Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-22

were definitions Of Imminent" as sim-
portant; precision IAN opening"
ALLEVIATE" ito banish;' symmetry"
with great precision" 4farinaceous,"
full OF small particles" and bad; "ar-
t~esian," pertaining to Artesia," and
.succulent,' ito submit" and per
vious or easily penetrated and taking
up liquid"
Many were decidedly off In spelling.
One-third mis-spelled sDermaceti and
su~perorogate, and a like number put two
rs" in vermilion. Hawaii was vari-
ously spelled "Hawaie," Hawaii"
"Haiwa," 'fHiawii," "Hawaiaa," etc.
Other bad breaks were "yawting" for
yachting, "wrentching" for w%renching,
~"hollocust" for holocaust, ~''etichette"
for etiquette, and so on.
In history the teachers were very
badly mixed on the Kansas-Nebraska
bill.
Not more than one-half could name
the grand divisions in the order OF their
size. One said "the population of West
Virginia in 1890 was about 5000"
Many could not name the States and
Territories, and a great number fell
QOWh OA NOuAIl lCo anu bACl1 NdPASoAo.
Many were mixed on the causes of
ocean currents, and the names of the
two principal ocean currents. One
teacher said they were caused "by sub
%terranean Influences" and another "by
the earth's notion" One answer a
There are two principal ocean cur
rents, the rising tide and the falling
tide"
There was one question in geography
which not more than one teacher in
six answered correctly, namely-What
fuses the Nile river to annually over
flow it's banks? To blame it on the
rain was common sense if they didn't
happen to know, but incorrect. Some
of the teachers were ingenious and un-
dertook to give the length of the rainy
season, and one gravely answered:
THE cause of the Nile TO overflow it's
banks is because it has no outlet ex-
cepting to empty into the Mediterran-
can sea-" This teacher is evidently
under the impression that the Mediter-
ranean would food southern Europe if
it had to carry all the water from the
valley of the Nile.
The Register exclusively published a
list of the questions asked in the vari-
Gus branches, with the exception of
arithmetic, which are appended:
1.-Express in words, LOO, 003 ,004,-
005, COG, 0G7, COS, 009, 102.
2-How many square inches in n
square mile?
Blow many cubic inches in one
cord?
4-How many gallons of water will a
round tank hold that is 5 feet in diam
eter and s feet deep?
"a man bequeathed 1850 70 his
wife, which was G21a per cent. of the
sum bequeathed to his children, and
the sun bequeathed to his wife and
children was 80 per cent. of his estate.
What was the value of the estate?
What per cent. of the estate did the
wife receive?
"a man paid 2-5 of his money for
a farm, 1-3 of what remained for re-
pairs, 1-3 of what then remained for
stock, p of what then remained for
utensils, and then had left $3.50. How
much money had he at first?
T-How many square inches in a
right angled triangle whose base is 8
inches and whose altitude is 6 inches?
8-A cubical box contains 19, 6S3 cubic
inches. What is the length of it's edge?
1.-TWO trees stand on opposite sides
of a stream 40 feet wide; the height of
one tree is to the width of the stream
as s is to 4, and the width of the
stream is to the height of the other as
4 is to 5; what is the distance between
their tops?
1G-A manager for a mercantile house
was to receive, as a compensation for
his services. an amount equal to 10
per cent. of the net profits. At the
close of the year their books showed
a net gain of $25, 10000 What amount
would the manager receive for his ser
vices? What was the net profit?