Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-09-12


heen asked, for instance, to write the
following words and spellthem correctly:
buisnes excede achievement
seperate presclous recommendation
beauro eekage bc'eve
chartay emenate reGl> arrei
storeage OCCASION tonnage
guascr prlnseple abeense
In mathematics the following exam
pies were given out
Question /. During the fiscal year
1891 the expectation of cotton from Ger
tain American ports was as follows;
New Orleans, 705, 69s, 01S pounds; Bal
timore. si, $50, 654 pounds New York,
27s 25s, so pounds; Yorktown, II 2oe,-
o45 pounds; Galveston, 80, 5.4, o61
pounds What was the total number of
pounds exported from the ports named?
How long win it take fifty 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 minutc2
Write in figures one million one thous-
and and one dollars and one cent.
Multiply 657, 1874 by 3.209.
The whole number of pieces OF mail
matter handled at IL postofnces was l.,
143, 518, $500 What was the average num-
Der Of pieces for each office?
In the fourth subject the followin &
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:
'If all the wear were playing holidays,
To sport would be es 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"
Neither James, John or Peter were
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
contlagation.
Walter told his brother William that
his face was tied up because he met with
an accident
Please send to me at Washington the
Dnug .>un, of Baltimore, where ! shall
remain next winter.
In geography the questions were given
out:
What is a republican form of govern
mentl
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 by
the Missouri river?
In what wars did the following bat
ties occur: Bunker Hill, Lundys Lane,
Eutaw Springs gettysburg, Palo Alto,
Lake Erie, Heights of Abraham. Sara
toga, Stone River
Name FIVE principal American generals
and five British generals of the Revolu-
tionarv war?
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 i.
Describe the senate Of the United
States, giving its numbers and functions
peculiar 10 it, not belonging to the
House Of Representatives.
In The modern languages candidates
were required 70 make translations IN
French, German Italian and Spanish.
In chemistry and chemical physics the
following questions were asked:
What l. the relation OF volume b:
gases 70 pressure
What is Dal,ons atomic theory}
State what YOU know of the conbin
ing volume OF gases.
Describe spectrum analysis
Discuss carbon and Is compounds
Describe the structure Of fame, and
describe the blow pipe and its mode Of
use
in the Signal Service exaniDstion, IN