The age-herald., 1898-05-06
LIST OF QUESTIONS:

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 (Which is further from the center of the earth, Lake Superior or the mouth or the Amazon?
 2-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the United States became Presidents. and wnicn of our Vice-Presidents died in ofhces S-One meaning of "Let' is to permit; an other is to rent or hire out. Wltnout changing any words make In the loliom ing sentence the necessary amenomesne s to show that the latter meaning IS lh- tended: Do not let the hen roost ID .ne yard
 4-Write a sentence. not exceeding twenty i've words, in which the same wora ID useo as often as possible, each tiIhe with an entirely different meaning. TO b-Which expresses the more resuiaA
 currence, often or frequently ...s 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes a,, sno principal character marry the Won.an W.a whom he first sought to make ms ino'n- er-in-law? IL. s--Give inc names of the members of the electoral commission of 1871, ana '.e sta.e what circumstance caused prominent man, who was expected to be meinoei of the commission, to be omitted. e-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ca pacity in gallons of certain cask. ilas lIas. ing no liquid measure. how can oe pes' accomplish his purpose? l., @Who was the author Of the novei III which Tittlebat Titmouse appears! I0-An advertisement reads: Hast month
 we took one-third off the price or our four dollar shoes to close out the sloch we now offer them at further reuuo . ton of 100 per cent" What Is the price of the shoes under this offer? , u-In a certain presidential election tne two leading candidates were citl%ens en ,d,l Ul adjoining states and the defeated canoi- date carried the home state or ms sue cessful opponent by plurality or & l1ss than one hundred and fifty votes. who were the candidates?
 12Giye the derivation of the names or the 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 100 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 game time elongated; is the area. en- closed by the ring enlarged. diminished unchanged?
 1s-A Philadelphia newspaper in January, 1741 announced the birth of a 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? 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?" iS-Which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief? l9-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 a bushel the quantity. of shelled corn at fifty-six pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight?
 MA bird rises from the center of Sumatra and flies in the direction of Constan- tinople; passing that place, 1t continues Its course unswervingly dntil 1t reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place, ,iies in the direction r 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 Ecuatol reached by the birds?
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