The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-04-11

Name in proper order the colors of the
rainbow. What causes the rainbow?
GRAMMAR.
Write compound sentence. A par.
tial compound. A complex.
Write sentences illustrating the uses
of the infinitive.
How are verbs divided as to form :?
As to use?
Give synopsis of verb love, passive
form.
Write sentence containing relative
pronoun in the nominative case, poss.
essive, objective, object verb, object
proposition.
Write sentence containing noun
clause as subject. As predicate.
Decline Him, Who, John.
Name the accidental properties Of
the noun.
Name uses of the passive voice.
When do you use the compound per.
sonal pronoun?
Diagram:
''There is the barn and, as Of yore,
can smell the hay from the open door,
And see the busy swallows throng,
And hear the pewees mournful song.
PHYSIOLOGY.
What is physiology hygiene? Anat.
omy? What is the skeleton?
Name and locate the several sets OF
salivary glands. What is the function
of saliva? How much is secreted daily
Name the organs of respiration. Name
the organs of circulation.
How is food digested? What consti-
tutes good diet?
What blood vessel carries the purest
blood of the body? Why? What ar
teries carry impure blood? Where does
the blood become impure? How does
it become pure?
Name four uses Of the muscles. What
are the uses of tendons?
Define plasma, corpuscle, serum, oxi'
dation, and systole.
Describe the structure of the heart.
Name the divisions of the brain. What
is the use of each one? What is the
use of the spinal cord
Name the special senses. What nerves
are nerves OF special sense? What nerve
supplies the heart and lungs?
GEOGRAPHY.
What is version What is said of it 7
Name a remarkable instance OF version.
Name the principal steppe lakes oi
North America.
What causes the posphorescence Of
the sea? Upon what does the depth OF
the sea depend
Name three classes of Oceanic cur.
rents. By what are they caused?
What are monsoons? BY what are
they caused? Name the monsoon
regions.
Name and define the seven classes OF
clouds.
How many kinds of lightning are
there What is the cause OF thunder
Why is the climate of Alaska so much
warmer than corresponding latitudes on
the Eastern Coast?
Within what four planet regions is the
territory of the u. S. embraced?
Explain the general phenomena oi
springs.
Define history, biography, chronology.
What led to the French and Indian
War? What three generals fell in this
war?
Name the principal events in Jeffer.
sons administration. In Cleveland's
second administration.
What was the cause of the Civil War
What questions did it settle?
What were the compromises OF 1920
OF 1850?
Why did the colonies object to being
taxed, and what came of it?
How many states in the Union ? Name
the departments of the government
and their powers and duties.
In what wars have the United States
been engaged?
What is the Oldest town in the United
States The next oldest.
When and where was Ohio first set
tied? When admitted as State?
ARITHMETIC.
If a family use tb IL ounces sugar q
week, how long will cwt 10 tb last
them?
Add 35 tb 8 ounces, 70 ib IA ounces
IS tb Is ounces. From the sum take lSt
tb IA ounces Multiply the remainder
by s divide the product by "a; what is
the result?
Wheeling is in longitude 500 42> west
the mouth of the Columbia river, is in
Longitude 1240 West; when it is II
o'clock, 8 min, 4S sec. a. m. at the mouth
of the Columbia river, what is the
time at Wheeling?
How many acres in field 4Oa rods
long and 324 rods wide?
What will 83 bu., PIX 2 qt. of grass
seed cost, at $6 20 bu.?
If a bookseller makes so cents on ar
atlas which he sells at Sl,75, what is hii
per cent of profit?
What is the difference between ths
annual and compound interest on $50(
for yrs. and months
A note OF 5000 is dsted Mar. 5, 1871
Endorsements, June 5, 1872, $40: Dec, 5
1872, $50 so. What was the amoun
due June 5, 1874, interest 1915.
Find the present worth and discount
at SO, OF note of $500, due in 2 years
and bearing interest at SO.
If $50 men, in 6 days, Of 10 hrs. each
dig trench 200 yds long, 8 yds. wide,
yds. deep, in how many days can l0'
men, working 8 hrs. day, dig q trench
$50 yds. long, yds. wide and yard
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