The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-08-12
DARD: JACKsON OHIO THURSDAY, AUGUST r. 1886.


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1 year-Wm. II. Dawson, Alva
Steward, A. M. Hodsden, J. n. Evans, /
G. Lloyd, George B. Warren.
The following are the questions uset
Z. S. HISTORY.
1. Name the thirteen Colonies. VIII
was Lief Ericsson?
2. When and where were Harvard an
Yale Colleges founded? Who was Mar
Dyer?
3. What occasioned the Alien and Sedi
tion laws, and why were they repealed
| Who was Oliver Evans?
4. What can you tell of Jefferson, hi
policy and character? What are th,
Changers?
5. Name the eleven seeding States
What can you tell of John Buchanan
Floyd?
6. Describe the first great battle of the
Civil war, and it's results. Where is
Dranesville and for what noted?
7. What three states furnished the
greatest number of soldiers during the
Rebellion? Where is Palmetto Ranch
and for what noted?
s. What can you tell of the Wilmot
Proviso? OF the Sanitary and Christian
Commission OF the Electoral Commits
sion?
9. What are the chief items of public
income and expenditure? How many
amendments to the constitution? When
were the first ten adopted?
10. What can you tell of James B.
Eads? OF Thomas Alva Edison? Of
John Ericsson? Of Cyrus West Field !?
OF William Maxwell Evarts?
GEOGRAPHY.
/ What is the size of the Eastern Con-
tinent compared with the Western? :?
How does England compare in size with
the United States?
Which of the United States is about
the size of New Brunswick? Prince Ed
ward Island? Why and when was West
Virginia made State?
3. What State is the geographical cen
ter of the United States? Where is the
the center of population, why is it nova
BILE, and in what direction?
Which is the larger city of each of
the following couples: Portsmouth or
Chillicothe? Gallipolis or Marietta?
Jackson or Washington c. H.? Athens or
Logan?
Of what does the Legislative depart
ment of Ohio consist? The Executive?
The Judicial?
6 To what country does Australia,
New Zealand and Tasmania belong?
What islands in the Niagara River?
Z Tell what you know of the Nile, re-
yarding its source, course, water and out
ct.
s Where do the following articles grow:
Rice, flax, lemons, bananas and prunes?
9 Name the principal islands compos-
ng the Empire of Japan? How many
townships in your county, and what are
;he county offices?
10 Of what country is the potato ma
i've? Tobacco? Tea? Rye? Oats?
Wheat? Buckwheat? Rice? Corn?
ORTHOGRAPHY.
Defamation, Dilatory, Gaugeable, Tan
aliZe, Surveillance, Umbrngeous, Yer
nilion, Wiriness, Flagellate, Filament,
Nocuous, Ubiquity, Statistician, Tran
luilize Desiccate, Cotillion. Viscid, Fus-
llade, Tenable, Italicize.
GRAMMAR.
1. What parts of speech are infected
md why? Illustrate with examples.
2. Write sentences to illustrate all the
lifferent constructions of participles.
3. Parse words in italics:
Suppose, unlocked for in scene so rude,
1ong hid by interposing hill or wood,
some mansion, neat and elegantly dreSs'd,
BY some kind heart possessed,
offer him warmth, security, and rest.
lonest, first, top, out.
5. Name the auxiliary verbs. What
enses, of what modes can be formed
Without them?
6. Write sentence containing an ad-
ective clause beginning with an adverb.
7. What do you understand by the per-
on and number of a verb? Why has the
nfinitive no person and number? When |
hould the present infinitive be used?
s. What directions can you give for
eaching the noun to a beginning class in
rammar?
8. Give three distinctions between COM
non and proper nouns. Decline a COM
ound relative pronoun.
TO- Parse words in italics:
lis spear, to equal which the tallest pine
LEVIN on Norwegian hills TO be the mast |
If some great admiral acre but a wand, |
lie walked with, to support uneasy steps |
'yer the burning mari.
ARITHMETIC.
1. Write a negotiable note. What is |
he standard unit of length? Of weight?
?. A owes g of his income, but by saw
1g 7-45 of this yearly, he can pay his debt
1 years and have $50 left. What is his |
lcOme?
3. BY compound proportion: If % men
an dig ditch 40 rods long, 6 feet wide
nd feet deep in days, working hours
day how many men can dig ditch 15
DDS long, AZ feet wide and ? feet deep
n u days working hours day?
i. a note of $1,000 dated Aug. 10, 1869,
nd payable in months, with interest at
per cent was discounted Nov. 27, 1869,
t per cent; what was the bank dis
cunt?
5. An agent sold 1900 barrels of flour,
It $5.75 barrel, receiving a commission
# per cent, and invested the net pro-
eeds in coffee, at 2S cents a pound, first
leducting per cent commission; how
many pounds of coffee did he purchase?
What was his entire commission?
G. What muSt 7 ask for an article cost
ng $500 that 1 may deduct 12115 per cent
rom my asking price and still make 1873
Der cent?
I. A bushel measure is 1S112 inches wide
ind s inches deep. What are the dimen-
'ions of a similar measure containing
bushels?
s. A gets a discount OF 80 per cent from
5he list price, B gets the same and. 3 per
cent off for cash; if both sell at the list
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