Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-06-03

when the angle OF the different haifs Is
the same. IL is possible ta give TO Il the
easy sweeps and curves which we gem
orally see II take: but IL they are by
some freak Of nature misplaced. Eve
have the rebellions 'frizzle-tp tops that
are not susceptiblc to the influence OF
the brush aud comb" Many poor
mother has halt-worried her lite ont
trying 70 train her Johhny's rehellious
locks into better ways, believing il was
Johnny's perverseness Of manners that
induced such dilnpidated-looking head-
gear, when II WIS really nane q.
Johnny's fault at all, but simply n
freak Of nature Ia misplacing the radi-
ating centers uf his " hirsute covering
Sometimes fowls suffer from a contrari-
wise placing OF the feathers they run
the wrong way The authors father
had a hen whose legfeathors ran MP to-
ward the body, those on tile body and
neck toward the head This gave her
perpetual "out Of sorts look, aad sho
could never tly. The erection Of the
hair Of animals during anger ar OF hu-
man beings in fright, is caused by
change in the skin and the angle at
| which the hair enters the head or body.
I llflt AAt NAlAAE lNANiillN " llN NNlAlhN
| hair IS longer than mems; First, she
has no hair growth on her face. and 50
has larger supply OF hair-forming ma
torial for the scalp second, the dame
ter Of her hair being larger, Il is less
/ liable TO break third, being usually less
engaged in mental labor or business
! worry, she has moro constant and
4 even supply OF blood 10 the scalp, In
nations where the hair Of the men IL
usually worn short, the fashion of long
| hair in the made Is regarded IA n pro-
test against church aud State and
against general customs. taste and
| thought; In Austria Il is made politi-
I cal oflcnso 10 be so nttired.
The growth OF the hair Is the most
!. rapid in the young and middle,aged,
I aud in those living an outdoor, active
I life, At the age OF eighty il n man
I live so long, aud If his hair sud beard
have been close-trimmed, he has cut
4 of six and q half inches Of hair annual
! ", or about thirty feet in all
The hair is the least destrnctible part
! II the body. The hair of the ancient
4 Thebaus Is, after a lapse OF 1000 Years
found 10 have survived tile tomhS. The
I Pyramids aud the Sphinx are crumb-
ling, but some OF the wigs OF human
hair, exposed To the mold and moist
ure of their entombod apartments, arc
less decayed than the monuments them
selves.
| There are three colOring pigments %
the hair yellow, red and black. and all
the shades are produced by the mixture
Of these three colors. In pure golden
/ yellow hair there is only the yellow pig
ment; in red, the red mixed with vel.
low; in dark, the black mixed with red
and yellow; ia the haIr OF the negro
there is as much red pigment rs in the
4 roddest hair, and had not the black
been most developed perhaps by the
action OF the sun-the hair of all negroes
would be as fiery a red rs the rcddes!
hair of an Englshman,
I There are fewer yellow or light-hair-
ed people than dark haired --eyen
among the Caucasian race. The
blondes are disappearing. A greater
proportion Of Hght.haired women live
unmarried and die chldlcss than the
dark. Dark haired women have three
chances of marriage TO two of tho
light haired. just what sort of phi
losophy induces the sterner sex 10 talk
so much to and of blondes, says the
author, land when il comes 10 the
actual business phase bf life, 10 propose
TO the hrunettes, Is entirely beyond my
comprehension The bloude-haired
are most prone to consumption, cancer
and cataract. brown-hairod least so
brown-haired people are subject &c
acute rheumatism, heart disease, salt
rheum; red-haired TO pleurisy, pneu
monia, ague aud nouraigiaS blonde ui
light color haired 10 skin diseases. The
blonde or auburn haired are tender
hearted and easily imposed upon, anC
usually delicate and refined; red-haireC
people are firm in their convictions
great lovers of their country, peopl,
and church, like the Scotch, but wheI
their hair is coarse and harsh they ar,
brutal and sensual; the black -haire,
are positive and powerful, very gool
or very bad; tho hrown.haired, n
; rule. furnish the philanthropists, IN,
painters, musicians, authors Homer
Virgil, Raphael, Titan, Handel, Mozart
Tasso, Chaucer, Burns, Keats. Lorg
I fellow, Lowell, Whittier, and hosts O
: others. Several cases of banded green
blue aud white and woolly hair are re
! ported; the hair OF the Cape male !
iridasceut.
EVERY lover of lettuce should SOW
few seeds Of the Hanson, the larges
. sort known. the heads Ut which meas
Q ure from twelve TO fourteen inches il
9 diameter. II is perfectly hardy, eris
e and compact. Amateur gardener
e should try the green iringed, one of th
! latest and hest novelties In lettuce.