The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-15
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LIST or QUESTIONS:

(which is further from the center of the
earth, Lake Superior or the mouth OF
the Amazon2 -.
2-What Vica-Presidents of the United
States became Presidents. ana wnlch
of our Vice-Presdents died in efnce!
S-One meaning of Let is to permit; an
other is to rent or hire out WiInous
changing any words make IN the Ioiow
a. ing sentence the necessary amendment
- to show that the latter meaning Is III
tended: Do not let the hen roost III 'ne
yard. -
4--Write a sentence, not exceeding twenty
i've words, in which the same woro Is
used as often as possible, eacn tinie
with an entirely different meaning. -
(Which expresses the more regular
currence, often or frequently .ha
Elm which of Thackeray's novels does me
principal character marry the woL-
whom he first sought to make ms nio'n-
er-in-law? 4ho
y-Give the names of the members OF tne
electoral commission of 1877, ana slate
what circumstance caused promlIitens
man, who was expected to pc q a,ieinoeA
of the commission, to be omitted
ga grocer wishes to ascertain tne
pacity in gallons of certain cask. nav.
ing no LIQUID measure, how can pe pes'
accomplish his purpose9 a.,
e-Who was the author of the mover Al
which Tittlebat Titmouse appears!
I0-An advertisement reads: Last month
we took one-third off the price OF our
four dollar shoes; to close out the ssu0N
we now offer them at further reu ,ioo
ton of 100 per cent" What IS ehe pii0o
of the shoes under this offer?
lin a certain presidential election tne
two leading candidates were citizens OF
adjoining states and the defeated canu
date carried the home state OF MS sue
cessful opponent by a plurality OF less
than one hundred and fifty votes. VINO
were the candidates?
i2-Give the derivation of the names OF the
days of the week.
aa-Trace the line of descent of Queen Vic
toria from William the Conqueror.
i4What kings ruled in Europe during the
year 100 and over what countries did
they reign?
ia circular steel ring twelve inches in
diameter is weighted until its vertical
diameter Is reduced to eleven inches
its horizontal diameter being at ene
same time elongated; Is the area en-
closed by the ring enlarged, diminished
or unchanged?
Ma Philadelphia newspaper in January,
December 3d. 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?
aEWhat American cities of more than
fifty thousand inhabitants have their
names concealed IN the following ana
grams: divorce Pen," "Oil stain u.s."
"Pride f1ings" and eft. Harrod?"
as-which expresses the stronger emotion:
Sorrow or grief?
as-Add together the weight Of the gold in
one thousand quarter eagles of the COIN
I age of $780, 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
I bushel the quantity of shelled corn at
! flfty-six pounds to the bushel that would
balance the above weight?
TIA bird rises from the center of Sumatra
and flies in the direction Of Constan-
Af~-A ~.
its course unswervingly until 1t reaches
the Equator Another bird starts from
the same place, flies in the direction
t of Honolulu and continues beyond with
reaches the Equator. How many de-
! prees apart are the points on the
Equator reached by the birds?
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