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The Elbert County tribune., 1910-07-01

The Declaration of Rights was a forerun
ner Of the Declaration of independence. There
is nothing more essentially British than the
dictuIn that there shall be no taxation without
representation OF the early American states
men only Franklin and Otis wished to have
representation in the British parliament. The
others considered that their own assemblies
should be the legislative bodies entirely and
that II any taxes were to be imposed they
should be collected only with the consent OF
the colonial assemblies
The question of taxation. however. did not
enter into any controversies. for 1t was not
until the middle Of the eighteenth century that
Great Britain. exhausted by many and
seeking to repenish the national treasury.
sought extraordinary means for raising reve
nue. and her ministers proposed that the col
onies, which had been growing in wealth and
Importance. should be made to contribute to
the impoverished exchequer The French and
Indian had shown the power of the col
ones and their force and had given a very
definite idea OF their growing wealth and i'm
portance
Having reached the decision to tax the col
onies. the ministry did not spend any time in
preliminaries. 1t was decided that parliament
had the right to levy the taxes and the fact
that the colonies had no representation in that
body was not taken into account Such mat
ter would ordinarily have been considered
subject for delicate negotiation, but the decf-
sion to tax having once been made. no time
lost in levying it.
England had IN effect been a constitutional
monarchy since the signing Of the Magma
Charta in 1915 and in taxing the colonies not
represented in the common council of the
kingdom she had violated one of the Oldest OF
the rights which every Briton claims.
Such was the situation in 1854. when the
struggle began which IL years later brought
forth the Declaration of Independence. and the
next year brought into being the first congress
of the American colonies. which decided that
the assembly had the power to fix taxes. The
stamp act was the first heavy mpost levied
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-07-01

then rapidly becoming effaced. the king owned
all the land and distributed 1t among various
favored vassals.
The sovereign in the same way regarded
the new world as If it had been by the
sword. The most extravagant ideas prevailed
with regard to the wealth of the American
lands. 1t at time soberly believed
in England that gold and silver and precious
stones could be had for the taking and that
the natives were the possessors of fabulous
wealth. The king gave the charters in most
cases with the idea that he would profit great
iy from mines which would yield enormous
returns to the royal exchequer.
When the colonists came here they found
1t necessary to make good their titles either
by peaceful bargains with the Indians by
force OF arms. From the very first the spirit
of independence was fostered for fefs which
had to be maintained by constant vigilance
and negotiations and by show of force did not
carry with them deep sense of obligation.
Indeed. at that early day. although for
the throne the colonists entertained feelings
of loyalty and devotion. shrewd idea
abroad that the king did not really the
land which he had bestowed by his charter.
The conquest of nature and of the savages be-
got a rugged independence which as the years
went by became more and more distasteful
to the authorities in England.
Yet the idea of separation from the crown
was of slow growth. The forefathers main
tanned that they were British subjects. al
though not living within the realm. indeed
was specified in some of the royal charters.
The Massachusetts charter. for instance. sets
forth that the colonists shall be considered
.as II they and every one of them were born
within the realm OF England" AS British sub
1ects, then, they maintained that they should
be entitled to representation. and therefore
each colony had its assembly. which deter
mined upon all matters OF the common veal
and established rates Of taxation. 1t was one
of the principles expressed In the Magma Char
Ia that the common council OF the kingdom
was to assess an aid or to assess scutage.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-07-01

and again.
In 1858. It
W a s d e.
clared by
the British
p Q o p l e
t h e n well
on t h e ir
W a y t o
C o II S titu-
tional lib
erty. t h a t
mo money
was to be
levied for
the crown
W 1 t h o u t
& r a n t of
p a T | la
ment."
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-07-01


constitutional liberty. In these days of peace
and plenty the Fourth of July is given to 'sa-
lutes of cannon and the ringing of bells and
to the feu de joie," with variations, John
Adams predicted that 1t would be, yet the
observance of the Fourth as an occasion for
recalling memories past and giving thanks for
the deeds of the patriot forefathers is sporadic
rather than general in the United States. The
Declaration of Independence is not read from
the rostrum, it once was in every commu-
nifty and the orators to the links have gone.
So much has been taken here matter
of course that 1t seems hard to realize that
this anniversary is celebrated in the very Eng
land from which liberty wrested and that
observances of 1t officially ordered in
many lands beyond the seas The Fourth of
July has become international in scope. for 1t
has changed the governments of nations
whose capitals far from Independence hall
So widespread have its effects become as
studied in the light of the present day that
fE order to get the true value of all that the
declaration signifies to the world in 1910 1t is
necessary to go back to the very beginning
of American liberty.
Had not the ideas of government held by
the colonsts been essentially British there
would probably never have been any Declara-
ton of Independence. 1t is as natural for the
Briton to demand his rights 1t is for him to
live. The War of the Revolution was largely
due to the fact that the two thousand miles of
water between London and the colonies caused
parliament to lose sight of the ties OF consan-
guinity and of
Although the original thirteen colonies
were essentially English in thought and
feeling they had never actually been estab-
lished by England a national enterprise.
The only one which had received any
official aid whatever was Georgia. and that
was not sufficient to carry any such feeling
of dependence as is essential for the preserva-
tion of intimate colonial relations. The right
to colonize the North American continent had
been granted by charters from British king
According to the feudal system. which was
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-07-01

HE IMMORTAL instrument
which was signed by John
Hancock on July 4, 17f6.
has meant more than the
growth and development of
an independent nation on
this side of the Atlantic. It
was in itself the re-enact-
ment Of the greatest bill of
human rights ever penned.
which received the signet
OF an unwilling king at RUIZ
nymede. and the birth Of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15

number of pheasants have been fon,d
| checked to death in the atfemnt ~
swallow worms larger or longer than
they could manage; also several Dhess.
ants have been found dcad, choked on
small rodents. VII
aniry has seen his phcasants catch nico
that were stealing the grain from ibe
BIRDS. This is verified by Mr.. Fred
Barnett, superintendent Of the pbeas.
antrles Mt City park, Denver, Colo MT
Barnett says that n pheasant hen win
catch and destroy mouse as quickly
as cock pheasant or cat, as he has
frequently watched them in the acf
They usually pick the head off FIRST
then tear and eat the body or swoIlow
the small ones whole.
Among the insects DESTROYED bv the
pheasant are included smelling buos
that most lnsectIvorous birds will not
touch-this makes these birds moro
valuable to the farmer than any other,
Pests Ravenously Destroyed,
Prominent among the pests raven
ously destroyed are the Colorado poia-
TO beetle, the squash bug, the cucumber
beetle, the bean leaf beetle, tomato
worm. cut worms and the millers which
deposit the eggs for the wiro worms.
The pheasant also digs for and cats
the wire worms, as it does all ground
worms and bugs, and practically all
kinds of ground beetles Most birds
avoid the potato and other bugs on ac-
count of their obnoxious odors, but tho
pheasant hunts and eats them
The southern people aro importing
the pheasant to eat the bottom boil wee.
VII and Its larvae, stating that one
pheasant will eat as many of this de
structIve pest as a number of quail
Many of the insects that are injurious
pheasant, and the pheasant Will not at.
tack the grain or ear Of the corn until
late in the season after insect food is
scarce
The professors Of agronomy of our
agricultural colleges state that the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15

meadows the insect eggs are usually
laid on the underside Of the leaves of
the plants, The pheasant as il passes
through the growing grain keeps its
head near the ground, and turns one
eye up and the other down so il sees
the larvae and eggs on the underside
of the leaf. IT takes hold Of the leaf
with its bill, throws is head up, and
clears the plant Of the eggs and larvae
without iniuring the leaf; thus in one
stroke II destroys four or five, or pos
sibly 100 embryo insects. and in sin
gle meal often destroys many thou
sands Of insects in the egg and larvae
form. which, when mntured, would have
destroyed large amount of crops. and
furnish enough bug food for a turkey
gobbler for several days. The pheas
ant destroys the pests before they do
any damage to the farmers crops: the
turkey and common poultry afterward.
Pheasants are fond of grnsshopper
eggs, especially those Of the locust,
that deposit their eggs In the earth
in dry places and also larvae Of any
insect that may be found there. Pheas
ants in captivity have been known to
dig up light ground Swhere there were
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15

ferent from the grouse OF the grasses.
he has liking for white and red clover
alfalfa and red and yellow sorrel, but
when there arc plenty Of dandelions
and buttercups he will make those his
principal vegetable diet
In the winter time. pheusants can he
seen turning over forest leaves and ez-
amining them, and picking of the lar
vac Of different tree insects deposited
on the nnderside of the leaves; also
picking over Che top soil around bushes
and trees for the bugs md larvae.
Along the streams and wet grounds,
the pheasant finds snais for food,
also crusteceans. The pheasant being a
terrestrial, il cats mostly from the
ground or within twelve inches of same
when food is abundant, and seldom eats
grain, such as wheat. oats and barley.
until late in the season after it has
been harvested and threshed, when in
sect life is scarce, 1t cleans up the
Grain stubble fields, being especially
fond of buckwheat. millet and common
ordinary wheat, and when hungry, will
eat most any kind of grain, including
beans,
Tegetmeir (Enrlish) says: "Thc value
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15
something About Insectivorous Birds

-. especially the Chinese
''''aDg 81 English varieties are the
80 D ;nsectivorous birds, as
a'p,s most attractive and eager
- NV bird OF all the species
" rnc in captivity or IN a
h rcsLer and be kept IN the
r.;iis SSS' 4 is propagated.
! s'lso ;oritv in numbers ana
| rsi ns Oasfivorous birds, are
% ihe iI 0nly with MS n short
a. |I.-iIS e, UUbeasant, U especially the
|dk 'ne lnt,oned, becomes at
", Ieeit Ileecality and will breed
y tte ,s.,s as long rs they are
~ iDs, can secure food.
$50 ' # these gorgeously,
r. MS - with 4 wealth OF
Ts'asanr1 rnont. some OF which
asUolnlisht as FURNISHED gold
r' : many shadings, with
&? ;.Is, q and carriage. are kept
I'i9 t'itv S park. Denver; for
= !" md O entertainment of tho
TS5aousands ~ of tourists as well
Is visit this exhibit and
rAp,s p,ss,sant memories. giving
~ = International reputation,
i've y their economic value
N,as ,Is;r beauty which always
" ~ s.'t finer sentiment and love
~ inimitable handlwork;
,i,, wear the popularity of
III because of its usefulness
> a'r '.r,eeeds its great beauty, ~lll
1,,.sysly recognized through
~
urs Upon Insects.
rt is naturally an insectiv-
3 nd where such food is 5 OBJ
- will eat comparatively Ut,
4. variety of the insect food
!.,,t ~ is larger than Of any 9th
!. Il, ss known. Investigation
\, orsr 100 species Of insects,
snhyorms. are eaten by tho
,.d doubtless many more
- Ia share in its menu. In
fiis, it is especially fond Of
IN such as field mice, young
i mall snakes. In England
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15

was given to be used entirely for the
ods TO be adopted for the Introduction
and distributing of these birds into the
United States
In n number Of states the next leg
islature will be asked to pass liberal
appropriations for propagating the
pheasant and other insectivorous and
game birds and tho distribution of lit
erature to instruct and aid the people
IN the Matching Of the eggs and rear
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15

chlneh bug, which destroys 100000, 600
worth OF wheat annually. is hunied and
eaten by the pheasant, both summer
ana winter; also the bugs and insects.
which destroy the foliage, especially OF
ground plants and crops of the farm IT.
difference Between Bird and Fowl.
The difference between the pheasant
ana the ordinary fowl in eating insects
is largely that the pheasant is contin
uaiIy hunting for the eggs and larvae
OF insects. In the grain fields and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15

ing of the birds about their country
homes
II every. farmer, land owner and
bird lover In the country would either
secure setting of pheasant eggs and
hatch them under common hen and
rear them like young chickens, or buy
a pair of these birds, the problem OF
how to destroy insects would soon be
solved; and L would recommend that
farmers avail themselves of this Geo
nomic opportunity.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15

many larvae so that they dug under the
fence four inches in the ground. On
examination, this ground was found to
contain insect eggs and larvae of in-
sectS.
Pheasants Like Dandelion.
The pheasant chooses the dandelion
and the bulbs of buttercups as two
of its greatest vegetable delicacles. He
cats but comparatively few buds from
bushes and trees, excepting in severe
winters. In this way he is quite dit
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-12-01
AN EFFECTIVE HOME MADE
KIDNEY AND BACKACHE Gun
Easily Prepared Medicine Which
Said to Regulate the Kidneys
and End Baekache.

To make up enough Of the "pante'
lion Mixture" which Is claimed to n
q prompt cure for Backache and XII
ney and Bladder trouble, get from aE
good Prescription Pharmacist one.haI
ounce fluid extract Dandelion; on|
ounce kargon Compound and thTe|
ounces Compound Syrup of Sarsapi
rilla Shake well in a bottle and takt
In teaspoonful doses after each mes
and again at bedtime.
Those who have tried It say It acu|
gently but thoroughly on the KidneH
and entire urinary system, relieving
the most severe Backache at once,
A well-known medical authority rev
ommends the prescription to be takS|
the moment you suspect any Kldnev
Bladder or Urinary disorder or feel 4
constant dun Backache or If the urih|
is thick, cloudy, offensive or full u
sediment, irregular Of passage or on
tended by a scalding sensation; or fdI
TOO frequent urination during bsI
night,
This Is a real harmless vege,abI
mixture which could not cause lnjunI
to anyone and the relief which Is sai'
to Immediately follow its use IS a rev.
citation to men and women who sufaI
from Backache, Kidney trouble or an'l
form Of Urinary disorder.
This is surely worth trying, as It y
easily mixed at home or any druggIS
will do it for you, and doesn't con
much.
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UNSIGHTLY COMPILATIONS

The constant use Of Cuticura Sud
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, "a
toilet bath and nursery purposes ID
only preserves, purihes, and beautts
the skin, scalp, hair and hands, all
prevents Inflammation, irritation al
clogging Of the pores, the comna
cause Of pimples, blackheads, rednH
and roughness, yellow, oily, notify al
other unwholesome conditions Of D
complexion and skin. All who delE
In a clear skin, soft, white hands
clean, wholesome scalp and live glOsl
hair, will find Cuticura Soap nostgl
cessful n realizing every eXpec,atc
Cutcura Soap and Ointment are Y
mirably adapted to preserve y
health of the skin and scalp Of d
fants and children, and to pre7a
minor blemishes or inherited skin b.
mors becoming chronic, and may b
used from the hour Of birth. Cutcw
Remedies are sold throughout the q
Ilized world, Send to Potter Drug
Chem. Corp, sole proprietors, Eostu
TOR their free Cuticura book, 80 pag
Of Invaluable advice on care and tTe
ment Of the skin, scalp and hair,
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war, every general who loses his line
of communication deserves death.
For ~ once the foe successfully IN.
terrupts the flow Of food to his oppo
nents firing line his victory is prac
ucally assured.
These great manOeuvers OF large
bodies Of armed men are common
thing IN Europe and are beginning TO
be common IN this country, Civilians
often wonder wherein the sense Of
spending hours, days, weeks, teaching
q man 10 stand In a certain fashion,
TO step In a certain way or to carry
a gun IN n certain manner. They
ask themselves what difference II
makes whether the soldier faces to
the right or TO the left about on
whether he rubs shoulders with tho
same man or a different one day aft
er day. To these people It seems
like waste Of time training large
bodies Of men to step pace this way
or that and to do it instinctiyely, au.
tomatically, always just the same so
they could not do It any other way
to save their lives. Yet although all
this may seem trihing and purpose.
less It Is Ike the intermnable polish.
ing and oiling Of a delicate mechan.
ism. II is the process by which Is
manufactured human machine that
viii work cheerfully to exhaustion,
starve without a murmur, or march
up to the lannon's mouth merely be.
cause the voice they have been train
ed to recognize tells them to. II Is
the means by which the hallmark Of
proficiency is placed upon the pro,
fesional soldier and that is the ulu-
mate end Of these great manoeuvers.
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"The Black Death"

The plague, OF Asiatic cholera, or
rs It used TO be called, the black
death" has been spreading of late in
Europe,
IN Russia, where the people are
diruest and most superstitious, the
plague thriyes. best, Seventy thousand
persons are known TO have died Of
this attack in Russia already,
This is not surprising, for the IN.
habitants, instead OF cleaning their
wells, cleaning their bodies, and us.
ing their brains, get out the little
ikons or images which the Greek
church sells at a considerable profit,
and TO these little images supersti-
tious peasants pray-the prayers be-
Ing Interrupted IN thousands Of cases
by death from the plague.
There Is nothing more tragic in all
the history Of man than the record Of
"the black death" in Europe.
In the fourteenth century one cpl.
demic after another spread among the
people, twenty-five millions Of human
beings are believed TO have persisted
IN this single series Of epidemics,
The rich and the poor alike were
affected. IN oxford two-thirds Of the
student population died.
In Constantinople the people died at
the rate Of 10000 a day.
Charms, nominations, fear, filth, ig-
norance and superstition fed the dis
ease.
Curious results came Of the long pc.
Rod Of panic and Of dying.
The famous dance Of DEATH" IN
which desperate human beings paro.
died and made fun Of the plague, Il.
Illustrating the dance Of death" with
grinnlng skulls and skeletons, was one
feature Of the epidemic.
Another, curiously enough. was IN
England, the tremendous rise in the
cost Of labor, The workmen died so
fast that there we're few left TO do the
work. and, following the law Of supply
and demand, the few that could work
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were offered eXtravagant wages-al.
though laws were passed TO keep the
wages down. And 1t Is said that this
snddeu rise In wages laid the founda-
ton Of the emancipation Of working
people In England
The plague In Europe appears now
in the old familiar way-breaking out
here and there, always in filth and in
ignorance, spreading gradually.
The disease is not thoroughly under
stood now. But the method of fight
ing It is understood The people must
be well fed--a strong man may have
the disease germs with him. resist
them and rid his system of them. The
weak, half-fed man dies--that Is why
the plague was often so violent in the
old days Just after a famine
AS far back as the fourteenth cen.
tury Gabriel de Mussis observed TINT
those who escaped the plague gave II
to others with whom they came in con.
tact.
They gave It TO others because thew
had the plague within themselves,
their essential tract was infected with
the disease, and this disease they scat.
tered.
II Is some comfort TO know that tba
disease can only be acquired bv actr-
ally swallowing the disease germs
The man who win be sufficiently care.
full need not get the plague.
If you will drink only water that
you know to be clean and only from
vessels that you know to be clean. 70
you eat no fruit that has not heen
carefully cooked, or carefully neeIed
with an absolutely clean knife. ana ~
all the food that you eat is well cool.
ed and eaten when freshly cooked Won
VIII not get the plague.
The work that Is not done Nv tbo
little sacred Images Of the Russian
peasants Is done very well bv good
sewers plenty Of disinfectants. pIentv
OF soap and hot water, and a ljttIs
common sense,
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There IS a story Of a man who
so transported with JOY as be sd
up at the altar rail to be mars
that his thoughts reverted to a n
when he stood up at the prismgl
bar in a court Of justice to Did
guilty" or mot guilty" to a crnhl
charge. SO powerfully did that Y
most painful event Of his lifo obtrS
itself upon his mind, that when y
clergyman put the question, "Tl
thou have this woman to be u
welded wife?7 and so on, the I'd
distracted bridegroom answered vi.
startling distinctness, not guilty.
help me God!"-From Tuckerna
personal Recollections,"
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quite as much attention Is paid 70
giving the soldiers the kind Of
food they have been accustomed
to and plenty Of 1t at regular
intervals as to anything else. Amer.
ican army officers who have watched
the big manoeuvers, like those
in Picardy, say two Frenchmen can
I've well on what one American
civilian cook wastes Yet It Is quite
likely the French soldier can march
as far and be just as fresh at the
end Of the journey as the American
The French are ahead Of the Ger
mans in the matter Of cooking scion.
tincally Also the French soldier
knows about as well as any IN the
world that his ration must be made
to last for the fun period Of time for
which It is issued, and that once It Is
eaten or wasted or given away the
balance of the period viii be a food
less one, be It twenty.four hours or
three days,
This Is an important thing for the
soldier to realize, for the gross
weight Of one days ration for an
army Of 10000 men is 52O,141
pounds. 1t takes more than 100 au-
tomobile trucks, such as those used
for the French army, to haul a days
supplies Of food. But all this vast
machinery is necessary. Napoleon
once said; According to the laws OF