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is CLEANED from combings the assertion
that every Chinanan has his hair dress
ed every day" is easily believed.
Previously most or the ha was shipped
raw and the customs had no trouble IA
classifying II. There was merely a pre-
liminary fum!gation under supervis on 80
the United States public health and ma
r ne hosp tai representative attached IN
the consulate general at Hongkong. But
the trade is changnS materially. Much
of the hair now comes from there in tho
shape OF finished hair and-this being
one OF the technical points in which Uncle
Sam is interest eds sent TO Paris, given
a rein and coloring treatment and eN-
ported to IN s COUNTRY as the NEST quail
ityFrench hair.
Americans have gone tn China recently,
opened hair Establishments and factories
and are turning out such quantit es that
Il is feared IL viii have a disastrous ef-
feet on the American market According
to Mr.. Emerson, Amer can labor must
be protected" When hair comes in raw
and uncleaned IL enables mon and women
here to earn a livelihood getting Il into
shape for use. Hair VIII ch comes in
drawn and colored and arranged 'nto
puffs and curls benefits only the direct
sa lespe ople. Hence the high duty on T.
The mass of hair shipped from Hong
kong Is mostly purchased in Canton and
represents collect on Of small BITS from
literally millions OF peoN e. Pleas ng
sma laundry Of the al gent ''washy
man may be wear ng on her elegantly
coiffured head specimens of hairs from
the craniurrs of AL his unc'es and his
cousins and Tvs aun'S." And many "A
woman who prid h~se on her natural
blonde switch s really adjoining herself
with a bleached spec men OF mascul ne
head covering.
This hair Is essentially de'eriOratcd Ivy
tn chem cal process thNo gh VIII ch IL
passes. It's wearing qualities are al
fected. That is wyh the customs service
is interested in learning the difference be-
tween genuine and fake European hair.
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include all classes al once but began
with the diplomats. then the students.
soldiers and police-relig.ously saved his
queue. The most exquis t. lacquered
boxes We're purchased. and into II the
Chnaman sealed his hair as a treasure
for his descendants
Which fondness seems inconsis. ent when
one learns. by reading an article pre-
pared by Ching Chun Wang for the At
lantic Monthly. that this style OF ton
sure was once forced upon the sons of
China as a mark of subject on:
Before the present dynasty, in 1914
the Chinese wore The hair tied up in a
knot atop their heads On conquering the
then ruling house. the now ex stent en-
perarchy COMPELLED every male IN the
land to assume the Manchu style of
queue. Official BARRIERS, with full powers
to shave the heads of every man they
met, or put him 20 death. were station d
in every section of the country and We. c
often fatally resisted.
But now the Chinaman regards his
queue W tn the same insensate pride as
the Shopgirl does her puffs. In both cases
the upper classes have taken to new
ideals of ha'r dress ng, bat they remain
faithful to their customary Coiffu~es.
All of VIII ch interests the customs serv-
ice only because it has gone into the mat
ter from every side. What it is tally
concerned with is the almost phenomenal
growth OF the hair Industry al over
China, with America as the ultimate des-
THAT on of the output.
In 1907 the exports Of human ha'r from
Hongkong to the Tn ted States were val
ued at S4l,SSo; a year later the valur had
Increased by more than SJoG0O and in
1910 the shipments We're valued at -. 131
gold and amounted N weight to $40. 10
pounds. Total shipments to all countries
were of course much larger, aggreg ting
last year 100000 pounds Of hair valued
at more than million do lars.
Any one who has ever weighed this ar
ticle of commerce knows what mass Of
hair Il takes to make even ounce, and
when il is remembered that all this hair
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which there Is q charge OF 20 per cent,
as decided by the tariff.
At every customs port there are men
fairly expert in the detection of things
which are not what they really seem.
but since even professional hair dresser
are often stumped these days to deter
mine which hair is made from comb
ings saved from puffs' and which orig
fnally grew upon the head of a generous
ly endowed peasant maid, how can .
mere inspector always know the real
from the bleached. the genuinely fine
from the chemically treated? Certainl
the discrepancies between foreign list
ings of such hair and that reported for
duty on this side went to show that some
body was at fault. With the thoroueh
ness characterzng his office, the assist
ant secretary decided to take course In
hair culture.
Chicago contains the largest import'n
hair firms. Not even New York car
boast of houses doing quite such eX
tenSive a business. SO, then, from O.
Windy city came artists in the manufac
ture of the h'rsute trade. to demonstrate
at the Treasury just what is and what I.
not the last cry in arts improvement
over nature. Other cities also sent repre-
sentatives. Each of these brought sam
Pies The latter are retained as prac
teal exhibits, and in consequence sec
ton of Mr. Curtis office resembles the VII
room of a theater.
In the absence of the assistant secre
tary Mr.. Emerson volunteered the othe
day to exp ain just what they have
learned and to what use the wisdom Is L
be applied.
Bringing out a large pasteboard box
he produced a very long bunch" of lus
terless black hair. At the roots 1t was
thick through as a mans wrist. But tho
tapering began midway. until the dWin
ding ends showed what looked about tw'
dozen strandS-so it would be safe to as
sumo there were fifty times that many
This he began impressively, is Chi
nese hair"
No one would have questioned il. None
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but a coolie or a. horse could ever, have
owned 1t by right of heritage. "a Chi
reese mans hair he added.
That was bit surprising.
1T looks as II 1t was queue"
1t certain y did. and the visitor made a
sage remark about the recent edict.
etc. having enabled male jewellers in
China to put a crmp in the general hard
times by selling their Topped off tresses.
Not bit like it," Mr.. Emerson an
nounced, with brutal disregard for the
callers sense Of Importance. This is
made up of 'combings.' 1t is known as
raw hair. and comes in duty free"
why 'raw?' the caller wanted to
know"
Because" with the tolerance of a pu-
phi in the advanced c.ass explaining to a
beginner. lit has not been baked, boiled.
chemically treated or drawn"
Continuing. he told how every China
man, no matter how poor. goes every day
of his monotonous life and has his hair
combed, oiled and braided. He does not
do it himself. Mr.. Emerson stated, be-
cause-well. because it Is too difficult a
job. His barber does it much better and
more quickly. No matter how skillful the
loquacious one proves with his comb, there
IS bound to be a slight pulling out of the
coarse, easily tang ed mass. These little
snarlings are carefully saved. although
not mentioned in the bill.
The hair Of Chinaman's head and that
from the head of his best friend Or worst
enemy go together into the general as
sortment. When a sufficient amount has
been acquired the barber sits himself
down-squats is the word according to
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MI 1uillS.
This presiding genius of the customs
and his private secretary. Guy Emerson,
have acquired such a technical education
in rats, pufts and switches that they can
talk Iearnedly of the difference between
oriental and European hair and all the
wonderful gradations from a bunch OF
bristling, coarse. uneven black hair to
the exquisitely soft pIiable switch whose
every strand is the same length and
through which glistens that suggestion
of sunlight all women and most men con-
Sider attractive.
And all because certain American
wholesale importers of this feature of
the modern couture have raised the
query, when is hair raw and when
drawn" Apparently a very simple ques-
ton. but one that involves much profit
or loss to the Golfers of Uncle Sam.
Through the UNDERGROUND" Mr. Cur
tbs became informed recently that much
presumably raw unclaimed hair COM
ing into the United States practically
duty free was really drawn" hair, on
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mills information from o
.OOOOCOOCO(

So per cent. And most Of the European
exporters send their stock over In this
gUise.
Mr. Emerson dwelt on the famous hair
markets of the continent. where maidens
dispose of their luxuriant tresses for a
paltry So or So and add the money to
their dowries. This is. of course more
like the hair, in texture and natural
color, of American women. and does not
We have chiefly to do with hair from
the far east" he explained. because
there is small chance to de Give the In
spectors on regulation switches, braids
and puffs: or. rather. there was not
until the Chinese awoke to the great adj
vantage of shipping to America via the
mar markets of Paris. That phase has
here surprising amount of Chinese
hair has been getting In as first quality
European hair. OF course, the correct
duty had to be paid, so the customs in
terest in the matter ended there. But the
dealers over here have found that some
of the finest, most beautifully colored
switches were originally coarse black
hair from the heads Of Cinnamon
The listener looked incredulous.
Lifting a. short, very thick. lustrous
switch from his conjuring box, he asked
that 1t be identified.
From the head of Breton peasant or
an Austrian GIRL" was the immediate re-
sponse. 1t was obviously not German
hair, wildly yellow and suggestive of
ripe corn or peroxide, just according to
whether one is artistic or suspicious. No,
it was that indescr. badly odd shade be-
tween fawn and gray which the esthetic
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OW that the
search lights are
to be turned on
DIR. Harvey W.
Wiley, chlei
chemist OF the
Department OF
Agriculture. a
glance at the
concrete work
that he has &C
complished will
be of interest
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HAT human han

HAT human hair
can be either dress
ed or undressed Is
a matter of gen.
eral knowledge, but
that II may be also
raw, baked. boil
ed or Just drawn"
comes as a surpris-
ing bit of inforrna-
ton from the office
OF the assistant
secretary OF the
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that the great value Of the work OF the
board becomes more readily apparent. In
the 1906 cases there were, OF course,
many Implications Of the same offense,
and sometimes by the same offender.
Taking up the food products first, for
there is the greatest general interest in
them, 1t appears that all OF the shortages.
most of the adulteration and not a little
Of the misbranding affected articles Of
daily consumption. For instance, there
We're 100 separate cases of milk brought,
as were all the others. on criminal in
formation" laid before the courts by or
through the board. In most Of these the
only adulterant used was water. and the
abstraction Of the butter fats. and a small
fine was imposed as warning. Five of
the dealers were twice before the courts,
and one of them came up four times. In
only two cases, however, did the board
discover the use OF any chemical pre-
sentative. and in these cases. where the
presence of formaldehyde was detected.
fines OF 500 were imposed, as was also
done in one instance where it was found
that entirely too much water had been
used
There were two cases Of powdered
milk. two Of milk -four and two of con-
densed milk considered, but in these
cases only small fines were levied. and
the goods released under bond to be prop
erly relabeled before being sold. In
twenty-five cases where cream was the
subject matter the general complaint was
the absence of butter fats and the adul
teration with water or skim milk. Small
fines, the largest being $50, were i'm
posed and the goods ordered destroyed.
no quantity being mentioned in the Judg-
ment
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Next to milk. the most popular single
article for adulteration and misbranding ap-
pears to have been vinegar, for there were
seventy-eight judgments affecting this ar
ticle. seven Of the manufacturers being
before tho courts twice each, three OF
them three times and two Of them no
less than four times apiece. Fines OF 500
each were assessed against three OF the
offenders who were guilty OF both mis-
branding and adulteratfon- Acetic acid
and citric acid were the favorite adul-
terants, and pure cider vinegar and
apple cider vinegar" the favorate forms
of misbranding. Considerable Of this vine
gar. 40 barrels in all, was ordered de-
stroyed, the rest being released on BOND,
to be properly relabeled before sale.
In forty-eight cases eggs were deciLed
to be lit subject for absolute cono>m-
nation. Four fines OF $40 each and one
of $50 were imposed on the worst or
tenders. and in every instance the eggs
were seized and destroyed as being hfthy,
putrid, decomposed and unfit for human
consumption. The total of fines FOR PAD
eggs was 1856, and costs were collected,
of course. in each of the forty-eight cas- s;
two Of the offenders repeated their OF
Tense twice each, one of them three
times and one Of them was hailed up
by the board on four separate occasions.
The eggs were declared In every instance
u oe luz VI DaCsei'e III .
and absolutely unfit for food purposes.
The following shows the quantity oroer-
ed destroyed:
Plain eggs 1850 dozen.
Frozen eggs 319 tubs. 10 cases 300 pounds.
Liquid eggs. ST. cans or 81. 200 pounds
Desiccated eggs. q drums. IL barrels.
Crystal eggs, 2 barrels.
Evaporated eggs, barrel, 10000 pounds.
A fair estimate of the eggs thus de-
stroyed would be $4,000 dozen. or about
2SO0 cases, and the value Of these, fg-
ured from the consumers average price
at the present time. would be $4,000.
Out Of the forty-one cases OF strip OF
all kinds that demanded and received
the attention Of the be ard and the courts:
nineteen were so-called maple strip OF
various brands and the other twenty-five
included ordinary and fruit sirups Four
makers had to face the courts on two
occasions each. and one Of them three
times, the remaining t~eut.r seven cases
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Grape tuice was also packed In the
same dishonest manner. G,llI pints Of it
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-28
ANXIOUS FOR BIGGER SCORES
Football Men Want to Change Rules
SO Higher Counts Can Be Made
PossIble-Some Suggestions.

Football experts at the college
club. their number including several
Of the official rulemakers, are pretty
well agreed that some radical changes
in the rules will be necessary before
the next season. The chief clamor fol
reform is a demand for plays which
will allow more scoring. Possibly this
relief will be found by returning to q
5-yard gain for first down inside the
25-yard line. by increasing the mum
ber of downs allowed to gain 10 yards
to four, or by allowing first down after
g instead Of a l0-yard gain.
Games at Cambridge and Philadel'
phia show the inefllciency of the new
rules. The Army-Navy game showed
little football except kicking. Dalton's
toe carried the day. Yale and Har-
ward dabbled with all the wrinkles of
the new game but had to resort to
kicking This constant punting be-
comes very monotonous TO the spec.
tator It has entirely changed the
complexion of American football. The
punt was originally put into the game
not as a feature play, but as last
resort when the ball could be carried
no further by the players. Under the
present rules the kick is the main
thing and the game becomes a kick
Ing contest between two men, with
the chance of picking up a tumble the
chief reliance for touchdowns scoring.
Touchdowns, II is pointed out, are
more satisfactory than field goals;
,hey are wuat the players and specta-
,ors would rather see. They repre-
sent more football skill more team
skill and more actual football ability.
What is wanted of the rulemakers
This winter is a game which will not
;urther increase the risk of injuries,
but which will beget some degree of
anality in advancing the ball
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-28
BOXERS LACK ONE ESSENTIAL
Some Are Shy, Of intelligence, While
Others Are Deficient In Game.
ness In Ring.

ITO my way of thinking a fighter
who is deficient in the brain depart.
ment is just as badly handicapped as
the fellow who lacks heart" said Bug
Slattery at little session of fstic
celebrities in Jimmy Dunn's gymnasi.
um yesterday afternoon.
Who are you driving at now, Mr..
Slattery?' asked Tommy McGInity,
the clever lightweight boxer, who is
Dunns principal instructor at the
gym.
Il have no particular pugilist in
mind, > replied the sport philosopher.
i am speaking In a general way. You
know we have in the fighting game
boys who are naturally timid and
who could never learn to be game.
Such fellows sometimes get to be
topnotchers because they have every.
thing else. They may have speed.
skill and the punch and lack game.
ness and still get along all right
Such fellows, az rule, are seldom
called upon to stand a severe test as
to gameness, for they are so clever
and so fast that other fighters can't
hurt them
But usually such boxers are much
better in a gymnasium than in a real
ring contest. Steve ODonnell, the
Australian heavyweight and Bob Arm.
strong, We're good Illustrations OF this
type. They We're two of the fastest
and most skilllul big fellows in the
history of pugillsm, but outside of a
gymnasium they were absolutely no
good. ! have seen Bob Armstrong
make Fit2aimmons look like fool In
gymnasium workouts. while in the real
battle Ftz would lick him in a round.
"O'Donnell was the same way. He
used TO make them all look cheap at
the training camps, but in the ring he
could hardly ever get started. Peter
Maher knocked him out twice in less
than two or three minutes, for no 9th.
er reason than that Stoves heart fail.
ed him before entering the ring. lie
was good enough to beat fellows like
Maher with the greatest Of ease II
O'Donnell had been game man Pc.
ter Maher could never have placed a
& owe on him. / have known many OF
he same sort"
Your dope is dead right on that
score, Bug" said big Al Williams.
Dunn's white hope. for have met
men who boxed both O'Donnell and
Armstrong"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-28
More Protests.

The Governor was sent more pro.
tests by voters in Northumberland
county against the appointment OF
trustees whereby a majority would re-
side outside the coal belt
State Senator Mcconnell, Federal
Judge Wilmer and former State Sen
ator Godcharles are leaving no stony
unturned to convince the Governor he
made mistake in appointing the
original board against the wishes OF
voters in the Treyorton, Shamokln
and Mt Carmel districts in par
ticular Even Senator Penrose has
been appealed TO to set matters
straight Up to this period Attorney
General Bell, Philadelphia, Is said to
be insistent that the Board of Trus-
tees for the local hospital shall vote
his friend, Dr. George Reese, the OF.
fee of chief surgeon, Mr. Bell is re.
ported to have advised the Governor
that Reese has the best recommends
ton as a doctor from Drs. John Deav-
er, Philadelphia, and j. c. Biddle, OF
the Miners Hospital, Fountain
Springs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-28
FROM The
STATE CAPITAL
Information and Gossip From
Harrisburg.
Hospital Mixup.

Judge Charles b. Wilmer, of the
United States District Court; State
Senator William c. Mcconnell, former
State Senator Fred A. Godcharles, OF
northumberland county, three of the
hye newly appointed trustees of the
hospital at Shamokin, and who re.
signed because the majority of the
board proposed to so outside the coun
ty TO appoint superintendent, called
on the Governor in an effort to
straighten out matters. The interview
is said to have been somewhat ami
mated, and the three visitors appear
ed to be In anything but an amiable
frame of mind when they emerged
from the Executive Department The
Governor promptly announced that he
had accepted the five designations
and would appoint their successors "in
due time" The other two who re-
signed are Rev. Robert OBoyle, Sha.
mokin. and p. f. Brenner, Milton.
The controversy grew out OF the de-
sire Of majority of the board to ap-
point DR.. George Reese, OF Mahanoy
City friend OF Attorney General
Bell, as superintendent Of the hospital.
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the existence OF spot so oddly
named A number Of black dots along
Its northern shore seemed to indicate
buildings-but Appleyard had distinct.
ly said "uninhabited.
Coast turned out the lamp and went
back to the deck
There was nothing to be seen, moth.
Ing TO do.
lie fidgeted.
Then out OF the confusion OF his
temper. In which ennui stalked in sin.
gnlar companionship with perturha.
tion, he chanced upon an odd end OF
thought, one Of those stray bits Of I'm.
formation, mostly culleG from desul.
tory reading. that clutter the back OF
every mans brain
He happened to remember hearing.
some time, some where. that fog rare
ly clings TO the surface OF moving wa.
ter; that. by putting ones vision upon
plane almost horizontal with the
water. II is ordinarily possible to see
for some distance roundabout.
There may be something In II .
No harm TO try"
Forthwith he scrambled out upon
the stern. from which. after some In.
tricate maneuvering and by dint OF
considerable physical ingenuity, he
managed to suspend himself. at peril
OF a ducking, with his head near the
water
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self mounting rather steep grade,
and in another moment was face 10
lace with a plain boarded wall
OF a wooden building.
There were no windows that no
could discover on this side. ana
though lie listened keenly he heard no
sounds from within
Other buildings presented them
selves successfully. MS like ms peas
to one another and to the first he mad
sncountered all peopled exclusively
by the seven bowling devils OF DESC
lation and their attendant court OF
rats-or so he surmised from sundry
sounds of scurryings and squeaks
He gathered that he was threading
rude sort Of street, fringed on one
side-to seaward-with the abandoned
dwellings of what had apparently been
a small fishing community
mo Mans Land indeed" he com.
mented Certainly lives up to the
name. even If It's some place else. II
begins TO look as If I'd drawn a blank.
But Appleyard q
He was moved vaguely to likon the
MACE 20 the Cold Liars of the Jungle
Books. only infinitely sordd," he
mused at pause; lacking the mai
esty and the Horror Wonder
had better 20 back?"
As he hung in the wind, debating
what TO do. whether to press on or
to be sensible, swayed this way and
that by doubts and half-formed I'M
pulses somewhere near seemingly at
his very elbow, certainly not twenty
feet away. suddenly a dog ho"led'
Long drawn. lugubrious with note OF
lamentation, the sound struck discor'
dant upon his overhaul senses, shock
ing him Cbefore he knew iD to out
spoken protest,
Good God!" he cried aloud
WHAT"
1TO BE CONTINUEDl