The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-12
PICTURESQUE NARRATIVE.
asesdrnfs of the NosfhwarA yc~-
ss~-A"nsy saved by Hsyfus
oafhf~ In SEATTLE

AZ. Il. n 1o~. OF ths2 city. has rn
es'sea letter from hts brother. s-a~rsi
80 soe' ~sis'sh from sse2Ae:l's passage,
<aaaSsa. AGESsl J. Mr.. Coz szya.
To describe the trip fForr rse ca, ss.s. :.
nsSasss, foS its magnificent and says1z,s,afa-s
BEAUTIES hAVe been often sxsozs.s, ~ -,
TIE so4razsa that any further dsserfr.sie,+
"oala se saperttuo.s- IL * shn sasfsvgs
s-e SIfs thai grow On Sne. tg.e .ss<s.s a.s,s
~ shiEzEs on fsoara. that are OF etsef I.,-
sfsss1 hne genial, pleasant. sesf-saE.r4-
fs@ing ci&8 Is neFss is also shs. ..xsrr,fss
gaIes Shark. who will make s0n,e or.
h.s miserable tnts winter Tte fa.f~r
ks4oSs sp az feeding hour Ne hav.
aboard 1913 horses. ana the shirk horse ss.,.
TIE FOOD OK the nosssst man Es<yy-as r,x 80
no feed al al The u@n have taken ISIS
matter 50. ard already four fss,rses sre
ties az IN tbs peak by thernse.ses a..
tier owners spotted. This feeding ho,.r
rs great time. Horses packed In ne
sardinen IN box. kicking lifting ard
sI1ta14ng. Imagine any man trying 70
clint at eighth barred corral tnso
crowded mess OF horses. with a. BUCKET ~
water fl his nand and Sne eye OXEN far
possible bites. Watch him lower TN.
nnckst ant see horses ross, give II 4
much and send The whole pail fun a.
top OF tns mans devoted head
But u fesdIEg tirae among the horses
IA nssFd wcfk, tfie times atfsn y. gre feed
Esg ourselves are positively grote~slus
~ aetaal count there are .2n men tsg,
uoara wac have 10 eat from SIX tatias
seating Dine men each. The ta0ies-lgsf.s
afe never change. or brushed Neither
are the white coats Of the waters whsn
one man Starts &C leave hts seat. there Ia
q grand rush for II from the stairway
The scramble resembles the cid game OF
'Pass wants 4 corner.
Napkins are conspicuous by their alb
senaas The waiter who serves you lays
his hand Familiarity on your shoulder and
says. Wei. pard. wat yer goin' 10 satr.'
Perhaps you take coffee. No coffee gays
ne. Then you take tea. The sx-casaager
OF national bank swaps spoons and
knives with An ex-decx hand while the
erstwb!ls dudEsh counter; jumper argues
with the es-desant drayman over the pos
session Of the last sps1 on the dish On.
us democracy R practice and as cos
mopoiItlan as the world. A iitt!s. French
hair-dresser from Atlanta. Ga, ief, his
Wife 10 ruin the BUSINESS aud started fpY
the FIRST train for Seattle. He is "a bright
Gstd witty - can bs and as clipper as
a kitten There are Norwegians swesies
Englishmen, dagoez. children Of Israel
and Germans. la short. the African and
shinaman alone are lacking. our boards
are already week old. and the men are
trying their hands at patching
THE worst features are the bar and
gambling, No one has been drunk except
one miserable little tough. whose relatives
started him off 10 get rid of him Not 10
per cent. OF the men have been near the
bar. bat Of the 10 per cent half have been
there all of the time.
'.rhe tin horn IL abroad. and anxious TO
get into any game he can crowd himself
into. He il we'll understood and finds con-
genial company only among the old
hands
As TO the customs the officer In charge
Of the force of men from Victoria Is a very
pleasant hammered man-~one who wants
TO do what is right IL he only knew how,
but he has been la the English civil service
all his hfe. and has lived by rule and
plumb line. and Is terrified by the thought
% assuming any responsibility not con-
ieInpiatea In his iron-clad rules. By which
he has always been governed. and which
cannot be made to apply to present condI-
tons. Last night. after We had taken on
the United States customs officer from
81. Marys island. MIR Bureaucrat
came 10 our stateroom TO and
out the result of In-
tesview which he knew We had had vita
Mr. smith. the United States representa-
tive. There We're three OF us besides the
E.nglishmAn present We talked and ar
gued till 2:9o this morning. and when no
lefs he had made up has mind iaai The
rulo and plumb line business could mol po
done under the circumstances. To-day ne
has changed his tone considerably from
his original and now says thai while
he Will exact duty. which We all conceds
IL his right. yet all our personal effects,
such as clothing. etc, shall so through
free. and that d liberal appraisemsnt viii
be put on the rest. We told him on
the authority OF Mr.. Smith. that il he did
not do So not a penny's worth of Cana
dian goods would be permitted to cross
the twenty or thirty miles TO the English
line without duty Or thorough anu
absolute sealing OF tents, clothing, food.
etc. without which the trip could not be
made. This was a new phase of the
matter and brought him 10 time. My
ADVICE H. buy American goods. ship in
an American vessel save your bills and
manlfests aud ne trouble viii follow.
Come prepared { pay the duty demand
ed. which viii be fair. and which no
reasonable man VIII deny AT Tagish
lake. We expect TO stop at juneau
tonight 10 get water for the horses and
tomorrow at that time 10 he stacked upon
the beach "a, Skaguay. fighting for our
packages and getting ready for the first
pack 10 the lakes.
In q previous letter Mr.. Coe states that
he saved So or his bacon alone by buy
Ing III Seattis instead Of Victoria. and
the total saved on his whole outfit was
far ia excess OF the duties.
lie wanted salvage.