The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-04-11


4 At the examination last Friday al
4 Saturday there were 60 applicants. IS r
: whom received certificates. as follows:
a For twenty-four months - Stephel
Morgan, John Warren.
For eighteen months-J +. Kinnison
Maggie J. Jones, J. II Wood. J X Stew
art. Mollie Burke. A. L. Robbins, Lizzi,
Trago, w. T. Morgan.
For twelve mouths-J. NJ. Shaner, J
c. Baxter. Cornelia Rhodes. f. L Rich
ards, w. J. Dempsey. Jennie Reynish, J
n. Jones, Jeremiah Tyler, Jane J. Jones
Ruth NJ. Kitterick, Eugene c. Wallace
J. y. Dever, Nellie Messenger. A NJ
Welch, Geo. B. Gray, Joshua Thomas, j
NJ Lively.
For six months-Efie J. Elliott. Flora
NJ Coyle, Clara McKinniss, Hugh Barn
hill, Phebe McKitterick, Richard Rand,
Fanny Hoop. Alice Heller.
The following are the questions:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Bivouac. cellular, cynical, centiped
Mirage, chicory, vignette. prescious,
pomace, erasable, caoutchouc, deleble'
gneiss. connoisseur, parvenu. schottische,
alibi canon, fricassee, Britannia.
GRAMMAR
!. What is a copula
2 How are sentences contracted2
3. Form a sentence with plural pro
noun representing both genders.
4 What is an ininItiye, and what does
il represent
5. What is Ellipsis-Pleonasm-F
ure2
How is a verb in the active voice
changed into the passive2
I. What are aspirates - subvocals-
mutes2
s. What does perfect rhyme require?
Q. What is the normal, the abnormal,
and the idiomatic use Of word
10. In what cases must a verb be in
the singular. and in what cases must it
be in the plural
GEOGRAPHY.
/. What proofs can you give that the
earth j. round
? At what height above the sea level
does the snow never melt2
g. Name the most Northern, Southern.
Eastern and Western Capes of North
America.
f. What and where are the Cordilleras2
s. Locate the Volcanoes and loitiest
Mountains Of Mexico.
G. What three distinct chains of Is
lands constitute the West Indies?
Z. What and where are the Llanos.
Silvas. and the Pampas
s Name and locate the capital i'm
portant seaports, and inland cities OF the |
German Empire.
9. By what waters would you go from |
Consiantinople to Venice?
10. Explsin why the suns rays fall up |
on the North side of a house. built due
East and west. in this latitude, morning |
and evening during summer months2
ARITHMETIC
l. A. and B. have the same annual in
come; A. saves 2-5 Of his B spends 5000
more annually than A, and at the end
of years is in debt $3.50; how much does
A. spend in years?
? A captain at sea finds by chronome-
Ter that it is 8 h. 40 min. and 30 sec. P.
VI. at Greenwich, when it is b. 10 min.
IS sec. by solar time on board his ship;
n what longitude is he2
3. What is the area of a right angled
riangle if its hypothenuse is 40 #. and
he other two sides are equal2
f. A. B AMI C have a joint capital
took Of $27 ,OOG neither withdraws from
he firm, and when they dissolved. A.
rad 1000, B. 10000, and C. sl2,OOOi
What sum did each contribute?
s. A Bankrupts estate is worth $l6-
100. his debts are s47 500. the assignee
'harges per cent what is paid on the
lollar. and what does B. get, whose
.laim is 80 $50?
6. Find the present worth and true
liscouut of 81 22l for 10 mon. at II per
.ent.
.. A. ana b. perform together S-lO OF
piece of work in two days; when B
eaving A completes it in J day; in what
ime can each do il alone2
8. The area OF right cone. not inclu-
ling the area of it's base, is lSO9j.6l6
quare inches; the diameter OF its base
'eing As inches; what is its slant height?
9 If Is men can do as much work a.
20 women, and s women can do as much
work as 10 boys. how many men can do
IS much work as 80 boys?
10 A bought 20 pieces of cloth. giving
or the first 81. and for the last $40;
be prices Of the pieces form an arith-
netical series; how much did the cloth
ost7