The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-12-10
ARITHMETIC.

n Ietail ueaieT DuyS case, OF states
containing 10 dozen for $50 list, and gets
Oil so. 10 and 10 per cent. paving for
them in the usual time, he gets an ad.
ditional per cent, what did he pay per
dozen for the states?
A note dated February 10Th, 1876,
payable January lst, 1877, and bearing
Sper cent. interest, was discounted at
bank October II, 1876, at per cent
the proceeds were $1,O55,02, what was
the face of the note?
Ii b oranges are worth lemons, 5
lemons worth 10 apples, apples worth
l melon and melons worth rs cents,
how much money are II oranges worth ?
Find 2-3 per cent. of l0-11; find 10
per cent. of $253. q per cent. is how
many per cent. of 80? 81 is per cent.
OF what number 1876 is 20 per cent.
less than what number ? In solving the
above problems carry out your system
OF percentage and solve as you would to
a pupil.
French cloths, after paying 80 per
cent. duty, and other charges, $3.50,
cost in store $7,3S9.03 what were they
invoiced at?
A, B and G join capitals, which are as
!, !, t; after months A takes out J of
his after months more their gain is
81 1888; divide it.
Find the first term of ...... 6S, II,
having 10 terms.
Find the average time of payment of
the following bills: February 10th,
1877, $4O0 due in two months; March
10Th, 1877, $3.50 due in three months /;
and April 18th, 1877, $500 due in three
months.
Separate 4O5 into three factors, which
shall be to each other as 2, p and 3.
What power will roll barrel of flour
(lS6 pounds) up an Inclined plane feet,
8 inches long, into wagon feet, 4
inches high?
GEOGRAPHY.
What city on Crmean Peninsula
What peninsula in northern Russia?
What are mathematical zones? Phys
ical zones? Why are they not the
same?
Define dew point. Why is it that
more dew falls during clear night than
during a cloudy one?
What may be said of the Sandwich
Islands?
Name and tell where three hot winds
blow? Name and locate three cold
winds. Give the cause of each.
What are the principal food plants OF
the tropical regions? Name the princi-
pal spices.
Where is Green Bay? Saginaw Bay :?
Suwanee River? Narragansett Bayp
Lake Winnipisiogee? Chautauqua Lake?
Name the source and direction of the
Ganges, Brahmaputra, Indus, Euphrates,
Tigris.
Locate the Danube River, Archipela-
go, Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
What body exerts centripetal force
upon the planets and comets? How
much larger is the sun than the earth
HISTORY.
What was the Boston Port Bill?
Why was it passed?
What is the difference between free
trade and reciprocity?
Name the Federal leaders of The Civil
War. The Confederate leaders.
Who was Horace Greeley? Stephen
A. Douglass?
What Centennial Anniversaries have
been celebrated?
Name the three qualifications neces
sary for a Representative. Those for
U. S. Senator. How is each elected
For what time? Salary OF each?
Who were the first two Secretaries of
the Treasury? The last two?
Name Washinston's Cabinet. Presi-
dents Harrison's Cabinet.
What is Sacred history? Profane his.
tory The Philosophy of history
Name ten important dates. State your
views in regard TO teaching dates and
your method.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
What is meant by the theory and
pratice Of teaching?
What is the object OF all education
What is the teachers part in the pro-
cess OF instruction The pupils part?
Name a psychological principle Of car
dinal importance in the art of education.
What is being done in your township
TO enfurca the comnnlaorr school law