The age-herald., 1898-03-29
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And for the ten next best sets of answers S2. % each. The following are the questions:
 LIST OF QUESTIONS: (Which is further from the center of the earth, Lake Superior or the mouth or the Amazon?
 2-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the United States became Presidents. and which of our Vice-Presidents died in ofncei 3-One meaning of Let Is to permit; an other is to rent or hire out Without changing any words make In the 1oiip" ing sentence the necessary amendruehI to show that the latter meaning IS m tended: Do not let the hen roost In the yard.
 4--Write a sentence. not exceeding twenty five words, in which the same Woro IS used as often as possible, each tune with an entirely different meaning. (Which expresses the more regular re- currence, often or frequently 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes tns principal character marry the woman whom he first sought to make his moth- er-in-law?
 7-Giye the names of the members of the electoral commission of 1877, and state what circumstance caused a prominent man, who was expected to be meinoei of the commission, to be omitted. S-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ca- pacity in gallons of certain cask. F1av ing no liquid measure, how can be pest accomplish his purpose? , s-Who was the author of the novei III which Tittlebat Titmouse appears! u 10-An advertisement reads Last month
 we took one-thlrd off the price of our four dollar shoes; to close out the s1ock we now offer them at further IT. reanca ssr,1o ton of l00 per cent" What is the prlce of the shoes under this offer? 11-In a certain presidential election the two leading candidates were citizens or adjoining states and the defeated eaEa- 1ot1 a1 tha hon at cessful opponent by a plurality or less than one hundred and fifty votes. Who were the candidates?
 12-Give the derivation of the names Of the days of the week.
 i3-Trace the line of descent of Queen Vic- toria from William the Conqueror. 14What kings ruled in Europe during the year 17oo and over what countries did they reign?
 15-A circular steel ring twelve inches in diameter is weighted until its vertical diameter is reduced to eleven inches, its horizontal diameter being at the same time elongated Is the area en- closed by the ring enlarged, diminished or unchanged?
 ie-A Philadelphia newspaper in January. 17f announced the birth of a child on December 30, 174O. This child grew to manhood and the New York papers re- ported his death as occurring on the last day of February, 1900. How many days over fifty-nine years was his age? 17-what American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their names concealed Tn the following ana grams: 'Divorce Pen." "Oll stain us,' "Pride filings" and "Ft Harrod?" is--Whieh expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief?
 19-Add together the weight of the gold in one thousand quarter eagles of the coin- age of 1880; then that of the silver in two thousand United States half dollars of 1856, and of the silver in two thousand United States standard silver dollars. Give to the nearest thousandths of bushel the quantity of shelled corn at ffty-six pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight? 20-A bird rises from the center of Sumatra and flies in the direction of Constan- tinople; passing that place, 1t continues It's course unswervingly dntil it reaches the Equator Another bird starts from the same place, f1les in the direction of Honolulu and continues beyond with out changing it's direction until it also reaches the Equator How many de- erees apart are the points on the Equator reached by the birds?
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