The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-10-12

AT the examination last week there were IL appli-
cants, of whom received certificates, as foows
"a months-L. D. Ray.
Is months-R. D. X. Price, W. I. Morgan.
Il months-T. 8. Hogan.
The following were the questions:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Flagtious, repartee beleaguer, rhythmica cohest-
te, eying, prophesies, bandanna, Centaur indigo
lous, transcendent luscious bayou, vermilon, juici
Woseey, veranda, fantasy, shillaiah, Vacilate
GEOGRAPHY.
l. What are the three functions of political govern
ment?
2. What class of animals are those called verte-
brates mollusks? articulates radiates9
3. What countries respectively known as the
Emerald Isle' s'Albion, 'Columbia?"
4. Describe Ireland to government, people and
productions.
5. State the effect climate vegetation and on the
human
6. Define isothermal and isotheral lines.
7. What is soil? Name the different soils and tell
how they have been formed
8. What commercial advantages has New YORK!
Chicago? New Orleans San Francisco?
9. To what three important families of men do the
people of Austria belongp
10. How many moons are there in one year, ana why!
S. HISTORY.
l. Who were the Pilgrims, what was their object,
what did they do?
2. What mariners explored the Western Continent
at early day?
8. Name the three forms of colonial government in
America prior to the Revolution.
4. What is Mason and Dixon's line?
s. Give the name place. and date, of the first French
settlement in North America.
G. Which of the thirteen original States were set
tied by the English? by the French? the Spanish!
the Dutch the Swedes?
T. Name the two decisive battles of the Revolution,
and state the important which each of these
battles led.
ature.
o. Name the Oldest European settlement in the Mis-
sissippi valley.
TO- Name the first State and the last State that
adopted the National and the first State
and the last State that attempted secession.
GRAMMAR.
l. What are auxiliary verbs? What are the princi-
pal parts of verb? Give the principal parts of be-
eat, co. lay.
2. Write the plurals of the following nouns: Beau,
galley, German, Frenchman, molasses, terminus,
man-of-war.
3. Correct the following sentences, giving reasons
The Bank of England was established in Williams
and Mary's reign will freeze If do not move about
That foolish old hen is setting a wooden egg. The
wisest men who ever lived made mistakes.
4. What parts of speech may connect clauses? IL
lustrate.
5. What the number of pronoun that relates to
collective noun?
6. How are the 'Passive Voice. and Progressive
Form'' made?
l. She is like her mother She walks like her moth
er. laugh emily when feel merry. Only laughed.
laugh only.
| Parse like" and "only."
| s. Parse:
Pleased with his guests good learned to gloar,
And quite forgot their vices in their woe;
Careless their merits, or their faults to sean,
| His pity gGue, ere charity began.
| 0. Diagram:
Night sable goddess, from her throne. in rayless
majesty stretches forth her leaden scepter, oer
| slumbering world.
| 10. Parse:
| Conscience, her first lao broken, wounded lies.
They love each other.
| ARITHMETIC.
l. Perform and explain the operation of addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division on 12 by
What is ratio9 What is the antecedent? COL
sequent?
g. How are time and longitude related, and how
ample.
4. Give the best method for computing interest by
example, and explain the principle upon which it
depends.
5. Define tonnage revenue, ad-valorem duty, an in
voice, and net weight.
6. A triangle, whose base is o feet, contains 100
square feet What is the area of similar triangle
whose base is feet?
7. How shall a watch costing $3.50 be marked that
per cent deducted from the asking price, and
profit of 20 per cent still be realized?
s. A, B, and have square lots fronting on the road
As and BIS amount to 100 AS and Cs 80 acres,
and BIS and Cs, 1aO acres. How many rods of front
has each?
0. A rectangular field has area of A. IL 2. The
shorter side, the longer side, and the diagonal form
arithmetical progression. What are the dimen-
siops?
TO- A robber escaping from the window of bank
with full purse holding As gold pieces and l6 silver
pieces had barely time to empty the purse and count
the money. An officer appearing, he hastily put
portion of the money back into the purse, and with
the balance in his hands, he The purse was then
2-5 full his hands % of the gold pieces
and 1-9 of the silver pieces How many of each kind
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