The age-herald., 1898-04-12
IN AOAiO"ihS ohS tiiS 1oSS
 LIST OF QuESTIOhS:

h-Which is further from the center of the earth, Lake Superior or the mouth oA the Amazon? 2-What Vice-Presidents of the om.eo States became Presidents. and wnlcn of our Vice-Presidents died in omce' e-One meaning of "let" Is to permit; an other is to rent or hire out. Wl.hou. n changing any words make in the IoiioW ing sentence the necessary amenomeh' to show that the latter meaning IS in tended: Do not let the hen roost Ill sl'e yard. A--Write a sentence, not exceeding twenty i've words, in which the same word IS used as often as possible, each tune with an entirely different meaning. 6-Which expresses the more reguiai ie currence often or frequently! .x 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes sne principal character marry the Wonia aa whom he first sought to make ms mo'h- er-in-law? s .1. 7-Give the names of the members of the electoral commission of 1877, and state what circumstance caused prominent man, who was expected 10 De q ahe
 of the commission, to be omitteo: B-A grocer wishes to ascertain the 1,os, ca pacity in gallons of a certain cask liaY ing no liquid measure, how can De pest accomplish his purpose? ,., ,, 9-Who was the author Of. the noNei III which Tittlebat Titmouse appears? , a0-An advertisement reads: Last n,on.n n',x we took one-thlrd off the price Of our four dollar shoes; to close out the stock stock
 
 tion of 100 per cent" What Is the price of the shoes under this offer?
 Hin a certain presidential elecpon tne two leading candidates were citlzens s, ol adjoining states and the defeated cahoi- date carried the home state of his sue cessful opponent by plurality or less Iess than one hundred and fifty votes Who were the candidates?
 12-Give the derivation Of the names or the days of the week.
 a3-Trace the line of descent of Queen VIC toria from William the Conqueror. uEWhat kings ruled in Europe during the year 1700 and over what countries dio they reign?
 I5-A circular steel ring twelve inches in diameter is weighted until its vertical diameter Is reduced to eleven inches, It's horizontal diameter being at the same time elongated; is the area en- closed by the ring enlarged, diminished or unchanged?
 a6-A Philadelphia newspaper in January, TAI, 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 f1fty-nine years was his age? l7-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their grams: 'Divorce Pen," "Oil stain us," sPride f1ings," and "Ft. Harrod7" as-Which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief?
 
 one thousand quarter eagles of the coin- age of 1S30; then that of the silver in two thousand United States half dollars of 1S56 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?
 n0-A bird rises from the center of .Sumatra and flies in the direction of Constan- tinople: passing that place, it continues its course unsWervingly until 1t reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place, flles 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 Eouato, reached by the birds?
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