The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-09-12

at the equator and where does 1t reach
the earth?
GRAMMAR.
Analyze these sentences and parse all
the pronouns Ae
I myself know who stole my purse.
That purse Is mine.
What is the distinction between may
and can, shall and spiN?
Correct the following sentences and
give your reasons:
a. The thing is no use to me.
b. Do like do.
C. Ask II he can 20.
d. It Is no other but him.
Name three objects or advantages in
the use of the passive voice, and illus
trate with examples.
What is the difference between clip
sis and abridgement
When should q common noun begin
with q capital letter.
What determines the time expressed
by q participle?
From what sources arise errors in Ian.
guage?
What are epicene nouns?
Diagram:
"Thsn the companions Of his fall, over
With floods and whirlwinds Of tempestuous
fire,
He soon discerns; and weltaring BY his side.
One next himself In power. and next In
crime,
Long after known in Palestine and named
Bulzebub."
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
What is hunger Thirst i? The
Epiglottis? Uvula? Tonsils?
Upon what does the quantity of food
necessary for the system depend?
BY what are fatty substances digested? :?
Why does not the stomach digest it.
self?
What is gland? What is the simp.
lest form of a gland?
What is the largest gland in the
body?
What is the brain ? What are the
divisions of the brain?
Whatare the convolutions OF the brain !?
Upon what does the mental capacity
of individuals depend?
What is the pulse Systole? ? Diastole :?
THYEoR AND PRACTICE.
How would you teach first lessons in
Grammar?
To what extent do you consider your
self responsible for the habits and morals
of your pupils?
Can good order be procured by cor.
poral punishment Why?
What is the difference between edu-
cation and knowledge?
What are the advantages and disad.
vantages of concert reading?
Give some of the methods you have
adopted in dealing with unruly pupils.
Arrange topic list for class in inter.
mediate geography.
What do you understand by the terms
OF theory and practice?
Give some directions that should gov.
ern the teacher in questioning class.
What class of faculties are called into
exercise in the system of primary in
struction by object lessons ?
HISTORY.
Who first visited Florida? Discover.
ed the Mississippi? Founded Quebec +?
Conquered Mexico? Peru?
What is the relation of history to
geography?
Name fve prominent American prose
writers, now dead.
Name two political crises between 1920
and 1850.
What two American colonies first es-
tablished religious federation Who
were their proprietors or founders :?
Their religion?
Who commanded the American forces
at Buena Vista? Tippecanoe? Lundy's
Lane? Name some of the greatest
American naval victories.
What were the Anti.Rent difficulties :?
What was the cause of Shay's rebel
lion?
Describe the battle OF Shiloh.
When and by whom was the first
newspaper started in America?
ARITHMETIC.
How many bricks will it require to
build a wall 354 feet long, 10 feet high
to the cubic foot when laid?
A. bought of B S5! bushels of clover
seed for $l42, and afterwards sold to @
/ of his purchase at q profit OF SIT per
bushel. What did the part sold to @
amount to?
What ought eggs to be per pound when
they are at 18a cents per dozen, il they
average o. eggs to o pound?
If 4.6 of the selling price equals the
buying price, what is the gain per cent.
! paid $2.20 for a book on which the
bookseller allowed me 20 per cent. dis
count from the retail price. What was
the retail price
Mr.. A has a farm, two Of whose sides
are north and south lines I q mile apart.
One of these sides is 90 rods and the
other 80. How many acres In the farm
How much will 1t cost to carpet room
18 feet square with carpeting l yards,
which Is worth $1.60 per yard
A party Of 8 hired coach. If there
had been A more the expense would
have been reduced one dollar for each
person. How much was paid for the
II men working IL hours q day can
reap 20 acres In II days, how many men
working IL hours day can reap q field
500 yards long and 800 yards broad In A
days?
How much must invest in United
States per cent. bonds at 102 7.8 to
give me o quarterly income of $500?
China has nauoti atad n loan IN Ham.