The age-herald., 1898-03-17
LIST OF QUEsTDAS:


 earth, Lake Superior or the mouth or the Amazon?
 2-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the Omteo States became Presidents. and which of our Vice-Presidents died in ofnce! 3-One meaning of Let Is to permit, an other is to rent or hire out. Without changing any words make in the tollow ing sentence the necessary amehoinen' s to show that the latter meaning IS tLi tended: Do not let the hen roost Ill lne yard. 4-Write a sentence, not exceeding twenty five words, in which the same word IS used as often as possible, each uhe with entirely different meaning. (Which expresses the more regular ie currence, often or frequently?
 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes the principal character marry the Woinah Wa whom he first sought to make his motn- er-in-law?
 7-Give the names of the members or tne electoral commission of 18l7 and state what circumstance caused prominent man, who was expected to be neihoei of the commission, to be omitted! S-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ca pacity in gallons of a certain cask. Hay. ing no liquid measure, how can pc pest accomplish his purpose? {, 9-Who was the author of the mover III which Tittlebat Titmouse appears? , lo-An advertisement reads: Hast month we took one-third off the price Of our four dollar shoes to close out the stock
  tion of 100 per cent" What is the price of the shoes under this offer? u-In a certain presidential election tne two leading candidates were citizens or adjoining states and the defeated candl- date carried the home state of his sue cessful opponent by a plurality of less than one hundred and fifty votes. Who were the candidates?
 l3Give the derivation of the names or tne days of the week.
 i3-Trace the line of descent of Queen Vic toria from William the Conqueror. LAWhat kings ruled in Europe during the year 1700 and over what countries did they reign?
 f5-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? 16-A Philadelphia newspaper in January, TAI, 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 fifty-nine years was his age? 17-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their names concealed m the following ana grams: Divorce Pen" "oil stain us," ssPride hings," and "B't. Harrod? i8-Which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief?
 ie-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 1S56 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 f1fty-six pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight?
 D-A bird rises from the center of Sumatra and flies in the direction of Constan- efx,rr k1aa4 rAIa its course unswervinglY until it reaches the Equator Another bird starts from the same place, fines in the direction of Honolulu and continues beyond with out changing it's 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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