The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-15
EDUCATIONAL.
BY w. f. LARSON.
THE CABINET.

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Secy. of Treasury-Leslie NJ. Shaw
Sec.y. Of War-Wm. H. Taft
Attorney General-W. H. Moody
Postmaster -General-G. B. Cortelyou
Sec'y. of Navy-C. J. Bonaparte
Sec'y. of Interior-E. A. Hitchcock
Sec'y. of Agrlculture-J. Wilson
Sec'y OF Commerce and Labor-Victor
H. Metcalf.
The above are arranged according to
the Presidential Succession Law passed
in 1885. The last two departments have
been added since that law was passed
The Civil Government class should
know something about the following
events and study them together with
their lessons on the text as the treaty
making power of the president etc
(a) The Santo Domingo Treaty.
(b) The Hepburn Bill
(c) The Joint Statehood Bill
If the Statehood bill passes, what will
be the next steps before the territories
concerned are admitted!
What was the time limit of debate on
the bill in the house? What was the
vote?
What are the objections that have
been made to joining Indian Territory
with Oklahoma? Arizona with New
Mexico? What is the purpose OF joining
the territories so as to form ttcO states?
What was the vote on the Hepburn
bill? What are the principal provisions?
When was the Interstate Commerce act
passed? What did that act provide?
For what are the following noted:
Capt. Amundson, Count de Witte,
Joseph Wheeler, Marshall Field Luther
Burbank, Samuel l.. Clemens. King
Leopold, Frederick VIII, Haakon VII,
John Mitchell, JOS. w. Folk, Helen
Keller, VIM. r. Harper, Clement Ar
mand Fallieres
The Newton contest has been post
poned to March 3. Other towns that
have set the day for their contests are:
Eaton at st. Nazianz, Feb. 90; Meeme,
at Hers, Feb. %; Liberty. at Dist. No
3, on afternoon of Mar. 30; Kossuth at
Francis Creek, Mar 23
THE best things in the world have
always boen done for the love of doing
them, or for the love of those for whom
they were done, and not for pay or re-
ward Farm Journal
1t is better to use simple words and
express our thoughts than to use big
words and obscure them Teach the stu
dents to use Anglo-Saxon words fluently.
In making a study of the British Isles
read Carpenters Europe and Modern
Europe" Much interesting material
can also he found in Tarr & Nc Murry's
Book ILL., and the Little Journeys
Look up the following in TIE diction
airy: Andersonville, Sic semper tyrannis,
Elihu, Adam Bede, Rachel Rosa Bon
heur, q. V. Do you know where to look
Do your pupils?
Put an exercise in addition on the
board containing 6 columns and f. digits
in each column. In what time can your
pupils add it? Give your pupils practice
in writing numbers. Let your work in
calculation have some snap" to it.
What birds stay with us during the
winter? Which ones have you seen
Are you acquainted with the chckadee?
Learn to know him Then see if you
can find something about him in the
library. Why is he so called? What is
his foodY OF what value to the farmer?
A meeting of the railroad section will
be held at Reedsville, Saturday, Feb "a
All the teat hers of Manitowoc county
are cordially invited, M are also the
teachers of the neighboring counties and
our own ex.teachers The program will
be literary in character, consisting of
debate, several readings and talks, be-
sides musical numbers, The meeting
will be social in character and thus af-
ford an opportunity for teachers to be-
come better acquainted with one another.
Let US all be there.
Telephone Tax.
This city's share-S5 Per cent. of the
two and ne-half per cent. telephone
tax, for the year 1900 on the gross
earnings of the local exchange of the
Wisconsin Telephonecompany amounted
TO S409 90, for which sum the city
treasurer received check last Saturday.
The law under which the tax is paid
was enacted by the last Legislature.
lRRhRY STATISTICS.