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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30
BREEZY BITS.

She. Il suppose there are some re-
filming influences at work in Washing
TONI"
He. ooh, yes; you know the agents
of the sugar trust are still there
Yonkers Statesman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30

1t is said that Russia will occupy
certain ports in Corea until the condi-
tons imposed on Japan have been
complied with.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30

a manager of large dry goods
house in New York once said that not
one woman in a million would properly
tie up 4 bundle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30

A Chicago grand jury has decided
that a mans shoes are deadly weapons.
But then it was cago.-New York
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30

Minister. Il notice our collections
have greatly increased since Brother
Yahnke began passing the plate. lie
must have a very persuasive way"
Deacon. Eyes; he was at one time
policeman Sing Sing Courier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30

OF Cne sugar trust are sui there. -
Yonkers Statesman.
Minister. Il notice our collections
have greatly increased since Brother
1ahnke began passing the plate. He
must have a very persuasive way"
Deacon. Eyes; he was at one time a
policeman Sing Sing Courier.
The Italians are probably fighting
the negroes in Africa to determine
which shall have the monopoly of the
boOt-blacking business.-New York Re-
corder
Visitor. '"Is your town a religious
town."
Native. you bet"
Visitor. ''Any Shakers among you?
Native. mighty few now; we've
got a medicine that knocks the chills
sky-high. Atlanta Constitution.
Aunt Amanda. Il wonder why that
city boarder of ours only wears a half
pair of eyeglasses"
Uncle Silas. ooh, | guess he's only
half as near-sighted as he makes out
to be.''-New York Advertiser.
EFF [ had the money" remarked Mr..
Weary Watkins, ''ju know what I'd
do? I'd hire me a private car with
real feather beds on the trucks, an
travel about in one blessed dream Of
happiness the year round Indiana
polls Journal.
Eager Maiden. ''WelI, Reginald, what
did papa say"
Rejected sutton (about to deparO.
at cannot be expressed in words. All
that 1 can tell you is that his answer
gave me great pain. Truth.
Mrs. Pelt. did she catch a noble
man?"
Mrs. Hyde. ooh, no.
Mrs. Pelt. ''Ah, one of the landed
gentry?"
Mrs. Hyde. Il presume so. At
least he was after she landed him.
Detroit Free Press.
''From the description Olive heard az
the Sahara Disert,' said Pat to Mike,
''Sure the climate av the place mustn't
be similar to an liver Iashting Sunday
wild no side doors. "-Washington Star.
Fond Mother. clarence, didn't I
overhear you praying at bedtime for
God to keep Willy Wiggles from harm
during the night?"
Little Clarence. Yep 1 wanted
him spared, SOS I could lick the stuffn'
out of him today. "-Puck.
And did you ever set a trap
For this, your injured wife,
SO yelled the cross examiner;
And trembling for my life
Il did did," 1 faltered out.
He cut me off then with a shout
That froZe my blood to ice,
And I forgot to tell the judge
[ set it to catch mice.
New York World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30

The Italians are probably fighting
the negroes in Africa to determine
which shall have the monopoly of the
boOt-blacking business.-NeW York Re
cOrder
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30

Visitor. ''Is your town a religious
town."
Native You betr'
Visitor. ''Any Shakers among you?'
Native. mighty few now; we've
got a medicine that knocks the chills
sky-high. Atlanta Constitution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30

EFF [ had the money" remarked Mr..
Weary Watkins, ''ju know what I'd
do? I'd hire me a private car with
real feather beds on the trucks, an
travel about in one blessed dream of
happiness the year round. ''-Indiana-
polls Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29

Sterlini had to fight against its rigidity,
adversary.
After long delay Giorgetti deigned to
appear on the scene. He dragged behind
him an enormous cavalry saber, and with
red eyes glanced askance at Sterlini and
awaited the signal to begin the combat.
The seconds looked at one another in sur
prise, and realizing that there had been
some misunderstanding in the selection
of weapons they suspended the order for
the battle to begin.
Having secured a respite the gladiators
retired moment from the amphltheater
and decided to fight with pistols. Before
renewing their bellicose attitudes, how
ever, both sides agreed that warming up
with generous wine would add ardor to
the fray in the cold state of the weather.
A little more colloquy and it was decided
to return to San Francisco for the wine.
This was no sooner decided on than the
compatants and their seconds turned their
faces homeward, and on arriving drank
two bottles of Pommery together, after
which Don Quixote went back to his watch
making and Sancho Panza to his BARRIERS
shop.
And now the two worthless are in a
quandary. The code duello does not
provide for such an emergency as this.
Is their honor satisti ed? If it is, they are
willing to let the thing end, but if it is not,
they expect that they will repair again to
Temescal and will fight to the death with
pistols.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29
Porter Bros. & Co. Are Treated
Very Kindly by Their
Creditors.
TO HAVE TIME FOR PAYMENTS.
Firms to Accept Four Notes Running
for From Six Months to Two
Years Time.

Porter Bros. & Co. are to be granted the
extension of time which they requested.
At the meeting of their creditors yester-
day morning the firm presented a state
ment showing that while their liabilities
were from $780, 900 to $120, 900, their assets
would reach at least $180,000. The cred
itors all looked with favor on the PROPOSE
tion for settlement suggested by the
firm. This consists of an agreement
whereby Porter Bros. & Co. are to deed
their landed properties. valued at $4,000,
to trustee for the creditors, and give
each of them four notes in equal amounts
for their accounts. The notes, which are
to bear no interest, are to become due in
six, twelve, eighteen and twenty -four
months after January 1, 1896.
The rooms of Attorneys Chickering,
Thomas Il Gregory were crowded yester-
day morning with creditors of the firm.
There were representatives from more
than fifty houses present. An informal
talk ensued, in which only kind words
were said of the embarrassed firm. Then
Frank s. johnson of the Johnson-Locke
Mercantile Company was made chairman
of the meeting He explained the situa-
ton briefly, and called for statement
from Porter Bros. & Co.
They pre- sented a summary of their ac-
counts, which they explained was merely
an estimate.
The largest creditor was the Sather
Banking Company, to which $4,000 was
owing. There were besides overdrafts for
$1,000 on this bank. which were partly
secured. Some of the other creditors in
large amounts were: Bank of Hanford,
$4,000; Truckee Lumber Company, $1,000,
and Dalton Bros, $1,000. The rest of the
accounts ranged from $500 to 81 so, and
would bring the total to from 100000 to
$120, 900.
The assets were varied. The real estate
was valued at 5000. the sum which had
been paid for it. There was besides this,
the Helena and Montana Investment
Company, a mining speculation in Mon
tana, which cost ST., 800, and was said to
be paying well; sixty shares in the firm s
packing house in Fresno, SIS 900; twenty
shares in their Ammonia packing-house,
$4,000; stock on hand, $4,000; outstanding
accounts, good, $4,000; bills receivable,
good, $4,000. The firm has besides this the
control of about $50 900 worth of mer-
chandise to sell on consignment, and from
which they will get commission.
The plan of securing the various ac-
counts by giving notes and trust deed OF
the firms properties was outlined. There
was some discussion. James K. Wilson,
president of the Sather Banking Company,
the heaviest of the creditors, said that he
was ready to agree to their proposition if
the statement of the firm was found to be
correct. The matter, he said, had been
discussed by the directors OF his house
Friday evening, and the offer OF the firm
Was approved.
Others spoke in the same vein. Very
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29
TIE ROMAN CAMPAGNA.

Half the History of the World Has Been
Written Within It's Borders.
In Rome itself one loses sight of the Vat
lean and of the cupola Of st. Peters. The
view of them is easily shut out when one
is near. But at a little distance, as you
drive out upon the Campagna, the dome
rears itself up by degrees, as though a
giant were slowly thrusting up his he'll
melted head from the horizon and as you
go farther away the mass rises still in re-
spect of the littlenesses around it, enor-
nous out of all foreseen proportion, until
it hugely masters and thrusts down all the
rest beneath the level line of mist and
towers alone above everything, in vast, i'm
perial solitude.
But out upon that broad expanse of roll
ing land one need not look forever at st.
Peters dome. Half the history of the
world has been written in stones and blood
between the seallne and the ranging noun
tains. The memory of Brahman sage,
the tongue of Homer, the wisdom OF
Solomon, kneaded into one human genius,
would not suffice to recall, to describe, and
to Judge all that men have done in that
bounded plain.
Where the myths of ages were born and
grew SI0dI anu WucTc lllt history VI
i've and twenty centuries lies buried,
romance has still life to put forth few
tender blossoms. For although the day of
the Caesars Is darkened, and the twilight of
their gods has deepened into night, the
human heart hasno yet lived out its day
nor earned its rest.
On the very spot where you pause, dim
primeval battles were fought, Christian,
martyrs died, harbarians encamped, Ro-
man barons slew one another, and foreign
conquerors halted before besieging Rome.
Where you are standing fair young st.
Julia may have breathed her last upon the
cross; Augustus may have drawn rein
moment there, while Julius Cesar's fune-
raj pyre still sent up its pillar of smoke
from the distant Forum, as the Jews fed
the flames, bewailing him through seven
days and nights; the Constable of Bour-
bon passed this way, riding to his death;
by this road Paolo Giordano Orsini led his
young wife to the haunted Galera, having
in his heart already determined that she
should die; Savelli, Frangipani, Orsini,
Colonna, ViteIeschi, without number, have
idden by, in war and peace, to good and
evil deeds.-Marion Crawford in the jan
nary CeDtury
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29
How a Barber and a Jeweler Met
in a Fray at Tenn:
eScal.
is THEIR HONOR SATISFIED !?
A Delicate Question for Which the
Code Duello Does Not
Provide.

There are two doughty warriors who
have become the heroes of the hour at
North Beach on. account OF their bellige.
rent and unbending characters. They
fought duello recently, and thereby
hangs tale which is being told in all the
barber-shops, the restaurants, the shoe.
blacks stands and round the winter fires
of all the homes on Montgomery avenue
and the adjacent thoroughfares.
Giuseppe Sterlini is a tonsorial artist
who plies his calling in the barber-shop
belonging to Joe Valvo. on Montgomery
avenue, near Broadway. Sterlini is a
plump and pleasing person, the last man
in the world who would give one the idea
that he would shed his hearts last drop OF
gore rather than yield a point of honor.
On account OF his rotund appearance he
recalls the fanciful portraits of the i'm
mortal Sancho Panza.
Among the customers who submitted
themselves every Saturday night to the
tonsorial hands of Sterlini was one A.
Giorgetti, North Beach jeweler, whose APP
pearance, far from resem bling that of the
rotund Sancho Panza, resembleo more the
Quixote. 1t is not known whetherit was
an affair of the heart. or whether a differ
ence of opinion as to the exact length OF
beard that fashion permits, caused these
two worthless to fall out, and VOW to lave
their hands in each others gore. The
prevailing opinion is that some fair dam
sci was the cause OF the trouble which
made Sterlini and Giorgetti breathe fierce
threatenings in the BARRIERS shop one Sat-
urday night. The iutercedings of friends
were in vain, and the barber and the jew
eler separated, vowing to meet again on
the field of honor.
A secluded spot in the mazes OF Temes-
cal was chosen for the scene of the duelIo.
Giorgetti awaited the day of battle tran
GULLY, but Sterlini provided himself with
arms and impedimenta and had his por-
trait taken in a warlike attitude to leave
as a legacy to his friends, in case the
duello should cut him off in the hey-day
of life.
The fatal day arrived and the two COM
batants, with their swords, repaired to
Temescal. A correspondent of La Voce
del Popolo, who was present, reports that
SterIini. armed to the teeth, paced the
ground, where he was to meet his adver-
sary, raging like lion. His hands were
buried in enormous gloves and his mask
lay on the ground ready to be cIapped on
at moments notice and as be walked he
brandished his foil aloft But there was
"a nipping and an eager air" and the good
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29

few minutes were spent in discussion. AS
no objection was raised it was decided to
appoint committee from the firms most
interested to examine the books and affairs
of Porter Bros. IL Co. If these verified the
statement made to the creditors the
committee was authorized to frame trust
deed conveying the real estate of the firm
to some trustee, to be named later, and to
draw up an agreement to be signed by the
various creditors.
The committee appointed consisted OF
James K. Wilson of the Sather Banking
Company, President Donaldson of the
Truckee Lumber Company, A. B. Field of
Field Il Stone, Frank S. Johnson of the
Johnson-Locke Mercantile Company, S. E.
Biddle of the Bank of Hanford and Joseph
Brown of Brown Bros. q Co. These gen.
tlemen at once proceeded to their task.
They are expected to be ready to report at
10 O'Clock Monday morning.
"We will open our doors again on Janu.
airy 1, 1885," said A. w. Porter confidently
yesterday afternoon. sour statement of
assets will be found to be underestimated.
l have no doubt now of being able once
more to place our firm before long on as
strong If not stronger footing, than ever.
"All our outside investments are pay
ing, Our prune orchard, near San Jose,
will be in full bearing this coming year.
With fair crop at ordinary prices we will
HStVlO,OOV IL Jill ~ easily OuT
Fresno will net us nearer $4,000. Our
estimates of the value of these properties
we made low purposely.
1--WE asked for long time because, we
wanted to be on the safe side. We hope
to be able to discharge our entire indebted
ness before the year is out. But there
may be some slip, and, If it should be
necessary to sell properties as valuable as
ours, the sale must not be forced.
Il say that we will open up our doors
on January L, because | know the commit
tee cannot but report favorably. There
will remain for it only TO choose trus-
tee and prepare the agreement. We will
make out four notes for each of our cred
itors, and begin the year with new set of
books
Several of the creditors, speaking of the
matter later. said that the acceptance of
the proposition of the firm lay almost en-
tirely with the Sather Banking Company.
They were willing to let their accounts
lay. Mr.. Wilson. speaking for the bank,
of which he is president, said that he con-
sldered that the matter had been settled.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29
Unfair interpretations of the
Last Agreement Charged
and Proved.
FILLM0RE's RULING REVERSED.
General Manager Kruttschnitt Agrees
: to a More Generous Policy in
-
the Future.

After four weeks OF almost continuous
meetings, conferences, hearing and sitting
OF complaints, the differences that have
arisen between the Brotherhood of LOGO
motive Engineers and the Southern Pacific
over The newly adopted wage schedule Of
April l. 1893, have been amicably adjusted,
the final work in the matter having been
concluded yesterday.
The resultof the negotiations was COM
plete victory for the engineers and Incl
dental!y an equally pronounced turning
down. of General Superintendent J. A.
Fillmore.
1t was this latter unusual feature which
made the matter one that was discussed in
low tones yet with deepest interest among
the railroad employees.
From what was cleaned from one of these
interested discoursers it was learned that
the various complaints submitted to Gen
eral Manager Kruttschnitt by the commit
tee OF the engineers were embraced under
thirteen heads or divisions, and that there
were often several cases under each head.
These were instances in which the wage
schedule agreement had been interpreted
and ruled upon by General Superintend,
dividuals concerned, who had reported
the matter to their respective lodges, and
which came up for final hearing and de-
cision ON appeal by the committee to Gen
eral Manager Kruttschnitt. In almost
every case the ruling of Mr.. Fillmore was
reversed by his superior. 1t is perhaps
only justice to Mr.. Fillmore to state shat
he is credited with having acted as he did
not with any particular feeling of ami
mostly toward the engineers, individually
or collectively, but solely in the interests
of the company he represents.
General Manager Kruttschnitt, in speak
ing of the matter yesterday, said:
There was no great issue at stake in the
matter that came up for discussion. The
differences, which were all agIeeabiy set
tied, arose simply from varying interpre-
tations of the wage-schedule agreement.
Every phase of the matter was gone into,
and it is not likely that any serious dis
agreements Will again arise"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29
A Dead Pueblo City.

He had expected to find ruined house
or two, but before his startled eyes
stretched dead city. In great bend of
the stream, and forming huge amphi-
theater. the cliffs rose glittering and daz-
zling white a hundred feet or more, when
the stone changed to a soft gray-brown
and went up as high again. Just where
the white and brown rock met at the
deepest part of the bend, colossal bite
had been taken out of the face of the
cliff. forming q great cave. In this
space a people. now gone, leaving no
record but these silent ruins, had
built a most curious and remarkable struc-
ture, over five stories high, receding one
above the other, until the upper story was
far within the shadow of the cave. This
was plainly the citadel or great communal
house, for on both sides, following the
curve of the white cliff, were the windows
and doorways of numerous cave dwellings,
followed from the soft tufa of which 1t
was composed. The central building
might have been made only a few years
ago by some of Honani's own people, SO
fresh and new it seemed; but both its po-
sition and the caves told of time long
ago, when, without doubt, this was the
home of numerous and prosperous peo-
pie. In the great bend of the steam had
been their fields. and high up, secure from
danger. they had lived, loved and died.
January st. Nicholas.
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and that what it gave to the company the
com pany should have"
Speaking of the treatment received from
Mr.. Kruttschnitt during these negotia-
tions, another of the committee said:
In our dealings with the general manager,
Mr.. Kruttschnitt, the committee found him to
be simply fair and just business man. He
impressed the committee in this way: that
with whomeVer he was dealing, whether 1T
might be the president OF another railroad or a
trackwalker on his system, he would deal with
either fairly and on strict business principles,
and the committee adjourned fully satisfied
that in any matters they might have to bring
up before the general manager they would be
assured of receiving at his hands fair and just
treatment
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29
Don't Let Strangers Kiss the Baby.

Your baby is the most lovely that was
ever born, but do not let strangers, in their
desire to express their admiration OF it,
kiss the little lips that cannot object, or
clasp tightly in their arms the little body
that is, as yet, so tender. SO many little
ones are injured by promlscuous kissing
that the wise mother tells the nurse that
once she knows that outsiders are per-
mitted to kiss the baby her discharge with
out reference will quickly follow. Hard
hearted? No, indeed. Nurse must con-
slider, first of all, her charge, even if, TO the
rest of the world, she is unwilling to dis
play the baby entrusted TO her care.-Isa-
bel Mallon in Ladies Home Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29
HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR!


back,eg price, will be closed at 10c
COTTON HOSE double
pair
g.
combna-
fast will
. P"
ando
pan p Pair.
RIBBED BLACK WOOL VESTS high
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29
UNDERWEAR and WAISTS +!

UNDERWEAR and WAISTS :!
At 20 Cents.
so dozen LADIES' DRAWERS, yoke
band, finished with cluster of tucks
and embroidery, will be closed out
at zoe.
At 40 Cents.
40 dozen LADIES GOWNS, made of heavy
muslin, lined yoke, tucked front, will
be closed out at 40c.
At 65 Cents.
40 dozen LADIES' GOWNS, made of
Masonville muslin, neck and sleeves
and front of gown trimmed with en-
broidery, will be closed out at Csc.
At 35 Cents.
80 dozen LADIES CHEMISES, made of
heavy muslin, corded neck, regular
price Csc, will be closed out at 35c.
At SO Cents.
25 dozen LADIES' DRESSING SACQUES,
made of fancy fiannetettes, with deep
sailor collar and full sleeves, regular
price 81, will be closed out at SOC.
At $l.OO.
90 dozen LADIES' WOOL SACQUES, in
navy, red and black, deep sailor collar,
full sleeves, regular price So, will be
closed out at 81.
At 90 Cents.
10 dozen LADIES' WOOL WAISTS, in
fancy checks of black and white and
red and black, yoke back, front
trimmed with velvet straps, regular
price 81 %, will be closed out at soc.
At $4. SO.
2 dozen LADIES' SILK WAISTS, in
fancy stripes, made in the latest style,
lined all through regular price So so,
will be closed out at 81 80.