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New-York tribune., 1907-10-25
REBUKE FOR EXCITED DEP0sIToR.

This hystera the part of depostors is nom
sensicaI There is need OF getting excited. The
depositors themselves are helping 10 push banks
to the wall by crowding in for their deposits"
This was part of the lecture given yesterday to
Max Axelrod, OF No. 523 East 1+6th street by Mag
istrate Crane In the Harlem police court. Patrol
man Kuntz testified that Alexrod a depostor. had
created great excitement and attracted crowd
al the Empire City Savings Bank by his loud
taking which he refused to stop The prisoner
was discharged
New-York tribune., 1907-10-25
STOCKS WEAK IN PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia, Oct A-The Philadelphia stock mar
ket became weak this afternoon when prices the
New York Exchange broke. Several stocks
touched the lowest point in years. United Gas Inn
provement fell from y Sc. Cambria Steel from
% TO -. Lehgh Valley from 81 to 49, and other
stocks lost point There a rally be-
fore the close United Gas Improvement going to Is
sna C3Inbris Steel to 2aA-
New-York tribune., 1907-10-25
MORGAN STAYS STOCKS.
Continued from first page.

ferred in United States Cast Iron Pipe pre-
ferred Ga in Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke, 11&
in United States Leather preferred. AS in Rock
Island preferred. a in st. Louis & Southwest
preferred
BIG LOSSES IN VALUES.
The following table shows the high prices for
the year. the low prices touched yesterday and
the losses in the years steady decline:
New-York tribune., 1907-10-25
OPENING NEW ACCOUNTS.

All dav Yesterday the Van Norden Trust Com
many at Fifth avenue and 60th street, and
Nineteenth Ward Bank, were busy opening new
accounts from people impressed the officials say.
by the unusually large cash reserves carried by
A-ath institutions
New-York tribune., 1907-10-25

y boy in a ripped suit is an un-
pleasant vision.
The works the thing that gives
exclusive character to our boys
clothes, indeed such costly work in
boys clothes is almost exclusive
with us.
Exclusive fabrics often, though to
give the widest possible variety we
also use in boys suits many small
quantities of all-wool cloths bought
in the open market.
Bows Norfolk and double-breasted
suits, $3.50 to $3.50.
ROGERS. PEET & COMPANY.
Three Broadway Stores.
25S S42 1860
opposite near opposts
City Hall. Union Square. Greeley Square.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-25
ATTACHMENT AGAINST NEWPORT MAN

An attachment for s247ls has been granted bv
Justice Mccall. in the Supreme Court against
property of Hiram Birmingham. a dealer in an
tioues at Newport, r. l., in favor OF Shoemaker
rates & Co. stock brokers. balance due on stool
transactions between June "a, 1906. and March
a. 1907.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-25

The Southern Steel Company was long OF assets
and short of cash" according to one OF the direc-
tors in this city He said that owing to the pres
ent condition OF the money market the company
was unable to obtain funds with which 10 meet It's
bills and accounts. and yesterdays action was taken
to secure the creditors
The Southern Steel Company was Incorporated IN
Alabama on December s. 1905. and has author
zed capital stock of S25 100000. consisting of s15
600 600 common and s1O.OOO.OOO per cent cumula-
tive preferred stock II controls the Alabama Steel
and Wire Company. of Gadsden Ala. and the I'm
derwood Coal and Iron Company. of Blount County.
In September. 1906. IT bought the entire capital
stocks of the Lacey-Buek Iron Company. of Ala
bama and the Chattanooga Iron Company OF Ten
nessee and In October of the year purchased
the Georgia Coal and Iron Company
The New York directors of the company are
Moses Taylor (president). r. B. Van Cortlandt
Oakleigh Thorne and Charles p. Perrin.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-25
ASK FOR RECEIVERS.
Petition Filed by Creditors of South
ern Steel COmpany

Birmingham. Ala. Oct. 24.-An involuntary
petition in bankruptcy filed in the federal
court this afternoon against the Southern Steel
Company. capitalized at $25,OOO.O0O. The cred
itors seeking the bankruptcy order are the Bir-
mingham Coal and Iron Company, the Sayre
Mining and Manufacturing Company and the
Cahaba Coal Company.
The Southern Steel Company owns big steel
plant at Gadsden, steel rod. wire and nail mills
at Ensley coal mines at Altoona and Virginia
City and ore mines throughout the Birmingham
district. as we'll coke ovens and other prop
critics. Moses Taylor. OF New York, is president.
and Z. T. Schuler. of Birmingham. is vice-presl-
dent and general manager.
The petition alleges that the company COM
mtted an act OF bankruptcy IN acknowledging
In writing its inability TO pay its debts Il ts
also averred in the petition that the defendant
company has been insolvent for six months The
petition asks that 1t be adjudged a bankrupt
and that receivers be appointed.
The filing Of the petition no surprise in
financial and industrial circles here. Some such
action has been expected for some time though
It was rumored as late yesterday that the
company was about TO reOrganize.
Vice President Schuler said this afternoon that
his company is "abundantly solvent, and II the
creditors patient and will cooperate with
us all debts of the company will be paid and the
company put back on its feet"
Mr. Schuler said also that the operation OF the
plants will go or uninterruptedly. He attrib-
uted the financial embarrassment OF his COM
pany 10 the tight money market in the East and
TO other causes.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-25

affairs in such shape as to make failure ir
possible.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
WISCONSIN SOLONS.
Insurance Bills Pass House.

During long fight the majority of the
lower house of the Legislature forced
through six of the bills that the insrIr-
ance companies have been opposing vigor-
ously. The insurance companies will try
to modify or kill the bills in the Senate.
One of the bills requires all life insur-
ance policies to be valued annually. &C
cordins to the expense charges assumed,
the table of mortality and the rate of
interest. Another provides for a form
of policy which shall be approved by the
State commissioner of insurance and con-
tain provisions allowing the insured to
surrender his policy on years notice
and receive the full amount of the de-
post, get loan of so per cent of the
deposit or have his policy carried after
default on premium of interest until the
reserve has been exhausted. Still another
limits the expense chargeable to a policy
In Its first year to one-third of the net
premium. A fourth bill prohibits bonuses,
prizes and rewards or additional compen-
sation of any kind other than provided
by the expense limitation. fifth pro-
vldes that no Wisconsin company shall
pay any of its officers or employees more
than $4,000 a year. The sixth requires
the ascertainment and apportionment of
deferred dividend surplus and reports
thereon to policy holders The Assembly
killed bill providing for the repayment
OF retaliatory taxes to the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
CutwOrns.

AS the cutwOrm seems to work most
ly during nights that are COOL ceasing
TO do much harm after the nights be-
come warm, many methods for destroy
ing them have been suggested. 1t has
long been known that sod land, or land
recently disturbed, contains more cut
worms than land that has previously
been cultivated and kept clean, as the
moth deposits her eggs where instinct
prompts her to provide an abundance
of food, the moths working from June
until October in accumulations of rub
bish or on fields covered with heavy
sod, but not in the ground, as the young
worms feed on vegetation, going down
into the ground at the approach of win
ter. where they remain to begin work
early in the spring, reaching maturity
in a short time. An excellent plan is
to pillow the ground, leaving the land
rough. late in the season, which turns
many worms to the surface, where they
are destroyed by the alternate thawing
and freezing of the ground, especially
if the soil is damp. Early in the
spring, just before the frost leaves, the
ground should be plowed again, which
will cause the destruction of more of
them. In both cases the birds destroy
a large number. During the summer it
will be of advantage to keep the ground
clear of weeds or heaps of refuse, and
do not destroy the moles, as they sub
sist on cutworms. If given an oppor-
tunity to do SO. the mole will prove it
self TO be one of the most useful friends
Of the farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04

Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln has presented
to Iowa Wesleyan University the man.
sion of her late father in Mount Pleas
ant. Iowa. to be used as the home Of
the president of the university.
Mime Melba announces that the de-
mands for her autograph are so num-
erous that she Will henceforth only sell
them for half crown a piece (G2
cents), donating the receipts to charity.
The English wife of Chinese ma
riciau" summoned him for desertion.
He explained that she had grown so
stout that it was now impossible for
him to perform his trick of turning her
into q duck.
Mrs. Ella Fellman, of Sioux City,
iowa. decided to go to the high school
with her son just to prove to him that
the work might be more interesting
than he thought it to be. She keeps up
with him and hires some one to do her
homework while she is taking the
course.
The wife of President Zelaya, of
Nicaragua, has endeared herself to the
Nicaraguan army through her services
as the head of the Red Cross in the
recent. battles. She rode over 80 miles
to reach the scene of battle.
There are 5000 librarians in the
country and most Of them are women,
the work, however, varying much. In
the South especially the best type of
women are seeking places in the Ii
braries and one sees in this section
young girls, while in New England most
of the librarians are older.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
Puck.

In the very commendable effort to
change things around a bit and give
the house a new look at houseclean-
ing time, it is just as well to be
little careful in the matter of placing
the piano. 4 refreshingly new and
changed appearance may be given to
a room by having the piano in another
corner for a change, but if that cor
her is near a window or close to a
register the scheme had better be aban-
doned. A piano is extremely sensitive
to cold, heat or dampness. 1t is great
mistake to put it too near to the fire
or radiator, because the heat is apt
to affect the delcately constructed
sounding board and interfere with the
tone of the piano. A piano which
stands by an open window on a rainy
day is almost sure to be damaged. The
dampness rusts the wires and other
wise affects the interior.
When disposing of the bric-a-brac
COON do not save large share of it
for the top of the piano. rather let the
instrument be unincumbered by books
anu ornaments so that the purity Of
the tone will not be interfered with.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
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value depending upon the kind Of crop
and the capacity of the soil. Among
the other green crops that are seldom
used may be mentioned corn, millet,
turnips rape, sorghum, soy beans, etc,
but the crimson clover and COW pea
crops are preferred. 1t is claimed that
turnips, by reason of their deep, pene-
trating roots, appropriate large pro-
portion of the mineral elements of the
SubSoil, which are brought to the sur
face when they are plowed under, thus
following COW peas as an aid, increas-
ing the amount of available mineral
matter, especially phosphates, but the
nitrogen from the cow peas is clear
gain to the farmer. being derived from
the atmosphere, while the mineral mat
ter is taken from the lower portions
of the lands and brought within his
reach. Any method, however, that rem
ders the plant foods in the soil more
available should be adopted. Green
foods perform valuable service in as
sisting to increase the supply of humus
which enables the soil to retain mois-
ture
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
SpeciaI Fodder CrOps.

A fodder crop of corn may be grown
independently of the regular corn crop.
Careful experiments made show that
the fodder crop produced with the ears
is more valuable than may be sup
posed, and that larger proportion Of
the fodder would be consumed if it
could be properly cared for, so as to
be kept in bright condition. If hay
was treated in the same manner as fod-
der it would be rejected, but even in
the condition in which fodder is given
to stock they accept and consume
fair quantity of it. Farmers who have
been careful with their fodder have
found that when it was cut up fine
with the feed cutter and fed in connec-
ton with ground oats, bran or other
grain, not only cattle, but horses, have
been brought safely through the win
ter in good condition, and at less cost
than with any other kinds of food. 1t
is a willful waste of labor to carefully
shock the fodder and then leave it, for,
even if not destroyed by winds and
rains in the field it is so deteriorated
in quality as to be unacceptable to
stock. Corn fodder can be made to
assist the hay as food, but the point
to observe, and which is shown by all
experienced farmers, is that corn fod-
der must be bright. Of course, when
cut down in the field it must be done
at the DrODer stage of growth so as to
have the stalk as succulent as possible,
and as soon as the ears are removed
the fodder should be put under shelter.
1t is too bulky a crop to put in the
barn, but, overlooking that point, more
care should be used in shocking it.
With the shredder or ensilage cutter a
large portion can be prepared, and
made ready for use, and it will not
heat if the fodder is we'll cured but
one method is to have cheap sheds,
under which the stalks can be stored,
being packed in a manner to permit
of a free circulation Of air. It may be
contended that it will cost too much
TO store under shelter, and that the
corn can be fed more economically by
throwing it into the barnyard. 1t will
be better, however (if the corn is to
be used in such manner) to make a
change and shred all the stalks before
throwing them into the barnyard, as
they will then be serviceable for bed
ding. 4,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04

The Assembly has concurred in the
child labor bill. 1t prohibits the employ
ment of children under Il years of age
at any gainful occupation during school
months, and requires those between IL
and 16 years to have a special permit
from judge or factory inspector to en-
gage in any such work. No child under
16 years can be permitted to work over
ten hours day or flfty-five hours week;
nor can any under that age be employed
at any time in places where liquor or
tobacco is sold or dangerous machinery
used or in a theater or to operate an
elevator. The penalty ranges from 6ne
of S25 to 500 or Imprisonment in Jail
for not TO exceed thirty days, or both fine
and Imprisonment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04

Over ON the West Side prosperous
merchant engaged in the bOttling in
dustry makes a speciality of employing
deaf mutes in his establishment. These
silent hands are reported to be more
industrious thar is usually the expert
ence with unaffected labor. On an ay-
erage, the deaf mute bother earns high
er wages than his fellow workman, and
he is generally more economical than
the latter. Both in perceptiYe and re-
ceptfve faculties the deaf mutes are
said to excel as compared with those
not so handicapped. In point Of So
briefly, the non-hearing, non-speaking
brother is reputed to set an enviable
xamDle.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04

Recipe for making harness oil: Take
two quarts of fish-oil, two pounds of
mutton tallow, one pint of castor oil,
one-quarter pound of ivory black, one
half pound of beeswaX, four ounces of
resin, one ounce of Burgundy pitch.
Put these ingredients into an iron ket-
tie. place over a slow fire; boil and
stir for half an hour. Let settle for
fifteen minutes, and then pour off all
but the sediment into another vessel.
Use cold. After oiling the harness,
wipe it off with dry rag. Neatsfoot
oil will answer if fish-oil is not obtain
q h1p
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
1000 PuIIets in One House.

Professor Gowell, of the Maine ex-
pertinent station, on his farm, kept
1000 pullets in one house, on an area
of 4OOx2OO feet, or a little over two
acres. Each fowl had four feet space
of house room, which would naturally
be considered rather limited quarters,
and was only made possible by having
them in large flocks and a curtain-frOnt
house. These pullets laid from 600 to
900 eggs per day during December and
January. If 1000 laying hens can, as
has been demonstrated, be successfully
kept on about two acres of land, then
five acres are capable of supporting a
eomplete plant for 1000 hens and grow
ing stock to renew the layers, and such
a plant, with proper management,
should pay from $1,000 to $4,000 per
annum net profit. 1t is only necessary
that the man have the ability.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
.Grnss Widoyys.s

No one says grace widow in speak
ing of woman separated from her
husband. Yet grace" and not grass
widow would be technically correct.
Grass" is simply a miSspelfng of
grace sanctioned now by custom.
When divorces We're rare, a woman sep
arated legally from her husband was
called ''viduca de gratia" by the Ro-
man church, and the French called her
a 'veuve de grace" The meaning of
both terms is the same widow by
grace" We took the "veuve" from the
French and translated it properly into
widow" but the grace" we incorpo-
rated into our language, misspelling it
in the process.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04

strained eyes; and this kind of head
ache can only be cured by giving the
eyes a thorough rest, and when a cure
has heen effected great care in the use
of the eyes in future is Indispensable.
Reading, writing or sewing in dim
and Pickering light must be given up
and the common practice of attempting
to read in a jolting train or street
car must also be discarded The eyes
should never be used too long at
time, and when much eye work is neces-
sary brief rests and bathfngs in hot
water should be resorted to, If the
dreaded headache is to be kept at
distance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
Beauty Doctors shibboIeth.

Beauty Doctors ShibboIeth.
Is your nose turned up or down!
Massage it.
Wears your brow constant frown!
Massage IL
Is your neck a scrawny rope
With a hen-iike forward slope!
Do not grieye or give up hope
Massage it.
Do you fear a double chin?
Massage it.
Grows your cheek too pale and tnin!
Massage it.
Does your eastward ear protrude
In a manner weird and rude!
DO not have the thing unscrewed-
Massage it.
Seems one arm than t'other simmer?
Massage it.
Is one eye than t'other DINNER?
Massage it.
Is one shoulder out OF level,
Giving you a sort of bevel?
just you rub it like the-mischief
Massage it.
Is your tongue beyond control?
Massage it.
Are there sin-spots on your soul?
Massage it.
Is your mind intensely tired
Of the silly stunts required
Just to get yourself admired?
Massage it.
And Eat Carrots!
Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
Still Cutting.

The stranger returned to the village
after long absence.
''And what has become of the village
cut-up?" asked the stranger.
"Oh, he is grown up now" drawled
the old postmaster.
'.And is he still cut-up:"
"Oh, yes He is one Of these here
appendicitis doctors ?-Chicago News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
Sayings from the TaImud.

If your wife is small, bend down In
order to listen to her advice.
That which a child says beyond tie
aouse it has learned within the house
1t is easy to lead man on the way
which he desires to go.
Devotion with little prayer is better
than much prayer without devotion.
He who destroys the reputation of
his fellow is a murderer.
The act of a foolish man can never
be precedent.
The soldiers do the fighting and the
kings are glorlfied as heroes.
God looks first into the heart of man
and then into his mind.-Scrap Book.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
Womnn'S Right tn Fight.

From Belgrade comes an account of
an amusing incident which occurred in
Miedenomets, where a lady, believing
that she had been sighted by gentle
man during heated political discus
sion, surprised the whole town by send
ing her seconds to the offender next
day and challenging him to a duel.
There is no news yet as to whether thu
duel has been fought.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
To Mend RuhherS

people don't commonly know" said
a rubber salesman, that overshoes can
be mended, the same as shoes. When
the break is slight one, or merely q
crack between the upper and the sole. it
pays to have this done. Most places
that sell rubber overShoes do this
mending.
Rubber shoes are made much lighter
in weight than they used to be, and
this may make them more likely to
crack. The process of mending is a
simple one and many people throw old
overshoes aside simply because they
don't know they can be repaired
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
PaSaes Tyyc-Cent Fare Ril.

The lower house passed the Turner bill
requiring railroads whose gross annual
receipts are $1,000 or more per mile to
carry passengers al fiat rate of 2 cents
per mile. There was little discussion on
the bill. The insurgent Republican ele-
ment united with the Democrats and So
cial Democrats and passed the measure
through by vote of 40 to 80. AS the
Senate has already killed 2-cent fare
bill, it is not believed that it will concur
in this bill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
Wisconsin
State News
WILL WASH LAND AWAY.
Equattertown at Marinette Doomed If
breakwater Is Removed.


Squattertown, in the First Ward of
Marinette, with its $50 settlers on land
made by the sand accumulations during
the past twenty years, will, according to
the people who have lived there, be en-
tirely washed away in a short time now
that the old breakwater erected by the
boom company for the protection of its
logs is being removed. The piers extend
out and along the bay shore for half a
mile and inside Of 1t many hundreds Of
acres of land has been formed. Last week
a contract was let to a dredging company
TO wreck the piers to get the lumber
which is in them, as the boom company
no longer needs the breakwater. 1t is
estimated that there are 5000 sticks of
timber in the piers and they are worth
a great deal. Fishermen and others,
however, who live along the shore claim
that the removal will almost ruin the
fishing industry there
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-04
Nitrogen from Green Crops.

Among the advantages gained with
green crops are the accumulation of
nitrogen in the soil, the rendering solu-
BILE of unavailable mineral matter, the
protection of the soil with covered
crops, the addition of large amounts
of transforming material 10 the land,
and the mechanical changes in the soil.
The only disadvantage is the loss of
the land, upon which a marketable
crop can be grown during the year, its