HOUSEWORK IS A HEAVY BURDEN The -woman who "keeps house” has enough to do when she is in good, Bound health, but if she is weak, tired all the time, and suffering from morn to night with an aching back, house-work becomes a heavy burden. Many women who were afflicted in this way say that Doan’s Kidney Pills have made life easier for them. Women are subject to kidney disease. The clothing they wear, the work they do, J the worry and strain of bearing and rear ing children, the lack of proper exercise; all tend to it. Backache, bearing-down pains, headache, dizzy spells, faintness, fits of “blues,” and other troubles often thought to be peculiar to the sex, are found frequently in kidney disease. When any one of these ills ap pears, together with a discolored condi tion of the kidney secretions, with passages too frequent, scanty or burning, just make up your mind that your kidneys are weak, and be quick to help them. Doan's Kidney Pills have helped a great many weak women through the trying times when kidney disease means so much added misery. They do not disturb the stomach or bowels and contain no poison ous, dangerous nor habit-forming drugs. Doan's are harmless for children too. When Kidney Troubles Keep You in Misery Day and Night “/ fust can't get up!" The follow in I case is typical of the cures effected by Eh. in's Kidney Pills. Grateful testimony is the best evidence. DRIVEN ALMOST CRAZY. A Terrible Tale of Kidney Suffering. Mrs. H. W. Heagy, 1515 L St.. Bakers field. Cal., says: My kidney trouble began in the fall of 1907. I used remedy after remedy prescribed by physicians but no re lief came and I was in despair. On ac count of the numbness and g.-ating sensa tion I could not lie down comfortably and some nights I was not in bod half an hour. 1 became so nervous and restless 1 h:;."dly knew what to do. Hot waves came over me like a flash and I became so dizzy that I staggered. I had a feeling as if there was gravel in my bladder, the kidney se cretions acting too freely at times, while again they were very scant and accom panied by terrible pain. I cannot describe the suffering 1 endured for over two years. Finally I began using Doan’s Kidney Pills and while I did not notice much relief for a week or so, I continued persistently and when I had taken eight boxes I was feel ing fine. The numbness and smarting fin ally left, the' kidney secretions became clear and natural and my health improved one hundred percent. Doan’s Kidney Pills cured me at a time when it seemed that I would go crazy and 1 never can express my gratitude.” ■When Your Back is Lame—Remember the Name" DOAN’S KIDNEY PILLS Sold by an Dealers..Price 50 cents. Fcster-MSbum Co, Buffalo, N. Y, Proprietors Reward of Merit. “Co on. Mb' Co oc and blow yo* bans bmit who to* is and what yo impatiently said old Brother Bogus -list lemme specify dat 1'se de os j extinguished citizen o' dis town dat de preside:.! o' de railroad—dis yob road. right yuh* — paid any 'ten t»oB to a bee te went tb uo in his spe rurt byab last week Yawahl I wuz rot when de trait passed—right on dis sad «iat 'ar potly white nat. glma-e a flee see-grab; flung it to te out a de window o* de byah. aad t wit* lit. is*)"'—Puck H19M in Her Line. C'.iiet -The ;-topic- in the flat above us are constantly Rghtirg Perry - l oesn't your w ife object? C. N<> Stie likes to have a fuss made o»er her. CREAM OF RYE For health and energy <-a( it for breai is- K. duc es cost of living Fr»« Silver Spoon in every package. Ask your grocer for a package After a Fasnian. Church Mfbsr—Does your father i a!way* ;>ra to take. Nothing Sen;us “V de a: > mistakes in the new year as yet?” «• 11. Ira still writing in 1911.“ rm - < i kip it • to it iivvs T-v* — « rr -na o ir l‘A/*J lltiCT M« JTT ■ _ Ms rwmr- -fit CSU" «sf ."Chins B .1*0. 11 »I<~64 v. IxnUUs B.cm f UK. The nuud ha* more room in It than meat reo.ii- ’i-ini if yon would but funtcb the apartments.—Gray. Why will you continue to suffer from a bad stomach, constipated bowels or in active liver, when HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS will make you well and keep you &o. Try a bottle today. ALL DRUGGISTS. Nebraska Directory KW IEUUU AND ouaxsLS work iar rjtrrs BZMTAL ROOMS BIT L90C.il ST. MU'J PAIkLESS DENTISTRY GOLD CJTOW*. $4.00 to $s.oc iircr*.'to>ia»<-tai4af E* fame. 3B yru ft^rakOtre. , BAILEY rAr DENTIST « ITT >»noUL K*U ■uMkMlM Mkft a IUtm,. t t«uf m Wanted Ifc< | *»J rr*dj fear tbr ru«h. Vn ttu'Juac to n»k. NUtefar '*«*< 4. .i/mrw^ofBorjf) i«-fund*>l. > tbr t»«t urf OM»t ttM*ruufb M|ui|>prd M-toMMi It. tirf NiaturM. Prii'iir*. ripprinn^ •* «f r*M. ftiM <1rtTlUtf »od mxl •«rk U 4»n r !urr*toiuci#. MCMftSM UIMWU KINl. 141; M»c Si.. ta RrcanaaUr ptm Vi i Aw * •* »■■■■> Ini acted* cl Otealn. Bell Telephone Service With its Locj: Di>tancecon oecttoos. teat ix-s nearly every city. town end village, giving instant communirat ion near or far. which emergencies as well as business and social needs demand. Talking over the Long Dis tance Lines of the Hell System mar be much lc»s expensive than you think. Ask our nearest agent for information regarding rates or service connect ions. wum TELEPfltlE CO. BRAHAM LINCOLN had a substitute who served as a defender of th« Unio-> through the bloody and ei>ocb-rnaking period oi the Civil war. This asser tion has been made many times before. It has aroused bitter contro versy in various quarters; it has given birth to col umns of print, both in support of anil denial of its truth. Now. for tb^ first time, evidence is here presented that the story of Lin coln's substitute is correct—evidence in the unassailable shape of an official acknowledgment from the federal gov ernment. The exemption of the president of the Vnlted States from the taking up of arms, or serving on an actual field of battle, is provided for by a special statute drawn up to meet such a con tingency. Itut there is nothing to prevent the nations chief executive from sending forth a substitute to fight in his place, although Iancoln was the only occupant of the White House who ever took advantage of this fact. The man who represented in his person that of the martyred president was John Summerfield Sta ples. whose body now lies at rest in a little cemetery at Stroudsburg, Pa. ! The tombstone above his grave, pho tograph of which is here reproduced, testifies not only to Staples' war record, but states in granite letters the fact of his having served as Abra ham Lincoln’s substitute. The inscrip tion in question reads as follows: J Summerfield Staples, a Private of Co C. ITS Regt., P. V. Also a Member of the 2 Reg D. C. Yols.. as a Substitute for APR A HAM LINCOLN. D;ed Jan. 11. 1SSS, Aged 43 Years, 4 Mos.. 25 Da; s. !l.f grave also bears the G. A. R. marker, a metallic star upon which the w -ds Pest ISO" appear. A small American flag flutters in the breeze, but the outside world seems little in formed as to the career of this patri otic and distinguished soldier boy. I had heard the tradition that Lin coln during the dark days of 1S64 had sent a substitute to the front. Hut to confirm the truth of the tradition was quite another matter. The popu lar opinion of those I consulted ap peared to be that the tale of Lin !n s substitute belonged in the myth i atecory. and had no more foundation in soli, r fact than the legend of Wash ington and the cherry tree. Men high J. SUMWERFIELD STAPLES. “Lincoln-* Substitute." From a Pho tograph Taken at the Time He Went to the Front in Lincoln's Stead. in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic assured me that they were certain that “Old Abe" was un represented in the ranks of the boys in blue. For all that it seemed to me that the story was something more than one of those romantic incidents so frequently quoted as having oc curred in the lives of famous men aft er they had passed over to the great majority; incidents lending color to laudatory- biographical sketches, but rejec’ed by the thoughtful historian as being formed of "the stuff dreams are mad*- of.” Lincoln, with his ex alted ideals, his stern devotion to duty, his undying love for the Union and all that it represented, was ex actly the type of man to consider him self at fault If he neglected to make < very possible sacrifice in his power to the cause he held dearer than life. I corres,->cnded with the federal au thorities at Washington on the sub ject. but tbe replies 1 received did not tend to bring me any closer to the goal. Instead they asserted positively that the reported tradition was entire ly without foundation. A letter from the war department stated emphak'c J. SUMMERFIELD STAPLES. "Lincoln's Substitute." From a Pho tograph Taken a Few Years Before His Death. ally: "It does not appear from the official records of the department that President Lincoln ever furnished a substitute." Another informed me that "Abraham Lincoln was not liable to draft,” a fact of which I was al ready well aware. Had not such been the case the employment of a substi tute would have lost all significance. But a personal search through the official records of the Civil war brought to light a reference to "Abra ham Lincoln, principal, and John Sta ples, recruit, both of the District of Columbia." And on another page ap peared an entry to the effect that Lin coln wished a representative recruit, and same was assigned as private to Company H of the Second regiment. D. C. infantry. With these entries as a base of operations it became pos sible to trace the substitute, and the discovery was made that John S. Sta ples was buried in Stroudsburg, Pa. Further details were furnished by Jir. John W. Burnett of Massachusettes, a comrade of Staples, in the following letter: "I well recall the military career of J. S. Staples of my regiment. The awful losses of the Union army, east : and west, were weighing heavily on dear Lincoln, and he. with others in public life, were considering the de sirability of having personal repre sentatives in the field for those not eligible for service at all. According to my recollection, in the fall or late summer of 1864 Mr. Lincoln had a committee of citizens of the District of Columbia search for as perfect a specimen of physical manhood as could be found to become his repre sentative recruit. This committee, or some of them, met my dear comrade (Staples) on the streets of George town, and seeing his superbly com pact form, and being at once satisfied that he was the man worthy to be Lincoln's representative in the army, they made a proposition to him, and the loyal boy—for he was but a boy— at once signified his desire to fill the honorable position. He was soon aft erward introduced to President Lin coln, and the latter gladly chose him as his representative.” Although the communication re ceived from Mr. Burnett was as con vincing as one could wish, yet it was clear that without governmental sanc tion there still would remain doubting Thomases who would dispute the claim made in behalf of the dead sol dier. Therefore, the facts in the case were laid before tbe federal authori ties, and I received from the office of the commissioner of pension at Wash ington an official statement confirming the entire tradition concerning Lin coln and his siJbsti'tute. This docu ment reads as follows: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions. Washington. May 11, 1910. “John Summerfield Staples, residing at Stroudsburg, Pa., filed an applica tion for pension in 1882, stating that in *he Civil war he had served in Com pany C, One Hundred and Seventy sixth Pennsylvania militia, and after wards in Company H, Second District of Columbia infantry, and that in his second enlistment he was a substitute for President Lincoln. “The records show that said soldier enlisted November 2, 1862. in Com pany C, One Hundred and Seventy sixth Pennsylvania drafted militia, that he was honorably discharged May 5, 1863. and that he afterward enlisted April 3, 1864, in Company H, Second District of Columbia volun teers, from which he was honorably discharged at Alexandria, Va., Sep tember 12, 1865, and the record also show that In this last service he was enrolled as a representative recruit for Abraham Lincoln, who was not liable to draft. "It is shown by the papers on file in this case that during the war Presi dent Lincoln decided that he would place in the army a substitute to the credit of the District of Columbia, and that he communicated his desire to do so to the provost marshal of the dis trict, with a request that he select the person -who should be placed in the service, and that the provost marshal then sent for Noble D. Larner, then a prominent citizen of this city, and stated to him the president's wishes, and Mr. Larner afterward succeeded in getting the substitute in the person of Mr. Staples, and he was afterward mustered Into the service. “This is about all the information I can give you with reference to the matter, and would suggest that if you desire to learn anything about the private life of Mr. Staples you might write to the postmaster or some other person at Stroudsburg. Pa., where Mr. Staples lived and where he died January 11, 18S8.” (signed) J. L. DAVENPORT, Commissioner. There are several people still living in Stroudsburg who knew Staples and remember that to him belonged the unique distinction of representing Lincoln on the field of battle. Among their number are J. T. Palmer, post master and principal of the public school; C. L*. Drake, editor of the Stroudsburg Times, and Representa tive A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsyl vania. It was characteristic of Lin coln that he kept the matter from the public press, and a like modesty seems to have imposed silence on the young soldier who served his country so well. One does not have to make a very exhaustive study of Lincoln's charac ter in order to understand the motive which led him to send a substitute to represent him in the Scenes of the bloody drama then being enacted throughout the land. His conscience was not of that easily satisfied variety which contents itself with allowing things to remain as they are, without indulging in exertion for the common good. His was the hand which was steering the Ship of State through tempest and crash of hostile guns, yet great as was th" task assigned him, • he perceived with the eagle eye that watched the course of action, a post j still unfilled, an unoccupied niche where a combatant could be placed to strike in behalf of the Union. To that post he resolved to appoint a repre sentative. that he might be practical ly in person—as he was already in spirit—on the red field of carnage. It was done quietly, in that simple, unos tentatious manner that distinguished all of Lincoln's acts, whether in offi cial or private life. He never played to the gallery, and the verdict of his own conscience was all he cared 1 about. While this is probably the only case in history where the leader of a na tion sent a substitute to fill his place in the ranl-s of fighting men, a sort of precedent may be said to be found in the custom, but recently fallen into disuse, of appointing a "king's cham pion.'' who was supposed to offer his body in opposition to any challenger of the reigning monarch of Great Britain. Until the accession of the 1 late King Edward VII. to the crown of England, this functionary was a member of the royal entourage. When ever the new king was publicly crown ed the "champion” appeared before i •Suivtitu/efa. ABRAHAM UNC0U4 »rr a 'kt„ J/ t#$g 'fyerf'fSXs.+ftfat ZfjQttyjr Grave cf J. Summeifield Staples, ir the Cemetery at Stroudsburg, Pa. the assembled multitude clad in mar- i tial gear, and casting down a gauntlet upon the ground, defied to mortal com bat any person or persons having quarrel with or denying the right of the potentate to reign over the land. This custom dated back to the stren uous days when a monarch was also ! an active man-at-arms, and likely to '■ meet in a hand-to-hand engagement with some persistent foeman at any time or place. Hence the institution of "king's champion,” appointed to keep all challengers at bay, a heredi tary honor, and one that was held for many generations by the descendants of the Dymoke family. But Edward VII., who possessed an unusually strong sense of the ridiculous, refused to permit this heroic burlesque of a mediaeval custom to be introduced into the splendid pageantry at his cor nation and abolished the office of a warlike substitute forever. Nourishment for Invalids. When the appetite has failed, as in the case of convalescents and many wreak children, nourishment is of prime importance. There is a capital way to administer it. which rarely fails even in extreme cases. To the white of an egg add the juice of an orange and the least bit of sugar. Strain the mixture carefully and set it away un til it is very cold. Then it may be served as “orange jelly," either with or without a cracker. Does History Repeat Itself? Kerne is like some famous woodland glade that every artist paints; she is like some problem in bridge-building, at which every engineer tries his hand. Thus, in the days when his tory consisted of wars and battles, men studied Rome as the great man ual of military' experience; and when our conception of history advanced so aa to Include governmental problems, U waa Rome that was the great text book in the history of legislation, in very recent days we have suffered a reaction from the formality of the classical school of history, and we have entered upon the orgies of real ism. Starting out from a half-digest ed theory that because antiquity in some respects resembled the pres ent, therefore it must have been ex actly like the present, we have [ reached strange and marvelous re suits. Yet this presupposes that his tory repeats itself. We can of course never prove that it does not; but we can assert that it does not, with all the intensity of the faith that is in us. We are not squirrels going round in a cage, and could we see any com plex epoch in the past as well as we can any period in the present, we should see the difference; and where the eye of the mind falls we have the right to see by the eye of faith.— Jesse Benedict Carter, In the Atlan tic. OF THE AGE OF CHIVALRY Fat Victim of Cupid Bashfully Ac knowledges Real Reason for His Act of Heroism. The smallest boy had broken through the ice and the fat boy was crawling to his rescue. “Come back. Fatty!" the other boys shrieked. “You’ll bust it all in, an' den youse'H both be drowned!” But the fat boy, fiat on his stom ach and spread out to his widest ex tent, ignored these warning cries and steadily crept toward the black hole and Tommy's clinging fingers. Once the ice made a cracking sound and the watchers yelled with dismay. But the fat boy did not halt. Nearer and nearer he came, and finally his outstretched hands caught those cling ing lingers and drew the small boy, little by little, onto the firmer ice and so to safety. “What did youse do it fer. Fatty?” one of the boys tearfully remonstrat ed. “Aw,” replied the hero. "I knew what I lost in weight I made up in wideness, see?" Then his face softened. “Besides." he bashfully said. “I'm I sweet on Tommy's sister!" PIMPLES COVERED HIS BACK “My troubles began along In the summer in the hottest weather and took the form of small eruptions and itching and c kind of smarting pain. It took me mostly all over my back and kept getting worse until finally my back was covered with a mess of pimples which would burn and itch at night so that I could hardly stand it. This condition kept getting worse and worse until my back was a solid mass of big seres which would break open and run. My underclothing would be a clot of blood. “I tried various remedies and salves for nearly three years and I was not getting any benefit. It seemed I was in eternal misery and could not sleep on my back or lean on a chair. I was finally given a set of the Cuticura Remedies and inside of two weeks I couid see and feel a great relief. I kept on using Cuticura Soap. Ointment and also the Resolvent, and in about three or four months’ time my back was nearly cured and I felt like a new being. Now I am in good health and no sign of any skin diseases and I am fully satisfied that Cuticura Reme dies are the best ever made for skin diseases. I would not be without them.” (Signed) W. A. Armstrong. Corbin, Kan., May 26, 1911. Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment are eold by druggists and dealers everywhere, a sample of each, with 32-page book, will be mailed free on application to “Cuticura,'’ Dept. L., Boston. Explained. "Heigho!" sighed Mrs. Stoutly. “You j used to sit with your arm around my | waist, John, but you never do it any more.” “I'm sorry, dear,” replied Stoutly, j ' but there are some things that are beyond my reach."—Harper's Weekly. | Numerical Logic. “What makes you think Jones is on his feet again in the factory?" “I noticed he had so many hands." We are told that it is the unexpect ed that always happens. If this is true, we should learn to expect it. ONLY ONE “BROMO OLIVINE.” That is LAXATIVE BROMO QCININK. Look for the fci£Ti&ttire of E. >\ . GROY K. Used the World oier to Cure s Cold In one l)oj. 25c. The man who is satisfied with him self never worries on account of his neighbor's estimate of him. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces infiarama Lon, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. When a man has occasion to ap pear before a police magistrate he is apt to forger his own name. A fresh hand-made cigar, so rich in quality that many smokers prefer it to mcst 10c cigars. Teil the dealer you want Lewis’ Single Binder. W. L. DOUGLAS ’2.25, *2.50, *3, *3.50,*4 & *5 SHOES All Styles, All Leathers, All Sizes and Widths, for Men, Women and Boys. THE STANDARD OF QUALITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS THE NEXT TIME YOU NEED SHOES give W. L. Douglas shoes a trial. W. L. Douglas name stamped on a shoe guar antees superior quality and more value t for the money than other makes. His name and price stamped on the bottom protects the wearer against high prices and inferior shoes. Insist upon having | Khe genuine W. L. Douglas shoes. | Take no substitute. ' I ^HOW TO ORDES B i KAIL. Shoes Sent Everywhere — All Charges Prepaid. UW.LTVnglM are not sold inyourtcwn. send d.rtvt 10 factory. Tak<* meanrements of foot a? showr. in model. state style desired ; - re and width us uillv worn: plain Srar SW cr ••.iptiv; h- riTy. mHmm or light sole. / *f»» #«/a r*jr« irf shoe tnaii order btisi . rap toe; tteaer. medium or light i nwin the world, lllus. Catalog Free. n ti. e fa rat si __ _ ___ T5TX. DO ~r; 3park.8v^rocitou,Maa*. SURE NOT, Editor—That expression is too back- ■ neyed. Reporter—What expression? Editor (reading copy)—"The jury acted as a body." Reporter—Gee whiz! You surely don’t expect a jury to act as a brain. Hobby of Wealthy Englishman. The earl of Mouut-Edgcumbe. who will be entertaining many parties at Mount-Edgcumbe during the next few months, would have been able to make a living as an architect if he had been born in a less exalted sphere. He de votes some of his spare moments evolving fascinating toy palaces, each a study of its kind, perfect in every ' detail. One he had lighted with elec tricity. These Aladdin palaces are sometimes passed on to lucky chil dren of his acquaintance.—London Sketch. Woman has led the world since it began. She took the leading part in the first drama. “Man and the Ser pent."—Paul Blouet. We Give Away Absolutely Free of Cost] The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, in Plain English, or Medicine Simplified, by R. V. Pierce, M. D., Quel Consulting Physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Sur* gicftl Institute at Buffalo, • book of 1008 large pages and “ over 700 illustrations, in strong paper covers, to any one tending 21 one-cent tumps to cover cost of mailing tidy, or, in French Cloth binding for 31 stamps. Over 680,000 copies of this complete Family Doctor Book were sold in doth binding at regular price of $1.50. Afterwards, one and a half million copies were given away as above. A new, up-to-date revised edition is now ready for mailing. Better send NOW, before all are gone. Address Void's Dis« vbnsaey Medical Association, R. V. Pierce, M. D., President, Buffalo, N. Y. DR. PIERCE’S FAVORITE: THE ONE REMEDY for woman’s peon that its makers are not afraid to PRESCRIPTION outside wrapper its I More Like Him. "Yo' act me b’out Mis Johnsing an' her husban’ las week. Miss Lou.” said Matilda, looking up from her iromne. “Ah seen Mis Johnsing on de street !as' night an' she says dey gone to hoa'din'. Her husban' been out of wo'k fo‘ de las' sis monts an’ dey cayn' 'ford to keep house no mo'. Ah t'ink it mighty foolish 'cos dey's sto'in dere fu'niture an’ it cos'es dem fifty cents a mon't to keep it in do sto' house, an' ef dey don' pay it ebe’v mont' de money keep a-growin' an’ a-growing, an’ a-bur-owin' into dere bank 'count, jes' like a eatin' cancer. Ah tol' Miss Johnsing dat, an Ah say w'y don' she put her husban' to wo'k. He right able body man. 'Hitch de reins to de mule,' Ah say. 'an' don' yo' wo'k yo’ finger nails to de quick fo' dat niggah." But she say he can' fin’ no wo'k he like, dough he out all day an' sometimes till 12 o’clock at night a-lookin'. Ah reckon he don' like no wo'd he can fin', dat's w’ot’s de mat tah." Works Either Way. Tatterdon Torn—Wot drove you to drink. T'irsty? Thirsty Thingumbob—Me love for a woman. Tatterdon Torn—Did she turn you down or marry you? MUNYONS PAW-PAW PILLS FREE I want every person who is bilious, consti pated or has any stom ach or liver ailment to send for a free package of my Paw-Paw Pills. I want to prove that they positively cure In digestion, Sour Stom ach, Belching, Wind, Headache, Nervous ness. Sleeplessness and are a:i Infallible cure for Constipation. To do this* I am vriilin? to jnve millions of free pack ages. I take ail the risk. Sold by drusrjrists for *25 cents a vial. For free package address. Prof. Munyon, 53rd & Jefferson Sts.. Philadelphia, Pa. FORSALK—Bigbargain. Poorhe.vltbnecessitates moving to Cut it ora: a. 40 acres a Italia. gtain also another 10 acres apples and pears, alfalfa under trees. also another 11 acres apples and pears all full bearing, tine htdjrs. If interested write for descrip tion. UrK-, Sib*‘rl iajBrK*»rh,bnu»dittr.r.ioi,.t t.L. K. U. S. Brown’s BronchialTroches An old and reliable Cough Remedy. No opiates. Sample free Jo ax I. Bsowf