The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-03-22
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Questions Propounded on
Saturday, March IL, 1894.
ARITAMETIC.

ARITAMETIC.
Says A to B. 4 of my age plus years
equals ( of yours, and the sum Of our
ages is l4S years. Required the age of
| each?
If 800 cats can kill 800 rats in 800 min.
utes, how many cats can kill 100 rats in
| 100 minutes
! Divide lO2O4s by .3lS9. Divide .lO2.
O4S by 31S9.
Insert 3 geometric means between 8
and 5000. The extremes are l9660S, and
6, and the ratio is ! what is the mum.
Der of tt rms?
John Jones bought % shares of bank
stock at an advance OF per cent on the
par value of Sl00. From the time of
purchase until the end of yrs. mo. he
received a semi annual dividend of 4
per cent, when he sold the stock at a
premium of IL per cent Money being
worth Z per cent compound interest,
how much did he gain?
A, OF Memphis, has $4,000 to pay in
New York. The direct exchange is
per cent premium; but exchange on
New Orleans is per cent premium and
from New Orleans to New York is / per
cent discount By circular exchange,
how much will pay his debt and what is
his gain
A owes $l6SO due July IS; he pays
$3.50 before, the rest after due; when
were the payments made, if they were
40 days apart?
A person being asked the hour of the
day replied that of the time past noon
equaled two ninths of the. time from
then to midnight less SO minutes +,
what was the time?
If ladder placed feet from the base
OF building 40 feet high, just reached
the top, how far must it be placed from
the base of the building that it may
reach point 10 feet from the top?
Under pressure of Is pounds to the
square inch, certain quantity OF gas
occupies volume of 20 quarts; what
pressure must be applied to reduce the
volume to 8 quarts?
PSYCHOLOGY.
What is tonic? Stimulant? Mar.
cotics? How could alcohol be admins
tered 80 as to produce either of these
effects?
Describe and give the uses of the skin.
the body make? What effect has alco.
hol and tobacco on the skinP
What Narcotics are most commonly
ubCu DCbCIlUC tlC CuCCb VI ioui 4>dI-
cotics most commonly used
What mus cles act whether We think
about them or not? What effect has
alcohol on these muscles? Why is the
eye called the "Window of the soul 2"
Trace the circulation of the blood.
How much alcohol does beer and wine
contain? How much do distilled liq.
uors contain?
Diagram and give construction of ital.
icized words.
sSas ~ ,ss ss, ssss sns
Instruct me. for thou kpowes,; thou from
Vast present, and with mighty wings out.
poye:lls .; s:.'s. .,t!..., sroSa;"g Q" abyss,
How is sentence transformed
Write 8 sentences and transform each
by different process.
What may comparison show in res
pect to intensity? The terms? Mention
five adjectives compared irregularly.
What adjectives are not compared?
What are the four ways of considering
an action or event? What is meant bv
a point of time? A period?
What are distributives Demonstra.
tives? Indeffnites Reciprocals?
II have no confidence aOhdteUer in the
proposed measure? Parse whatever,
fully.
Twas not aware of his being a. foreigner.
Give construction of italicized words.
Name the six forms of the regular
verb of the New Conjugation. Name
the seven forms of the regular verb of
the old conjugation.
Name three verbs derived from nouns.
Name derived from verbs Name 8
derived from adjectives.
How did the Norman Conquest affect
the language? Have any later events
in history made any great changes in it?
Give the rule for using in and into,
on and upon, like and as.
GEOGRAPHY.
From what are the following articles
obtained: Quinine, indigo, choc.
olate, turpentine and caoutchouc?
How is it proven that tides are caused
by the attraction of the sun and moon
In what geological age do vertebrates
first appear? In what age was gold
first formed? Was all the coal formed
during the carboniferous age Explain.
On which side of a coral island is the
growth more rapid, the outer or the in
ner? Why? What are the conditions
necessary for the growth OF coral
Enumerate the proofs of the unity of
the human race. Name the primary
races.
How many miles OF coast line has
each of the grand divisions ?
Name the territories of the Uuited
States and the capital of each. How are
territories represented in Congress
What railroads pass through any por.
tions OF Highland county? Name the
towns on each.
What and where are /: Thousand Isles,
the Palisades, Schuylkil, Banda, Mac.
assar, Messina, Oahu, Pluton, Yelling
ton and Constance.
Bound Brazil, describe its govern.
ment, its religion, and name its chief
products.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
What is education? What are two of |
the main objects to be accomplished in
What nrenaration have vou noado for