The age-herald., 1898-04-05
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hhOt VI XV&StaVnS (Which is further from the center or tne earth, Lake Superior or the mouth oi the Amazon? 2-Wbat vice-Presidents of the United States became Presidents. and, Wnich of our Vice-Presdents died in omeef 3-One meaning of pLet. is to permit; an other is to rent or hire out WHnout changing any words make in me iolIow. ing sentence the necessary amen9lien' ,li to show that the latter meaning IS tto in tended: Do not let the hen roosI III tiie yard. ~ 4--Write a sentence, not exceeding twenty five words in which the same word IS used as often possible, eacn 'i'iio with an entirely different meanlHs. 5-Which expresses the more regular currence, often or frequently .ss 8-In which of Thackeray's novels uoe, ,sa, .no principal character marry the Woiaan i4, whom he first sought to make ms iho'" er-in-law? A.. 7-Give the names of the members or tl,e electoral commission of 1877, and state what circumstance caused promlnen. man. who was expected to be a ineinpeA of the commission, to be om1tleu
 8-A grocer wishes to ascertain the cs. pacity in gallons of certain cask. nay ing no liquid measure, how can pc oes' accomplish, his purposef ua, in 9-Who was the author Of the noNei III which Tittlebat Titmouse appearsf 10-An advertisement reads: Hast month
 we took one-thrd off the price or our four dollar shoes; to close out the s1ock we now offer them at a further reouc- tion of 100 per cent" What is the price of the shoes under this offer?
 11-In a certain presidential eiection 'ne two leading candidates were cltlzens ol adjoining states and tire defeated canol- date carried the home state of his suc- cessful opponent by plurality or lSss than one hundred and fifty votes. NWho were the candidates?
 l2-Give the derivation Of the names or the days of the week.
 13-Trace the line of descent of Queen Vic-
 toria from William the Conqueror. 14-What 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? 1e-A Philadelphia newspaper in January. 1741, announced the birth of child on December 30, 1740. 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 ffty-nine years was his age? i7-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their names concealed m the following ana grams: ''Divorce Pen." "oil stain us," ''Pride fings," and "Ft. Harrod?' IS-W nlcn expresses tHo StioHSer eulollOI. Sorrow or grief?
 a9-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 1S56 and of the silver in two thousand United States standard silver dollars. Give to the nearest thousandths of a i- bushel the quantity of sheled corn at fifty-six pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight?
 on-A hjrd rises from the center of SI1matra and flies in the direction of Constan- tinople; passing that place, 1t continues | its course unswervingly dntil it reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place, fires in the direction f of Honolulu and continues beyond with r out changing It's direction until 1t also z reaches the Equator. How many de- si grees apart are the points on the z Eouatol reached by the birds? CoNDITIoNs--In order to compete for this prize, you must send $2.OO to THE AeE-HERALD for three months subscrip- ton to the Daily and Sunday issues, or for one years subscription to the SUNDAY AGE-HERALD alone.
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