The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-04-19
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Questions Propounded on
Saturday, April IA, 1894.
ARITAMETIC.

AR1TAMET1C.
Sold 14OO Dbl. of -four at Sc. 20 bbl
invested the proceeds in sugar as per
order, reserving my commission per
cent for selling and per cent for buy
ing, and the expense of shipping, $34.16:
how much did invest in sugar?
If it require S59s reams Of paper to
print $4,000 copies of an s vo. book con-
tanning $50 pages, how many reams will
be required to print 5000 copies of IL
mo- book containing 320 pages
The joint stock of company was
SIS, 400 WIN ich was doubled at the end of
year. A put J for Z of year, B two
fifths for yr., and @ the remainder
for one year. How much is each ones
share of the entire stock at the end of
the year?
The longitude of Cambridge, Eng. is
s. 2" E., and of Mobile, Ala, $50 L 29M
W.; when it is IL o'clock m. at Mobile,
what is the time at Cambridge?
A blacksmith employed four classes
OF workmen at SIS, SIG, $2l and $24 per
month, for each man respectively, pay.
ing to each class the same amount of
wages. Required the least amount that
will pay either class for l month also
the number of men in each class
The sides Of a triangular lot are 1152
feet, 12s5 feet and 134a feet; what is the
length of the longest boards of equal
length that can be used in fencing it
without cutting board
For what sum must note to run 4
no., Is days, at per cent, be given that
the Bank proceeds may be $1954 =?
A, B and @ have 720 sheep; A has
twice, and @, three times as many as B;
how many has each ?
A do in y,ioaa nf Unrk r,
40 days, and with the assistance of G, in
seventeen and one.seventeeth days !;
how long will it take @ to do it alone?
If two acres of grass, together with
what grew on the two acres while they
were grazing, keep oxen weeks, and
in like manner, B acres keep 10 oxen g
weeks, how many acres will be required
to keep 15 oxen 2 weeks?
PHYSIOLOGY AND NARCOTICS.
Define plasma, corpuscle, serum and
coagulum.
Does blood ever coagulate unless ex-
posed to the air.
What vein carries pure blood What
vein begins and ends in capillaries
What is the function of the renal cir
culationf
Locate the tricuspid valves; also the
bicuspid valves.
What is the function of the red cor
puscles? OF the white ones?
Define diastole and systole.
Describe the structure OF the heart.
What causes the blood to flow toward
the heart through the veins?
Name and locate the main artery of
the thigh also of the arm.
NARCOTICS.
What is the general effect of opium
on the nervous system
What are malt liquors? What are
high wines?
What effect does alcohol have upon
the work of the heart? Upon the rest
of the heart?
Does the use of opium make the
mouth and throat dry or moist What
effect does it have on the amount OF
perspiration secreted?
What effect does alcohol have upon
the organs of speech
How is ischloroform made How should
it be used?
What is the cause of the craving for
narcotics by those who are addicted to
their use?
What is the effect of alcohol upon the
brain substance?
HISTORY.
Whence came the Puritans and why
When and where did they settle ? Name
some of their virtues and some of their
faults.
Give dates of the following (a) land
ing of the Pilgrims, (b) founding of ST.
Augustine, (c) Sante Fe, (d) discovery
of America by Mortimer, (e) discovery
by Columbus, (f admission of Ohio, (g,
war with Mexico, (h) adoption of Con
stitu ton.
What circumstances led to the fran,
ing of the Constitution, and when
was it adopted.
Name three eminent American poets.
Three eminent writers of prose fiction
Three of history. Three artists.
What has occasioned immigration to
the us
What form of Government existed
during the Revolution, and what changes
were made afterward? ?
What is required OF a candidate for
the Presidency as to age, citizenship and
residence How long do Judges of the
Supreme Court hold Office.
When, where, and by whom was the
Erie Canal built?
Describe the origin of paper money in
America.
What is the distinction between his.
tory and biography.
GEOGRAPHY.
What islands constitute the West
Indians? How many in all? To what
nations do they belong? Name an island
belonging to each of these nations.
What country is known as "The sick
man of Europe? "The Emerald Isle !"
John Bull"? "Brother Jonathan" ?
cold Albion" Gland of the Midnight
Sum-?
lis the Great Circle of Illumination a
great circle ? Explain. How is it proven
that the sun has rotary motion?
What and where are: Cobb, Oobi
ODE, Pouchartrain, A Adnatic, Chautauqua,
Wight, Scilly, Welland?