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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-06
Examination Questions

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At the teachers examination held
here last week. about the usual num-
Der of teachers applied, and the fol-
lowing is the list OF questions given
them:
READING.
The snow had begun in the gloming
And busily all the night,
Had been heaping field and highway
With a silence deep and white.
Every pine and fir and hemlock
Wore ermine too dear for an earl,
And the poorest twig on the elm-tree
Was ridged inch deep with pearl.
From sheds new-roofed with Carara
Came chandeliers muffled crow,
The stiff rails softened to swans
down,
And still fluttered down the snow.
Lowell.
The first five questions refer to the
above selection.
1. At what time of the day did
the storm begin? At what time did
the poet see the picture of which he
writes?
2. What is meant by the express
sion "a, Silence deep and white, Z
OBJ "muff1ed crow"
3. What thought is emphasized
by the second stanza?
4. Give the meaning of (a) Ca
rara; (b) Ermine; fc) "ridged inch
deep with pearl"
s.. Tell three different things that
you learn from the last stanza.
g. Name three stories that you
have read and tell which one you like
the best.
7. Write stanza from some poem
that you have memorized.
$40. Oral reading. Selection by
the teacher.
GRAMMAR.
To the remotest point of sight,
Although gaze upon no waste of
snow,
The endless field is white;
And the whole landscape CLOVIS,
For many shining league away,
With such accumulated light
AS polar lands would flash beneath
tropic day!
The first five questions refer to the
above selection.
l.. Select and classify all the
phrases.
2. Parse gaze white, snow, ;"
"and."
8. Select all the nouns and tell
case of each.
4. Select the dependent clauses
and tell what the modify.
S. Give the modifiers of glow"
6. Rewrite the following SEN
fences, changing the verb in each (a)
to the past tense, (b) to the present
perfect tense:
60 to school every day.
He sees the man at work.
She writes letter to her friend.
The river overflows it's banks
He rings the bell every morning.
She does her work WE'LL
The cat lies on the rug.
T. Change the following sentences
to the passive voice:
(a) He writes his exercises we'll.
(b) He wrote long letter yester-
day.
(c) Fire has destroyed the home.
(d) He will find the book for you.
(e) Will they finish the work to-
day?
8. Define simple, complex, and
compound sentences and write one of
each kind.
8. Analyze: His promise was that
he would return soon.
10. Write letter to your teacher
telling her how you spent the Christ
mas holidays.
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8. What is the value Of

.OUVV1
8. What is the interest of $247.50,
for months 10 days, at per cent?
10. $3.50 is paid an agent for pur-
chasing 1900 barrels of -four on a
commission Of az per cent. How
much was paid for the -four?
PHYSIOLOGY.
/. Define anatomy; (bt Physiolo-
gy; (c) hygiene. 4s .r.ael.
Q. Name five bones of the body
and tell one use Of each.
8. OF what is blood composed?
Distinguish between arterial and
venous blood.
4. Name and describe three diff
ferent membranes and give one use
of each.
5. State (a) what the body re-
ceives from inhaled air; (b) whet ex-
hailed air has received from the body.
6. State an effect of the continual
use of alcohol upon each OF three
different organs.
Z. (a) Name the organs OF diges-
ton; I'D name the digestive fluids.
8. Name and describe the differ
ent kinds of joints.
8. What are muscles? How are
they attached to the bones?
10. Describe the heart AS to To-
cation, size and cavities.
". IN GEOGRAPHY.
/. Locate and tell something about
each OF the following: London, Ber-
lin, st. Petersburg, Quebec New Or
leans, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle,
Santiago.
Q. Define iceberg; (b) glacier; (c)
volcano; (d) monsoon
3. Where is the Yellowstone
Park; (b) the Yosemite Valley; (c)
the Grand Canyon? s-
4. Mention three causes that pro-
duce the changes Of the seasons and
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ARITHMETIC.

/. Reduce three thirty-seconds
.62h, .36h, y to decimals and
find their sum-
Q. What will it cost to fill in a
street SIS feet wide, 900 feet long
and 5 " feet below grade, at 40 cents
a cubic yard?
3. If lose 9 per cent by selling
land at $764.40 an acre, what shall
I gain by selling IL at $S94.6O an
acre?
4. A man sold two lots at $1,000
each; on one he gained 20 per cent,
and on the other he lost 20 per cent,
What was his entire gain or loss?
5 What is the difference be-
tween " per cent of $15,000.00, and
SO per cent of $15,000.O0?
6. Paid $25 for an insurance pol
icy on my house.. If the rate is q
per cent, for how much is my house
insured?
z. Bought a house for $6,240, and
sold 1t so as to gain 37h per cent.
What did I sell it for.
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state which of these determines the
width of the zones.
s. (a) Which half of the United
States Is a highland? (b) Where
are the prairie regions? (c) What
river drains the northern plateau?
I'D What river drains the southern
plateau? te) What great lake in the
Great Basin" between these pla-
teaus?
6. Where in the United States is
irrigation extensively carried on? kb)
State the physical features of the
country which make irrigation neces-
sary.
7. What is the most valuable pro-
duct Of (a) Alaska; (b) Brazil; Co
Florida; Cd Cuba; lei Idaho?
8. Mention and locate a great
delta formation of (a) North Amer
lea; 90 Asia; Co Africa; (d) South
America. What is the character of
the soil deposited at these forma-
tions?
8. Define river system; 90 water
shed; Co estuary; (d) canyon.
10. Name four manufacturing
cities of the United States; (b) four
commercial cities.
UNITED STATES HISTORY.
-. Distinguish between "royaI,
charter" and proprietary govern
ments in the colonies. Give an ex-
ample of each.
2. State briefly the acquisition of
Florida by the United States.
8. What was the general result of
the French and Indian war? What
was the cause of that war?
4. State some fact about each of
the following: Charles Sumner;
Stephen A. Douglas; Wendell Phil
lips; James G. Blaine; William H. Sc
ward.
5. What was the "Dred Scott De-
cision?"
6. Give three of the most import
ant provisions of. the Compromise of
1850. Name three of the most prom
inent men connected with it.
z. Treat any two of the following
quite fully showing their effects upon
history: The cotton gin; the Erie
Canal; Squatter Sovereignty.
8. Name two important events of
President Roosevelt's administration
and give reasons for their import
ance
8. What events do "Evangeline,
miles Standish,' "Star Spangled
Banner" Paul Revere's Ride" and
Gettysburg Speech commemorate?
10. When was Idaho admitted as
a state? What territory was it part
Of?
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CIVIL GOVERNMENT.

1. Name and define three de-
partments of the government.
2. Mention five powers conferred
upon Congress by the Constitution.
3. Explain the purpose of the writ
of habeas corpus. What are the du-
ties of grand juries? What are the
duties of petit juries?
4. State the number of justices OF
the United States Supreme Court,
term of Office, how chosen, effect of
decisions, and the name of the pre-
sent chief justice. H.
S. What is the length of the Of
fetal term of the governor of this
State? What is veto? Why is this
power given the governor?
6. When does Congress meet?
How are representatives and senators
elected, and what is the term of
each?
Z. Who presides over the House
of Representatives? The Senate?
8. Who, according to the Consti-
tuition, are citizens of the United
States?
8. Explain the following terms:
nomination" candidate" "nomi-
nee," suffrage" precinct"
10. Should there be educational
qualifications for voters in every
state? State reasons for your answer.
SPELLING.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-06

Some butchers, bakers, coal deal
ers, and landlords will appreciate
this:
Teacher Ito new scholar) -
"Now, Mary, I'll give you a sum. IF
your father owed the butcher $1317
and the baker $11.13 and the coal
dealer $27.0S and the landlord
$3.50, how much would he have to
pay them"
Answer don't think he would
have to pay them anything"
why not?"
Because | think we would move"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-06

LORENZO r. THOMAS
Land Attorney
Practicing before the U. s. Land
Office and Department of Interior.
Register of U. s. Land Office from
1897 to 1907. All land office business
will receive careful attention. Look
out for sign near land office.
Blackfoot, Idaho.
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Dicks Chu1n.

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A newsboy sat on the curb crying,
when a pedestrian halted and laid
his hand on the youngsters should
err, BIZ F
Whats wrong, sonny--lost some
thing?" '@
Nav, ! amt. Oh, me chum's
dead
"Oh, that's too bad! How did he
die?"
Ruined overt"
80! Was there an inquest?"
"Inques' nothin. He just holler-
ed onct, and rolled over dead; and
wish't was dead too, along Of
him."
Cheer up; you can find another
chum."
''You wouldn't talk that way if
you'd knowed Dick. There warn't
nothin Dick wouldn't a. done for
me, and now he's d-d-dead and buri-
ed. I'm a-wishin' was, too"
Look here" said the man; "go
and sell your papers, and take some
poor little ragged boy and be chum
to him. It'll help you, and do him
good"
"Pshaw! mister, where's there a
boy wot'd go around nights with me,
and be cold and hungry and outen
doors and sleep on the groun' like
Dick? An he wouldn't tech a bite
till I'd had enough. He was Chris
tian, Dick were"
Then you can feel that he's all
right, If he was such faithful friend
and good boy"
Boy? Dick boy? Dick warn't no
ragged, good-for-nothing boy, mist
er, Dick were dog. The New
San Fransciscoan.
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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-06

At the teachers examination held
here last week. about the usual num-
Der of teachers applied, and the fol-
lowing is the list Of questions given
them:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-06

A newsboy sat on the curb crying,
when a pedestrian halted and laid
his hand on the youngsters should
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-06
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New-York tribune., 1908-06-22
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Shoe
Vacation
Footwear

Whether your feet turn
toward scashore or noun
lalns, we have the right
00%aTd Shoe for every oc-
easion.
Observation-Disclosures n
fusset yici kid, calf and
patent leather, IN styles and
s-@es Tor men, women and
children.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-22

by the people of that borough four times. That
fact should carry weight. people of
The Bronx know him. With them he needs
know him. of his training and of his labors
he simply asks that they wait, that they refuse
to believe accusation merely because 1t Is
made, that they insist that every public OFF,
cial every private citizen. shall be fully heard
before he is judged
OPINIONS OF HAFFENS COUNSEL.
With regard to charging the OF preliminary
surveys against assessment proceedings MIR. Van
Doren calls attention to the fact. which is brought
counts. that the Borough President has an opinion
from the Corporation Counsel, dated May g. 1905
saying: Il feel bound to hold that the practice
of including these items in the assessment as IT
has previously prevailed is legal at least so far
the Borough of The Bronx is concerned and
that the report of the Commissioners of Accounts
must Be modified accordingly"
Mr. Van Doren says the most unfair statement
in the report is that concerning alleged waste by
the maintenance force. which he declares is based
on the reports of two employees of the Commits
sioners of Accounts. who claimed they had
watched few gangs of laborers and had esti-
mated how much time during the days work some
of the laborers had wasted. No investigation was
made Of the estimates for cleaning buildings in
The Bronx, obtained by the commissioners for pur-
poses of comparison" Mr.. Van Doren declares
Attention is also called to tho report of .he investi-
eating committee Of the Board of Estimate. which
found that Borough President Hafen was in no
way responsible for the amount OF the award for
Hunts Point
New-York tribune., 1908-06-22

sible to ascertain exactly which the ships Will
make the greatest distance the amount OF
fuel The vessels being identical, except in pro
pelling machinery. the results OF the tests
pected to have governing influence the form of
engines. whether reciprocating turbine. which
will be installed In future warships
PAY BILLETs GO BEGGING-so far the Navy
Department has designated only about twenty
candidates who will take the examination, begin
ming July at Washington and in San Fran
cisco. to fill the seven vacancies in the Junior
grade In the navy pay corps. The board of pay
officers. which will meet in San Francisco, will
simply report the adaptabty Of the candi-
dates who reside in that part of the country. and
will see that they answer the questions which are
identical with those presented TO candidates who
appear before the board in Washington. All the
which will in Washington. An effort
made to interest the leading colleges. including
those in New York. in this examination. but so
far, OF the hundred colleges 10 which cir
cular addressed, only one has presented the
names Of three students or graduates who
garded by the faculty furnishing desirable
dldates. This Indifference of the colleges has been
the subject of considerable comment in the Navy
Department, where the officials have come TO the
conclusion that the college authorities do not
derstand the proposition and do appreciate
what a good opportunity is offered young men
who are able to qualify themselves for appoint
ment Considering the recent increase of service
paw IA young man in with a salary of about
5000. which ought to be in itself sufficient induce
ment the naval officers think to awaken keen in
terest in the competitive examination Some of the
officers who know the college authorities in various
parts of the country are sending out special let
ters, which IL is hoped will result In adding
Der of college men 10 the list OF candidates who
will present themselves for the examination in
the next month
New-York tribune., 1908-06-22
GREAT SPEED OF THE GEORGIA.

San Francisco. June 21-The batteship Georgia's
officers and continue to maintain that they
have the fastest battIeship In the navy. ON her
trip from Bremerton navy yard. concluded last
evening. 1t is asserted that the Georgia for four
consecutive hours along the California coast kept
up a speed OF l9.5 knotA
New-York tribune., 1908-06-22
TAPS FOR VICTIM OF GUN ACCIDENT.

The body OF Private John Lawrence walsh. OF
the 18th Company. 9Th Regiment National Guard
Coast Defence Reserves. who killed by the
bareback from 4inch gun In Battery Dix, at
Fort Wadsworth, last Thursday, was buried in
Calvary Cemetery yesterday with military honors.
Comrades in the 18th Company acted guard OF
honor. Father Bernard Duffy conducted the SER
vices in the mortuary chapel.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-22

to officers of the regular army for duty in con-
nection with the militia. 1t desired to have
the army represented observers, umpires and
In other capacities at all of the joint exercises
held at the big man9uvre camps in different
found. however. that this assignment to duty
would mean heavy expenditure for mileage. and
the regular mileage fund is not sufficient to meet
all the demands made upon 1t. An effort made
to obtain decision from the Treasury Department
which would allow the War Department to charge
the militia fund which this year amounts to
$4,000. 900, the accounts of mileage in the of
those army officers assigned TO militia duty OF
any sort. 1t has been decided. however. that this
OF the militia fund is not legal
PROPULSION COMPETITION.-The naval scout
cruisers Salem, Birmingham and Chester will
shortly be ready to take the comparative
of the navy. and approved by the Navy
Department The official trial of the Salem. which
is equipped with the Curtis turbines Will be held
Tuesday, and will be followed shortly by the
ceptance of the ship. That incident will make IL
possible to proceed with the comparative trial.
which will include by the three ships at cruis
ing speed well economical speed This will
determine how far each ship Will go given
quantity of fuel. The programme will be
ranged that the ships Will steam in squadron to-
gether in order to have Identical conditions of
be distributed to the ships. so that 1t will be pos
New-York tribune., 1908-06-22

The provost guard from the 11th and 18th
regular cavalry regiments relieved from
duty in Carthage last night for arresting men
indiscriminately and was in turn placed under
arrest by detail of troops from the 9th IN
fantry.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-22

OBSERVERS OF THE MILITIA-It will be
necessary reduce the number of orders which
it was intended issue by the War Department
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-05

then l tap Petars egg. It cracks.
 Petar gives me his broken egg. and chooses another with more care. Again we tap. and again his egg is broken. Other men come in and watch our harmless game with interest. My egg vanquishes one egg after another. and Petar retires from the contest.
 Thou hast good egg" says a new. conner, but have a better. This one" he says, drawing a purple egg from his capacious brooches pocket, has cracked II to-day"
 Mine is better" I answer gravely. and we tap. A shout greets my vic tory again.
 "Verily, 1t Is hard she'll" says my adversary handing me his egg with a sigh.
 It reminds me of my schoolboy days when we battled with chestnuts on a string. Yet in Montenegro the game is played every Easter in every house by grizzled veterans of hundred fights, and youths proud of the posses. sion of a rifle which proclaims them men and active members of that sol. dier race.-Youth's Companion.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-05
The Wind,

In different parts of the world the sun shines with different degrees of heating power upon the land and sea Where it falls with most heating pow CT, 1t warns, expands and lightens the air; where it falls with least heating power, the air remains unwarmed, un expanded and heavy. But both kinds of air, the light and the heavy, are drawn toward the earth, since both have weight. The heavy air, however. Is more forcibly drawn down than the light, and on that account gets nearer the ground. But in doing so, as two different bodies cannot occupy the same portion of space at the some time, it drives the light air out of the way. And that is why the wind blows.-New York American.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-05
Preservinq Fish in Paper.

Some interesting experiments in connection with the carriage of fish were recently made by M. Alfred Goldes, president of the fishery sec tion of the Brussels chamber of com merce. Soles caught by Ostend boats off the Portuguese coast were packed in a special vegetable paper, and after 16 days appeared in much better con, dition. as regards both freshness and flavor, than those packed in ice. This paper was recommended at the Ostend fishery congress of 1907 by Herr Sol ling, inspector of Dauish fisheries. Ii costs little and takes up but small space.-Harper' Weekly.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-05
OUR LADYOF
 CLEVERNESS
By r1INNA THOMAS ANTRIM
(Copyright.)

fCopyrght)
 Holding her finger upon the pulse Of the world, the Woman of Clever ness governs her life by It's heart beats
 clever man hides half he does not she does know, therein doubling her strength.
 The women of history have been women of mystery; therefore. clever woman mystifies.
 The life of clever woman is per petual secret. Beyond the vestibule oi her mind, none may venture.
 lntimacies are tabooed by her. Aloofness, untinged by hauteur, Is her metier. She argues. reasonably, mat the career of individuals must De Jeopardized. or retarded by inti- mates.
 Ever, though covertly, are her eyes regarding the circlings of Opportu- nity.
 Haste has no part in her. She IS enviably serene, habitually tactful, gaming thereby, as tribute, all that stupid women lose through tears.
 extraordinarily gifted, sans doute, sne IS; yet by no self-conducted tom- tom Is 1t heralded.
 Hsr wisdom is finely tempered by w.t. and when she is most witty, she weirdly wise.
 ohe knows-none better-that by ambition fell the angels. Although 'insiess. she intends to rise by 1t.
 obstacles are regarded sans tremor, .ney but add piquancy to her itiner- Harely is she rich. Often her n'enls must clothe and sustain her. rihce ,p ~ last for month, in order to look Ae Parisienne for a night, is dolor- ous but falters not our lady. . Al So, she has reached the second esiioid oa, Of destiny. and ever onward anu upward she is looking. rt, social standing vibrates little nia S 1atal, unremedied. She deter cure p-'' boa suoo In resolve, and girded with AOpe' she starts.
 ,ni ner beginnings are instructive nan aiy' She creates a personality, and "''er for one moment fails to live m
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-05
HIS SITUATION TO BE ENvlED
Sheep Herder's Post ls No Longer One
 of Isolation.

At the head of a deep. wooded canyon. branch of Upper Mckay crock, l came upon a sheep herder's tent the other day, and at sight of the camp there in the woods I moralized upon the fate of the sheep herder, and my heart went out in sympathy for him in his alleged Loneliness.
 But upon visiting his camp that evening 1 took back" what l said in sympathy for him and almost envied the entertaining versality of his se cluSion.
 In one corner of his tent was good phonograph and nearer 1t several choice records. For my delight he ren dered two or three selections by Pat ii, Caruso, Sehumann Heink and other singers, a speech by Bryan, vaude vile selection and an act from Shake speare's Julius Caesar"
 Under the head of his bed were hali a dozen of the best magazines (some of which had not found time to read) and at the foot of the bed lay well thumbed copies of the latest novels.
 looked at this bronzed son of the hills in genuine envy Here he may read, write, think, commune with na ture, or be carried to the great con servatories of the artists, while the driven slaves of the city must bend over a desk day and night to meet the terrific competition of this soulless commercial age.-East Oregonian.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-05
BEAR REVELED IN LUXURlES.
Bruins Feed Somewhat Expensive to
 Railroad Company.

A large brown bear, the property of the traveller, Count Schoenborn, was being taken by train to his masters estate in Saxony, when he broke the bars of his cage and turned his atten- tion to the contents of the luggage van. He smashed two egg boxes and sucked 112 eggs, and then exploited four butter casks. What he did not devour he smeared over himself and the sides of the van.
 Some crates containing poultry for market next attracted bruin, who con~ sumed three fat geese and several ducks and fowls. He quenched his thirst with hamper of cherries and was discovered at Halle in the act of sampling some cheese.
 The officials, threatened by bruip. fled for their lives. A long time elapsed before the animal was per suaded to re-enter his cage. during which time the train was delayed.