The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-16
LIST OF QUESTIONS:

LISI VI QUEO llUMSs
(which is further from the center OF the
earth, Lake Superior or the mouth Oh
the Amazon? 80
e-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the. Uniteo
States became Presidents. and which
of our Vice-Presidents died in ofhcef
Bone meaning of let" is to permit; an
other is to rent or hire out. without
changing any words make In the IoIloW
Ing sentence the necessary anenu y, a..
to show that the latter meaning Is IN
tended: Do not let the hen roost III Tie
yard.
4-Write a sentence, not exceeding tWenty
five words in which the same woro Is
used as often as possible, eacn eiiiio
+, with an entirely different meanlns.
switch expresses the more regular
currence, often or frequently
Gin which of Thackeray's novels ooeS ~, y,
principal character marry the won. .h
whom he first sought to make MS iiio.n-
er-in-law? A.
7-Give the names of the members Oh ene
electoral commission of 1877, ana sta.e
what circumstance caused proHllnen.
man, who was expected to be nehioeA
of the commission, to be omitted
ga grocer wishes to ascertain tne ca
pacity in gallons of a certain cask. nav
ing no liquid measure, how can De pes'
accomplish his purpose? a..
9-Who was the author of the mover III
which Tittlebat Titmouse appearsf
10-An advertisement reads: Last molltn
we took one-third off the price OF our
four dollar shoes; to close out the ss S.'a
We now offer them at further reouc-
ton of 100 per cent" What is the prizes
of the shoes under this offer!
lin a certain presidential election the
two leading candidates were clt1zens al ~
adjoining states and tire defeated canai-
date carried the home state OF ms sue
cessful opponent by pluraity OF less
than one hundred and fifty votes. VINO
were the candidates?
d2-Give the derivation OF the names Oh the
days of the week.
13-Trace the line of descent of Queen VIC
toria from William the Conqueror.
H-What kings ruled in Europe during tne
year 100 and over what countries dlo
they reign?
15-A circular steel ring twelve inches In
diameter is weighted until Its vertical
diameter is reduced to eleven lncnes'
it's horizontal diameter being at the
same time elongated; is the area en-
closed by the ring enlarged, diminished
or unchanged?
16-A Philadelphia newspaper In January,
i74, announced the birth of child on
December 30, 1740. This child grew to
v manhood and the New York papers re-
. E ported his death as occurring on the
last day of February, 1900. How many
days over ffty-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 u.s."
sPride fings," and eft. HarrodT
Is-which expresses the stronger emotion:
Sorrow grief?
1e-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
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-
tfnople; passing chat place, 1t continues
= its course unswervingly until 1t reaches
the Equator. Another bird starts from
- the same place, flies In the direction
I of Honolulu and continues beyond with
ont changing it's direction until 1t also
reaches the Equator. How many de-
prees apart are the points on the
Equator reached by the birds?
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