DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. ft l i n UL '?. 'i w 1 li. A1 l , A' 4 b j r' K HOW mum Told by Herself. Her Sin ccrity Should Con vince Others. Christopher, 111. "For four years I suffered from irregularities, weakness, nervousness, and woo in a run down condition. Two of our best doctors failed to do mo uny good. I heard so much about what LydinE.rinkham'a Voeotablo Com pound had done for others, I tried it and was cured. I am no longer ner vous, am regular, n Tl rl ill AYnnllnnf Health. I believe the Compound will euro any femalp trouble. "Mr3. Aucu Heller, Christopher, 111. Nervousness 13 often a symptom of weakness or eomo functional derange ment, which may bo overcome bv this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound, as thousands of women have loand by experience. If complications exist, writo Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for suggestions in regard to your ailment The result of it3 long experienco ia at your service. "KMHftk (KV 4k tmmjMmumiuw. .-siv r , " &. Iiratfr $yM wiu4A VVUNIAN T"rwr ? ytvpi ww'V &M &&..?&& lRStgj n wf 2 a . r, sf . II WELL OlBar Your Skin Save Your Hair With Guiicura Houp. Uict , Talcum tSo eftrh. Hnmnln onch of "Catlcr, Dipt, t, Boiton." IN FRANCE OF OLD TIMES Before the Cruelty of War Led ths Minds of Men Astray From Proper Things. When you think of Christmas as It used lo ho in France, the first thing that comes into your mind is the "creches" that are set up in nil the flmrclios tlio Virgin, the Child in the manger, Joseph, the shepherds and their slice), tin three wise men from Ihe Orient with their camels. Some times even u shepherd dog is added for "realism" although lie is apt to he modeled on the lines of the chlen hi-rger of Vrnnee, rather than of Pal estine. In the poorest vill.igo church tind in the cathedrals alike, the Christ niiis candles shone on this charming tableau, and in the evening, after the ihly's worlc was over, whole families neat to pay their respects to "la Salute Vierge et le petit .Tesus" old -.Tandmothors and grandfathers, fn lliore and mother?, and dark-eyed chil dren in black sateen aprons even Ut ile Pierrot went in his mother's arms, although he would "fnlro dodo" and keep on sleeping peacefully in a most uimpprcciattvc way. Many Were. "Those are only a few of my hunt ing exploits," boasted the young num. "I see. ISut what did you do In Franco?" "I wasn't over there." "No?" said the girl. "I was." Louisville Courier-Journal, Occupation for an Idle Moment. "Charley, dear," said young Mt.s. Torklns, "have you u minute tobpare?'' "Yes." "Well, I wish you would tell me ex actly what Is meant by a 'league of nations' and 'freedom of the sens.'" Some women swenr like men, while others will not even darn socks. II Is the struggle to keep up appear unces that keeps some persons down. l"" The Popular Choice People of cuRura "tas4:e and refine ment are keen for health, simplicity and contentment. Thousands of fhese people choose the cereal drink INSTANT POSTUM as fheir table bev erage in place of tea or coffee. Healthful . Economical Delicious hl.s 13K the bank teller at his window. IIo Is counting $10 bills, ills cage is stacked high with bales of ?t0 hills, lie Is counting 100 bills every minute. He works ton hours 11 day, seven days a week, lie Is trying to count the motley spent on the woild war. But be will nooi never be able to do It not he, nor his son, nor son's son, nor many generations to come. To count out In $10 bills the money spent on the war would take more than 1,000 years. Methuselah, who lived to bo 5101) years old, might have done It by working nights. o othur mortal could. It must not he overlooked that Methuselah, either Jn his own time or ours, would soon have run out of currency. Tho world does not hae, and never will hnve, In money of any denomina tion, tho appalling .sum of '-1,000,000,000. Some thing like that Is what the world has spent on the war that !s passing Into history, writes Glou doh Allvlne In the New York Tribune. These are figures that outdistance the' compre hension of the wisest man that ever lived. The cost of the war transcends all the monetary con ceptions which even a llniincler tan conjure up. Nor Is It much easier lo conceive the loll of life that the war has taken. Great Britain alone has lost in the war about 1,000,000 men. Franco has lost perhaps 100,000 move. In a general way theo figures mean something to us, but nn Illustration nuiy help visualize these allied dead. Not more than 100,000 persons have marched in the greatest parade that Fifth avoiiue has ever known. Our preparedness pnrade, and "pos sibly the Third Libcity loan parade, totaled that number of marchers. All day long they marched, and until after sundown. Wo tlirjiled at the sight of these living Americans. Let ug visualize the march of the British dead. At daybreak they start down Fifth avenue, !0 abreast. Their fallen comrades follow a few puces behind, In close inarching order. Until sundown these men who have "gone west" mnrch down tho avenue. The next dny there is a' similar parade, and the next, and tho next. For ten days the British (lend pass In review. For 11 days more the French- dead file down tho Avenue of the Allies.' Three weeks of march ing dead men. The Russians who died lighting for their empire that was would require the daylight hours of live weeks more. And for the oilier brave allied light ing men we must reserve a fortnight. Two months and a half for the allied dead to march past u given point. The enemy dead, although definite llgurcs are not available, number about -l.SOO.OCO. For them to pass in review would require more than six weeks. Throughput all tho daylight hours of June, July, August and September, then, tho ghastly proces sion would, continue. It is an appalling picture to contemplate. As preliminary punishment for the fugitive kaiser, for whom so many horrible fates hevo been suggested, tbaro may be torture available here. For him to stnnd" at attention throughout four hot summer months, while the ghosts of those be sent to death pass In constant review surely, that might Inflict mental agony enough to appease the most vindictive. Historians will dually agree that $221,000,000, 000 or some such ligurc was spent by the na tions Involved. They will eventually plnce tho toll of dead at 11,000,000 orCthereabout, They may decide that shipping was' lestroved to the value of ;?2,000,000,()00. But never, in computing the cost of tho wnr, will they bo able to estimate accurately these indirect losses: Physical suffering. Increased illness. Increased death rate.' Lowered race vitality. l , Decreased birth rate. Curtailed education. Moral degradation. -1 Property destroyed. - ' ' Crops and trees devastated. ; Cargoes sunk. Property damaged by Idleness. Industry crippled by diversion ofinen. Production diverted from' creative to destructive purposes. Business development checked. ' Inflation of currency mid Increased prices. Or these indirect losses to tho Invaded territory which has been redeemed by the allied armies, Andre Tardleu, French high commissioner to tho United Slates, says: "The territories which Iiae been under Gorman occupation for four years' were the wealthiest part of France. Their area did not ox cocci 0 per cent of the whole country. They paid, however. 25 per cent of the sum total of our luxes. These territories, which bine been occupied again by hB at the cost of our own blood and the blood of our allies, are 'now In a state of uiln even worse than we had anticipated. The very ground Is torn, overturned, laid waste, dainnged with shell splin ters, and for months, mnibe for years, unlit fot production. The fruit trees have been cut, sawed down to the level of the ground. "Of tho cities and villages nothing remains but ruins; IloO.OOO homes have been destroyed. To build ihem up again I am lefenlng to the build- 7Z?FI'5ZZ&5S?J& &hx?Lmrs?v. ri--r-iLrr.. YCg&-3Z-1-, 'L' -V- mnmmtim jy && -s s,j j yt. rc: t Wm&'.lF&92tl &nL.n?f?ii -s 'rJ T.-scy 1 rUfz:-: t v &f It would take more than 1,000 years to count in $10 bills the money spent in the war. lug proper, without furnishings (500,000,000 days of woik will be necessary, Involving, together with building material, an outlay of 10,000.000,000' francs. "As regards personal property of every descrip tion, either destroyed by battle or stolen by tho Germans,, there stands an additional loss of nt least 4,000,000,000 francs. This valuation of lost personal property does not Include as definite figures are lacking as yet tho countless war con tributions and lines by the enemy, amounting also to billions. "I need luwclly say that, in those wealthy ,lands, no agricultural resources are left. The losses Jn horses and In cattle1, bovine and bolne species, bogs, goats amount to lr 10,000 head In agricul tural equipment to 'irJ-1,000 machines or carts the two Items worth together 0,000,000,000 francs. "Now iiH regards industries, the disaster Is even more complete. These districts occupied by the Germans and whose machinery has been method ically destroyed or taken nway by the enemy, were, Industrially speaking, tho very heart of France. They were the very backbone of our production, as shown In the following Btarlllug figures: "In 1013 the wool output of our imnded regions amounted to 01 per cent of the total French pro duction. And corresponding figures were: For llax from the spinning mills. 00 per cent ; Iron ore, 00 per cent ; pig Iron, S3 per cent ; steel, 70 per cent; sugur, 70 per cent; cotton, (50 per cent; coal, !." per cent; electric power, -15 per cent. Of all that, plants, machinery, mines, nothing Is left. Everything has been can led away or destroyed by the enemy. So complete Is the destiuct'ion that, in the case of our great coal mines in the north, two years of work will be needed bororu a single ton of coal can be extracted, and ten yea is before the output Is back to the figures of 101,3. "All that must be rebuilt, and to carry out tliat kind of reconstruction only there will he a need of over 2,000,000 tons of pig Iron, nearly .1.000,000 tons of steel not to mention the replenishing of stocks and of raw mateilnls which must of imces sity be supplied to the plants during the first ear resumed activity. If we t,dJO cnt nccolllll of THE BLOOD SHED Men In Arms United States ,. 3,764,700 Great Britain 7,500,000 France 6,000,000 Italy 2,500,000 Russia -. .14,000,000 Belgium 350,000 Serbia , 300,000 Roumanla 600,000 AND THE TREASURE SPENT Lives Total Lost Casualties 52,169 235,117 1,000 000 3,049,901 1,100,000 4,000,000 250,000 1,000,000 3,500 000 5,000,000 50,000 300,000 150,000 200,000 200,000 300,000 Germany 1 1,000,000 Auctria-Hunonry .;...'. 7,500,000 Turkey , 1,500,000 Bulgaria 1,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 250,000 50,000 50,014,700 11,102,169 6,900,000 4,500,000 750,000 200,000 26,435,103 Cost in Dollars $35,000,000,000 40,000,000,000 28,000,000,000 10,000,000,000 25,000,000,000 5,000,000,000 4,000,000,000 3,000,000,000 40,000,000,000 25,000,000,000 4,000,000,000 2,000,000,000 $221,000,000,000 I 4 Four months would be required for men killed in the war to march past a given point. theM different Items wo reaib as regards Inclun trial needs a total of M.OOO.OOO.OOO francs. "To resurrect tbeso regions, to reconstruct theso factories, raw materials alono aro not .sullielent ; we need means of transportation. Now the enemy has destroyed our railroad tracks and railroad track equipment. Our rolling stock, which In tha first month of the war, In 1014, was reduced by fiO.000 cars, has undergone tho wear and tear ol ."() mouths of war. "Our merchant fleet, on the other bund, has lost more than a million terns through the .suhmnrlnu warfare. Our "hlpyurds during the last four years have not built any ships. For they have produced for us and for our allies cannon, nmmu nltlon and tanks. Here, again, for this Item alone of menus of transportation we must flgur on an expense of 2,500.000,000 francs. This makes, If I mini up these different items, a need of raw material which represents In cost, at the present rate of prices in Frnnce, not less than fi0,000,000, 000 francs. "And this formidable figure docs not cover everything. I hnvo not taken Into account the loss represented for tho future production of France by the transformation of so many fac tories which for four yeais were exclusively de voted to war munitions. I hnvo not taken Into account foielgn markets lost to us as n result of the destruction of on quarter ot our productive) capital and the almost total collapse of our trade. 1 have not taken Into account the economic weak ening that we shall suitor tomorrow owing to tho loss or 3,000,000 young and vigorous men." Compared to these, Ihe losses nccrulng to tho United States as a result of the war are. of com so, slialit. America hns scarcely been "bloodied." It is true that the wnr may coat the United States possibly fiO.OOO lives every one u precious offer ing to freedom but several times as ninny Amer icans have died at homo during the recent Infill ona epidemic. When wo consider tho number of Americans who died In our Civil war, our present losses seem almost trivial. Tho deaths from all causes In tho Civil war totaled 018,52s about ID times as many lives as tho world war cost tho United States. Those killed In iicllon on tho Union nldov alone 11 0,070 -men fighting for tho North out number more than two to 0110 tho Americans who hnvo recently died fighting overseas. The financial contribution America has mndo to wn! d defeating the central powers Is magnificent hut, comparatively a xmiilt sacrifice' ,for the rich est country in tin; world. To (Into the total wnr Indebtedness of tho Unit ed .States is $17,852,377,000, distributed us follows: rir.it Liberty Loan :.....$2,n00,OOO,01 Second Liberty Loan a.bO.Ooo.OOO Third Liberty Loan ,,.. ... 4,170,000,000 Fourth Liberty Loan C.flS'J.0 17,000 War buvliiKS Stumps b"y,33O,00O A fifth loan Is being planned (0 help defray the cost of the wnr. The tux bill now under consid eration by congress and other taxation will not net the leiiriinder America has spent, or will spend 10 finish up the dlsngreeablo Job. iut even If tho war finally costs Ametlca $3., 000,000.000 cither estimates have varied fioni SUO.OOO.OOO.OOt) to $.-.0,000,000,000 that Is u small inn-lion of Its national wealth. How the amount the United Slates bus spent on the war coinpnies with Its economic wealth mid how these llgureH stand lor the principal other belligerents may by Keen from the following estimates, 110 exact fig ures being available: National Wealth. Wur Cost Pro-war Debt fulled SUitttw....'O,OOO,O0O,OO0 $3r.,OOO,0OO,rXi0 J 1.000,000,000 Clieat lirltuln... M,000,000,00) 4O,00n,MO,OOO 3,600.000 00) Krancu CG,000,000,0) 2,(X.000,OiO CGOO.OOO.OO) Duly j?'5l?2P5!?i0fJ0 1M00.000.OW J,M)0,000,000 llUMlll W.OOU.CjOO.Cj.jO M.IJOO.W.WX) iuuiww Total ... Curumn P.mplto .. Aimtrlu- 1 tunicary Suffered For Years Back and Kidneys Were in Bad Shape, But Doaii's Removed all the Trouble "My l.idnc were to weak that tho least, cold i. caHKht wouid nltect tlicin and pt.ut my bnck aching until I roiild hardly endure the misery," ays .Mrs. D. ('. lto-m, 1)73 Fullon St., llrooi lyn, N. Y. "In the morning when I nras got up, my uncic wan no lame, I could hardly bend over and any move, went darts of pain through my kid ney. It vns laud for mo to walk tip stairs or stoop, and to moia wlulo l.wtig down ucn' darts of pain tliroucjrl me. "The khlnev seere- lions wcro cwnty nnd distrelng and tho wntcr remained in my jtom, mak ing my feet and hamb mvcll. Tlicro wcro daik circles under tny eyes ami 1 became so dizzy I conld hardly tec. I had rheumatic pains in my knees and it was all 1 could do to pet around. For yeari I was in Hint nimpc nlid I wore plnslcr and used nil kinds of medicine to no avail until I tried Hotm's Kidney Pills. They i id mo of tho troublo and utrcnetnencd my back nnd kidneys. When 1 have taken noon's Pince, they hive always bene fited me" .S'trorn to hrforc inc. L. N VUTOIIAN, Nolart) I'vbltC. GrtDonn'iat Any Store, GOon Cox DO AN' 3155 rOSTCR-MlUlURN CO., BUFFALO, N. Y. MRS. ROSS tho Ideal riociTrestniontforl'oBkry.prcvcntlva avwellos retncdloKorKuiip, OoltK Canker, Swell ector Sore Heod, Dlaitlioea, Bowel Troubles, I.lw- VJJJW:. T0'.'1' form per pichmSe. postpaid 75o(C.O.n If dcilred). Sola byinoit ilcniYro la liotlillqHldnndtabletforni. UooUootlfewnvs. free. CCO. II. 1.P.B CO.. D.N. 5, Onuio.N. MrjJv,l,,,y lAn'T. 8 twoli 1 KEC with pttfic olCCRJI. OZONE iCrrqnrilcil Quick Service. Overheard In Ontrat avenue street car: Motherly person to fashionably dressed young girl she hud evidently met on board car: "My son has received his honornblo discharge and Is coming home tomor row. 1 had a wire Udny, nayig: 'Take down your hcrvtso lhig. I Hhnll be home tomorrow.' " Kiifchloniiblo girl, reglsterUig sympa thy: "Oh, Isn't Hint splendid 1 lb ho In Franco?" Detroit l''ee 1'roS.s. BOSCHEE'S SYRttP Why use ordinary cough remedies when Uoscheo's Syrup baa been uked fio successfully for llfty-one yenra la all parts of tho United Stutes for coughs, bronchitis, colds rattled In (ho throat, especially lung troubles? It gives the patient a good night's rest, free from coughing, with cany oqk'C, toratlon in Iho morning, gives nature, u chnnco to soothe the lutluinoU parts, throw oft tho disease, helping the pa tient to regain his health. JuiuVi In America and sold for moro than hnlf a century. Adv. Working on the Jury. "And what does "the fair plaintiff In this breach of promise suit ciitl her self?" "An arllsl." "I notice there seems to be a shurp difference of opinion betweeu Urn fair plaintiff and the defendant's) lawyer." "Ves?" "lie keeps referring to her as a 'cabaret 11100)1111110.' " Illriniughum Age-Hot aid. $100 Reward, $10Q Catarrh Is a local dlscuoo irroatly Influ enced by constitutional conditions. , It therefore lo'iulros constitutional treat ment. HALL'S CATAUIUI MI4DICUNH1 Is talcon Internally and acts through th Ulood on the Mucous Surfaces of tho Sys tem. HALL'S CATAKHII MI0UICINE3 destroys the foundation of the dtfficuo, elves tho patient utroimth by lrapravlner the General health and assista natiwo la doing Its worlc, $100 00 for any ciiho of -Catarrh that HALL'S C ATA Una M10DICINE tails to cure. DruRglnts 7Bo. Testimonials frocj. F. J. Cheney & Co., Tolado, Ohio. Had to Admit It. "Mint Is 11 tyrant," declared Mrs. Kliibclub. "Isn't he, John?" "Ueally, my dear, I hardly '' "Is he or Is ho not V" "IIo Ih.' London TH-Illts. Cutlcura Comforto Baby's Skip When red, rough and Itching wltblhot baths of Cutlcuru Soup ami touched of Cutlcura Ointment. Also mako sua now iintl then of that excpilKltoly scent ed dusting powder, Cutlcuru Tdcum, 0110 of the Indispensable Cutlcura Toilet Trio. Adv. Hlo Wife Docs. "Do .miii think 11 woman nhould get 11 man's wages?" "Well, my wife gets mine," replied Ilcnpeek sadly. ,.?isi,ooo,wjo,ooo ias,ooo,ouo,(K jts, 409,000,000 ..$ 71,000,000,000 110,000,000 000 I,1C5,000,000 .. 31,000,000.000 25,000,000,000 3,933,000,000 Total 10'..000,000,OW t,000.000,000 3,lCO,O0O.0O0 Swiss bankers, who from (heir neutral vantage point hnvo watched 2 nations spend money on a scale hitherto unknown, have estimated tho an nual cost as follows for the 1,507 cltiyn tho world was plunged In war: 1911 rJir. 1913 inn 1314 Total ..JIO.000,000,000 .. 20.000,000,000 .. 3S,COO.O00,000 .. eo.000,000,000 t, 87.000,tXX),CJOO S,COO,000,WO Tho figures used In this discussion, both refer j lug to blood nr.d ironside, uro ncciirnto wherever dollnlto figure !tive been iniidu available by the gou'iiiinents Involved. Tho figure for the central powers) are, i.eceswtrlly, eat I muter. To Iceep elenn and liealtl.v tnlec Doctor riorco'H Pleasant Pellets. Tlmy roRUluto Uvor, bowels unit Rtomuch. Adv. ' It is never loo lute to loom, but wo Miiuetlmes learn that too lute. The only substitute for u chunk of wisdom Is u chunk of silence. Don't wait until your cold develops, Spanish Influenza or pneumonia. Kill it quick. CASCARA M QUININE Otondurd cold remedy for 20 yer In tablet (urni safe, ture. no opiate breaks up a cx4 In 24 lioura relieves erip In S iluy. Mccxy back I f It f alia. Die uciiuno brn l.aa u Red top with Mr. lilU'a picture. At A.l Drug Utorc. - -- 4 I I 1 T.