The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-07-08

AT the examination last week there were 10 appli-
caots, II of whom received certificates, follows
u months-Teague Ray, G. w. C. Perry, David
Hunsinger and Thos. NJ. Buskirk.
Is months-Alva R. Steward, Lorenzo d. Ray, Jo-
seph H. Ray, Alice Watt and Clara MeKinniss.
2l months-W.J j. Kirkendan.
sc months-George w. Fry, T. Jay Morgan, Stephen
Morgan and G. W. Harbarger.
The following are the questions:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Procedure incarcerate, eXhiarate, reparabe, ique-
N reversible lachrymose, sequence, patrician, SOL
stitia archives, Renaissance, fallacious delible
ubiquity, satric, obesance nucleus, oxydze guillo-
tine
GEOGRAPHY.
l. Name the thirteen original colonies in North
America.
.. Tell all you about the river Nile
8. What the tropics, and why they called
4. What is the relation of time to longitude?
s. What three noted rivers rise in the Alps and into
what sea does each of them empty?
6. Locate the cities of the world that contain mill
ion more Inhabitants.
Z. Bound Ohio give its and population; locate
its six largest cities; and give their population
s. What form of government has the United States,
and what three functions does this government
else?
o. What and where is each of the following: Green
wich, Hecla, Toxic, Lands End, Bosphorus.
10. Name the five great powers of Europe, describe
the government of each and give the name and title
of the chief ruler of each.
ARITHMETIC.
l. What number multiplied by 34 of itself will make
5SS?
2. In moving rock from quarry, Jones employed
hands days, and Smith 7 hands days: how do they
share the whole pay of $l0S?
3. \ keeps $500 of BIS money 6 mo. 20 d.; how much
money of AS keep months, that favors will
balance?
A. If cloth 70 per yd. how should it be mark
ed that the vender may take cent less than the
marked price and yet make 60 per cent?
s. have piece of Calico which if sell at so cts
per yd. will lose 50, but if sell at so per yd
will gain Sc. How many yards in the piece and wha
the cost per yard?
c. Ten water-melons and II musk-melons cost $243
and water-melons and musk-melons cost $1.29
What the cost of one of each?
Z. Darling bought 10 cows and II horses for 1881
He paid $4l more for each horse than for each cow
How much apiece did he pay for each kind?
s. man in playing cards lost 1-5 of his money; af
winning $2, he lost 3-S of all he had, and had 81
left. With how much did he begin?
8. and invested equally. A quadrupled hi!
stock and drew in lottery, $91 trebed his stock
and likewise drew S2l9. Now, both sums will make
times the amnt first invested by each. What was
each mans investment?
TO- A. and are to share 100000 in the proportion
1-3 and 15 respectively; but Cs part being los
by his death, it is required to divide the whole
properly, between the other two?
GRAMMAR.
!. What are the points in which nouns and pro
nouns are alike? unlike?
.. Give the masculine or feminine corresponding t.
the following words: Youth, votaress, hind, czar
march honess.
3. Write the plurals of scholium, gems, nebula
cherub, an-seryant, crisis.
4. Write sentence containing adjective and al
objective clause.
5. When should that be used as 4 relative pronoun
6. Write a sentence in which the subject is modified
by element of the first second, and third class.
I. Give the of ''shall' and ''wi in connection
| with the future tense.
s. Correct: He described the people and the coun
try which he Ofall other practical rules this il
| the most complex.
! 9. Analyze: To others do what to thyself thou
wishest to be done.
| 10. Parse words in italics:
We nothing know but aohGt is marvellous;
Yet ohat is marvellous we can't believe.
So weak our reason and great God.