The age-herald., 1898-03-30
LIST OF QUESTIONS:

ne IollOWlng are the queSuons'
 LIST OF QUESTIONS:
 (Which is further from the center or tns earth, Lake Superior or the mouth oi the Amazon?
 2-What Vice-Presidents of the United States became Presidents. and wnich of our Vice-Presdents died in once! 3-One meaning of Let Is to permit, aii other is to rent or hire out WlIhou. changing any words make Tn tne i9llom 9,~4 ing sentence the necessary amehoinssne s to show that the latter meaning IS Ii tended: Do not let the hen roost ID 'he yard. Write a sentence. not exceeding tWen'ys s Y five words, in which the same WoIu is used as often as possible, eacn tiiiie with an entirely different meaning. (Which expresses the more reguiai
 currence, often or frequently so, the 6-In which of Thackerays novels ooes sne principal character marry the wolian .a whom he first sought to make his mo'h- er-in-law? . .,o. 7-Give the names of the members or the electoral commission of 1877, anu slaee what circumstance caused a prominent man. who was expected to be memoer of the commission, to be omitted:
 e-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ca pacity in gallons of a certain cask- 1dV ing no liquid measure, how can De pest accomplish his purpose? [, 9-Who was the author of the mover III which Tittebat Titmouse appearsE lt-An advertisement TeduS. lSeAoe
 we took one-third off the price Of our four dollar shoes; to close out the stock we now offer them at further reuuc. tion of 100 per cent" What Is the price of the shoes under this offer?
 l1-In a certain presidential election tne two leading candidates were citizens (, or adjoining states and the defeated candi- date carried the home state of his suc- cessful opponent by a plurality or less than one hundred and fifty votes. Who were the candidates?
 i2-Give the derivation of the names of the days of the week.
 l3-Trace the line of descent of Queen VIC toria from William the Conqueror. l4-What kings ruled in Europe during the year 170O and over what countries dld they reign?
 l5-A circular steel ring twelve lnches m 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 a child on December 30 TAO. This child grew to manhood and the New York papers re- ported his death occurring on the last day of February, 1900. How many days over fifty-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 f1ings" and "Ft. Harrod?' 1S-which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief?
 Ie-Add together the weight of the gold in one thousand quarter eagles of the coin- age of 1890; 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?
 D-A bird rises from the center of Sumatra and flies in the direction of Constan- tinople; passing that place, it continues its course unsWervingly dntil it reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place, files 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 Ecuator reached by the birds?
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