The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-01
LIST OF QuEsTIoMS;

The following are the questions:
(which is further from the center OF the
earth, Lake Superior or the NOUN Vi
the Amazon?
2-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the onlseu
States became Presidents, ana WHICH
of our Vice-Presidents died in omcef
S-One meaning of Let is to permit; an.
other is to rent or hire out. Mlihou ,
changing any words make In the IoiloW.
ing sentence the necessary amendmehe
to show that the latter meaning is IN
tended: Do not let the hen roost III the
yard.
4--Write sentence not exceeding twenty
i've words in which the same Wor t 70
useo as often as possible. each uiiie
with an entirely different meanins. -
(Which expresses the more resoiai
currence, often or frequently ,oos tho
Elm which of Thackeray's novels ooes , ~, ~
principal character marry the Mo ,nttl
whom he first sought to make ms iiio'"-
er-in-law? .ha
7-Give the names of the members 80 h
electoral commission of 1871 anu $50
what circumstance caused prohih,Siis
man, who was expected TO pc t,ie'Do
of the commission, to be omitted =.
ga grocer wishes to ascertain tH uov-
pacity In gallons of a certain cask. aas s.
ing no liquid measure. how can DC pc''
accomplish his purposeY T.,
9-Who was the author of the mover ~
which Tittlebat Titmouse appears ortn
lo-An advertisement reads: Last month nun
we took one-third off the price OF our
four dollar shoes; to close out the ss so.aN
we now offer them at further reauc.
ton of 100 per cent" What is the prize
of the shoes under this offer?
lin a certain presidential election Tug
two leading candidates were citizens !. OF
adjoining states and the defeated canui-
date carried the home state OF MS sue
cessful opponent by plurality OF less
than one hundred and fifty votes. VINO
were the candidates?
12-Give the derivation of the names OF Tue
days of the week.
l3-Frace the line of descent of Queen Vic
toria from William the Condueror.
H-What kings ruled in Europe during the me
year 100 and over what countries dlo
they reign?
ia circular steel ring twelve inches in
diameter is weighted until its vertical
diameter is reouced to eleven inches,
its horizontal diameter being at the
same time elongated; Is the area en-
closed by the ring enlarged, diminished
unchanged?
l6-A Philadelphia newspaper in January,
1T41, announced the birth of a child on
December 80, 174O. 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 fiftynine 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."
'Pride fings," and eft. Harrod?
18-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 1890; 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
fifty-six pounds to the bushel that would
balance the above weight?
e0-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 dntil 1t reaches
the Equator. Another bird starts from
the same place. flies in the direction
of Honolulu and continues beyond with
out changing its direction until It also
reaches the Equator. How many de-
grees apart are the points on the
Equator reached by the birds?
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