Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-05-18
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4. A certain number multiplied
by 8, the product diminished by Q,
the difference divided by 6, and the
square root extracted out of the quo
tient gives 3, what is the number?
Sclve analytically.
5 A man buys a piece of land
l67 rods, Is links long, and l1s rods
and 20 links wide, and pays $25.O0
per acre; what does he pay?
6. A boy bought apples for one
cent, and as many apples for one
cent, he sold them for two cents
and thereby lost 20 cents; how
many of each kind did he buy? An
alyze.
7. How shall I mark a watch
which costs $4,000, so that / may de-
duct 20 per cent, on the marked
price, and yet make % per cent on
the cost?
8 A man invested 4 certain
amount of money and the gains there
of for three years. The first year he
gained 20 per cent. on his princi-
pal; the second year he gained 25
per cent. on principal and gain; the
third year he loses 20 per cent. on
the VIII Ole, and then has $4,000; how
much did he invest?
8. AT what rate must $l,25O be
loaned, to gain s143.5O in years, 3
months and IS days?
10. A buys a cask of brandy of
so gallons, at $3.50 per gallon. If
7 gallons leak out, how must ne sell
the remainder per gallon, to gain 37aa
per cent. on the cost?
GRAMMAR
/. What is voice, mood, and tense
in grammar?
2. Write sentence containing a
relative pronoun in the objective
case; tell what kind of a sentence it
is, and parse nouns and verbs.
3. Write six simple sentences
about articles in the room. Com
bine them into one simple sentence,
and parse the connectives.
4. Give signs and auxiliaries of
the lenses in each mood.
5. Give voice, mood, tense, per-
son, and number of the verbs in the
following sentence: ''The house,
when it is finished, will have cost a
fortune"
6. How is the passive voice form
ed? Give a sentence with a verb in
the active voice; change the verb to
passive voice, progressive form.
I. Give diagram of the verb
and noun. Let this diagram be
complete outline of classification and
properties.
s. Expand the following simple
sentence into compound and complex
sentences:
"The sea, having spent its fury,
became calm"
Place one line under the qualify
ing clause, and double lines under
the principal statement.
8. Analyze the following senten-
ces and parse the words in italics:
"The ancient Russians believed
that their mountains encompaS5ed
the world"
"They desired him to Co."
10. Put the following expressions
into the possessive form:
The bonnets of the girls.
The church of ST. Marks.
The house of Mr.. Jacobs.
Write the following singular pos
sessivess in the plural form:
The horses teeth.
The gentleman's umbrella.
The hero's harp.
The wife's bonnet
IL. Give all the rules for the
nominative case of a noun and pro-
noun.
u. Write the following in prose
form, and parse the words in italics:
"Yct few days, and Mee,
The all beholding sun, shall see no more
In all his course; nor yet in the cold
ground,
Where the pale form is laid with many
tears,
Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist
Thy image"
l3. illustrate the use of quotation
marks, and give other grammatical
and rhetorical signs used in writing.
IA. On the following heads
write paragraphs such as you read in
the "locals" of the newspapers, CIV
ing attention to punctuation and cap
ital letters:
RUNAwAY.-A horse attached to
Peter York's express wagon
BURGLAR1Es.-Scarcely q night
passes without attempts
RESERVED seats for
RAILROAD AccIDENT.-Ycsterday
rs the cars
MARRIED.
Is. Analyze the following SEN
tence, and parse the words in italics:
"His being scholar did not pre-
vent HIM being rascal"
PHYSIOLOGY.
l. Name and locate two of the
longest bones in the human system
2. What membrane envelopes
the bones? What the joints? Name
the fluid which lubricates the joints
3. BY what are the bones of the
joints tipped, and why?
4. Give the classification of the
joints, and the different motions
which may be produced.
5. Give the name and number of
bones in the spinal column, and the
important organ which they inclose.
6. Name the salivary glands.
their use, and any common disease
affecting one class of them.
I. BY what process is the waste
of the system repaired?
s. What gives the blood its red
color? Average temperature of the
blood?
0. Average amount of blood in
pounds or gallons In the system, and
what time is required to make one
circuit?
10. Give amy rules of Hygiene
which bear on the formation and
healthful circulation of the blood.
IL. What is your opinion of ex-
eroise, rest study and sleep, immed-