The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-22
USES OF HUMAN HAIR.
Manufactured Into Mats, Carpets,
and Even Sets of Harness.
From the St. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic.
In America and in Europe human hair
is always in demand, but in China, Japan
and Korea, to say nothing of the Orient
in general they have plenty and to spare.
The people of the countries named natur-
ally have very luxuriant heads of hair.
Head shaving is the custom, however, and
as a result the markets are always stock
cd, providing there is any market at all
for such wares. with tons of the very fin
est quality. The American and European
hair dealer do not appear to be aware of
the glutted condition of the Oriental hair
market If they do someone is losing the
opportunity of becoming a millionaire by
not engaging in this peculiar branch of
In all the countries of the Orient small
per cent. of the hair is put to a variety of
curious uses. One would naturally suppose
that as head shaving is the custom, the
periodical clippings would be too short to
be of use. There is a great opening for
long hair, however, and this is the explain
alton: The true Oriental despises long hair
and there is no greater punishment than
that which compels one of them TO go for
months or years without shaving. In the
three Oriental countries mentioned there
are hundreds of millions of people, and
the ratio OF petty criminals that are com
PEELED to do penance in long hair is al
ways large. The first thing the Oriental
incorrigible does after epiating a crime is
TO repair TO the barber shop and have his
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razor.
In some cases two to four plaits, each
eighteen inches TO three feet in length, are
thus removed.
But there is another and still greater
source of hair than that supplied by the
Monaghan criminal-that which the relig-
tous fanatic furnishes. In order TO punish
themselves for a real or fancied sim these
dupes will allow their hair and nails to
grow to a great length. After a while
when the sin has been sufficiently atoned,
the hair, like that Of the petty criminal Is
removed by the BARRIERS tools and thrown
into bamboo crates to be carried away like
so much waste paper or other refuse But
of late years the Koreans and Japs have
learned that variety of useful things can
! be fashioned from this fakir and criminal
] hair. The. British cansul at Korea, in one
of his late reports says that mats. horse
blankets, saddle blankets, halters and
/ even whole sets of harness, are now being
/ made of this hair which was formerly
/ considered as being of no greater value
/ lawn. A carpet factory under native SUI
! pervislon is soon TO be started in the Ko-
i rean capital for the express purpose OF
working up the surplus hair II is pre-
I dicted by experts in the textiles that hui
man hair carpets, such as can be cheap-
/ will exceed the best efforts Of the Brus-
! sells weaVers, both for beauty and dura-
/ bility. The Shah Of Persia owns a PRAYER
/ rug of hair that was made in Korea
/ more than 100 years ago. II is three feet
/ square and bordered with diamonds ana
| pearls. II is almost fabulous value.
Not So Awfuny superior-Pale Face
! Why don't you get a civilized name for
! yourself, now that You have become a
| civilized Indian?
Noble Red Man-Ugh! What your nameq
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