The age-herald., 1898-04-10
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LIST OF QUESTIONS:
 (Which is further from the center or the earth, Lake Superior or the mouth oi the Amazon? . S
 2-What Vice-Presidents of the Omteo States became Presidents. and WHICH of our Vice-Presfdents died in office? 3-One meaning of "Let" is to permit; an other is to rent or hire out. Without changing any words make in the lollow. ing sentence the necessary amehullsas s to show that the latter meaning IS III tended: Do not let the hen roost ID lhe yard, -at $ s4ff 4-Write sentence, not exceeding twenty a ys five words, in which the same %olu .i,,.s ,s used often as possible, eacn ''"Ae with an entirely different meaning. (Which expresses the more regular ie currence, often or frequently? 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ouun ~onoan ,ao principal character marry the "a1 whom he first sought to make his motn- er-in-law? .. 7-Give the names of the members or ..e electoral commission of lSn, anu e seaee what circumstance caused proliiin,St n man, who was expected to De iile-
 of the commission, to be omitteu: S-A grocer wishes to ascertain Lhe I1o~- ea pacity in gallons of a certain cask aas. as. ing no liquid measure how can pe oes' accomplish his purpose? l., 9-Who was the author of the mover III which Tittlebat Titmouse appears. ., 10-An advertisement reads: Last nsoi.n III M we LOOK OOe-LnlTu On liiC PAiSS four dollar shoes; to close out the s1ock we now offer them at a further reouc- ton of 100 per cent" What is the price of the shoes under this offer?
 11-In a certain presidential electlon tils two leading candidates were citizens oi adjoining states and the defeated canoi- date carried the home state or ms sue cessful opponent by a plurality or iess than one hundred and fifty votes Who were the candidates2
 12-Give the derivation or the names ol 'no 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 1700 and over what countries dio 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?
 1e-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 fifty nine years was his age? l7-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their grams: 'Divorce Pen," "Oil stain us," "Pride fings," 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 1830; 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 ffty-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- tinople; passing that place, it continues It's course unswervingly until it reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place, files 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 Eauatol reached by the birds?
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