Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1889 — SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCTS. [ARTICLE]

SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCTS.

What Most Impressed a Traveler Were the Girls and the Fleas. A traveler just returned from San Francisco, after a considerable stay in that city, tells a Louisville Post man that what impressed him most were the girls and the fleas. Both are large in size and plentiful in numbers. “The women are the finest-looking specimens you ever saw,” says the young man. ‘ ‘They are well developed, healthy and handsofhe. Of cdurse I was duly impressed. But nqxt to them I think the fids take uh the largest share of attention. They have no mosquitoes in San Fraflcisco, but the fleas—their name is icgion. Here in Louisville you frequently see ‘Bough on Rats’ advertised for sale. But in San Francisco it is ‘Rough on Fleas.’ You see the sign everywhere. It is a favorite poison for disconsolate servant girls to commit suicide with. I don’t wonder that desperate measures were taken to get rid of the San Francisco flea. He is everywhere—in your clothes, in your bed, in the carpet, in the furniture. He is not a pleasant object to talk about, but in San Francisco he is too prominent a feature to be ignored. The flea is one of the principal objections to the glorious climate of California.” - New Style in Trunks. Trunkmakers say that the gigantic Saratogas are 'out of style, ” and that woqjen of good sense are preferring to buy two moderate sized trunks, about forty inches long, with flat tops agd iron bands and oak tips. Wicker trunks are also popular—both with women and expressmen. •• - r