Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-08-14
READING.

iaults Ia articulation.
5. Into what classes are the ele-
mentary sounds of the English Ian
guage divided?
4 What IS the object Of Emphasis
s. Define Modulatlon, and name its
divisions
6. What is the difference between
Force and Emphasis
2. Describe the orotund.
s. Define rhetorical pauses.
9. What does quantity embraced
10. How is infection sometimes
affected by emphasis
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
I. How do such words as this, that,
these, and those indicate place.
2. Make FIVE sentences, each con-
tanning one of the following verbs
used first transitively, and then in
transitively: Run, fly, draw, speak,
wave.
3. Pluralize Knight Templar, banjo,
Charles, monkey, and German.
4. Give the principal parts Of lie,
to recline, lay, choose, sit, set, and
hang.
s. To how many things does the
comparative degree refer? What does
it imrly2 Explain the office of the
superlatiye. What word usually fol-
lows the comparative, and what the
superlative?
6. Define synopsis, auxiliary verbs,
redundant and defective verbs.
7. Tell how the passive and pro-
gressive forms of verbs are made.
s. Explain the terms infection and
coniugation as used in grammar.
9. Analyze the following sentence:
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd winds slowly DER the
The plowman homeward plods his weary
way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to
me. GRAY.
10. Parse tolls, lowing, herd, home
ward, and leaves in the above sen
tence.
BOOKKEEPING.
I. What is bookkeeping? What
books are used in Single Entry?
2. What is a note? Write negoti-
able promissory note.
3. Define Day-book. Ledger aud
Cash book
a. Make out the following bill, and
show how it should be receipted:
Jan. 10, 1o97.-James Fairfax bought
of Silas Fisher I6 lbs. of sugar, at 6
cts; 81 lbs. meat, at II cts; 10 cans
tomatoes, at cts. S bu. potatoes, at
40 cts. Jan. 1910 lbs sugar, at 6
cts; a gal oysters, at SO cts.
S. What is an accounts current?
Define Bills Receivable, and Bills
Payable.
6. Write the following in Day-book,
and post to Ledger
June I, 1S76.-Sold A. G. Henry Z yd.
calico, at 10 cts; yds. linen, at % cts;
3 pr. shoes, at $780, and has paid me
cash on account $475.
June 2. Nathan Smith, 3 pr. kid
boots, at 1915; 6 hats, at $1.25; Moses
Wheeler sold me 8 bu. plums, at $3.50,
and bought 3 yd. broadcloth, at $3.50;
6 yd gingham, at 20 cts.
June 3.-Franklin Armstrong, 80 yd.
calico, at 121 cts; 10 pr. fine boots, at
$500; 16 suits clothes, at $9.37t.
June Franklin Armstrong has giy-
en- his note for sixty days to settle his ac-
count.
June 6.-Henry Sampson bought 16
yd. calico, at 124 cts; "a yd. linen, at "a
cts; IA pr. hose, at 10 cts, and has paid
cash on account 1915.
June o. Silas Warner bought yd.
silk, at S2.25; pr, tan shoes, at 49,; IS
w. at TlsiO.
June 10-Silas Warner has paid cash
in full of his account. John Deane sold
me 70 Blu. potatoes, at So cts; and has
bought pr. shoes, at $1.75, also has
paid me cash to balance his account.
Francis Austin has bought merchandise
to $131.7S, for which he has
given me bis note due in 3 months, pay
able at the National Savings Bank.
Write the notes between the parties
in the above transactions.
PHYSIOLOGY.
I. OF what does physiology treat?
OF what value is a knowledge of
physiology?
2. What are salivary glands? What
is their function and where are they
situated?
3. Describe the stomach. What
the food in the stomach to dis
solve
a. What is the relative position of
the stomach, liver, lungs and dia-
phragm'
s. Name and describe the blood