The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-07-19

SdICuy, OoCilidtoiy, PdlIlCludi, HiIlppiC
| physicist, piquancy, reducible. remissible
resumable, reviser, solstitial. starveling
Stygian, vassalage, vilifer, hymeneal, cir
cuitouS.
GRAMMAR.
1. What are the participles of the fol-
lowing verbs: Come, think, am. flee, sit,
rIse2
! 2. What do you mean by the terms SCI
e,lce and art as applied to grammar? Is
it strictly proper to say that grammar is
an art? If not. why?
8. Correct and give reasons: (a) Neither
wealth nor honor can secure the happi-
ness of their votaries. (b) They would
| neither go in themselves, nor suffered
others to enter. (c) Seven goes in thirty,
four times, and two over. (U Every one
was dressed alike.
4. From what re most adverbs formed 2
When should the adverb be used ? and
when the adjective?
5. How is the relative UhGt used
When is the relative that preferred to
aOho or oO7iichs
6. Define each, either, several, this, and
that.
Z. Write the possessive case, both sin
gular and plural, of l, she, who, sheep, OK,
fox, ard sOn-ln-laW.
8. What is personal pronoun? Why
so called? In what sense is pronoun
used instead of noun?
and 10. Parse words in italics:
(a) "Breath'st thou defiance here and Sco4qa,
Where l reign Kiaags and, to incense
ghee more,
Thy King and LOrd!"
(b) Such destruction to aCithSta7ld,
He hastened to oppose the rocky orb
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ARITHMETIC.
l. sold cow that cost me $40 for $45
on credit of nonths. How much did
gain by the bargain?
2. A man left $4,000 to his wife, son and
daughter. TO the son he left "A more than
to the daughter, and to the wife 1-5 less
than to the son and daughter together
Find share OF each.
8. A merchant sells coffee by Troy
weight. What per cent does he gain, and
what per cent does the purchaser lose?
a. Find the cost of plastering room 70
by 20 by Is feet at 27c. per square yard.
5. Two men dug ditch for $53; one
man worked 31a days and dug 141a rods;
the other worked as many days as the
first dug rods per day. How much did
each receive if they shared in proportion
to the time they worked?
g. A farmer sold II bu. of barley and 13
Du VI w uSdU lOl ipO1co, lO 1CCCIfCu lOI
the wheat Soc. bu. more than for the
barley. What Was the price of each per
bushel?
Z. What is the difference between the
true and bank discount at per cent of a
$4,000 note. due in four months?
s. Ii the draft is lbs, the tare 1S per
cent and the net weight IA cWt., l Or,
lbs, what is the gross weight?
HISTORY.
l. Who were the Mound Builders?
Make diagram of the shapes of the
mounds.
2. What can you say of the mammoth
and the maStodon?
3. Name the four Icelandic discoveries
of America What part of the country
did they name Vineland?
4. What can you tell about the removal
of the Acadians?
5. Describe the Massacre of Wyoming.
Of Fort Pillow.
6. Where was the seat of government
when Washington was inaugurated?
What States did not vote for Washington
and why?
T. Describe the formation of the Gov
of the Confederate States OF |
America.
8. Give an account of Maximilian and !
the demand made upon France by the |
United States.
9. What is the highest Court of the u |
s.? Who presides over this Court, and |
how are these officers chosen?
10. What is meant in the Constitution |
by "but no attainder of treason shall |
work corruption of blood or forfeiture,
except during the life of the person at
tainted? Define piracy and treason.
GEOGRAPHY.
/. What part of the earth's surface has
no sunlight in June? At what place