The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-02-10

FIVE certificates granted at The examination
last week, az follows.
Joseph Hays. IS months
j. A. Peters and E. S. Thomas 1a months.
ID. Ritchie and Moilie Higgins, months.
ihe ioho~ing were the questions:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Bologna aresian, cicatrice, scion. deceptible, de-
celvane, defamation, eite immutabe, elysian, ice
hoe fmpervious, testaceous suite electrician, pin
mace, huiiiher, naphtha initiative, satirize.
GEOGRAPHY.
l. What Is the object in the study of G geography?
z. Name the branches of the u. S. government, and
give the principal function of EACH
.. Name the most populous five counties in Ohio,
and the county seat of each
Name the principal seaports of rent Britain and
Its principal manufacturing cities
5. Where on the earths surface do the DAYS begin?
o. no" many moons are there in year. and why?
=. why does the length of degree longitude de-
crease after passing the Equator?
8. What, and where are the Gevs4rs7
u " mat and where are pampas selvas. llanos, and
steppes?
10. In what is 1t Christmas at Melbourne in
Australia and why?
Are you member of any Teachers Institute and
were you in attendance at its last session. and if so
how long?
GRAMMAR.
l. write a sentence containing an adjective predi-
cate noun predicate. objective clause
2. Write the possessive plural of handful fox T.
wharf, brother-in-law
g. How do you determinezt syllables in
word?
L. Name all the uses of the pronoun.
8. Correct: Inever seen person which lay SO much
stress on learning children good.manners to school.
g. Write letter of least ten lines to friend
describingEto- o-day's work
7. Parse:
Ere with all.thesfruits or fEden.Blest,
Sauesone.only, rather than1eaye!
That oneHnknoWn, lost-aIthe rest
s. Analyze: He.that'hath-e -eyes-to seelet,bim see
Q. Parse'words in.italics:
Tick, tack go the wheels'of' thought
stop them; death alone,can break.fnto
10. the case, and sei-ingthe ;ever-swinpfpp nepdu
lum arhieh call tesheart silcnceat.last
ing.
ARITHMETIC.
l. What cost 1885 bricks.at 81. s7.so.perithousands
2. Multiply the product.of multiplied-bv "A
by the quotient of 6 2-3 divided by : 3-4
B. By selling at 50 cents apound, twice as much is
gained as by selling at 29cents pound. What per
cent. is gained by selling at 80 cents pound?
A. The interest for months is LIS the principal
What is the interest of 800 for year and months?
g. If and B, with working half time can build
wall in q days. and c, with working half time, in
u days. &c and ID, withsA working half time, in %
days; and A, with working halfs time
in what time would it be built by all togetherP
6. A and B can trim 100 rods of hedge in day: A
can trim 10 rods moresthan B. and 2o-more than C.
What is the least extent of hedge that would afford
them each separately,kand all together, work for
| exact numbe of daysf
2. is pursuing A,rwho is-.some distance in ad-
vance; goes steps, whileA goes butts of AS steps
equal of B's goes 30 it. before overtakng A: how
many feet is A in advance ofB?
s. have written the letters contained in the;word
NIMRoD on cards. being letter on each card and
having thrown them confusedly into hat Offer
ed $40 to draw the cards successivey spell the
name correctly. What is my chance success worth
s. A and set out for the place in the di-
rection. travels uniformly Is miles .per day, and
after days turns and goes back has trav.
eed in those days; he then turns again, and pursu
ing his Journey overtakes p 1-2 days from the
they first setout. Find the rate at which travelled
| 10. factory is divided into 50 shares and owned
equally by persons, A. B, c. D, etc. sells of his
shares to ninth person, who thus becomes member
| of the company, and sells of his shares to thu
company, who pay for them from the common stock
After this what proportion of the whole stock does
| own?