The age-herald., 1898-05-07
LIST OF QUESTl0NSa

AnS ioiOWlnS are the queStlohS'
 (Which is further from the center or the earth, Lake Superior or the mouth oi tlIe Amazon?
 2-Wbat vice-Presidents of the United States became Presidents. and wnlcn of our Nice-Presidents died in once! 2-One meaning of Let is to permlt' aii other is to rent or hire out. Witioue changing any words make in the lohom ing sentence the necessary amehollisn. s, to show that the latter meaning IS .u .i tended: Do not let the hen roost III ene yard.
 4-Write sentence. not exceeding M t"ea' ys five words, in which the same wor9 is usea as often as possible. each liiAe with an entirely different meahins. (Which expresses the more resuia'
 currence, often or frequenty so, ,ra 6-In which of Thackeray's noveLs ouvn ,',o,ca n principal character marry the "t, "oia whom he first sought to make ms ino'A- er-in-law? s tba 7--Give the names of the members o[ s+at . electoral commission of 1SIi, anu e seaee what circumstance caused a prohlliieiis hs man. who was expected to be nleiloei of the commission, to be omitted oa- e-A grocer wishes to ascertain sI snN uav. pacity in gallons of a certon casK. nay. s. mo no Iio1,id measure how can be pest accomplish his purpose| , ,,, 9-Who was the author or the o hoee " which Tittlebat Titmouse appears! 10-An advertisement reads: Last nsonan III n'.u. we took one-third off the price or our ,r four dollar shoes to close out the a sIooA we now offer them at further reuueo i',eo ton of 100 per cent" What IS the piiS of the shoes under this offer! f. . lin a certain presidential election the two leading candidates were cltlzens ., uh adjoining states and the defeated canul- date carried the home state or ms sue cessful opponent by plurality or less than one hundred and fifty votes. Who were the candidates? 12-Give the derivation of the names ol eho days of the week.
 13@Trace the line of descent of Queen Slc- toria from William the Conqueror. H-What kings ruled in Europe during the year TOO and over what countries olo 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?
 i6-A Philadelphia newspaper in January, TAI, 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 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 in the following ana. grams: "Divorce Pen," "Oil stain us," .sPride f1ings," and "F't Harrod?' 1s-Which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief?
 19-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 a bushel the quantity of shelled corn at fifty-six 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 Copstan- tinople passing that place, it continues its course unswervingly until 1t reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place, f1les 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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