The age-herald., 1898-04-26
LIST OF QUESTIOkS:

Inc following are the questions: 5 (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 which of our Vice-Presidents died in ofhce! 2-One meaning of "Let" Is to permit; an other Is to rent or hire out. Witnout changing any words make in the follow ing sentence the necessary amenohene to show that the latter meaning is m tended: Do not let the hen roost III ehe yard.
 4--Write a sentence, not exceeding twenty five words, in which the same Woro ls used as often as possible, each tune with an entirely different meaning. b-Whicb expresses the more regoiai currence, often or frequentiy! .h. 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes sne principal character marry the Woiiah whom he first sought to make his motn- er-in-law? z-Cive the names of the members of the electoral commission of 1S77 and state what circumstance caused promihSMn. M man, who was expected to De a nieAiaoeA of the commission, to be omitted.
 S-A grocer wishes to ascertain lhe pacity in gallons of certain cask- I,1v ing no liquid measure, how can pc pest accomplish his purpose? |. eEWho was the author of the novei HI which Tittlebat TitInouse appearsf 10-An advertisement reads: Last montn
 we took one-third off the price of our four dollar shoes; to close out the so'a saoeh we now offer them at a further tr t,a reuao nrice tion of 100 per cent" What IS the pfice of the shoes under this offer? .a u-In a certain presidential election the two leading candidates were citlzens 0 ol adjoining states and the defeated canoi- date carried the home state of his snc- cessful opponent by plurality or less than one hundred and fifty votes. Nho were the candidates?
 s1z-Give the derivation of the names or tiie days of the week. 13-Trace the line of descent of Queen yic-
 toria from William the Condueror. 1EWhat kings ruled in Europe during the year 17O0 and over what countries did they reign?
 i5-A circular steel ring twelve inches in diameter is weighted until it's vertical diameter is reduced to eleven inches, its horizontal diameter being ats-the same time elongated; Is the area en- closed by the ring enlarged diminished or unchanged?
 1e-A Philadelphia newspaper in January, 1741, announced the birth of a child on s December 3O 1740. This child grew to manhood and the New York papers re- ported his death as occurring oh-the last day of February, 1900. How many days over fifty-nine years was his age? i7-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their names concealed in the following ana grams: sDivorce Pen," "Oil stain us," ''Pride fings," and "Ft. Harrod?" 1S-Which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief?
 1q-Add together the weight of the gold in one thousand quarter eagles of the coin v 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 fifty-six pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight?
 A ird r;c from thn of C,,y ,fro and flies in the direction of Constan- tinople; passing that place, it continues [ It's course unswervingly until 1t reaches { the Equator. Another bird starts from | the same place, fies in the direction [ of Honolulu and continues beyond with f out changing it's direction until 1t also ; reaches the Equator. How many de- T. grees apart are the points on the Eouato, reached by the birds?
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