Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-07-11

tics, against all dSSGltGatS at home and
abroad"
Noble words! Let them be the motto
of every loyal man. in these turbulent
and stirring times.
EXAMINATION OF. TEACHERS
The following questions were pro-
pounded for written answers at the Ex-
animation of Teachers, held at Pomeroy,
on the 9TH inst:
GEOGRAPHY.
I. Why in our latitude are days
shorter in winter than in summer?
2. Two persons start the same day at
sun rise; one travels east, the other
west, at the same rate per hour, at sun
set which has gone the greater dis
tanee2 Why?
3. Describe the Great Kanawha and
James rivers.
d. Bound the United States Give
! the number of States and Territories
and population.
S. Bound and give the capital Of
New Jersey.
8. Name the Divisions of South Amer
Tea ana their capitals.
z. Name the divisions of Oceanica,
and give the principal islands in each.
s. Which course would you take and
on what waters would you sail on yoy-
age from Pomeroy to Constantinople.
g. Bound Hindoostan, give its CAPT
tai and largest two rivers.
| 10. Where are the Red, Kong, and
| the Himalaya mountains?
GRAMMAR.
1. What is the basis of the English
Language, and from what other Lam
guages are words, in it, derived?
Name and define the lenses Of the
indicative mode.
3s Write the pessessive, singular and
plural of horse, mouse, OK, james, it
and staff
4. "The foes of our liberty fight in
vain By what are the words in italics
modf6ed2
.sTell me ,ohat whot is?' Aualyze
the sentence and parse the words in
italics.
6.s"Take what belongs to you.'-
Parse all the words.
z. 81 knew it was him, which | saw. !"
Correct if necessary, aud analyze.
8. sHaving traceled long aoay on
foot, he was tired" Parse the words
in italics.
| Sc njugate the verbs s'set" and
''sit,' in the infnitive and -partieipal
modes.
TO- aNathan said unto David, thou
art the man." Analyze the sentence.
ARITHMETIC.
1. Express all the signs used in Arith-
metic to indicate operations or relations,
and specify their uses.
| 2. How many values has every figure,
andwhat are they?
8. On what does the value of the
quotieut depend? How may its value
be changed?
A. What is the greatest common di-
visor, and what the least common null
tiple of two or more numbers?
S. What is the present worth of S415,
due year and 1 months hence, when
money is worth s per cent. per annum?
6. Divide S115 between three persons,
so that the parts shall be to each other
as one third, one-fourth, and three
eights..
Z. IF three-eights of a steamboat is.
worth $3.50, what is eleven sixteenths
worth? Solutions by Analysis, to be
written in full.
8. What is the square root of 4.096?
Why do you double the first figure of
the root for a trial divisor?
O. A and B together can dig trench
in 20 days; A can dig it alone in 81
days; in what time can B dig it, work
ing alone? By Analysis.
10. Divide Il by q, and to the quo
tient add the quotient of d divided
by 81
grT The work must accompany each
answer.
An Incident of the Battle of the Forts.
Captain Boggs, of the Varuna, tells
story ola brave boy was on board his
boat during the bombardment of the forts
on the Mississippi river. The lad, who
answers to the name of Oscar, is but
thirteen years of age, but he has an
old head on his shoulders, and is alert
and energetic. During the hottest of
the fire he was busily engaged in pass
ing ammunition to the gunners, and
narrowly escaped death when one of the
terrific broadsides of the ,Varuna' S rebel
antagonist was poured in. Covered
with dirt and begrimmed with powder,
he was met by Captain Boggs, who
asked "where he was going in such a
hurry?' ''To get a passing-box, sir
the other one was smashed by a ball!''
And SO, throughout the fight, the brave.
boy held his place and did his duty.
When the, Varuna went down Captain
Boggs missed the boy, and thought he
was among the victims Of the battle
Buta few minutes afterward he saw the
lad gallantly swimming toward the
wreck. Gambering on board of Cap
tain Roggs boat he threw his hand up
to his forehead, giving the usual salute,
and attering only the words, "All right,
sir! | report myself on hoarl' passed
cooHy to his station So young a lad,
so brave and cool in danger, will make
himself known as years go over his
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