The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-03-08
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Questions Propounded on
Saturday, March 3, 1894.
ARITHMETIC

| ARITHMETIC.
| Reduce SO ounces Avoirdupois to
ounces Troy.
| What time at Cambridge, England,
longitude 81 81" E when it is 8 p. In. at
Cambridge, Mass, longitude 10 Y 81"
W.?
Buy 1854 shares stock $500 at Is % dis
count, brokerage 80; sell them at 10%
premium, brokerage a%, what is my
gain?
So, 703 "a. Baltimore, June 6, 1850.
For value received, four months after
date, we promise to pay Henry Smith,
or order, one thousand, four hundred
and twenty-five dollars, with interest
from date at SO per annum.
Nixon & Marsh.
| Discounted June 18th, 1850, at In a
month. Find the day OF maturity, the
time to run, and the proceeds.
Find the average time Of payment of
the following bills February 10th, 1877,
$4OO due in 3 months March 18th, 1887
$3.50 due in months; April 18th, 1877,
$500 due in months.
The provisions in garrison were suf-
ficient for l,S00 men for II months, but
at the end of 8 months it was reinforced
by 600 men, and months afterward
second reinforcement of 400 men was
sent in, how long would the provisions
last after the last reinforcement arrived
Two detachments of soldiers, A and B,
have $40 cannon balls, 2 of AS number
equals Al of BIS, how many must A give
B that 3.4 of AS number may equal Z
of B's2
Had an article cost 10 per cent less.
the gain per cent. would have been Is
per cent. more, what was the per cent.
gain? Answer 66S,
If a boy buys peaches at the rate of 5
for 2 cents and sells them at the rate of
for 3 cents, how many must he buy
and sell to make profit of $4.20
: A man wishing to sell his real estate
asked 36 per cent. more than it cost
him, but he finally sold it for Is per
cent. less than his asking price. He
gained by the transaction $40 4S. How
much did the estate cost him, what was
his asking price and for how much did
GEOGRAPHY.
Define meteorology, barometer, hyp.
sometry, isoclinal line.
, Name four causes which prevent the
isothermal lines from co NEEDING with
the parallels.
, cribe the last display you noticed. What
2 is the cause of this phenomenon
+. What is the cause of precipitations ?
Name eight forms of precipitation.
> When is air said to be at its dew point ?
+, When is it below? When above?
In what respect do monsoous resemble
. land and sea breezes? Name the mon.
soon regions.
: Give the boundaries of each of the
mathematical and each of the physical
zones.
What and where are: Guardafui, Alden
i, Comorin, Fez, Oporto, Cambrian, Ork.
ney, Wellington, Walker and Pembina I
On what waters are the following cit
n les London, Nantes, Pekin, st. Peters
J. burg, Berlin, Rouen, Bombay, Adelaide
:, Hobart Town?
! Describe the Rhone, Rhine, Congo
and Snake rivers
l. What is the cause of the Sahara des
/. ert ? OF the Great American desert?
q GRAMMAR.
n Diagram and give construction of itali
. sed words
"Fallen CherLb, TO be ,cedk is miserable
l. Doing or suffering but of this be sure
10 do dltgM good never will lie our task,
But ever to do i'll our sole delight,
Whom we resist"
d Write sentence inv direct discourse
one in indirect discourse giving punctu
!, alton and capitals properly.
- Define class, diminative, concrete, an
l. abstract nouns. Give an example G
each.
What may be mistaken for verb il
the passive voice?
In what modes and lenses is the en-
.. phatic form of the verb found, progress
of i've?
(, Decline him, which, themselves.
X What words have two cases? Illus
:, trate.
Write sentences using the relatives si
y different ways, and parse each relative
y How is a verb corrugated interrogs
e lively? Negatively
:, What is the mode of forming the pal
- ticiples How many participles ar
8, there? How many forms? What ca
W you say of sis being built ?"
& PHYSIOLOGY.
is What is albumen ? Fibrine? Caseine
Gluten? Where is each found?
What is the object of digestion? T
what two processes is the food subjecte
III in the mouth
le What are the viHi of the small intel
tines? What is the function of each?
Upon what does the coagulation {
the blood depend? Will it coagulate O
the interior of the body or only whe
discharged externally.
n, What two different kinds of blood al
by there in the body?
70 What is paraplegia? hemiplegia?
What is the Medulla oblongata ? II
III function What is the Tuber Annr
te lare Its functions?
ne NARCOTICS.
ed Do you consider cider a dangerou
Id drink? Give reason tor your answe
a. Name some OF the distilled LIQUOR
= What is the effect OF the discovery {
" distillation ?
How does alcohol in a fermente
liquor differ from that in a distille