Show WHISKERED LONG-WHISKERED MEN Beards of ff ln Two 11 MK i l to Hi Aina Length ICI lh Mo lo April Apri 15 Val Val Val- Tapley of or an and 13 Lm F to Gales Gates of Curryville le CUly are believed cd belc by jy time the people of or Pike PIo counts counts- COUlt- COUlt to lu have o Il limo tha longest heal dim dH In lii Ii thu iho world lutes Gales was UM born hot In Kc Kentucky tuck was wasa a I I gold fold old hunter In iii 4 49 9 and anil has lived hll In Iii Pike ike county since before time the civil war meat He Is an un old Il friend of Champ Clark and a former Judge of the district district He lie le wraps Taps his lila whiskers about hl his hod boc body an and under tinder his clothes und and time the casual observer would not realize that time the thc uge is 11 so o long Ions Valentine Tapley Is past SO SO and has imas whiskers eleven cleven feet Ion long bug He lie Is one itte of or time the oldest residents of the county count and ind one of the wealthiest Ho Ito lo ex- ex x- x hibits' hibits his whiskers with much pride pride- and dislikes an aim any one lne who questions whether they arc are the longest in iii il the world He lie Il Is hale hie antI and hearty heart and amid H lives Ives l es an au active life on the time farm dong do- do Ins ng the thc hardest of work mork which does not endanger his remarkable whiskers whisk whisk- ers erg but he will wil not nol burn ui brush bm nor mu work around a lire Time The belief lint shaving thickens thicken the time growth lh IIo of If a u beard Is not sustained Inthe in inthe the he Tapley for he lie says as a's that thai he never nevel did ld shave fh The beard appeared ap ap- when he ime was 15 years cars of age Before he ime was 20 O Tapley had lial to plait Illat his hll beard an and wear time the tip lip tp of it i Ind In- In side lc d his vest In the time next fIve live years cal ime hc 10 began to wear It Inside of or hi his shirt The Time next provision lo was WitS to wear weal It i around his hll bud body lody his hiM clothes When hn the time heard beard was eight feet eel tong ong It I was wa declared the longest In Inthe Inthe the time world and Tapley received a firma offer rel lo to exhibit himself In a museum but he lie disliked publicity and the time thought of leaving the time farm |