The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-05
LIST OF QUESTIONS.

The following are the questions.
(which is further from the center oil the
earth, Lake Superior or the mouth Oh
the Amazon? ID
2-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the United
States became Presidents. ana Wnicn
of our Vice-Presidents died in office! =
S-One meaning of l.Let" is to permit; an
other is to rent hire out. Wilnoue
changing any words make in the ioho"
+ ing sentence the necessary amendment
to show that the latter meaning Is IN
tended: Do not let the hen roost IN the
yard.
4-Write sentence, not exceeding twenty
five words, in which the same worn 10
useu as often as possible. each tiine
with an entirely different meanlns,
(which expresses the more reguai
currence, often or frequently -
Elm which of Thaekerays novels ooe s.,s .no
principal character marry the "o VIII
whom he first sought to make his moin-
er-in-law? 4ha
electoral commission of 1877, and stale
what circumstance caused Il prollliiSn.
man, who was expected to pc snel''o
of the commission, to be omitteo
ga grocer wishes to ascertain sne co
pacity in gallons OF a certain casS- I..s Nv.
ing no LIQUID measure, how can De pest
accomplish his purposeY e.,
s-Who was the author OF the nose'
1c-An advertisement reads: Last usoii., r
we took third off the price OF our
four dollar shoes: to close out the STOCK
we now offer them at a further reuuc-
ton of 100 per cent" What is the price
of the shoes under this offer?
lin certain presidential elecuon 'ns
two leading candidates we're citlzens a 1l
adjoining states and the defeated canoi-
date carried the home state OF MS sue
cessful opponent by plurality Oh less
than one hundred and fifty votes VINO
were the candidates.?
12-Give the derivation of the names OF 'he
DAYS of the week.
13-Trace the line of descent of Queen VIC
toria from William the Conqueror
H-what kings ruled in Europe during the
year 100 and over what countries olo
they reign?
ia circular steel ring twelve Inches IN
diameter is weighted until its vertical
diameter is reduced to eleven lncnes,
its horizontal diameter being at the
same time elongated; Is the area en-
closed by the ring enlarged. diminished
or unchanged?
ia Philadelphia newspaper In January
1741, announced the birth of child on
December go, lao. 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?
i7-what American cities of more than
fifty thousand Inhabitants have their
names concealed IN the following ana.
grams: Divorce Pen." "Oil stain u.s."
'sPride nngs," and EFT. Harrod?"
is-which expresses the stronger emotion:
Sorrow or grief?
l9--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 1885, and of the silver in two thousand
United States standard silver dollars.
Give to the nearest thousandths of a
bushel the quantity of shelled corn at
ffty-six pounds to the bushel that would
balance the above weight?
R0-A bird rises from the center of Sumatra
and flies In the direction of Constan-
tinople; passing that place, 1t continues
its course unsw ervingly until 1t reaches
the Equator. Another bird starts from
the same place. flies 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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