Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1899 Page: 4 of 4
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f. C, HILBURH,
Watch Maher & Jeweler,
jDealer in Watches,
Clocks Jewelry,
Silverware, &«.
Also makes a specialty
of fine watch, clock,
and jewelry repairing.
Fine engraving done
to order.
L. All Work Guaranteed.
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t Surgeon and Accoucheur.
attention given to diseases
of women and Rectal Surgery.
Jffice over Bank Building,
Residence on Church Street
JACKSBORO, TEXAS.
DR.F1HIKABAY,
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Office over H. 6. Stark & Co.’s.
Residence, Graham Street.
Office hours, 9 to 11 and 2 to 4
Telephone at office and residence.
5 rings’ for night call over tele-
phone. *
T. D. SPORES,
LAWYER,
)RO, TRXAS
A JONES,
AT LAW.
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TEXAS.
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SPILLEE,
r, Notary Public
" Collecting Agent,
: Only Abstract of Jack Oomty
Land TitU
>, Jack Co., Texas.
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O’SULLIVAN.
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1 St-, Jacksboro, Texas,
of repair work fro®
to a steam engine,
be done out-
lop can be done
* shoeing a specially
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HAWKES
, Atlanta Optician,
ROBERT 10UIS STEVEtlSOn,
PROGRAMME
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. CHAPTER XXXIV.
AND LAST.
The next morning we fell early to
work, for the transportation of this
great mass of gold near a mile by land
to the beach, and thence three miles by
boat to the “Hispaniola,” was a consult 1 -
able task for so small a number of
workmen. The three fellows still
abroad upon the island did not greatly
trouble us; a single sentry cn the shoul-
der of the hill was sufficient to insure
us against any sudden onslaught, and
we thought, besides, they had had more
than enough of fighting.
Therefore the work was pushed on
briskly. Gray and Ben Gunn came and
went with the boat, while the rest dur-
ing their absence piled treasure on the
beach. Two of the bars, slung in a
rope’s end, made a good load for a]
grown man—one that he was glad to’
walk slowly with. For my part, as I
was not much use at carrying, I was
kept busy all day in the cave, packing
the minted money into bread bags.
It was a strange collection, like Billy
Bones’ hoard for the diversity of coin-
age. but so much larger and >o mack
more varied that I think I never had
more pleasure than in sorting them.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese,
Georges and Louises, doubloons and
double guineas and riioidores and
sequins, the pictures of all the kings of
Europe for the last hundred years,
strange oriental pieces stomped with
what looked like wisps of string or bits
of spider’s web, round pieces and square
pieces, ana- pieces bored through the
middle, as if to wear them round your
neck—-nearly every variety of money
in the world must, I think, have found
a place in that collection; and for num-
ber, I am sure they were like autumn
leaves, so that my'back ached with
Stooping and my fingers with sorting
them out.
Day after day this work went on; by
every evening a fortune had been
stowed aboard, but there was another
fortune waiting for the morrow; and
all this time we heard nothing of the
three surviving mutineers.
At last—I think it was on the third
night—the doctor and I were strolling
on the shoulder of the hill where it
overlooks the lowlands of the isle,
when, from out the thick darkness be-
low, the wind brought us d, noise be-
tween shrieking and pinging,
only a snatch that reached Ofir ears,
followed by the fojerhr silence.
“Heavejblo^gfve them,”,said the doc-
Torp^’tis the mutineers!”
“All drunk, sir,” struck in the voice
of Silver from behind us.
Silver, I should say. was allowed his
entire liberty, and, in spite of daily re-
buffs, seemed to regard himself once
more as quite a privileged and friendly
dependenf. Indeed, it was remarkable
how well he bore these slights, and with
what unwearying politeness he kept
at trying to ingratiate himseif with all.
Yet, I think, none treated him better
than a dog; unless it was Ben Gunn,
who was still terribly afraid of bis old
quartermaster, or myself, who had real-
ly something to thank him for; al-
though for that matter, I suppose, 1
had reason to think even worse of him
| tbqn anybody else, for I had seen him
I meditating a fresh treachery upon the
plateau. Accordingly, it was pretty
gruffly that the doeUjp answered him.
“Drunk or raving!” said he.
“Right- you were, sir,” replied Silver;
“and pi*ecious little pdds which, to you
and me.”
“I suppose yon would hardly ask me
to call you a humane man.” returned
the doctor, with a sneer, “and so mv
Eve Glasses. Sold feelings may surprise you, Master'Sil-
J , ... ... ver. But if I were sure they were rav-
and Towns in me ing_as j am morally certain one, at
least, of them is down with fever—I
should leave this camp, and, at what-
ever risk to my own carcass, take them
the assistance of my skill.”
“Ask your pardon, sir, you would be
very wrong,” quoth Silver. “You would
lose your precious life, and you may
lay to that. I’m on your side now, hand
and glove; and I shouldn’t wish for to
see the party weakened, let alone your-
self,* seeing as I knew what I owes you-
But these men down there, they
ir word—no, not -sup-
• wished to; and what’s more,
believe as ydu could.”
the doctor. “You’re the
> your word, we know- that.”
was aboutthe last news we
4 the three pirates. Only once we
a gunshot a great way oil, and
to be hunting. A coun-
cil was held, and it was decided that we
desert them on the island—to the
glee, I must say, of Ben Gunn,
the strong approval of Gray,
a good stock of powder and
the bulk of the salt goat, a few
nines and some other necessaries,
tools, clothing, a spare sail, a fathom or
two of rope, and, by the particular de-
sire of the doctor, a handsome present
of tobacco.
That was about our last doing on the
island. Before that we had got the
treasure stowed, and had shipped
enough water and the remainder of the
goat meat, in case of any distress; and
at last, one fine morning, we weighed
anchor, which was about all that we
could manage, and stood out of Xorth
inlet, the same colors flying that the
We were so short of men that every-
one on board had to bear a hand—only
the captain lying* on a mattress in the
stern and giving his orders; for, though
greatly recovered, he was still in want _
of quiet. We laid her head for the iNooli:
nearest port in Spanish America, for
we could not risk the voyage home
without fresh hands; and, as it was
what with baffling winds and a couple
of fresh gales, we were all worn out
before we, reached it.
It was just at sundown when we east
For the Second Teachers’ In-
Etitute to be Held at Jacks-
boro on Friday and Sat-
urday, January 5th
and 6th, 1900.
Friday:
10 a. m. Invocation.
Nature study—W. T. McFerran,
Miss Mary Turner.
How interest patrons in school
work—W. S. Jones, R. S. Nun-
ley; general discussion.
anchor in a most beautiful land-locked
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Texas.
I was kept busy all day packing the money into
bread baas.
gulf, and were immediately surround-
ed by shore boats full of negroes, and
Mexican Indians, and half-bloods, sell-
ing fruit and vegetables, and offering
to dive for bits of money. The sight of
so many good-humored faces (especial-
ly-the blacks), the taste of the tropical
fruits, and above all, the lights that be-
gan to shine in tiie town, made a mos*
charming contrast to our dark and
bloody sojourn on the island; and the
doctor and the squire, taking me along
with, them, went ashore to pass the
early part of the night. Here they met
the captain of an English man-of-war.
fell in talk with him, went on board
his ship, ar.d, in short, had so agreeable
a time that day was breaking when we
came alongside the “Hispaniola.”
Ben Gunn was on deck alone, and, as
soon as we came on board, he began,
with wonderful contortions, to make u-
confession. Siiver was gone. The
maroon and connived at his escape in
a shore boat some hours ago^a-firi ireTi o\v
assured us he had. OHiy'ii'one so to p.e-
seryigoof hive si which would certainly
It vvasrj-JiaTe been forfeited if “that man wUb
the one leghad stayed aboard.” B it this
was not all. The sea cook had not gone
empty-handed. He had cut through a
bulkhead unobserved, and had removed
• of the sacks of coin, worth, per-
haps, three or four hundred guineas,
to help him on his further wanderings.
I think we were all pleased to be so
cheaply quit of him.
Weil, to make a long story short, wr
got a few hands on board, made a good
cruise home,, and the “Hispaniola”
reached Bristol just as Mr. Blandly was
beginning to think of fitting cut liei
consort. Five men only qf those win
had sailed returned wifti her. “Drink
and the devil had done lor the rest”
with a vengeance; although, to be sure,
we were not quite in so bad a case as
that other ship they sung about:
“With one man-cf the crew alive.
What put to sea with seventy-five.’’
All of us had an ample share of the
treasure, and used it wisely or foolish-
ly, according to our natures. Capt.
Smoliet is now retired from the sea.
Gray not only saved liis money, but,
being suddenly smit with the dosrre
to rise, also studied lijs profession; and
he is now mate and part owner of a fine
full-rigged ship; married besides, and
the father of a family. As for Ben Gunn,
he got £ 1,C00, which he spent or lost
in three weeks, or, to be more exact,
in TO days, for he was back begging or.
the twentieth. Then he was given a
lodge to keep, exactly as fee had fared
upon the island; and he still lives, a
great favorite, though something of a
butt, with the country boys, and a nota-
ble singer in- cfeurefe on Sundays and
saints’ days.
Of Silver we have heard no more.
That formidable seafaring man with
one leg has at igst goae clean out of my
life; but I dare say he met his old
n egress. and' perhaps still lives in com-
fort with her and Capt. Flint. It is
to be hoped so, I suppose, for his
chances of comfort in another world
are very small.
The bar silver and the arms still lie,
for ail that I know, where Flint buried
them; and certainly they shalllie there
for me. Oxen and wain-rcpe» would
not bring me back again to that ae
cursed island; and the worst dreams
that ever I have are when I hear th
surf booming about its coasts, or start
upright in bed, with the sharp voice of
Capt. Flint still ringing in my ears:
“Pieces of eight! pieces of eight!”
THE END.
1 GO p. m. How teach spelling—
Miss E’len Isbell, 0. A. Ham-
rick, Miss Mary Turner.
D >es a teacher’s success depend
more upon his ability as an in-
structor or as a disciplinarian—
L. H. Bryant, M. B. Johnson,
Miss Laura Wyatt.
True work of a teacher on reci-
tation—W. A. Langston, Miss
Annie Cannon, Mies LoisGowdy.
Friday night:
First year reading—Miss Lena
Moore, Miss Laura Carpenter.
Why we should educate our chil-
dren—J. K. Wester.
Reading—Jno. P. Simpson, C. W.
Horschler.
Primary geography—Miss Eva
Johnson, Miss Nell Brown.
Saturday:
9 a. m. Hinderances to educa-
tion—F. R. Aston, Miss Irmine
Mullins.
How keep children in school un-
til they are educated—J. F.
Dwight, J. H. Wood, Mrs. Alla
M. Bass.
The Pestalozzian system or idea
of education—Louis Johnson,
W. E. Fitzgerald.
Queries.
Noon:
1.30 p. m. Discussion of new plan
for institute programme.
Genera] business.
Most respectfully,
Jno. P. Simpson,
; gee. Com. on Programme.
The great artist Michael Ahgelo was
as famous an architect or designer as
he was a painter. He designed the
church of St. Peter at Rome, which is
built in the form of a Latin cross. He
also designed another church in Rome,
and, besides these, planned a number of
famous .structure*.
is
There
for the captain had flown and fought under at
- boys and tbe palisade.
The three fellows must have been
watching ns closer than we thought for,
as we soon had proved. For, coming
the narrows, we had to lie
near the southern point, and
there we saw aR three of them kneeling
together on a spit of sand, with their
arms raised in supplication. It went
to all our hearts, I think, to leave them
in that wretched state; but we could
not risk another mutiny; and to take
them home for the gibbet would have
been a cruel sort of kindness. The
doctor bailed them and told them of
the stores we had left, and Where they
were to find them, but they continued
to call us by name and appeal to us,
for God’s sake, to be merciful, and not
leave them to die in such a place.
At last, seeing the ship still bore on
her course, and was now swiftly draw-
ing ont of earshot, one of them—I know
not which it was—leaped to his feet
with a hoarse cry, whipped his musket
to his shoulder and sent a shot whis-
tling over Silver’s head and through the
mainsail.
After that we kept under cover of
the bulwarks, and when next I locked
out they disappeared from the spit,
and the spit itself had almost melted
out of sight in the glowing distance.
That was, at least, the end of that; and
before noon, to my inexpressible joy,
the highest rock of Treasure island had
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Bears tho
Signature
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gThe K'md You Have Alwa;s Bought
A Big Hunt in Jack County
The GUico Review gives
the
following account of a jolly crowd
of hunters in Jack county :
Durihg the early morning of the
I2th instant much noise and bus
tie in the little town of Ghico in
dilated that something out of the
ordinary was about to transpire.
Rigs were prepared, blankets and
tedding packed, provedder for
nan and beast aggregated, with
the necessary aid for rendering
the lubrication of mastication
complete and easy. The Great
Rock Island 10:10 passenger
brought Col. S. B. Hovey, Dr.
Duringer and Mr. R. L. Richards
^>f Fort Worth. These gentlemen
were joined with proper trans-
portation by J. H. Hays of Plano,
Texas, and O. O. Hawkins.
F.. C. Barnhill, Dr. J. L.
Elder, Lee Yeakley, T. H. Moore,
A. K. Stack, Sam Stack, Joe Pow-
ers, Lon Sellars and the editor of
the Review of Ghico, when the
journey toward the setting sun
was begun. Tne object primary
was ‘ game—big game after big
‘4ame—the object secondary was
the pursuit of a royal good time.
At Ventioner creek, three miles
out, the gay party halted for lunch
—not rest; for no one was yet in
(he least fatigued. The next move
was to Perryman’s Bunch, where
manager Snead, that prince of
royal fellows became “one of the
gang” and added materially to the
comfort and success of the enter-
prise by furnishing excellent sad-
dle horses and fire arms.
The next objective point was
Ound-ff, the home of T. H. Gher
cyhomes, the true host of the par-
ty—'.he mau of hospitality—the
nan with the dogs, tent and aii
ise necessary for the comfort ano
Tiso Tins © Comes
to every elderly -woman when an im-
porter, t functional change takes place.
This is called ’’The Change of Life.”
Theentiresystemundergoes a change.
^ Dreadful diseases such as cancer and 1
(consumption are often contracted at 1
| this time.
j BBeESLRnFS
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system, anil brings the sufferer safely '
oveh these p.(falls. Its effects have;
been wonderful. It is good for all t
menstrual troubles, but is especially t
'recommended at this time. Ask I
your druggist for the famous Wine of I
Cardin. $r.co a bottle.- t
For advice ia cases requiring- special;
directions, address the “ Ladies* Ad- j
visory Department,” The Chatta-[
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The Kind Ton Have Always BouS*5lt, and which has been
in use for over SO years, h?s borne the signature of
t _____ and Ms k°eti made under his per-
/a** sonai sa)>elvision since its infancy.
, Allow nc °jI2 to> deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations ar.<iJ«st-as-good” are but
Experiments that trifle with affd endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What Is CASTOR IA
Casioria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrup). It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, MorpliinJ nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubled euyes Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and. natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother? Friend.
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GENUINE CASTORIA\ ALWAYS
Bears tlie Signature of
Round Prairie News.
Round Prairie, Dec. 22.-Jfhe
raiDy weather of this week uF©r-
fered with our school to soma ex-
tent.
Mr. Wood
this week.
Mr. Edgar Comstock has mo1!©d
into our community and we\re
glad to welcome him into olr
community.
has been very\ sick
1
Rev. Mr. Swindle preached fo
us Sunday, and now has a months
ly appointment.
School is moving along nicely
with an enrollment of fift.y-flve.
We hsfve had, up to the present,
eighty-fonr visits paid onr school
by friends and patrons of' the
school. We can boast of hhving
a community that do their pkrt of
the school work. Let such
tinue and we will have a success-
ful school.
J. L. Gragg.
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From Arkansas.
Harrisburg, Ark., Dec.j21,1899.
Jacksboro Gazette : r
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Tlie KM You fee lit ays Bought
8n Use For Over 30 Years.
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ceipts at New Orleans from September to April—Full Statis-
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Readers.
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the first seven months of the present
cotton year (September 1, 1899, to April
1, 1900)—
*1,600 If estimate is received during
January.
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February.
$500 if esUmate is received during March.
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amounting to *1,500, that will be paid out
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N. o_ rects.
SEASON.. Sen. 1-
Mch. L
1395-96........1.620.974
1)96-97........1,936.587
IS37-98........2.432,315
1893-99........1,854,153
N. O. reots. Total IT. s.
whole year, crop for
.Sep.l-Aa?. 31. season.
1.812,167 7.157,346
2.102.470 8,757.904
2.576,165 11,199,994
2,130,296 11.271,819
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Hants, situated^ on the Helena
farancfr'cH tie Iron Mountain R.R.
We have five dry goods stores,
three of which are brick, and oth-
er brick buildings are being erect-
ed. Health generally is good.
Your valued paper is now com-
ing to our home and each issue
meets with a warm reception. To
say that I am glad to know of the
great improvements of Jacksboro
does not half express my del’ght.
As I read its colamns it brings
happy thoughts of the past forev-
er gone.
Three years have passed since
I visited the little city of Jacks-
boro. Many improvements have
been made since, the greatest of
which is the railroad.
Many friends and loved ones
have been called to the “ haven
of rest” since that time, and let
each of ns live so when God calls
us to go we may meet them in the
“sweet by and by.”
W ith a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year, I close.
Fay Estes.
^effectively against the Britie
iOrces while a member of
staff of Stonewall Jackson.
jPolonel Fontaine ii(7© years
ag^but in spite of his three ecor
yeai‘8 and ten he claims t
ber pdonel Joubert,
eaygi was a valiant soldier
scW,atad that even as a your;
man he -displayed wonderful sk
in the handling of and hi ;
comrades in arms believed that
had the war lasted longer and
Jackson latent*® young colonel ^
would' have led gray-coateu‘a;
fo the borders of Maine. Oolone
Fontaine adds that Jonbert comes
of an old family in
that he has many
in that state at the
He does not believe that the
leader corresponds with his /
ican connections.
enjoyment of his guesis. Under
the direction of Major Cherry-
homes, camp was pitched abou*
eigh’. miles west of Oundiff on »
bluff, overlooking the West Fork
of Trinity River, which was the
highest and coldest point in Jack
county. Here we were joined by
Wes Maggardand Tom Berry. No
one will tver know just why the
pilot selected this spot for the
camp; even Mr. Richards, whose
wide range of information reached
every subject failed to tell *us. In,
consulting our own physical feel-
ings we concluded that the alti
tude was selected because there
game would save without sail, the
supply of which was meager. Af-
ter supper, for mau and beast, the
usual round of camp fiction was
rehearsed and all retired to rest
and dream of loved ones scatter-
ed in various parts of the Union.
Bright and early Wednesday-
morning—that is to say bright by
noon shine an<^ early, three a. in.
—the drea mere began to stir. In
iae time all w«*re np, break fast
vas disposed of, ’he circulation
ittended to, aJd .il was made
ready tor the ’expected chase,
When rosy sunrise revealed the
tumbled bed of mother earth, the
looker on was compelled to con-
clude that nature’s children had
passed a restless night. The gray
hills appeared like dirty pillows
scattered hither and thither while
the tawny valleys lying scattered
between, seemed to resemble the
soiled blankets of a gigantic camp
bed. In the saddle : The search
began—over boulders, across
ravines, under cliffs, around crags,
ihrongh brush and cactu?—in a
land from which Almighty God
tms withheld the chamoise of the
Andes, the gizelle of the Alps
and the Rooky Mountain goat be-
cause they can not locomote
therein, this body of hunters
went in quest of game, the exact
quantity of’ which destroyed will
never be- known.
JOUBERT A CONFEDERATE
Lamar Fontaine Says He
Served Under Stonewall
Jackson.
Colonel Lamar Fontaine of
Mississippi, the famous teller of
civil war stories and the discover
of the prehistoric city of Arkan-
sas, has a new and startling story
to tell the public. The colonel
says that he remembers Genera)
Piet Joubert, and served by bis
side when he was a lieutenant-
colonel in the Confederate army
daring the civil war. He says
that General Joubert gained the
skill tactics which he has used so
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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/m1/4/?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.