The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

of utmost importanoe ip the education or her citizens.
 In these pages before us both the government of Texas and that of the United States are included. The gov ernment of the nation being an en- iargement of that of the State. 1t may
 be ittingly treated in the same vol hume. | The introduction treats of the differ ing forms of government. | Schools, the organization of school
 districts. trustees, funds. special school tax is next brought before the pupils
 attention. The child begins thus to
 understand the laws that govern his own world of the schooiroom, why he
 Is brought there. and who and what pays for his gain there. Municipalities
 are next treated: The precinct of
 justice Is defined. the powers and du-
 ties of justice: the duties of a con
 stable, of notaries public. of commits sioners, of mayor, marshal, aldermen;
 of the incorporation. of the organiza- tion of towns and cities. County gov ernment Is then taken up. The three departments. legislativet executive, ju- diciai. are described with marked dis tinctness. The legislative power vested in the Commissioners' Court. the ex-
 ecutive vested in the County Attorney, Sheriff, Treasurer. Clerk. Assessor, etc, I the judit ial vested in the County Court, and to a limited degree in the commis- | sioners' and the district courts are fully explained for the enlightenment of our | future law-makers on the school bench. Taxation Is treated and the duties of Assessor. Collector. the Board of Equal @ ssson those County eg cosaty suDs,o da
 tendent of Public Instruction, and of County Surveyor are clearly set | forth. Texas has two county officials which Alabama has not. Hide and | Animal Inspector and Public weigher. | The Judicial Department of the County
 under this head are treated, "Kinds of Jurisdiction" original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdictions; "Kinds of Cases"' | criminal and civil. State Government then is brought to the attention of the class The
 Branches of State Government the regulations common to both houses. Senate and House of Representatives, l 1 the Qualities, Duties, Restrictions on | the borders. the exclusive powers of 1 each house, the concurrent powers of
 both houses are distinctly and concisely
 put in reach of the child's grasp of | mind.
 The legislative. executive and judi cial departments of State as of county government are explained. There for lows chapter on State militia, how ! composed, training. duties, equipment. A chapter on educational institutions on elemosynary Institutions, asylums, orphan home, Confederate Home. On penal institutions, penitentiaries, and reformatory institutions. Chapters on United States Govern ment follow. From History of Con- stitutions. Branches. Legislative, Con- gress. organixation and NumDerlng; How Composed; Sessions: Senate; l House; Qualification of Members: Term; Salary; Powers of Congress: Executive Powers of each House; Amendment. | Executive. Presiuent; How EIected: Term: Salary: Powers and Duties: Vice. l President; Cabinet; Auxiliary Depart | ments; Judicial. Courts; Jurisdiction; Judges. Next are treated: Miscellaneous Provisions, Powers denied Congress; Powers denied the States; Rights of | citizens; Lawmaking: Territories; Dis | trict of Columbia; Civil Service; Gov ernment of England.
 The book closes with reprint of the Constitution of Texas. and of the Con- stitution of the United States.
 MAGAZINES FOR THE NEW YEAR.
 The January magazines. following the spread of good things in the Christmas numbers. are usually like | the cold dinner that comes after the.
 banquet. but this year they cannot be
 chased under that head.
 The Reader Magazine for January is
 unusually full of good things. The cover is in greens and buf.
 r. David Graham Phillips has e strik-
 ing article on shifting Party Lines"
 Hector Fuller tells the last of his Port Arthur adventures.
 Miss Austin of Cornell, writes brief l ly of sex and the University" Zangwill has a New Years Fam tasy," and an essay on The Vanishing Gentleman" Octave Thonet's novel, the first in- stallment of which created such for midabie comment. continues even more entertaining and there are short sto- ries by Mary Moss, Elliott Flower, w. L. Comfort and Bert Lesion Taylor.
 like Walton's Prayer" by James | whitcomb Riley. decorated and print | ed in colors will bring joy to the | hearts of the many lovers of Riley.
 One notable contribue.pn remains to be mentioned, The Awakening" by Edward Everett Hale. Dr. Hale writes with just as much dash and Vigor as when he told his story 'The Man Without a Country"
 
 illustrated, a charcoal sketch by Sar- gent ol Lady CornwalliS West forming the frontispiece.
 The January number of Country Life in America starts the year with one of the best Issues in It's history, The tarpon pictures illustrating the first article entitled '"rhe Thrilling Sport of Tarpon- Fishing" are some of the most remarkable illustrations of life and acton that have ever been published. An agricultural series of great mos ment to all lovers of country life iS commenced by Professor c. W. Bur kett, by a strong terse article on I'm proving the Soil." These articles on the Vital Facts of Agriculture" will be fundamental and far-reaehing in their application of the latest scentifc knowledge and equipment to the world-Old problems of the farm. James Russell Lowell and his home are treat ed In the now famous series of "Coun- try Homes of Famous Americans" and the significant fact Is brought out that Lowell lived through the years of his
 manhood In the house where he was born-thus collecting ancestral tradi- ton in a way granted to no other poet or essayest.
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