The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-29
LIST OF QUESTIONS:

Inc following are the questions:
(which is further from the center of the
earth, Lake Superior OF the mouth OF
the Amazon?
2-What Vice-Presidents of the United
States became Presidents. and which
of our Vice-Presidents died in office!
Zone meaning of Let is to permit; an
other is to rent or hire out Wltnout
changing any words make In the loho~
4 ing sentence the necessary amenahsn'
to show that the latter meaning Is IL
tended Do not let the hen roost IN the
yard.
k-Wrfte sentence, not exceeding twenty
five words, in which the same WORD IS
useo as often as possible. each time
with an entirely different meaning. -,
(Which expresses the more regular ie-
currence, often or frequently?
Gin which of Thackeray's novels Goes .no
principal character marry the "on nth-
whom he first sought to make his mo'h-
er-in-law? A..
electoral commission of 1871, ana stag
what circumstance caused promii,eIe
man, who was expected to be a meinpei
of the commission, to be om1ttedt
ga grocer wishes to ascertain Inc IT,
pacity in gallons OF a certain cask. aav
ing no liquid measure, how can De peS'
accomplish his purpose? J.,
9-Who was the author OF the mover III
which Tittlebat Titmouse appears
h0-An advertisement reads Last monln
we took one-third off the price OF our
four dollar shoes; to close out the STOCK
we now offer them at further reuuc-
ton of 100 per cent" What is the prioe
of the shoes under this offer?
LIN certain presidential election tne
two leading candidates we're citizens OF
adjoining states and the defeated cahoi-
date carried the home state OF ms sue sue.
cessful opponent by a plurality OF less
than one hundred and fifty votes. VINO
were the candidates?
E-Give the derivation of the names OF the
days of the week.
I3-Trace the line of descent OF queen VIC
toria from William the Conqueror
i4-What 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,
its 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,
171, announced the birth of a 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 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 u.s."
"Pride fings," and eft. HarrodY"
iS-Which expresses the stronger emotion:
Sorrow or grief?
ls-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
Z 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?
e0-A bird rises from the center of Sumatra
and flies in the direction of Constan-
tinople; passing that place, 1t continues
its course uns~ ervingly anti 1t 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 it also
reaches the Equator. How many de-
grees apart are the points on the
Equator reached by the birds?
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