The age-herald., 1898-03-31
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 LIST OF OUESTIONS:


 The following are the questions:
 LIST OF QUESTI0kS: (Which is further from the center or 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-Presdents died in ofncef 3-One meaning of Let Is to permit an other is to rent or hire out Without changing any words make in the Ioilow. ing sentence the necessary amehuiieie s to show that the latter meaning IS in tended: Do not let the hen roost III 'he yard. 1-Write a sentence, not exceeding tWet' ,s five words in which the same Woru ID used as often as possible, eacn tilhe with an entirely different meaning. (Which expresses the more reguiai currence, often or frequentiyf ao, +ha 6-In which of Thackeray's movers uuvS s,,o,,,a,, principal character marry the woman whom he first sought to make his moth- er-in-law? .b 7-Give the names of the members or the electoral commission of 1877, ana sta.e what circumstance caused a prominent man, who was expected to be meihoer of the commission, to be omitted. e-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ca pacity In gallons of certain cask. nas. .. ing no liquid measure, how can pe pes' accomplish his purpose? l., 9-Who was the author of the mover III which Tittlebat Titmouse appears i0-An advertisement reads: Last n,on.n T. n,,n we took one-third off the price or our four dollar shoes to close out the stock we now offer them at a further reouc- ton of 100 per cent" What is the price of the shoes under this offer? i1-In a certain presidential election the two leading candidates were citizens or adjoining states and the defeated canoi- date carried the home state of his sue cessful opponent by plurality of less than one hundred and fifty votes. Who were the candidates?
 12-Give 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. 14What kings ruled in Europe during the year TOO and over what countries dio they reign?
 15-A circular steel ring twelve inches In diameter Is weighted until It's 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?
 l6-A Philadelphia newspaper In January, TAI, announced the birth of 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? E-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their names concealed m the following ana. grams: Divorce Pen," "Oil stain us." 'sPride fings" and "Ft. Harrod?" H-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 1sSO 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 ,ol pti of fifty-six pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight?
 a0-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, fles in the direction of Honolulu and continues beyond with out changing it's 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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