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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
SAN FRANCISCO BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE

The Old San Francisco is dead Inc
gayest. Lshtest hearted. most pleasure
loving city OF this continent and in
many ways the most interesting and
romantic Is a horde of huddled refu-
gees living among ruins, says the New
York Sun. 1t has already started to re-
build, but those who have known that
peculiar city by the Golden Gate and
have caught its flavor of the Arabian
Nights feel that 1t can never be the
same. 1t is as though pretty, frivo-
lous woman had passed through q
great tragedy. She survives, but she is
sobered and Indifferent When it rises
out of the ashes it must be a modern
city, much like other cities and with
out its old flavor.
The city lay on q series of hills and
the lowlands between. These hills are
really the end of the coast range OF
mountains which lie between the inte-
rior valleys and the ocean TO the south.
To Its rear was the ocean, but the
greater part of the town fronted ON
TWO sides on San Francisco bay, q
body Of water always tinged with gold
from the great washings of the noun
tain. usually overhung with haze and
of magnificent color changes. Across
the bay to the north lies Mount Tamal-
pals, about 5000 feet high and so close
that ferries from the water front took
one in less than half an hour to the lit
tie towns of Sausalito and Belvidere,
at Its foot
Peculiar We. Delightful Climate.
The climate of California is peculiar:
it is hard to give an Impression Of ii.
In the first place all the forces of ma
ture work on laws of their own in that
part of California. There Is no thunder
or lightning; there Is no snow except n
furry once In five or six years; there
are perhaps half a dozen nights in the
winter when the thermometer drops
low enough so that there is little film
OF ice on exposed water in the morn
ing Neither is there any hot weather.
Yet most fasteners remaining in San
Francisco for a few days remember
that they Were always chilly.
For the Gate is q big funnel, draw
ing in the winds and the mists which
cool off the great, hot interior valleys
of the San Joaquin and Sacramento
So the west wind blows steadily ten
months of the year. and almost all the
mornings are foggy. This keeps the
steady at about 30 de-
grees-a little cool for comfort of an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
A Protest.

The Lion-The leopard. you know,
cannot change his spots. The Zebra
Well, can't change my stripes either,
but no one ever thought it of sufficient
interest to make a proverb of.-Phila-
delphia Record. --
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05

Men are often capable of greater
things than they perform. They are
sent into the world with bills OF credit
and seldom draw to their full extent
Walpole
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
Good Nature May BE Costly.

Don't look so glum, Pilkerton. Use
CHEEKY words. They cost nothing"
Cost nothing. If / speak ten CHEEKY
words to my wife, she asks me for
some money"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
A Littre MISUNDERSTANDING.

''Sir. your sons performance on the
French horn is execrable. 1t will drive
everybody from my house. You told
me he was teacher"
Il did not. ] said he was q tooter."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05

4, water might be dropped through The
| floor into boat or he might drink Will
| a stranger and wake in the forecastlt
| Of whaler bound for the arctic Such
| an incident is the basis of Frank Nor
| ris' novel moran of the Lady Lefty
| and. although the novel draws it pretty
| strong. it is not exaggerated Ten
years ago the police and the foreign
consuls, working together, stopped
this
Kearney street n wilder and stran-
ger Bowery. was the main thorough
fare of these people. An eXiled Cali
fornian, mourning over the city of his
heart. once said:
In half an hour on kearney street
could raise II dozen men for any wild
adventure. from pulling down Il statue
10 searching for the CocOs island treas
ure"
This is hardly an eXa@geratiOn.
These are II few of the elements
which made the city strange and gave
ii the glamour of romance which has so
strongly attracted such men as Steven
son. Frank Norris and Kipling. This
lay apart from the regular life of the
The Californian is the second genera
ton of a picked and mixed stock. The
merry, the adventurous, often the des-
perate, always the brave. deserted the
south and New England in 1919 to rush
around the Horn or TO try the perllS Of
the plains. They found there already
grown old in the hands of the Span
iards younger SONS of hidalgos and
many of them of the proudest blood of
Spain. To a great extent the pioneers
intermarried with Spanish women. In
fact, except for Il proud little colony
here and there, the old Spanish blood
Is sunk in that of the conquering race.
Then there was an influx of intellectu-
al French people. largely overlooked in
the histories of the early days. and this
Latin leayen has had its influence.
A Distinctive Type.
Brought up In Il bountiful country,
where no one really has TO work very
scion of free and merry stock. the
real, native Californian is a distinctive
type, as far from the easterner in psy-
chology as the extreme southerner is
from the Yankee. He is easy going,
witty, hospita bic, lovable, inclined TO
be immoral rather than immoral in his
personal habits and above all easy to
meet and to know. Above all these is
all art sense all through the populace,
which sets il Off from any other part of
the country. This sense is almost Lat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
In the Haunts of Crime.

The Barbary Coast was loud bit of
hell. No one knows who coined the
name. The place was simply three
blocks of solid dance halls. there for
the delight of the sailors of the world.
On fine busy night every door blared
loud dance music from orcheStraS,
steam pianos and gramophones, and
the cumulative effect of the sound
which reached the street was at least
strange. Almost anything might be
happening behind the swinging doors
For a fine and picturesque bundle of
names characteristic of the place a
police story of three or four years ago
is typical. He'll broke out in the Eye
Wink dance hall. The trouble was
started by a sailor known as Kanaka
Pete. who lived in the What Cheer
House, over woman known as IodO-
form Kate Kanaka Pete chased the
man he had marked to the Little Sill
Yer Dollar, where he turned and pune
tured him. The byproduct of his gun
made some holes in the front of the
Eye Wink, which We're proudly kept as
souvenirs and were probably there I'M
til 1t went out in the fire. This was
low life, the lowest of the low
Until the last decade almost any
thing except the commonplace and the
expected might happen TO man on the
water front. The cheerful industry of
Shanghaiing was reduced TO science.
\ stranger taking n drink in one of
the saloons which hung out over the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05

Assistant Fool Makers.
1t doesn't take much of a girl to
make n fool OF any man. Nature did
so much.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05

In In its strength, and the Californian
owes it 20 the leaven of Latin blood.
With such people life was always
gay. If they did not show ii on the
streets, as do the people of Paris. il
was because the winds made open
cafes disagreeable at all seasons of the
year The gayety went on indoors or
out on the hundreds of estates that
fringed the city. 1t was noted for its
restaurants. Perhaps for people who
care not how they spend their money
the very best could not be had there,
but for 81, 40 cents 30 cents, - cents
or even 10 cents the restaurants afford
ed the best fare on earth AT the price.
The San Francisco French dinner
and the san Francisco free lunch were
as the Public library to Boston or the
stock yards TO Chicago. y number OF
causes contributed To- this consumma-
ton. The country all about produced
everything that Il cook needs and that
In abundance-the bay was an almost
untapped fishing pound. the fruit farms
came up to the very edge of the town,
and the surrounding country produced
In abundance fine meats, all cereals
and all vegetables.
But the chefs who came from France
in the early days and liked this land OF
plenty were the head and front OF IT.
They passed on their art to other
Frenchmen or to the clever Chinese.
Most OF the French chefs at the big
gest resta urants were born in Canton,
China. Later the Italians. learning OF
this country where good food is appre-
ciated, came and brought their own
style. Householders always dined out
one or two nights of the week. and
boarding houses were scarce. for the
unattached preferred the restaurants
The eating was usually better than the
surroundings.
Marvellous Meals In Little Hotels.
Meals that were marvels were served
in tumbledOwn little hotels. Most ia
nous of all the restaurants was the
Poodle Dog. There have been no less
than four restaurants of this name,
beginning with frame shanty where
in the early days n prince of French
cooks used 10 exchange recipes for
gold dust Each succeeding restaurant
of the name has moved farther down |
town, and the recent Poodle Dog
stands-or stood-on the edge of the |
Tenderloin in a modern FIVE story |
building. And it typified a certain |
spirit that there was in San Francisco. |
For on the ground floor was a public |
restaurant where there was served the |
best dollar dinner on earth. II. rank
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05

and stained an orange brown.
Along the water front the people of
these craft met The smelling pot
OF the races Stevenson called it, and
this was always the city of his soul.
There are black Gilbert islanders, al
most indistinguishable from negroes
lighter Kanakas from Hawaii or Sa-
moa, Lascars in turbans, thlckset Rus
sian sailors, wild Chinese with IN
braided hair, Italian fishermen in tam
o'-shante<s. loud shirts and blue sashes
Greeks, Alaska Indians, little bay
Spanish Americans, together with men
of all the European races. These came
In and out from among the queer craft
to lose themselves in the disreputabIe
tumbledown. but always mysterious.
shanties and small saloons. In the
back rooms Of these saloons south sea
island traders and captains. fresh from
the lands of romance; whaling mas
tiers, people who were trying to get up
treasure expeditions, flibusters. Alas
kan miners, used 70 meet and trade ad-
ventures
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Supplement to the Reporter, January Is, 1906.

Prof. Bulger, who has conducted a
dancing school in this city during
the past couple months, and who di-
rected the home talent play which
was such a success, gave his farewell
dancing party Friday evening. 1t was
a success such as only have been all of
the professors dances. On Friday,
January 20, Edwin Harding and VIII
POuSe are planning on giving another,
which will undoubtedly prove an
equal success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
DATES TO REMEMBER

Monday, Eve, Jan D.
The Historical and Literary
society will meet with Miss Ella
HaSbrOuck.
Wednesday, Jan. "a
The east side ladies' aid society of
the NJ. e. church will meet with
Mrs. Fl. A. HerSchleb
East side ladies' aid society of the
Congregational church will meet
with Mrs. NJ. H, Jackson.
The west side ladies' aid society of
the Congregational church will
meet with Mrs. George Lyons.
The west side ladies' aid society
of the NJ. E. church meet with Mrs.
Clarence Lyons.
Friday. Jan. l9.
Ladies of st. Katherine'S Guild
will hold their next regular meeting
with Mrs A. L. VoSs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18

were chosen: president. and manager
t. e. Nash: vice president John
McNaughton; treasurer. w. T. Villas:
secretary, L. NJ. Alexander.
John Edwards Mig. Co.
This company chose as directors: L.
NJ. Alexander, John and Alexander
McNaughton, and Mrs. Lydia Alex
ander OF these, Mrs Alexander was
elected secretary, L. NJ. Alexander, as
president, treasurer and manager, and
John rtcNaughton, vice president.
Biron Mill.
This company elected g, e. HiXon,
William Scott, T. A. Lipke, G. W.
Mead, G. f. kellogg, FL. A. Sampson,
and Mrs. Beulah BirOn as directors,
and G. c. Hixon as president, c. f.
Kellogg as vice president. William
Scott as secretary and Y, D. Simons as
manager.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Advertised Letters, Jan. Is 1906.

MEN
Belanger, Frank
Gallant, Bert
KlingspOrn, VIM. lN
ParKhurst, Oscar
PACKAGES
Barger, Miss Myrta
Lundquist, Miss Emma (Foreign)
Those calling for the above letters
please say advertised"
A. L. FONTAINE, P. n.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Nekoosa Paper Co.

The Nekoosa Paper company's
directors for next year are: W. (.
Villas, L. NJ. Alexander, John and
Alexander McNaughton, and T. E.
Nash From these men, these officers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
PAPER MILL OFFICERS
Consolidated.

At the annual meeting held WedneS-
day, the last years directors. f. Mac
Kinnon, George W. Mead, R. L. KrauS,
l.. P. Witter. and George n. Hill were
reelected. and they chose as officers, +.
MacKinnon, president; r. L Kraus.
vice PRESIDENT; l. P. Witter, treasurer;
George W. Mead, manager and secre-
tary. Tive more water wheels will be
installed as soon as can be arranged, SO
as to develop all the power that Grand
Rapids affords.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18

While out driving Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emil ClauSSen of 55l Fourth
Ave. n. had the experience of being
in run away. While driving south
on Fourth Ave. dog ran out from a
residence and seized the the trOtting
horse by the feet, The horse became
frightened and started to run and the
cutter was tipped over and the occu-
pants thrown out. They received no
injuries, however, owing to the snow
banks on either side Of the road, and
succeeded in quieting the horse, after
which they resumed their ride.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week were opening DAYS at he
First National ban.. On all three
days large number Of Grand Rapids
citizens visited the bank and were
much impressed with the fine appear
ance of the same and with It's wonder
fully strong repositories for money and
valuableS. Many neat souvenirs were
given away and on the Women'S eve
ming, Saturday, when a large number
OF the fair sex visited the institution
over 300 carnations were given
away. The bank is now firmly located
in their new home.
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light in texture. There is a roll collar after
the Japanese fashion, a girdle of the silk
and two pockets instead Of the three used
in the cloth gowns. The girdle Is usually
finished in the same pattern Of embroidery
used on the body of the gown. In the pict-
ure the only rnament to the material used
in the kimono Is the embroidery Of large
polka dots. That is costly enough. how
ever, to bring up these American kimonOs
in price to $50.
Popular now for the morning dress and
evenfor lounging atanyt time are the new style
pajamas recently put on the market. They
are not intended for wear at night, but are
complete dress in nearly every detail. The
handsomest pajamas Of this kind are made
Of quilted satin. Three heavy frogs Of rich
thread close the shirt in front, and the
trousers are held tight about the waist by a
rich band Of the color Of the paiamas, which
have usually TO be made to order.
Sometimes these daytime pajsmas are
made of Chinese or satin stuffs which are
heavily embroidered. One Of the handsom-
est pair ever made in New York were turned
out by a Fifth avenue haberdasher. They
we're made of heavy pale blue satin, quilted,
and embroidered on the side pocket with
the owners initials. About the collar and
around the cuffs were two thin bands Of
sable. This lounging suit cost 1900.
They were made for a bridegroom.
Similar suits to these are very popular
in England where they are used much
more generally than in this country. There
suits which sell for 500 are almost in
variably made OF an Eastern silk which is
adorned with outlined figures in yellow
on grounds Of blue, green, magenta and
purple. The coat is cut like a dinner jacket
with a roll collar. h trousers are held
with a belt "a IL they were pajamas. In
England men put on these suits a fter dinner
IL they are TO play billiards or cards in the
country. When an hour has passed the
men &C - their roons, and taking on their
evening clothes. assume these loose gar
ments. An order for dinner suit for in
formal wear sent IT, london by a New Yorker
brought back one Of these silk %lounging suits.
They are not pretty to look at. nor would
they be worn n an American country house
before the women, even after dinner; but
men who have worn them say that they
are most comfortable for lounging in ones
| own room.
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NEW YORK COUNTY NAMES.
Words o. Indian Origin Preserved In the
Western Part OF the state.

The counties Of northern New York,
Clinton, Herkimer. jefferson and Franklin,
get their names from patriotic Americans
The counties Of eastern New York are
generally English with a few Dutch names
in~terspersed. Counties Of western and
central New York have generally names
Of indian origin.
Oneida, one OF the largest M most i'm
portant Of the central counties Of New York,
was originally Oneiyuta, the Indian word
for a stone standing upright; that is, a
monument. rioga county was 80 called
from an Indian word for the junction Of
waters
Onondaga was the name Of an lndiantribe,
some survivors Of which still reside on the
Onondaga reservation near Syracuse. Cat
;araIgus ia a corruption Of the Indian word
~Rah-ts-ra-ke- ras' meaning distant shore.
The distant shore Is Lake Erie.
C~hautauqua il a corruption OF the Indian
word "~ots-ha-tA-ks,' meaning a foggy
place, and having reference TO ths frequent
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fine SILK LOUNGING GOWNS.
MFN'S CLOTHING THAT Runs TO
GAY COIORS AND cost.
Dressing Gowns VII Prices IN Three
Ftgur The Modified klmOnO for
Mems Wear Pa amas ~ Quilt eel SILK
That Are Made for DAYTIME Use.
OokIYN ADVERTISEMENTS.

III these days Of luxury il was not to be
expected that the dress of men would
escape the tendency to he a. costly as
possible. There are necessary limitations,
however, on the out of door wardrobe,
hut men with money to spend are able To
indulge to anysextent their love of costly
dress indoors.
The dressing gown may vary in price
from 50 TO $50. and go-eyen higher. The
cloth gown shown in the picture is of purple
serge, hemmed at the bottom. tt roll
collar is covered with the black brocade
which lines the GOWN.
on the upper side pocket is a monogram
in black silk. The two lower pockets
are outlined with the same black silk cord
that forms the belt, although this waist
cord is Of course much larger.
The gown falls at least 20 the ankles.
II it re intended for wear In the winter,
"a these gowns primarily are, the interlining
ia made thick. The roll collar may be Of
mo same material as the gown and not
II The silk lining. In this case the edges
II the collar are finished with silk cord Of
tho same color or of a contrasting tint.
When the collar il of the same material
tho lining is Of plain silk.
Embroidery. which makes the finish Of
those gowns and also adds greatly to
their cost, is usually confined to the hand
kprchief pocket. When expense rather
than snartness or good taste ia sought for
the haberdashers add much more. The
cloth about the pockets is embroidered
with a more or less elaborate design and
the sleeves are also edged with embroidery.
Then the same decoration Is used TO out
line the pockets instead OF the silk braid
which ia just as effective and cheaper.
The cloth hest suited to the house gown
h = fine quality Of serge, although broad
cloth is also used. The haberdashers
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make surprising combinations OF color,
although every man realizes that the most
useful tint for a dressing gown is n that
will n9L show coffee.
In - Fifth avenue window there hung
last week a gown Of old rose cloth con-
trasteH in the trimming with rose purple.
One gown was a rich warm brown made
up with golden yellow. Blue cOntrasted
with pale lavender and red with black
were the color schemes Of other gowns.
Of Course the $50 to 500 charged for these
gowns has its great profits for the maker.
They can be made much more cheaply at
home. Very good patterns Of dressing
gowns are TO be had and an ordinarily good
seamstress can make at home for about s25
q gown that would cost $40 il bought at a
fashionable shop.
on the other hand. it ia impossible TO
cut the ~lounging coats in a way to make
them satisfactory. Whether tn ey be Of
'IcIna and unlined, of quilted silk or serge
these short jackets must be cut by a tailor
to have the requisite fit.
A new fashion IN mems dressing gowns
has come from he use OF the Japanese
klmono. These Japanese gowns in crepe
may he had for $40, but they are too tn in
for winter wear. The heavily embroidered
six kimonos are, on the other hand. some
what stif for regular use, and II the silk
Is old they do not wear well. IL was to
Hlpply a substitute for the genuine Japanese
sImono that the style shown IN the picture
vas invented
This il Of course capable Of costing a
great deal. II Is generally made 81 some
soft silk. and NAV be especially soft and
graceful IL the Japanese silk crepe Is used.
IDA 4ust be lined with some silk equally
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From no INir00O TTIOUUI.
Great are the Uses Of coal dust In Belgium.
4 system for compre--ing coal dust INTO
briuuettes and oval forms - successfully
dealing with the large masses Of coal dust Of
BrlEium'S mines aud she'd.
rhc briuurtt" industry of Lieg" has be-
come important. til" export alton reaching
almost an RI" coal consuming countries Of
the world. amounting Tor the first seven
month"; Of the IrCSent yenT to 2j3,9ii tons
Inc Belgium stat" railways alone consumed
about $50. Op0 7 Opa IN one yeaT. The dOmest IT,
use Of brinusttp. h incr easing yearly. Many
Der sons use them for kitchen stoves. a. well
a. for furnaces.
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fogs on Chautauqua Lake. The word
Niagara means a neck. and correctly de
scribes the typographical position of the
Niagara River, after which Niagara county
was called.
Saratoga was in Indian sab rah- ka. I"
II sounds like a college yell, but means
the side hill" Schenectady comes from
schagh-nack-taa-da," which * Indian for
beyond the plain Of pines" Oswego was
the name Of an indian tribe SO also was
nfzann
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Many Deer In Wisconsin

From me NirdUksC SCnhHd.
Deer have steadily increased IN Wisconsin
m the last ten or twelve yPar-. said j W
krllev Of NHrinettc. 4 think this j. due
- the added protection and the NOR" %stringen
laws, IN the Old DAYS the woods we're hlled
with ramp ~ uot hunters who used 10 supply
the Milwaukee and Chica go markets Win
deer aud made n good living A. u for four
or five months every year.
1T u safe 20 say that each Of Lheee men
killed more than q hundred deer etY,ry year
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and II j. mOst remarkable that they were not
wiped out entirely. Now the deer hunters
are watched closely and even II they kin more
than two deer apiece they cannot ship them
berause the railroads will not accept them
without license tags. n the deer continue
- increase in a few wears more Wisconsin,
should be a veritable paradise FOR the deer
hunter.