The age-herald., 1898-03-26
LIST OF QUESTIONS:

l-Whlch Is further rom the center ol -kAsS earth, Lake Superior or the mouth or the Amazon?
 e-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the United States became Presidents. and which of our Vice-Presdents died in ofheef B-One meaning of Let Is to permit; an other is to rent or hire out. Without changing any words make in the ioio" ing sentence the necessary amehoniene Il to show that the latter meaning IS IF tended Do not let the hen roost ID the ' yard.
 A-Write sentence, not exceeding twenty five words. in which the same word IS used as often as possible, each tihe with an entirely different meaning. (Which expresses the more reguiaI ie currence, often or frequently! 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes tne principal character marry the "oiiian whom he first sought to make his moeh- er-in-law?
 1-Give the names of the members or the electoral commission of 1877, and state what circumstance caused a prominent man, who was expected to be meihoei of the commission, to be omitted! e-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ca pacity in gallons of certain cask. rlax ing no liquid measure, how can pc oes. accomplish his purpose? l., e-Who was the author or the mover III which Tittlebat Titmouse appearsf l0-An advertisement reads: Last month we took one-third off the price or our four dollar shoes; to close out the stock we now offer them at further reduc- ton of 100 per cent" What Is the prlce of the shoes under this offer? u-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 plurality or less than one hundred and fifty votes. Who were the candidates?
 l2-Gve the derivation of the names or the days of the week.
 ls-Trace the line of descent of Queen Vic
 toria from William the conqueror. A-What kings ruled in Europe during the year TOO and over what countries did they reign?
 l5-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 same time elongated; Is the area en- closed by the ring enlarged. diminished or unchanged?
 ls-A Philadelphia newspaper in January. TAI, announced the birth Of 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 fifty-nine years was his age? l7-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their grams grams: Divorce Pen" "oil stain us." "Pride fllngs," and "Ft Harrod?' iS-Which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief?
 l9-Add together Ihe WelRnL or 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 1S56 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 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 unswervingly antil 1t reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place, f1les 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 Equator reached by the birds? this prize, you must send $2.0O to THE AeE-HEBALD for three months subscrip- tion to the Daily and Sunday issues, or for one years subscription to the SUNDAY eE-HERALD alone.
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