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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-08
ATTACKED ON THE STREET.
Mrs. HunEerfOrd Frustrated Ly the
Attempt to Run on with Her.

Painfully injured and in a condition
bordering on collapse. the result Of her
having been attacked on the street by
two men, Mrs Mary F. Hungerrord. OF
Biughamton. y. Y, is confined 10 the
home of her sister. Mrs. Ge.rge Van
aiken. in Congress Heights.
on Monday afternoon while walking
along Nichols Avenue. Mrs. Huugerford
noticed "a blackboard containing two men
pass her. but thought nothing OF 30 until
the vehicle pulled up 20 the curb where
she was walking. One ri the men jumped
out. tic grabbed her by the wrists and
without any explanation attempted no
force her into the blackboard She resist
ed. believing that the men were trying
10 Elduap her.
Finally she succeeded in pulling away
from the man, who jumped into the We
hlele and drove rapidly away. In d highly
excited condition, Mrs. Hurrcrford
reached The home of her sister and re-
ported the facts
The police Of the substaJion we're uoti-
fed
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-08
BUSINESS DONE BY
STEEL CORPORATION
FIGURES GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Directors Assemble and Declare the
Usual Quarterly Dividends
October the Hammer
Month

NEW YORK. Jan. S-WaH Street took
a great deal of interest in the meeting
Of the directors OF the United States Steel
Corporation. at which the regular quar-
terly dividends were declared. ! per cent
on common and Ia on preferred. and a
statement was given to the public Of the
corporate rs net earnings for the quar-
ter and iar the nine months Of the cor
pOratiOn existence. The meeting was
held aftel o'clock
Statement Made Public.
Following is the statement of the steel
corporation made public by Chairman T.
II. Gary after the meeting.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-08
Money for Destitute Boers.

There was received during the month
Of December $500 for the destitute Boer
women and children in response 20 the
appeals Of the Rev. Il. ID. Van Brock
hulzen and Mrs Maxwell The money
Nas cabled 10 the Beers a. the end OF the
month Thsre has been received during
the month OF January over S10C
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-08
To Build m American Yacht.

ROME. Jan. S.-The Duke Of AbIuzzi of
Polar exploration fame. viii shortly have
q yacht built in America 20 compete with
that Of Crown Prince Frederick William
Of Germany.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-08
AsHBY HEARING CONTINUED.
Haryc's Funeral TO BE Held in New.
port News Today.

port News Today.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Jan. s.-The
preliminary hearing Of a. AyIett Ashby.
charged with shooting City Engineer Ed
ward A. Narye, who died Monday night.
was continued until next Tuesday. when
IL is stated, the defence viii waive a hear
ing and take the case Immediately be-
fore the grand jury.
Mr. Ashby again furnished bond for
$4,000 He is also under $4,000 bond for
shooting Policeman Woodward
The funeral Of Mr.. Marye will take place
this afternoon at St. PBuTs Episco5aI
Church. The inteTment viii be IN "a local
cemetery
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-08
Buying Machinery.

She came here TO buy machinery for
hydraulic mining and l0-room portable
house, which she will have shipped in
sections to Cape Nome.
she will return to the KIondikc in the
spring.
The baroness is only thirty years old
and is unmarried. having taken her title
from her father. Baron Karl Won TiIse Of
Leipzig. Germany who came to the United
States about twenty-eight years ago. and
resided both in Cincinnati and ST. Louis.
Loved Adventures.
She went to the KIondike. not because
il was necessary for her to make her
own living. but because a love for ad-
venture led her to seek the gold fields.
a fortune was left her by her father
and the first business in which she en-
gagged was speculation in Los Angeles.
she lefl Seattle early in the spring OF
1895 alone, and she has been alone in her
adventures ever since. She Travelled with
out aid, did her own shedding with her
oNn reindeer, shot the swiftest rapids Of
the Yukon and other rivers in Indian
canoes. did her own prospecting. etaked
out her own claims. and then guarded
them against depredations with a rifle
which she knows how to use as well as
the best marksman Of the frontier.
Made "a Fortune.
From the first her fortune has been Of
The best. When she began to pan and TO
dig. she struck gold in enormous guam
titles. and when she left Cape Nome. she
brought with her nearly 500 900 in gold,
which she either PANIED or secured from
digging
She left behind her four claims and has
been offered while here 100000 for half
interest in one OF them.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-08
BACK
FROM ALASKA.
Fair Miner Won Fortune in
the Frozen North.
SHE IS NOW ON VISIT TO CHICAGO.
This Remarkable Woman Led with
in the Arctic Circle Life Hs Adj
vcnturOus a. Any Mans, and More
Successful Than Majority of Men.

CHICAGO. Jan. S.-Baroness Lillian
Won Tilse, a German woman Of noble
birth. who is known as the practical
woman miner. il all of Alaska. is in Chi
cago after an absence OF four years at
Cape Nome, Dawson City. and other
points Of the great Eldorado within the
Arctic Circle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18

In improving and identifying a town
more time and thought should be given
to its approaches. The effect of first
impression is rarely effaced. Travellers
wisely plan their approaches to famous
cities so as to have their beauties flash
at once upon the sight. The foreigner
who sails up New York bay will for
give much of the ugliness he will see
later for the sake of that first view.
The approaches to city or town ought
to be worked out as thOughtfully as
the approaches to a private estate or a
great exposition, and when the time
comes the problem should be put into
the hands Of experts. 1t ought to be
no impossible thing to make the way
in and out Of town or city attractive.
That first impression, so easily formed,
so sensible, is worth propitiating.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18

The past seasons experience has
conclusively shown the cauli1ower
crop to be the most uncertain of any
on Long Island.
There is fair outlook for green peas.
One of the very best apples for ex-
port purposes is the York Imperial.
Iceburg is a very early, tender let
tuce, adapted to sowing in the open
ground.
Let everything in the garden be plant
ed in long rows. The long rows make
it possible for us to do most of the
work with horse.
Onion seed for growing, according tc
the new onion culture. may be sown a,
the close of March.
Peppers may be sown late in March.
Plant peas as soon as the ground car
be worked.
Sow spinach for an early crop.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18
ON THE RIGHT COURSE.
Building Improvements Contemplate
ed by Towns and Cities.

ed by Towns and Cities.
1t is intensely gratifying to find
number of American cities and towns
considering broad plans for improving
their appearance, says the Worcester
Spy. 1t is being realized more and
more that the construction of a good
building here and there does not neces
sarily mean much so far rs the general
aspect of a city is concerned. The mo-
ment, however, that the relations OF
buildings to one another begin to be
considered by any city or town there
is reason to believe that it is on the
right course.
Commissioners have been abroad
from the city of Washington to study
the cities of the old world in order that
they might give to the nations capital
the best possible designs for adding to
its beauty. Cleveland, o., a city whose
residence section is as beautiful as the
business section is ugly, is now con-
sidering a plan for grouping public
buildings, including the federal, mu.
nicipal and library buildings, to form
when the scheme is realized a grand
must be built soon, and very wisely it
is being considered how each building
may best add to the effect of others.
Eventually 4 considerable portion of
Cleveland where the buildings, with
certain exceptions, are old and bad
must be made over, and the present
movement toward harmonious arrange
ment of public buildings, If it is sue.
cessful, may have an effect reaching
further than it's advocates dream.
The Chicago exposition has perhaps
been the most potent influence toward
creating better thought about building
that has ever been felt in this country
The Pan-American exposition at Buffa'
10 is also full of suggestion. What these
expositions will eventually bring about
for American cities and towns is past
comprehension. All Of the American
cities and towns can do much for them
selves when once they think more
broadly upon questions concerning theil
adornment. If it is reprehensible for @
person to be careless about his appear
ance, it is infinitely more so for a city
or town to be Indifferent as to it's ap
pearance.
The next fifty years should be a pc
Rod of rebuilding wherever wrong
principles were followed in the first
place and particularly where no prin
ciple at all was followed. Many may
or may earn distinction by inaugural
ing a wise movement for giving beau
ty to his municipality. The old thai
is good should be spared and honored
The old that is bad should make room
for something better. The thought al
to what the leating cities in this grea
and fertile land may make of them
selves is indeed stirring. The tim'
should not be far distant when Euro
peans coming to these shores must &C
knowledge that we have cities ant
towns that appeal just as strongly t.
the artistic sense as any in their owl
countries
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Onions may be readily transplanted
If growing too thick.
Weeds should not be allowed to grow
or crusts to form around young fruit
trees.
Do not buy any kind Of fruit trees
or plants simply because they are
cheap.
With all transplanting it is important
to see that the soil is we'll filled in
around the roots.
Prune spurs to one developed bud.
for the nearer the old wood the higher
favored the fruit.
A weak solution of poultry droppings
is a wonderful stimulant Of plant
growth. 1t may be used weekly with
good effect.
Only we'll rotted manure should be
applied around the grapevines. Fresh
manure eXcites the growth, but does
not mature IT.
Ounce trees should be mulched as 0
protection against extreme heat anC
cold, as the roots are small and usually
near the surface.
In selecting trees to grow as wind
break 1t is quite an item to have then
of a close growing habit and Of as near
ly perpetual foliage as possible. Plan
double row.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
A DETAIL OF SPRAYING.
An Ingenious Homemade Device For
Agitating the Liquid.

An Ingenious Homemade Device For
Agitatiug the Liquid.
The agitators now in use are far
from perfect or satisfactory, especially
upon long, fat tanks, and unless they
are continually watched unequal dis
semination is likely to result. 1t is not
to be forgotten that the liquid must be
kept in motion throughout the tank. 1t
is not alone necessary that a current be
created near or around the opening into
the pump. For this reason the whirl-
Ing paddle is perhaps the best, espe-
cially if constructed with tilted blades,
something like screw propeller. 1t is
a common practice nowadays to attach
q paddle to the pump handle, so that
the agitation may be maintained with
every stroke of the operator. At first
sight this seems to be a good plan, but
it is really mistake. If the paddle Is
q satisfactory one, the labor to keep it
going will be far too great when added
to that of pumping, and in consequence
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18

Save all the wood ashes and keep
them dry There is nothing better to
use on cucumber. melon and squash
vines. Put them on the hills when
YOU plant and also when the vines are
well up above ground. They act as a
fertilizer, as they furnish potash and
will aid in fighting the bugs that so
often destroy the young plants. Wood
ashes are also valuable in preventing
dry rot among tomatoes. Mixed thor
oughly with the soil before transplant
ing the young tomatoes, they will be
found very good and valuable pre-
ventive Of dry rot.-Farm Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18


the one will interfere with the other.
Therefore it is not best to attempt to
couple the two motions
Paris green, when used alone, is per-
haps the only material which requires
continual agitation, and that, in the
opinion of the writer, is a serious OBJ
lection to it's use, now that lighter
grained poisons have been found which
settle much more slowly and conse-
quently do not need continuous agita-
ton. If we omit paris green from con-
sideration, the liquids now in general
use can be sufficiently stirred at short
intervals, best while the rig is moving
from one tree to another. A separate
ngitating device is therefore preferable.
The operator can do more with the
few vigorous turns he is then able to
give the agitator than is possible when
the motion is dependent on the pump
handle On large, fiat tanks it is prac-
tically impossible to keep up suffl-
Gent pressure and thorough agitation
with the same stroke by hand. Two
or three paddles are necessary, depend
ing, of course, upon the length of the
tank. These can be connected to q
lever on top, a few vigorous strokes of
which, at intervals, will suffice to keep
up very thorough dissemination
through the tank, says a. V. Stuben-
rach of the Illinois station in recent
report dealing with important details
of sDra wing
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
Too Much Indifferent Building In
This Country.

The present condition of American
architecture is not particularly hopeful,
says the Springfield (Mass.) Republic
an There is too much imitation, too
much ostentation, too much Indifferent
and wholesale building. The average
modern house does not represent any
ones taste in particular. 1t is simply
house built in the prevailing mode
with callous Indifference. Before any
improvement can be made there must
be a general stirring up among the
architects, among the public, among
the real estate men and contractors
who do so large proportion Of the
new work AS trained experts the ar
chitects owe it to the public to exert
their influence in every way for the
promotion of taste.
The number of people who are inter
ested in architecture has greatly in
creased in recent years, and surely an
opportunity could be made for some
work of the university extension sort
Perhaps when more enlightened spirit
prevails it will be held that one has nc
more right to offend his neighbOrs by
an architectural monstrosity than by
any other sort of nuisance.
In several European cities plans fol
new houses must pass the censorship
of a commission, and nothing glaringly
out of harmony is tolerated. In some
American cities the height of a new
building is already regulated by mu
nicipal law. In Paris the experiment
has been successfully tried of offerin.
prizes for the best new house in ;
given street or block, and excellent re
suits have been shown.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18
FOR SAN JOSE SCALE.
Kerosene and Whale Oil Soap ms
Used Mt the Maryland station.


Experiences at the Maryland station
are thought to teach the following les
sons in regard to spraying for San Jose
scale:
Perhaps the most important fact de-
veloped relates to the disastrous re-
suits of spraying peach trees with 20
per cent kerosene mixture when they
are perfectly dormant.
A 20 per cent mixture of kerosene
and water thoroughly applied between
the middle or latter part of March and
the blossoming period gave generally
satisfactory results.
The tobacco whale oil soap solutions
are likely to seriously injure the foil
age if used sufficiently strong to de-
stroy the adult scale. A mixture Of
one pound of soap to six gallons of wa
ter and 10 per cent kerosene gave good
results.
Five per cent kerosene has very little
effect on the scale; 10 per cent kills the
young and some adults; 10 per cent
kills the most of the insects; 20 per
cent evidently destroys all the San
| jose Scule Will w ulCll IL COlbOo III NOi-
tact Inasmuch as 20 per cent is eff
fective, there seems to be no necessity
for applying any stronger mixtures.
Five per cent kerosene is not likely
to injure the foliage; 10 per cent may
cause slight injuries to the foliage; 10
per cent and 20 per cent may produce
an increasing amount of injury over
the 10 per cent, but not in proportion
to the increased amount of kerosene
used. Trees that are weak from any
cause are more likely to be injured by
the different proportions Of kerosene
than good, strong trees are.
The danger from kerosene used suf-
ficiently strong to destroy San Jose
scale, applied any time except when
the trees are dormant, is insignificant
in comparison to the danger from the
scale.
Kerosene in 20 per cent mixture
and stronger is much more destructive
to peach trees applied when the spray
will freeze to the trees than when the
weather is warmer.
Practically the same results are Cd
tanned when kerosene was applied dur
ing cloudy weather as when applied II
bright sunny weather.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18
DWARF TOMATOES.
Merits and METHOD of Forcing Under
GIass-Narieties Tested.

Merits and Method of Forcing Under
GIass-Vnrieties Tested.
Dwarf tomatoes when trained to one
stem are believed to have great merit
as a greenhouse crop.
The requisites for forcing dwarf to-
matoes under glass are practically the
same as for the tall growing varieties
a night temperature of not less than
60 degrees, with 70 degrees or more
during the day. The soil should never
get very dry, and the house, as gen
eral thing, should be kept moist
The house adapted for forcing dwarf
have considerable space overhead, rang
ing about eight feet.
Almost any good fertile greenhouse
soil is good for dwarf tomatoes. Add
LIQUID manure as the plants continue
to bear.
From data at hand the dwarfs come
to maturity fully as early as the tall
growing or standard tomatoes and on
account of their dwarf habit continue
in bearing for much longer period,
with equal productiveness, before
reaching the glass.
All three varieties tested did well.
Named in order of prOductiveness in
the test. they were as follows: La
Cross Seeding. Dwarf Champion and
Golden Dwarf Champion.
rather stiff trellis, like that made
from narrow board strips, is believed
to be preferable to cord or string trellis
for training the dwarf tomatoes
Hand polination is thought neces
sary for best results. The new method
adopted by which the corola and sta
mems are removed and used to polli
nate directly is believed to save mucl
time and simplify the work of hand
pollination.
Where tall growing varieties OF to
matoes like the Lorilard, can be made
success dwarf tomatoes under SINH
lar conditions and trained to one stem
we believe. will be found much NOR,
productive, area for area, and henc
more profitable, when time is taken in
to consideration - +. William Rane
New Hampshire.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18
He KEPT HIS LEG,

Twelve years ago j. w. Sullivan OF
Hartford, Conn, scratched his leg With
rusty wire. Inflammation and blood
poisoning set in. For two years he
suffered intensely. Then the best doctors
urged amputatiOn, but" he writes, Il
used one bottle of Electric Bitters and
l-2 boxes of BucKlen's Arnica Salve
and nv leg was sound and well as ever
For Eruptions, Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheum, Sores and all blood disorders
Electric Bitters has no rival on earth.
Try them. DR.. w. II. Sheldon will
guarantee satisfaction or refund money
Only 80 cents.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18
CURIOSlTIES OF MICA.
It's Appearance Before 1t Is Split
Into Sheets.


The mica as it comes from the mines
is in blocks which are theoretically
short rhombic prisms, but practically
are scarcely recognizable as such, hav-
ing a very rough and uneven contour.
They have very perfect cleavage
parallel to the base and may be split
into lamin@ thinner than the thinnest
tissue paper, and these laminR form
the familiar transparent stove panes
and lamp chimneys. The exterior por-
tons of these blocks are Opaque, brittle
and worthless, presumably from the
penetration of water for mica soon
decomposcs when exposed to any con-
siderable weathering. A thick layer
of plates has therefore to be removed
from either face of the blocks before
any mica of commercial size or value
is reached, and the sheets split from
the remainder are surrounded by a
wide margin of worthless material.
But the difficulties and losses of
mica mining are far from being all
enumerated. Even when occurring in
blocks of commercial size it Is rem.
dered valueless or comparatively so,
by one or more of q series of defects,
which may be cassed as color, specks,
ruling, ribbing and wedge formation.
1t sometimes occurs literally pied with
black dots. consisting in general of
black oxide of iron or garnet, and
when even a few of these are present
it's commercial value Is destroyed, be-
cause such mica when used as an inSu-
lator is peculiarly liable to puncture
the specks forming practically short
circuits for the electric current. The
same is true of streaks, which are
sometimes turned to red rust.
Some otherwise excellent mica is
found to be ruled or cut, as it were
with series Of perfectly straight
lines, parallel to one side Of the crys
tai, so that on being split the mica
falls Immediately into strips; or, again
instead Of being striped or ruled, the
mica is often deeply ribbed or CORFU
gated parallel to the adjacent edges OF
the crystal, SO as to give the appear
ance of the letter A, or, rather, V
whence it is termed "a mica" AS thu
ribbed portion has to be cut away IL
the sheet, such mica is Improbable
unless the blocks be large. Wedge
mica is that in which the block ii
thicker at one end than the other, thu
lamine partaking in the unevenness
Such blocks are wholly worthless ex
cept as scrap.-Engineering Magazine
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18
why Not Fitch the Garden TOolsf

1t is very frequent source or an
noyance in the country and suburbs to
find that spades and other garden I'M
Elements get lost, either because they
are mislaid and, bearing no name, can
not be returned to their owners or on
account of the action of unscrupulous
persons. This, of course, could easily
be avoided and often is by stamping
the name Of the owner on the article,
but unless an iron brand is possessed
it is difficult to do this on the wood
work. Cutting the initials is long
and unsatisfactory process. Under these
circumstances, therefore, one is sur
prised that the name is not more FREE
0uently put on the metal part, as, Tor
instance, at the back on the upper part
Of the spade itself. This could easily be
done by spreading beeswaX over the
metal. scratching through the initials
and pouring nitric acid into the mold
so made. The thicker the beeswaX, and
consequently the more nitric aclo
which can be left on, the greater the
depth of the etching.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18

More than a dozen towns in southern
Michigan formed local improvement
committees last year, with the result
that there was more painting, repair
ing and general fixing up in one season
than for five years before. When two
or three enterprising citizens lead Off
in these matters the rest of the town.
folk generally follow. and the result is
q vast improvement.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-18

One writer in Rural New Yorker
claims that by dishorning his calves
with caustic potash and using a dis
horned bull for ten years past he has
found the quality of his herd, high
grade Jersey, to have deteriorated very
much. and the poorest ones are those
that have been dishOrned and are from
dishorned stock on both sides.