The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-11-09

THE following were the successful applicants at the
| examination last week:
| "a months-John Harper.
Is months-John e. Blair, A. L. Robbins, A. Q.
Parks, D. c. Perry.
IL 2months-Lafayette Jones' Mary L. Turner.
6months-R. 8. Turner.
The following were the questions:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Faucet pedagogics, celery, cerulean, saleratus,
coarseness, charlatan, shekel, assignee trammel,
Pall-mal pyramidal, germinate apostasy delquesce,
plying, monosYllabic, Cleveland, miniature vitre-
Gus.
U. 8. HISTORY.
1. What discoveries of AIaerca were made prior to
that of Columbus, and what since?
9. By whom, to whom, for what territory in North
America and what purpose, patents issued
5. What permission and what promise did the Pill
grims receive prior to their emigration to America?
4. By what authority and by what company were
the Dutch settlements made in North America?
5. What was the Ohio Company, and what terrific
ry did 1t procure, and by what means?
6. What was Acadia-by whom colonized-by whom
conquered. and what became of the vanquishedp
T. What provisions OF the treaty of peace made
at Paris In 1865
8. Name the five leading principles of the Declara-
tion of efIndependence,
9. What were The two great needs of the American
people the beginning of the Of the Revolution?
10. In what way may amendments be made to the
Constitution of the U. 8. A?
GEOGRAPHY.
l. Name the oceans in the order of their size.
2. Which of the Inhabitants of the British Isles
Anglo-Saxons, and which Celts?
5. What country in Europe is below the level of the
ocean?
4. Where must be the center Of a circle 1o.oeo miles
in diameter in order contain the greatest amount
of the land surface of the earth?
5. What part Of the United States has the most ran
and what is the annual rainfall of that section'
6. What is the direction Of the tidal wave-where
does 1t begin?
icb So tl,o
s. Name in their order the three most precious and
give the color of each.
o. What portion of the human race are pagans?
10. In plant, what the organs Of vegetation-of
reproduction
l. Indicate the pronunciation Of the following:
Danish dynamite, comparable, epitoms, elite tele-
graphy. f.--. -.c-. .... q,
e. What is the general rule Of accent of nouns and
verbs Of two syllabes which spelled alike? Give
examples.
8. write sentence containing that used to intro
duce a noun clause.
4. Punctuate and capitalize the following:
i leave my second son andrew said the expiring
miser my whole estate and desire him to be frugal.
5. Diagram:
The veil that covers from sight the events of
succeeding years is veil woven by the hand of mercy
8. What parts of speech admit of variatione
7,s and 9. Parse:
But S6oue all,
Surprising all, in splendor and in grace,
The bop of God, the emblem of his love.
Stretched DER the blue, ethereal dome of heaven,
Its streaks of varied light; in modesty,
In rich magnifcence, 1t lay,
Bright emblem of that glorious, matchless love
To us, poor simple mortaLs of the dust,
Which none but God can tell none but God Etus.
TO- Name adjectives which first ne1t, and last
are the superlative degrees.
ARITHMETIC.
1. What is a qusntity9 unity A numberP An
integer?
2. What is a composite numberr What are the
component factors OF number? What is the first
power of a numbers The reciprocal of a number?
8. What fractions? What is the value of frac-
tion? What does the numerator showP The denom-
inator?
4. What are decimal fractionsf Duodecimalsr
What is Commission? BrokerageP
g. What is a bankrupt? What Is the difference be-
tween bankrupt and an insolvent?
g. II merchant sells 34 of article for what 7-s of
it cost, what is his gain per cent?
Z. A man spent 81 more than half his money travel
ing onehalf what he had left and q for coat,
t6 more than half the remainder for other clothing,
and had 81 left How much had he at first?
8. A man agreed to execute a piece of work in 60
days, and employed 80 men to perform the labor. At
the end of 40 days 1t only half finished. How
many additional men he obliged to employ to
perform the work within the time agreed uponP
9. Four girls came to Jackson with eggs which they
sold at 20 cents dozen IfSusan Jane, and Mary had
used one purse, their sale would have brought If
Jane, Mary, and Lucy had used purse, their sale
would have brought sos; in like manner, Susan,
Mary, and Lucy would have got and Susan, Jane
and Lucy would have got sl.7o. How much did each
getp
10. There is triangular meadow 100 rods in length
upon each side and 1t is desired fasten horse by
rope to be attached to post at corner required
the length of rope necessary to enable the horse
Craze oyer just half the area of the meadow.