Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-16

! dixie away back in 1898. He did fairly
we'll mining, but thought there was
more money in drugs. and his story
| makes me think he was right, Said
Mr. Cribs:
AT present everything brings practi-
cally double the price of the States.
Nothing is sold for less than 25 cents.
You cannot buy one quinine pill. hut
must take amount that equals a
quarter In value ordinary patent
medicines that cost - cent? outside
bring 30 cents here That is so Of all
toilet preparations. We have no shaw
ing soap for less than - cents "A tube,
cake or packet; and no toothbrushes
under that price. our people do not
object 10 the prices. but they insist
on the goods being FIRST class. so we
buy ouly the best.
'But thecs prices are small compared
with what we got when | first started
business. the druggist went on: Il
used To charge 81 for mustard plas-
ter. 81 for two grain 0uininc pill
and 40 cents AN ounce for castor oil
] | sold my Sldiitz powders at 81 apiece
and flax seed for So Il pound The
/ latter WAS used LARGELY for coughs
and colds, which were common during
| cold weather The miners made tea
of it. and served ii in one way or an
other
/ Speaking "f tho old-time prices.
! hear stories every where as to the
/ enormous cost OF things in the DAYS
Of the gold rush. All timed goods
were sold al 81 per can. no matter
/ whether ii was tomatoes. canned corn
or canned beans; canned meats were
traded for at third Of an ounce each
I in gold dust or nuggets.
! Al one time the universal price for
all sorts of supplies and provisions was
81 per pound. Mi William IL. Fair
banks now vice president Of the North
ern Commercial Company, tells me he
once bought an outfit in Dawson for
$500. 1t weighed 500 pounds, and was
/ charged for by the pound 1t con-
sisted Of porvisions and supplies of all
kinds and Shovels and nails brought
the same amount per pound as corn
meal and rice. Al that time flour cost
$50 sack: fircwood $50 cord. and
! hay from $500 To $500 ton. Nothing
was sold cheap.
y man was telling last night Of Jack
McQucsten ~ho lived at Forty Mile, "A
camp on the Yukon McQuestcn's store
was in log cabin and he had goods of
every description one day miner
came in and asked for a needle. lie
was handed omt one. ana told that the
price was a. cents. The man took the
needle between his thumb and finger
I
| Qucstcn:
| say, pard. amt YOU mistaken. Can't
YOU make II "a bit cheaper That's a
hell Of price for needle"
No said tho storckccpcr: ia like
TO If could. liu,, man. just think OF
the freight"
FOOTBALL. GAME
| PLAYED At NIGHT
am writing this in midsummer We
had u football match here last night.
II did not end until after 10 O'Clock,
and moving pictures were taken about
the close Of the game. Since ! have
been here ii has been so light that I
could read print out Of doors at any
time during the twcnty-four hours /
can now take pictures at midnight by
giving n slight time exposure. and in
| tho latter part Of June one can make
snapshots between IL and in tho
morning. II is no trouble to get cx-
ccllcnt photographs between q and II
/ +. M.'and at any time after . o'clock in
the morning. The sun now sets at
about II T. NJ, and it comes up again
tw" hours later. The twilight is bright
and the sky is red at midnight.
/ find that the light has "a strange
( effect upon me. The slccpincss that
comes about bedtime at home is absent
and ! ann liable to work or talk until
midnight or later without realizing The
hour. When ! wake during tho night
. | ann surprised To sec that II looks Just
ike day out Of doors. do not seem
/ 10 need as much sleep. The air is in
vir"rating and the light seems life
giving.
The weather Just now is about as
warm as il is in the States. TIL" grass
is green, the trees are In full leaf.
there are flowers everywhere and the
people are going about in cotton cloth.
ing. The women go out in the even
ing with bare arms and bare nccks
and IN" men play football, baseball and
tennis in their shirt sleeves. There
arc many harcfootcd children, and all
nature * thriving under the hot TWEEN