Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-22

the brains of dead animal be removed,
and an electrical substance be substituted,
not only will the muscles be seen to act,
but even the stomach will renew It's pro-
cess of digestion. Hence, it is obvious,
the importance of retaining so valuable an
agent in the system, and nature Is pro-
yided hair, the best non-conductor we
know of, for this very purpose. When
the electric fluid comes to the end OF a
nerve, and meets there a good conductor,
of course, it wilI,pass off, removing just
so much vitality.
Hence, when the air is cold and dry,
we call it bracing, and say we feel heartler
and stronger, because such air, being a
good non-conductor, the exit of electricity
is prevented but in hot and humid wea-
ther, we feel langud and weak, because
hot and humid air is an excellent conduc-
tor, and vitality runs away from us. The
bald-headed old man complains of cold
head, which is occasioned, not by the loss
of so much covering, but by the loss Of
that electricity retained by the hair, and
consequently vital heat. SO, the teeth Of
smooth-faced men and women chatter
when they are cold, because of sudden
reduction of vital heat; but the teeth Of
fllrred animals never chatter, nor those OF
fully bearded man. The Russian wraps
his whole body in fur robe, apparently
proof against the cold-but does he stop
with merely covering the trunk of the
body! No, he guards all the great ner'
vous points, the feet, the hands, the head,
and, last of all, puts a large piece OF fur
across his chin and over his checks, if he
is beardless man; but if he has been
content with natures provision, and left
his beard to grow, as it was made to, then
this part of his dress is not needed. Let
the beardess man button up tight and
warm, leaving on his cheeks and exposed
to a chilly breeze, and yet, from that one
point, he will feel cold rigOr run through
all parts of his system. But, some will
say, :, Would you have men to wear
boards! Why, they would look like bears,
and so barbarous-it would be tolerabe-
it is heresy to think of such thing
What young man could endure being call
ed "cracked. crazy fool ?" 1t can't be
done, sir! for all lashionables regard a
full. bearded man as gross, vulgar, degrad-
ed, bcastly." 1t can't be helped--God
made Adam bearded man, the last and
noblest worll--the crowning- piece of crca-
ton, and bearded as he was, seemed quite
satisfied with this last effort. Yet many
deride the man who obeys nature, and re-
verses the wisdom of his God, and shows
himself no hybrid son of Adam technical
lv called a man. Was Moses, the great
Law Giver of Israel, fool or Wickllffe,
Luther, or Chaucer, or Spencer, or Bu-
chanan, or Johnson, or Knox, or Bacon
and others of the galaxy of Genius in the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, were they
all fools Then beard does not make
men fools, but fashion calls them so, and
fools make the fashion. 1t is strange that
men will complain and fight about small
Tax on tea, and declare themselves indie
pendent. and shed the blood of thousands
to get rid of the Tea-TaXing Tyrant, and
vet willingly remain loyal subjects of
greater tvrant, Fashion, who extorts the
whole fruit of the brow, yea, the whole
crop, and that, too, every day from some,
even though it come by agony of the soul,
and the shedding of blood. When Eneas
tugged at the cornell twigs growing upon
the tomb of Polydorus, blood issued from
the lacerated bark, and voice from be.
meath said to him, &" Why, Eneas, do you
tear me in my resting-place, for these twigs
are the spears thrust into my heart, and
which have grown in my blood" So,
when YOU torture yourself By grub5ing
and digging at your beard; every nerve at
the root of every hair, warns you, by blood
and feelings that cannot be uttered, TO let
alone that important port of the animal
system; and faithfully reminds you, THAT
the way of transgressors is hard, as well
in Physics as in Morals, that, too. coax
nature as much as you please, with Sapo-
naceous Creams, hot water, improvements
of the Razor-strop Man and TaIIy-Ho
Razors. Barbarism and civilization 90
hand in hand--the bearded man is catteda
barbarian, yet none is so barbarous as the
man emerging from the discipline of steel,
soap and towel, with clean shave. Civ
ilization keeps bad company, and should
come ou; and be separate. Bring out your
strong reasons for shaving, and what are
they mot one good and philosophical.
You say 1t don't look so well--it isn't so
dignifed, or so neat, or it's vulgar, or II
feels unpleasant, or il's in the way or its
unpopular, or it makes one look fierce
So the man thought when he cut off the
ears of cowardly cur to make him look
courageous, and he did look little quar-
relsome, but no sooner were the COW
horns pointed at him, than down dropped
his tail into its old place.
All the reasons alleged are founded in
views of taste, modified by fashion, and
i no