The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-01-09

and affection from his children.
At the examination of teachers last
week there were applicants, 7 of whom
received certificates, as follows:
For Is months-George Aten. For
II months-Robert Harper, Jas. j. Ben
nett Sarah White. For 6 months-Sam-
uel F. White, Ida Hunt, Walker J. Co.'S
by. The following were the questions:
SPELLING.
Infringement, abridgment, marriagea-
BILE, serviceable. tranquility, controllable,
mayst, Augury, mantuamaker, drought,
coparceners, digit, besieger, surveillance,
chameleon, caulifower, fricassee. bdel-
lium, crystalline, rhododendron.
ARITHMETIC
l. In u years, l shall be rs of my
present age; how long since was l ST of
my present age?
2. After paying I and is of my money,
had left $8 more than 1 had spent !;
what had 1 at first
8. AS money is II per cent of BIS, and
16 per cent. of C's; has 500 more than
G; how much has A?
4, 1 can keep 10 horses or Is COWS on
my ground if have COWS, how many
horses can l keep?
5. Ifl23 per cent. of what receive for
an article, is gain, what is my rate of
gain.
E. A person has just 2 hours spare time;
how far may he ride in stage which
travels II miles an hour. so as to return
home in time, walking back at the rate
of miles per hour?
Z. A party of men hire carriage to go
20 miles, if the carriage can only accom-
modate ! the party at the same time,
how for can it take the first party and re.
turn to meet the End, so that they may all
arrive at the same time those that walk
travel at the uniform rate of miles an
hour, and the carriage 6 miles an hour
8. A person bought eggs at Is cents a
dozen; had he bought more for the
same sum they would have cost him 24
cents dozen less how many eggs did
he buy?
9. The 9th term of geometrical series
is 1377Sl, and the 18th term, 11l6O261 ;
what is the fourth
10. Find the length of minute hand,
whose extreme point moves inches in
8 min, % sec.
GRAMMAR.
l. When is into used as a proposition
2. What is the office of a relative pro-
noun, an d how should it be parsed2
3. What is the Office of conjunctive
adverb, and how should it be parsed?
4. When is the inverted order of ar
rangement used
5. What are attendant elements?
6. What do perfect rhymes require
7. How may the infnitive be used
8. What does participle denote?
9. What do who, which, and what in
dictate, when used as interrogative?
10. Parse words in italics: Here lies
What once was Matthew Prior; the son of
Adam and Eve; can Bourbon or Nassau
claim higher2
GEOGRAPHY.
L. When was Ohio admitted into the
Union? Who was the first Governor of
the State How many Congressman,
and how many U. S. Senators has it?
2. What city is the center of the for
eign commerce, and what the leading ex-
ports and imports of the Union?
3. What State has the greatest number
of lakes and bays?
4. Locate Put-in-Bay, Saratoga, and
Mars Hill.
s. What and where is the Llano Es-
taeado the Everglades the Bad Lands?
6. Why has Patagonia no capital?
7. Give three proofs that the earth is an
oblate spheroid.
s. What is the latitude of place 1859
north of the south pole, and in what
zone is it ?
g. By what is the distribution of plants
regulated, and upon what does the dis
of animals depend?
10. What river empties into the Ohio
It the southwest corner of the State2