The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-25
Questions and Answers.

| 0.-'fleAS9 ASSlSL WIFI your
knowledge of human nature to get over
a failing in me which cannot seem to
master in any manner can think my
self. belong to a debating society,
and can get off what l wish to say al
most as rapidly as I please; but when I
ris o to repeat it In the debating room, l
am utterly incapable of uttering dis
tinct word. My heart, and it seems to
me everything else, comes right up in
my throat, and can't speak word. 1
can talk we'll enough in private, but
when come to speak in any kind of a
meeting I get so choked up that can
not say two words. am thirty years
ing by mixing all 1 could In public
meetings; but am afraid must give
up in despair, unless you give me some
remedy"
A.-The only remedy for your unfor-
tunate falling (for 1t rs an unfortunate
one for you) is to fight against your
"stage- fright" as they call it in the
theatre, until you conquer. We have
known many such instances in our
life, some of them very remarkable in-
deed, but we have never known an in
stance OF the kind that was not cured
at last by courage and perseverance.
Content yourself with rising and say
ing, at first, but q few words at time.
Little by little increase the extent of
your remarks. In this manner you will,
in time, get accustomed to crowd and
address it with as much ease as an in
dividual.
Q.-Is it advisable, in your judgment,
for young man with no prospects be-
| fore him but those that hard exertio MS
and difficult trials may gain, and with
out any education but what no may
learn after the duties of the day are
over, and studying the ways of the
world, to think Of marrying (or trying
to get married TOY young lady whose
parents are we'll off in the world, and
whose education and ideas received all
the polish boarding school can fur
nish7 Think my advances are received
favorably by her.
Ave incline to think that 1t would
be more advantageous to you than to
the lady. II her parents are willing,
however, and the lady ditto, we can see
no valid objection to your suit.
| Q.-DeCide the pronunciation OF the
Latin words 'habeas' and 'nihil.' May
1 say with equal correctness 'habeas,'
the q long, as III hate, and 'habeas, the
q short. as in hat?
A.-The one Is pronounced la -be-as,
with the first q as in "hate;D the other
is pronounced as spelt, ni-(the as in
"fne"O .hil.
O,-Who is responsible tor moneys
deposited in savings banks2 Does the
depositor stand any risk OF losing his
money?
A.SThe savings bank itself-thnt is,
the gentlemen who legally represent
the institution. None whatever if the
| bank is n sound one and conducted on
sound principles, as We believe most of
them are.
Q.-Can you tell me how the word
Santa Claus originated have looked
i'm Webster and several Encyclopedias,
and find nothing in regard to 1t. Give
me what information yOn can,
| Ave have searched in vain, like
yourself, for the same information.--
| The names of Santa Claus and Kris
| Kiuple have been familiar to our ears
since childhood, but we could never
learn anything reliable of their origin.
Q.-Is not the word creole very gen
erally misused and misunderstood
Does it not mean native Americans
(north and south) of European descent?
A.-The word is very generally mis-
used. A "creole," properly speaking
is one born in the country but not a
native of it. 1t IL correctly applied,
however, to persons born in Louisiana
and OF pure European blood. as dtstin-
guished from Immigrant Europeans
and the offspring of mixed blood. Bra
lillian creoles call themselves Brasil
eros.
O.-"Did yon ever hear of the Bid
den d err Maids p Who were they and
what? 1 think Biddenden is small
village in England"
A.-The Biddenden-Maidsw were some
thing like the present Siamese Twins:
! They were two unmarried sisters named
Mary and Elizabeth Chulkhurst, born
at Biddenden, in HOO, and Joined to-
gether, as tradition states, by the
Shoulders and hips. They lived for
thirty. four years. when the one died,
and the other, persisting in refusal TO
be separated from the corpse of her
| nfa 6nI cf~ 81 ftpF- Thew
are said to have left twenty acres OF
land, called "Bread and Cheese Land, "
where, on the afternoon OF Easter sum
day, six hundred rolls are distributed
| to strangers, and two hundred ana sew
enty loaves, weighing three pounds
and a half each, with cheese in proper
ton, are given to the poor of the parish
the expenses being betrayed by the
rental of the land. Halstead, In his
| "History of Kent" rejects this story as
| fabulous, so far as 1t relates to the
Chulkhurst sisters, and asserts that the
| "Bfead and Cheese Land" was left by
two maiden ladies by the name of
Preston.
O.-"Who was Captain Marryatt, the
novelist? Was he really sea captain Z
What was his nativity, and when and
where did he die?
A.-Captain Frederick Marryatt was
an English sailor and novelist, the son
born in London in 1892. He entered the
navy as a midshipman under Lord
| Cochrane, attained his lieutenancy in
1912, and was made commander In 1915.
| While afloat he saw much active service
exhibited great personal bravery, and
was made G. B. in 1915. BE died
August 2, 1S48.
Q'-Do you deem Pacific Railroad
bonds equally as safe an Investment as
government bonds7
A.-There cannot be much difference.
Q-"Adjoining me is a livery stable,
with a wall OF theirs, (say fifteen feet
high, dividing and running the depth
OF the lot,) through which they have
knocked, AZ they term, air holes over
looking my premises. Inform me II
can, by law, compel them to close
them 2"
A.-You cannot compel them to do it
unless you can prove 1t to be public
nuisance but you can build another
wall on your own property which DAt
practically close the oritices in question.
| Q.-Can you give me certain cure
for pimples on the face?
A.-The eruption you complain OF ls
seen on the faces of many young per-
sons of both sexes, but is seldom seen
after the age of thirty years. While the
system is maturing, and the social I'M
pulses are strong, there seems to be
| tendency to pimples on the face. we
fancy, however, If persons were to live
Just right, pimples would not appear.
The eruption sometimes becomes black
at the head, and when squeezed emlts
what is called q grub. or maggot' put
which is, in fact, only t hlckeneo lSt'y
secretion, without life. AS TINS occurs
on the faces of people especially Wnen
| IoOLr fair and beRntifUl, 1t