The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-05-16
Board Of School Examiners.
QUESTIONS PRoPoUNDED.


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/. Find the face Of a note whose proceeds At
8 per cent. for 90 days shall be 81 .2O2 %.
| Answer, 81, ,22O.
2. Sold an article at 90 per cent, gain 4; had it
cost $500 more / should have lost 20 per cent.
What was my lAin2 Answer, 5000.
B. A and = parohase farm, A pays s-5 and
B 25 OF purchase money they each retain a
One-third interest in the farm and sell the rest
TO c for $4,000. Divide Il. gets 1000; B
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! a A carpet bali is inches in diameter
What win be ia diAH,algr after the weaver has
wound Of "a Of It? Answer, 2 IA IN.
g. merchant buys goods for e5, 900, and
sells half Of them at IS per cent. profit. As
that does not satisfy him, he raises the price
from 10 cents to II 1-2 cents per YARD, and sells
the remainder. Find his total profit. Answer
81, ,229.16 2-9
6. A sold horse for $1Bs, which was 10 per
cent less than he asked for him, and asking
price was 10 per cent. more than the horse cost
him. What did he cost Answer, 1900.
z. A dog kills IA per cent. Of AS sheep il he
sells the remainder for cost he will receive 500.
but reaerving and selling one half the remain
der, he will receive S22. How many had he at
first? Answer, 40 sheep.
8. A brewery is worth per cent. less than a
tannery. The tannery is worth 16 percen more
than boat. A man trades the boat for IS Der
cent. of the brewery and loses s1OS. What was
the tannery worth? Answer, S725.
9. At s1s per NJ, what will it cost to floor 10
rooms with plank l IA inches thick, if two
rooms are 10 feet by IS feet each two Is feet
by ~ feet each, one u feet by 16 feet one 12
feet by 12 feet, two 10 feet by 70 feet each, and
two 10 feet by 10 feet each2 Answer, s87.7I.
SPELLING.
Indelible, serge, dualist, auricle, censual,
calk, bole, razed, plaice, scholar.
HISTORY.
1. For what four great discoveries was the
18th century notedP
2. Name the original 18 States. Which one
is called the Keystone State, and why Which
two Of the New England States are not
of the thirteen2
g. How are the territories governed, and how
are new States formed
l. Name all the presidents who are now liy-
ing where do they live and of what States
nAtives2
8. Write sketch Of James Buchanan, and
give your opinion Of him as a man and as an
officer.
6. In what part Of the United States do we find |
traces OF prehistoric race? What kind of
evidence is there Of IL?
Z. How many BtAtss and Territories show
signs Of early French ownership and settle
ment, and why did Napoleon sell these DOS
sessions to the United States?
8. In the war Of 1912 what WAS done by the
American navyP
9. Tell the story Of the Mormons.
10. Describe Gen. MOrgan's movements
north Of the Ohio.
GRAMMAR.
1. Name all the properties of nouns and pro-
louns.
2. Write all the forms Of the first personal
Dronoun.
g. How many genders have nouns, and what .
} the use Of each kind2 Illustrate your views.
4. By what means do You determine the cor ]
ect construction and analysis Of doubtful
ontence?
8. Parse in full "He wants more than be-
,ngs to him"
6. What is distributive pronoun, and what 1
a distributive adjecHve2 Show by an e1-
mple.
7. What are eorrelative conjunctions, CORE
tive adverbs and correlative pronouns
i've two of each.
8. Diagaam the following:
Foretold by prophets and by poets sung,
Whose hre was kindled at the prophets lamp,
he time OF rest, the promised Sabbath, comes."
-Cowper.
g. Divide the interjections into classes and
AXE a list in each class
10. What have you learned from the study
Prosody2 What is your opinion Of its use F
ld its Importance in education2 >.
GEOGRAPHY.
Name the imaginary lines on the earth, tell q
leir uses, where located and why.
Name the three agencies by which geological
langes are now taking place. I
Draw diagram illustrating the principles
intermittent springs.
describe the three parts into which the 5
purse of a river is divided. :
Name in order the three ways by which the
.mosphere receives heat.
Name the States bordering the great lakes
nd st. Lawrence river.
Describe the Chinese Empire.
Name all the waters bordering on the follow
g peninBulas Labrador, Jutland, Corea
rabia, Turkey.
OF what country or State is Raleigh the
le capital2 Victorian Copenhagen Box
ara2 Georgetown?
Locate thefollowing mountains Grampian,
ebanon, Mount Cook CAMERON, Unaka.
At meeting Of the Board Of School EF-
miners held in HiIlsboro, Ohio, May 5th, 1888,
Eteen applicants we're present and certificates
ere granted as follows;
For Six Months-Ella Ballentine, Himan d.
avis, Cassius NJ ROdeB.
For Twelve Months-Clark Suthern, John H.
lI, Chas. i. DeHass Amanda Noble.
For Eighteen Months-Joseph j. Galliet.