The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-13

John G. Whittier.
At the examination of applicants for
certificates last week, there were Al ap-
plicants, of whom IS received certificates,
as follows:
For "a months-John F. Shook.
For IS months-Luther M. Weed.
For 70 months-Jeremiah Tyler, Hugh
Barnhill, Lin E. McClung David Hunsin-
ger, Clara Harper, ArthurC. Harper, Ed
ward NJ. Smith Thomas j. Davis, Daniel
W. Williams, Joseph j. Jones, David j.
Reynish.
For months-Enoch S. Thomas, Lau-
ra Cherington, Evan D. Davis, Bril-
Hughes, Daniel W. Shook.
The following questions were used:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Cassia, Aguish, Roguish, Enginery,
Militia, Luscious, Prescious, Fledgeling,
Cleaving, Avalanche, Blanch, Jagged, La
riat, Mercurial, Funereal, Compelled Bar
relied, Reftting, Buffeting Deliquescence.
ARITHMETIC.
l. If3 of number be subtracted from
of the number, the remainder will be
less than Is the number, what is the
number?
2. A watch, which cost me $50, l sold
for $35, on a credit of months, what did
I gain by the transaction, rate per cent.
being 6 ?
3. A buys sugar at certain price per
pound avoirdupois and sells it at the
same price per pound troy, what per
cent. does he make?
4. What must gold sell for that an in
vestment in 5-20's, at 100, may yield 8
per cent. interest on the investment?
5. How many shares on which $l8
have been paid in, will 50 900 buy, at $50
per cent. premium
g. A man left 81 600 to his three sons
to the first, 81 600 more than the second
to the second 5000 more than the third
what was the share of each ?
7. A rectangular farm at $22 per acre,
cost 81 $50; 500 rods of fence inclosed it,
What is the length and breadth of the
farm?
s. If of the gain equals 1-5 of the
selling price, for how much must 133 yds.
of cloth be sold that cost SIS per yard ?
9. If an article lose by wastage, and
the remainder be sold for so per cent
profit, what is the gain per cent on cost2
TO- A township is l J times as long as it
is wide, and contains 24,000 acres; what
are its dimensions in miles
GRAMMAR
l. What is an elementary sound
2. Define a diphthong, name all the
diphthongs, and all the diphthongal
sounds.
3. Define trigraph, and name all the
trigraphs.
4. How is the possessive sign used in
series of terms?
5 What is an indirect object?
6. When monosyllabic and polysyllabic
adjectives come together, what is their
proper order and how are they all COM
pared?
7. OF what pronoun is the English
language destitute, and what substitute
for it has good usage sanctioned =?
8. State clearly the difference between
a relative and personal pronoun.
9. Name all the parts of speech that
are used as Independent elements.
TO- (Parse) Ha laugh'st thou Lochiel
my vision to scorn?
GEOGRAPHY.
l. What is the predominant relief form
of the Americas of Africa of Europe
@ Locate Great Dismal Swamp; Nam
moth Cave Fingals Cave; Giants Cause
way.
3. How does the temperature of a place
near the sea compare with that of place
in the middle of a continent, in the same
latitude
4. Which grand division has the most
extensive plains, the highest and largest
plateaus and the loftiest mountain chalns2
5. Which, of all the nations now in ex-
istence, was the earliest civilized?
6. Which are the holy cities of Arabia,
and why so called?
7. What do the tropics show and why
so called
s. Why does the Nile receive no tribu-
taries in the northern half of its course
9. What political divisions of North
America are not situated on the cont
nent?
10. What is the prevailing character of
the season at the base o Mt Chimborazo?
at the summit? midway between the
base and the summit?