Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-02
THE INTELLIGENCER.

dencc column of NoaA's Times and Messenger
contains this week, among others, the following
questions and answers:
bears" as applied to brokers in Wall street
Ans'oer:-A "bull" is one who bugs con
time," and "bear" is one who sells in that
rnanner-that is, the "bul" bets, as it were,
that on a certain day certain stock will be
quoted at higher price than it commands on
the day when the belts made; the "bear" takes
the opposite ground. The one does all he can,
therefore, in the interim, to push up, or initiate
the value of the stock, and the other to bear it
down.
Query:-If were cndcavoring to become a
man of literature, what language would you ad-
wise me to study2
Ans'cer:-French and German, by all means.
After those we would recommend Italian and
Spanish. We have very little regard for the
dead languages.
Query:-After the decease of Mr.. John Smith,
would it be correct to addSeSS his widow as
Mrs. John Smith, or for her to write Mrs.
John Smiths compliments etc? Should it not
be Mrs. Ann SmIth-'Ann' being her baptis-
NAL name?
AnsWer:- Mrs. John Smith would still be the
lndy's address, and it would be somewhat
sharp reflection upon the memory of her de-
ceased husband were she in n fit of bad taste,
to adopt any other, without, at the same time,
adopting n matrimonial enterprise.
Query:-Will an oySter-Shell attached inside
to tea kettle attract the deposit usuully result
ing from boiling hard water, and which other
wise we have to imbibe with our tea, &C.? If
it does dot what will
AnSuer:-Water is called hard" when, in
passing through the earth, it becomes inpreg-
mated with mineral matters, usually the sulphate
and carbonate of lime. In boiling "hard" wa
ter, that portion which is driven off in steam
leaves its mineral matters behind, and they are
usually deposited in crust around the sides Of
the kettle. An oyester shell, it is said, aud even
child's marble, if placed in the kettle will at
tract the earthly PARTICLES TO itself, and thus pre-
vent the incrustation upon the vessel
Qucry:-W and b. are playing a game of
backgammon. w. has played off his men, with
the exception of five, which are placed as fol-
lows: Three on the ace point, one on the four
point, and one on the six point. When he (w.)
throws five deuce, B. bets he cannot take off
man and play the game correctly. Who is
right?
Ans,cer:-He can, by playing his man from
six point to four point, and taking off from that
point.
Qucry:-I am desirous of becoming posted
up the political history of the United States.
Recommend me to some work that will give me
history of the Constitution, from the formation
of our republican government to the present
time, including any important changes it may
have undergone.
Ansrcr:SRead ''The Constitution of the
United States" &c. by w. Hickey; published
in Philadelphia, 1852.
In answer to a question concerning the Apo
crypha, the following information is given:
The Apocrypha, in the Bible, explains itself.
1t states in the preface to those books that they
are not to be found in the Hebrew or the Cttal-
dee. The history Of the ApocryPha ends B T.
1875. The books were not in the Jewish canon,
but were received as canonical by the Catholic
Church, and adjudged by the Council of
Trent, held in 1915.
Query:-Suppose gentleman ofgreat wealth,
having only one child-a danghter-dicS sud-
denly, without will, and after his dcccaSe it is
proved that said daughter is an llegitiinate child
of deceased. To whom, in that case, would his
property fall, deceased having no other relatives
except in the second dcgree2
An&tcer:-All his property will go TO his heirs
at law. His illegitimatc daughter will inherit
nothing whatever. The deceased should have
provided for her before his death.
In answer to an inquiry about the term San
tique," this reply is made:
The term antique is applied to anything, al
most, belonging to antiquity. Properly speak
ing however, it is used to characteriSc the pro-
dGciions of the arts from the age of Alexander
to the time of the irruption of the Goths in
Italy A. ID. 400.
Here is a question and answer that is inval-
Alright. 1t is of piece with some remarks
which we made yesterday morning concerning
self improvement:
Ouery:-How should young man act who
wished to prepare himself for college, and
whose parents were too poor to let him go to
school, or engage teachers to learn him? am
in this situation. l received a letter from the
president of a college, and he said would have
first 10 learn Greek, Latin, and mathematics
can't learn them perfectly without teacher" :"
Ansaoer:-There is little that can be called
impossible to determined mind. Some of the
abiest men in the ranks of literature have been
indebted for their distinction to nothing but an
indomtnble will, steady perseverance, and
passionate love of knowledge. Commence as
they did, and If you are resolute and Industrious
YOU must succeed. 1t will cost but n few cents
to purchase second hand Latin grammar, aud
with patience you will soon master its contents
a Latin dictionary and the Latin classics may
he had at any book stall for very small sum.
When ablc to read Latin, commence the study
of Greek. Mathematics you may attempt, at
the same time, as n change. Begin with arith'
metic; proceed to algebra; then attack menSnrn-
ton, geometry, &C., in due order. Every step