said
"Phew" right in my ear. Then l
ducked-smartly. ! got periscope and
saw something look over the top Of
the boiler plate and down again, quick
as lizard. The face again.
III-"Half an hour later the infan-
try sentry's periscope was smashed
| got another place in the trench and
tried to get sight of the brute from
that. Within five minutes he had
spotted me and shot at me again. A
pound of two of gravel went down
the back of my neck and ! ducked
again. Later in the day he smashed
another periscope. Then he OUT
Hunned himself by potting the dog.
The dog was the mascot of the regi-
ment-a dirty, dusty, docrmaty dog,
but quite a gentlemanly old beast.
Lived on bread and bacon and used to
drink tea out of the mems dixies. For
some unknown reason he hoped over
the parapet and next minutes "crack"
went the sniper's rifle and the poor
old dog was shot through the leg. "Af-
ter the shooting of the dog something
had to be done | hunted up trench
mortar officed and we arranged that
he should put in four trench bombs
while threw high explosive and
shrapnel alternately at ten second in
teryals. $50 at AIS precisely and
the trench mortar fellow began. And
we avenged the poor old doormat. My
second H. E. blew the sniper's boiler
plate to blazes; the trench bomb fol-
lowed almost on top and thef'I shar-
..lsselle.a .MisQle trench for fifty
yards d either side. And the trench
nortar, by really glorious fluke,
dropped forty yards left Of It's target,
right through the roof Of an unsus-
pee;iag dug-out and sent the whole
show sky-high occupants included.
T ..l,..ss....thgr the doormat, the Pasls
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01

the Parsees fled from the prosecutions
of the Mohammedan Persians into In
dia, because they themselves were fol-
lowers of Zoroaster. The ruling race
in India, being followers of Brahma,
permitted them to remain only under
certain conditions, one OF which WA
the obligatory donning of the great
great ancestor of the modern Parsee
hat, shaped like the hoof of the holy
COW of India, to indicate that the wear
err had placed his head beneath the
feet of the animal held sacred by tile
dominant race which gave asylum to
the exiled Parsees.
The delightful custom of decorating
the heads, necks and shoulders Of ar
irving and departing guests probablF
obtained in the hospitable islands Of
the Hawaiian group for many hum
dreds of years before the Original
Captain Cook-not the arctic explorer
discovered this paradise of the Pa
cifc. Even today wonderful garlands
of flowers intertwined into solid ropes
of floral beauty called ''leis" are
wound around the hats or necks OF
guests to typify the all enveloping well
come of Hawaiian hospitality Even
more beautiful and far more lasting
are the wreaths or leis made from the
plumage of marvelously beautiful trop-
ic birds, sometimes from the feathers
of a peacock These are often worn
permanently on the hats of native gen.
tlemen or resident Americans.
The toilet of a gentleman from Java
is even more quaint. This costume con-
sists of white shirt and collar, fun
ny, tight fitting little bob tailed jacket,
with many buttons up to the chin, and
a wonderful skirt, reaching from waist
to ankles, fastened with good stout
belt, which also supports one or two
apparently dangerous but really very
harmless kriesses or daggers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01
OF CABINET
IS BEING DISCUSSED

PEKING, June 1.-Ssu Shih-chang
secretary of state, is now generally
discussed in Peking as the probable
premier of the compromise cabinet
under consideration by government
leaders and revolutionary chieftains.
Tang Shao-yi, the former premier,
who is figuring prominently in the
revolutionary agitation at Shanghai,
is chief director of life insurance
company in that city, and prefers to
remain in business rather than re-
enter the government as premier.
Members of the Picking government
who are confident that a compromise
will be reached in short time, say
the re-organized Chinese national as
sembly will probably be convened in
September. An earlier date is not be-
ileved to be possible because of the
delay necessary to hold elections in
the various provinces in accordance
with the original provisional consti-
tuition of the Chinese republic.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01

graves, extends to the north through
Theme and Schio, two manufacturing
towns in the Leogra valley, and to
the east as far as Venice, forty miles
distant. Sixteen miles to the west,
beyond the Berici mountains, lies
Verona, with its many Shakespearean
associations. Beautiful villas and
poisoning fields are feature of this
landscape now overcast with the
shades OF invading Austrians.
''Vicenza's share in the history
making of the early middle ages was
as capital of Lombard duchy. 1t was
one of the cities which formed the
Lombard League in the Twelfth cen
fury, opposing Frederick Barbarossa
during the several campaigns whereby
| he attempted to reestablish the West
ern empire on a Charlemagne scale
In 1886 the city was stormed and pill
LACED by the Sicilian emperor, Fred
erick II, catastrophe which the in
habitants were able to bear with more
e.iuamity after this rulers overwhelm-
| ing defeat before the walls of Parma,
when his imperial crown was placed
in mockery on the head of hunch-
back beggar who was given "trium.
phal entry into the victorious town.
Early in the fourteenth century Vic
enza asserted and secured its independ-
ence from Padua, but hundred years
later it came under the extensive sway
Of Venice.
"The most distinguished name in
vicenzas hall of fame is that Of one
Of the greatest architects of the Ital-
ian renaissance, Andrea Palladio, who
broke away from the excessively orn-
ate style of his contemporaries and
turned, perhaps too reverently, to the
simple, stately standards of ancient
Rome. His handiwork is prominent
ly dominant in his birthplace, 50
much so in fact that famous Ameri'
can novelist has complained that the
cold hand of that friend of virtuous
poverty in architectural lies heavy
upon his native city, One of the most
interesting structures designed by him
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01
Pleasure Of Italian Vine May
Come to the Grapes of Wrath"

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jne If
the present offensive of the Austrian
forces on the Italian front develop in
accordance with the predictions of
military critics, the fertile plains of
Vincent, twenty miles south of Pr
azza, where the Tyrolean border has
been crossed, will soon be harvesting
it's grapes of wrath" instead Of the
product of the italian vine for which
this section is famous. The National
Geographic Society's war geography
bulletin, issued today from its Wash
area of hostilities.
Closely massed on both banks of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01

the small Bacchiglione river, Vlcenzt,
with an urban population of $4,000,
has been an important town of north
ern Italy since the early Roman days,
when it was known as Vicetia," says
the bulletin. "It has not played a
thrilling role in Italian history, how
ever, but is noted rather for its arch
tectural splendor than for its achieve
ment in arms.
1.-THE surrounding plain, whose lux
uriant mulberry trees, with their
armies of silk worms, SO soon may be
supplanted by the cypress fronds of
sorrow over countless soldiers
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01

gentlemen still retains the shape of its
great grandfather, the porcelain
hat. The mouner's costume in Korea is
also a result of queer customs; it is of
crash, with an enormous basket-llke
hat and face-sheld of crash on two
sticks, to be held in either hand. No
gentleman who wishes to retain the
respect of the community will permit
himself to be seen on the street with
out his face being shielded during the
period of mourning. In the case of
a father, / believe dutiful and loving
son wears this garb Of mourning for
three years; in the case of brother,
think it is two years; for a mother or
wife, one year and for mother-in-law
regret to say that have never found
any record of this costume being worn
There is probably 40 more pecu-
liar or useless hat in all the world
than the hats worn by the Parsees in
India and certainly no form of head
gear so intimately associated with the
very history of race of people. This
hdL VI INC aIsees 10 DiAuiieSs, sim,
oil-cloth creation, black and shiny
and dotted with gold spots; it is the
very last style of hat one would choose
to wear as a protection against the
broiling sun of India. This shadeless,
homely, black hat, made in the shape
of the hoof of the sacred COW of India,
was forced upon the Parsees by the
Hindoos, when some 1900 years ago
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01
TWENTY SEVEN TIMES IS
MENTIONED FOR WORK

PARIS, June 1.-The record for CT
tations for gallant conduct at the
front in the French army was held I'M
til recently by Adjutant Grober, OF
Alsatian origin, who had been men
toned in orders of the regiment and
the army q times before he died of
his wounds at Belfort.
The living record man for citation is
now Adjutant Clavel of the til reg
to which Grober also belonged. ClaVel
has been mentioned 81 times and his
war eros is attached to ribbon
nearly a foot long to accommodate all
the laurels and stars that his citation
entities him to wear.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01
They Keep on
Writing About
Liquor Even

ATLANTA, Ca, June THAT ne
cessity is the mother Of invention has
been a thousand times and in a
thousand different ways, but it re-
manned for Georgia's new prohibition
laws to prove the truth of the old
adage in the form of entirely new
and unique inventions for the distilla
ton of alcoholic spirits.
The latest distillery to be captured
by the Fulton county authorities con-
sists of two tin cans, piece of iron
pipe and a lard bucket. A farmer liv-
ing in the north of the county cemen-
ted the two tin cans together,( con
nected the pipe with the two cans and
ran it in coil through the lard buck
ct, which was filed with cold water
as condenser. From the lard bucket
the pipe ran to salt bag filed with
charcoal used as a filter. And from
the charcoal dripped the finished pro-
duct-"white lightning"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01

In the days when Korea was a
fighting nation, the gentlemen of the
upper classes were perpetually duel
ing, and this was carried on to such
fatal extent that the male popu-
lation became decidedly diminished
in numbers. AS this threatened
danger to the State, in case of an
attack from without, the Empe-
ror issued a decree that the no.
bles must wear hats made of pot
terry, and made it an offence against
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01

ment, his costumes, manners and
modes of life,-his palaces, houses,
novels or huts.-his means of trans
portatiOn and methods of warfare
his religion, his politics and his
pleasures, one does not of necessity
have to be a "man-milliner" also to
take a huge amount of interest in
what his fellow-man wears and how
and why he wears it. Some sage has
remarked "ClOthes make the Man;
while cannot subscribe to this sentf-
ment in tOto,-having seen a large
number of Men with a capital "M')
in many parts of the world who were
strangers to any form Of sartorial
adOrnment Whatsoever,-I must say
that what a man wears on his head,
body or feet and how he wears it, cuts
a very important figure to the photog-
rapher and to those for whom he is
taking the pictures. So, naturally, it
has become a fad of mine to pick up
unusual hats and characteristic types
of native garb while collecting the
material for the Travelogues and the
Paramount Burton Holmes Travel
Pictures.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01

is the immense Olimpico Theatre,
modelled after the ancient theatres,
and dedicated in 1884. q.
Another great artist of VicenZa
was the precocious peasant boy Man
tegna, who left his flock of sheep at
the age of eleven in order to become
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01

a great painter under the patronage
Of the unique Squarcione, tailor
famous both as art connoisseur and
teacher. The stiffness of Mantegna's
draperies Is said to be accounted for
by his custom Of drawing from mod
els clad in poper or in gummed fab
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-01

RIGS. AS am engraver Mantegna's
fame is assured by his plate entitled
'Entombent,' said to have had a great
er influence on art than any other
ever executed, for its composition was
adopted by Raphel, Holbein, and
Durer."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16
Uses For Old Bones.

Bones are not wasted The chief
product is glue, and among other ma
teriaIs which are obtained from them
are soap, glycerin and fertilizers.
After being carefully separated by
workmen they are soaked in a weak
solution Of sulphuric acid. From the
soaking tanks the bones emerge white
and perfectly clean. They are then
placed in steam tanks. where. after be-
ing subjected to a pressure of steam
FOR several hours, a trapdoor is open.
ed at the bottom of the digester, as II
is called, and the liquid glue that has
been extracted is drawn off. The
liquid glue is partly evaporated. and a
portion is allowed to harden for com.
mercial use as glue, and part is re-
fined and sold for gelatin for table USE
Floating on the top Of the glue in the
digester is quantity of fat that has
been also extracted from the bones by
the steam. This is drawn off into
cooling tanks, where in its crude state
1t is made into securing soaps By
refining and adding vegetable oils and
perfumes toilet soaps are made.-Lon
don Globe.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16
Ghost Measurements.

Put tape measure round your chest
and note the measurement Puff your
chest out by taking deep breath and
note the number Of inches that you in.
crease. One inch Of expansion would
be very feeble; two is rather poor. We
all ought to put on three inches. and
four is good. 1t is right and proper
that the lungs should be well expand
ed at each breath. The air penetrates
more easily into some parts Of the
lungs. The apex, at the base Of the
neck, just behind the collar bone, Is
rather sluggish part Of the incoming
air current That is considered to be
one Of the reasons why the apex is the
commonest site for consumption. All
children should be taught breathing
exercises. The ribs are soft in child.
hood and youth and can be nodded
into shape. When once growth has
stopped the ribs are in their position
and shaped for life. Therefore take
pains to cultivate a good chest that
expands several inches.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16
NAMES ON THE BALLOT

Even in the minds of some OF those
who have voted frequently in Florida
elections there is some confusion as
to the matter of ballots that will be
used in the coming general election.
Quite number, who have evident
ly forgotten how the ballots are ar
ranged, believe that there will be
some distinguishing mark by which
the different candidates may be To-
Gated with regard to their party affil-
iations.
Therefore, the first name on the
ballot for the governor will be G.. c..
Allen, the Socialist candidate; fol-
lowed by G.. w. Allen, the Republican
candidate. Then will come s.. J.
Cats, nominated by petition and the
candidate of the Prohibition party
Then w. v. Knott, who has been
nominated as the standard bearer OF
the Democratic party. Noel Mitchell
whose name will go on the ballot by
petition, and who calls himself al
independent progressive, ends the
Hist because his name begins with a
letter that is about half way down
the alphabet Miami Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16
Monster JeIlyfish.

An interesting feature Of the bay Of
Naples is the great quantity Of large
1ellyfsh found therein. 1t is not un.
usual to find them fully two feet in
diameter and weighing up to sixty
pounds. Some Of them shine at night
with a greenish light and are known
as noctiluca might lanterns) by the ma.
lives. The jellyish sometimes make
migrations in great groups. sometimes
so large and so thick as to impede the
navigation of vessels. like the floating
plants In the Sargasso sea Of the trop-
les. These shoals of medusae, as they
are called. may at times be so dense
that piece of timber plunged in
among them will be held upright as IL
stuck In the mud, and ordinary row.
boats cannot force their way through
them. Their migrations have never
been explained.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16
Strenuous Piano Playinu,

The late Lord Burnham's house was
one of the few-perhaps the only one
where the impresario of London opera
seasons allowed his singers to perform
at evening parties. In that drawing
room you might hear the prima donna
out of Covent Garden, and for other
manners of music also those parties
were memorable. Many respectful hear.
ers have sat by while great pianist
has broken the cord Of grand piano.
but at Lord Burnham's on one occa.
sion Rubinstein broke not cord. but a
Key. That great composer was a
strong man Of his hands. The kew
was natural" an ivory note, and
when 1t snapped he threw the frar.
ment over his shoulder and went on
London Chronicle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16
Fall Term
Circuit Court
Now In
Progress

The fall term of Circuit court was
convened by Judge F. A. Whitney
States Attorney Burton, Sheriff Lo-
gan, j. A. Johnson and Stenogra-
duty.
The grand jury consists of the fell
lowing: w. NJ. Turner, NJ. H. Keen,
w. ]. ]. Whidden, S. W. Bryson, NJ.
l.. Rowell, Chas. WI. Stansberry, A
c. Keen, j. 7. Hutchinson, Howard
Booth, Geo. E. Mann, Irwin Smith,
A. j. Morgan, E. c. Angel, j. E.
Rodgers, Earl l.. Writ, Eugene NJ.
Bunch, l. M. Johnson, l.. j. Loomis,
WI. J. J. Whidden was chosen as
foreman and E. c. Angel as clerk
Before the docket was sounded
the cases set for trial. Most of this
Morris Glasburg, who was convicted
last year with embezzling funds of
the Union News Company, but whose
sentence was suspended on condition
that he refund all the money taken
and in case he had not done so by
this term of court to report at this
session. He reported that he was
doing the best he could but had not
been able to cancel all the indebted
ness and asked if thecourt would not
annul the sentence Judge Whitney
told him that the court could not do
this but would continue the sentence
until next term and allow him to
go on his own recognizance.
The docket was then sounded and
the acses set for trial Most of this
week being taken up with civil cases
and the criminal docket will COM
mence Monday. The visiting attor-
neys were Coils. Edwin Spencer,
Judge Kelsey Blanton, J. H. Peter
son of Lakeland, Messrs. Mckay,
Bull, Zewadski, Thos. Palmer, De-
vaine, Sparkman of Tampa, Col.
Epps Tucker of Lakeland, Col. Han
cock of Punta Gorda; Col. M. A.
Wilson, FIT. Meade.
The petit jury for the week is
composed of the following gentle
men: w. j. Newburn, j. B. Pylant,
c. L. Newburn, John Moore, VIM.
Burkholder, J. v. Morgan, John
Fore, Clyde Smith. w l.. Clifton, J..
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16

Summerlin, ]. D. Denham, J. R.
Virgins.
The first case tried was that of ]
N. Ackley and j. H. Ryals VS.. r. w
Massie, suit for collection of $780,.
600 commission on the sale of 9
tract of land. Tried by jury and YER
dict for defendant.
Thos. A. Connery VS.. E. r. Child
ers ct al, two cases, taken under ad.
visement
A few cases of the docket were
settled out of court and some passed
upon by default
The grand jury has returned about
a dozen true bills and will probably
continue in session a few more days
BY Saturday night Judge Whitney
expects to have half or more of the
docket cleared up.-Bartow Record
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16
An Omnivorous Insect.

There is in Egypt a little shaggy
black and tan insect about an eighth
Of an inch long that eats almost every.
thing under the sun. In most coun.
tries ivory brushes are pretty safe
from insects. In Egypt this little ter.
ror eats the ivory and eats the bris.
ties. 1t eats your toothbrush and eats
your toothpick. 1t eats the wool with
which you are going to mend your
husbands socks-the cards as well as
the wool. 1t eats the handles off your
knives and forks. 1t rejects nothing
but glass and china and metaL-Sla.
denis Egypt and the English"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16
The Old Hen.

Little Pitchers-Mrs. Pussy, let me
see your old hen. Neighbor-What old
men, ooyE Little Pitchers-Why, ma
asked ma this morning when you Sent
over to borrow some -four and lard if
she was sending more chicken food :,
tne old ben next door. = Baltimoro
American. 'iinore
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16
What Beauty Is call.d

socrates called beauty short uvod
tyranny; Plato, privilege of natnro.
oarneades, a solitary kingdom: Ar;s'
,otie' that it was better than all tho
ietters OF recommendation In tbo
gift of nature. siofious
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-16

When Making Your Fortune.
II you set out to be the architect of
your own fortune. keep in mind that
the building inspector will be along
later.-Youth's Companion.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-01-11
Bitterest Feud In American History Is Foretold
ALASKA COD FISHERMEN
 WANT MORE OF RETURNS

SEATTLE Jan. 9.-The Alaska cod fishermen who are well orga |, nizcd are demanding more wage |, and larger per centagc of the catch and may strike; tho compa- nies refuse to pay them any higher wages from here declaring that they are unable to do so.
 It is stated on the water front to- day that Alaskan steamship- csut. panies are about to modify tiei'' rates upon shipments of Alaska fish in order to enable this port to com pete with Prince Rupert in the transportation of fresh fish to the eastern markets.
 The various steamship lines have
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-01-11
AT THE DREAM.

Don't miss tonights show ct the the Dream Theater. A big picture and big subject "Thc Fallen Angel" in two parts. "The Black foot Conspiracy" and roaring Comedy "The Small Pox Scare. To morrow night the Million Mystery 18th Episode the heart of tho groa' mystery is getting more intense and thrilling with every issue from the 18th to the end and will be thoroughly enjoyed by all who sec it.