Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-05


ton; however, the young men-whO have been
suspended will doubtless yet see it to be to their
advantage to resume their places in their accus-
toned classes at once. We understand that a.
cow hiding affair occurred between some of the
students Of Jefferson College, Eannonsburt
few days age. The "Grape Shot"-a paper is
sued annually at each commencement, dealing.
principally in matters relating to the college boys
l-contained, this year, a little hotter shot than
a certain senior, against whom they were di-
rected, altogether. relished; so, arming himself
with raw hide, he proceeded to administer
summary chastisement upon the back of the
supposed editor A considerable of fight
thereupon occurred. the exact result of which
we have not yet ascertained.
/. We have been visited with.refreshing showers
IN this vicinity for some days past They have
come in good time, and will have their good
results. No news yet from the Republican
Nomination for Congress sTEFHEN.
QUESTIONS AND ANswERs.-Gn this weeks
number of Noahs Times and Messenger, we find
the following questions and answers:
QuerY:-A. bets B. that the Church of St
Isaac's, in Russia, is larger, costlier, and more
magnificent than st. Peters in Rome-the for
mer costing nearly sixty millions while the
latter but forty-eight millions. B. says st.
Peters is larger cost more money, and is in
every way finer than ST Isaac's He says forty
eight millions in the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries was nearly equal to eighty or ninety
of the present day. How is;it2
1nSteeT:-We have space to give only few
leading particulars. The dome of ST Isaac's
is $40 feet high, and it has four fronts, with
porticos of 112 feet in length. 1t has been
built since 1918, and is said to represent an
expended capital of ninety million thalers,
1 (nearly $G0,000,000. st. Peters is, in its
greatest length within, ego feet; in its greatest
breadth, 442 feet; height, 492 feet Its cost we
cannot fix, nor can we definitely that of ST.
lsaacs, though we have named a round sum-
inasmuch as during the forty years of its cree
ton the immediate mechanical work upon it
has been, from time to time, arrested, while
artists, seuptors, painters, ETC. have continued
to be employed in its decorations. Which is
the finer of the two is matter of taste. ST.
Peters would probably better satisfy tho re-
lquirements of classical simplicity, while st.
lsaac's is embellished with. every ornament to
scatch the eye and dazzle it;wfth the splendor of.
gold and precious stones" which have been
layishly employed. 459iss
Query:-Is there no means by which Indian
ink can be removed from the hands; if so, what2
Is it imported, and what is it used for?
| Ansroer:-We are not acquainted with any
means by which it can be removed 1t is i'm
ported from Cuba, and used in painting.
QNeTY:-What books arenecessary for n per-
son to commence with III order to become an
ordinary Latin schloar? Is itessentially ncces-
sSary for a person to have a master to learn,
Thoroughly understand and speak any foreign
/ language
:, AnSper:-An ordinary grammar and reader.
You can make your way by yourself if you have
la talent TOR acquiring language, although
teacher will be found of essential servicein solv.
ling at once many little difficulties which, alone,
you would spend considerable time in puzzline
over. To speak language. fuently aud with
Proprlety requires the aid of another to whom
| it is familiar.
| Query:-What is the Universalist's creedP
| Ans0er:-The Universalists conceive that all
mankind will eventually be saved and rendered
eternally happy. Some Of them conceive that
sin is punishable here, through the conscience,
or through misfortune; others admit species
OF purgatory after DEATH, through which the
soul IS fttd to enjoy an endless felicity.
QWeTy;-Am released from an engagement
OF marriage by the discovery that my sutton is
corresponding with another lady, and can L de-
mand sight of such correspondence
Ans10er:-1f the correspondence is in conflict
with the engagement, and evidences fraud and
deception pTacticed upon you on the part Of
your prolesse,l lover, no jury to whom it would
De suomlttedlwould hold you. You cannot le-
gally demand view Of the letters which are
passing between your professcd lover and a third
party; but his unwillingness to have YOU nc.
quainted with them would indicate that it is of
a nature not fayorableto your interests, and the
SSStS' yOu DetLer Tor all parties
QueTy:-7AVould it be breach of etiquette
for gentleman to bow OR tip his hat to a lady
in the strees with cigar in his mouthg
Anss0er;-The ''invisibility" of the cigar at
the moment when courtesy requires that q lady
should be recognised, is a contamination dc.
voutly to be wished for, we have no doubt. by
every cigar smoker; and tho embarrassment
between the weed and the proprietiesis unques-
tlona6ly very trying. A slight recognition,
Implying modest consciousness of the cigar,
is, we believe, the safest course.
DOC DAY QUESTIONS, Some ono sends the
following queries. Ne couldn't begin to think
ofanswering them. Perhaps some of our readers
can: sn
l, Why is it that artists, as. general thing,
let their hRir grow longer than the rest Of
mankind? Isit artistic in man to cultivate
ringlets2
2. Whv do young ladies when they sing in
public invariably need their sheet music with
them, especially whehit has been noticed that
twice out of three times they either have the
wrong piece, or hold it upside down.
3. Isita failing, or if tits, is it a falling Of
great minds. that makes some busiress men know
nothing about anything but bushes, and be-
very proud of their Ignorance
4 Admitting the cone to be the true and on
L.