Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03
Gbe stabeut's Bubget.
lie arning by study must be won;
Twas ne'er entailed from sire TO son."
rFFor long time we have been urgir

ell lie arning by study must De woni
: Twas ne'er entai lied from sire 10 son."
6FFor long time we have been urging
some of the School Teacher fraternity to
y contribute to depar tment in cur paper, to
/, be opened upon the reception of their pro-
4 ductions-whether problems in some branch
of mathematics, questions in any of the
sciences, or ideas briefly expressed upon any
appr opriate subject. We are glad to find
: a disposition on the part of few to take
advantage OF our offer. Although the first
contribution came from one who has lain
by the Teachers robes, yet we will look
for help from this class of persons also. We
open the department to every one who makes
| claim to being student: we mean 4 student
in the sroadest sense. We have only to say
in reference to this department, that it is
with pleasure we offer to those interested,
This opportunity of mutua profit and pleas
ure, and that we will labor 10 increase its
interests SO long as we are seconded in our
efforts by those particularly benefited, but
no longer. We have confidence in the few
who have CONNIE need the work, and have
70 misgivings as to the success of this de-
partment. We hope the matter may not be
slighted, neither by Teachers nor by schol-
ars.
ANSWER TO KS POLITICAL ENIGMA OF LAST
WEEK.
BUCHANAN stands at the head of the party |
DoUe LAS was once high in favor, but is
now at its foot.
BENNETT is its chief editor. A.,
Dough gives countenance to its Northern
members.
Goose was its watchword and test of
soundness in the West.
Slarery is its ralying cry throughout the
South Spoils arethe reward its mosl flit,ful
members. Unpaid labor enriches its leaders.
It's banner is cotton, eH.blazoned with nag
gers and stripes
1t gIories in its zeai to enslaue the weak
and oppressed.
To the Joy of good men its final triumph
will be glorousy rrested, and its far famed
power scattered before the onward march Of
the Republican party.
The name of this party is The Cuba Steal-
an9 Slavery Propaganda. J. E.
BEECH Hill, March ist, 1859.
OEWe also received correct answer to
this Enigma from 'J,' of Sewell>ville.
SOLUTION TO MATTHEW NATIONS ALGEBRAic
PROBLEM OF LAST WEEK.
Let X equal number of square rods in
each small square.
Then Xi plus 64X equal whole tract.
sXS equa what ne sold.
| X4 plus 6iX - SKA eqlal 1892 square
rods or 2ll A, 50 rods.
Adding GA to both members, we have
X - SKA plus 64X plus 81 equals 1886,
Extracting square root we have Xe - Ak
8 equal 1874. ~ s-4X equal 1872; whence
X equal l6 equal number of SOU IRE rods in
saalIer square, and Xi equal 6553G, square
rods in larger square, W. w.
MARTISsvlLLE, Ohio.
| BIOGRAPHICAL QUESTION.
i Suppose it were possible for man to
travel round the earth in~24 hours, starting
on Monday with the sun on the meridian.
and returning on Tuesday with the SUM-
Where in his journey would he first enter
| Tuesday!
l Answer next week. A. K.
ST.. CLAIRsvIuhE. Feb. 25th, '59.
ALGEBRAIC PROBLEM.
Some officers were in field with a de-
tschment. partly cavalry and partly infant
ry. Each officer had three times as many
cavalry and seven times as many infantry as
there were officers. Each cavalry soldier
has two more and each foot soldier % more
cartridges than there are rfficers. Tney all
together h 800 cartridges. How many
u officers we're there!
II ARrTHMETIcAL QUESTION.
u If when land is worth S46 As per acre,
a lot of land 35 rods long md "a rods wide
is given :or eight piles Of wood, each 4j
! feet long, feet high, and 4 feet wide, how
much oUgnt land 20 be worth an acre, when
8 lots, each 80 rods long. and % rous wide
are given for 81 piles OF wood, each 37t fee,
long, Al feet high, and feet wide. w.
i ALGEBRAIc PROBLEM.
Il A, b, c and d live at the four corners o
rectangle. The distance from A IS house
on the N. w. corner, tn the middle point
betw BIS on the N. Z. Corner, md C's
on the s. Z. corner is 80 rods. From B's
to the midd'e point between C's and DIS is
100 rods. What is the distance from AZ
| TO C'sl