The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-21

/ heaven on MS knees for his escape and theI
/ the awe-stricken people saw that the black
haired deity had become transformed into ;
white haired mortal, whose youthful feature.
formed strange contrast to their venerable
looking crown.
staff surgeon Parry, while serving in Indis
during the Mutiny, saw a strange sight
Among the prisoners taken in a skirrnish al
Chamda was Sepoy of the Bengal army
He was brought before the authorities. and
| put to the question. Fully alive to his posi-
ton, thu Bengalee stood almost stupe6ed
with fear, trembling greatly, with horror and
despair plainly depicted on his countenance.
While the examination was proceeding. the
bystanders were startled by the sergeant in
charge OF the prisoner exclaiming: .sHe Is
turning gray ~ All eyes were turned on the
unfortunate man. watching with wondering
interest the change coming upon his splendid
glossy jet black locks In half an hour tbev
were of uniform grayish hue.
Some wears ago, a young lady who was
anXiOusiy awaiting the coming of her hrs-
band-elect received a letter converting the
sad tidings Of his shipwreck am death. She
instantly fell to the ground insensibIe. and
ing morning her sister saw that her hair.
which had previously been Of a rich brown
color, bad become as white as a cambric
handkerchief her eyebrows and eveIashes
retaining their natural color After a while
the whItened hair fell off. and was suecppded
by new growth of gray. This case coming
under the observation of DIR. Erasmus vii
son. shattered his unhelief in the possibility
Of the sudden conversion Of the hair from a
dark color to snow white No man knows
more about the hair than Dr. Wilson but he
Is At loss To explain the phenomenon quite
to his own satisfaction. ''If." saws he. 'ft
be established that the hair is suscpntible Of
permeation bv fluids derived from the blood
"a transmission Of finds from the blood
vessels of the skin into the substance of the
hair really occurs, the quantity and nature
being modified bv the npcuIiaritv Of cnnstitu-
tion or state OF health of the individual-it
follows thatsuch fluids, being altered in their
chemical qualities, may possess the power of
imprPssing new conditions on the structure
into which they enter Tins, if they contain
an excess Of salts Of lime. they NAV deposit
salts Of lime in the tissue of the hair. and so
produce change in its appearance from
dark to gray" Then he tells US. The pbe-
nomena NAV he the result Of electrical action.
It may he the result of chemical alteration
wrought in the verv blood itself. or il NAV he
a conversion for which the tissue Of the hair
is chiefly responsible - Somanv 'snav-hes''
from snch an authority prove that the mvs-
terv Of the Sudden whitening of the hair is
vet unsolved. tits likely to remain unsoIved.
since the docror-more modest than some Of
his brethren-Owns that "the mysteries OF
vital chemistry are unknown to man.
The whitening of the hair wrought bv
mental disturbance is sometimes only If a
partial nature. Vexatinn of spirit gave
Henry of Navarro parti-roIored moustarhe.
An old writer tells of an irish captain going
to deliver himself up to Lord Broghin, the
then comma ader Of the English forces. who.
being met on his way by party Of English
soldiers. WINS made prisoner. and was 50 ap-
prehensive nf being put to death before Lord
BroGhill could interfere in his behalf. that
the anxietv Of his mind turned some Of his
locks quite white. white the Others remained
Of their original reddish hue. Perhaps the
curious change was less annoving to its vic
tim than that which befelI an American girl,
whose first intimation of her lovers faIsitv
was the reading an account Of his marriage
in a newspaper. After a nights brooding
over the traitors pertidv. her looking glass
showed her that one side Of her head was
still adorned with treSses Of golden brown I;
bat the other. alas was deckpd with locks
more hefittinc grandma than maiden still
in her teens though even this was not so
bad as was the case of a French girl, who.
frightened by the floor of her room giving
way berPath her. shed her hair so quickly
that in three DAYS time she was-to use the
expressive comparison Of a chronicler Of the
event-"as bald as a bell-handle. - Cham
bers' Journal.