Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-03-31

QuEsrIoxs AND ANswEns.-In Noahs Tines
and Messenger of this week, we find the follow
ing questions and answers:
In answer to some inquiries about the reading
of a well known passage in Shakespeare. we
find the following: :,
The passage in Macbeth" is rendered oy mr.
Chang gu. cur baane-,i On the outward walls
The cry Is still. They comet.
Mr.. Macready reads the passage:
Hang ont banners! t.sH's) On the 0"t'sa'd walls
1t has been spoken thus by histrOnic emenda'
The eryis still They come"
But, to our mind, the proper reading is tn
common oIe.
In answer to an inquiry concerning cnsmcti
agents, &C., the following answer is made:
"Powler's solution" IS the preparation of a
scnrc employed,by ladicS, in Europe, to bcautifs
their complexion. Arsenic is ''cumulauV
posion' though, it should be remembered; an
hence instead of passing out of the system, frt
quently remains and aggregates until, tout
coup, tho mass operntes with an activity tn.
produces death. Arsenic is frequently give
clandeStinely to horses, to bestow on them TIL
appearance of health, strength, and good cond
ton. Men and women sometimes use it, despli
the danger, by commencing with a fraction oil .
grain daily, and gradually increasing the dos
They grow plump, bright.eyed, roSy-cheeke'-
and keen intellected; but the moment the
cease to augment the daily quantum, sufferin
and retrograde physical action occur, even II {
sudden dissolution does not anticipate such I
calamity.
young man who has "seyen hundred /
year" wishes advice about the propriety OF HI
entering into matrimony and is answered,
Yes; we would advise you to marry, if 20
have seven hundred year-provided you al
upwards of twenty-five years of age, sobe'
steady, and love woman whose affection
equal to yonr own, and who is willing and ab
to do her duty as housewife, comforter, al
assistant counsellor
The language of 'Rings" for the thousandtt
time, we see thus explained.
a lady usually "wears an engagement ring
on the second finger of her left hand. If de-
rous of being understood as disengaged, 81
wears it "a hoop, or diamond) on the first fiji
ger. If she wear it on the fourth finger, she j.
supposed to manifest, by it, her indisposition
indulge in wedlock. The same rule (any kin
of ring being UNDERSTOOD applies to gentleme,
If any of our readers are in quandary abot
paying philopana the following, perhaps, wi
be of service.
Suitable" gift to young lady who hi
won a philop@na will depend somewhat on you,
pecuniary ability, on her position in life, ond
your mutual intimacy. a gold pencil, gol
lIlitluIe, OF u CHOlCe IaIl, "Ouiu oe All cShioiuo
of proper taste and delicacy, on your part
Concerning that Brahma poem in the first Q
second number ofthe atlantic Aontdly-whic
no body could understand until John Phoeni
explained it as referring to the Fright" an
"Left" in Euchre, we find the following:
"Brahma, - the poem alluded to, was suppose
to have been written by Emerson. The poet
is magnatical, but not San enigma" since
evidently was not designed Us u puzzle, but Il.
| a mystic allegory.
That word "imaginaticap used by the editc
strikes us as being as Bramnicai as Brahin
itself
Attention young married boarders to this:
young married couple can live not onl
more economically, but more happily and com
| fortably, by excepting house. than by boarding
| if the bride understands the mysteries of IL
household, and has desire to become expe
~ experience. Such connie. if moderate
their views, might live respectfully on almo
any sum between six and twelve dollars pt
week. All would depend upon their taste,
habits, and especially upon their pride.
Says the editor:
There is no state in the Union, and no coun
try in the world, which within our reinem
brance, has abolished capital punishment.
There is within ours. Michigan for instance
Will this answer come up to the readers def
milton of man?
According to the tcncts of chemistry, imam
is forty-fiye pounds of carbon and nitrogen diff
fused through five and half pals full of water.
The description is not very fattering to the
amour propre. Pluto pronounced San
animal without feathers" but the sight OF =
plucked chicken destroyed his definition. Man,
in fact, is an animal that cooks his food. How
will that suit you, Homo2
flor the wheeling 1nteliigeneer.l
SnIxsroN, Va, March %, 1859.
Hessrs. Editors:-In the communication pub
lished short time ago in the "lntelligencer,' y
signed can of Us" there aupears the following