Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-05
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a barrel can an agent buy for SAL aft ter
taking out his commission offs per cent?
Z. A note of $500 is dated July ], 1873,
on which there was paid Jan. l, 1874,
Sl09; July 1, 1874, 500. Reckoning
interest at 9 per cent, what was due
Jan. /, 1875?
s. A note of sl4OO, dated July 10, 1875
due May 1, 1876, with int. at 8 per cent,
is discounted Jan. Il, 1876 at 10 per
cent. When is it legally due? And
what is the hank discount?
8. What per cent. of is !.
10. For whatsum must note be made
so that when discounted at bank, for
80 DAYS, at 6 per cent, the proceeds will
be $393.S0?
Eighth Year-English Composition.
]. Punctuate:
Away then they dashed through
thick and thin stones flying and sparks
flashing at every bound. Now and then
too the long-drawn growing of cock
accidentlly awakened would sound far
far off from some farm house away
among the hills.
2. Correct: The City of new York is
on the Island of manhattan. He is also
called the eternal, the invisible, the in
finite, the being of Beings. Wednesday
is so called from wooden, our forefathers
God of War; Thursday from thor, the
God of Thunder; friday from Frea, the
Goddess of Peace.
3. Combine into one or more senten-
ces. 1). His Majesty, King William,
landed landed at Margate. This was
known on the fourteenth of November.
There had been some days of impatient
expectation. (2). The Goddess of False
hood was of gigantic stature. She ad-
vanced before the front of the army
some PAGES. Light begau to dawn up
on her. 1t came from Truth. 1t was
dazzling. Falsehood began insensibly
to fade. She looked like huge phan-
tom. Not like real substance. (3).
The tea was poured into cups. Bril-
liant porcelain. The napkins fringed
with gold. Tea presented to the ladies
by slaves. Slaves were turks. Presented
on their knees. Ladies sat on cushions,
on the ground.
4. Change the eXclamotory to declo-
rative, and the declarative to interro-
gative sentences:
How poor, how rich, how unjust, how
wonderful is man!
0, how extensive they are! What O
fair and Cody inheritance.
A boom-the Lighthouse gun.
(How its echo rolls and rools)
'Tis to warn the home-bound ships
Off the shoals.
5. Fill the blanks with adjective
clauses:
They could find only one apartment
Show me the room
What! are these the fish
He-sat down on the deacon's hat.
Have you forgotten the rules
Eighth Year-English Grammar.
l. What is a compound sentence!
Give an original example containing
one complex sentence.
2. Correct: Anybody in their senses
would have known better. His face has
wore sad expression for some time.
If it rains [ shall not go. Will you dis
card me: l who have always been your
friend. Poverty or wealth have their
own temptations. Every one can mas
ter grief but he that has it.
8. Reviewing my lessons found some
of her wedding cake moulded between
the leaves. Parse the porticiples.
4. Define element. Write an original
sentence containing complex objective
and complex adjective modifiers.
5. Define analysis; synthesis; phrase.
Give examples of two kinds of phrases.
6. Analyze and parse the words in
italics:
"May God forgive the child of dust
Who seeks to know aUhere faith should
trust"
7. Distinguish the difference between
q subordinate clause and a phrase. Give
sentence containing a phrase and a
subordinate clause.
8. Abridge and name the forme of the
abridgement: Our friends who live in
the city have gone east. When we heard
the explosion we hastened to the spot.
We wish that you would study.
9. Parse the italicized words:
Deep on his front engrauen,
DeIberation sat, and public care;
And rincely counsel in his face yet shone,
Mojestic though in ruin.
10. When should that be used in pre-
ference to any other relative. Give two
examples. Parse italicized words
"Whatever doing, aOhat can we suffer more,
What can we suffer worse?"
Seventh Year-U. s. History.
l. When and where was the first
printing press established in the U. S:
and what were it's first publications?
2. Locate the following places, and
state when and by whom they were
founded: Hartford; Springfield; New
Haven; Providence; Savannah.
3. Give short sketch of John Eliot
Why was Providence excluded from the
famous League of 1643?
4. Why was the land between Della.
ware Bay and Cape Cod called New
Netherlands? Name the rulers of Eng
land from 1910 to 1890.
5. When and what nationalities set
tied at the following places: New
Amsterdam? Philadelphia? Christiana!
What was the import of the Navigation
Acts?
6. When and by whom were the fol
lowing colonies founded: Pennsylvania
Georgia? North Carolina? Maryland
and Virginia?
7. What were the effects of the Eng
lish revolution under James II?
s. Describe Salem Witchcraft. Whe1
was the first newspaper published il
America?
8. Give brief sketch of Father Mar
quette and Laselle.
10. What was the Mississippi scheme
How did the French guard thei
American possessions?