The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-27
LIST OF QUESTIONS:

Ire following are the quest1ons:-
(which is further from the center OF the
earth, Lake Superior or the mouth Oh
5 the Amazon?
: 2-What vice-Presidents of the United
States became Presidents. and winch
of our Yice-Presidents died in ofncef
S-One meaning of '1et". Is to permit; an.
other is to rent or hire out WitnouI
Changing any words make in the follow
ing sentence the necessary amenoihe gu
to show that the latter meaning Is III
tended: Do not let the hen roost IN the
yard.
4EWrite a sentence, not exceeding twenty
i've words, i'm which the same wora -
used as often as possible, each tiHe
with an entirely different meamns.
(which expresses the more reguiai
currence, often or frequently al.
Gin which of Thackeray's novels Goes ,,, .no
principal character marry the .s,ntr-
whom he first sought to make ms ho'n-
er-in-law? 49,
7-Give the names of the members y. sta.s
electoral commission OF 1871, anu $50
what circumstance caused q proihlli :,
man, who was expected to be neinoei
of the commission, to be omitted.
s-A grocer wishes to ascertain sn1 H.
pacity in gallons of certain casK. aav.
ing no liquid measure, how can De pes'
accomplish his purposeY -,
9-Who was the author or the nosei IN
which Tittlebat Titmouse appears
10-An advertisement reads: Last moI IN
we took one-third Off the price OF our
four dollar shoes; to close out the STOCK
we now offer them at further reouc-
ton of 100 per cent" What Is the prioe
of the shoes under this offer?
Hin a certain presidential election the
two leading candidates were c1tlzens 0i
adjoining states and the defeated canai-
date carried the home state or ms sue
cessfuI opponent by a plurality OF less
than one hundred and fifty votes Who
were the candidates?
12SGive the derivation of the names OF tne
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 100 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 lncnes,
its horizontal diameter being at the
same time elongated; is the area en-
closed by the ring enlarged, diminished
or unchanged?
l6-A Philadelphia newspaper in January
1741, announced the birth Of a 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?
H-What American cities of more than
fifty thousand Inhabitants have their
names concealed IN the following ana
grams: Divorce Pen." "Oil stain u.s."
"PT10e n1nSS, duu u IldrTOQs
I8-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 1880; 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 shelled corn at
flfty-sx pounds to the bushel that would
baJa nce the above weight?
20--A bird rises from the center of Sumatra
and flies in the direction Of Constan-
tfnople; passing that place, 1t continues
its course unswervingly until 1t reaches
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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