Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-22
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tons and answers are scared this week in
Noa1's Times and Messenger Here are a few.
that possess some little interest, however:
g4erg;- What is the meaning Of the word
coilaterals,s as used in mercantile accounts?
AaS'cer: "Collaterals,' in financial sense
are are yaIua6ies offered given, or held as security
''1, .or an Indebtedness. IL A. cashcs BIS note
nuC . 1t puts A. IN temporary possession of certi
ncateS OF stock, of jewelry, or anything else
va!9aole' as guarantee that the note will he
PAID at maturity, the stock, icwelrv. &c in
question, are called ''collaterals.'
In answerito some inquiries about hair OIL
the following piece ofinformation is given:
1t may not be considered exactly nroner ror
US to interfere with the hair oil manufacturers.
but as many ofour readers reside in the country
we give IN reply to our fair uueriSts rccine
that IS 10th simple and reliable Take5a4 Mint 'or
olye OIL (Sweet oily and bring it up 10 2OO deg.
oil neat IN clean pan, mot iron,) and add half
an ounce of pcarlaSh, and stir well for ten min
nteS: Take it off and set it to coo when cold.
sediment will be found at the bottom. Pour
OF the clear through cotton cloth, and putt
up IN bottle for use. The pearlash combines
S'S gu ia uCIu III lDS OIL, leaving the
Oeln; this will not get thick, and will be free
from odor. 1t can be colorcd red with garnacin
u preparation OF madder;) but hair oils should
be clear and nearly colo:leSs. By exposing the
olive oil, refined as described, 10 the sun. IN
well corked bottles, it will soon become color
less hmPid as water, and exceedingly beautiful
Here is also another piece of information
almost equally interesting to ladies:
II is not an uncommon thing in history for
royalty to stoOp to an union with obSCurity-
Love triumphs over pride, sometimes as well
as over power. Louis XIV married the widow
ocaIron, who was afterwards famous as Mada1ne
de Malntenon, who, during the life of the queen
entered her service as goVerneSS to the royal
children. Henry WILL, of England, married
Amnc Boleyn aud Jane Seymour James H.,
OF England, married Ann Hyde daughter of the
Earl of Clarendon, by whom he had two daugh-
ters, who afterwards became queens OF England
/ namely: Mary and Anne. Morganatic mars
rlages, or marriages with the left hand, have
been frequently entered into by various Sovc.
reigns of Europe. Queen Christiana, OF Spain,
widow of Ferdinand VII is the present wife Of
Munoz, Spanish dignitary; and Christian w.,
oi Denma'E, not lOEg ago, married u lady in
| lCopenhagen who had, previous to her murriage
with the king, kept millinery establishment
in that city.
Qucry:-I desire to know if anything ever
grew at ST Helena? Is there any agriculture
at al-even shrubs or bushes? Abbott's His.
tory of Napoleon which have lust been read.
ing, speaks Of its being almost destitute of
verdure," and Mt the same time it has cut
representing the Emperor as a gardener. What
do you think of Abbott's History? Is it impar-
/ tiaI?
1nswea:-St Helena is Of volcanic origin, and
consists of rugged mountains interSperScd with
numerous ravincS. Its centre, however is a
table land, with an elevation of about $50 feet
About one filth part of the island, therefore, is
fertile, and yields the products both of Faro
IIcan aud tropical countries We consider Mr..
Abbott, historian, disgusting sycophant,
who sacrifices truth at all times To render his
works agreeable to authority, and earn some
valuable token of recognition from sccptered
celebrity.
Here is a fact given in answer to some com
plant, that very few people seem even to real
izc, Judging from their compound notions about
money:
bank bill is not "money" in the exact
sense; it only represents money. ~ man who
has sold his weeks labor for ten dollars has on
Saturday night claim against his employer for
the money; his employer hands him a bank
note for ten dollars; the debts is not paid there
by, it is only transferred The bank owes the
man what his employer owed him before and
the debt may be better or worse than his em-
plOEcrS. There is no value whatever in the
note; the value is in what he may obtain for it,
While he holds it he is lending capital to the
stockholders Of the bank for nothing and they
arc winning mot carning-dividendS from the
proceeds ct his labor.
An answer about the employment of different
terms for expressing the same idea:
The use of pretty terms to express common
things is only dainty invention of the exces.
sive courtesy of social life. In this manner we
convince ourselves without difficulty that VIC
are happy, elegant, moral, transcendent peo-
Pile We have no masters all now are princi-
pals; no shopmcn, all are assistants; no shops,
they all establishments; no jailors, they are
governors; nobody is ever unable to pay his
debts, he is only unable to meet his engage
mentss; nobody is angry, he is only excited;
nobody is cross, he is only nervous; lately, no.
body is drunk, the very utmost that you can
say is that lie bas taken his wine.
An answer to a NEUROLOGICAL question:
Venus who afterwards became Mrs Vulcan,
was born in an oyster bed, though that little
circumstance will not account for her clam-or-
Gus disposition. Cupid, in the same view of
affairs, is naturally Joy-sterous little rascal
"0rpheus" is the name Of gentleman who,