The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15

TUEsDAY.-D. III. Whetsel, who live
= on the Vanfossan farm, was visited b
- burglars, last night, who took some so O
60 pounds of meat from the smoke-houst
........ Mrs. Judge Miller, Master San
T Miller and Miss Katie Botkin, left to-da
3 for visit to relatives in lockwood, Tenn
t The following persons received certif
: Gates at the last examination, as follows
e One year-Levi McCarley, C. M. Davis
!. w. J. Delay, Bundy Patterson, Matti,
s Patterson, Idas Williams, and Emma c
/ Williams.
Two years-Luther Turner and A. @
l Parks.
1 Four years-L. B. c. Kirkendall ant
$ Daniel W. Jones.
The following were the questions:
: ORTHOGRAPHY.
. Vermilion, Empirical, Sycophant, Dis
: seizer, Derelict, Allegement. Roguish
, Cursory, Monetary, Miniature, Shechinah
Mucilage, Laryngitis. Odyssey, Unbiased
, "reminiscences, Waltz, Punicial, aBuddh,
, ism, Immanent.
US. HISTORY.
1. Give the six leading principles of the
Declaration of independence.
2. Give the six leading principles in the
preamble to the Constitution of the U. s.
8. What principle did Roger Williams
enunciate?
4. What implements of war were eX-
changed between Canonicus and Cover
nor Bradford?
5. How did the early settlers of Vir-
ginia obtain their wives?
6. What is a tariff? State the different
kinds of tariff, and the object of each.
7. What Vice President resigned his
office, and for what purpose?
8. What was the Credit Mobillier, and
why was it made the subject of Congress-
ional investigation?
9. When and on what occasion was the
first telegram sent?
| 10. What question gave rise to the eel
ebrated debate between Webster and
Hayne?
GEOGRAPHY.
| L. What is supposed to be the reason
| why the earth is flattened at the poles?
2. What is the earth's orbit? Its esti-
mated length? Why is it cold in winter
anu warm III summer!
8. Can a place have no longitude?
Reckoning from the meridian at Wash
ington what is the latitude and longitude
of Quito?
4. Through what states does the merid-
ian at Washington pass? Through what
Countries of Asia?
5. Which of the grand divisions is the
| o
Richest in fertility?
6. What country has the longest and
most numerous lines of rail roads? What
State is the geographical center of the
United States?
Z. What and where is the Golden Gate ?
He'll Gate?
8. What are keys? Where is Key West ?
How is salt made in Key West?
9. For what are Liverpool, Leeds and
Bradford, Birmingham, Limerick, and
Merthyr Tydvil noted?
10. Where is the Republic of Andorra?
What is its population? How long has
it been independent?
ARITHMETIC.
l. If certain number is increased by
1873 per cent. of itself and the sum dimin-
ished by so per cent. of itself, 10 per cent.
of the remainder is IA. Required, the
number.
should it be marked so that the vender
may take per cent. less than the marked
price and yet make 60 per cent?
8. A pound weighed by certain gro
GERS false scales makes lb. OF. How
much does he dishonesty make by selling
"a of his pounds of butter, if butter is
worth SO cents pound?
4. The tail of fish weighs 8 lbs, the
head as much as the tail and half of the |
body, and the body as much as both head
and tail. What is the weight of the fish ?
5. A ship 40 miles from shore springs a
leak which admits 81 tons of water in 12
minutes. Sixty tons will sink her, but
her pumps throw out - tons of water an
hour. If she makes for shore at the rate
of 21 miles an hour, how far from shore
will she sink?
6. Two globes of equal density have a
diameter respectively of 1 inch and foot.
The smaller weighs ~ ounces; what is
the weight of the larger?
7. What is the greatest number which
will divide 27, 4s, 90, and ia, and leave
the same remainder in each case?
s. Twice AS money equals 3 times BIS;
and the interest at z per cent. for 1 2-5
years, on what they both have, is $40;
How much money has each?
9. In extracting the square root of a
perfect power, the last complete dividend
was found to be 1925 What was the
power?
10. A spendthrift lends his fortune at
per cent. interest. After he had let it
remain two years, he took out the fourth
part of the amount and allowed the re-
mainder to stand 7 months. At the end
of this time he took once more the fourth
part of the remainder, and allowed the
capital thus diminished to stand 13 months,
when he demanded his remaining fortune.
In the space of A months he had drawn
no less than $6291964 of interest money.
What was his fortune at first?
| GRAMMAR.
l. In what case only can mistakes in
construction occur, and why?
2. Give all the participles of the verbs
choose, break, drive, read, be.
8. Correct the following and give rea-
sons: (a) The eye and ear are double.
| (b) They flew from justice. (c) wish 1
was in Dixie. (O They taught that all
men were created equal.
4. Diagram the properties of the noun.
5. Write complex sentence containing
a direct and an indirect object of verb.
also noun in opposition.
6. Diagram: Were he ten times the vii
lain that he is, he would still find sup
porters.
and 8. Parse: