The age-herald., 1898-04-24
LIST OF QUEsTIOAS:.

t1he following are the questions: (Which is further from the center or the earth, Lake Superior or the mouth or the Amazon?
 2-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the United C States became Presidents. and wnlch 4 of our Vice-Presioents died in once 2-One meaning of "Let' is to permit an other is to rent or hire out. Wl,noul Wu lt changing any words make In the ioho" ing sentence the necessary amendment to show that the latter meaning IS Lh- tended: Do not let the hen roost ID tue yard.
 Write a sentence, not exceeding twenty i've words. in which the same woro is used as often as possible each eihie with an entirely different meanlns. ~ (Which expresses the more reguiai currence, often or frequently 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes .ne principal character marry the Woiaan .a whom he first sought to make his mo'h- er-in-law? 7-Give the names of the members U. .ote e.e electoral commission of 1877, ana sla.e what circumstance caused prominent man, who was expected to be a meihoei of the commission, to be omitted! S-A grocer wishes to ascertain ,he Io~- pacity in gallons of a certain cask. Hay. ing no liquid measure. how can pc oes' accomplish his purposeY A 9-Who was the author of the noVei HI which Tittlebat Titmouse appears. .,, l0-An advertisement reads: Last Inon..
 we took one-third off the price or our four dollar shoes to close out the s1och we now offer them at a further reouc tion of 100 per cent" What is the price of the shoes under this offer! 11-In a certain presidential election tne two leading candidates were citizens oi adjoining states and the defeated canol- date carried the home state or ms sue sue cessful opponent by plurality Of less than one hundred and fifty votes. Who were the candidates? - 2-Give the derivation of the names or .he days of the week.
 13-Trace the line of descent of Queen Vic
 toria from William the Conqueror. 1EWhat kings ruled in Europe during the year 1700 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, 174, 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 ffty-nine years was his age? 17-What American cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants have their names concealed Tn the following ana grams: ''Divorce Pen," "Oil stain us" "Pride fings" and "Ft. Harrod?" is-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 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 ffty-sx 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 Constan- tinople; passing that place, 1t continues It's 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 1t also reaches the Equator. How many de- grees apart are the points on the Equatol reached by the birds?
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