The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-12-05

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George w. Peck says some Of the
greatest scientific discoveries of the
known world have been made by men
when they least expected it. Some
accident has caused the thoughts to 20
int the right channel, and before the
man knew IN he had thought out a
problem that other men had attempted
for years to solve and failed. The idea of
scratching matches on the elbow of the
pants was first given to man by an &C.
cident. Mr.. Wentworth, of Chics. O.,
known to science as Long John Went
worth, was the first to discover that the
pantaloons contained the friction nee
essary to ignite birthstone. He had
accidentally got some pancake batter
on the west side of his pants, while
conversing with the cook in the kitchen
of a Chicago hotel, and leaning sainst
the bresd tray. The pancake halter
became hard by exposure to the e.
ements, for a season, and one day,
when Mr.. W. had nothing to do, there
being No political campaign, aud his
friends, who played draw poker all
being out of town, he decided to re-
move the pancake batter BY scratching
it with his fingernaiI. After raking
across his pants a few times he found
that the PROCESS impaired burning
sensation to his fingers. While a,
work thus. he happened to want 10
light his cigar. and was about to scratch
a match on the ceiling, eighteen feet
above, when it occurred to him that
his pants would create the necessary
friction, and he tried il, with good
result. He rather ov rdid the thing.
however, as bis pants were greasy, and
he set them OH fire, as well as the
match, but the confagration was soon
extinguished by the fire department of
the young city, after the hook and
ladder company had erected a ladder
up Dir. w, to where the fire broke out.
The idea was saved, whether the pants
were or not and for years the disccverer
accumulated a large amount Of money
by charging royalty to all who scratch
ed matches thus. The inventor made
fortune and is now living in retire
ment. that is, iu as much retirement as
6 man nine feet high can live, and res
pected by all. We might go on and
show how hundreds of great discoveries
have been made in manner as sim.
pie. but will simply mention dis
covery which We made recently, and
which involves not only the cause of
people becoming bald headed. but a
preventive against that calamity. We
cannot cure badness, rs a bald head
is beyond help, but if those who have
hair and desire to retain *, will follow
our advice. they need never show a
clearing on the top of their heads
The cause of badness is the habit men
have of pulling their shirts and night.
shirts off over their heads. There are |
some who will laugh & this idea, but |
it is not intended that they should, as |
this is not funny article. This is
business. The pulling f a shirt or
nightshirt off over the head causes fric-
ton on the scalp which in time shears
the roots of the hair, and leaves bar
rem plain, Sahara, forever after.
Suppose the nightshirt comes to a mans
feet, there is from five to six feet If
tail to be drawn over the tender hair,
which. kept up for a series of years,
wonld wear out anv head OF hair. Add
to this the friction from taking off the
shirt, and then the natural scratching
of the head for ideas, ETC., and the
hair has no rest, end the wonder is
tn It there is a man left who has
srelr Of hair on his head. Now the
preventive is for men to walk out of
their nightshirts the front way. Women
are never bald. and tome sneering men
account for the fact, by claiming that
women do not have brains enough -
become bald. That is campaign lie.
Women have more brain and q better
quality than any bald headed man on ,
Earth. But they do not wear their
hair of by pulling their garments over