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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNUE , FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 21 , 1908. Birds Need Child Help. On the eighteen million school children in this country final hope of averting the extinction of the valuable inscctiverous birds in Am erica has been rested todiy , What the federal government , the state legislatures and even the granges , women's clubs and national com mercial organizations have failed fl < fi to accomplish completely , the \ National Association of Attdubou * ' * * Societies have announced will be V,1" now given to the children of the laud to bring about. To organize - / * " . - ize every body of pupils , from the . r largest public school inthe city . " 4" to the most remote district school * ' ' on the Pacific coast , into a gener § al movement for housing , feeding and protecting the wild birds that save the country's crops is the * - * object of the Audubon workers today. General headquarters for this F new campaign of the children are being established in the offices of the National Association of Audu bon Societies at 1-11 Broadway to day Already the organization _ is in touch with thousands of * 555t' ' teachers and girls' and boys'clubs all over the country , to which it has fegnrl.u'ly sent literature on bird guarding and care. With % . . these as nucleus , the children are to push the finhl out into every section of their locality , till the members of each school in every - - neighborhood is enlisted in the work of building bird houses and restaurants to sustain the sadly thinned ranks of the feathered t army of insect destroyers. Spec ial ammunition in the form of printed directions and suggestions for making bird shelters and lunch counters is being prepared for ev ery boy and girl who will write and ask for it. Old kettles , boxes or milk , tomato mate or kerosene cans are being used by the children as emergency bird shelters. Elaborate houses , rustic imitations of hollow limbs and neatly' furnished apartments are also being planned. All must be made cat-proof and should face to the south or west if possible. . -v Like any human married couple , the feathered pair who are seek ing quarters for rearing their famil } ' are quite particular in their tastes. If they find no prom ising spot for a home in any lo- calit } ' , they will pass on and leave its fields and gardens at the mercy of destructive insects. The children are urged to immediate building of houses for this sea son's bird families , because sea soned and weather beaten struc- lures most quickly tempt the birds when spring moving day comes. The inarch of civilization has robbed millions of useful , as well as sightly and tuneful , birds of their old time facilities for home making , ornithologists here de clared today. Sheltering tree trunks are being laid low ever } ' year over hundreds of acres. The old-fashioned structures , where birds might flock under open eaves , are being replaced by mod- yf * ern roofs that shut out bird life. - Whole races , like the Chimney Swifts , are being deprived of their shelter in the big , old-style chim neys. Such conditions , combined il with lax laws for spring shooting "f and pot-hunting , will soon drive < $ \ the valuable insect eaters to extinction - tinction , it is agreed. It will be ' the children's work to house the evicted birds at the time when they not only rear their young but eat most copiously of the in sect crop destroyers. si * "The children are now the / great factor in this great economic - * " . ' nomic movement , " said William ' * Butcher , president of the Nation * at Association of Audubon societies s ties today. "Not only their pat 's " - riotism but the self interest of ev- > cry one of their parents is the , / " motive for preventing the extinction - , , , tion of the beautiful and highly valuable birds of this country. - We are calling in congress , the . , legislatures of the entire country . * and on every adult body to help ; "j , but I believe the work of the ; L j " school children of the land will accomplish more than all the oth er methods combined. It is a line chance for every boy and girl tc do something for his village , state and country at large and 1 know they will not neglect to do their part. 'Save the birds' is the notto and rally cry of the school hildren of America. " Paul Revere House. The old Paul-Kevore house , it the North End , Boston , is being restored by the Paul Ke- rere Memorial Association. The old well was discovered last week , and some curious old coins and china have been found. The most interesting relic that has come to light is a soldier's belt , which was discovered in he walls , and is believed to lave belonged to the Revolution ary hero. The story ol Paul } everets ride , as written by Longfellow , is published this rear for the first time in a sep arate edition with illustrations and decorations. - Simple Remedy lor LaGrippe Lajjrippo coughs nro dangerous us hey frequently develop Into pnou- nonin. Foloy's Honey and Tar not only stops the cough but heals ami strengthens the lungs so thut no seri ous results need bo feared. The gonu- nc Foley's tloiity aud Tar contains no harmful drugs and is in u. yellow pack- ago. Refube substitutes , Wlmt You Know Of Alaska. The only trouble with Alaska s that the people of the United States do not know what a grand country it isIt is said that a campaign of education in the United Slates would add to the ) opulation of Alaska by many housands , and would soon make t one of the great countries of he world. The possibilities of the erritory are beyond comprehen sion. Leaving out mining , for every body knows that Alaska is rich n gold and silver and all kinds of precious metals the future of he territory will be a brilliant one in commerce , cattle raising , agriculture and fishing. There s the greatest ignorance about hat country. Some of the rich slands of the territory are larger han several of the small states of the United States. There are 2,000 miles of coast n southern Alaska , where the lemperature is never below S legrces above zero , and where it s as tnild in the dead of winter as in half the United States. Just think of that. Cattle and sheep raising is a success. Only recently 1,000 sheep were placed on Dokiah island , which is 100 niles long and 60 miles wide. The mild weather along the coast is caused , it is generally supposed , by the Japenesc cur rent. Whatever causes it , however , : he coast country is one of the most desirable spots in the world , and before many years will swarm with people engaged in cattle and sheep raising , agri culture and commerce. As to the agricultural possibilities of the interior , we do not know , except that in the summer any vege table that grows may be raised with ease. It is said that three crops of radishes were grown from the same spot of ground in Alaska in one summer. What Everybody Wants Everybody desires good healthwhich Is impossible unless the kidneys are healthy. Foley's Kidney Remedy cor rects irregularities and cures all forms of kidney or bladder disorders. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy at once and prevent Brlght's disease and diabetes. Kerr's Pharmacy. They Hold Passes Considerable comment is being indulged in over the now list of free pass holders submitted to the stnte railroad commission the first of the week by the Missouri Paci fic railroad. Two Auburn persons arc named. Aunio Gates heads the list IIB a recipient of trip passes , and the renson given why elm is entitled to Biich transportation is that she is the mother of a railroad clerk Judge Stull is the other loca holder of a pass , and he is enid tc be entitled to one by reason of the fact that he is the road's local at torney. Auburn Republican. Stamp Out the Evil A saj-e of Pairbury asked the other day : "Whatis this world coming to ? " Then he supple mented his question with the remark ; "Just a moment ago I passed a crowd of young fellows on the street corner who seemed - ed to be engrossed in conversa tion which filled them with mer riment. As I passed one ol Ihe boyu passed a remark to a Friend , addressing his friend with a title that re Heeled on the honor ot his mother. Kcally , the remark was so degrading that it made my blood boil. " The observations of this gen. tlemaii are repeated in this town and every other town of this country every minute of each lay. Boys seem to have lost all espect for themselves and their companions. In conversation it s common to hear boys address each other with remarks that should cause Ihe blush of shame .o mount to their brows. And yet they seem to pay no allen- ; ion to it. In the olden days when the lie was passed it neant light. Thank heaven so ciety has rid the country of the old idea that it is manly to sel- .le one's grievances with the ist ; but has society bettered conditions any by obviating llns neasure ? A casual glance around you will warrant you in .he belief that it has not. Cus toms have arranged matters nowadays so that a boy can call another most any name that comes to his mind and the insult nay not be resented. Boys who learly love their mothers will islen to a friend drag her lair name in the dust and yet they do not even ask their friend to de sist. Insult alter insult is heap ed upon the mothers of this country and not a single hand is raised to stop the tongues which defame the characters of the nothers who have defended those over whose shoulders the abuse is cast. Of course , the boys do not realize the meaning of these re- : narks nor do not stop long enough - ough to rellect the slander that s cast upon their mothers when they are addressed in this man ner. Custom has allowed this condition to exist for so long .hat it is looked upon as a priv- lege for boys to degrade their companions' mothers in address- ng each other. But it should be stopped. There is no better time to begin to suppress this custom than right now. It does not deed a fist light. Just a lit tle care on the part of each will soon stamp out this evil that is every day fastening itself firmer upon therisinggeneratioii. Boys do not seem to be rude or un couth to their mothers but cus toms have taught them to over look these slips on the part of their companions and the insult resulting from their remarks is not now looked upon with as much disfavor as it was years ago. The meaning of the word is just the same now as it was years ago. The meaning of the word is just the same now as it was then and it is time to stamp out this negligence on the part of the thoughtless boys of the country. A hand raised in resistance will have a tendency to put a stop to the custom. A frown of disapproval on the part ol each will also help in stamping out this disrespect to mothers which is becoming more and more com mon every day. Watch yourselves closely boys and each of you appoint your self a committee of one to see that this custom among your selves is slopped. It will not take long to substilule words that will be just as expressive and still not cast reflections up on your mothers. Stop it now. Watch the re marks and insist upon your companions - panions watching theirs and you will stamp out this evil in a short lime. Pairbury News. For Better Roads This is the kind of weather Ihu brings forcibly to everyone the no of providing good roads , lowing lo the almost inipnsHiblo condition of the roads in this vicin ity , lar e loads cannot bo hauled and trntllo between Ihe country and this city is almost al n Blaml- atill. I1 ho government hnu estah- liflhed rural louten whereby the fanners are receiving n daily mail service and decent mads should bo provided to facilitate the deliv ery of the mnil. The inheritnnce tax eollecled from PBtnlen settled in this county provides for n per manent load improvement. It vould b n wise thing for the coin- ninsionerH to une the money BO olUvleil ii > Ihe comtnunities where he tnx is collected. The money rit luih been paid from estates of ) ) ) , ( ' ( in thin r > ilyBliinild IP expended in permanent rtmcls ending from this city. Other nminuiiitieB that have by this neniiH contributed to HUH fund hould be benelilted inn like man- ier. Permanent improvements of he loads both in our city and this 'otinty Hhould bo undertaken at once and in a very few years the emilla will be shown in the in- reaped value of the real estate and lie facilities for tiannpui'tatiuu mpo siblo on the ordinary dirt oad. Let the county officials get ) usy and show our tax payers that hey are nerving thorn wi th an eye o our future development. Full Line of Emblem Cards. Cards lend an air of refinement uid culture to a person which cannot be attained in any other vay. The Tribune lias just re eivcd a fine sample line of emb- cin cards which we will be glade o show you. If you belong to any secret order you need an cmb- cm card. Come in and get our > rices and we can furnish you the inest line ever brought to the city to choose from , and at prices within the reach of all. Town Builders. Good advertisers are good nerchants and Ihey liven up a .own. They are lown builders. Palls Oily has been lacking in mer chants of pith and enterprise , jut one named Matlhews has come to lown and Ihe people enow him because he is a big adverliser. The merchant who culs down expenses by failing .o advertise makes a very costly nistake. AdverUsing isn't an expense , il is an investment. Merrill News. The season ol sale bills is at land and the Tribune wishes testate state that we are prepared to ) rint sale bills while you wait , and do as good work and at as ow figures as you can get any place. 7-tf A Great Victory The Auburn Canning Company ichievecl a distinct trade triumph the other day , that of supplying the state institutions of Karma with canned corn. The company competed with factories from Maine to California "or the privilege and won out. The fight wan not based on the element of the price BO much as it wan for canned corn of the beat quality to be delivered at the var ious institutions promptly on de mand , within curtain price limi tations. The Auburn brands of canned corn won out in the contest and the contract entered into will re quire 0 or-7 cars to fill and will bo a profitable one for the company. It should be a matter of great local pride that the Auburn factory was victorious in the fight , and the quality was such aa to successfully puss the test. The first order was for the elate hospital al Os-mwallomic , Kansas. Auburn Republican. Engineering. Land , mine and drainage sur veys , estimates , reports by West ern Engineering Co. , mapping , draughting , designs of steel , masonrv and re enforced concrete , blue , brown and black printing , Drawings of patent models made , 36. U. S. Nat'l. Hank Building ; Omaha , Neb. 2 It. The Falls City Nursery tha has always sold the trees , wil have a fine lot of trees for tin spring trade. Itf. s tlic W. C. T. U. Worthy of Citizenship ? When President Lincoln was a oung man , fifteen women were ) rought lo trial in Clinton , Illi- ois , for smashing a saloon gainst which they could obtain o redress at law. Mr. Lincoln vas present at the trial and war * sited to defend them , since they lad no counsel. lie addressed he court in the following speech vhich brought about their rc- ease : "May it please the court I will ay a few words in behalf of the vomen , who are arraigned before our honor and the juiy. I would uggcHt , first , that there be a hange in the indictment , so as to lave it rend , 'The State against Ur. Whiskey , " instead of 'The Stale * against the Women. ' It vould be far more appropriate , touching this question there are hrcc laws : first , the law of self- jrotection ; second , the law of the jtalutc ; third , the law of God. The law of self protection is the aw of necessity , as shown when our fathers threw the tea into the 3oston harbor , in asserting their right to life , liberty ami the pur suit of happiness. "This is the defense of these women. The man wlio has per sisted in selling whiskey has had 10 regard for their well being or he welfare of their husbands and ions. He has had no fear of God or regard for a man ; neither has any regard for the laws of the statute. No jury can fix any dam * iges or punishment for any violation lation of the moral law. The course pursued by this liquor lealcr has been for the demoral isation of societv. " These women , finding all noral suasion of no avail with : his fellow , who was oblivious to all tender appeals and alike re gardless of thbir prayer and tears , n order to protect their house- lolds and promote the welfare of .he communityunited to suppress : he nuisance. The good of so ciety demands its suppression. They accomplished what other wise could not have been done. " Abraham Lincoln in one of his ast speeches said that now that he great question of slavery has > een settled the next great qucs- ion to be considered will be the suppression of the liquor traffic. Since these words of Lincoln , 15 years have elapsed and Presi- lent Roosevelt in many respects in ideal American citizen , noted or rugged honesty , for outright uid downright advocacy of what ic believes to be right , and his levotion to the family and home , ic has won the everlasting ad- niration of every true American , le has , however , been strangely ilent concerning the liquor busi- icss , and the only evidence of his conviction along this line is an occasional incident of the Fair * janks cocktail and the St. Louis hampagne type. Let us hope that even yet Mr. Roosevelt will recast his policy along this line , and will give the country some indication that he stands for the country's homes and against the county's liquor trust. And today the women are still fighting against the rum traffic and the battle cry is citizenship. Is the W. C. T. U. worthy of citi zenship ? The development of the Wom en's Christian Temperance Union from the woman's crusade was the marshalling upon the earth's great arena a host of fresh batal- lions of God's army. What has she done ? She has gone into all the highways am : byways of the world preaching freedom to the captive and salva tion ior the people b } * way of the abolition of the rum traffic. True to her God-given mission slu stands fearlessly proclaiming tin message , "Prepare ye the way o : the Lord. " If the liquor traffu stands in the way of His cominj. to His kingdom in the hearts o men , destroy it. Better far tha it should perish than a whole ua tion shall be cast into eterna ruin. What has she done ? Ove yonder in the city of the lake sh las builded a colossal temple vhich is at once a prophesy and fulfilment. It stands there stupendous monument to the upcrb and indomitable faith of vomcti. She has established a vonderful publishing house which ends out annually millions of apers and tract } ; , whose leaves re for the healiugof the nations. Jy means of this literature , dia- ributcd through the various de- artments , she is carrying on a ampaign of education the result irhich never can be estimated mi ll the judgment day. She knows liat "My people perish for Uak f knowledge and she could ouble her labors along cdiua- ional lines if a sympathizing iontingcnt should double her neana. And these vaal cduc.i- ional interests have been de\el- pcd , managed and carried on by he W. C , T. U. la she wortlij f.citi/.cnship ? By all the voices of history , by .11 the bigus of the times God is ailing to this nation in thunder ones to use ever honorable means o save our people from the ruin vhich must inevitably come by he unchecked power of strong Irink , aud in the name of home ind all true womonhood , in the lame ol outraged and defrauded childhood ; in the name of degrad ed and dispairing manhood yea , n the name of all that is good and pure , in the name of all that s right and just , I plead today hat the W. C. T. U. shall be ad- uitted to citizenship , that with he ballot the one deadly weap on by which alone could she hope o conquer she may smite to : lcath the common enemy and foe o all. By W. C. T. U. Foloy's Orino Luxiittvu Is n now rorn- ily. un Improvement on the. laxatives f former yours , us it docs not tfrlpo or musciilo nml IB plonsiint to tnko. It la irmirniitecd. Kcrr'n Phnrmnoy. Advertising During Dull Times. Ninety-nine men out of a hun. ilrcd think times arc dull because ome one lold Ihem Ihey were dull. Some advertisers "adverlise a part of the lime. Some adverUsers advertise all he limo. When times are dull adver- ising pays. When limes are dull adyer. ising pays , because , although here may be a litlle buying , here is lillle advertising , and he man who ad ver Uses is norc conspicuous ; he slands nore in a class by himself , and draws from Ihose who do not idverliso Ihe business Ihey nighl keep if Ihey did ad ver- ise. ise.II II is profitable to prolil by Ihe unprofilable aclions of olhers People are buying all of Ihe lime ; and because Ihey are buy. ng , even though they may not buy as readily , they are more ikely to buy of the men who advertise than of the man who does not. Nobody wants to buy anything from the man who does nol appear lo want to sell H. Man's Skin Turned to Leather Hot Springs , S. D. Mr. George Har ris of Hot Springs , S. D. , having a ciuiccr of the neck involving the jugu- ar vein was told by a local doctor that an operation would be fatal. Hoping to add a few more months to his life , Mr. Harris visited the German Spec ialists who had cured Mr. Warrington of Pender , Neb. , of cancer without the knife. These doctors injected a for- inaUlehydc around the walls of the jugular vein and carotid artery , rcn dcring the tissue as tough as leather , preventing further eating by the can cer. Thousands of hopeless invalids who have been pronounced incurable by the most skillful physicians have been restored to health by the extra ordinary methods used by these experts. Many were afflicted with the most painful rheumatism , with tumors , para lysis , blindness , asthma , eczema , con sumption , hernia , liver trouble , epilep tic fits , in fact all stages of chronic diseases. Parents whose children stiller from hip diseases , spinal ail ment should write for card entitling them to a free examination. To ob tain a permanent cure for their chil dren is the duty of all parents. It is useless to dwell further upon the rare gifts of these experts as they stand to day , masters of masters without peers , and as healers they have no equals. All the afflicted should write the German - man Specialists , permanently located at 532 Hroadway , Council Bluffs , Iowa.