The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
LIST OF QUESTIONS:

Inc following are the questions;
(which is further from the center OF the
earth, Lake Superior or the mouth Oh
the Amazon?
2EWbat Vice-Presidents of the United
States became Presidents. and wnich
of our Vice-Presidents died In once
Bone meaning of "Let is to permit; an
other is to rent or hire out. without
changing any words make in the IohoW.
ing sentence the necessary ameholnene
to show that the latter meaning is IN
tended: Do not let the hen roost IN .ne
yard.
4--Wrjte a sentence. not exceeding twenty
five words, in which the same wora Is
used as often as possible. eacn, tiine
with "a entirely different meaning.
(Which expresses the more resuiai
currence, often or frequently .,,a
Elm which of Thackeray's novels ooes ~
principal character marry the Woin .t,i
whom he first sought to make MS iiio'n-
er-in-law? -.
7-C;ive The names of the members of the
electoral commission Of 1871, and sta.e
what circumstance caused promlneh.
man, who was expected to pc neAioe-
of the commission, to be omitted!
ga grocer wishes to ascertain the Co
pacity in gallons Of a certain cask. llas.
ing no liquid measure, how can Dc pes'
accomplish his purpose9 =,
s-Who was the author OF .ne rose' -
l0-An advertisement reads: Last mohln
we took one-third off the price OF our
four dollar shoes; to close out the stoctN
we now offer them at further reuuc
ton of 100 per cent" What is the price
of the shoes under this offer?
lin a certain presidential elecueh me
two leading candidates were citizens OF
adjoining states and the defeated candl-
date carried the home state of his sue
cessful opponent by plurality Oh less
than one hundred and fifty votes. VINO
were the candidates?
12-Give the derivation of the names Oh the
days of the week.
1S-Trace the line of descent of Queen VIC
toria from William the Conqueror.
14-What kings ruled in Europe during the
year 100 and over what countries oio
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?
1e-A Philadelphia newspaper in January,
1741, announced the birth of child on
December 80, 174O. 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."
"Pride fings," and eft. Harrod"
B-W Q1cn eXpTeSSeS Tie 5tIoHSeI clIOllOus
Sorrow or grief?
19-Ada 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 a
bushel the quantity of shelled corn at
hfty-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
the Equator Another bird starts from
the same place, fires 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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