The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-02-11

THg RAzoR.-Each hair is furnished with
distinct gland, olaborately and beautifully
complete. Under the facial there are in.
Vulnerable nerves Immediately connected
with various organs of the senses, ramify-
ing in every direction, and performing most
important functions. This hair, whet in
full growth, forms a natural protector TO the
nerves, AMI also holds, as ii were in sus-
pension, u quantity of warm air, through
which the cold air in breathing passes, and
SO becoming rariiied or tempered, enters
the lungs without giving 10 their delicate
texture that severe shock which arises from
the sudden admission of cod, so often the
forerunner Of fatal disorders. Any body
putting his finger under the hair of his
head will there feel warm mir. The hair
also wards of east winds, prolific source
of toothache aud other pains, and so tends
to preserve these useful and ornamental ap-
pendages, the teeth.
1t is said that an intimate connection ex-
lists between the moustachc and the nerves
OF the eye, and that many diseases of the
eye are traceable 10 shaving. Who has not
felt his eyes smart under the application of
dull razor.
May not shaving be dcpriyiug The lungs
OF the male of their natural protection, and
exposing them TO the uninterrupted action
of cold air, tending 10 weakness being trans.
mtted in an increasing proportion from gen.
Grafton TO generation, at length inducing
consumption and consumptivc tendency!
Persons who wear Their hair under their
chins do not, except in rare cases, suffer
! from sore throats.
There is III the crypt of Hyde Church 4
vast pile OF bones, which were gathered
many years after battle fought upon tho
sea-shore between the Danes and Saxons,
about one thousand years since; ard among
them the skulls OF aged warriors, finely de.
veloped, the teeth IN many of which
are 50 periecli so beautifully sound and so
, firmly imbeddcd III their sockets that you
cannot move them. The owners of these
teeth wore boards; and the writer remeyr.
bers witnessing, several years ago, sono
excavations on the site OF old priory at
Spalding, when many stone cofIins wero
dug out, whose inmates had almost with.
out exception, sound, entire, and elegant
teeth. Did not beard grow on their chinsl
Shaving occupies, on an average, fifteen
minutes. 4 man who shaycs every morn.
ing Tor fifty years thus employs in that time
! upwards OF three hundred and eighty days,
OF i2 hours each. Is this proper appli.
cation Of our fleeing momentst
The face exposed to a microscope imme.
dlaieiy after shaving presents Il most uu.
sIghtIy appearance, the stnmps assuming
the appearance OF narrow bones sawn trans
vcrscIy.
Did not the teachers Of the faculty approve
OF moustaches-and are they not OF opinion
that they play most i'm poriant part in tho
animal economy! Is it not probable that,
by unduly stimulating the growth of hair
by shaving, we draw too largely on, and
thus cause an unnatural action of the nerves,
producing an injurious effect, no matter how
sight on the braiu'
Did not pariarchs and sages Of oil wear
beard, aud they were remarkable for ion.
geyiy, as well as for being exceedingly
tine looking ielows'
Is not shaving bore-and does not man
while undergoing the operation, look ex-
tremely ridiculous? And if it is right tc
rasp the chin, Why not ths eye.hrows aud
the head also!
Does it not appear foolish 20 shave off on
cold morning that which nature has pro-
vIded to protect Us against the cold. Do
we not despise and hold 100 Chez ply bene.
icient arrangement. and infringe natural
law, when we cut off what Providence saws
SO plaialy shall grow!-for the rnors 4 u,a-
shayes the more the hair grows. even to
the hour Of his death. The head shall be-
come bald, but the face rever.
In conclusion, when man was created he
had given him beard, and who will dare
to soy it was not good gift. Turn to the
hrst Chapter OF Genesis, and YOU will find
that God saw everything tha; he had made,
and behold il was very good Loadaa Ns.-s.
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