The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-19
LIST OF QUESTI0NS:

Inc IolloWlng are the questions:
(which is further from the center OF the
earth. Lake Superior or the mouth OF
the Amazon?
2-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the United
States became Presidents. and wh1cn
of our Vice-Presidents tied in ofhce!
Bone meaning of Let" is to permit; an
other is to rent or hire out. without
changing any words make In the fohow-
ing sentence the necessary amehomeht
to show that the latter meaning Is IN
tended: Do not let the hen roost III tue
yard.
4-Write a sentence, not exceeding twenty
five words, in which the same woro -
used as often as possible. each tiihe
with an entirely different meaning.
(which expresses the more regular ie
currence, often or frequently ~,
Gin which of Thackerays novels Goes ene
principal character marry the woman
whom he first sought to make MS mo'h-
er-in-law? -
7-Give the names of the members of the
electoral commission of 1877. ana state
what circumstance caused prominent
man, who was expected to be meinpei
of the commission, to be omitted!
ga grocer wishes to ascertain the ca
pacity in gallons of certain cask. nav.
ing no liquid measure, how can pc pesI
accomplish his purpose? :.
s-Who was the author OF the mover ~
which Tittlebat Titmouse appearsf
0-An advertisement reads: Last montn
we took one-third Off the price OF our
four dollar shoes; to close out the STOCK
we now offer them at further n ar le nrice
ton of 100 per cent" What is the pfice
of the shoes under this offer?
lin a certain presidential election the
two leading candidates we're citizens OF
adjoining states and the defeated canol-
date carried the home state of his sue
cessful opponent by a plurality OF less
than one hundred and fifty votes. VINO
were the candidates?
i2-Give the derivation of the names OF 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 I700 and over what countries did
they reign?
ia 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
ls-A Philadelphia newspaper in January,
I 1741 announced the birth of a child on
December 80, 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 ffty-nine years was his age?
f-What American cities of more than
fifty thousand Inhabitants have their
names concealed m the following ana
grams: divorce Pen," "Oil stain u.s."
"Pride fings," and eft. Harrod?"
lS-Which expresses the stronger emotion:
Sorrow or grief?
one thousand quarter eagles of the COIN
age of 1890; 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 a
bushel the quantity Of sheiled corn at
ffty-six pounds to the bushel that would
balance the above weight?
~ a.
and flies in the direction of Constan-
tinople; passing that place, 1t continues
its course unswervingly until 1t reaches
the Equator Another bird starts from
the same place, flies In the direction
of Honolulu and continues beyond with
out changing its direction until 1t also
1 reaches the Equator. How many de-
grees apart are the points on the
Equator reached by the birds?
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Of the winners will be published. |
The judges are: ]. Il. Phillips, Superin-
tendent Birmingham Public Schools; w.
G. P. Harding, Second Vice President First