The age-herald., 1898-04-06
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LlSl UT xV6Sl1 (Which Is further from the center or tne earth, Lake Superior or the mouth or the Amazon?
 2-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the Uniteo States became Presidents. and wnicn of our Vice-Presidents died in ohceF S-One meaning of Let" Is to pernla, an other is to rent or hire out. Wllnout changing any words make in the folioW- ing sentence the necessary amenonieMIl M to show that the latter meaning IS il III. tended: Do not let the hen roost ID .iie yard.
 l--Vrite a sentence. not exceeding twenty live words, in which the same wora 10 used as often as possible, each tlihe with an entirely different meaning. 6-Which expresses the more regular Ie- currence, often or frequently Al, :. 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes ti1c principal character marry the wol whom he first sought to make his moth- er-in-law? .x electoral commission of 1877, ana state what circumstance caused prominent man, who was expected to be meihpeI of the commission, to be omitted. S-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ea pacity in gallons of a certain cask. Hay. ing no liquid measure, how can be pest accomplish his purpose? 9-Who was the author or the hosei .i which Tittlebat Titmouse appearsY 1o-An advertisement reads: Hast month
 we took one-third off the price of our four dollar shoes; to close out the stock we now offer them at a further reduc- ton of 100 per cent" What js the price of the shoes under this offer! 11-In a certain presidential electlon ~the two leading candidates were citizens or adjoining states and the defeated candi- date carried the home state of his sue cessful opponent by a plurality or less than one hundred and fifty votes. Wno were the candidates?
 i2-Give the derivation of the names or the days of the week.
 13-Trace the line of descent of Queen Vlc-
 toria from William the Conqueror. 14-What kings ruled in Europe during the year 100 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 child on December 30, TAO. 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 ffty-nine years was his age? l7-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their names concealed in the following ana grams: Divorce Pen," "Oil stain us," F L. is-Which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief?
 I9-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 bushel the quantity of shelled corn at fifty-six pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight?
 c0-A bird rises from the center of Sumatra and flies in the direction of Constan- tinople; passing that place, 1t continues Its course unswerving'y dntil it reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from 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 Eauatol reached by the birds?
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