Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-06-13

have $500 6 per cent. bonds selling
at III; win my income be greater or
less il sell then and buy 7s at II6.
brokerage on both transactions Z per
cent.
9 An agent sold $50 bars -four. charv-
ing ~ per cent commission and ~ per
cent. guaranty; the net proceeds due fhe
were SII43: for how m1rh
was the Hour sold per barrel7
What is the amount OF S54O. on In
terest at 9 percent, from June II. 1887
to October 30. 1896?
. ! wish to borrow $4,000 from bank
Tor 50 days: Tor what must | give NV
note, discount o per cent.
20 Ii q pole 10 Ieet long casts a, shad.
cw OF Sect, 4 inches, what Ii the heiuht
q steesie whose shadow Il 30 BET
long7
10 II 10 carpenters build house In
60 days, working 10hours a day in how
many days would 30 carpenters build il
working hours a day?
GRAMMAR.
l Name and define the classes of COM
mon nouns.
2 In what ways may nouns he used
in the nominatiye ease? Give sentences
to illustrate.
3 What is comparison? Name and de-
fine the degrees Of comparison.
4 Name and define the several classes
of pronouns.
3 Define tense. What are the absolute
lenses? The relative lenses?
Infect the following verbs: come.
know, lend, sit. shine.
Z What is the general rule for the num-
ber Of verbs? What is the rule when a
collective noun is the subjectf
. AnalyEe and parse:
The sun was now resting his huge disk
upon the edge Of the level ocean. and
gliding the accumulation Of clouds
through which he had Travelled the lives
long day, and which now assembled on
all sides, like misfortunes and disasters
around a sinking empire and q falling
monarch.
PHYSIOLOGY.
l Give the composition of the bones.
2 Name the respiratory organs. Give
some OF the purposes of respiration.
3 To what state must food be reduced
that it may nourish the body? How il
nourishment supplied to all parts of the
body?
What is the systemic circulation? d?
The pulmonary circulation?
. How is the heat of the body repu.
lated and sustained?
GEOGRAPHY.
/ Define latitude Longitude.
What causes change of seasons? ?
When 1t IL summer north of the equator.
what season is il south?
3 Locate the temperate zones.
Compare temperatures Of coast lands
and regions far inland.
Describe the Gulf Stream.
Name the States bordering on the
Gull oi Mexico. and give the chief prod
ucts Of these States.
Z Locate the prairies of the United
States and give thechief products of the
prairies.
Name and locate the largest country
OF South America and give It's chief pro-
duets.
. Name the countries Of Southern Eu-
rope. Name and locate three important
cities in this section.
10 What countries comprise Eastern
Asia? Tell something OF the people of
these countries.
l Name and define the three depart
ments oil the government.
What is the length Of the term of Of
fice OF the Governor of Maryland?
II the Governor of Maryland should
resign or die, how would the vacancy be
filed?
4 What officers have charge Of the f.
nances of the State
Relate briefly how a bill becomes n
law.
HISTORY.
i Relate the two oldest settlements
made within the present limits of the
United States.
What parts Of the American CONT
nent were explored. and settled by the
English? By the French?
3 What can you tell OF the ordinance
OF 1887 referring to the disposition of
the Northwest Territory?
Relate some important events Of
Jefferson's administration.
Relate the Missouri Compromise.
q Mention some events oi Jackson's
administration.
z Relate the causes of the Mexican War.
= What causes led to the Civil War?
Give an account of the burning the
Peggy Stewart.
10 What was the first form of govern
ment in Maryland? How was Mary
land governed during the Revolution?