Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-01
Questions ana Ans1vers.

lCompilcd from Soah's Times and Messenger of this
week.
>Q"ery:-When is it the hculthicst time
of the year to go to Texas?
11nsper:-ln the autumn-say in No
vember. To go earlier is to hazard an at
tack of congestive fever.
QWery:-Is tia good place for a Young
man to go into the mercantile business?
44n&'0er:-That depends entirely upon
his enterprise, activity, sagacity, business
habits, and capital. 1t is impossible to
lay down a rule to suit all men.
To " question concerning the Coustitu-
ton of Great Britain, the following an
swer is made:
Great Britain has no written '.Constitu-
ton" The ':British Constitution, )" of
which orators speak so vauntingly, is a
metaphoric combination of the liberal
laws, customs, &C., en- masse, ofsthat cele-
brated empire. .---'---'@-------s- = '-f
Query:-How do you pronounce "Com
me il taut" and eau courant," and what
do they mean?
-1mswer:-As if spelt Kom-e.fo and O.
koo-rong, las nearly as we can depict it in
English.) Anything "comme il faut" is
understood to be refined, elegant, proper,
rs it should be. A person "au courant''
is one who is fully posted upon subject.
The following is nm answer to qucs-
tion about wine:
The line you quote
'The conscious waters their God, and bluslled'
was written by Addison The invention
of wine is ascribcd to Noah. The art of
making wine from rice is attributed, by
the Chinese, to their king, Ching Nonng,
about 1898 B. G. Wine was sold in Eng
land hY Irin ;u1 So 4
1900. In "A. D. 400 the price of wine
was twelve shillings pipe.
Q~ery:-Cun you tell me where the quo
tatiou-
$50 this complexion do wa come at last"
or something like it, is from?
-1nsrer:-There is no such quotation
1t is vulgar corruption of Hamlets re-
mark on Yorick's skull-viz.: snow get
you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favor she
must come; make her laugh at that"
Que1y:-Whatdo does ''Dundcr and bitten"
mean?
Answer:-Thundcr and lightning.
Relative sizes of some of the great
vessels is given rs follows:
The Great Eastern is 692 feet long; the
Persia is 800; the Adriatic is 254; the Van
dcrbilt is 335.
Qucry:-I am in my thity-fifth year,
with faculties unimpaired, | received a
limited education in my youth, and my
occupation heretofore has employed the
whole of my time. l could now, if l
thought could make any progress, devote
a year or two to self-improvcment Do
you think at my age could make any
proficiency in study, gymnastic exercises.
music, &c?
1nSorer:-Just us we'll ms you ever could
in the earlier part of your life Indeed,
if you have industry and perseverance,
you have arrived at period in-which you
may acquire knowledge with celebrity and
substantiability you never could have real
lied before.
Query:-A distant relative of mine has
occupied my company for long time; but
of late he goes off alone, or with some
young men, and when at home he talks
about this and that pretty girl. He takes
me no placc-does not ask me to GO with
him anywhere; and when I receive a note
from young man, or nm asked to go to
some place of amusement, he gets angry,
and declares he will leave the.house He
takes all my Valentines and all the pres
ents that he gave me, and destroys them
What is best for me to do?
dnswer:-Do us he does-that is, get up
a violent Irritation with some other gem
tleman. That will bring him to proper
consciousness of his own impropriety of
couduct. If he loves you he will remon-
strate, and a reconciliation will make all
right; if he don't, be will leave you, and
the sooner the better for your own bappi-
ness.
Queyy:-Did New York send more than
thirty-tive delegates to the Charleston or
Baltimore Convention? Was she entitled
to more than thirty-fne2 Atsany ballot.
did New York cast half-vote? Explain
how those half-votes were cast?
Answer:-Ench State sends to such
convention double the number of delegates
entitled to vote. Each two is counted one,
cnr the vote of ona' delcpa to counts n half