The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
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LIST OF QuESTi0MS:

(which is further from the center OIL the
earth, Lake Superior or the mouth u
the Amazon?
2-Wbat ice-Presidents of the United
States became Presidents. and Wnlch
Of our Vice-Presidents died in ofhces
3-One meaning of let Is to permit an
other is to rent or hire out. Wnuoue
changing any words make In the follow.
ing sentence the necessary amehoniesIe
TO show that the latter meaning - "a. ~
tended: Do not let the hen roost Ia 'he
yard. A..
4--Write a sentence, not exceeding twenty-
five words, in which the same woro 10
used as often as possible, each 'iiiie
with an entirely different meanlns. m.
(Which expresses the more Iesui"'
currence, often or frequently! Az.
Gin which of Thackeray's movers ooes M :,
principal character marry the wolli thh
whom he first sought to make ms noin-
er-in-law? 49,.
7-Give the names of the members OF the
electoral commission of 1877, ana sta.e
what circumstance caused promineis
man, who was expected to pc tneie-
of the commission, to be omitted:
ga grocer wishes to ascertain .he "a
pacity in gallons of certain cask r 'las.
ing no liquid measure, how can De pes'
accomplish his purpose? T.,
s-Who was the author OF the nopei III
which Tittlebat Titmouse appears!
l0-An advertisement reads: Last month
we took one-third off the price OF our
four dollar shoes, to close out the STOCK
We now offer them at II lurthei ~
ton of 100 per cent" What is the piiee
of the shoes under this offer?
LIN a certain presidential elecuon lne
two leading candidates were citizens OF
adjoining states and tire defeated caliui
date carried the home state OF MS sue
cessful opponent by plurality OF less
than one hundred and fifty votes. VINO
were the candidates?
12-Give the derivation OF the names OIL tiie
days of the week.
1a-Trace the line of descent of Queen Vic
toria from William the Conqueror.
lEwhat 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 the
same time elongated; is the area en-
closed by the ring enlarged, diminished
or unchanged?
le-A Philadelphia newspaper in January,
1741, announced the birth of a child on
December 80. 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 m the following ana
grams: divorce Pen." "Oil stain u.s."
ssPride fings," and eft. Harrod?"
18-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 1885, and of the silver IN two thousand
United States standard silver dollars,
Give to the nearest thousandths of
bushel the quantity of shelled corn at
fifty-six pounds to the bushel that would
balance the above weight?
pa bird rises from the center of Sumatra
and flies in the direction of Constan-
tinople; passing that place, 1t continues
its course unswervingly until 1t reaches
l. the Equator. Another bird starts from
the same place, flies 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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