The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-09

pounds. What was the total number of
pounds exported from the ports named?
How long will it take tiftv clerks to
count 81, 500, 600 in silver coin, one half
of which is in half-dollars and the other
half in quarter dollars, each clerk count
ing at the rate of fifty pieces minutea
Write in figures one million one thous-
and and one dollars and one cent.
Multiply 657, 134 by 5000.
The whole number of pieces of mail
matter handled at l 12 postoiaces was T.
143, SIS, $780, What was the average num-
Der of pieces for each Office?
In the fourth subject the following
samples are selected from the many
given out:
Express in your own language, at
greater length and in good prose, chang
ing the principal words, the thoughts
contained in the follow verses:
eff all the year were playing holidays,
70 sport would be as tedious as to work;
But when they seldom come, they wished for
come,
And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents"
Copy the following sentences and cor
rect the errors of syntax which they con-
tain:
OF all other simpletons he was the
greatest.
Everybody has recollections which
they think worthy of recording"
present.
Copy the three following sentences.
changing them so as to remove the am
biguities which they contain:
He stood at the window in Paris, where
the crowd was assembled and saw the
conhagation.
Walter tod his brother William that
his face was tied up because he met with
an accident.
Please send to me at Washington the
Daily San, of Baltimore, where | shall
remain next winter.
In geography the questions were given
out:
What is republican form of govern
mcnt?
When did the present constitution of
the United States go into effect?
Which three States extend farthest
north, and which three farthest south2
Describe the course of the following
rivers, giving the source, direction, and
mouth Of each: Hudson, Delaware, Po-
tomac, Missouri, Arkansas?
What States are bounded in part bv
the Missouri river?
In what wars did the following bat
ties occur: Bunker Hill, Lundy's Lane,
Eutaw Springs, Gettysburg, Palo Alto,
Lake Erie, Heights of Abraham, Sara
toga, Stone River2
Name five principal American generals
and five British generals of the Revolu-
tionary ware
Give the date and circumstances of
the Louisiana purchase.
Describe the executive branch of the
United States government, and name
the several departments belonging to it.
Describe the Senate of the United
States, giving its numbers and functions
peculiar to it, not belonging to the
House of Representatives.
In the modern languages candidates
were required to make translations in
French, German, Italian and Spanish.
In chemistry and chemical physics the
following questions were asked:
What is the relation of volume Of
gases to pressure2
What is Dalton's atomic theory2
State what you know of the combin
ing volume of gases.
Do'crlDe spectrum analysis.
Discuss carbon and its compounds.
Describe the structure of flame, and
describe the blow pipe and its mode o1
use.
In the Signal Service examination, un
der the head of "Theory of Instruments,
the following questions were asked
State the sources of errors in thermom
eters and in the various methods o.
determining the temperature of the air.
Explain a method of calibration ane
the calculation of the celebration erro- o.
| thermometers.
Explain the method of determining
! the tension of any air that may be pres
ent in the vacuum chamber of mercur
| ial barometer.
Explain the theory of the optical prin
! ciples involved in the ordinary astronom
! ical sextant.
Explain the method of determining
! the dip of the magnetic needle by tn
use of the dip circle.
Considerable space has been given vi
| to this subject for the reason that Sc
many letters have been received of lat
from young men making various inqui
| ries regarding the civil service rules.
ANY candidate who fails to answer sixty
per cent. of the questions propounded il
| barred out There is an examination fol
| every branch of government employ, nc
| two examinations being alike, and i
j must be quite evident to the reader, from
| the sample questions above quoted, that
| a candidate who is not naturally intelli
| gent. and who las not been at leas
| fairly educated, will stand poor show
of securing place.-M quad, IN De
| tyoit Free Press.
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