The age-herald., 1898-04-01
LIST OF QUESTIONS:

kISl UT QUES1iUNSs (Which Is further from the center or the the Amazon?
 &Wbat Vice-Presidents of the United States became Presidents. and wnicn Of our Vice-Presidents died Tn oHicef 3-One meaning of Let" Is to permit an- other is to rent or hire out. Without changing any words make in the IoAoW ing sentence the necessary amenohemn' m to show that the latter meaning IS III IT tended: Do not let the hen roost III ehe yard 4--Write a sentence, not exceeding twen.y five words. in which the same wore IS used as often as possible. each liiiie with an entirely different meaning. (Which expresses the more reguial ie currence, often or frequently 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes ~ ene principal character marry the "oinan ma, whom he first sought to make ms iho.n er-in-law? 7-Give the names of the members or tne electoral commission of 1877, and state what circumstance caused promlIien. man, who was expected to be a mehhpei of the commission, to be omitted! E-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ca pacity in gallons of certain cask. Hay ing no liquid measure, how can oe oeS' accomplish his purpose? l., 9EWho was the author of the mover HI which Tittlebat Titmouse aPpearsf I0-An advertisement reads: Last montn we took one-third off the price or our
 
 we now offer them at a further reouc- ton of 100 per cent" What is the price of the shoes under this offer?
 n-In a certain presidential election tne two leading candidates were citizens or adjoining states and the defeated canoi- date carried the home state of his suc- cessful opponent by a plurality Of less than one hundred and fifty votes. Who were the candidates?
 i2-Give the derivation of the names or tne days of the week.
 13ITrace the line of descent of Queen Vic- toria from William the Conqueror. 14-What kings ruled in Europe during the year 170O 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?
 i6-A Philadelphia newspaper in January, 1741 announced the birth of 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 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 us," } Pride fings." and "Ft. Harrod?" iS-Which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow or grief?
 I9-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 1S56 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?
 cO-A bird rises from the center of Sumatra and flies In the direction of Constan- tinople; passing that place. it continues Its course unsw ervingly dntil 1t reaches the Equator. Another bird starts from the same place. fines 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 Equator reached by the birds?
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