The age-herald., 1898-04-08
he foIIowlng are the questions:
 LIST OF QUESTIONS:

(Which is further from the center or ens earth, Lake Superior or the mouth or the Amazon?
 2-Wbat Vice-Presidents of the United States became Presidents. and Whicn of our Vice-Presidents died in omcef S-One meaning of Let" is to permit; an- other is to rent or hire out. without changing any words make In the lonom ing sentence the necessary amenoinsn' to show that the latter meaning IS In- tended: Do not let the hen roost III .ne yard.
 4-Write a sentence, not exceeding twenty live words, in which the same wora ls used as often as possible, each tune with an entirely different meaning. (Which expresses the more regular ie currence, often or frequently 6-In which of Thackeray's novels ooes suo - principal character marry the won.a ntt- whom he first sought to make ms iho'n- er-in-law? .ho 7-Give the names of the members or sne electoral commission of 1877, anu staeo what circumstance caused prominent man, who was expected to be meiiioe' of the commission, to be omitted! s-A grocer wishes to ascertain the ca pacity in gallons of certain cask. Hay ing no liquid measure. how can pc pee' accomplish his purpose? l., 9-Who was the author of the mover III which Tittlebat Titmouse appearsY i0-An advertisement reads: Last month .n we took one-third off the price Of our four dollar shoes; to close out the stoch we now offer them at a further reduc- ton of 100 per cent" What is the prlce of the shoes under this offer?
 11-In a certain presidential election the two leading candidates were citizens oi adjoining states and the defeated canol- date carried the home state Of his sue cessful opponent by a plurality of less than one hundred and fifty votes Wno were the candidates?
 i2-Give the derivation of the names Of the days of the week.
 13-Trace the fine of descent of Queen Vic torja from William the Conqueror. 1EWhat kings ruled in Europe during the year 100 and over what countries did they reign?
 15-A circular steel ring twelve inches In diameter is weighted until Its vertical diameter is reduced to eleven inches 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, TAI, announced the birth of a child on December 30, TAO. This child grew to manhood and the New York papers re- ~ ported his death as occurring on the @' last day of February. 1SOO How many days over f1fty-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." fPl idle fings," and "Ft. Harrod? 1s-Which expresses the stronger emotion: Sorrow grief?
 .19-Add together the weight of the gold in one thousand quarter eagles of the coin- age of 1SS0; 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 a bushel the quantity of shelled corn at flfty-six pounds to the bushel that would balance the above weight?
 2o-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 tho Equator. How many de- arees apart are the points on the Fnuatol reached by the birds?
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