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The courier-index., 1918-03-01

eookiup There we're a few colo
DAYS but they we're very few. MOST
of the time the air was warm ana
springIike. February was not coiq.
Some DAYS were colder than IN Janus
airy. but the weather was about the
same March from the first 10 tne
sixth was inclined to be WINDY ~
came in like small ion and Went
OUT ike very innocent sheep.
April came in warm but as the
DAYS grew Longer. the air became
colder, and by the first OF May there
was a temperature like that OF winter
with plenty Of snow and ice In
Nav the young buds were frozen ana
dead. ice formed half an inch thick
on ponds and rivers, corn was killed
and the corn fields were planted
again and again. until it became 100
late to raise crop. BY the last OF
Nav in this climate the trees are
usually in leaf and the birds ana
flowers are plentiful. When the last
of Nav arrived in 1916 everything
had been l1lled by the cold
June was the coolest month roses
ever experienced in this latitude
Frost and ice were as common as
puttercups usually are. Almost ev-
cry green thing was killed; all frelt
was destroyed Snow fell ten lnches
deep in Vermont There was seven
inch iall IN the interior of New YORK
state and the same in Massachusetts
There were only few moderately
warm days Everybody looked, long
ed and waited for warm weather
but warm weather did not come.
1t was also dry. Very little rain
fell All summer long the wind blew
steadily from the north in blasts,
laden with SNOW and ice. Mothers
knit socks of double thickness for
their children and made thick NIT
tens. Planting and shivering we're
done together and the farmers who
worked out their taxes on the country
roads wore overcoats and mittens
A farmer near TewKSbury, VT,
owned a large field of corn. He
built fires. Nearly every night he
and his men took turns keeping the
fires and Watching that the corn did
not freeze. The farmer was reward
ed for his tireless labOrs by having
the only crop of corn in the region.
July came in with snow and ice.
On the Fourth of July ice as thick
as window glass formed throughout
New England, New York. and in
some parts of Pennsylvania. indian
corn. which in some parts of the.
east had struggled through May and
June gave up, froze and died.
To the surprise of everybody AUG
ust proved the worst month of all.
Almost every green thing in this
country and Europe was blasted with
frost. SnuW fell at Barnet. 30 miles
from London, England. on August 20.
Newspapers received stated that 1916
would be remembered by the exist
ing generation as the year in which
The courier-index., 1918-03-01
MERIcINE VS.. FOOD

Do not buy something which you
already have You have food which
you feed your horses. cattle and
sheep, but when you want medicine,
buy only medicine. That IS what you
get in b. A. Thomass Stock Remedy.
We sell it and guarantee it to be
medicine. We tell you that ii will
tone up the entire system of your
stock and aid digestion, thereby
causing them to get all the food
value out of the grain that you feed
them. For sale by NJ. d. Daggett. "tf
The courier-index., 1918-03-01

which are well adapted to withsu1
mold and rot and which are \
weevil-resistant. IL is the belief
men at the Experiment Station y
such varieties, we'll adapted to Y
ansas conditions, may be deyelOF1
from strains grown by farmers 4
have given particular attention
the selection of their seed for Z
years. At this time the experlua
station wishes merely the names
farmers who have varieties WI
they consider particularly dep
able. Later In the season the
pound samples of varieties WI
requested.
The courier-index., 1918-03-01
ASK FARMERS FOR BEST
STRAINS OF NATIVE CORN

Fayetteville, Ark. Feb 26.-Farm-
ers in southern and central Arkan-
sas who have dependable native var
ieties of corn are urged to send their
names and description of the var
iety TO the Agricultural Experiment
Station of the University of Arkan-
sas. The Experiment Station is try
ing to find native strains OF corn
The courier-index., 1918-03-01

diaries for years, and it is from the
pages of an old diary. begun in 1910
and kept. unbroken until 1910 that
the following information regarding
this year ithout summer has been
taken:
January was so mild that most
persons allowed their fires to go out
and did not burn wood except for
The courier-index., 1918-03-01
SURGEONS agree that in cases of

SURGEONS agree that in cases OF
cuts. burns, bruises and wounds, the
FIRST TREATMENT is most import
ant When an efficient antiseptic is
applied promptly there is. no danger
of infection and the wound begins
TO heal at once. For use on man
or beast. BOROZONE is the ideal
antiseptic and healing agent Buy
it now and be ready for an emer-
gency Price Csc. soc, 81 and $50.
Sold by Harrington Bros. $50
The courier-index., 1918-03-01
ALL YOUNG MEN TO BE
TAUGHT FOOD ECONOMY

Fayetteville, Ark, Feb. 26.-At the
request of the federal food admins
tration a course in food economy viii
be offered by the department of
home economics of the University of
Arkansas to all young women in
school The object of the course will
be to familiarize the young women
with the fundamental principles of
conservation. The outline for each
lesson win be sent from Washington.
No credit toward degree will be
given for the course.
The courier-index., 1918-03-01

there was no summer. There was
great privation, and thousands of
persons would have persisted in this
country had it not been for the
abundance of fish and game.-Dan.
bury Comm News
The courier-index., 1918-03-01
NO SUMMER THAT YEAR
SNOW AND ICE ALL OF 1916

The year 1916 was known through
out the United States and Europe as
the coolest ever experienced by any
person then living. There are per-
sons in Northern New York who
have been in the habit of keeping
The courier-index., 1918-03-01

Heartburn, indigestion or disu
OF the stomach is instantly rene
by HERBINE. 1t forces the =
digested food out of the BODY
restores tone in the stomaen
bowels. Price soc. Sold by nam
ton Bros
The courier-index., 1918-03-01

federal law makes tho nisuse of
the name or emblem of the Ameri.
can Red Cross misdemeanor and
provides a penalty of $500 and inn
prisonment for one year.
The courier-index., 1918-03-01
40 U. OF A. STUDENTS
NOW IN v. S. SERVICE

Fayetteville, Ark. Feb 26-The
list of names of students and former
students of the University of Arkan-
sas who have entered the military
and naval service of the United
States government has now grown TO
40 Additional names are coming
in daily. representing new enlistments
as well as newly discovered names of
those who have been in the service
for some time University officials
are preparing at an early date to
raise service flag or to erect some
other substantial testimonial for
those who have entered the service.
Lame back may come from over
work. cold settled in the muscles of
theback or from disease. In the
two former cases the right remedy is
BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. II
should be rubbed in thoroughly over
the affected part, the relief will be
prompt and satisfactory. Price csc,
soc and 81 per bottle Sold by Har-
rington Bros. $50
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17
LENS MINES RUINED
hats are Found Flooded, Operating
Plants Destroyed. and 10000
Houses in Town Leveled.

Paris. Oct. lit will be from is
months to two years before it viii be-
come possible TO take out any coal
from the mines in the Lens region.
which the Germans damaged to the
best of their ability before they re-
tired from the city, an inspection OF
the mining properties has revealed.
]. is estimated that it will take five
years to restore the normal produc-
ton Of the pits.
The inspection was made by Albert
Lebrun, minister Of blockade, and
Louis Loucheur, minister of munitions,
with M. Perier and M. Basly, chair
man and vice chairman respectively,
of the committee on s.mines of the
!: Chamber Of Deputies. They visited
Liens itself and the adjoining mining
towns of sallumines and Ii gin.
The, found the mines flooded in these
loealities.ands although !: every possible
measure is under. way to restore The
operating plants, by the State, it will
oe two years. it. is estimated, before
the mines can be cleared of water.
The mining plants have been systema-
t;cally destroyed, the destructive pro-
cess having been carried to the; most
extreme limits. I: II =:
At Courrieres, northeast of Lens,
the Germans had blown up the mines
before retiring. 'of the 10000 houses
in Lens, the visitors found not one
left standing, the town having been
completely RACED.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17
:BoCHEs ABUSE TRUST
Hass, Placed at Work on Farms, A
tack Women and Young Girls

tack Women and Young Girls
London, Oct. Herman prisoners
of war in England enjoy treatment in
marked contrast to that of British
prisoners in Hunland.
That they are happy in their en-
forced surroundings is apparent in
me joyous, jaunty air with which they
go about their work. But the freedom
which they are allowed is not alto
eether pleasing to British citizens.
Moreover, Hun character will come
the surface and tales of Entertainment
of women and children by these pris-
cners Of war are many.
Agricultural camps have been es-
tablished at various points in England
end more than $4,000 German prison
srs are quartered in these camps and
esanayed in agriculture. X
y Hundreds Of ,thean are living among
NE iAstsers, personal re
spoaaashty ser tss prisoners they
hoard. Net more than three are board
ed sg say ohe farmer; andi,ths sse, are
tsassas N ease there is objection III
susE gAborhosd. Few Prussians are
thus iArmsd out. ;
At Dannow German working I'M
guarded in field leaped over hedge
and forced the driver of bakers
cart to sell loaves to him.
Near Swindon four Huns were ar
rested $or an assault on girl Of 16.
IN Cheshire, where nearly thou
sand are at work, nearly 200 are taken
vut daily by % guards, armed with
canes, wAo distributs them among &c
farms within three mites of the camp
as . post,nan distributes the mail.
They are collected and returned to
camp in the evening.
Regulations for these prisoners re-
qaire that they be given three meals
daily of as liberal proportions as givek
ordinary farm labor. When boarded
by the farmers they. are permitted to
go to church if accompanied by their
employers.
Residents Of one Surrey community
were angered By the sight of Ger
man prisoner in neat dark blue uni
fern riding into a village on horse
back with a debonair air while be-
hind him on foo. traiicd a Tommy de-
tailed to guard him, hot and perspir-
ing from the pace set by his mounted
prisoner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17
of wilful and voluntary, VIRGINIA.

tie grounds of wilful and voluntary
Jesertion and abandonment for more
than three years prior to the instltu-
ton of this suit, and for general re-
lief.
It appearing by IN affidavit filed IN
this cause that the defendant Lena
Mae Nownes is g non resident OF this
State: It is ordered, That said de-
fcndant appear here within fifteen
days after due publication OF this or
der, and 90 what is necessary to o-o-
.tect his interest in this suit.
A Copy sTeste
Robinson -Moneure.P.Qs,
+ Newell s.. Greenaway, Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17
LEGAL NOTICES

VIRGINIA
In the Clerks Office of the Corpora
ticn Court of the City Of Alexandria,
en- the 18th day of October, 1915.
I. Ann Alexander VS.. Joseph N. Alex
ander.
Memo. The object of this suit is to
obtain decree granting to the COM
plainant an absolute. divorce from the
defendant, on. the grounds of wilful
desertion and abandonment for
period of more than three years prior
to the institution of this suit, and for.
general relief.
It appearing by an affidavit filed in
this cause that the defendant Joseph
=. Alexander is nonresident of this
State It is Ordered, That said defend
ant appear here within fifteen days
after due publication of this order,
and do what is necessary to protect
his interest in this suit.
Thomas M. Watson, P. @.
A Copy-Teste
i Newell S. Greenaway, Clerk.
L4o-4W. .Is;-s1 60
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17

Yout'Bey IS Sacrificing, q, perhaps, las j
Ssuhcel, His Life Over There. Are
Ysa DOING YOUR RARTsOver Here.
BIZ Another BOND Before Saturday
Nisht. Our Country is Calling.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17

This State: It is Ordered, That said
defendant appear here within fifteen
DAYS after due publication Of this or
Ger and do what is necessary to pro-
tect her interest in this suit.
A Copy-Teste
Newell S. Greenaway, Clerk
Edmund Hill, Jr. P.fQ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17

CASH FOR OLD FALSE TEETH,
Don't mattersif Broken. pay $500
to $500 per set, also cash for old
gold, silver, platinum, dental gold
and old gold jewelry. ,ssh
7 cash by return mail and will hold
good ten days for sender's approval
! of my price. Mail to L. Mazer' 2oof
So. 5th ST., Phila., Pa.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17

Scores Of leaders in the worlds ac-
.i.ities are endorsing CHIROPRAC-
nc as the efficient lrugless, common
sense way to health.
Have your nerve force restored to VI
cor and your: whole system revived
rccharge with new score of energy
so that, the. old time endurance, the
cid times capacity to, accomplish, the
old lime health will reI1rr.
s Investigation costs nothing, and
may mean health to you.
DR.. Boucher,
ChiropracIor
Mon, We'd, Fri, Hours l TO 4 p. m.
724 King st. Alexandria. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17
Corner King and Royal Streets

1913, with interest at six per cent. or
all cash at the option of the purchaser.
Deferred payment to be secured by
deeds of trust. Conveyancing at the
cost of the purchaser.
JOHN M. JOHNSON,
HOWARD w. SMITH,
VIM. P. WOOLLS.
Commissioners of Sale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17

VIRGINIA. aff =
In the Clerk'sSOHce of the Circuit
Court Of the. Sy iaf Alexandria, on
the 9Th day ofvcta5sr, 1879
Roscoe c. Nowhsss, Complainant,
VS.. Lena Mae Nownes. In Chancery.
), Memo. The Object 4ofSthis suit is to
obtain for the complainant an abb
s6ffuse divorce from the defendant on
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-17

VIRGINIA.
In the Clerks Office OF the Corpora
ton Court of the City of alexandria,
On the TIN day of October, 1913.
Roberta L. Smith, Complainant VS..
Bazei M. Smith, Defendant. In Chan
Gerry. &
Memo.
The object of this suit is to obtain
divorce a vinculo matrimonll TOT
the complainant from the defendant
on the ground of desertion, and Tor
special relief.
1t appearing by an affidavit hieo
in this cause that the ae1ehoahy
Bazel M. Smith is a nonresident 81
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Edmund Hill, Jr. P. @.
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nkhwhw
addition tuandA Bank
The Yale expositor., 1918-03-28
Philippine Folklore.

A Philippine folklore tale is some
what akin to the Adam and Eve story.
Lumawig. out of love for his people,
sent an old couple to earth with a new
food for the Igorot tribes. The old
couple on certain day were to ex-
plain its use to the mortals, but the
latter became curious and could not
wait until the appointed time. Two Of
the IgOrots stole the bag I'm which the
new food was hidden. This so an
gered Lumawig that he said the Ig-
OrOts thereafter would have to till
the ground and gain their food by
the sweat of their brows. The new
food was rice. II today is the great
staple Of the people. Rice and sweet
potatoes are the only things they
raise.
The Yale expositor., 1918-03-28
200 AMERICANS FOE PRISONERS
List Includes Men Taken From Cap.
tured Ships.

Washington-An official list of 200
Americans now prisoners in German
camps, has been made public by the
state department.
IL records the death of Charles
Hemphill, shot while attempting to
escape in September, 1917, and the
death of Andrew Campbell Murtroy
an aviator brought down near Pargny
September 80, 1917.
The only American officer in the
list is Lieutenant Harold Willis, New.
ton. Mass, an aviator captured at
Verdun, August IS, 1917. He is in.
termed in Camp Gutersloh. Evidently
Lieutenant Willis was an officer in a
French esquadrille.
The list. reported by the royal Prus.
sian war ministry, and transmitted by
the German government to the state
department through the Spanish EN-.
bassy in Berlin and the Spanish lega.
ton in Berne, contains names of Am.
erican troops captured in trench raids
crews of captured ships and survivors
of captured ships.
The list also includes the names OF
American engineers caught in the Ger
man turning movement at Cambria.
The Yale expositor., 1918-03-28
JAPS OFFER AMERICA SHIPS
Willing to Contribute 10000 Tons IN
Return for Secret Concessions.

Neutrality-suspicious. has offered this
country 10000 tons of shipping in an
effort to reopen the long blockaded
negotiations started last summer by
Viscount Ishii
The fact that the offer was made
was confirmed at the war trade board
II is admitted that in return Japan
seeks certain concessions, just as last
summer she sought steel from Ameri-
ca in return for tonnage. What these
concessions are, officials for the pres
ent will not indicate.
The significance OF the offer, officials
say, lies in the fact that it is made
notwithstanding the sharp disagree
ment of the United States with Japan's
plans for Siberian Intervention.
Viscount Ishii is expected here as
Japanese ambassador within a month.
With his arrival, further efforts to
bring the United States and japan
into closer cooperation are confident
ly expected.
officials. while greeting the offer as
healthy sign Of Japan's desire to
maintain the friendliest relations, new
ertheless made it plain that the offer
would find the United States. backed
by the other Allies, more in mood
to insist that japan be more generous
with her ships.
The Yale expositor., 1918-03-28
NOP0CAHoNTAs COAL FOR STATE
Fuel Administration Bars Soft Coal
From West to Save Long HauIage.

Lansing-Mi Michigan will get no Pc
cahontas coal this year, according to
the official plan of distribution an.
nounced by the federal fuel admins.
traitor at Washington and telegraphed
to State Fuel Administrator Prudden
here.
In the place of Pocahontas, Michi.
gan people are to get coal from In
diana Illinois, Ohio eastern Kentucky
and some districts in West Virginia.
This means, chiefly, that Michigan's
winter will not be smokeless winter.
Pocahontas coal is the smokeless coal
which has been used for years.
Nothing is said about anthracite
coal and while it is expected that the
shipments of this coal will be reduced.
they will not be cut off altogether.
The general effect of the new sys-
tenn of distribution is to restrict east
ern coal to eastern markets and to fill
the vacancy inthe central and western
states with nearby coal produced in
these states.
The Yale expositor., 1918-03-28
Easy to Make Invisible.

Letters written with certain inks
show nothing but blank paper until
the latter is exposed to heat. Thus in
movie play or on the stage a con-
spirator will hold document to the
fire or close TO n candle as preim-
mary to reading the message or in
formation that it carries, yet conceals.
Anybody may make an ink of this
kind by mixing chloride of cobalt with
little gum arabic. 1t should be used
with a quill pen. The writing made
with ii is pink in color, but disappears
when dry. When exposed to heat, how
ever, IL reappears quite legibIy. assum-
ing a green hue.
The Yale expositor., 1918-03-28
London Feels Lines Will Hold.

London-"Serious but not alarming"
sums up the situation by London OF
the news from the western front.
Confidence that the Allied line,
though it may bend, will not break, is
expressed by the newspapers which
are unanimously hopeful of the out
come of the desperate fighting be-
tween the British and Germans.
Papers dwell on the accuracy of the
British intelligence service in divin-
ing the enemy's intentions and in
foreseeing the points and time of at
tack.
Battles on the western front are
only beginning and the newspapers
think that the assault on the Cam
brai front, which probably was chosen
because undulating land in this region
usually RECEIVERS from the effects of
winter some weeks earlier than on the
Franco-Belgian frontier, may not rep
resent the main and ultimate feature
of the enemy's offensive.
1t is felt that there may yet be a
sudden attack elsewhere, but there is
no doubt of the ability of British
troops to hold the enemy just as they
barred the road to Ypres.
1t is pointed out that in battles OF
such dimensions the attacking forces,
by the employment of troops regard
less of sacrifices, are nearly always
enabled to force first line positions.
The Yale expositor., 1918-03-28
CIVIL WAR EVER GOING ON
Two Classes of Germs In the Human
Body That Are Constantly En-
gagged in Strife.

Our bodies always contain the two
classes of microbes or germs-the be-
nevolent and the malevolent-and the
processes of life, from the cradle to
the grave, consist of constant con-
| fiict between these two classes, DR.. w.
III. Vail writes in the Christian Herald
When the benevolent germs are in the
ascendency we are well and everything
prospers; but when the malevolent mi
crobes have the upper hand we are
miserable and everything puts on
jaundiced hues. This cOncretely de-
scribes our condition from day to day.
Again, we must not forget that as long
as we maintain our health up to, or
near, what we call par, we are immune
TO the ravages or inroads of the germs
which cause disease and deaths,
whether through the processes of fe-
verS or iniiammations, or both. We
know that not over half of the people
who swallow the germs of typhoid fe-
yer suffer from the fever, and the in
terence is that those who fail to con-
tract the disease, in spite of having
swallowed the microbes, were immune
from the fact that they were enjoying
state of health that enabled them to
throw Off the poison instead of allow
ing IL to remain in the system and,
through the process of fermentation,
TO develop the fever. To the end that
we may maintain this condition of
Immunity, it Is of the utmost impor-
lance that we should eat only such
food as shall be readily assimilated
and masticate thoroughly what we eat,
remembering that every atom of food
that is placed in the stomach, not I'm
condition to be readily assimilated,
lowers the system below par just to
that extent and renders il subject to
the inr0ads of whatever poisonous
germs may gain an entrance into the
system, whether with our food or
through the air we breathe. Live in
the fresh air as much as possible.
Lastly, do not worry, for worry is one
Of the insidious causes of fever.
The Yale expositor., 1918-03-28

Washington-The British-American
and Canadian-American draft treaties
we're returned to the state department
by the senate at the request of Presi-
dent Wilson, for certain changes be-
fore ratification. Amendments have
been agreed upon by the governments
which will exempt Irishmen and Aus
tralians in this country from draft by
providing that the provisions OF the
treaties shall not apply to men not
subject to CONSUMPTION in their own
countries.
The Yale expositor., 1918-03-28
Figures Show Sugar Supplies.

Commercial sugar stocks on hand
August 81, 1917, totaled about 1,5OO,-
100000 pounds, compared to 2,500,000,-
600 on the same date in 1916, accord
ing to the first war emergency food
survey figures which have been issued
by the United States department of
agriculture. Large decreases were re-
ported by millers and refiners and by
storage warehouses although stocks In
the hands of wholesale grocers and all
large users of sugar showed increases
in 1917.