The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-09
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
list OF Questions PrOpounded on Sat.
urday, March 4.
A ARITA NJ METIC.


The Mutual Fire Insurance Co. insur-
ed building and its stock for of it's
value, charging Il per cent The Union
Insurance Go. relieved them of ! of the
risk at 4 per cent. The building and
stock being destroyed by fire, the Union
lost $4,000 less than the Mutual.
What amount of money did the owners
OF the building and stock lose?
Find the fortunes OF A, B, @, d, Z and
+, by knowing that A is worth $4OO,
worth, and that @ is worth ! as much as
sum OF AS, BIS and Cs fortune were di.
vided in proportion of :, and i, it
would respectively give of DIS, 4 of
Els and of F's fortune.
Find the L. @. M. OF 124, 135, 143, Is
1.5, IL II, and divide it by the g. G. D.
of A 8, 546S and 3,l6O.
What per cent. in advance of the cost
must merchant mark his cooks, so that
after allowing per cent. of his sales for
bad debts, an average credit of months,
and per cent. of the cost of the goods
for expenses, he may make clear gain
Of 122 per cent. on the first cost of the
goods, money being worth per cent.
If 800 cats kill 800 rats in 300 minutes,
how many cats can kill 100 rats in 100
minutes?
How much copper, specific gravity u,
with silver, specific gravity 10}, will
make one pound Troy of specific gravity
8 3.5?
A market boy receives $40 oranges to
sell on commission he was to receive
IL cents for each orange he sold, and
was to pay Al cents for each orange he
ate; he received $6 S5; how many
oranges did he sell?
An agent purchased, according to Or
der, 10,400 bushels OF wheat; his com
mission at Il per cent. was $l56, and
charges for storage, shipping and freight
$527.10. What did he pay a bushel :?
What was the whole cost?
Add ten thousand and one millionths;
four hundred.thousandths; ninety, six
hundredths forty. seven million, sixty
thousand and eight billionths.
GEOGRAPHY.
Name five lakes that have no outlet.
Why do the days and nights vary less
in length at the Equator than at the
Tropics?
When does the sun and clock agree
Why?
Name and locate mountain chains of
Asia.
What and where are the following
London. Valladolid. Depot. Astra-
khan. Bucharest.
Give the classes ol volcanoes and de.
scribe each.
What is the meaning of the word
Canada? Who first discovered Canada?
Who said up the st. Lawrence River
and gave it its name? When and how
did it become British Province Into
how many counties is it divided? ? What
is it's capitol?
What is the cause for exclusive occur.
renee of volcanoes near the ocean?
Name the principal manufacturing
cities OF England, and state for what
principally noted.
What ages does Palaeozoic Time in
clude?
What was the plan of the Federal
campaign at opening of 1862? How
much of this was accomplished
Define Sub.Treasury Bill, Specie Cir
cular, Mckinley Bill, Specie Resumption
Act.
What was the area of the U. S. in l7S9t
What is it now, including Alaska
What was the population by the census
of 1890? What by the eleventh census
What great questions did the Civi
| War settle? What was reconstruction
How was it done? When was it com
pleted?
What is the Constitution of the Unit
ed States? How may it be amended
The last three are concerning what sub
jects?
Where did General Grant die a.? What
was the cause of his death? Where
| did Garfield die? What ex.Presidents
are living? Who was the last one to die
How many charters had Virginia
What forms Of colonial government haG
Virginia? When did it assume each
| form?
Why did people OF so many different
nationalities become homogeneous in
interest and action during the colonia
| period?
What was Washington's Fabian Pol.
| icy? Was he ever wounded in battle
| Was be ever defeated in battle?
How may the publication of Uncle
Toms Cabin" be considered as one
cause of the Civil War? How the in
vention of the cotton gin
PHYSIOLOGY.
What are the vegetative functions ?
| Why so called? Name the systems oi
organs in tie order in which they should
| be taught.
Describe the brain as to size, weight
structure, shape, parts, functions and
development.
Name the divisions OF the large intes,
tine; of the small intestine. Name all
the digestive juices and tell the special
| function of each.
Explain absorption and the complete
circulation of the digested food till it be.
comes tissue.
DE- fine trichina, spiralis, cysticircus
ceIulose, vocal cords, chordae tendinae,
mesenterics, nitrogenous foods, album.
enoids, appendix vermiformis.
NARCOTICS.
What are the several stages of the ef.
fects of alcoholics Explain each stage.
What ara tho first ntnmS Of por