The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
From Noah's Times and Messenger.

| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
From Nouh's Times and Messenger.
O., am young man twenty-one
wears Of age, and have 1000. Give
! me your opinion as to my going West
| and investing my money In farm? l
have not any knoWledge OF farming. II
you think 1t would be advisable for me
to go West, what part would be best to
| settle in7
A. II you will take our advice, you
will not attempt farming if not &C
ouainted with it. You are certain to
lose your money no matter now you IN
| vest it, unless you refuse to be govern
| ed by your own inexperienced ideas
and submit to the Judgment of some
| older person who has seen the world
| and become familiar with its rascal
| ties. In our opinion, your best plan Is
to put away fifteen thousand dollars
| out of the twenty in such manner
that you cannot get at anything but the
interest on it for the next five years.
| The remaining S., 600 would be sum-
Gent for you to hazard in anything at
present, for you are pretty sure to get
rid OF it expeditiously. 1fyou go West
at all, go to Minnesota. It is healthy,
promising, and inviting. Live there II
year or two before you invest dollar
| in land, By that time you will be able
| to form decent judgment on the sub
| ieot. Then, if you choose, invest 50, 600,
and wait three years, at least, before
Won invest more.
@, twill you tell mo why they speak
| of this as the nineteenth century, when
| it is only 1862"
A, Eighteen Christian centuries hav-
| ing passed away whom the year "A. d.
| 1900 was concluded, the nineteenth CEN
fury is cOnventiOnAlly considered to
| have begun with A. d. 1901.
@. ~ would like to know why Venice
has so many canals, and il they are In
the place of streets? Tell me as sue
cinctly as you can all about it,"
A. The following-which we clipped
the other day from u jourual-will give
YOU, i'll concise form, pretty exact
notion of what you want to ascertain:
"VculCe is built on III islands. The
Grand Canal WAS cut over the flats and
makes the COrSO of the city, or the
grand boulevard of Venice. 1t cuts the
city into two equal parts and is serpen-
| tine in its course. From these start out
| a great number ofsmaller canals, which
correspond TO streets in other cities.
There are $50 small canals-add to these
small roads or streets of the city, and
| the whole amount to 2,43O. Religious
| lV, Venice is divided into 80 parishes,
with 100 churches. There are over 200
squares. The churches and palaces are
built on piles which number many mil
lions, the canals are crossed by 400
| bridges.
@. Do please tell me if we old people
are 10 be snubbed and set down as ig-
nornmuses by the present generation
because we differ rs to the pronuncla-
ton of words? Also, is it not much
more polite to avoid correcting senior
who errs in pronouncing proper names?
! Is Iago always pronounced as have
heard it recently--E. go?
A. Yes; 1t Is an italian name, and is
| correctly pronounced as If the were a
| 40 In Iio11
such q vowel as we fad in the word
| father" Some pronounce it, therefore,
uqr-go, and some ee-GT-go-of course
without vibrating the sound of "r." 1t
is not polite for young people to correct
even the erroneous pronunciation OF
| their elders. They should have more
respect for age. But Young America
seems to be born almost destitute ofthe
bump of reverence, and boys of fifteen
assume to know more than men OF fifty.
@. Is there any good mixture that
YOU know Of to put on the eyebrows?
OF course you know that we ladles are
never satisfied with the way In which
nature arranges for US that important
| feature.
A, Well, Miss Charlotte, we do not
pretend to be familiar with all the little
eccentricities of the fair sex, but We
have our natural distrust occasionally
on certain points. AS for your eye
| broWs, we met with the following re-
cipe for a lotion the other day, in the
| escritoire of a lady of taste, and we
| fancy that it must therefore be excel"
| lent for its purpose. Sulphate OF quiz
| nine five grains and alcohol one ounce.
| Put this lotion on the brow with piece
of linen, night and morning, and the
result will be, after time, more hlr-
| suite appearance.
@. twill you please give my wife a
recipe for the destruction OF little in
sect believe they call pismire. They
crawl into the sugar bowl and are now
spreading and getting into everything
| in the house. We live in the country
and suppose it to be necessity OF
| country life to be thus troubled"
| A. The pismire is usually called an
| ant in this country, and is very dlh-
| cult to expel from house when it once
effects a lodgment. sFhe only way Is to
| pursue the ants remorselessly to their
nests and drop quicklime therein, or
some water with which spirits OF cam
phor has been mixed, or some tobacco
| water. Ants are averse to all strong
scents. Camphor will keep them out
of cupboard, and SO will kerosote on
a piece OF sponge.
q. Inform me Of what substance
meerschaum pipes are NADER
| A. The pipes are made of a mineral
called meerschaum, composed of silica,
magnesia, and water. The German
| words nicer NSeu auu SCHuuHE NlOaLu J
| we're used to give thi9 mineral name,
because 1t. was originally found in
snow-white Jumps on the seashore, and
ignorantly imagined to be the Petrifed
| froth of the sea.
Q. Tell us who it was that said ''party
principles were the loaves and fishes,
and that public plumber held party
together"
a. 1t was John Randolph, Of RoanEe,
who said in days long by, principles,
sir, the principles of the party are seven
the tive loaves and the two fishes,
"The party of the Administrations salu
Calhoun, on later occasion, ~ am
warned, is cohesive party. So 1t IS,
Mr.. President; for it is held together by
the cohesive power o: the public PUN
der"
O. Inform us who is the author ofthe
following, and where it occurs'
Though lost to sight, to memory dear
A. 1t has no known author. Its an
old.tlme sentiment.