The age-herald., 1898-03-25
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 ofnce! S-One meaning of "Let' is to permit an other Is to rent or hire out Witnout changing any words make fnFtne iolIom ing sentence the necessary amehonsLs to show that the latter meaning IS m tended: Do not let the hen roost III lhe yard.
 4-Write sentence, not exceeding twenty five words, in which the same word ls used as often as possible. each tune with an entirely different meaning. (Which expresses the more resuiai currence, often or frequently .h. 6-In which of Thackerays novels ooes tne principal character marry the woman whom he first sought to make his moth- er-in-law?
 7-Give the names of the members or tne electoral commission of lSH, anu seaee what circumstance caused prominent man. who was expected to be memoeF of the commission, to be omitted. S-A grocer wishes to ascertain tne ca pacity in gallons of a certain cask. daV ing no liquid measure, how can pc pes' accomplish his purpose? ,x eWho was the author of the mover III which Tittlebat Titmouse appearsY we took one-third off the price or our four dollar shoes; to close out the stock we now offer them at a further reduc- ton of 100 per cent" What Is the prlce of the shoes under this onerI i1-In a certain presidential election the two leading candidates were citizens or adjoining states and the defeated canol- date carried the home state or ms sue cessful opponent by a plurality or less than one hundred and fifty votes Wno were the candidates?
 12-Give the derivation of the names of the days of the week.
 13+Trace the line of descent of Queen Vlc- toria from William the Conqueror. 14-What kings ruled in Europe during the year 1700 and over what countries did they reign?
 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- or unchanged?
 i6-A Philadelphia newspaper in January 17n announced the birth of a child on December 30, TAO This child grew to manhood and the New York papers re- ported his death as occurring on the last day of February, 1S00 How many days over fifty-nine years was his age? I7-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their grams: "Divorce Pen," "Oil stain us," ''Pride flings," and "Ft. Harrod?" 1S-Which 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 1850; 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?
 MA 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, fies in the direction of Honolulu and continues beyond with out changing its direction until 1t also reaches the Equator. How many de- grees apart are the points on the Equator reached by the birds?
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