The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-05-11

AT the examination held may 9Th and 7th, there
20 applicants, of whom received certificates,
follows:
Eighteen months-Luther Weed and Genevra In
Twelve months-Charles NJ. Davis, Smith II. Ew-
ing, Emma Wallace and Ira V. Randall.
Six months-Lafayette Jones, Vance Speelman and
VIM. G. Cherington.
Following the questions:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Igneous, Funereal, Scaable, Auricle, Cimeter, Mus
sulman, Colossus, Patrician, Isoscees Vesice, Hem
orrhage, Metallic, Camera, Aquiline, Apparition,
Apocalypse, Appurtenance, Admissible, Marchioness,
Nescience.
1. What two empires lie partly in Europe and part
ly in Asa What one lies in all the grand divisions?
g Which has the longer daylight on the 21st of
June, New York or New Orleans, and why?
In what respects do great and small circles differ
f. Where is the sun vertical to-day at P. NJ, Co
lumbus time?
5. Describe the Australian Continent and name its
political divisions
6. Define cloves, opium, camphor, betel, pulgue,
sponge.
7. How is salt produced at Salina New York? At
Turks Island? At Cracow, Austria?
s. Give the area and population of the five grand
divisions of the earth.
9. Locate the islands Corsica, Elba st. Hee-
notoriety.
10. From whom did acquire Alaska-at what
price-name its chief productions.
GRAMMAR.
1. Give outline of the first lesson class of be-
ginners in Grammar.
2. Compare badly, forth, less, and out.
8. When propositions omitted?
4. How do the pronouns, thou, he, she, and 1t,
generally require the verb to end?
8. Define each, every, either, neither, this, and
that.
8. How many, and what constructions noun of
the second person have?
& s. Parse words in italics:
Dry clanked his harness in the icy caves
The bare black cliff changed round him. as he based
Sharp smitten with the dint Of armed heels.
9. (a) How jocund did they drive their team afeid!
(b) The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
(c) He about to leave.
10. Construct ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sentence
having the verb in the past-perfec potential passive
ARITHMETIC.
1. What is notation? Enumeration? How many
systems of notation in general use?
2. Upon what five principles is the Roman notation
founded?
3. Why nvert the divisor in division of fractions
How find the greatest common divisor of fractions?
4. What is currency? From>what is the sign de-
I rived?
5. What is measure? How divided?
6. Eight men hire a coach; by getting more pas
sengers the expense to each is diminished $a what
do they pay for the coach?
7. Two boats start toward each other from points
160 miles distant The current accelerates the one
and retards the other just miles an hour. Allowing
that, In still water they could each go 10 miles
hour, how far from each starting-point will they
meet?
s. If aman weighing l6O lbs rest ON the end of
lever 10 feet long, what weight will he balance at the
other end supposing the prop fulcrum to be one
foot from the weight?
g. The of AS and BIS ages is co. and if you di
vide AS age by B's the quotent will be 8. Required
the age of each.
10. A and departed from different places at the
time, and Travelled toward each other On eet-
ing, it appeared that A had Travelled Is miles
than b, and that could have gone BIS journey in
but b would have % days in perform
ing A's journey. How far did each travel?