The age-herald., 1898-03-19
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INV HIGH IS rum hhO SSheSA SA ~--~ earth, Lake Superior or the mouth or the Amazon?
 2What Vice-Presidents of the Omteo States became Presidents. and which of our Vice-Presidents died in ofnceF e-One meaning of Let is to permit; an other is to rent or hire out. Without changing any words make In the tollow ing sentence the necessary amehulhen' e to show that the latter meaning ls ti tended: Do not let the hen roost III 'he yard.
 4-Nrite d sentence, not exceeding twenty five words, in which the same woro ID used as often as possible' each 'iiAio with entirely different meanlns. (Which expresses the more resuei
 currence, often or frequently! 6-In which of Thackeray's novels does tlie principal character marry the Woniah a. whor1 he first sought to make his moth- er-in-law? 7-Giye the names of the members or the electoral commission of 1877, and state what circumstance caused prominent man, who was expected to De menipei of the commission, to be omitted. s-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ca pacity in gallons of a certain cask. Hay. ing no liquid measure, how can pc pest accomplish his purpose? o, ,r 9-Who was the author of the noVei III which Tittlebat Titmouse appears 10-An advertisement reads: Last mohth we took one-third off the price Of our four dollar shoes; to close out the stock
 
 tion of 100 per cent" What is the prlce of the shoes under this offer?
 1-In a certain presidential election the two leading candidates were cltlzens 1i adjoining states and the defeated candi- date carried the home state of his sue cessful opponent by plurality or less than one hundred and fifty votes Who were the candidates?
 12-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. 14-What kings ruled in Europe during the year TOO and over what countries did they reign?
 15-A circular steel ring twelve inches in diameter is weighted until it's 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?
 l6-A Philadelphia newspaper in January, TAI announced the birth of a 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 f1fty-nine years was his age? i7-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?" iS-Which expresses the stronger emotion Sorrow or grief?
 19-Add together the weight or 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-six pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight?
 a0-A bird rises from the center of Sumatra and flies in the direction of Constan- tinople; passing that place, 1t continues its course unswervingly dntil 1t reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place, flles 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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