Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 26 x 20 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
? v^i
JACKSBORO GAZETTE.
VOLUME XX.
JACKSBORO TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1899.
NUMBER 31.
New Feature In the Lec-
ture Business.
if
CLAM-D0LLIV2S DEBATES.
They Deliver Joint Lectures on
Imperialism.
GRAKD iifD LOFTY
TUMBLIKG.
i
\
The Antic* of the Republican Party
on the Money Question Are Hard to
Keep Traelc Of —The Straddle of
1880—The Solid Rock on Which De-
mocracy I* Baaed — Retirement of
the Greenbacks.
I [Special Washington Letter.]
King Solomon said that “there is
nothing new under the sun,” but I
am rather Inclined to believe that Hon.
Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa and my-
self have inaugurated a new feature
of. the lecture business. We have en-
tered Into an arrangement to deliver
Joint lectures on “Expansion” or "Im-
perialism” at such times and places
dB onr services are desired, provided
we can do so without neglecting our
congressional duties. This joint ap-
pearance In the lecture line has a dou-
ble purpose—educational aud financial
Believing that Democrats are right In
position, 1 suggested this unusual
procedure, firmly persuaded
that the more It Is debated the stronger
we will be. We bad our Initial per-
formance at Chambersburg, Pa., re-
cently before a magnificent audience,
composed of about one-fourth Demo-
crats and three-fourtbs Republicans,
the vast majority of that community
being Republicans. From the manner
In which the debate was received and
newspaper comment thereon I
absolutely certain that we have
g to gain and absolutely
to lose by forcing tbe fighting
courageously maintaining tbe
n that American liberty
not be recklessly Jeopardized by
to our bosoms several millions
•
.
S’- .
of savage and semisavage Asiatics aud
t American laborers shall not be
Into ruinous competition with
me millions, who are willing
•ork for 15 cents a day.
debate on tbe subject drives the
n proponent of expansion
imperialism, whoever be may be,
a great deal of explaining
my, slavery, press censor-
and tbe party which must
in its time explaining Is doomed,
neatly 1 greatly enjoy the Joint
lecture business with Brother Dolliver.
On Monday, the 18th of December,
one of those curious coincidences in
d affairs which startle all who
it and furnish abundant food
philosophic reflection occurred in
house of representatives. Just as
applause among the goldbugs, by
of tbe passage of the Atlantic
oney bill, subsided a Missouri
arose and amid pro-
announced tbe death of
P. Bland and moved that
a mark of respect to his memory
the house do now adjourn," which It
Immediately proceeded to do.
' As one object of these letters Is to
campaign material for stump
s, at the risk of being some-
I propose to recall briefly to
in memory some of the grand and
tumbling done by tbe Republican
j on the financial question.
■bllea* Financial Plank In t»W.
order that there may be no roia-
about It I here quote the financial
tbe St. Louis platform: “The
party is unreservedly for
It caused the enactment
providing for the resump-
naents in 1879. Since
has been as good as
y-v;
d silence
Richard 1
. >•
r
i have used all
of cough reme-
but it does not
1? it is too deep
It may wear
out in time, but
is more liable to
la grippe,
or a seri-
affection.
need something j
will give you *
gth and build
le body.
**
iTT’S
J
do this when everything
There is no doubt
It nourishes,
builds up and
the body strong and
y, not only to throw
t, but to
against
are
gold.
••We are unalterably opposed to ev-
ery measure calculated to debase our
currency or impair the credit of our
country. We are therefore opposed to
the free coinage of silver except by in-
ternational agreement with the leading
commercial nations of the world, which
we pledge ourselves to promote, and
until such agreement can be obtained
the existing gold standard must be
preserved. All our silver and paper
currency must be maintained at parity
with gold, and we favor ail measures
designed to maintain Inviolably tbe ob-
Ugatiohs of tbe United States and all
our money, whether coin or paper, at
tbe present standard, the standard of
the most enlightened nations of the
earth.”
The Ohio Financial Straddle of 1896.
As for months prior to the St. Louis
convention Mr. McKinley was the
leading Republican presidential candi-
date—indeed. the inevitable nominee—
It is not unreasonable to assume that
the financial plank of the Ohio plat-
form of that year reflected his senti-
ments on that subject. It has been de-
nounced and ridiculed as a most skill-
ful "straddle,” but such as it is it must
£ave met with his approval. What-
ever else it may be, it is not a declara-
tion in favor of tbe single gold stand-
ard. Having quoted bis message to
show his position now, 1 quote tbe
Ohio.financial plank of 1896 to show
bis position then. Gaze upon that pic-
ture. then on this: “We contend for
honest money, a currency of gold, sli-
ver and paper, with which to measure
our exchange, that shall be as sound as
the government Itself and as untar-
nished as Its honor, and to that end we
flavor bimetallism and demand the use
of both gold and silver as a standard
money either in accordance with & ra-
tio to be fixed by an international
agreement, If that can be obtained, or
under such restrictions and such provi-
sions to be determined by legislation
as will secure tbe maintenance of tbe
parities of values of the two metals,
so that the purchasing and debt pay-
ing power of the dollar, whether of
gold, silver or paper, shall at all times
be equal.” f „
With considerable rhetorical flourish
that "straddle” was Intended to be “all
things to all men,” hoping thereby to
win votes for Ohio’s favorite son at St.
Louis. But tbe convention kicked that
“straddle” out of the door and got up a
“straddle” of Its own sufficiently In-
genious to rope in edough of tbe un-
wary to elect Mr. McKinley. Truly
1896 was a good year for catching
gudgeons)
The Democratic Position.
During the debate on the Atlantic
City money bill, knowing that certain
eastern Democrats were going to vote
with the Republicans, 1 took occasion
to fully and clearly set forth the Dem-
ocratic position on gold and silver and
did It as follows:
Certain representatives from the east, rated aa
Democrats In the directory and newspapers, avow
their purpoae to rote (er this bill. In so doing
they are out of touch with the great body of the
party. The vast majority of Democrats are as
much In favor of the tree and unlimited coinage
of silver as they ever were. Not aa a matter of ex-
pediency, but at a matter of principle, they and I
believe In the second Declaration of Independence
with our whole hearts. Thi true situation might
aa well be clearly understood first as last, and It
is this: We intend to readopt—not simply reaffirm,
but readopt—the financial plank of the Chicago
platform word for word, syllable byt syllable,
abating neither jot nor tittle of that great con
feesion of Democratic faith.
The tree and unlimited coinage of gef^and all
ver at the historical ratio of It to 1, without
waiting for the consent of any other nation on
earth, will be the supreme issue In 1900, ss It
was in 1890. Upon that platform we will place
Bryan and elect him. Self seeking politicians,
timorous souls, may tail away from us, but the
paramount issue and tbe peerless candidate will
aln. Politicians do not make issues; tbe peo-
ple make them. And they make something else;
they make politicians. And when politicians do
not do to suit them they unmake the politicians
and make a new set who will do to suit them.
The plain Democrats—those who seek no office and
who expect none—know exactly what they want.
They want Bryan and the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at lfi to 1, and these
they Intend to have. We would stultify ourselves
by changing position In front of the enemy. Even
ss « matter of expediency we would lose by suck
a move, for every time we gained one vote in the
east we would lose two or three or a half doxen
In the south and west. To abandon the Chicago
platform would not only be wrong, it would be
suicidal.
Of course other Issues will be presented, but
they will be subsidiary to that of the free and un
limited coinage of gold and silver at 18 to f. We
will have strong antitrust and anti-imperialistic
planks, strong ss language can make them; also
a plank In favor of an income tax and another
In favor of economy In the public service that
labor may be lightly burdened, but the overshad-
owing issue, the one on which the decisive battle
Will be fought and on which the victory will be
won, la free coinage of gold and silver at the old
ratio of is to i without asking anybody's consent
or waiting for anybody’s assistance- This is the
programme, and gentlemen may aa well govern
themselves accordingly. One swallow does not
make a summer. The desertion of s soldier now
and then does not portend that the silver hosts
pre either dejected or disintegrating. We know
are are right, and wa will persevere until com-
plete victory perches upon our banner.
Tbe average citizen bat more sense than he i»
credited with, and he knows that tbe prosperity
go widely bruited here grows out of accidental
and ephemeral causes which have turned the bal-
ance of trade In our favor, which have increased
our stock of gold; that should the balance of trade
turn againat us, aa It may do next year, this
country witf 'be drained of Its gold, and times
will grow harder, and, baring no adequate quan-
tity of basic money, conditions will be worse then
during tbe psnlc of 189S. Therefore be is for sil
ver. all we can get of it by free and unlimited
coinage at 16 to 1. Consequently he does not in-
tend to permit that issue to he tide tracked,
shunted out of the way or overshadowed by any
other laaue, and the Democratic politician who
tries to play him that trick will get hla neck
broken off aa abort aa you can break a piece of
glee*. If we were right in 1806, we ere right now.
end we propoee to stand by our guns, neither ask-
ing nor giving quarter.
Qoaernl Grosvener and the Wilson
sin.
General Grostenor of Ohio having In
the debate repeated the threadbare fic-
tion that the Wilson bill was a free
trade measure, I replied as follows:
Out In my county there dwelt a lawyer. Colonel
George W. Anderson, who for four years was t
member of this house. Re was always a brilliant
orator, but in his younger days not well up in
the technicalities of hla profession. On one occa
eion he was about to be knocked out of court,
when Judge Porter, who was presiding, a very
kind hearted man, undertook to help him by say-
ing, “Colonel Anderson, are you taken by sur-
prise f" Whereupon Anderson electrified bench
and bar by replying: “Good God, your honorl I
am not only surprised, but utterly astounded I"
1 was likewise astounded when 1 heard the gen
tleman from Ohio, Genera! Oroavenor, say that
the WUaon tariff bill was a free trade measure.
There Is nowhera on earth or under the earth or
in the air above the earth a scintilla of evident*
on which to base that statement It is absolutely
since passed the effervescent period of youth.
Sixty-six winters have trusted his head with sil-
ver, and he la a veteran, a conspicuous, an able,
member of this house. He is a great historic per-
sonage. Younger men look to him for guidance.
He la th# only real, tinon pure, major prophet
now known to be on tevra firms.
The public regards him as a sort of walking
delegate for the administration, Its mouthpiece on
this fioor, the keeper of the king’s conscience and
groom ol the presidential posset.
He owes It to hit own lame, to the dignity of
this house and to the cause of truth and justice
to expunge that charge from his speech, for it ia
baseless as the fabric of a vision.
Indecent Haste.
The Indecent and Inexcusable baste
with which the Atlantic City money
bill was railroaded through must for-
ever remain a blot upon the history of
the Republican majority of the Fifty-
sixth congress, and they need not be
surprised If in the days to come this
nnseemly and outrageous precedent
arises to plague Its Inventors. All sum-
mer the leaders of the majority have
known the provisions of the bill and
have had months in which to prepare
their arguments. The minority had
one weekday In which to prepare for
battle on a bill which revolutionizes
our entire financial system.
If It had been simply an antisilver
bill, little preparation would have been
needed, but this bill goes much further.
It makes token money of silver, con-
verts $500,000,000 of silver coin from an
asset into a debt of the government to
be redeemed In gold, practically retires
the greenbacks and multiplies the
power of the national banks, placing
the prosperity of 70,000,000 persons
within their keeping. It broadens the
financial question and lifts it to the
high plane on which Andrew Jackson
and tbe old Bank of tbe United States
fought It out more than half a cen-
tury ago, and for tbe discussion of this
momentous question, which affects the
welfare and happiness of every man,
woman and child In the republic and
of all the teeming millions yet to be,
about 27 hours of daylight has been
permitted, that, too, without the bill
ever having been referred to or consid-
ered by any committee of tbe house.
Parliamentary tyranny can go little
further and do little worse, but It’s an
old saying that “It’s a long lane that
has no turn.” and history shows that
majorities frequently dwindle Into
minorities, and our turn will come at
last.
Do the people want silver coin con-
verted Into mere token money? They
are not such idiots as to desire such
wanton waste, for If It Is to be mere
token money, redeemed In gold, why
waste fifty odd cents In sliver to make
a token dollar when one cent’s worth
of paper would do as well ?
Do the people desire to convert 500,-
000,000 silver dollars, now an asset of
the government, good for tbe payment
of all obligations, public and private,
into a debt of that amount, thereby re-
ally diminishing their wealth by twice
the amount of silver coin now out-
standing? Surely they are not so in-
sane!
Tlxe Popular Greenback.
Is there any popular demand for the
retirement of the $346,000,000 of green-
backs, thereby contracting the curren-
cy to that amount? Who says that we
have too much money now? Let It
never be forgotten that this bill prac-
tically retires the greenbacks, that that
Is its prime object, for nobody but a
natural born fool will be deceived by
the euphemistic term “Impounding.”
The fondest dream of the national
bankers for years has been to retire
the greenbacks, and at last their dream
Is to be realized. I make this predic-
tion now, without fear of successful
contradiction—that after this bill be-
comes a law greenbacks In the bands
of tbe people will be as scarce as bens’
teeth; like angels’ visits, few and far
between. A few of the $1 greenbacks,
for the sake of auld lang syne, will be
retained, framed and displayed as curi-
osities to be shown to our children as
samples of the money that saved tbe
life of tbe republic in the awful crisis
of the civil war, but nearly all the
greenbacks will remain forever in their
long home, tbe newly created “division
of issue and redemption.”
Do the great body of the people wish
the government to abdicate its para
mount function and to deliver tbe na-
tion's prosperity, perhaps Its life, un-
reservedly and absolutely into the
hands of the National Bankers’ asso-
ciation? There has never been a day
since Washington was first inaugu-
rated when they so desired. They do
not now so desire, and l warn gentle-
men who are pampering these banks
now and surrendering to them the
rights which we temporarily hold in
trust for the people that they will
some day rue this unwise action. I re-
call to their memories the startling fact
that In 1795, when Great Britain was
engaged In a death struggle with Na-
poleon, the governors of the Bank of
England unpatriotleally, treasonably
and curtly In a three line letter In
formed tbe younger Pitt that he could
have no more money from that institu-
tion with which to fight the wonderful
warrior whose towering ambition was
universal dominion. Give to our na
tional banks all power over our curren-
cy, as this bad bill proposes to do, and
perhaps, Indeed most likely, in some
crisis of our country’s fate, when we
are engaged in a death struggle with
some great power—It may be with all
tbe great powers of the world—they,
too, will play the traitor’s part, with
hold from the government the sinews
of war and thereby Imperil our liberty,
our happiness and our prosperity.
•‘•Holiday Goods*-
Glittering Gifl$
Of Silverware, Knives, Forks, Spoons,
Cake Stands, Tea Sets, Fine
Watches, Chains, Bings,
Brooches, Etc.
These are bran new goods of the latest designs
and guaranteed, Come and make your
selection now.
W. G. HILBUBF,
HOTEL JACKSBORO,
(The only First-Class Hotel in the City.)
. C. B. DONALDSON, Proprietor,
JACKSBORO, ..... TEXAS.
formerly run the Fort Worth & Denver R. R. Eating Honse at
Childress, Texas.
Hotel Jacksboro is a new three-story stone structure, has plenty of
fine Sample Rooms, Electric lights and Eunnciators
throughout the House.
Bath and Toilet Rooms on each Floor. Our own Water Works.
grapple with new thoughts.- When
Harvey proclaimed the discovery of
the circulation of the blood, no physi-
cian over 50 years ever became a con-
vert They all of them died In their
ignorance.—Boston Herald.
Arrives Before It Starts.
A11 over Ireland clocks show Dublin
time. As time arrives over Dublin 25
minntes 22 seconds after passing
Greenwich, Irish time Is thus much be-
hind the English, and hence a telegram
dispatched from London at 12 o’clock
gets to Dublin 11:40, according to local
time—that Is, apparently before It
starts. Strange, Isn’t It? —Scottish
American.
Breakfast.
Landlady — Well, Mr. McGinnis, I
hope you had something you liked for
breakfast this morning.
Boarder—Yes. indeed, Mrs. Irons. I
had a magnificent appetite.—Chicago
Tribune.
FRANCE AND AMERICA.
Tke Conservatism of Aft.
Age, says Thomas B. Reed, Is a great
conservative element. With age men
have acquired also wealth nnd stand-
ing aud Influence In the community.
Age. accompanied by wealth, is almost
always listened to. Age brings with It
use and wont and unwlllinguess
Tried Friends Best.
| ForthirtyyMraTutfsPillshave
of everyday consumption. Surely no Mns nan
can believe or does believe that such t bill was •
tree trade measure. Free traders voted for It
bolding their noses. They voted for It because It
was the best they could get end cut down the
rites of the McKinley bill of abominations about
8 per cent. It ts a poor cause that necessitates
such wrenching of historic facts to support It
and only ahows to what straits Republicans are
driven to defend their present course.
A characterless, obscure and Ignorant stump
peaber might be excused lor making such a
groundless assertion In the heat of debate out In
the backwoods of Ohio, but General Grosvener
cannot be excused on any such theory. He can-
not afford to maka such s ridiculous statement.
Be certainly cannot be excused on th* ground* ol
for one of his foiblat Is oumisetencs;
fcuBVtSWl. to
proven a blessing to the invalid
Are truly the sick man’s friend.
A Known Fact
For bilious headache, dyspepsia
sour stomach, malaria,constipa
tion and all kindred diseases.
TUTT’S Liver PILLS
AN ABSOLUTE CURE.
Fiat lob Work tolicittfi
#irrTro,*d».
Bill Submitting the Reciproc-
ity Treaty Introduced In
Chamber of Deputies.
Paris, Dec. 20__A bill submit-
ting the Franco-American reci-
procity treaty to the approval of
the French Parliament was intro-
duced today in the Chamber of
Deputies. The Government, in
elaborate preamble, makes a
point of setting forth the “ kindly
disposition of tbe American Gov-
ernment which has enabled the
negotiations to be brought to a
successful conclusion and expa-
tiate upon the great stimulus the
treaty will give to commerce be-
tween the two countries.”
The preamble goes on to ex-
plain that the treaty is the result
of two years’ work. It, says that
while pressed to retaliate against
the restrictions of the Dingley
tariff, the Government deemed a
resort to diplomacy preferable, in
view of “our traditional sympa-
thies for the republic of the Unit-
ed States and due consideration
for our true economic interests.”
It then recapitulates the main
point of the provisional arrange-
ment of May 5,1898, which open-
ed the way for further negotia-
tions as French imports into tbe
United States, relieved from the
tariff, increased 80 per cent.
Such American productions as
castiron, leather articles and ma-
chine tools, “ in which American
manufacturers possess a distinct
superiority and which constitute
a danger to French industry,” are,
the preamble points out, still ex-
cluded from the minimum tariff.
Moreover, agricultural and cattle
products are similarly excluded
“in order to protect the French
from formidable American compe-
tition.”
“This result,” says the pream-
ble, “ is all the more important be-
cause Mr. Kasson made pressing
demands on behalf of American
agriculture. The French ambas-
sador was not able to resist them,
but even obtained nseful reduc-
tions in favor of French agricult-
ural products exported to the
United States, such as olive oil
and preserved vegetables.
After pointing out that France,
under the treaty, obtains the
unique concession of favored na-
tion treatment, aud describing
this as a “ peculiarly gracious
concession,” the preamble com
pares the respective advantages
gained by the'contracting parties,
saying: “ Only for our per cent
of American 'products, valne 25,-
OGtflOO francs, benefit, the Ameri-
e«HT gain being 1,077.450 francs
annually, while over 53 per «ent
gain being 5,219,294 francs annual-
ly.”
After particularly calling atten-
tion to the important fact that the
concessions obtained by France
are exclusive and should tremen-
dously increase. French exports,
while at the same time the treaty
is so arranged as to prevent
American invasion of French mar-
kets, the preamble concludes as
follows:
“ The government at the White
House, in signing with us this
treaty, have shown their desire to
reserve to French commerce the
first fruits of the tariff concessions
which the Dingley bill authorized
to be granted to foreign powers.
“This action gives the treaty a
value it would be impossible to
misunderstand and makes this
document a work which should
draw closer at the same time the
economic relations of the two
people and the political affinities
of the two republics.”
not going to throw my life away.
If God has more work for me to
do, I’ll not die.”
Just before 12 o’clock the
watchers saw that the end was
approaching and at exactly nooD,
the great preacher passed away.
The arrangements for the funeral
have not as yet been fally com-
pleted, but the services will be
held next Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock in the Congregational
Church. The burial will be in tbe
“round-top.” This is a spot on
the seminary grounds near Mr.
Moody’s home lot, which has be-
come famous in connection with
tbe summer meetings, and on
which hundreds of student gath-
erings have been held, many of
them conducted by Mr. Moody
himself. On this account it seem-
ed to the family fitting that the
burial should be at that spot.
The Northfield, the summer
hotel connected with the Mood}
schools, will be opened for the
accommodation of those coming
to attend the funeral services.
All three of the Moody schools
are at present closed for Christ-
mas vacation. Telegrams and
messages of sympathy have beeD
received by the family from
friends, admirers and co-workers
with Mr. Moody in all parts of the
country.
FACING A GRAVE CRISIS.
RAW AS BEEF
No Torture Eqoal to the
Itehiag and Burning of
This Fearful Disease.
FROM ECZEMA!
mial tn thfl much attention is often paid jo tha
first symptoms ipf Eczema, but It is not
before the littLetasdneM begins to itoh__
burn. This iff' but the beginning, and will
NOT FOR YEARS HAS ENG-
LAND HAD TO GRAPPLE
WITH PROBLEMS
lead to suffering and torture almost unen-
durable. It is a common mistake to regard
a roughness end redness of the skin as
merely a local irritation; it is but an iidiea-
tion of a hum-.r ia the blood—of ttrrible
Eczema—which is more than skin-deep, and can Dot be reached by local appli-
cations of ointments, salves, etc., applied to the surface. The disease itself,
the real cause of the trouble, is in the blood, although all suffering is produced
through the skin.; the only way to reach the disease, the.reforo, is through
the blood. /
Mr. Phil T. Jones, of Mixersville, Ind., writes:
“I had Eczema thirty years, and after a great deal '
of treatment my leg was so raw and sore that it gave ma
constant pain. It finally broke into a running sore, and
began to spread and grow worse. For t.he past five or
six years I have suffered untold agony and had given up
all hope of ever being free from the disease, as I have
been treated by some of the best physicians and have
taken many blood medicines, all in vain. With little
faith left I began to take S. S. S., and it apparently
made the Eczema worse, but I knew that this was the
way the remedy got rid of the poison. Continuing
S. S. S., the sore healed up entirely, the skin became
clear and smooth, and I was cured perfectly." ' ___
Eczema is an obstinate disease and can not be cured by a remedy whiah ia
only a tonic. Swift’s Specific—
S. S. S. FOR THE BLOOD
—is superior to other blood remedies because it cures diseases which they can
not reach. It goes to the bottom—to the cause of the disease—-and will core
the worst case of Eczema, no matter what other treatment has failed. It is
the only blood remedy guaranteed to be free from potash, mercury o:* any
other mineral, and never fails to cure Eczema, Scrofula, Contagious Blood
Poison, Cancer, Tetter, Rheumatism, Open Sores, Ulceri, Boils, etc. Ijislst
upon S. S. S.; nothing can take its place. \ ,
© Books on these diseases will be mailed free to any address by Swift Spa-
thic Company, Atlanta, Georgia._
“LYON & MATTHEWS]
LUMBER DEALERS,
Carry a Large and well selected Stock of Dry Ltunber
including Shingles, Sash, Doors, Etc.
SEE THEM BEFORE YOU BUY.
GREAT EVANGELIST DEAD
Rev. Dwight L. Moody Passed
Quietly Away at East
Northfield.
East Northfield, Maes., Dec.22.—
Dwight L. Moody, the famous
evangelist, died at noon today.
It was not expeoted until yes-
terday by the members of Mr.
Moody’s family and immediate
circle of friends that death would
be the result of his illness. The
cause of death was a general
breaking down due to overwork.
Mr. Moody’s heart has been
weak for a long time and exer-
tions pnt forth in connection with
meetings in the West last month
brought on a collapse from which
he failed to rally. The evangelist
broke down in Kansas City, Mo.,
where be was holding services
about a month ago and the serious-
ness of his condition was so ap-
parent to the physicians who were
called to attend him, that they
forced him to abandon his tour
and retnrn to his home with all
possible speed. After he reached
Northfield eminent physicians
were consulted and everything
was done to prolong life. A bul-
letin issued last week communi-
cated the tidings to the public
that Mr. Moody was very ill, but
that a little improvement was
noticed. This were the patient
showed a steady gain until yester-
day when he showed symptoms
of nervousness accompanied by
weakness which caused the fami-
ly much anxiety.
Mr. Moody first knew at 8
o’clock last evening that he wonld
not recover. He was satisfied
that this was so aud when the
knowledge came to him his words
were:
“The world is receding and
heaven opening.”
lie said to his boys i “ I have
always been an ambitions man,
not ambitious to lay up wealth,
but to leave you work to do.”
Id substance Mr. Moody urged
his two boys aud his son-in-law,
Mr. Fit*, to see that the schools
in East Northfield, at Mount Her-
mon and the Ohicago Institute
should receive 'the’r best care.
This they assured Mr. Moody that
they would do. During the fore-
noon Mr*. A.P. Fitt, his daughter,
said to Mr. Mbody ; “ Father, we
Such As Now. It Is Under-
stood by All That the Em-
pire Must Triumph
Irrespective of
the Cost.
London, Dec. 23.—Not for many
years past Great Britain faced
such a situation as confronts her
this Christmas. Yet to meet it
there has arisen a new Britain,
which, by its virility and pluck,
extorts admiration even from her
bitterest continental critics. Since
the boastfulness has disappeared
from the British press, the com-
ments of the foreign papers, at
least such as are printed here, are
couched in tones far more fair and
friendly than when it was believ-
ed a speedy victory awaited Gen-
eral Buller.
Though Great Britain’s plight iD
South Africa seems temporarily
critical, the Associated Press
learns that the Boors are strain-
ing every nerve to secure tbe
mediation of President McKinley
toward a favorable peace. Bat any
one with the very slightest knowl-
edge of British feeling quickly ap-
preciates that not one person in a
million contemplates any result
but an ultimate British triumph,
and all sections unite in saying
this must be secured, no matter
3 S
JACKSBORO, TEXAS.
■ ^
J. T. GARRISON’S
BivQry, Feed f %k Sktte,
JACKSBORO, TEXAS.
Always ready to accommodate the Trau
Public, with Good Stock and Fine Turnouts,
Teams left at this Stable will receive the best of
Your Patronage Solicited.
;
■■ SS;
'
what the cost. Hence, the Boer
agents themselves have only slight
hopes that mediation would be
accepted, though believing if
LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE!
President McKinley could be per- H®Y JACKSON, Proprietor,
anaded to proffer it, Lord Salie- SOUTH-EAST CORNER SQUARE.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS. 1
THE BEST RIGS IN WESTERN TEXAS.
of Freuch products, value 158.- can not spare yog,”
1940,009 frat'ce* benefit, the French1 Mr. Moody’* repIy^w^Aj^I am
bury, though perhaps bound to
refuse, would lose humanitarian
sympathy in the United States
and thus divert to the Boers much
wavering sentiment.
The Associated Press is inform-
ed from excellent sources that no
offer of mediation would be ac-
cepted by Lord Salisbury in any
shape or form. The popular con-
ception of peace is that it must
come through the idol of the army,
Gen. Roberts, and his no lees
adored chief of staff, General
Kitchener. The country is pre-
pared to wait indefinitely for that
eventually. The fall of Kimber-
ley, Lidysmith and Mafeking
would not make a particle of dif-
ference, for this stoical resolve is
thoroughly imbedded in the
hearts of the people, who for the
first time in the memory of this
generation have drunk deeply of
the cup of military defeat and dis-
grace. Any other defeats that
the future holds for the British,
except entire annihilation, are an-
ticipated by the scathiDg criticism
which the nation has inflated
upon itself. Estimates of the du-
ration of hostilities vary from
three months to a year.
The lack of news this week has
by no means been taken as an in-
stance of the adage regarding no
news. A very general impression
prevails that Kimberley will buc-
enmb. An effloer of tbe British
South Africa company who has an
intimate knowledge of South Afri-
ca, tell* the Associated Press be-
Will A. Wallin Music
265-267 Main St., Dallas,
Steinway, Fischer, &
NEWBY & EVANS
FARRAND&VOTEY
AND HILLSTROM
ALL KINDS OF
MUSICAL INSTRU1
.
. ■
—
W© have th© best stock and can furnish as fine turnouts
as any stable in Western Texas.
Teams Fed And Well Cared for by Good Hostler*.
Horses Boult ml Horses Soli. Also Blooded Hots for Sole
ON’S
Pepsin
Chill Tonic
Is Tbs to lass and Guaranteed to Caro Chills and
. ^ Fever and all Malarial Troubles.
Does Not Contain Quinine Nor Otlier Poison. *
Does Not injure tUe Stomach Nor Effect the Heariaz
TT » -to.* V. um VJ U> UUll, X/IUIC
best we have ever handled,
the only Chill Tonic which *
Price 50c
BROWN
lieves that if the Boers capture
Oecil Rhodes they will shoot him.
Nowhere more than on the
stock exchange has the lack of
information caused extreme nerv-
ousness. It is realized that if
Kimberley falls de Beers mine
shares aud interests will shrivel
to nothing, while the chartered
company’s vast issues will lose
what little bottom they have left.
It is learned that the great
financial houses in London have
combined and furnished sufficient
money to insure no large failures
on settling day, Deo. 28, though
the small fry may suffer. Unless
this action had been taken several
first importance, but of large pro-
portions, would it is said, have to.
go under. This concerted pre-
caution has to some extent restor-
ed confidence, bat th* market ia
still panicky, many people believ-
ing that the most serious onafal
has not yet been reached.
If troubled with dizziness, furred toi.£m*,
bitter taste in mouth, bloated feeling after
eating, constipation or sick headache, use
Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Star
Drug Store. time
Cure stomach troubles, odd feet and
hands, exee-sive menstrual flow with jim-
inous Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. tier
Drug Store. i .«
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View two places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1899, newspaper, December 28, 1899; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth731386/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.