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The Herald and Advertiser NEWNAN, FRIDAY. DEC. 26. ONE DOLLAR A IN ADVANCE. YEAR HEADS OF NATIONS Power of Our President Versus That of Royal Rulers. THE EXERCISE OF THE VETO. t A Right Which May Be Free'y Used by Our Chief Executive, but Which Might Shake the Throne of the Mon arch Who Dared Assert It. It fins lu't'ii wild llint the president nf ihn ('tilted suites bus man* mill putt er ttinii most iniiiiiirclis nf Europe I On imt know lli.il 1 mu able to Insti tute mi InlidllKiMit < , nui|iiirlsim. Iici’niisi' to do tllilt one oiurllt to In- quite tn til 11 iiir with tin- i-xii-nt of tin- royal or Ini pt-rlnl power to Is- nii-nsnrt-il with tint of our president, mul I Imve not sulll- clent kniiwli-dm- on the subject. I know kuiiip: IiIiik with respect to the renl puvt-riiliiir power of tin- hint' of Emrbiml. mid except In uu Indirect way tin- president's power fur exceeds Unit of Klin: Ueorcc. and I think It Is very conslilernhly more than Unit of the president of I 'm m e When, how ever. one exit mines the Imperial power In government* like Germany. Austria, Italy and Spain the iptestion Is miieh more diilh-iilt. and I presume no oin* would sn.v Unit the president's pnw.r Is cipml to Unit of tin- cr.nr of liiissla. With ns a president Is elected for four years, nml m>thlna can Bet him out of nlllce i-xi-ept Ills dentil nr Ids res iBtiiithni wlili-h never comes—or his Impeachment. The certainty of tils tenure fur four years makes our exei-u live ml ini n 1st in 11< ill u little more rigid and less subject fit iptlclt chntiBi-s of public opinion than In the piirtlnmon (ary cmuitrles I mil hn llm-d tu tlilnlt tlmt our system is n apod ililtu: for mil country, however inti h f i;t r I III men t :t I’v goveniment may suit the countries where It Is In use. Of course It -ms this advmitilBe: III a piirllainoii! oveniiin-nt then- Is i union In-tween tin- oXooutiv* and the h-Blshitlvi- lirmu-ln-s. mill iln-y there fore work piL-i-lIn-r. Iiei'iiuse those who Constitute the exis-ntlve lead mill ill reet till* h-trlslntlou wln-reas III th- Separation of the great lirmi'-hos iif the government wlili. us the president rep resents the executive, coimress the leg iHlntlVe and tile 1-iiurts the Jmllciiii branch, and the plan of tin* men wlm franieil the i iiiis-i it tit Inn was to pre serve these lirmiehes separately The president Is able to recommend leglsl ithin to eiiiiBi-i-ss, mul he may go In person to r.i-glie the wisdom of II If In- chooses. Mr Wilson n-siovt-d an old custom nf that sort, which was atmiidniu-il hv I’ri-sliletit .lefferson, and I think he was riglit in doing so. It emphasizes tin- president's reeoinmen- dathuis and fneiises the eyes of the people on that which lie regards as Im portant to the piihllr welfare, and It puts a greater responsibility on eon press to give nttClltlull to Ills sligges tlons. The itrltlsh constitution gives tin- power of veto to the king, but It lias not been exercised for more than two centuries, and were It attempted It would shake the throne. The exercise of the president's veto always rouses eloquence on the part of those who are much disappointed nt the defeat of the measure, mul the walls of congress not Infrequently resound with denuncia tion of Ids tyrannical exercise of a kingly prerogative. Hut the fact Is II has come to be a more frequent characteristic of a re public than of a modern monarchy. For a king or nn emperor to Interpose n veto in an m-t of the popular loglsin- turo Is really to obstruct the people's will, because he was not chosen by their votes, hut Inherited Ills royal power lie must Indeed be careful In exercising a veto lest he Incur n pro test and arouse n feeling dangerous to Ills dynasty. The case of (he president Is very dlf ferent. The constitution established by the people requires the president to withhold Ills signature from a biil If lie disapprove of it and return It with his objections to the bouse In which It orig. hinted, for the president Is quite as much the representative of the people ns are the members of the two bouses. Indeed, the whole people of the Unit ed States Is his constituency, and be therefore speaks and acts for them quite as certainly ns the members elected from congressional districts or the senators from tile states. Ue Is not exercising a kingly power In a veto, lie Is acting In n representative capacity for the whole people and Is preventing n law that he thinks would work to the detriment of the whole country. On this account the roar of the young lions of congress against a veto never frightens the occupnnt of the White House.—William Howard Taft In Yale Review. Going and Coming. A struggling maker of humorous quliw tried to break Into n lending pub lication. He sent the editor one of his favor ite mots. It was returned with tills comment: "Too original to be good.” n« scut unother. This time the comment was: "Too good to tie original.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. One Purpose of Life. What do we live for If it Ib not to nnko life less- difficult for each other? —George Eliot. THE MIL TO ARMS — Mobilizing a Monster Army When War Is Declared. HOW IT IS DONE IN GERMANY. Rapidity With Which the Reservist Responds to the Summons and la Equipped For Action—Concentrating the Troope at the Seat of War. . Putting a modern army like that of Germany In the Held Involves two sep urate proeesses, mobilization and con centration. Mobilization consists not only In fitting out the men alrendy with the colors, or the standing army, hut more particularly of re-enllatlng and equipping the additional men that are necessary to bring the standing army to war strength, which Is. roughly speaking, about twice Its pence strength. Tlie details of mobilization are very simple. Every reservist or Inndwehr man has a soldier’s pocketbook con taining explicit Instructions ns to wbnt he has to do when called to the colors. He Is moreover practiced In doing It nt maneuvers In time of peace. Various means are employed for transmitting the call to Individual men. but It Is usually spread by rumor or by the press and anticipated In execution. The young clerk, artisan, student or teacher drops bis vocation nnd betakes himself by a prescribed route to the depot, where he Is furnished n brand new uniform and set of equipments Here he has perhaps a few hours In which to renew his military acquaint anceship nnd to linger with his civi lian friends, his parents, brothers, sis ters or sweetheart. If nn.v of them have followed or Joined him there. As n re servist of the llrst class he Is not likely to have n wife. The mobilization being completed, the next step Is the concentration. The assembly Is sounded, the roll called— the last tlme-on tlmt ground for many a loyal name—the battalion Is formed. It brenks Into column and. following the band to the strains of some foreign equivalent of "The Girl I Left Behind Me." escorted by throngs of youths nnd maidens, cheered nnd saluted with voice. lings and handkerchiefs from doorsteps, windows und housetops, tramps Impressively—aye, bow impres slvely to many a heavy hearted wit ness-through the town or city to the railway station. A few minutes for parting words, looks, embraces, nnd the embarkation begins. In perhaps twenty minutes more It Is completed, the Interval be tween trains Is nttalned. u whistle, the train moves. Is off, Is out of sight. This process Is repeated until the whole field army Is under way or nt its destination. The unit of embarka tion Is what one engine will draw, which, expressed In Infantry. Is about n thousand men. The distance be tween trains tlmt Is necessary to safe t.v and efficiency may lie taken as ten minutes Under favorable conditions trains fol low one another nt this Interval, with only necessary halls for refreshment nnd rest or exercise. The officers nnd some of the men ride In passenger coaches, The rest have to put up with Improvised seats In freight cars— hoard benches built across the cars without hacks. Both the point of debarkation and the zone of concentration must he nt a safe distance within one's own terri tory nnd protected h.v troops which In peace as well as in war are on the frontier In full war strength. These nre called covering troops. At the end of the railway journey comes the debarkation. If this does not take place us fast as the trains ar rive-ami It Is not likely to when they follow one another at Intervals of ten minutes—allowance must he made for It. In calculating the number of trains to he dispatched per line of railroad per day, or the rate of concentration. On debarking tin- troops, or many of them, are stiff and sore from long cramping on a hard seat and 1 n poor condition for marching. So only after a rest are they moved h.v short marches Into the zone of concentration. It Is apparent from these general considera tions that the railroads are factors of capital Importance In seeking the ad- vantP*.- of the Initiative, of determin ing the general course of operations, for the enemy as well ns for oneself. To secure and to keep this advantage both In strategy and In tactics has long beeen a llrst principle of good general ship.—Major John Bigelow, U. S. A., Retired, In Century. Just What She Wanted. Mr. Slmpel— Will y,ou be mine, dar ling? Miss Strongmlud—You must first ask papa's consent. Harold. Mr. Sltn- ipel—But—but 1 dread to do It. I nin extremely nervous nnd. so to speak, so easily sat upon tbat— Miss Strong- mind (hnrrledlyi—I'll lie yours. Harold Never mind about papa.—Stray Stones Load of a Camel. A camel Is uever relieved of Its load from the beginning of the Journey to Us end. It eats, walks uud sleeps un der Its burden, often for weeks nt a time. The training of a camel Is no easy matter, us it takes about throe years to teach It to bend Its knees In order to be loaded nnd unloaded. Wisdom of the Bate. "What do you suppose makes that baby cry so awfully loud?" "Why. both Its parents nre hard of hearing, you know.” — Boston Tran script Things refuse to bo mismanaged long —Carlyle. (The furniture shown in this room was made by pupils of the A. & M, School) If you arc lookin'.? for an inexpensive, and at the same time one of the best, preparatory schools in the State, it would be well for you to investigate the FOURTH DISTRICT A. Sc M. SCHOOL, Carrollton, Ga. The State pays the tuition, the patrons pay the provision bills—about eight dollars per month. Our graduates enter any of the colleges without examination. The school is equipped with splendid laboratories, electric lights and steam heat. Each teacher is a specialist. The moral, mental and physical welfare ofthe students are carefully guarded. Individual help is given the pupils day and night. FOURTH DISTRICT A. & M. SCHOOL CARROLLTON, GEORGIA YOUR OWN PORTRAIT. How Do You Suppose It Is Verbally Drawn by Your Friends? Did you ever experience tbe sensa tion of tu-nring yourself physically de scribed by another who did not happen to know that you were within earshot? If so. you may have heard yourself pictured as "tint short legged man with (lie scraggly gray mustache, you know." You may have been pained or amus ed. It all depends upon your sense of humor or the Illness of things. But do not despair at your portrait, .lusl listen some time to a pair of men when one of them Is trying to recall to his companion a third individual, the lat ter seen perhaps only once years ago by the auditor. The gentleman jog ging the other man's memory Is likely to sketch the absentee In it few bold strokes something like the following: "Oh. sure, you remember him—the fellow with long yellow teeth! lie parted his hair near his ear, and he had a scar on Ills chin." “Now, 1 do." cheerfully replies the other at this piece of graphic descrip tion nnd then adds fils own touch, "lie was with a little chap who stut tered nnd wore big spectacles of tor toise shell." And the Interesting question it brings up is. Why do people, generally speak ing, remark defects and singularities rather than perfections und beauties? A man with long yellow teeth might have had fine eyes and a noble bead set upon Ids shoulders, und a begoggled chap with a stammering tongue might have had a Greek- profile and an artist’s hands. We nre assured that beauty Is every where, yet people seem to take par ticular note of the ugly. No doubt It Is easier to see the ugly than the beau tiful In Immunity, but why take the easier way?—New York Sun. Life In the Falklands. The Inhabitants of the Fnlklnnd Is- | lands are n prosperous race, noted for their hospitality. Living Is cheap In J the islands, and all kinds of English fruits uud vegetables abound there. There are, however, two great draw- j hacks to life In the Falklands. The climate Is never really warm nnd fires I have to be kept up all the year round, j Servants are procured with difficulty. Most people Import them from Eng land. but as English girls are frequent ly snapped up and married as soon as they land they have to sign an agree ment to remain In service three years. If they break It In order to marry the husband lias to pay the passage out from England of another servant to re place his wife.—London Chronicle. SAVE YOUR HEART. Don't Crowd Extra Work Upon It, as It Has Enough to Do. Heart strain may be brought on by many common, thoughtless actions of everyday life, as, for instance, running to catch a train. In an actual expert incut made on a person with a healthy heart before the run the heart rate was sevent.v-slx per minute and the heart was doing 1 52 foot pounds of work a minute: after the run the heart rate was ISO and the lienrt was doing ffiiO foot pounds a minute, nn Increase of 228 foot pounds. Great strain may ulso be Imposed upon the heart by ascend ing stairs hurriedly. Not only physical exertion, but emo tions. affect the heart "Keep your temper" is good medical advice, for when n person is angry the work Ills heart does may he Increased ns much as seven t.v-two font pounds a minute. Even after tin* emotion or exertion has ceased the heart continues to do ex tra work for some time before It gets back to Its normal rate. The amount of extra work the heart can do Is surprising Tests have shown that In riding a lilc-ycle at a rapid pace up a lb per cent grade for half a mile the extra work Imposed oil the heart would be sufficient to lift one and one eighth tons one loot There lire various ways by which we might save tile heart work As the heart bears less rapidly when vre are at rest we could save It NTil.tKki foot pounds of work a year by going to bed two hours earlier every night Lying down half an hour dally would mean an annual saving of glP.tiOO font pound*; an hour's rest every Sunday would save (Ki.dPO foot pounds, and by staying m bisl alt day Sunday the an mini saving would be nearly a million foot pounds —Detroit Free Press. The Armenians. Armenia is a country of strong con trasts. of opposite extremes of heat and cold, light and shade, drought and moisture, ami eotitaiiif 1 many mysteries awaiting solution The ethnologist Is still in doubt as to what branch or the great European family Hie Armenian people belong to Tbe philologist Inis not yet classified tlicit- language I'tie a ii 11<I mi ria n knows next to nothing or their early history. Cynical Definitions. Wife-John, dear, define n philan thropist. Husband — A philanthropist my love. Is a man who gives awa) other people's money Wife—And what Is a philosopher? Husband—A phlluso plier is a man wlm nears with resigna tion the toothache from which his neighbor Is suffering.—Illustrated Kits. Silk Attire. The first silk dress was worn by a indy of tile French court In 1455. The first pair of silk stockings adorned the nnkiss of Henry II. of France in 1509 The Christmas season comes with its message of peace to a world torn and rent with many divisions—a world in which there is much strife. This strife is to be allayed and these divisions healed, not by any process of statutory enactment, but by that spirit of brotherly love and kindness which takes possession of the human hpart at Christmas-tide. Just so far as that spirit continues regnant in the hearts of men throughout the year will the Christmas season be prolonged and con tinue to give its blessings to mankind. Little George Prim had rejoined the Sunday-school, as was his annual cus tom, just two weeks before Christmas. “I'm glad to see you here again,” said the superintendent. “Well, believe me,” said little George, “you’ve got to do better by me than yin did last Christmas or I’ll go to the Presbyterian church next time.” It takes the better half to see the worst side of a man. One of the worst troubles that can befall young people is to acquire the habit of leaning on others. The Awful Alternative. Knleker — .tones says be is doing night work. Burlier-Yes; be has to get the children's examples or else write their excuses.—New York Bun. I Power of Contrast. Husky—I'd like to be a millionaire for a couple of months. Bill. Hank— What shockingly bad taste! Are you I getting looney? Husky—No. Rut a fel- I ler can't really enjoy poverty until he's J had money awhile, you know!—New | York Globe. Thrifty be. but not eovetous.- Herbert. George Methuselah. It is impossible to tell why Methu selah lived so long It is more than likely that the patriarch died long be fore he had reached the age of 969 years. In a word, no one nowadays whose opinion is worth anything be lieves that the "patriarchs" lived 'any longer than men do these times. Tough Spider Webs. Some of the spiders of Java have webs so strong that a antfe is re quired to cut them. Wood Used for Engraving. The better wood engravings are made almost exclusively of boxwood, and the large blocks are made of small pieces glued together. The en graving is done across the end of the grain. Japanese wood prints, on the other hand, are made on lengthwise sections of cherry wood parallel to the grain. Test Turkish Tobacco. American consular officers in Tur key recently procured seeds of various kinds of tobacco grown there, and for warded them to the Philippines and to California for experimental plant ing. How To Give Quinine To Children. FKBRIT.INKisthe trade-murk name given to an Unproved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who enunot tnke ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try it the next time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask tor 2 ounce original package. 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