The age-herald., 1898-04-02

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 LIST OF QUESTIONS,
 (Which is further from the center or tne earth, Lake Superior or the mouth ol the Amazon?
 2-Wbat Vice-Presdents of the United States became Presidents. and wnlcn of our Vice-Presidents died in once! S-One meaning of Let is to permit; an other is to rent or hire out. Without changing any words make In the Iollo~. ing sentence the necessary amehohSne to show that the latter meaning is IT tended: Do not let the hen roost In the yard. ss 4--Write a sentence. not exceeding twenty five words, in which the same wora ,s used often possible, each ei'he with an entirely different meaning. (Which expresses the more regular re- currence, often or frequently 6-In which of Thackerays novels ooen sn,,,a .no o whom he first sought to make his moeh- er-in-law? .1 7--Give the names of the members or the electoral commission of 1877, ana state what circumstance caused a prominent man, who was expected to be memper of the commission, to be om1tteo! 6-A grocer wishes to ascertaih siiS
 pacity in gallons of certain cask. Hay. ing no iauid measure, how can be pest accomplish his purpose9 T., 9-Who. was the author Of the noVei HI which Tittlebat Titmouse appearsY ., l0-An advertisement reads: Last montn we took one-third off the price or our four dollar shoes; to close out the ssock we now offer them at a further reouc. ton of 100 per cent" What Is the prlce of the shoes under this offer?
 u-In a certain presidential election the two leading candidates were citizens or adjoining states and the defeated canol- date carried the home state Of hlS suc- cessful opponent by a plurality of less than one hundred and fifty votes. Who were the candidates? - I2-Give the derivation of the names or the days of the week.
 13-Trace the line of descent of Queen Vic- toria from William the Conqueror. 1EWhat kings ruled in Europe during the year HOO and over what countries did they reign?
 15-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? I8-A Philadelphia newspaper In January, 1741, announced the birth of child on December 30, 1740 This child grew to manhood and the New York papers re- ported his death as occurring on the
 
 days over ffty-nine years was his age? a7-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their names concealed in the following ana. grams: Divorce Pen," "Oil stain us." .pride flings," and "Ft. Harrod?" 1s-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 United States standard silver dollars. Give to the nearest thousandths of a bushel the quantity of shelled corn at ffty-sx pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight?
 20-A bird rises from the center of Sumatra and flies in the direction of Constan- tinople; passing that place, it continues It's course -uns~ervingly until 1t reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place, fies in the direction of Honol>Iu and continues beyond with out changing its direction until 1t also reaches the Equator. How many de- grees apart are the points the Equator reached by the birds?
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