The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-09-12

to be used for the benefit of the orphan
children Of Jackson county.
During our recent little excursions in
this county we find many quite old per
sons still living. At Oak Hill we met an
old neighbor, John Hughes. He is 81
years of age, and came from Wales to
Jefferson township 40 years ago.
At Keystone we saw John S. Stephen.
son, who served as justice of the peace
many years in Jefferson township be.
tween thirty and forty years ago. He is
now Is years of age. We also met Enoch
RUSSELL who resides near the Furnace.
He is 78 years of age, and has resided in
this county IA years. We met John
McCray, who is S4 years of age. When
we can first remember-now more than
SO years ago, he was married man.
On Saturday W. G. Benson handed us
the following:
Sylvanus Benson and Elizabeth Larned
were married in Bradford county, Penn,
on the 18th of Nov, 1924. Reside in
Jackson township jackson county, Ohio
At the examination last week there
were % applicants, only 10 of whom
received certificates, as follows:
"a months-George w. Fry.
Is months-Columbu Weed.
IL months-George H. Moore, George
w johnson, Evan W. Davis, William R.
Perry William A. Hunter and Silas W.
Lake.
onths-Thomas L. Lloyd and Thos.
E. Jones
The following are the questions:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Blamable, Peaceable, Allege, Porridge,
Vestige, Hemorrhage, Tmesis, Gnomon,
Xerxes, Frankincense, Quiescence, Quint-
essence, Colossus. Iceberg, Icefoe, Sc
raglio, Chandelier. Palfrey, Judgment,
Nacre
GRAMMAR.
Wher two or more subjects are of diff
erent persons or numbers. with which
must the verb agree?
Where should noun or pronoun be
placed which is the object of two prepo-
sitions, or of proposition and a transi-
tive verb?
When should the apostrophe be omit
ted in the use of noun in the posses
sive case?
When is as a relative pronoun. and
when it is such, by what words is it pre-
ceded?
What adjectives may precede the arti-
Gle?
What parts of speech may be the at
tribute of the subject of proposition?
What kinds of intransitive verbs may
be followed by the objective case2
Of what person, number and gender
must pronoun be, whose antecedent is
a sentence, a phrase, or a word used
merely as such?
Name all the instances in which two or
more singular antecedents should be rep
resented by singular pronoun.
Name all the uses of at, and give exam
Piles.
ARITHMETIC.
l. What will be the cost of plank II
ICCb loHSp leSI Wlu0 anu 4 lG6G GQlCk,
when lumber is worth $3.50 per 100 feet
2. What must l ask for cloth costing
81 yard that may deduct 20 per cent
from my asking price and still make 20
per cent.
3. l purchased farm and stock for
$4,000, the cost of the stock was the cost
of the farm, plus the difference between
the cost of the farm and stock how much
did each cost2
4. A field is 81 times as long as it is
wide, and contains 224 acres; what are
its dimensions?
5, AS money is to B s as is to II, but
if each should receive SO, then AS will
be to BIS as to 7; how much has each?
6. A owes of BIS income, but by saw
ing 7-45 of BIS income annually, he can
pay his debt in years, and have $50 left;
what is BIS income?
7. A is 1902 west longitude, and B is
1852 east longitude, when it is 10 o'clock
a. m. at A, what is the time at B?
s. Two trees on level ground, stand 40
feet apart; the height of one is to the
distance between them as is to 2, and
the distance between them is to the
height of the other as to 9; what is the
distance between their tops2
9. A man bequeaths 1915 to A; s245O to
B; $6035 to G., if the estate yields only
$3.50, what will each get2
TO- sold an article at 20 per cent gain
had it cost me $500 more l would have
lost 20 per cent find the cost.
GEOGRAPHY.
l. What two classes of islands, and
what proportion Of the land surface ofthe
globe consists of islands?
2. What minerals are found in Austria
liza, and to whom does the island belong?