Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1900 Page: 1 of 4
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JAOKSBOBO TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER ,13 1900.
NUMBER 28.
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Remember the Racket Store! Santa is here with everything new,
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And is busy filling out bis list of presents for good children.
folks want to make them happy. Come
The prettiest trumpets, drums,
horns, whistling clowns, balls,
tops, whistles, and dolls, dolls,
dolls, to no end, of every kind
and quality from the French
dressed doll to Black Dinah and
the baby. Then there are the
doll buggies, doll swings, beds,
dressers, chairs, stoves, silver
tea sets, china tea sets, chil»
dren’s sets of knife, fork and
spoon; cups, mugs, and hun-
dreds of other things to please
the little ones.
Here are all the beautiful things the little
early and get your choice.
A LINE OF PRETTY ROCKERS FOR CHILDREN. LOOK AT THEM.
Christmas Tree OimmQcIs,
Fire Work*, isl *
Toys WilkonI Number.
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And all the hells g,
On earth shall ring,
On Christmas day,
On Christmas day,
And all the hells
On earth shall ring,
On Christmas day
In the morning!
And all the angels
In heaven shall sing,
On Christmas day,
On Christmas day,
And all the angels
In heaven shall sing,
On Christmas day
In the morning!
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COME AND SEE
Our endless variety of
holiday goods and you
can not fail to be pleas-
ed. They are in ad-
vance of anything of-
fered in. this section,
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-our store.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
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Handsome Presents for
Every Lady and Gentleman!
Bibles, albums, photograph holders, mir-
rors, dressing cases, automatic toilet cases,
china toilet sets, Japan smokers’ sets, toilet
trays, cuff boxes; rose, chrysanthemum and
violet vases, jardinieres, water sets, berry
sets, painted plaques, baskets, card receivers,
and many other articles to please you.
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The Finest, line of Melalic Goods ever shown in Jacksboro; also
a beautiful line of J. & G. Mekianporcelain ware, just arrived.
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FROM MANILA.
R. K. MOORE TELLS OP
THE ISLANDS, THEIR
PRODUO rS AND IN-
CHAPTER I.
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ith Main St., Jacksboro, Texas,
>o all kinds of repair work from
; horseshoe nail to a steam engine,
anything that can be done out-
fide a machine shop can be done
fere Worse shoeing a specialty.
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$900.
YEARLY to Christian
man oi woman to look
latter oar growing business in
Ktb's and adjoining Counties; to
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Ivot; work can be done at yonr
nome. Euclose self-addressed,
atamped envelope for par>icn-
larstoH.A Sherman,Gen’IMgr,
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Manila, P. I, Sept 29, 1900 —
To the Gazette.]—I will eudeav-
or to give you a description of
the Luzon country, as under Span-
ish rule. The statistics I have
gathered from Spanish Ales and
docnments which are not at all
correct. Later I may be able to
give a more correct description
under the present, administration
GENERAL.
The Philippine Islands, forma
vast part of the great archipelago
lying southeast of Asia. They
were discovered by Magellan in
1531, bat it was not until 1564 that
the group received its present
name in honor of Philip I. In
many respects these islands were
Spain’s best possession, due to
the abundance and variety of
products, numerous and good
ports, character of inhabitants,
and on account of the vicinity of
certain countries of Eastern Asia,
which are now entered npon a
stage of civilization and commerce
The gronp is composed of some
2000 islands, many of them very
small, but others are important
on account of their size, resources
and population.
From the yea>of discovery un-
til 1542 several expeditions from
Spain attempted to gain posses-
sion of these islands, bat all failed.
In 1564 another expedition com-
manded by Mignel da Legaspt,
was dispatched and footing estab-
lished in one of the lower islands
called Oebn; the headquarters
were later transferred to Luzon,
and in 1581 the city of Manila was
founded.
EXTENT.
The archipelago extends from
6° 82' to 19° 38', north latitude,
and from 117° to 126° east longi
tude. It covers about 1000 miles
north and south, and 600 east and
west,
The immftsse coast lino of the
islands contains a great number
of good harbors, bat as a conse-
quence of the exclusive policy of
the Spanish government in clos-
ing them to foreign commerce,
very little has been learned ex-
cept to coastwise navigators.
Trade is confined chiefly to Ma-
rtflff^rftilo* Oebn, and Sual. Zam-
boango, on the island oiTMiudanab
is also an open port.
The bay of Manila, one of the
finest in the world is about 120
miles in circumference, with very
few dangers to navigations. There
are two long piers running out
from the month of the Pasig river,
one terminating in a light house
and the other in a small fort. In
stormy weather safe anchorage is
foand off Oavite, some eight miles
to the southwest by water. At
that poiut is found the naval es-
tablishment, including a marine
railway, capable of taking from the
water vessels of 2,000 tons die
placement. And a dock for small
vessels.
Of the interior roads little can
be said, and of those running along
the coast positive information is
not yet available, although I have
traveled over some very fine roads
here resembling onr turnpikes in
the Eastern States.
In the wet season road trans-
portation is almost impossible.
Daring the dry season transporta-
tion by roads is carried on by
means of rnde sledges drawn by
water buffaloes, called by the
natives “ earabon.” He is a very
docile beast if domesticated, but
ferocions when wild. He reminds
me very much of the American
donkey in disposition, as yon will
often see from three to nine dnsky
picaninnies perched on one’s back
each with a club varying to the
size of the picaninnie, with no vis-
ible increase of speed with the
beast
CLIMATE.
when the maximum temperature 1 alone will furnish the filipino, with
ranges from 80° to 100° in the j every thing needed, his honse is
shade. The coolest weather oc- made of_u Bamboo ” exclusively,
cars in December and January, clothes^ hat, shoes, ropes, knives,
when the temperature falls at forks, spoons, cooking utensils,
The extreme length of the Phil-
ippine gronp being from north to
south, their northern extremity
reaching to the northern limit of
the tropical zone caases a consid-
erable variety of climate. Bat the
general characteristics are tropic
al. In the region of Manila the
hottest season is from March to
June, the greatest heat being felt
In May before the rains set in
night to 60° or 65° and seldom
rises above 75°. From November
to February the sky is bright, the
atmosphere cool and dry, and the
iffrfe weatherjp every way delight-
ful. Seasons vary with the pre-
vailing winds, monsoons or trade
winds, *Dd are classed as “ wet ”
and “ dry.” There is no abrupt
change from one to the other,
and between periods there are in-
tervals of variable weather. The
Spanish description of weather is
as follows: Six months mad, six
months dust, six months of every-
thing.
At Manila the average rain-fall
is stated to be from 75 to 120
inches per annnm, and there the
difference between the longest and
shortest day is only 1 honr, 47
minntes and 12 seconds. The rain-
fall, immense though it be is small
as compared with other parts of
the archipelago. Ia Liano, north-
east of Mindano, the average
yearly down-pour is 142 inches.
POPULATION AND INHABITANTS.
Spanish statistics are notorious-
ly unreliable, and no accurate cen-
sus has ever been taken, but the
population has been estimated at
about 8,000,000 of which the bulk
is ot Malay origin. Oa first ar-
rival the Spaniards found a part
of the natives somewhat civilized ;
but while they had a^written lau
guage, of which some specimens
have been preserved, it was of no
value in throwing light npon their
early history, and their traditions
are very few. As in Mexico and
Central America; the Spanish
priests have been only too snc-
eessfnl in their efforts to extirpate
mythological and other lore. The
treatment of the inhabitants has
been more merciful, however than
in the Western possessions.
The Philippine Malays are a su
perior race to many other Asiatic,
peoples, orderly, amiable, courte-
ous, and exceedingly superstitious,
they are easily influenced upon
profession of Christianity. Like
all tropical people, their efforts
are intermittent rather than steady;
their wants are easily supplied,
and they take
shouldn’t they !
and the young shoots, when boded
makeexcelleot food for him. The
inhabitants of the island are com-
posed of the most diverse mixt-
ures of races, incinding Malay
'AetSs, hegrAas, 7Ureb 1 acfe«, Oh i-
namau, Japanese, lodios, Moors,
Europeans, and mixtures of each
with the others. There are nearly
as many tribes as islands, and I
have been told that 500 languages
and dialects are spoken in the is-
lands at the present day.
The inhabitants are generally
tractable and amenable to govern-
ment, and usually not hostile
to foreigners. In the inaccessi-
ble parts of the island there are
still tribes of unsubdued savages,
whose number estimated at about
602,000, fond of music, dancing,
and amusements of all kinds, they
are born gamblers, and cock fight-
ing is their greatest passiou, ev-
ery town has a cock pit, and in
the largest the spectators may be
numbered by the thousands. Sun-
day afternoon is a great day for t his
amusement and after alt have at-
tended divine services they gath-
er at the pits, plank their money
on what they thins the winning
bird. The women usually staking
the most money. The birds are
put in a pit built of bamboo and
let fight nntil one is either killed,
or so disabled as to be of no val-
ue, when he is promptly killed
and sent to the public market
where the Chino purchases him
for 1 peseto, about 10c American,
and the next day the American
soldier pays the Chino at bis res-
taurant 75c for the same bird that
defended himself so nobly the day
before, cheered by thousands of
howling Filipinos.
AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURE
AND TRADE.
The soil is most fertile, but ag-
riculture almost wholly undevel-
oped. The people are skillful
weavers of cotton and silks. They
tan leather, excel in ship building,
make fine wagons, carriages and
carts. The Philippines are very
rich in woods, ebony, cedar, iron
wood, logwood, and gum trees,
abound, gntta percba, found in
great value, trunk branches,
leaves, fruit, shell and husk being
used. Bunboo and palm are
ahnndant and of great utility. T»o
woods, w banava ” and the Malave,
resist the destructive action of
water for centuries.
EXPORTS-
The principal staples of export
re tobacco (manafactnred raw)
Manila hemp, sugar cane, coffee,
and coe?»v-The principal manu-
factures consist. 0" Vtx&te. fabrics,
hats, mats, baskets, ropes, farni-
fur*, coarse pottery, carriages,
and musical instruments, extracts
from the consular reports (June
1898) During the quarter end-
ing D-c 31, 1897, there were ex-
ported from ’tiese islands to the
U. S. and Great Britain 216,898
bales of hemp, $280 per bale, of
wbieh 138,792 nates went, to the
United S ates, and 78.106 to Great,
Britain. During th- y«ar, 1897
there was an increase in tUe ex-
port of hemp from the Philipnines
to Continental Europe 19,941
hales, to Australia 2,192 bales, to
China 28 bales, to Japan 2,628
hales, and to the United States
133,896 bales, a total increase of
158,485 bales, while to Great. Brit-
ain mere was a decrease of 22,345
bales, while to Great Britain there
was a decrease 22,348 bales. Thus
life easy. Why
The ** Bamboo ” oertaiu localities. Cocoa is of
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of increased abipt___
Philippines, those to ____
States were 544 per cent
than all other countries ea
Of the total exports of het
the Philipnines for the J
ending 1897, amount'd
965 bales (914,05
went to the Unite-
ing the same years the
Islands exported to the
States and to Europe L,{
tons of sugar, of which
tons went to the United
Great Britain and 41,36- .
'O/intinental Europe; show it
of the 'a**\ exports more t
per cent went, ujthe Uuited i_ „
At the current values, ia
York, of hemp which is 4
pound, and of raw sugar }:
pouad, the exports of th
products alone from these islanr
to the United States during 1.
years under Spanish review
imouats to $8 263,722 80. or on an
average, of nearly $8,926,372 per
year. Data as to cigars, ooaoco,
copra, woods, hides, shells, Indigo,
coffee, etc., are not obtainable, bat
a conservative estimate would so
rnise the abovedigares as ',0 1
United States imports from 1
islands to average about $1,000,600
per month, and there mrv oa file
authenticated invoioes for export
to the United States amounting to
$138,066 12. R. K. M.
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LYON & MATTHEWS,
LUMBER DEALERS, —
Carry a Large and well selected Stock of Dry Lumber
including Shingles, Sash, Doors, Etc.
SEE THEM BEFORE YOU BUY.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS.
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