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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



insurance against loss by accidental fire, where a man pays a 

 certain per-ceutage upon the value of the property insured. 



Farmers can insure their crops against damage by storms. 

 Owners of vessels can insure them and their cargoes, etc. 

 EXEKCISE 59. EXAMPLES IN STOCKS, SHAKES, 

 INSURANCE, ETC. 



1. When the Three per Cents, are at 89, find the rate per cent, 

 received. 



2. When the Three and a Half per Cents, are at 92, find the rate per 

 cent, received. 



3. When the Four per Cents, are at 96, find the rate per cent, 

 received. 



4. Three per Cents, are offered at 90J, Five per Cents, at 1505 ; in 

 which should one invest ? 



5. Shares paying an interest of 1 Os. 6d. cost 22J ; what is the rate 

 per cent, received? What is the rate per cent, received after a 

 deduction of income tax of 7d. in the pound ? 



6. Is it better to invest in the Throe per Cents, at 89 J or the Three 

 and a Half per Cents, at 98J ? 



7. When the Three per Cents, are at 86, fiiid what the Three and a, 

 Half per Cents, should be at, so that an investment in both should 

 produce the same income. 



8. Find the income derived from investing 2,500 in the Three per 

 Cents, at 86. 



9. Find the income derived from investing 1,000 in the Three per 

 Cents, at 87f, after deducting an income tax of 7d. in the pound. 



10. What must a person have invested in the Three per Cents, at 

 90*-, if a transfer of ?- of his capital to the Four per Cents, at 115 would 

 increase his income by 7 ? 



11. A person invests 5,187 10s. in the Three per Cents, at 83, and 

 when the funds have risen to 85 he transfers two-fifths of his capital to 

 the Four per Cents, at 96 ; find the alteration in his income. 



12. A person sells out of the Three and a Half per Cents, at 92^, 

 and realises 18,550 ; if he invests two-fifths of the produce in the 

 Four per Cents, at 96, and the remainder in the Three per Cents, at 

 90, find the alteration in his income. Find also the alteration in the 

 per-centage he gets. 



13. What is the price of the Three per Cents, when 10,000 will 

 purchase 11,111 2s. 2jjd. worth of stock ? What will be the annual 

 income produced ? 



14. When the Three per Cents, are at 87-J, what must the Three and 

 a Quarter per Cents, be at in order that an investment of 1,580 in 

 the latter may produce an income greater than the same sum invested 

 in the former by 1 18s. 6Jcl. ? 



15. A person buys 500 worth of stock at 98J ; what must he sell at 

 to gain 21 5s. by the transaction ? 



16. Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent, 

 at 319, or Three per Cent. Consols at 96 ? 



17. A man invests 4,297 10s. in the Three per Cents, at 95 ; he 

 sells out one-third of his stock when the funds have fallen to 94, 

 1,600 worth of stock when they have risen to 96^, and the remainder 

 at par. What does he gain ? 



18. The income derived from a sum invested in the Three per Cents, 

 at 90J differs from that derived from an equal sum in the Five per 

 Cents, at 150} by 1. Find the sum. 



19. A person finds that if he invest a certain sum in railway shares 

 paying 6 a share when the 100 share is at 132, he will obtain 

 10 16s. a-year more for his money than if ho invest in the Three per 

 Cent. Consols at 93. What sum has he to invest ? 



20. A person invests 10,000 in the Three per Cents, at 92-J, and 

 sells out two-thirds when they have risen 1 per cent, above, and the 

 remainder when they have fallen 1 per cent, below, the price at which 

 he bought ; he then invests the proceeds in the Four per Cents, at par. 

 Find the change in his income. 



?1. The net income of an estate, after deducting lOd. in the pound 

 for income tax and 4 per cent, on the remainder for expenses of col- 

 lection, is 437. What is the gross rental ? 



LESSONS IN FRENCH. XLII. 



SECTION XCIIL SOME PECULIAR IDIOMS. 



1. Se demettre [4. ir.] le bras, le poignet, corresponds to the 



English expression to dislocate one's arm, ivrist, to put one's arm 



out of joint. In this sense se d&nettre takes no preposition 



before its object, the reflective pronoun being a dative . 



Je me suis demis 1'^paule. 



I have dislocated my shoulder. 



2. Se demettre, used in the sense of to resign, to give up, 

 takes the preposition de before its object .- 



II s'est ddmis de sa place. 



He has resigned his place. 



3. S'emparer, to seize, to lay hold of, takes de before its 

 object : 



II s'est einpare de ce chapeau. He seized upon that, hat. 



4. S'empecher, to prevent one's self, to forbear, to help, takes 

 de before another verb : 



Je ue puis m'empecher de rire. I cannot help laughing. 



Je ne puis m'en einpecher. I cannot help doing so. 



5. S'inquieter answers to the English expression to be or 

 become uneasy, to trouble one's self; it takes de before its object, 

 be this object noun, pronoun, or verb : 



Je no m'inquiete pas de cola. I am not uneasy about that. 



G. Se comporter answers to the expressions to behave, to 

 deport one's self. 



7. S'attendre means to await, to expect. It takes a before its 

 object : 



Je ne m'attendais pas a cela. I did not expect that. 



Je ne m'y attendais pas. I did not expect it. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 

 Vous etes-vous diSmis 1'epaule ? I Have you dislocated your shoulder? 



Je me la suis demise [Sect. 45, 2, 



130]. 

 Cetto demoiselle s'est demis le 



poiguet. 



Qui le lui a rends ? 

 Le Dr. L. a remis lYpaule a ma 



sosur. 

 Vous etes-vous de'inis de votre 



place ? 



Je m'en suis de'inis [ 131, 11]. 

 Nous ne pouvions nous empecher 



de sourire pendant ce r^cit. 

 Vous etes-vous empar^ de ce livre ? 

 Je m'en suis empard. 

 De quoi vous inquitStez-vous ? 

 Je ne m'inquiete de rien. 

 Comment ce jeuue houime se com- 



porte-t-il ? 



II se comporte comme il faut. 

 Je no m'attendais pas a une telle 



reponse. 

 Je ue m'y attendais nullement. 



I dislocated it. 



That young lady dislocated her 



wrist. 



Who set it for her ? 

 Dr. L. set my sister's shoulder. 



Have you resigned your situation ? 



I have resigned it. 



We could not help smiling during 



that narration. 

 Have you seized that book ? 

 I laid hold of it. 



What do you trouble yourself about ? 

 I trouble mysel/ about nothing. 

 How does that you.u<j man behave ? 



He behaves properly. 



I did not expect such an answer. 



I did not expect il by any means. 



EXEIICISE 181. 



A 1'avenir, in future. Gauche, left. Part, f. port. 



Bras, in. arm. Mieux, better. Paysau, m. peasant. 



Cass-er, 1. to breafc. Monde (tout le), every- Prusse, f . Prussia. 



Droit, e, right. body. S<=jour, m. stay. 



Duraiit, during. Oblige, obliged. Traitement, BB. freat- 



Ecritoire, f. infcstand. Pareil, le, similar, ment. 



Ennemi, m. enemy. such. Ville, f. city. 



1. Ne vons etiez-vous pas demis le bras? 2. Je ne mo 

 1'etais pas demis ; jo me 1'etaia casse. 3. Si vous alliez en 

 Amerique, vous demettriez-vous de votre place ? 4. Je serais 

 oblige de m'en demettre. 5. Y a-t-il longtemps que votre 

 cousin s'est demis de la sienne ? G. II y a un mois qu'il s'en 

 est demis. 7. L'ennemi s'est-il einpare de la ville ? 8. II 

 s'en est einpare. 9. Votre fils se comportera-t-il mieux a 

 I'avenir ? 10. II s'est tres bien comporte durant son sejour en 

 Prusse. 11. Vous attendiez-vous a un pareil traitement de sa 

 part? 12. Je ne m'y attendais pas. 13. A quoi vous atten- 

 diez-vous ? 14. Je m'attendais a etre traite comme il faut. 

 15. Pourquoi vous etes-vous moque de lui? 16. Parce que je 

 n'ai pu m'en empecher. 17. Si vous laissiez votre ecritoire ici, 

 le paysan s'en emparerait-il ? 18. II s'en emparerait certaine- 

 ment. 19. Votre associe se comporte-t-il bien envers vous? 

 20. II se comporte bien envers tout le monde. 21. Qui a 

 remis le poignet a votre sceur ? 22. Le Dr. G. le lui a remis. 



23. M. votre pere ne s'est-il pas demis le bras droit ce matin ? 



24. II ne se Test pas demis ; il se Test casse ce matin a cinq 

 heures. 



