Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-06-17

Is f6tir-of the great lines of travel VIZ; the D.
/ 8 o.. the Pa. Central, the ". Y.& Eric and the
NY. Central roads held a convention in Phila-
deiphia. and adopted the most stringent rules
about fares, freight, free passes &C., also dictat-
ing terms to all lesser roads. We made the re-
mark that we didn't suppose the arrangement
would amount to anything. and sure enough
it hasn't. The \. 7. 6 Eric and the \. Y. Con-
trail roads had hardly signed the agreement UNI
hi they broke bigger hole through it than the
"Bell Creyassen on the Mississippi river. Each
one of them arc now carrying passengers from
Buffalo to New York city, distant some $50
miles, at tue ruinously low price of five dollars
The two roads are at the sharpest kind OF dag
gers points, Each of these roads cost over
forty millions, and ittakes about eighty percent,
of their earnings, at the old rates, to pay their
running expenses. The probability is, there
fore, that their stocks will now quote rs near
zero as Hempdoid or other such busted in
tsitptiops. eis
go it boots, we say. When these monoP!
olies fall out the public get decent treatment at
t.decept prices II their rates never rise again
travellers won't be Likely to cry.
We suppose this move win entail upon the
Baltimore & Ohio and Penna. Central roads the
necessity to punch large hole through their
part of the agreement, and carry passengers
from points west of this for about whatever they
can get. ~
| IaroplAT1oS ron THE .PEoPLr- Questions and
/ 4asIoers--In the last number of Noah Times
and Messenger he ;6nd the following questions
land answers:
1@r avn lr
lit SO as to- enable me to have the correct time =
! WIN yop inform me if it is set by a compass
'fduenorth aud south whether that will give 1t,
or should an allowance be made for variation OF
| the compass, aud how much y
4n$cer.-The object, in constructing a sun
idial is toiind by means of the suns shadow, his
distance from the meridian. This distance
known, the hour is known-snfticiently near, at
lleast for ordinary purposes The difficulty is TO
nscertain the Snlertdianl lipe-that IS TO say, the
lime of shadow Which the style or "gnOmnn
/ ar uDriaht wire will make at mid day \ SIM
pic pan would DE to never mind your compass,
but erect q wire on blank dial plate, and mark
on it where tine shadow falls at noon. a More
accurate plan, however, will be to assume a
point in the plnne of the dial through which
you desire that the meridian line shall pass
With this point as centre, describe seJeral
cOncentric circles. Then erect wire in the
same point, of such length that the extremity
iofits shadow may fall within some of the circles
and mark the spot where it crosses. Also,
mark the spot when, at the same hour IN the
afternoon it crosses the same circle. Divide
/ the arc between these two points into eqnal
parts, and the straight line which will join the
point of dissection with the centre, will be Your
meridian line
Query--.wl'at would yoti call good states
manshipP Also, what reasons would you give
flor asserting that Washington was a greater
STATESMAN than Sapolcon!
1aSiosr- Briefly, wc should regard that as
good craftsmanship which, in the phrase of Jere-
my Benthatn, secured "the greatest good of the
greatest numbers" in other words, the ruler or
governor whose measures are so carefully con-
sidered, wisely planned, and honestly executed,
as to contribute to the highest happiness of the
people for whom he administers, is the hest. =
He should lay light burthens upon labor, Filth
fully enforce the law, and avoid wasting the
substance of his people in the pursuit OF mere
glory, rather than of daily comfort. The bad
statesman, in "a word, has in Wow the advance
ment of himself the good statesman lOnkS tn
the interests of his country. From this you
will readily understand that Washington is to
be preferred to Napoleon; although itcannot be
denied that the French Emperor possessed q
large and, comprehensive intellect which en-.
abled him to take clear view of all the require
Incnts of a good government, aud n genius for
administration of the highest class. If these
had been. under the guidance of hencvolencc,
rather than of personal ambition, no mime conld
have .taken preeedePfs, as ruler OF that of'tlie
first Napoleon, 81,
query: rs it proper to sleep with window
up2l ..yr. ~,
4nsper ~ is always preferable to leave at
least one window in bed.chainber open at tile
top, for the admission of fresh air and the es-
cape ofthe caibonic acid gas thrown Uffin sleep,
provided the draft does nor isll directly the
persons of the slgepers. ~
Query What under clothing should DO
worm i.,.s.. 49,, =.
Ansicer - Woolen garments ntyi9.hc isia
are the only kind that can be reh dpon for
safety, They might be thinner i substance
during the summer They must nlv 'tys be re-
rneyed on retiring TO bed, but the substitute
must be OfJwool also. Flannel, ifthe subject
pfeSnire copiousy, is warmer in winter aud
cooler in summer, than any other article of an
der-wear. ~ g
Qaeyg What diet is the best for sunihsers
: Ansueer: Lot your food be chiefly fruits,
vegetables and bread drink as little as possible,
and let your beverage be either pure wnter' or a
light French wine, If YOU WISH TO keep as cool
and as healthy as may bo practicable in the
.'dog days eses
lo Query Ought I to read Tom Paipe's
woTEisga OH ~. 1t8.l,z l 81,
59iLA Rsaser 49, Tom Paino'S works are not very
inumsuui,s, and may DO had by addressing any
responsible book dealer Asl matteroG honest
apiniOn,Me- would mt recommend the Perusal