Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-12-16
QUEsrIoNs AND AxswRns.-In this weeks mum.

QuEsrroNs AND Answers. In this week num-
Der of Nodd'S Times and Messenger we find the
following questions aud answers:
Query:-Willy you please answer the following
viz: a., entering BIS store, finds upon the
floor ten dollar bill, which has been dropped
6y a customer while making some purchases
Each contends that he has right to the money
until claimed by the loser. Who is right9
Ansteer:-It belongs to A, until the original
on nerls put in possession of it. B. has suEi-
cient color for his claim in the common opinion
about right of premises; but it is Elusive.
Que7y:-ln chess, can one king be moved
within one square of its opposing king on the
same column of squares?
Ans,0cr:-Hoyle says, Rule 100 ssThe king.
cannot be moved into check, nor within one
square of the adverse king; nor can any PLAYER
move piece or pawn that leaves his king in
check"
guery'-Is there a reliable remedy for ''near-
SlghtedneSS?"
Ans,0er:-There is no reliable remedy for
''nearsightedness." The defect is usually the
result OF malformation of the eye itself-a
matormation which occasions too great con-
Vergence of the rays of light, and thus brings
them to focus before they reach the retina.-,
FMS maltormation is commonly an excessive
density In the crystainelens of the eye, and its
effect is obviated by the use of concave lens
(spectacl,s filled with concaye glasses,) which
Increases the divergence of the rays before they
enter the eye, and thus correctS natures error.
Query:-What is the origin of sending love
epistles on ST. Valentines Day?
AA81oer:- The origin of the custom of send
ing love epistles on St Valentines Day, has not
been ascertained; but it is supposed that in the
early ages of Christianity lovers selected him to
be the patron saint of their VOWS, because he
was "a man of admirable parts, and famous for
his love and charity" st. Valentine suffered
martyrdom in the reign of the Emperor Clau-
dius on the 18th of February, and tnat circum.
stance, coupled with some incident in his carly
life very likely originated the custom which has
now, We regret to say, so fallen off from its an.
Gent sincerity, that it is more honored in the
breach than the observance
Query:--Can you tell me who is the author
of the following lines? have bet that Gold
smith wrote them. y friend bets that they
were written by Alexander Smith:
mo star goes down but caabs in other skies;
The rose OF Sunset folds its glory up,
To burst again from out the heart Of Dawn;
And sorrow makes the chasten'd heart seer"
1nSo0er:-You are both in error Gerald
Massey is the author ofthem.
Query:-What is the required age and fee
necessary to become mason?
4nslrer:-Not under twenty one wears age.
There is no established fee, we believe, hut
lodges fix their own amount, ranging from $40
to $50.
Mrs. Douglas reports upon the Little Giants
WtrdrObe-He is hard up for Clothes, especi-
ally for clean linen-730o dozen Shirts and
three sets Of Studs gone since last Spring.
from the Ohio State Journal
Mrs. Douglas, the wife of the Lilliputian Gil.
ant, and possible mother of future microscopic
giants, evidently regards her lord as rather a
dubious character. correspondent of the
Fincennes San, speaking of the pleasant do
mestic qualities of Mrs. Douglas, relates that at
the Chicago celebration. few daya ago, Mrs
Douglas was asked how she stood the canvass
VERY well, said she, "but must go and get
my husband some clothes-he has come out of
the battle half naked. [ got him two dozen
shirts last spring. and two or three sets of studs
-helost all his shirts but two and one that dom
belong to him-and all the studs but four. which
belong to four different sets, and besides he
hasn't any of the other clothes that he started
out WITH
Now, it is difficult to see what there could be
in MIR. Douglas great canvass, that was so very
destructive toIshirts, if he kept honest company
One might suppose that the Little Giant was in
the habit of "peeling" for his great speeches
and performing in state of nature, like Cutie
Stark, in her celebrated dance which so edited
Tam O'Shanter, and that his democratic bottle
holders had appropriated his linen; or did the
emergencies of Mr.. Douglas, require him to put
forth that degree of extraordinary exertion, that
would be described in the vulgate as tearing
his shirt? and was the numerical consumption
in this way equal to the number of speeches ?
But why, if Mr.. Douglas did not mingle in So
ciety that was not better than it should be-
should his wardrobe becpme so mixed? Really
If these queer circumstances arouse no suspicion
in Mrs Douglas, she must be remarkable wo-
man; and some fast gentlemen that could be
named, if such distinction was not invidious
would do well to ascertain if she has any mar
riageable sisters.
But this dubious condition of his wardrobe
iSn9t the worst damage Douglas has SUFFERED
His political principles are even worse mixed up
and dilappidatcd. He started out with a full
suit Of popular sovereignty, made up in a style
then quite fashionable at the North At the
first stump he snapped it off for the hard times
pea jacket of an aged colored person, called
bred Scott. Disguised in this ragged garment,
he undertook to carry Slavery into all the terri.
tories, protected from popular sovereignty hy
the Constitution. Then he traded this off for
part of tattered old breeches made of unfriend.
~ legislation, which afforded no sort of protec-
! ton from the Southern breeze, and left his lin.
en- waving in the wind. Going towards warm
er climate he discarded this, and now hasn't
rag to cover his nakedness, except chocolate
colored cast off shirt, which he picked up by
the roadside, called negro inferiority, a costume
which will not give him the enLree into South
ern Society, and is not fushinable anywhere
Mrs Douglas will find it much safer in every
y l.