The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-16

was the rebellion which lied between
North and South"
The French and Indian War was
enusss esss af ps people sns bs the noS,y
carried on by one of the most prominen'
Generals ~ not the most prominent
French General named ianatte ana ms
The War OF 1872 "was caused by a dis
pute over the ownership az land I'm the
South. by the colonists not wanting 70
The pupils were asked to. write "a
/ connected story" about one OF these IN
ventions. the cotton gin, the steamboat,
/ the telegraph. the telephone and electric
light. and some responded nobiy as FOL
.'sir Henry Newton invented the steam
l boat"
Columbus who was one OF the great
wire, what constituted electricity
'~rhe electric light was discovered, or
invented by Benjamin Franklin who OBJ
tained his power from lightning s.o.
The cotton gin from pounds TO 5000
pounds day.
''Our forefa theirs had no way of re-
ceiving messages In olden time by the
way OF telephone so when they wish any
one TO get very hasty massage they
would send IL by boy monted on the
back of a camel or an OK
'"rhe earliest discoveries or settler who
had anything 10 do with this country was
Christopher Columbus, who I'm l4s2 first
saw. to know America. Then To there
were the Pilgrims who settled In Mason
the cost These were an English people
who found it difficult rather disagree
able 10 have their religious views die
tated TO them. and who In consequence
emigrated."
The tinal question, Name the three
branches into which the government of
the United States Is divided and state
I'm general the duty OF each branch
tapped the founts of knowledge. Among
the replies were these
THE iuditial is the disobeyers of law"
'"rhe judicial Is vested In the attorneys
and the clerks"
The Judiciary department explains or
"The Judicial body Is TO look after Wills
"The judicial consists congressman
formed into body and is called con-
''rhc Senate. the House of Represent
ers Populary Assembly are the three into
which which the government of the United
The Government of the United States
is divided into three principal branches
Financial, state and Interior"
The three branches into which the
Government OF the II S is divided is the
Legislature
The Interior Department has charge of
the agricultural conditions OF the country
making OF roads for national uses and
me Improvement OF our Army and Navy"
The Government of the United States
y divided into three branches: the House,
the Senate and the Legislative Comittee
consisting OF President. Vice President
and Cabinet The President writes out
ms plans with help of Cabinet and sends
{ 60 the House and Senate, where they
ipproVe or disapprove just as they think
IL Is difficult 20 credit the fact that
hese answers We're written by children
idmitted into the high school, and that |
ney dealt with subject that had been |
studied for five years
THESE answers. are interesting because |
hey Illustrate the extraordinarv m,,adIe
u young minds into which much has |
'een hammered but which have retained |
10 clear idea IL would be utterly unfair |
,oweNer. TO Judge all or most of the |
tasnington pupils by these whimsical |
'eces or laborious INSTRUMENTATION.