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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
GRAMMAR.

l. What is meant by q good English
sentencei Write three good complex
sentences.
2. What are the distinct qualities Of
q good letterl How get your pupils to
produce these qualitiesl
3. Distinguish between participles and
verbal adjectives. Illustrate.
4. Write sentences showing that (a)
as an adjective; (b) as a conjunction +;
(cl as relative pronounj (d) as an
expletive.
5. Give the feminine gender of monk,
cockerel marquis, Monsieur, poet,
wizard, hero, Infante.
@. Write two sentences using phrases
in the relations Of nouns. Point ont
the subjects and predicates of these SEN
ences.
I. What parts of speech connect
clausesl Give examples.
s. Explain and give examples of the
passive form Of verb; of a restrictive
clause; OF an appositive.
0. Analyze the following sentences:
81 said my nearer brother pined;
said his mighty heart declined.
lie loatheG ana put away his food;
II was not that twas coarse and rude,
For we were used 10 hunters fare,
And for the like had little care.
10. Parse "hs" and food" in the
third line; parse "twas" and rude" in
the fourth line; parse "like' in the last
line.
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UNITED STATES HISTORY, INCLUO-
ING CIVIL GOVERNMENT.

]. Tell of the career of Samuel Champ
lain. Why were the Indians favorable
70 him and his nationf
2. What can you say of Napoleon and
his connection with American history
during Jefferson's administration.
g. Define history, civil government, ex-
oise tax, habeas corpus, and revolution.
4. What are at least three require.
ments of the elective franchise in Ohio ?
What do you understand by the primary
election law?
S. Discuss the treaty that closed the
war of 1912.
g. Relate the troubles between the
President and Congress at the close OF
the Civil war.
T. OF what importance was the Boston
Massacre? Describe it fully.
8. Give a very important event for
each OF the following dates; 1919, 1850
1863, l777, 1887, 1902, 1903, 1882, 1880
0, What do you regard as the most i'm
portant recent event in American his
tory Why is il importantl
10. What congress was recently in ses
sioni Was it a regular, or specia
session. What did il dol What caused
the great length of the session.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
A Rats Tail,

A rats tail is wonderful thing
The great naturalist Cuvier says that
there are more muscles in this curious
appendage than are to be found in that
part Of the human anatomy which Is
most admired for its ingenious struc
ture-namely. the hand. To the rat. IN
fact. its tail serves as a sort of hand
by means of which the animal is Ell
abled to crawl along narrow lodges OF
other difficult passages, using 1t to bal
ance with or to gain hold 1t Is pre-
hensile, like the tails Of some mon
keys. By means of 1t the little beast
can jump up heights otherwise mac
cessible, employing 1t as a projectl'
spring.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

l. Give the legal requirements in the
employment Of a teacher.
2. What Is meant by the term feel.
tngf How does it affect, or influence,
learningH
5. What qualities in 8 teacher does
good government dcmandi
4. BY Hhat principles should the
teacher be guided in the inilicting OF
punishment Why punishi
S. Explain fully the election of mem
bers OF the school.board in your district.
9. How DO you manage supplementary
reading in your schooli Why use i'll
Z. What are the essentials of a course
Of studyH Why use a course Of study
g. What is reproduction Of lesson
What should be the aims Of teacher in
having this done'
q. What Is testi What Is its
vnluei Why use it2
10. What is meant by the art OF
teaching BY tact in teaching.
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LITERATURE.

!. Name two authors who have writ
zen on the subject of government; on the
subject of sciences on the subject of the
Indians; on the subject of biography.
Tell of one OF these as fully as you can.
2. Who were the gleemenl The Lake
School OF Poetsl" Give an account of
either of them.
g. Who was the first Of America S
poets OF notel The FIRST of her noted
historiansY Name a writing OF each of
them.
T. What English writers we're contem.
poraneous with the Colonial period Of
American literaturel How did the Eng
lish literature of this time affect the
literature Of Americai
5. Who wrote "The Old Oaken
Bucket'l "The Rape OF the Lock :
"The or Swimmin' Hole"i "The Spy
"Lucile"f Describe one Of these vet
ings.
o.. Name a classic appropriate for an
ighth grade TO study. Give synopsis
sf ii. Quote from it,
8. Whet is "Howes Historical Collie
tions Of Ohio"i ''The Leather Stocking
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GEOGRAPHY.

l. Trace canal across Ohio. How
has IL been usefuli
2. What can you say Of the geography
Of the Iukoni OF Seattlef How are
these interesting at this timei
3. Give the occupations of the people
Of the Scandinavian peninsula What
are the products of this peninsulai
4. Locate five counties Of Ohio with
Indian names, and three more named for
great men. Give the county seats OF
each OF these.
s. Trace a prominent railroad route
across the United States, naming the
largest cities and the products along
the line.
8. Locate any five Of the following
and tell something about each you
locate; Nairobi, Zealend. Barcelona
Melila, Pines, Tyrol, Kiel Soudan.
l. Give the exports and imports OF
Southern Africa.
s. Compare Mexico and Italy in size
people, climate, government, and pro
ducts.
o. What is the government of the
Philippine lslandsi Their capital
Their chief productsi
10. Explain the source, course, ant
influence of the Gulf Stream.
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A BUCKET or WATER.
In Right Place When Needed u viii
Prevent . confisgration.


A single bucket of water-even a
cupful--thrown on a blaze at its start
often does more good than a reservoir
full ten minutes later And yet In not
one out of a thousand American homes
is single bucket of water dedicated
to fre protection. The only excuses
for this negligence are ignorance, care
lessness, total disregard Of property
and life. Poverty may explain the alb.
sence of structural protection. but no
one who has home is too poor to
afford a bucket of water. Even %
cents spent for fire pals will measur
| ably Increase for years the safety Of
house and that of its inmates. And
the only attention this very effective
FIRE apparatus will need Is an occasion.
al refilling from the pump or tap.
The virtue of the bucket of water
kept exclusively for fire purposes Is
that It is always there when you look
for It and always full of water. There
Is, to be sure. lots of water around the
house Except when the pipe or pump
has frozen. but by the time one can
| find a bucket. take II to the tap or
pump wait for II to ill and then take
II back to the fire not one bucket but
ten are needed If. however, you can
dash into the hall. seize II ready 6lle1
bucket and souSe the blazing curtain,
all within twenty seconds, one bucket
generally will be more than enough.
as good as "a whole fire department
and far less destructive than its super.
nuity of water.
The family that cares anything ut
all for its belongings should keep at
least one bucket of water on a little
bracket in the hall on each floor and
another bucket In the garret. Down
cellar there should be barrel Of wa
ter and bucket not far from the
furnace. The water in the garret or
cellar may be kept from freezing In
cold weather by adding common salt
Exchange.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
CAUGHT Them All Around.

A Moslem ruler spoke to his people
one Friday from the pulpit in the mar
ket place
people, what shall preach to you
about today?" 1--WE do not know,
they replied. "Well. II you don't know
shall not tell you" And down he
came from the pulpit. There was NJ
sermon that Sabbath.
The next week the old inquiry wa
made, and the people rejoined, "WC
know" When the royal preacher said
IF you know you do not need me t.
tell you" And again an abrupt Close
to the services.
The third week the people were morr
wary and replied, "Some of us know
and some do not know" And now
they expected TO trap the man, but h,
was wiser than they thought. "LeI
those who know tell those who do moi
know" came his utterance. and the
people were trapped instead.-Bostol
Post
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
In IN. ,n,.r.s, Of Good Ewes,

A noted oculist advises against using
the eyes Immediately after waking;
therefore the habit Of many young
girls OF reading or studying in bed is
injurious. II Is harmful to use the
eyes when sleepy, as II is a great
strain upon the muscles. II one must
read or write when drowsy. rise occa'
sionaIly and bathe the eyes with hot
OF cold water Remember that a quick
change from q dark room to brilliant
light is strain upon the eyes.-New
York Press.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
NE READ HIS MAN.
Linooln's Rebuke 10 . Visitor Who
Would Not Meet His Gaze.

Wouid NOT Meet Fie care.
As came mp to the railing In front
Of the president he was reading pa
per that had just been presented to
him by a man who sat In the chair
opposite him and who seemed by his
restlessness and unsteady eyes to be
Of a nervous disposition or under great
excitement.
Mr.. Lincoln. still holding the paper
up and without movement Of any kind
paused and. raisAg his eyes, looked
for a long time at this mans face and
seemed to be looking down into his
very soul. Then. resumlng his reading
for a few moments. he again paused
and cast the same piercing look upon
bis visitor.
Suddenly. without warning. he drop.
ped the paper. and. stretching out his
long arm. he pointed his finger directly
In the face of his vis-a-vis and said,
whats the matter with your"
The man stammered and finally re.
piled. Nothing"
"Yes. there is," said Lincoln. "You
can't look me in the facet You have
not looked me I'm the face since you
sat there! Even now you are looking
out that window and cannot look me
in the eyer
Then, hinging the paper in the mans
lap, he cried: Take 1t back! There is
something wrong about this! | will
have nothing to do with ity' And the
discounted individual retired.-T. b
Bancroft in McClure's Magazine.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
ORIENTAL PARAG0NS.
Japan's Four and Twenty Models OF
Filial Piety.

Japan's Four and twenty Models ot
Filial Piety.
Filial piety. as is well known. is the
special virtue of China and Japan.
From II springs loyalty to the emperor,
who is regarded as "the father and
mother Of his people" There are no
greater favorites with the Japanese
than the -four and twenty paragons
Of filial. piety." whose acts Of virtue
are the subjects Of Chinese legend.
one OF the paragons had cruel
stepmother. who was very fond Of
fish, Never replnlng at her cruel treat.
ment of him. he lay down on the fro.
zen surface of lake. The warmth of
his body melted hole In the ice, at
which two carp came up to breathe.
These he caught and took home to his
stepmother.
Another paragon, who was of the
female sex. clung to the jaws OF Il.
ger that was about to devour her ia.
ther until the latter escaped.
The drollest of all these stories is
that of Rorashi This paragon. though
seventy years old. used to dress In ba.
by's clothes and crawl about on the
floor. his object being to delude bis
parents. who we're really over ninety
years Of age. into the idea that they
could not be so very old. after all. as
they had such an exceedingly infantile
son.-Sunday Magazine.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
Hurt Worse Than the Razor.

The Barber-You've got nasty, deeI
lot of crows feet, sir, and them lines
runnin' down from the corners OF thi
mouth is somethin fierce. A mas
sage The Patient (iercely)-You'v'
got a hump like camel and ches
like a doughnut. and don't believe
with legs like those, you could stop al
elephant up an alley, let alone pig
But, hang II, man, do you want to b'
reminded of 1t every time you get {
shave?-New Orleans Times Democrat
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
PHYSIOLOGY.

l. Give the processes of digestion and
the results oi each process.
2. Name the coats OF the eye and give
their uses.
3. What would you do for a pupil with
an artery cut in the wristi
4. What is the peritoneumi The dura
materl A hemorrhage1 The pleuraf
5. Name some very strong narcotics
Give their effects.
@. What are tubercular germsf How
overcome? What results from careless.
necc concerning themi
I. What is poisoni What would
you do il some one had just taken a
pOisonf
8. How does alcoholism affect a very
young personl how does it affect the
stomach and its o1icesl
o. Give the relations between breath
ing and good health. Between proper
mastication and good health.
10. In what way does bacteria affect
the health? How does the actions of
the kidneys affect the healthi
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
The PRAYER He Didn't Make.

In a certain parish near Dumfries a
newly made elder was summoned 10
the sickbed of a parishloner. Being
naturally a bashful man, he was in
great anxiety as to the prayer he wad
haze to pit up" and wished to avoid
going altogether At length he was
persuaded by his wife and started on
his errand. On his return his wife
greeted him with the query:
"And how did ye get on. Williamp
"Oh, grand! He was deid."-Dundee
Advertiser.
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ORTHOGRAPHY.

!. Give the substitutes for ga" broad.
Also for "a" long.
2, Define synonyms, homonyms, and
antonyms. Give examples OF each.
"a. Classify words in fuH
5. Mark diacritically: data, chalice,
defamation, duly, celibacy.
9. Define articulation and enunciation,
and distinguish between them.
40 Spell correctly as the examiner
pronounces; merchandise, lieu, jostle
discourteous, indelible, garage, scion,
retrieve, negligee, coincide, rescind
draughtsman, phase, casual, athlete,
Rhodesia, Walhounding, Guernsey, Kel,
leys Island, glacier.
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SOME PROBLEMS
Fer TEACHERS
Applicants StCrCOuntyG Certificates
Asked TO Solve Them.
EXAMINATION HELD SEPT. a, 'O9

Prepared BY the state school Com
missioner to Test the Mental oual.
IHestions Of Those Who Seek POSI-.
tIons az Teachers In the Public
Schools.
Following is the list OF questions
a. prepared under direction OF the
state commissioner Of public schools.
and submitted at the county examina.
tion for teachers Sept. I, for ele-
mentary school certificates:
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Tal. 50 How are either Of thsss val
liable in literaturei
Q. Tell something OF an Ohio author.
OF your fsvorite novelist.
TO- What are the characteristics Of the
literature of the present dayi Name
recent productions of any kind that are
classed as good matter TO read.
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Bermuda producers are beginning
to find it more profitable to meet the
wants of the increasing influx of Wis
itors than TO compete with the Gulf
and South Atlantic truck farmers in
the New York markets.
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"My boy" said the head of the firm,
"I've noticed that you have a great
head for figures, although you don't
seem to be able to spell or write at
all. How does it happen?"
II studied 'rithmetic," replied the
office boy, 'cause / wanted to know
how to figure the battin' average
Chicago Record Herald.
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WIRING.

l. Give the principles of the system OF
penmanship that you use. 0O30
2. How teach proper movement 10
pupils, (20'D
g. Your writing on this manuscript
will be graded for the remaining (70)
per cent.
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Mrs. Hayseed dndignantly)-Here'
an article, Hiram, that sez in Formosa
a wife costs So.
Mr.. Hayseed (after some thought
Wa-al, / reckon a good wife's wuth
1t Judge.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
Lightning Makes Trees Explode.

Lightning makes trees explode like
overcharged boilers. The flame Of
the lightning does not burn them up
nor does the electric fash split them
like an ak. The bolt flows through
into all the damp interstices of the
trunk and into the hollows under its
bark. All the moisture at once is
turned into steam, which by its i'm
mediate explosion rips open the tree.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
Evils of Tobacco.

An illustration Of the evils resulting
from the use Of tobacco is found in the
life Of a Georgia man of elghty-two
years who has chewed since he was
eleven and is now the father Of TWEEN
ty-hve children. Cut out tobacco
young man.-Clio (Ala) Free Press.
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ENQUIRER COMPANY,
CINCINNATI, O.
Legal Notice.

Walter Knapp, whose place of residence is
take notice that on the Goth day Of July. 1909
Ocie Knapp filed her petition In the Common
Pleas Court OF hiehiana county, onio; In
Knapp. praving for divorce on the ground
of gross negl' CT OF duty and restoration TO
will be for hearine on or after six weeks
from the 5th day of August, 1909, the date of
this nrst publication
oCIE KNAPP. Plaintiff.
James A. wilkins Attorney
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PreoIoua stonea In India.

The precious and semi.precious
stones mined in India are the dia
mond, ruby, sapphire, spinel, tour
maline, garnet, rock crystal and vari
Gus chalcedonic forms of silica, Jade
ite and amber. The ruby and Jade
ite are the only stones produced il
India Of considerable value.
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HospItaIs In Germany.

There are in Germany about 1900
hospitals, in which 100000 patients
are annually treated. Adding to these
the inmates of private sanatoria and
patients treated at home, It is esti-
mated that all times one person in
90 Of the population is seriously III.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
RUBY MInInq In Upper Burma.

Ruby mining is carried on IN Up
per Burma, and next to petroleum is
the most profitable OF the mineral re-
sources of the state, the value of the
product being about s50oo00. One
ruby Of IT carats, taken ont . few
years ago. was valued Rt $13s.33o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09

Baron Goto, minister of communica.
tions, is investigating the adyisability
Of transporting mail by automobiles
in the principal cities of Japan, and
also possibly to distant points where
railway traffic is not yet opened.
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Legal Notice.

EIeeta snosney whose place Of residence ,,
will take notice that on the 18th day Of July,
1909 Homer Shockey hlea his petition in the
Com mon Pleas Court Of highland County,
Ohio. in case No. e3Ol, against the above
named Electa Shockey, praying for a di.
voroe on the grounds OF gross neglect OF
duty
said cause will be tor hearing on or after
six weeks from this September 2, 1909, the
HOMER sHooKEY.
JAMES A. wILKIN, Attorney.
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SIMON HIDER,
THE FLORIST.
For Your Flowers.

Departing Guest-Well, I've,.had a
delightful time.
Hostess-I'm so glad. At the same
time I'm sorry the weather kept all
our best people away.-London Opin-
ion.
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READING.

The examiners will conduct the exam
ination in this subject as they plan.
There ought to be some test in the theory
OF reading and in the teaching of tie
subject.
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WiIIina to Try II.

"a fool and his money are soon part
ed" quoted the pessimist
YES" rejoined the optimist, "but it's
worth while being fool to have the
money to part with."-Chicago News,
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SO Cash prizes amounting to $4,000. 90

The Liberal Commissions we pay
Solicitors in addition to cash prizes
will equal or greatly excel the
amount of such cash prize, thus insur-
ing all against loss if only ten yearly
Subscriptions are obtained.
The General News and Subscrip-
ton Agencies are barred from this
contest. Hence Solicitors have no
occasion to fear opposition from that
source.
Send for terms, get an early start.
Earnest work will bring you $500
a day.
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Family Presoienee.

Nearly every family picks the wrong
member fop the fool.--Life.
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Besides a Liberal Commission
that will insure to Solicitors $100.00
a month and better.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-18
He Wasn't Much Help.
Lippincott's s.

Lipplncott's. s.
They stood on a downtown corner,
their arms twined affectionately
around each others shoulders, while
they continued to argue, amiably, but
firmly. The subject of their discus
sion was evidently one of the gravest
Importance.
"I've got it," the unsteadier of
the two cried suddenly, looking tri-
umphantly at the other. II can't be
Tomlinson. Donsh member that man
ashked me how Mrs. johnson was?"
His friend was unconvinced. "That
donsh mean anything. Donsh he
know we live nexsh door each other?
sides, I know that man who slapped
me on the back and called me John
son. and then they gazed beWllder-
ed into each others eyes.
"Ke'll have to ashk somebody -
suggested one finally.
"All RI; only donsh ashk rude,
ord 'nry people; wait until zhentle-
man comes along and shee what he
had to shay.'
So they propped themselves firmly
against lamppost and waited.
Presently fairly well-dressed man
approached, and one Of them detained
him with an uncertain hand on his
coat sleeve.
"Shay, OF man. he said. "m'
frien' an / wansh you to shettle
little dishpute for ush. One of ush
is johnson and one Of ush is Tomlin-
son, but, in some mos un 'countable
way, we've forgotten wish is whlsh:
You shee, he thinks he's me and l
think I IN him. Now, whash you think
bout it?'
The newcomer looked at them
gravely for a moment, and then said
pleasantly:
"Whash the names Of the other
two zhentlemen with you?'