The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-12-08

AT the examination last week there were appli-
cants, all of whom received certificates, follows:
Twenty-four months-John NJ Stewart, Francis NJ.
Jacobs and John W. johnson.
Eighteen months-Columbus Turner
Twelve emonths-Mary O. Ewing and Lucy Woodson.
Six months-Warren Newell and Francis NJ. Bry-
ant.
The following the questions:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Fugitive, sycophant, volition, orrery, gentian
lynch, logarithm, oligarchy, ephemeral, medicinal
chandelier egregious, corporea aienate cemeliness
caitif empyreal polygamy, Cuyahoga, schuylkill.
GEOGRAPHY.
l. Give the latitude and longitude of the United
States-of Jackson
g If traveller starts from Greenwich and goes 300
degrees west, what is his longitude?
g. What empires lie partly in Europe and partly
in Asia? What one lies in all the grand divisions?
4. What causes the inundation of the Nile, and why
does receive tributaries in of 100 miles
from the Mediterranean Sea?
5. What country produces the most coal and iron?
6. A's time is 12O p at the instant BIS time
is 11.2o a. Is east or west of B, and how many
degrees?
7. Which is farther north, N. Y. City Paris?
s. How many electoral votes have all the States?
How many has Ohio?
g. Explain how the President of the U. s. is elected.
and when and how inaugurated.
TO- What is the aurora boreais, and how is 1t sup
posed to be produced?
GRAMMAR.
1. When may noun used in the first, and, in the
second person?
.. When is it proper to use the pronoun yves in
3. Write the possessive case, plural, of OK deer,
chimney, Smith.
4. Name the interrogatve pronouns and tell the dis
tinction in their
5. Compare little, bad, nigh, out, honest many.
6. How and oh generally used?
I. Correct:
(a The space between the three lines is the of
atriangle
Cb) was disappointed in the pleasure of meeting
you.
(c) After laying awhile in this position, he raised
up.
s. Diagram:
The sea licks your feet, its huge fanks pur very
pleasantly for you; but it will crack your bones and
eat you for all that
9th and 10th. Parse:
For forms of government let fools contest,
Whate'cr is best administered is best;
For modes of faith let graceess zealots fight,
His can't be wrong whose life is in the right
ARITHMETIC.
l. Define proper and improper, and simple COM
pound, and complex fractions.
q What is the standard unit of valne? ofweight?
Oflength? Ofsurface?
g. What is the standard unit of volume? Of capaci-
ty? Of angles? Of time?
4. Define agent, broker, consignee, and consignor.
g. What is the difference between bankrupt and
an insolvent?
6. A and B can do piece or work In III Gays Is ana
can do it in II days. and A and c in 10 days. How
long will 1t take each to do it?
7. At 3-s per what must be paid for insuring
s22S7. SO, to cover both property and premium?
s. In building a boat, A paid tines much for
material as for work. Had his material cost 10 per
cent. more and had his workmen charged per cent.
less, the whole cost would have been S212 What was
the cost?
Q. A borrows a of money at per cent payable
semi-annually and lends it at II per cent, payable
quarterly and clears s25OS5 years what is the sum
10. Two men hire carriage, for so, TO go to tie
lake, 100 miles distant, and return. They have the
privilege of taking in three persons. Having gone 40
miles they take Jones; at the lake they take in
Reck and when within 80 miles of home they take in
Brock. How much should each man pay?