The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-08

Plummer, VIM. j. Ragland, Alfred ]
Robbins, Henry L. Summers, Alice Y
Gillian.
, Rigdon, John T. Herbert.
: The following were the questions:
ORTHOGRAPHY.
Hymeneal, Perennial, Oculist, Pare
chial, Banana, Battalion, Indelible, Nau
titus, Macadamize, Supercilious, Corrupt
ible, Macaroni, Funeral, Civilian, Rene
dial, Trapezium, Tricot, Plaguy, Ophi
cleide. Apocalypse.
GEOGRAPHY.
1. Give the diameter, circumference
area, solidity, specific gravity, and weigh
Of the earth.
2. What is amagnet? What propertie
of magnet are exhibited by the earth
Do the magnetic poles of the earth coin
eide with the poles of rotation?
5. How does physical geography diffel
from geology? What is map of the
world in Mercator's projection?
f. What coincidence is observed be
tween the relative indentation of the
coasts, and the comparative civilization
of the continents? Where are the negroes
still held as slaves?
/ 5. Locate Mammoth Cave, Wyandot
Cave, Fingal's Cave, and Giants Cause
| way.
6. Why does the length of degree of
longitude decrease after leaving the equa-
tor? What city in the West Indies is in
the same latitude north of the equator,
that Rio Janeiro is south of it?
Z. Name the three most fashionable
summer resorts in New Jersey. Which
State Is divided by the Mississippi River :?
By Lake Michigan?
s. How does Great Britain rank in
t1uence has Paris throughout the civilized
world? Name the three free cities of
Germany.
9. What two peninsulas belong to the
republic of Mexico? How is a peninsula
always terminated?
10. A vessel sails from Chicago for
Buffalo, with cargo to be reshipped to
New York, what does she probably carry?
A vessel comes into New York harbor
bringing among other things a large
amount of gold; from what city must she
come? A vessel sails for England with
pine lumber and furs; where from?
HISTORY.
1. How many charters had the London
Company? Who was James Carter?
Who were the Jesuit Missionaries
2. What was the country called explored
by Hudson? What nations claimed it?
How was the dispute settled?
3. What can you tell about Clayborne's
rebellion? After this rebellion what
was the condition of Maryland?
4. What was the condition of the colo
nies during Queen Anne's war? How
long did that war last?
5. Name the four colonies which suf-
fered most in early Indian warfare.
Which one was free from Indian warfare?
6. What American General was killed
in the battle of Bunker Hill? To whom
did Crown Point and Ticonderoga sur
render?
I. How did Washington force the Brit
ish to evacuate Boston? Who is Com
mander-in-chief of the army and navy 7?
Q. w HClO w do GhO HloU IdlllOttu LII Gllt
United States? How long is the Erie
Canal? How long do the Judges of the
Supreme Court hold office?
8. What was the Notification Ordi-
nance? For what was Andrew Johnson
What is impeachment?
10. How was slavery abolished in the
United States Why did the United States
demand the recall of the French, under
from Mexico? What is a
Star Route? and why so called?
ARITHMETIC.
1. A. sold a horse at a profit of 40 per
cent of the selling price; what per cent |
profit did he make on the investment?
2. If 40 of farm be sold for what q
of it cost, what is the per cent of gain?
8. If cistern 10 feet deep will hold $40
barrels of water, how many barrels will |
one II feet deep, and twice the diameter
of the first hold?
4. A. receives annually $712 interest.
On 3-5 of his capital, he gets 10 per cent;
on a, per cent, and on the residue,
per cent. What is his capital?
5. If cubic foot of iron were formed
into bar half an inch square, how long
would it be?
6. On the same pivot, a clock has hands
which turn about the circle, 5, 6, s, 8, 10, |
-, and IS degrees per hour respectively.
Starting together, in how many hours
will they all be together again?
7. The stock of a bank is divided into |
80 shares, and is owned equally by per-
sons. A. sells of his shares to ninth
person, and B. sells of his shares to the
What proportion of the whole
stock does A. and B. respectively still own?
s. For 3 successive years a merchant
annually gave $3.50 for charity, and added
yearly to that part of his capital not thus
a sum equal to its q. At the
end of the third year, his original capital
was doubled. What was his original
capital?
8. A rectangular tract of land contains
IS acres, 3 roods, and rods. The shorter
side is as much less than the longer side,
as the diagonal is more than the longer
side. What are the sides?
10. A boatman can steam down the
river 20 miles and back in 10 hours. He
can go miles down, for every 3 up. What
is his rate of running in still water, and
what is the rate of the current?
GRAMMAR.
1. What are defective verbs? Name
them.
2. What is gender? From what is the
word derived? How is gender in gram
mar important?
3. Give the masculine Or feminine cor
responding to the following words: Muir
derer, nymph, votaress, hind, poet, negro,
cZar.
4. Write sentences illustrating all the
objective constructions of nouns OF pro-
nouns.
5. What are the points in which infini-
tiYes and participles are alike? Unlike?