The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-08-09

At the examination OF teachers last
Friday and Saturday there were "a ap-
plicants. s of whom received certificates,
as follows:
For Is months-George Aten and
Thomas S. Vaughn.
For IL months-W. D. Davis, A. G.
Harper. Joel c. Baker, John Doak, David
c. Lloyd and Joseph Ray.
The following are the questions used /:
oRTHocRAPHY.
Ricochet, Chesapeake. Hygiene. Super
sede. Illegible, Allegeable, Cutaneous,
EIysian. Technical. Capillary. Deceptible.
Crucible, Imbecile, Fsctitious, Pernicious,
Spontaneous. Plateau, Barrenness, Archi-
pelago, Bourgeois.
GRAMMAR.
/. What kinds of subjects or ante
cedents are singular, and what plural. in
construction
Why are intransitive verbs not used
in the passive voice2
8. Make a sentence in which as is used
as relative pronoun.
4. Write the plural of man-servant,
money. radius, folio, halo. hero.
5. What is Orthography ? 0rthoepy2
6. Write the feminine OF Earl, Car,
President. tutor, testator.
T. In final ed how do you distinguish G
short, and silent2
8. What is the last syllable OF q word
called the last but one2 the last but
two2
O. Make a sentence containing two
compound participles. one in each voice.
10 Parse-"Wh Whatever is is right" is
not true saying.
GEOGRAPHY.
/. What waters are connected, and
what countries are separated by the Bos-
phorus2
2. Over what space does the sun throw
vertical rsysH
3. What rivers flow into the Caspian
sea and what countries border on it2
4. Give the area, boundaries, popula-
zion. capitol. chief cities and rivers of
Ohio2
5. Name the countries bordering on
the Mediterranean Sea-
6 What city has no latitude2 What
places no Ion gitude7
7. What and where are Superior
Alaska. Vancouver, Cuba. Austria, Egypt,
Bothnia, Ceylon and Nile.
s. Name two rivers flowing into the
Baltic Sea-
9. On what waters would you sail from
London to Venice.
10. By what is the temperature of a
country affected2
ARITHMETIC.
l. A sold B horse for is more than
it cost, and B sold it for $50, losing 10 of
its cost; how much did A pay for the
horse2
2. If 30 yards of carpeting. ga of a
yard wide. will cover a certain floor, how
many yards | l-S yards wide will cover
it2
3. A merchant sold lot OF -four at
So 40 per barrel. and thereby gained 20
per cent. He afterwards sold another
lot of the same -four for S203, and there
by gained l6 per cent. How many bar
rels were there in the lot2
L. How much water must be mixed
with vinegar. worth 60 cents a gallon, to
make 90 gallons, worth so cents
gallon?
s. II / sell "a of an article for As of
its cost, what is the gain per cent?
6. What is the rate of discount on
greenbacks when gold stands at 1922
7. Divide $500 among persons, SO
that the second shall have "a as much
as the first, and the third l-2 as much as
the other two What is the share of
each 2
g. Two captains observed an eclipse Of
the moon. one seeing it at p NJ. and
the other at ll:30 P. NJ; what was their
difference in longitude?
9. A level lot OF land, 300 feet square,
has a wall 9 feet high surrounding it
W hat is the least hight from the ground,
over the center of the land. that man
may be placed SO that he may see an OBJ
ject on the ground. on the outside of the
wall and 20 feet distant from it, by look
ing directly over one corner2
10. | sold corn on a commission of 4
per cent. after investing the net pro-
ceeds in leather. commission l l-2 per
cent, my whole commission was s220;
what was the united value of the corn
and leatber1
Mrs. Ruff has closed out and discou-