The age-herald., 1898-04-21
LIST OF QUESTIONS

The following are-the questlonS; (Which is further from the center or the earth, Lake Superior or the mouth or the Amazon?
 2-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the United States became Presidents. and Wnlch of our Vice-Presidents died in omces 3-One meaning of "Let" Is to permit an other is to rent or hire out. Without changing any words make in the folloW- ing sentence the necessary amenonheh' to show that the latter meaning IS ih- tended: Do not let the hen roost ID the yard.
 4-Write a sentence, not exceeding twenty five words, in which the same wora is used as often as possible, each tine with an entirely different meaning. 5-Which expresses the more regular ie currence, often or frequently? 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes .ne principal character marry the won,ah whom he first sought to make ms mo'h- er-in-law? 7-C,ive the names of the members Of the electoral commission of 1877. ana state what circumstance caused a promlnsns man, who was expected to be neihpei of the commission, to be omitted S-A grocer wishes to ascertain tne ca paclty in gallons of certain cask nas ing no liquid measure, how can pc pess accomplish his purpose?
 @Who vas the author t ,,. or nnsorss tne noye' " 10-An advertisement reads: "Last month we took one-third off the price of our four dollar shoes; to close out the ssock ,oS or then at wbat s the price of the shoes under this offer? u-In a certain presidential election tne two leading candidates were citizens or adjoining states and tire defeated caIiui- date carried the home state of his suc- cessful opponent by 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.
 1s-Trace the line of descent of Queen yic- toria from William the Conqueror. 1EWhat kings ruled in Europe during the year 17O0 and over what countries did 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 Il same time elongated; Is the area en- closed by the ring enlarged, diminished or unchanged?
 l6-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, 1S0O How many days over flfty-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 fings," and "Ft Harrod?" 18-Which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief?
 1s-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 Give to the nearest thousandths of bushel the quantity of shelled corn at ffty-six pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight? A rfc Q of G., and files in the direction of Constan- tinople; passing that place, 1t continues its course unsW Wervfngly dntil 1t reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place, flles in the direction of Honolulu and continues beyond with out changing its direction until 1t also reaches the Equator. How many de- grees apart are the points on the Eauatol reached by the birds2
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