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Show Difference In Hair. The difference between straight and curly hair is very apparent on a micro-Bcopieal micro-Bcopieal examinat ion. A hair is a hoi-I hoi-I low tube, and a straight Iiair is as sound I as a reed, while u curlhair is always flattened on both sides and curls toward one of the flat sides, mid never toward the edge. It is a cinFjiu and little known fact that the h.ii.jtof women is coarser thuu that of npli as well as thicker on tli'i scalp, if Tin average head of hair there are nl J loO.OOO individual in-dividual hairs. The hai Vons to have u life of its own, inileiBi'nrt.V.t of that of the. man, for numerous instances are known of the hair continuing to grow after death. In one of tho St. Louis cemeteries a body of a lady was some Je.'irs ago disinterred for the purpose of removing it elsewhere. When the coffin wad opened tlio entire cavity was filled with a mass of unburn hair which had grown after tlio interment had taken place. Interview in St. Louis (jlobo-liemocrat. |