The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-28

cannot express my appreciation OF TINS
city in too high terms" he said TO POST
InteI!igencer reporter hast night. Il am
more than infatuated with IL Seattle has
the bulk OF the nlondike trade. and she
richly deserves Il / hnd by actual pricing
that kl0rdike outfits can be bought here
cheaper than they can in Chicago. This
Is directly contrary 10 the statements
made BY people in the East, who. OF
course. are interested in having prospect
ors buy their outfits there Merchants In
Chicago are telling Klondikers that II they
walt 10 buy In Seattle they viii be gougei-
| wish to say 20 my Eastern friends that
there is no gouging going on in this city.
Seattle is not practising the policy Chi
cago pursued during the Worlds fair.
when everything was put UP 70 an ex-
tortfcnate price. The merchants here are
selling their goods at reasonable prices.
What Is still more important. they know
more about the special requisites for a
Kl0ndike outfit than the Fasteners do.
and many special articles that are made
and sold here cannot be bought in the
East at any price whatever. Set me down
for an Sdmirer OF Seattle.
II went into store this morning TO
buy pair OF shoe laees. When the clerk
had wrapped them up I threw down A
dollar on the counter and made off as IL
/ were going to leave the store. Hold
on, said the man, and get your change
How much are the laces~ / asked. Five
cents. said he. oh, / thought they would
be about a dollar from what ! have heard
the people In Chicago say, / replied. You
ought 10 have seen the clerks eyes light
up in defense Of the city OF Seattle. The
Chamber OF Commerce could not have
been more loyal to her commercial inter-
ests. If this interview chances TO reach
any Eastern friends OF mine I wish to
advise them TO wait til they get TO Seat
tie TO buy their goods. l found on the
train on which / came out men encum-
bered with all sorts of luggage on which
they were paying either excess baggage
or freight rates all the way from Chicago.
when they could have bought the same
or better goods for less money In Seattle"
Among the passengers who left for the
North Saturday on board the Australia
was Mrs. Hubbell tAlice b. STUART who
goes to Dawson in the interests Of the
Boston Herald. To a Post-Intelligencer
reporter she said:
II am the only lady on board who is
going right into Dawson without waiting
for the river TO open. My husband and |
are we'll provided and have a number of
dogs. We expect to find our journey
somewhat hard, but We are determined
and will likely succeed.
Last year l went as far ~ Lake Lin
deman. so | have had some experience In
Alaska territory. We shall keep diary
and jot down the happenings OF each day,
and on our return shall publish it in book
form.
There are two things I would like
everybody TO know, especially those go
ing TO the klondike. The first is how 10
light a fire with ease IN spite of damp
brushw God or paper. Simply get a piece
OF rock camphor and apply TO 1t lighted
match. This will burn in spite of all
dampness, and as soon as the fire starts
the camphor can be stored away for
future use. / have tried ii and know that
il is all right.
The other thing / want the world to
know about is salve which will protect
people from the troublesome mosquitoes
which will last a couple of years. Get -
cents worth Of camphor. about 10 cents
worth of pennyroyal and 10 cents worth
Of white wax and spermezzta. Boil all to-
gether and then let the mixture cool off.
Then you have a salve. Apply this every
morning and you may be sure the mos
qutoes will leave you alone"
Mrs. Hubbell has been connected with
the Boston Herald for over twelve years
and is well known in newspaper cir
cles as an able writer. Her husband Is
the nephew of the Hon. J. j. Hubbell,
OF Michigan. He goes to Alaska in the
interests of an American syndicate and
calculates to spend about 100000 in pur-
chasing claims.