The age-herald., 1898-03-23
LIST OF QUESTIOnS:

A@W nlcn IS further rom the ceHlei oh siaS earth, Lake Superior or the mouth or the Amazon?
 2-What Vice-Presidents of the united States became Presidents, and which of our Vice-Presidents died in onlce9 3-One meaning of Let" is to permit; an other is to rent or hire out. without changing any words make In the 1olioW. 1. ing sentence the necessary amenohent to show that the latter meaning is M ti tended: Do not let the hen roost III 'ne 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. 5-Which expresses the more regular fe- cHrrence, often or frequently?
 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes .ne principal character marry the woman whom he first sought to make his moth- er-in-law?
 7-Give the names of the members or the electoral commission of 1877, and state what circumstance caused prominent man, who was expected to be meinper of the commission, to be omitted! s-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ca pacity in gallons of certain cask. Hav. . ing no liquid measure, how can De pest accomplish his purpose? 9-Who was the author of the noyei III which Tittlebat Titmouse appears? 10-An advertisement reads: Last month
 we took one-third off the price of our four dollar shoes; to close out the stocK we now OIl6T IneTn at u IliiCl hSNN4 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 suc- cessful opponent by a plurality or less than one hundred and fifty votes. Who were the candidates?
 12-Give the derivation of the names or the days of the week.
 1ETrace the line of descent of Queen Vic- toria from William the Conqueror. 14What kings ruled in Europe during the year 1700 and over what countries dld 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?
 16-A Philadelphia newspaper in January, TAI, announced the birth of child on December 30 TAO. This child grew to manhood and the New York papers re- ported his death occurring on the last day of February, 1900. How many days over ffty-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," ''Pride filings" 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 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 bushel the quantity of shelled corn at fifty-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- ctne, ha yo1a r. It's course nswervingly until 1t reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place. fes 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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