Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-24

ed q cat. His master soon afterward, being
about to send a ship to sea, gave all the ser
wants permission to send a venture in her.
Dick had nothing to risk but his cat, and he
sent her. The ship was driven to the coast OF
3arbary, where the master and chief mate
were invited to court At an entertainment
given them by the king, rats and mice swarm
ed over the tables and disputed with the
guests possession of the banquet. The cap.
tain thereupon sent for Dicks cat, which be-
ing produced, made terrible havoc among
the vermin, and was gladly purchased by the
king at a very high price, With the money
thus acquired Dick began business, married
his former masters daughter, and became
Lord Mayor of London. iThis tradition has,
probably, no foundation in fact, though there
was a Richard Wilmington, who was thrice
Mayor of London in the reign Of Henry v.
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THE TRADE IN FALSE HAIR. -
False hair having come to be recognized as
necessity of the modern female existence, it
may be of interest to learn how this constant
ly.increasing want is supplied: Live hair.
bought ION foot Ito use the technical term Of
the trade) constitutes but a very small per
centage of the stock in market, as there are
few women who are willing to part with their
locks for money, and those who have superhu-
Gus locks to spare, grow fewer every year.
When second hand tresses were needed merely
tofurnish wigs for a few elderly ladies, agents
found no difficulty in securing q suficiency
among the peasant maids of.Auvergne and
Brittany. The present demand, however,
greatly exceeds the supply, and it's asserted
that Paris a one uses more than all the avail
able crop in France, and that Marseilles (the
great centre of traffic in ihair) deals with
Spain, the Orient, and the two Sicilies, for
forty tons a year of dark hair, Of which she
makes upward of, 65. 900 chignons annually.
Under the name of "dead hair" are classed
the "'comings, (which thrifty servant-girls save
up and sell, the clippings of barber.shops, IA
ded eurls, Worn-out agitches, etc The scay-
engers of every city, both athome and abroad,
value nothing short Of "a silver spoon among
the erefuse so much as snarl of fcombings, how
ever dirty, as it will find ready sale. Such
findings are afterward washed with bran and
potash. carded, sifted, cIassed and sorted, and
then made into the cheap front curls, pnffs,
and chignonsl that abound in the market.
Much Of this enters into the cheaper grades OF
the 35O,000 '"pieces" annually madein in France,
Of which enormous trade England is said to
be the best customer, and America almost as
good.
q Late reports Oh the commerce Of Swatow,
China show that a. large export trade in
"dead" hair, gathered in the stalls Of BARRIERS,
sprang up Id 1873, during which year 1890
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the exports Of this refuse arose to $4,000
pounds, with a. commercial value Of $25, 900.
It is an iundoubted fact, that panper corpses
are often despoiled Of their hair TO meet this
same demand Of an increasing commerce.
Those then, who sport other than their ratu-
ralloeks, can never be sure whether these are
redoleut Of the sepulchre, the gutter, or the
servan4's cnmh --Seientife! "A pfericn1! - @aa