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Kb. Emtob.—Tonr correspondent bis nkefiM iisQe in ibis oonUorersy by usomlBg Ute electrical diudraoUges of tbsbewd; Bud asserting the condottHig properties of helrr-Mtf es the knowledge which be «poses on that subject Is without donbt as new and interMting tw yhar readers, as it was to os, we will net lee the theory sufficiently to bring out !tt beautiful points more conspieo-

Ht asKrts rery posiUrely that hair is a eoedaotor of electricity, and then renftrks : “Altliough the hair and thenst ura! oil whh which it U lubricated are bod conductors, &e., n winding up the aeotence by saying, (“hair, being moistened by the atmosphere,) animal substances, &c., art couduciort'.” as if oil aad water were rery congenial in their tfioities!” He appears to be unconscious of the fad that it is the moittvre and not tha A«V whkb sertes as the medimt. Wit glacs will conduct as well Franklin's silk kite string conducted the electricity from the clouds ofter it was wet by the rain. Will "Jessey" assert

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rery’ best non-condectoie, to the beat electricians, are t natural clothing of b oTautsdl wise Providenee f, hair, tilt and fealhert are nlilhad pTwnineutfj among non condttetj Prof. •Isssted. Prominent vd foremost among conductors, arc the metals, minerals, adds and water. Any non conducting unbalance aateraud, or erea moistened with water, erill transmit electricity along its •surface, or rather along * upon tbe surface. Hair is b Oil, and is a eon-conduct-r hrt^Bigeut friend, Dr. J. , pro red Co us by esperit by his electric bstury, in » at Cape Msy O. H.; and if doubts on this point.

CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY THURSDAY. JULY 12.1860

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NUMBER 7.

Utmperament of man 1 The flesh iu which tbe beard grows is a conductor; and we cannot seethe propriety of absTing to prevent the HI effect. The distinguished Dr. Ediotsbn, Dr* Graham, Dr. Potter, and many more men of science have declared that the custom of shaving of the beard is deleterious to the health of men; and perhaps Elliotson fs as wise as Chapman or any of hia prbsalrUs. Perhaps it is as impolitic in “Jjney'’ to discard tbe learning of SUioUon, as it is in us to discard the opinion pf Chapman. Our friend, "Jersey,” admits that the beard was given for a "good uae” but we cannot imag. ine why the beard was given, if mah'is to spend bis lime in daily shaving it off, as it dally asserts its right to a manifested existence. Will he be kind enough to explain the myatery and enlighten ua? We have apoken of ancient usuages in wearing the beard to. prove that sharing is a modern innovation, and was not the general custom of tbe ancients. According to history, tbe very origin of sharing Is low and contemptible. Kevelation shows os that wearing the beard was the custom Intended by tbe Creator at the primeval periodmf human existence; and the testimony of many great and good men, both of ancient and modern times, is in far. r. of the full grown beard. It is said that John the Baptist aad the Apostlea wore their beards. So did the aneieut Hebrews, tbe Greeks and Homans, and we think they were

more tbaa half-ciriliied.

When God looked opon His creation and pronoaaced it “very good,” it must have beea perfect; and we think the conclusion Is quite rational that he made bo blunder when He furnished man with a'beard. Wc are not reedy to belief that nature.made a mistake, and gave a beard to have a deleterious efffect on the delicate nervous temperament of We would sooner indorse hair-

the risk of laying temptations for dis-ea-e. A skillful. medical writer says, '•The Jaws which govern our constitntion are divine; and ft is trnly a sin to violate one of these laws as it is to violate ope of tbe Uu commandments.” We here not space to gire the estimates of raaors, strops, Ac., which, to soy nothing aboetvpacions barbershops and lost time, amounts to more than a million of fldllars a year in the United States alone. All for shaving —time and money worae than thrown away. The beard raiom is destined to prosper in spite of the sneers and ridtcnle of shavers and all others. Within a few years past, thousands of iuteliigeet, good meaeing^pktf hare declared their opposition to the razor in tones of thunder. and fur the good of humanity, we wish to establish the fact that sharing is a custom most Insulting to nature, and has a tendency to abbreviate tbe exist-

ence of man. A. Lxaatxc.

Jtio Grande, If. J., Jon* 8, 1860.

THE CHOPS 07 TEX CCCXTSY. . ^ UTS U

The acaonnts from the various sections | la Kart Hot ton a few weeks si of tbs coontry, lo regard to tbe crops, are ! t>oA to thogrmvo, a maiden wtf favorable for a large yield Tbeanouatof i thaa twenty Tears of agw. Her

grain, it Is said, will be larger than any | and lover, a young mas

the experiment, be can be If he wiH take the trouble of . the office of J>r Li ■ becomes excited by agUavisible operations are iu to return to its original condition The iripiion of mateepou each other is its chief excitant. "Chemical Itions and comblna-

by the rapid their diUurbSomesdbstan-

Insalators from their prop large quantities of this , as It were, and prt-

ng to 'the natural Tbe bestinjnktots, on ly so be-

Mb

a troop of then showed in ... .. . -* r ^ We were .ordered to fire. I took st.ady ! 1 j ob, " rved - ,l will be-total in parts of atm, tmd fired at>y man at about sixty ■ Br' 1 '* 1 ' America, north of Oregon, in Hadysida. fie fell lai « stone. j »<>“■* Bay, in tbe nolbern part of LabraAt (be same tiafc a broadside from them j dor - in * !in ® lending across the Atlantic, went in among thfl tree*, nftd the enemy I in P* rt * of^Pai". Algeria. Tripoli aad Nsdisappeared, wo •mid scarcely tell how. j W*! wearing near thw Rod -Sea. Hclemifie 1 fell as though I must go up lo him end j ®' n ° r lhl * ""d o*h»r countries, bsve poiio see whether fee wot dead or alive. He lay ! ln Spain, where the government has offer-

_ . still, and I was tnora afraid of him than I e,} *"*7 “rnmodation q* thenn and has growing where the beneficent Creator »*« stood facing me a fei minotes he- 1 » !l “•••r •PP*™ 10 * 10 be admitted

fore. It is a sfrango feeliug to come over rr *° of A United Slates Revenue yoe all at once that you hare killed a man. *'**g*i^tbe Bibb, has sailed from Few

futended it.

"Jersey” seems inclined to find fault with us for nfet deigning to notice the homely appearance (which he described) that some men might make by wearing tbtir beards. Does he not know that beauty is a conventional quality f If it had never been the enstom to shave, we would laogfa with derision to see a shared faro. We could soon get reconciled to tbe appearance of Hie wont looking men if all were to cease ahaving. We admire the foil groWh beard. Nature, we think, leaves a varying outline to the beard, which is more beautiful than any i-cirdoa . cat by the razor. Bat Abe only legitimate argument in this dis- ‘ eoeslon is the benefit, the comfort, the health, and there we have high aathorav'weil as analogy and common dm on our $ide. It is an established medical fact that certain vexations humors disappear where the beard is coJUvated. and return with tbe use of tba razor. This would seem totfediew* that the troublesome custom of ahaving may be un

healthful, as well as ncnatural and-on- -wwaiOagt* aran a second boat, and then he

ily. Dr. Potter, of N. Y.. says, venture the assertion that there is not a mao in edl the Jand that can give a satisfactory reason for shaving** *” TV Lynn Reporter Mys, ' The deaths by consampliou have deertated some

i for a moment, and then

. •, and without

■bstaocesoondaet fifty P«r •« Dl - P« r ^axim among the waagona. I tra f t tha Almigbiy haa i MoTr^S sum* cotter, of Quincy. Milton. Rock- «-«**.•<">• I laid h« hetd «n. aooo as exerted. * J- down on tb. grass .ad Irik bun. *

port end the marble works of Yermant, since they have ceased xhaving and gtv-

| en nature ber sway in matters she msy

' be supposed to understand. * * * ” ask, kind reader, do yon think wearing the beard would have been

ii- men and in thildrenf

AIOTX WITH THX DTOtO. It would be diBailt to find within the whole range of fiction a more affecting in. cidenl than b contained in the following extract from a let tar, written by a British seaman to bis wife. It was hit Brat service as a soldier, be having been tent oa shore with a boat's craw of marines lo silence a fort and take tom^uns: We dispersed St4 few hundred yards distance from the beach te keep the coast clear, while the boas'* crew made prise of the gun*. The enemy had advantage of the wood, and also knowing tbe country well,

advanre-

previou* year, as more ground has been cultivated, and tbe season generally has been favorable to tbfi growth. In Ohiu tbe wheat harvest has commenced, and, it was thought, would be finished this week. The barley crop is more than an average one ; the oats crop will be very fair; flax will be short, but much belter than lost year. There will not be a full crop of bay and clover, but potatoes promise a large amount for exportation. In Missouri, late raijs have feenefitted tbo crop vastly. It is estimated that Iowa will yield more wheat this year then in any one for the last four. Corn.and other spring grain crop* will be abundant it is now believed. la Illinois tbe account* are very favorable from all ports of tbe Suie. Tbe yield ol graio is itnirense. In Minnesota crop* look splendidly, spring wheal "magnificent," potatoes vigorous, corn growing rapidly, end both that and oats promising ; largely. Prom Indiana the same ecconnts are received. Indued, we see no complaiuls of bad crop*, except in some of the Eastern States, where great drought has ex. Uted. In Louisiana there is now a drought, which threatens the corn aad rice, but the lost retell igence was, a prospect of a cbenge in tbe weather. Without *uy exaggeration of the facta, it may be assumed tbai the crops this year are as good as moat (uvorabl* tearon can make them.

THX COXIXG ECLIPSE.

On tho ISth of July an eclipse «f tbe suu will Uke place which is regarded by scientific people as unusually interesting^ and several government* hart mod* extraordinary preparations for baring it propgr.

rps a mechanic. ’They had loved each other from childhood, >od were to bare beea married some *lx fir seven wool hi i-iooe, when she was prostrated fey oeaasmtioa. Nearly all his leisure frpm labor was pa*ed at her bedaide, cheering her with prospects of restored health, and a life of happiness; but tbe fell disease was to# fismly implanted in her system to leare any bef*e of her recovery. When the phyaj. ciaa informed her that death was inrrit*. M', she expressed a desire-to partake of tka Sacrament of tbe Lord's Sapper, aad h*»i*h was granted.- Her lover procured qnriage, sal by her aide, nod bora fcor in Wsurms to aad from the Lord's tableShe returned to her bed never agan to loavo it in life. A bool a fbrtaifhS before fear death, she said that she had only one dartiily wish ungratified ; she deefcodfeo bo 1 oatled to him who had iovud bur so loaf and no trnly. in the brae of being bis ia Heaven. He could dwgy her nothing—he married death 1 Bolstered ap by piUours pad supported in the embrace af her metV•r. she was united to heriovar; irer feeUo voice was hardly audible, in raapoadiag to tbe questions of lha marriage ceremony. She was his, and said she coaid die wilboat regret. From tbffn aod u£til she passal away, vhe was unabia to apoak above a whisper; bat the appeared happy, aad though wasted to skin apd bones, a plain, ant smile Ml iu impression oa ber face as her face returned to God who gave it. Many cases have been recorded of people being married *a the brink of tbo grave, to accomplish some material and—saeh as to give a legal title tp property, or to render an act of Brag ddayad justice* but rarely or oavar bare we board of poor people marrying under sack ciicuwsteauaa poreriy for love. Tbe stern realities af Uib press so hardly upon the laboring poor, that the finer feelingi of their seals have to m*v» way lor tbe caret sad tail-«f providing for the wants of M>c body. Tbo only frgary which this affrctiontlo maiden left her husband was a lock of bar bait rad a favorite copy of the Bible.-—BmCm Tree

He had unbuttoned his jacket, and was preesing bi»; baud ov.r tbe front of his chest where tbe wound was Ha breqtb^d hard, sad the blood ponred from the wound, also from bit month, evary breath be took. Hi* fac. was as white as deathr'and bis eye* looked big and bright ms he turned them and stared at me. I shall never forget it. Ha was a fine yoang fellow, not more than five and twenty. I went down on my knees beside him-and my breast felt •o full as though my own heart would buret.' He hod a real English lace, and did not look like Ab*enemr What I felt I never can toil; tret if my life woald have saved his, 1 believe I should have given it. I laid his bead on my knee, and he grasped. hold of my hand an triad to speak, but his voice was gone. I could not tell a word

York, wttfe'-o party of Astronome.-s, for CapeChodley, thfe nothern promontory of Labrador, where, i f the weather ahould be propitious, the phenomenon will be accurately observed and reported. This eclipse is periodical, occurring every nineteenth year. The first notice of it was in (fee year 958. when the shadow cansed by the moon just touched tbe SodthTole. At each subarqnent appearance tbe line of ob scuretioo n«s been farther North. It will continue to Appear every nineteenth year until tbe yoar 2274, when, on tbe 24th of April, the shadow will just touch tbe North Pole. The same eclipse will not again appear eotil a lapse of 12, 492 years, .when it wit) begin another series of periodical visitations precisely like that it la now going (brmytfe. Tbe moon's sHado<

he said, and every time fee attempted to ; iog the eclipse, is said to pass over the speak the blood poured out, no I knew I» • earth nt • speed >of "1850 miles an hour, would soon he over. I km ool ashamed to or four time* the velocity of a cannon

say that 1 Was worse than he, for he never | balL" ^ shed a tear, and I couldn't help It’‘His j —! * m0m eyes srere closed when a run was fired from ' T0MAT0E1. order »Wd, ood riot eromed I ™ w ° rW »e F ‘ r ”' r »V* «' *>»

him. Be pointed to the beach, where tbe boat was pushing off with the guns which we bad token, and where our mariner* were

pointed to tbe boat where th# concealed. Poor fellow / be I

that 1 shot him

bow 1 could leave him to ffio; and

near him, when he .feed something \like a convulsion fora moment.aad Mien hi* face

.tly

plant that it bears eighty per cent of iu fruit within eighteen inches of the ground, while more than half of tbe plant is- above

When the branches are cut

id not bleed, and they may therefore shortened immediately above the large and early eetling frmit. Tbe removal of tho smell fruiU on the ends of the branches is no lota, for tb* lower fruit will swell to oa unnatural site by trimsaing. and both n great-r weight and measure of fruit rill be tbe consequence, besides obtaining • large portion fire to fifteen daji earlier.

The trimming should bo

Indigaeot Oraiwneror Gas—My bill :* larger than trar bet ore, and there must be me mistake. Please examine it aftin. Collector—The bill, no doobt, appears larger to yon tbaa you axpectod ; but you dp not understand the Consumer—How do you ebargo—by long or by short metre ?

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sure a perfect ripen mg. Tb* I import so:* of early mauriag is too evident to need pi^Z The burying of the removed leaves immediately around the plawfo rio n good practice, both by insuring n full dis lirrbsnee of lha soil, and by presenting n fertilizer precisely to tbe point of fruit siakin'*. Tbe portions buried decay rapid-

ly, and are readd, amrimfoud.

CHOLIC Dl H0XXES. A correspondent of tbe Farmin' Adtocate (K.S. Phelpbs, Jr.,) gives the follow. ing recipe for chelic in horses': I knew a horse taken with cholic whfla on a tread wheel lo a carding machine, so that the owner thongfet fa* could not live. H* got three veterinary surgeons, aad they did what they could, and alt derided that tba bore* must die. Tfea man's wife, who believed and practiced fcygirt:*. Trim the time the bnrse was taken, tried to perauada her husband to use s out bandage, bat he insisted it woald do no good. After dl had given op that tbe horse could not lire, by bar entreaties, (the doctor saying is could do no good, or hurt.) he look a thick bedcomforter, bound it around tba fcorar, went to tfea well and drew water, and peered it on till thorougly soaked. It steusad like s pot boiling, lo less than fifteen minutes from the tima be commenced the watering process, the hors* was up aad aeting, to the g*Ml ssrprise of the horse doctors, who koew be could oot lieu. Tbe horse did gopd service afterwards. This recipe 1 gr-rt several yean ago, and it was copied into most—at I was told by an edl. lor—of the agricultural, aad uiaoy other papers in tbe United States. Mow, feseu tried and proved It. Try it, brother for-

A knotty question before the Bungtowa obaliag Society was thus nnravAfod apoa a recent occasion, by the worthy chairaaa

•Tb* question is just this j—If a feller, as is a feller, aad bis gal are about to be narted for a rime, and thev nrotiose to

h... .f.» btrmd lh« tnil lo In „ cb „ g , (*!£!%,.

pone the feller goea to a dngaerreotyptrshop, and i* to pay for harin' th* picture* ink, and be is only money enough to pey for on* picture ia a maguificeat com, aod on* picture ia eo or'naxy rase, which pinun rtould b. p.l » tb. ouHm6<«t — -l,L.o.o«lf W«l ‘