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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
GEOGRAPHY

1. Is the earth nearer the sun in
June or in December? Explain by a
drawing.
2. Are the days now growing
longer or shorter? Expla n 1u.N.
3. Name and locate the predomin-
ant mountain system Of each of the
grand divisions, and the principal
river system of each.
4. What states of the United
States border on the Atlantic? What
ones border on the Pacific? How do
these two groups compare in area?
8. Give the form of government
and the religion Of Turkey. OF
Russia. OF China. OF India.
s. Name mountain range, q river
in the northern part, q celebrated
volcano, and a leading product, OF
Italy.
Z. Name the largest city in each
state that touches Ohio.
8. Discuss the commercial value
of the Suez canal. What nation con-
trolls this canal?
8. Name five minerals found in
the United States, and leading state
In the production of each
10. To what country is each of the
following subject: Greenland, Tas-
mania, Java, Sandwich Islands, Mada.
gascar?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
ARlTHMETiC

1. Define the following: similar
figures, check, least common multiple,
payee and arithmetical progression.
2. From 144.S6 rd. take 2'5 Of a
mile and give the answer In integers.
3. A can do a work in 3$4 days, B
can do 3-20 of the work in day. How
long would it take A to complete the
work after they had worked together
two days?
4. Over how many square yards
may a horse Craze when fastened by
a rope IS 81 feet long, to the top Of
a pole Ga 2-7 feet high?
5. Bought vinegar at Is cents
gallon; 2Oo6 leaked out. At how
much a quart must I retail it to have
q net gain Of 20%o?
6. A merchant bought bill Of
goods amounting to $1,000 on 144 days
time. Being offered 40 of for cash,
he borrowed the money at q bank
giving his note for the time, without
grace which the bank discounted at
1O%. How much did he gain?
7. How many shares Of stock
bought at 3h2qo discount and sold at
1O4, brokerage Aeo on each trans.
action, will give a profit Of $3.50?
What would be the brokerage?
8. The area Of the base OF a square
pyramid is 36 tauare feet Its alti'
-'tuue is 4 ~feee rFitrd tue rutire ear
face. What Is the volume Of the
pyramid?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
THEORY AND PRACTICE
Questions 6-10 are based on Keith's
elementary Education"

Questions 6-10 are based on Keith's
elementary Education"
1. Give the legal requirements for
a teachers certificate, (a) as to age
of applicant, (b) as 10 branches of
study for the kind OF certificate for
which you are an applicant.
2. What are the chief merits of the
promiscuous method of calling on
pupils? What are some Of the dis
advantages of this method?
3. In what cases, II any, should
the child be required to recite in the
words Of the book?
4. What, in your judgment, con-
stitutes good reading?
S. What Importance should be at
tached to the subject Of composition
and letter writing in school?
G. What things make up the
materials OF ones education? Under
what conditions do books have an
educative value?
7. What is observation? What
adverse criticism applies to many So
called "object lessons?"
8. All mental activity depends on
what? What is the essence Of men
tai development?
9. What is the function of the
school?
10. What is the fundamental aim
of discipline?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
LITERATURE

I. Who was called the Father Of
American Song? Who wrote over
the signature of Jonathan oIystyIe?
Name a production Of each author.
2. Under what circumstances was
Pilgrims Progress" written? What
may be said Of the birth and advan-
tages of its author?
3. What is Wordsworth's rank
among poets? What was his great
theme? What has he been called?
4. In whose behalf was Uncle
Toms Cabin" written? What gave
it it's peculiar power and what may
be said of its influence?
S. Who wrote "EveIIGtN9n in His
IFurnssc, ~ Lese,s.rsr- A.-A tss~c=sAn-
um," "Dunciad." "Cotters Saturday
Night?"
6. What can you say Of Ralph
Waldo Emerson's ancestors? Sketch
the leading events of his life.
7. Name three of Emerson's
poems. Quote not less than four
consecutive lines from one Of these.
8. Tell what you can about Long
fellows travels and studies in
Europe.
9. Name three Of Longfelow's
short poems. Quote one stanza
from each Of these.
10. Name five books you could
recommend to pupils in the sixth
seventh and eighth grades.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
No. 22.
ORTHOGRAPHY

1. From what are the following
words derived and what is the literal
meaning of each: temporal, sub
scribe. nominal. graphic. biennial?
2. Syllab!fy and mark the accent
and vowel in the accented syllable Of
the following: comparable, prece-
dence, finance, chastisement, finale.
3. Add ing to plan, omit, fail, con-
sent, stop.
4. In question three, why is the
final letter doubled in some cases and
not in others?
$40. Spell the following words, to
be pronounced by the examiner:
donor, sponge, serviceable, malleabls,
chaplain, seize, nonparell. porphyry,
Musselman. vigil, bouillon. steak "a
slice Of meat, cap.llaries, chocolate,
palate (part Of the mouth, indestruc-
tibility, necessary. pharynx, nicotine,
forcible.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
GRAM MAR

/. Capitalize and punctuate the
following: lowell says in his concord
address you would think me extrava-
CANT fear if said how highly rate
the genius Of hawthorne
ee hale lowell and his friends
2. Guilt and misery shrink, by a
natural instinct, from public notice;
they court privacy and solitude; and
even in their choice of grave, will
sometimes sequester themselves from
the general population of the church.
yard"
The following, a-e, inclusive, refer
to the above sentence.
(a) Name the different clauses, Civ.
ing each its proper classification aS
principal or subordinate.
(b) Classify, the verbs as to use.
(c) Decline the pronouns.
(d) Give construction Of even
and sometimes
(e) Parse shrink" and general"
3. Give the possessive singular
and plural Of knife, canopy, chimney
calico. Decline which, city, journey
loaf
Give the principal parts of the
verbs mean, strive, set, blow, lay
Name the auxiliary verbs.
4. Write q sentence consisting oi
two coordinate members each oi
which is complex, the dependent
clause being adjectival In the first
member and adverbial in the second
member.
Write sentences using that as (a)
an adjective, (b) relative pronoun
(c) q conjunction.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
PHYSIOLOGY
1. What is a system? Name fiVe.
naccriha thron hiRarnnt tiSsnaS

1. What is a system? Name dVe.
2. Describe three different tissues
Of the body.
8. OF what two classes OF substan-
ces are bones composed? Name two
foods that supply each largely.
4. Name the organs Of respiration.
What is the function of respiration?
5. What are muscles? What
causes the muscles to move?
6. AS applied to the blood, what is
meant by each of the following terms:
corpuscle, plasma, serum, clot?
7. Name the protecting organs Of
the eye. When should glasses be
worn?
8. Describe the organ Of voice and
tell how the voice is produced.
8. Describe digestion in the
stomach.
10. What is chlora!? How does II
affect the human body?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
UNITED STATES HISTORY AND
CIVIL GOVERNMENT

/. Give some account of the fol-
lowing: Sir John Vaudeville, Joliet,
Count de Grasse, Admiral Farragut.
2. Give an account Of the history
of Pennsylvania up to the Revolution.
3. What caused the war which was
closed by the Treaty of Ryswick?
4. Write about the Missouri Com
promise.
5. Describe Perry's victory on
lake Erie.
s. Tell about the admission Of
Kansas.
7. Give a brief account of the
battle between the Monitor and
Merrimae and state why it was i'm
portant.
g. What caused the impeachment
of President Johnson?
3. Give an account OF the events
leading to the acquisition OF Hawaii.
What is its chief value to the United
States?
10. OF what is the lawmaking body
of Ohio composed? What is 1t called?
How and for what length Of time are
its membets chosen?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
The Magic No. 3.

Number three is a wonderful
mascot for Geo. H. Paris, of
Cedar Grove, Me-, according to
a letter which reads: After suf-
fering much with liver and kid
ney trouble, and becoming great
ly discouraged by the failure to
find relief, l tried Electric Bit
ters, and as result I am well
man today. The first bottle re-
lieved and three bottles complet-
ed the cure" Guaranteed best
on earth for stomach, liver and
kidney troubles, by VIM. Kipp's
Sons, druggists. SOC.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
NlneVah.
Corn husking is still the 90.

Corn husking is still the go.
Samuel Fourman, while husk-
Iing-eorn vsser his, brother Allesi.,-
got his hand caught in the husk-
ing rolls and only has the little
finger and part of the thumb left
on the right hand.
w. D. Unger has a new gaso-
lene engine and has been saving
tobacco box lumber for an Ar
canum firm.
David Fourman is having a feed
and COW barn built.
Fred. Kicker and wife of Ar
canum were VIM. Ludy's guests
Sunday.
Mrs. James Bailey returned to
her home at Latty Saturday, af-
ter visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Peter Unger, and family for a
few days.
Mrs. A. Fryman and son Earl
were in Greenville Saturday.
Dec. 8. GAIL.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12

the counties the estimates range
from so to 89%. The damage re-
ported by Hessian fly and other
insects is less than 2%.
This is the first report of the
year estimating corn production
in bushels and shows that the
average yield per acre, 34.7 bu-
shells, is almost Z bushels per acre
less than last year. The total
production for the state as a
whole is estimated at 102, 284, 045
bushels, being approximately
25, 900. 900 bushels short of the
harvest of 1906 as returned by
the township assessors.
The quality of the crop is far
below an average, the correspon-
dents generally noting the fact
that a large percentage is soft
and understandable.
Apples are practically a failure,
the report showing that the pro-
bable total yield is but 21% com
pared with an average.
The number of cattle being fed
for spring markets is estimated
at 62% compared with last year.
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CREENvILLE, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER r. 1907

dozen eggs, see him grab a pad
and pencil to figure up the hen
fruit at 24c per dozen. No won
der the Japs want to enter our
schools! No wonder so many
college graduates are working at
ten dollars a week! His educa-
ton is not of the practical kind.
When l see such specimens feel
like going to North Dakota to
cool off, or to a gypsy funeral to
quiet my risibility.
Our big meetings have done
some good in warming up some
of the members, and there were
quite a number of accessions to
the several churches.
Some of our young people want
to get married and some want
connubial obligations severed in
stanter. Well, this is natural.
Some people want to live always
and some to shuttle off this NOR
tai coil; some people want the
world and to boss it, like Joe
Foraker; a Democrat that can
read wants office! Oh, the wants
of the people are numerous. We
want Santa Claus and long for
the old swimming hole and "the
old oaken bucket that hung in
the WE'LL"
Ofttimes when we pick up the
Journal our mind reverts back to
times before the Civil war, when
paregoric and calomel was the
armament of the country doctor.
1t was DIR. Curtis Otwell who
took us successfully through
teething, measles, mumps, pur-
tusis, and mayhap, the scabbies,
in our childhood. We often think
of our schoolmates, some of whom
have passed away, and a few are
still living who are reminded of
the "Darke County Boy'' when
they read our budget.
DAKKS Gottcs Bon. =
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Otterbein.

VIM. Geeting and family and
Rev. Bowers and family spent
Sunday with James Gabbert and
family.
Corn husking is now a thing of
the past in this community; to-
bacco stripping will be next in
order.
Rev. Bowers delivered an H.
lustrated sermon Sunday even
ing to an attentive audience and
it was much appreciated by all
present. He took his text from
the 23rd Psalm, MY cup run
meth over," and represented his
cup by filling a vessel with wat
er and pouring in this cup the
blessing of food, raiment, health,
knowledge, friendship, joy, light,
and, last of all, the light of the
world. 1t made a very pretty IL
lustration.
John Eyer and family spent
Sunday with Orville Howell and
family, near West Manchester.
T. L. Howell and family spent
Sunday with R. G. Howell's.
Miss Nellie Victor is again af-
aicted with her throat and can
not talk above whisper. We
feel sorry for her and hope she
may soon regain her speech.
Miss Ethel Rhinehart spent
Sunday with Miss Elva Good.
Perry Niswonger and family
and Frank Coblentz and wife
spent Sunday with Mrs. Thomas
Crawford, of near Beech Grove.
Walter Threewits and family
of Brinley Station visited with
John GiIfillan and family Sunday,
Arthur Stutz and family spent
Sunday with Wesley Hemp anG
wife.
! The Butler Township Sunday
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12

part of the wealth at the distri-
button of large estates. And it
would be much better for them
selves and the country if heirs
to estates got less by inheritance
and more by personal effort.
For these reasons we favor the
idea of taxing both incomes and
above a certain a.
We would be glad to see
such a taxing of wealth in gen.
eral operation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
Our HOoSier Budget.
Portland, Ind. , D.

Portland, Ind, Dec. 8, 1907.
The great dredge of the Sala-
monte river was completed last
week. 1t was the greatest dredge
contract in the Hoosier state and
we will not now dread to see a
cloud come up for fear of a flood.
The river channel is now twenty
feet wide and five feet deeper.
But the dredging spoilt our old
swimming hole and the place we
used to catch the little fishes.
Now our city has good sewerage
and twentyone squares of brick
streets completed.
Now we are getting private
tips on politics. A little over six
months hence there will be a Re-
publican national convention held
and C. w. Fairbanks will be
there with both feet. We wrote
sometime ago of Bryan's assa-
nine predictions, and now we no.
tice in one of his recent speeches
that he wants to adopt the don
key as the Democratic emblem,
to offset the teddy bear.
Our congressman, Adair, has
presented three bills already in
the House; one is to equalize wi
dows' pensions, the others are
mere bosh.
We are having nice weather
over here now and the farmers
are out in their cornfelds every
morning early. Some have start
ed the shredder and one man in
Jay county had his fingers badly
hurt. But so far the shotgun
beats the shredder in this state.
We read of several young men
|
being carried home to their moth.
ers killed or manned. Oh, how
sad, and they all knew the gun
was loaded. But as yet we have
not heard of a dog being shot.
Health is good in our city and
the children are in school learn.
ling the rules of football and bas.
ketball. The three RS of older
time can wait. You can take
some of the graduates of oul
schools, get them a position in {
grocery store and when a coun
try woman comes in with a few
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12

School Convention will be held at
this place next Sunday afternoon
at l 80.
Jerry Emrick, Mrs. Lizzie Ba-
ker and Mr.. Wright came home
from Canada last Saturday.
The church at this place has
decided to give a Christmas en-
tertainment, in the way of a can
tata. All are invited.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
He Fired the Stick.

II have fired the walking-stick
I've carried over 40 years, on ac-
count of a sore that resisted ev-
cry kind of treatment, until I
tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve;
that has healed the sore and
made me a happy man," writes
John Garrett, of North Mills, N.
C. Guaranteed for Piles, Burns,
etc., by VIM. Kipp's Sons, drug
gists. 25c.
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A Fortunate Texan.

Mr.. E. W. Goodloe, of 1O7 St.
Louis St., Dallas, Tex, says: I'm
the past year have become ac-
quainted with DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, and no laxative l ever
before tried so effectually dis
poses of malaria and biliousness. !"
They don't grind nor grippe. 25c
at VIM. Kipp's Sons drug store.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
new QUESTIONS
FOR TEACHERS
There Are a Great Many Brain
PuzZIerS In the List.
MADE UP BY STATE COMMISSIONER

Examination Tests for Te2chsrS In
Elementary schoOIs-Ry Their An.
swers to These Questions Those
Who Desire to Teach show Wheth'
er They Are Grounded in the Rudi.
ments Of Education.
Following Is the list Of questions
as prepared under direction Of the
state commissioner of public schools,
and submitted at the county examina'
ton for teachers Dec. for element
Ary school certificates:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
Official Report on Corn and Crop
Conditions Dec. !, 1907.

NOHAuIIlOAIS DCSs - AyO/s
The following report of the es-
timated corn production for the
present year and the condition of
other crops is computed from the
returns received from the official
township crop correspondents of
the Ohio Department of Agri-
culture:
Wheat = Condition compared
with an average, 8O%; amount of
crop of 1907 sold as soon as thre-
shed, 43%; damage to growing
crop by Hessian fly, 10, and by
white grub, 0.66%.
Corn-Area planted in 1907 as
returned by township assessors,
2. 944, 691 acres; average yield per
acre, BAT bushels; total estimat-
ed product for 1907, 1O2, 284, ,O45
bushels; put into silo, 40; aver
age date cribbing began, Octo-
Der 81.
Cloyer-Area sown in 1906 cut
for seed, 47%; average yield per
acre, 1.O2 bushels.
Apples Probable total yield
compared with an average, 2l%'
Tobacco Probable average
product per acre, 91O pounds.
Cattle Number being fed fol-
spring market compared with last
year, 62%.
ep-Number being fed tol
mutton compared with last year
66%.
Wheat shows a decline OF ~
in condition from the estimate IS
sued by this Department one
month ago, being now reported
at 8O% compared with an aver
age. This unsatisfactory condl'
ton is due principally to the tac'
THAT a greater percentage OF the
wheat ground was seeded unus
ually late, and weather condl
tions following the seeding were
unfavorable to it's growth. Oi
the 8S counties of the state bq
two now report its condition al
equal to ansaverage; IA countle
estimate it's condition at 9O% Q
better, while for the balance Q
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
Symptoms of Heart TOubIe.
Dec. g..

Symptoms of Heart TOubIe.
Is the skin blue?
Are the lips pale?
Is your step uncertain?
Is your pulse irregular?
Are the finger nails blue?
Do you have palpitation?
Are your ankles swollen?
Is there shOrtness of breath?
Do you have falling sickness?
Is there pain under left nipple?
Is there feeling of suffocation?
Is action of the heart retarded?
Do you have pain around the heart?
Is there fullness in the region of the
heart?
Do you have neuralgia around the
heart?
Do you have a dizzy sensation in the
head?
Is the pulse slow, strong, rapid or
weak?
If you have all or part ofthese symp-
toms you are suffering with heart trou-
BILE and should consult a specialist at
once. DR.. Kutchin, tirst-class spec
ialist, visits your county every month.
Consultation, examination and ad-
vice free. DR.. Kutchin's next visit to
Greenville, O., will be on Thursday,
December 10, at the Turpen House.
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VOL. .76-EstabIishedi GREEN
How to Tax the People.
BY LEO.
BY LEO.

so taxes. And just now there is
quite a discussion going on as to
how tax the people for the sup
port of civil government and 9TH
ernecessary expenses. The mon
ey, and much of it, must come
from some source. The question
of the hour is, who should bear
the burden?
Of all forms of taxation that
of a tariff on foreign made and
imported goods is the surest
source of revenue and the one
least felt by the people. And
hence our government has al
ways, under both parties, COL
lected it's vast revenues from a
tariff, in the main. Of course,
eventually, much of this comes
from the consumer in enhanced
value of purchased goods, but
the pressure is lightly felt by the
masses because the collection OF
it is indirect and widely spread.
For the above reasons all COM
mercial countries, even Free
Trade England, rely on tarlff
taxation.
Internal revenues come from
taxed home products seeking
markets at home. And much OF
this comes from luXuries, such
as whisky and tobacco. Nobody
needs to contribute to the great
fund if he abstains from the use
of the two luxuries, and proba-
bly all Of us would fare all the
better by using neither OF the
two luxuries. They are, how
ever, in general use, from which
the government derives large
revenue.
It is claimed by some that by
collecting taxes on whisky and
tobacco, the government enters
into partnership with the dealers
therein, but there is no more
partnership in it than when the
government makes an evil-doer
nav a fine for a transgression OF
statute law. By fining the STAN
dard Oil Company nearly thirty
millions of dollars the govern
ment did not become a partner
in the concern. The aim of a
fine is preventive. The same is
true of the tax levied on the sa-
loon. The object is to curtail the
traffic and make it pay part OF
the vast expense it puts upon the
nation in the incitement of crime.
President Roosevelt, in his late
message to Congress, recon-
mends taxing wealth by taxing
incomes and inheritances. This
is not particularly new, and real
ly nothing out Of reason. Inc
wealthy classes do not pay IN
nroportion to their wealth, con-
seouently the comparatively poor
of the land must pay more than
their share. A graded income
tax would be just and proper. 1t
would make the millionaires con-
tribute their just share of taxa
ton. To be sure, the Supreme
court has declared such a tax un-
constitutional, but probably a law
could be framed that would pass
muster in this great court. The
President, obviously, thinks SO OF
he would not recommend such q
law.
An inheritance tax would De
lust and prolific of revenue. just
because the heirs to great estates
exnend no energies in the gath
ering thereof, and much OF i
comes from the growth in value
BY reason of good government
nrotection. The government
that facilitates and protects &C
emulation is really entitled to
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
READING

Examiners will conduct an oral
examination in reading.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12
WRITING

Writing will be graded from the
manuscript In orthography.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-12

UniversaIist Church, Sunday,
December IS.
Rev. Leon P. Jones will preach
at 1920 am. on "The Home, {"
and at Z pm. on ''The Main Is
sue of Life"
Sunday-school, 9:15 am.
Everyone welcome.