The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-03-12

What is granite and where found?
s. Describe Siberia. For what has ST.
IBERIA long been used?
| 9. To what country does Georgia be-
long? What is noticeable of the inhab-
itants?
10. What is the Khan? What is the
government of China? Of Persia?
HISTORY.
1. When and where did the first general
Congress of the colonies assemble? What
action did it take?
2. What daring feat was accomplished
by Sergeant Jasper in the attack on Fort
Moultrie? Who introduced measures
into Congress that "The United Colonies
are, and oatyht to be, free and independent
| St1tes?"
| 8. Which State was last to ratify the
Articles of Confederation Why were
the Articles of Confederation not adapted
to the general wants of the government?
4. Where did. Washington quarter his
troops during the winter of 1777-177s,
and what was their condition?
5. What massacre was perpetrated by
Col. Tarleton and body of British?
6. At the conclusion of the Revolution
who was exchanged for Gen. Burgoyne?
What country was the first to acknowl-
edge American independence? The Sec
ond2 The third?
7. How many amendments were added
tn the Constitution during Washington's
administration? How many since2
Of what is the Senate of the United
States compnsedp How chosen, and for
what period?
9. What was the Whisky Rebellionp
How many troops were ordered out to
subdue itl
10. What was the cause of the Dorr
Rehelion2 What were the Anti-Rent
difficulties? Who said Il would rather
be right than be President
| ARITHMETIC.
L. Into what is number resolved hy
division? Bv evolution?
q Show that every number is either a
perfect square, or the sum of either two,
or three, or four, perfect squares.
g. A man sold peaches for cent apiece
and gained 10 per cent. What was the
cost of each?
T. A man bought 80 apples at for a
cent, and 30 more at 3 for cent. Hesold
them all at for cents, and lost cent
by the transaction. Explain his loss.
5. A man buying 60 pears, bought 3-5
of them at for cents, and the remain
der at for cents. For what must he
sell each pear to gain 33 13 per cent, sell
ing them all at the same price?
6. If rectangular piece of land is 10
by 100 rods, what is the length and width
of similar piece containing acres?
7. A crown composed of gold and alloy
and weighing 10 lbs, being placed in wa
ter, displaced ga lbs, while 10 lbs. of gold
displaced so lbs, and 10 lbs. of alloy dis
placed .92 lbs. How much gold and how
much alloy did the crown contain2
8. A man having an estate of $1,000, di-
rected that if his daughter lived and his
son died his wife should have 3-5 of his
estate; but that if the son lived and the
daughter died, the wife should have 2-5
of the estate. If son and daughter both
lived how should the estate be divided?
9. There is a park 16 rods square, and
gravel walk is made around it containing
1854 of the whole area of the park. How
wide is the walk?
10. Suppose a man standing on the
bank of river, desires to know the dis
tance to any visible object on the other
side of the stream; how can he find this
distance, providing he has nothing but
ten-foot pole?
GRAMMAR.
1. Define language, part of speech"
sentence, analysis.
2. Parse: He that catches at more than
belongs to him, justly deserves to lose
aOhat he has.
3. What do you understand by the per-
son and number of verb. and what pc
culiarities has the verb to be in respect to
person and number?
| T. Correct the following and give rea-
sons: (a) There has been several cases of
| smallpox in Chicago, but none of the
cases have died. (b) Draw that line more
perpendicular. (c) 1 shall not go to Col
umbus without You 60 too. (d) Will | GO
to the city?
5. When a verb has two or more sub
jects connected by and, it must agree
| with them in the plural. Give four ex-
ceptions to the above rule.
6. Parse the italicized words in the fol-
lowing stanZa:
7. Transpose it into readable prose:
"Who nobI- ends by noble means obtains,
Or. failing. smiles in exile or In chains,
Like good Aurelius let hi" reign, or bleed
Like Socrates, that man is great indeed.''
8. Use capital letters and the proper
marks of punctuation in these sentences:
(a) The pupil asked when shall l use o
and when shall I use oh? (b) 1t is easy
mistress dial for you who have always as
everybody knows set yourself up above
me to accuse one of laziness.
g. Give the four ways in which the
number of nouns may be determined.
10. Name the different offices of aohat,
and illustrate them.
Hurrah for Bundy!
ZALEsKI, O., Mar. 7, 1885
To the Editor of The Standard:
I ,r, ,rl,l 70 ooa tho 7oanoo Of c0