The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-23

w Z LoIS
were: Lassitude, Candidacy, Tributary,
Stimulus, Delectable, Prosaic, Scien-
tiic, Dyspepsia, Leisure, Nocturnal,
Collectively, Amusement, Precedent,
Incision. IdeaIist. Penob-
scot, Propeller, lmpugn and Naraa-
der.
Arithmetic presented A few more
difficulties. The first question was a
long sum in addition. which, OF course,
ton was multiplication, division, ad-
dition and subtraction of a lot Of
fractions, which had to be reduced TO
decima1S.
The third question was something
else. 1t Was as follows:
Find the total cost in United States
money, including duty, OF $50 rifles
valued al lbs. 1886, IS, I'd. the rates
Of duty being a. follows;
II valued at nct over IS each, &l.50
each and IS per cent.
II valued at not over s. each. S1.58
each and Is per cent Of the value.
If valued at over $40 each. IS each.
| Question No. 4 was as follows:
In a certain prison there are &c
| male prisoners whose sentence is be-
tween 20 and 80 years, and A6 rs per
10 and 20 years, in the same prison
there are 476 male prisoners whose
tenn is between 5 and 10 years. and
II Al per cent fewer whose term is
less than 5 years; the remaining pris-
oners are life termers and women,
there being eight times as many life
termers as ONE The entire number
OF prisoners being 1,16S. how many
women prisoners are there?
Question 5 was a complicated item
lied statement in which commissions
figured.
The fourth subject, report writing,
i consisted of q report OF something
like $50 words, in which facts had
been disarranged in the most dis
jointed n possible. h app3i-
cant was required to marshall these
facts into q sensible report on a GER
tain product The NTH subject, copy
ing and correcting manuscript. is sim
pie enough to a man who knows the
language.
;, 1t is on his knowledge OF geography
t that we can imagine our collector and
. marshal leading q a cosmopolitan
: life. Question No. l requires him to
name States as follows: four which
: border Wisconsin; two which border
!, the State Of Ohio on the South: one
which borders the State Of Mississippi
on the east: one which borders Rhode
t Island or h north; one which Dor
= ders Colorado on the west: one which
. borders Arkansas ON h north.
: Just for pastime, you may now
= name the body of water on which
: each of the following cities is named
: Wheeling. Hartford, New Orleans, Sar
Francisco and Philadelphia. You may
also name the body Of water into
which each OF the following named
: rivers empties: Rio Grande, Detroit
Merrimac, Illinois and Niagara
This ingenious paper then asks il
= what State is each OF the following.
named prominent cities: LAX,
Charles. Sioux Falls, Butler. Durham
. BeI1eville, New Britain, Maiden, COT
feyville, Vallejoj, and MissoulA
In the mind of the ignorant writer
, but two OF these '.cities'' loom up a
being prominent. One is the home O
e a wen-known brand Of tobacco. Tn
greatest baseball pitcher, Waite
Johnson. There is no assurance tina
C~oheyville, Kan, is the one specific,
in the paper. Yet one thing Is clear
- The sport writer's say that Coffeyviue
~ Kan, has ass inhabitants in the sum
mer and 4S6 in winter. Walter spend
- the off a. with his parents.
a II members Of Congress were re
quired to answer the questions relai
-, ing to civil government they coul
probably do so. Washington news
paper correspondents could probAbl
qualify also. The questions are:
VS. How are Representatives apportior
ne ed among the several States?
is What is meant by the veto power
Under the constitution what powe
ry has Congress to interfere with 81 e
dom of speech or Of the press?
a For o long may either house {
e. Congress adjourn without the consel
Of the other?
Any member Of the Phi Beta Kapp
Ao- ~o Ill., o.
is. period Of Eve years. and who has n,
r. Taught school any during that tin
n might be invited with perfect in
be punity to stand that examination wit
de a side bet Of 800 hat he cann'
ad make a grade Of 90 IL per cen
SO Membership in that order requfr
;y that the candidate for admission mu
en- have averaged 90 IL per cent for
Of period Of three years in a college
nnixerSitY with sufficient STA ndiny