The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-20
LIST OF QUESTI0NS.

= lac iOllOWllIS dlC lllC JuCSliOhos
(which is further from the center OF the
earth, Lake Superior or the mouth OF
the Amazon?
LWbat Vice-Presidents of the United
States became Presidents. and winch
of our Vice-Presidents died in once!
S-one meaning of LET" Is to permit; an.
other is to rent or hire out. Witnout
changing any words make In the ioliow.
r. ing sentence the necessary amehonisns
to show that the latter meaning is IN
tended: Do not let the hen roost IN ZIG
yard.
4-Write a sentence, not exceeding tWe1.y.
five words, in which the same wore orc. -
used as often as possible, eacn liine
with an entirely different meanlns.
(Which expresses the more regular re-
currence, often or frequently .sa
Gin which of Thackeray's novels ooes s So. y
principal character marry the wo athl
whom he first sought to make ms Ho'n-
er-in-law? A..
q-Giye the names of the members OF the
electoral commission of 1877, and state
what circumstance caused proInli,Sns
man, who was expected to be D neiioea
of the commission, to be omitted?
"a grocer wishes to ascertain the ca
pacity in gallons Of certain cask. hay.
ing no liquid measure, how can DC oes'
accomplish his purpose2
9-Who was the author of the noVei LII
which Tittlebat Titmouse appearsT .
lo-An advertisement reads: Last month
we took one-third off the price OF our
TOUR DOLLAR SHOeSs " CiOoc Obt NAA~
we now offer them at further reouc.
ton of 100 per cent" What is the price
of the shoes under this offer?
LIN a certain presidential election 'ne
two leading candidates were citizens OF
adjoining states and the defeated canol-
date carried the home state OF ms sue
cessful opponent by plurality OF less
than one hundred and fifty votes VINO
were the candidates?
11Give the derivation of the names OF the
days of the week.
13-Trace the line of descent of Queen VIC
toria from William the Conqueror.
14EWhat kings ruled in Europe during the
year 100 and over what countries DID
they reign?
ia circular steel ring twelve inches In
diameter is weighted until its vertical
diameter is reduced to eleven inches,
It's horizontal diameter being at the
same time elongated Is the area en-
closed by the ring enlarged, diminished
or unchanged?
ia Philadelphia newspaper in January,
1741. announced the birth of q child on
!, December 80, 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?
u-What American cities of more than
fifty thousand inhabitants have their
names concealed m the following ana
grams: divorce Pen." "oil stain u.s."
.Pride fings" and eft. Harrod?"
1s-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 1890; then that of the silver In
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 bushe that would
balance the above weight?
0-A bird rises from the center of Sumatra
and flies In the direction of Constan-
tinople; passing that place, 1t continues
The Equator. Another bird starts from
the same place, flies In the direction
of Honolulu and continues beyond with
out changing its direction until 1t also
reaches the Equator. How many de-
grees apart are the points on the
Eouatol reached by the birds?
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